My old ’61 bus and a bike Eric and I built from spare parts and a frame found in the trash. If I remember correctly, it had a mix of Deore LX and XT with a Manitou Mach 5 fork, the wheels that originally came with my StumpJumper M2, and Tioga Psycho K tires. The color is Rust-Oleum Stainless Steel. (2003)

The ’88 GTI 16v in the snow. Narrow 13″ snow tires are great… (2004)

An IS in KS. (2006)

The same GTI 16v autocrossing. 14 Street Modified; this time with Kumho Ecsta V700s on Corrado Speedlines, after the big brake/five-lug conversion. (2004)

The Jetta VR6 in Iowa on the way to get the Subaru Vanagon. (2005)

So, I didn’t ride much in November, and I’m not expecting much for December either. I couldn’t even ride to work today. I had to walk. I tried riding, but even if I could get traction (which I couldn’t) the gearing is way to tall to even try to ride though a foot of snow. And, I don’t really want to sacrifice any of my other bikes to the snow and salt.

Wednesday it was raining, so I rode. Thursday there was freezing rain and sleet, so I rode. The brake housings must have collected water on Wednesday because yesterday the rear froze. At least the front brake mostly works. Anyway, today the usual 5-6 minute ride was a 45 minute walk, each way. Hopefully the snow will be below the bottom bracket on Monday…

November Numbers:
Total distance (November): 69.99 miles
Total distance (Cumulative): 1556.73 miles
Total time (Cumulative): 118 hours, 50 minutes

The requisite photos:

Some Bridge. Notice that it is painted to match the links on my site.

Lombard Street.

After waking up at 1:00 AM PST on Tuesday, and arriving in Oakland around 11:30 AM, we drove up to San Francisco to see the sights, and get lunch. We went to a really nice vegetarian restaurant, Greens Restaurant in the San Francisco Marina area. After that, we stopped by Lombard Street, and then on to Fisherman’s Wharf.

An Arcade at Fisherman’s Wharf.

A crazy person.

Four bikes in the back of a RAV4. (I think five or six may fit)

Yesterday, we rented some bikes from the Stanford Campus bike shop and rode about 15 miles on the Baylands trail. It was a nice day, much warmer than the rides I’m used to in November, and the trail was not crowded.

And, no matter how much you dislike the holidays, please don’t forget…