In reciprocation to my biking/blogging pals Eric Richardson and Dave Bullock for their noble participation in the L.A. Treasure Hunt April 2, when they asked if I could help out with today’s Downtown Art Ride I opted to shoot them a yes first and then ask questions later. The one thing I have going for …
I’m about a week late in starting. Typically — or at least the first two years of what’s become this annual springtime tradition of doing 10 rides up the Verdugo Mountains in 30 days — I get the first ride logged before the end of March and the beginning of daylight savings time. But scheduling …
Man I am bushed so I’m a-gonna keep this short. First, here I am prior to the start of the L.A. Treasure Hunt: The snap, taken by a friendly chap who was going around offering to take the pix for something he called his “portrait project” not only shows my fine gray hair off along …
This Friday will mark the commencement of what will be my third-annual “10 Rides In 30 Days” in the Verdugo Mountains north of Glendale. I can’t remember how I actually came to decide upon that exact number of rides in that specific number of days back in 2004, but I know it had something to …
Sometimes in matters of physical challenges you hit the wall. Sometimes the wall hits you. The latter was such the case this morning when I arrived for the annual Fargo Street Hill Climb. After signing up, I ended up standing around for more than an hour watching far better conditioned and determined cyclists tackle the …
Tomorrow I’m going to give the annual Fargo Street Hill Climb a try for the first time. I’ve known about it since the late ’80s when it was called the Fargo Street Turkey Shoot, but I never felt compelled to participate in the bike ride up one of the steepest streets in Los Angeles until …
It took awhile, but I finally culled stills from the DV footage I captured during Sunday’s Acura LA Bike Tour before the cam’s battery crapped out 95 minutes into the oft-delayed and disappointing ride around town. They can be viewed here.