My Blog Day Two

Ah Sunday. Relax? Nope. Today started with a 25 mile ride. Met up with Dennis at the Rockridge BART station, climbed up Tunnel, down Pinehurst and back into Orinda. I took BART back to WC and rode home.

Then as promised photos of yesterdays group ride to the Pt. Reyes Lighthouse.

The Old Boat








March of the Cows, it's all good - they are dairy cows.








The long, lonely road













The sea













My bike, you can see the lighthouse itself below the seat.












Two young bucks at play














You may recall I then acquired through the passing of currency two bike frames. Here are some sexy close-ups for you...

This is the Echelon - Odyssey. I got this off of Craig's List. Oddly the two frames I bought last night, the owners were, maybe a block from each other. when I returned with this treasure my wife called it "a box of junk." It "only" needs some clean-up, a wheelset and cabling. Plus I told her it has a story, a really good frame builder's cousin/brother/nephew built it. Whatever it's got clean lines, a nice look and is all mine. I at first was thinking painting it but we will see.



Suntour Sprint



























Some up close photos of the frame.

This bike is officially designated Projeckt Two. I will go into some detail of Projeckt One tomorrow.

My Blog Day One

Great, another asswipe with a blog. As this is for my own sense of worth I will proceed. What I intend to capture here is my boring biking tales and how I am doing on my rebuild projects. Oh please do not let me sign in a year from now and be no further than I am right now. For starters todays' blog is brought to you by Air - Talkie Walkie















Today, being Saturday November 21.
Todays ride:
Today found me riding with my Bike Club, the Valley Spokesman.
Todays route was starting in Nicasio, CA to the Pt. Reyes Lighthouse and Back



Well, it was really 62 miles. The day was clear and nice, but man was it windy out there. Oh and I was frozen on the return trip. I may toss in a photo or two of this.

Last week I picked up a Motobecane Grand Record, at least it seems to be this bike. I looked through all the online catalogs I could find and could not find this specific bike configuration. Anyway the bike was too big, but fun. So I went in search of a smaller frame...

I found this on Craigs List, and it is now in my garage.


















It is a Grand Jublie frame in great condition. I am calling this Project One; a simple transfer of all components from the large Grand Record to the smaller Grand Jubile.

I also picked up this Japanese frame, a Cherubim Echelon.


















This frame came with everything but the wheels...