Live Bicycle Photos

Today I hung out at the Aids Lifecycle expo in Golden Gate park for a couple of hours and met up with Emily. We rode around for a while, and took some pictures. I put about ten pounds worth of groceries in the basket and here's proof (of the bag at least). I also ran into another fellow Rivendell owner, Todd and his girlfriend Becky on Haight St. We talked for a while and made some indefinite riding plans. I think somebody may have knocked my bike over in the house yesterday, because when I got on it today, the basket was all out of whack, and the headlight was crooked as well. Some zipties fixed the light temporarily.

As part of my International Business readings, I subscribe to the Financial Times. I read a very interesting article today about the riots in France over the loosening of the labor laws with regards to young people having a 2 year trial period at their jobs. Right now, it is very hard to fire anybody without paying them a huge severance package, even if the economy is doing bad, or if the person is incompetent. Such social protectionist labor laws reduce productivity and are a drag on the French economy. The mere possibility of having to work hard to keep a job and not be guaranteed it for life is causing the French to riot on the streets. It doesn't really make much sense to me. Wake up and smell the globalization.

Here's a picture of my Atlantis locked up outside of my favorite bakery. I went for a ride this morning, and had a chance to test out my new Carradice waxed canvas rain cape. It worked well, but it will take some getting used to. I feel very British riding this bike with fenders and a cape in the rain.

New basket on the atlantis

I put a wald basket on a small nitto front rack this weekend, and tonight I tested it's grocery carrying abilities for the first time. It is the perfect size to fit a paper grocery bag, and the weight on the front feels quite stable. I'm afraid that if I keep adding racks and bags onto my bike that it will become much too heavy. As Bryan says, the more capacity you have, the more you are going to carry.

Welcome to my blog

Hello, and welcome to my blog. I will likely be posting quite a bit about things related to bicycling that I'm interested in, as well as other general stuff. I'm 24 years old and I live in San Francisco. I work for a somewhat well known bicycle company, and I love my job as a bicycle mechanic. Tomorrow I get my new camera, so hopefully pictures will be following.