The randonneuring page has two new reports about PBP. One is mine, in English, and describes my failed attempt, and the other is by Ranieri Casalini, in Italian, and beautifully recounts his successful ride.

After all the problems at PBP I had the opportunity to ride for a few days in the Alps. I had a much better time, and you can read a report here.

posted at 09:37 on Fri, 02 Nov 2007 | path: cycling/ | permanent link to this entry

Eight bikes in one house, and no bike storage. What to do? Our very skilled downstairs neighbor Behrad and I built a 13-foot shed in the back yard. It was a great weekend project.

posted at 00:42 on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 | path: cycling/ | permanent link to this entry

With some delay, I have written ride reports of the Santa Rosa 600K and Big Basin 200K brevets. As usual, they are linked from the randonneuring page.

posted at 14:48 on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 | path: cycling/ | permanent link to this entry

I recently wrote a ride report of the Davis 400K brevet. It is also linked from my randonneuring page.

posted at 09:12 on Wed, 02 May 2007 | path: cycling/ | permanent link to this entry

The brevet season in California starts early. Despite skipping some rides I had signed up for to take care of our new baby, I already have four brevets under my belt. The randonneuring page has some notes and a ride report, and more coming soon.

posted at 23:39 on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 | path: cycling/ | permanent link to this entry

I had no time to write any randonneuring ride reports in 2006, but recently I decided to jot down some notes and results before the memories became hopelessly jumbled. You can find them here.

posted at 22:22 on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 | path: cycling/ | permanent link to this entry

Last weekend (March 2-4) the San Jose Convention Center hosted the North American Handmade Bicycle Show. It was a feast for the eyes. Read my report here.

posted at 19:02 on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 | path: cycling/ | permanent link to this entry

Last Friday I cycled up Mount Diablo. A storm had just coated the summit in white. Vapor rose from the pavement, and ice-coated pines shimmered under the brilliant blue sky. It was magnificent. I took some photos.

posted at 17:58 on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 | path: cycling/ | permanent link to this entry

The Amgen Tour of California, this year in its second edition, came through Davis today. It was exciting to have a top-flight stage race pass two blocks from our house! There was defending world champion Paolo Bettini, Giro d'Italia winner Ivan Basso, defending world time trial champion Fabian Cancellara, former Armstrong right-hand-man George Hincapie, Australian sprinter Stuart O'Grady, and many other international stars. The peloton flew by in a flash, but I took some photos, and our neighbor Dave took some more.

posted at 02:46 on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 | path: cycling/ | permanent link to this entry