After I finally got my 2WG bag from the post office, I’ve been getting used to it. I didn’t want to do a review of it before I got used to it, because it takes a while to get used to a new bag and figure out where you want to keep everything and what […]
Category Archives: Transportational Cycling
Caltrain bike tips
Courtesy the brilliant minds on the SVBC listserv and especially Margaret Okuzumi, ED of the Bay Rail Alliance and a very nice and friendly person: Caltrain Bike Tips Caltrain will tell you the bike rules, but those of us who use it every day will tell you how to do better than the rules and […]
2wg bag
After getting some info from the 2WG guys I decided to go with ordering that bag. I hope it’ll work well; I did see some mixed reviews on the good old Internet, mainly that it was not durable enough, especially zippers. We’ll see. I’m pretty good to my equipment. They’ll take it back after 30 […]
The baby goes to work
Today was the first ‘true’ test-ride for Meg, to work and back (19.5 mi round-trip). I’m feeling pretty comfortable about this being the bike that I ride most of the time for the next 5+ years, but I’m positive now that I need to change the handlebars and I think I may need to change […]
Obstacle course
This morning’s trip down Evelyn was an obstacle course for some reason. An Aramark truck, a guy backing out who couldn’t see because of the Aramark truck, a person coming out forward who was just being careless, a guy walking his bike right into the lane as I was coming (even though there is no […]