Item #1 - Jonathon Chung
Jonathon is from Taiwan. He's been riding around North America since last August. He's traveled 7400 miles so far. I've been signed up as a host on the warmshowers list for over 2 years now, and while I've taken advantage of others' hospitality, Jonathon was my first guest. Yay.
What a cool guy; very gracious.
Some facts:
- 50 lbs of gear
- Started from the mid-west, went to Toronto, then down the east coast, through the south to San Diego, then up the west coast to Vancouver BC. Now he's on his way back down to LA via the Great Divide.
- His visa expires in August so he's flying back
- He's replaced a spoke, 3 rear tires, the rear cassette, and the rear derailleur. Not bad.
Item #2: Bad Lands Summer Twilight Series race at Lincoln Park
My friend Taylor (no. 240) came in 3rd in the "B" class. The first 3 finishers were all within a foot or so of each other as they blasted over the finish line. What a great race. It's fun to watch and learn about racing and the Lincoln Park race is perfect because it's such a small course. You can walk around and see the different sections and the challenges in each section.
Taylor (in blue) and the dude in red broke away from the pack early in the race for a $2 preme. (Cha-ching!) The guy who won the race ended up breaking from the pack in the last few minutes, but otherwise the pack stayed back by about 20 seconds for the entire race after the preme. For the majority of the race, Taylor pulled the guy in red up a slight grade at the back side of the course, while Taylor drafted the red guy on the down grade.
Next Lincoln Park crit is July 15th at 6PM. Put it on the calendar now. This is a great after-work no-money-fun event.
Item #3 - BAB'ing
I wish I could've stayed to watch the C's and A's race, but I had to get down to East Central Community Center and pitch my favorite route to the neighborhood council. The route goes through Playfair, which is going on the auction block very soon.
My mission was to get the neighborhood to make sure bike/ped access is baked into the plan regardless of who ends up with this key connection. The neighborhood ended up passing a resolution that supported access to Playfair as long as it didn't disrupt the sale -- so it's sort of a good thing, but I would've liked a stronger statement with some bite.
Item #4 - Mr Blaine update
According to SPOT, it looks like he's bedding down outside of Libby MT tonight on the southern tip of Lake Koocanusa. The race starts on Friday.
Item #5 - FBC Ride tomorrow night
Meet at Benidittos South at 8. Ride at 9.
1 comment:
'Oh man I've been scheming up ways to spend a year riding around the US. Don't know if it will ever happen, but it sounds wonderful.
That's pretty great luck with the mechanical stuff and it warms my hart to see him riding a pretty "basic burger" bike.
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