This morning was the perfect day to go hunt for a tree. The morning low was in the 30's and it actually felt like winter. By the time we had breakfast and loaded up the bikes it was a little warmer out, but still pretty cold by California beach standards. There seems to be an abundance of tree yards this year, and I was able to work out a fun route for a family ride, with little or no traffic.
The ride to the lot was balmy, but the hills helped keep things warm, and the views were incredible now that the last week's wind and dust had settled down.
With the mission half accomplished, Aly decided that the new family ride to get a tree tradition, should include hot chocolate, and who could argue with that.
From there we headed home to unload the tree.
The day was staying nice, the wind never really came up the way it does in the afternoon here. I set up the tree, switched bikes and headed back across town to run some errands and grab a load of food at the Farmer's Market.
I can only imagine how nice it must have been up in the mountains today, this weather is about as good as it gets.
The legs are feeling pretty spent at this point, rest and picture break is over and time to hit the kitchen. Thanks for taking a look and I hope it was this much fun getting your tree this year.
On a side note I finally am coming around to the Facebook thing, still feels a bit funny for some reason, but it is pretty easy to find my, Ocean Air Cycles page and I hope that it makes it a bit easier to follow me here if that is the way you like to keep up on and share things with your friends.
It has been an incredibly busy week coming off of a 4 day break. Today I made it out to ship off what is likely the last round of eBay auctions for the year.
The last few days have been mostly in the shop getting ready for a craft fair at my wife's work, Patagonia. This is a good thing as it forced me into putting a few of my ideas for soft goods into reality. Fringe benefit will be some market research.
You have already seen the touring wallets, now in the shop. The neck gaiters are a fantastic solution for a scarf that can not fall off while you ride, and are in incredibly versatile layering piece to have in your kit. The first round is made from some nice merino wool, I have two different weights on hand. Also, hitting the market tonight will be my first round of prints, limited edition of 100. I plan to offer these four times a year, themed to the season. This one is "Winter Riding - California Style". All of this will be hitting the shop in the next few days.
If you are local and have the time, the craft show is tonight in the firehouse at the Patagonia campus, north building, 4-7 PM. I have been bumping into more and more readers as of late, and that is probably a good thing. Thank you as always for your readership and support.
Have fun - Play outside!
Mid Day Escape November 23 2011, 0 Comments
Yesterday was a perfect day to get out and ride. Crisp clear blue skis with thin clouds. The shipping and receiving team headed out to run some errands.
Once the hard stuff was done, it was off to the beach,
This is the kind of weather we pay extra for, just a little chilly, but you can not complain if you are wearing shorts still.
The rain stopped long enough that things could dry out this morning, and I would not feel guilty taking my buddies project bike out for a few morning pictures.
I am really happy with this build, Trek 613 650b conversion. I am working on the detailed writeup today, should have it posted by this afternoon. These older Treks are just fantastic bikes.
Crazy Day November 09 2011, 0 Comments
The Niner finally sold, did another Local TV interview recording session, 18 month progress for the little girl at child care, and still grabbed a minute or five to roll through the swap meet and by the beach.
The weather has been fantastic, cold mornings, but the days are about as good as it gets. Momentum is building in with the bike commute scene in our local community. Likewise I have had a couple of good meetings this week to keep the tailwind blowing on this venture. Also, all the parts are in for a couple of builds I am working on and should have some progress posts in the near future.
Lunch Date November 07 2011, 0 Comments
Today was perfect for a mid day escape to ride with my wife and the dog, childcare does allow for the occasional date.
While we were out-of-town, winter seems to have jumped right past fall. Morning temps have been in the low 40's and just creeping over 60 in the day. Time to hang up the lightweight AC shirts and pull out the flannel and rugby shirts. Granted, we are spoiled when winter riding still includes shorts.
Transitions November 02 2011, 0 Comments
Making the rounds today was a bit of a shock coming from 15 days of 85% relative humidity and tropical warmth to the single digit RH, 40 mph winds and dust storm we are having today.
Still though, keeping things in perspective, it is better than ice and snow.
Made it out for a bit this morning to run some errands, 24hr grocery stores hooray, and cruise by the beach.
Looks like I am going to be getting some work done today, pretty small surf, and yes the fog is looming just off shore.
On the news front, the niner had up for sale, then not, is up for sale again. You can see it
here. I also have plenty of the silver shifter bump caps,
here. These and a few other items will be starting to sill up my shop/garage sale pages in the coming week. I have 4 bike projects for friends in the works with more to come, this should help spice up the content around here in the next couple of weeks too.
Happy Monday, be sure to ride this week!
Thank You for taking a look!
I have made it a year now today, and without the encouragement of you all looking regularly it would not be so much fun. I have learned a bunch, met some new people and achieved some of my goals. The foremost, using the tools at my disposal to encourage you to get outside, ride your bike, escape the inertia of using your car to get around and play a bit. It appears to be working on that front. The rest has some room for growth, but that will come.
Back to the photo stuff. I really have enjoyed the GoPro for its ease of use and angle of view. The thing is that I have been feeling a bit lazy with respect to my creativity. The creative outlet fuels the rest of the passion to keep this going. I will be relying less on the GoPro an da bit mor eon my other cameras from here on out. With darkness approaching I decided it was high time to teach myself the art of long exposure night shooting. Not as tricky as I thought for my first stab at it.
The shots take a little more setup and gear hauling. The results are well worth the effort. This was the most fun I have had shooting in a while.
Thank you again for your readership, and as we roll into the fall and winter do not forget, PLAY OUTSIDE!!
Happy Friday.
The ride to the lot was balmy, but the hills helped keep things warm, and the views were incredible now that the last week's wind and dust had settled down.
With the mission half accomplished, Aly decided that the new family ride to get a tree tradition, should include hot chocolate, and who could argue with that.
From there we headed home to unload the tree.
The day was staying nice, the wind never really came up the way it does in the afternoon here. I set up the tree, switched bikes and headed back across town to run some errands and grab a load of food at the Farmer's Market.
I can only imagine how nice it must have been up in the mountains today, this weather is about as good as it gets.
The legs are feeling pretty spent at this point, rest and picture break is over and time to hit the kitchen. Thanks for taking a look and I hope it was this much fun getting your tree this year.
On a side note I finally am coming around to the Facebook thing, still feels a bit funny for some reason, but it is pretty easy to find my, Ocean Air Cycles page and I hope that it makes it a bit easier to follow me here if that is the way you like to keep up on and share things with your friends.
