A group of us went down to Watsonville for the Strawberry Fields Forever ride. Fortunately I had the camera so you can’t see that I had an extra wheel; we did have four geared 36ers, two recumbents, and five bikes, all doing the 100km route. Great weather and great riding by all. Full set of […]
Two Dollar Hill is scheduled to be closed on May 25th, as Sunset Trail is being re-routed to improve drainage and erosion. So Josh decided he needed to go up and become the fifth unicyclist ever to make it up. (The others: Beau, Stephen, Martin Charrier, and Jamey Mossengren, with Jess Reigel getting honorable mention
Uni engineering geeks will enjoy this detailed look at how the Schlumpf is constructed. And given that it’s all done one at a time, by hand, you can see why one costs over $1000.
Sunday was John Muir’s birthday, so it seemed like a perfect day to go up to Joaquin Miller Park. Muir and Miller were friends, founding members of the California Writers Club, fellow bohemians and environmentalists. Muir almost certainly spent time visiting Miller in the area now known as Joaquin Miller Park, where Miller planted thousands
