Tuesday Morning Bicycle Club

At the IAAL•MAF’s regular weekly ride around the Silver Lake Reservoir, I paused on the westside of the water to snap this inaugural image with my new Olympus Stylus 710: [large version here] And yes, at 6:28 a.m. it was already hot.

Did It

Sure I had other pre-trip things that were more important to do, but I didn’t let that stop me from joining my fellow IAAL•MAF’ers on last night’s river ride, which by the time I returned home left my bike’s odometer showing 708.8 miles and whose last bit of physical exertion (despite that Foster’s Freeze cone …

Fourth Time’s The Charm

Wasn’t as motivated this morn as I have been when getting up at 5 a.m. to go meet my fellow IAAL•MAF‘ers for our regular Tuesday post-dawn tour around the Silver Lake Reservoir, but as one of the more important items on my pre-trip To Do List is to top 700 miles on The Phoenix’s odometer …

Badge Of Honor Badge Of Geek

OK so if it wasn’t absolutely clear that I am equal parts little kid and bike geek extraordinaire, then this latest acquisition will pretty much make it indisputable: Indeed, it is correct that not only did I actually pay real money for this (somewhere around $40-$50), but I designed it from officerstore.com after seeing a …

Lock Rhymes With Rock

Trivial topic to be sure, but I’m in need of a temp diversion to kill a bit of time before I get crackin’ trying to wrangle interviewees for an article due soon… so the subject is: bike locks. Specifically the happy ending that resulted in me obtaining this brand spanking new one for absolutely free …

That Time Of The Month Again…

If it’s the second friday of the month you know where I’ll be: pedelating and picturetaking out and about through the night and among the hundreds of other Midnight Ridazzez. Hung out pre-ride with Mr. Roullier and along the way bumped into Eric Richardson and his fiancee Kathy , Jillian and L.A. Alternative’s Evan George, …