I took a short September vacation in California and Oregon this year. The idea was to take my time to visit old friends and to cycle here and there as my whims dictated. It turned our well, except for one particular ride around San Francisco Bay. This ride could be named “One Nut, One Flat and Two Bridges”. I stayed a few days in Berkeley with an old friend. One can’t ride across the Bay Bridge so it was necessary to take BART to the Embarcadero, bikes are welcome on all but the first car. I got on and was immediately offered senior seating across from the bike rack so I suppose I am showing my age these days. I...

Over the first weekend of October Howard Garfinkel and Bill Heidler went up beyond L.A. and did some riding in Central CA. We found beautiful weather (for the most part), over 100 miles of roads with no traffic lights or stop signs, elevations from sea level to 7300 ft, a few interesting animal sightings, and in general great riding. Friday morning we headed north through moderate traffic, over the grapevine, through Fresno to Bass Lake in Madera County. We checked into a nice woody cabin and had time for a spin around the lake. The next morning we joined in the Grizzly Century, sponsored in part by Howard’s alma mater the Fresno Cycle Club. This offered us some 8000 vertical feet...

It's that time of year when Ghoulies and Ghosties, And long-leggity Beasties, And all Things go bump in the Night. Yes the phantom of the bicycle joined us on a recent ride. As you will see if you meet him on one of our rides, he is fit and well; as they say, ghosts stay fit by exorcising regularly. Is this a former member....they say old cyclists never die To see him in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PuAwuouFj0 Thanks to Captain Steven Stewart for enlivening our ride and our Halloween.