June, 2011 | Ocean Air Cycles

Morning Hills

This morning I did a quick warm up along the coast, and then up into the hills for some last-minute intervals. Really a quick fitness and bike check before I head out on an out-of-town long ride this weekend.

The park on the hill above town is a great way to squeeze in about 1000 feet of climbing and descending in 5 miles. All went well, neither the bike nor the motor failed, and time to sort and load the gear.

It looks like it is going to be a banner weekend with high pressure setting in and the clouds and fog gone for a bit.

Nothing New

Cool and overcast, with another hump day run to the swap meet. I decided to ride the little bike before it starts it transition to a new home, spreading the 650b love.

One More

One more from this set up, I am really stoked on how these turned out.

Summer Mornings

Things are starting to warm up, the fog peels back some days and the light is starting early.

Have fun and ride!

Suntour Thumb Shifters

So we are out on a family ride yesterday and my wife is telling me how much she loves the cork grips and the Sequoia in general, but why are the shifters still on the down tube? It is realy fun being able to build bikes up and share the stoke. I remember having the conversation on this, none the less I was off to the parts bin with a score had been saving for just such a build…

The barcon shifter orientation part of my brain thought these would work well this way. The reality is that they are much better flipper over with the Suntour logo facing down they way they were meant to face on a flat bar.