It’s time to bike around the city and eat dumplings, again. This is the first time I’ve organized a publicly-advertised ride (in the SF Bike Coalition Chain of Events), and the RSVP list is up to about 48 so this will be interesting… off we go!
Call me crazy– want to ride 8, 16, 24, 32, … or 100 miles on Saturday May 28th, in 6-8 mile loops? I had The Fat Cyclist’s “100 Miles To Nowhere” mentioned to me recently. His idea is: chip in $80 towards Livestrong, and ride your own century indoors, or on some short course. Just because. That lines up with my interest in riding a century at some point but my general ambivalence towards Organized Rides or anything that smacks of racing. For a while, I’ve thought it would be interesting to ride loop after loop around Golden Gate Park, with friends and strangers joining for as many loops as they want. ...