Archive for March, 2011

Those Darn Bike Light BATTERIES!

CR 2032 Batteries at Frys Electronics

So you have some small and super bright LED bike lights that you love using, but after 4 months of using them everyday the batteries are dead. The “nickel” batteries used in most of these batteries are expensive at around 5 bucks a piece and the lights are only about 15 bucks each(the small one [...]


ADA Silicon Valley “Tour De Cure” 2011

Silicon Valley Tour De Cure ride 2011

The ADA Silicon Valley “Tour De Cure” will be held on June 12th 2011 and is a benefit ride for the American Diabetes Association. The Tour is a ride, not a race, with routes designed for everyone from the occasional rider to the experienced cyclist. Whether you ride 10 miles or 100 miles, you will [...]


SJBP March 18 2011 “Space vs Cowboys”

San Jose Bike Party March 2011 Ride

SJBP “Space vs Cowboys” ride is this friday March 18th 2011, starts at 8pm and leaves from the Del Taco parking lot in Campbell at Hamilton and San Thomas Expressway. Remember to follow the “How We Ride” mantras on the Bike Party website to help make the ride safe and enjoyable for everyone! It’s gonna [...]


SF Bike Party Hunter’s Point Ride

SFBP Chopper Bike

I would never ride a bicycle through the Hunter’s Point area of San Francisco, but I did at the March 2011 SFBP ride. The ride ended up being really fun except for seeing a girl layed out on the road that got ran into by some fool bombing a hill. I heard she got really [...]


An Afternoon at FABER’S

Fabers Bicycle Shop

Stopped in Faber’s on a Sunday afternoon in February and Alex happened to be in. Faber’s has been around for almost a 100 years, its still bike shop but with no posted hours. Alex has been busy being a consultant for bike companies and cities where a cyclist was injured and a legal situation has [...]