SHLA to SD

So in comparison to Zach, Ricky, Steven, Jason and Quickel riding Tokyo 2 Osaka or Crystal and Matt doing SF to LA, our little ride from LA to SD pales in comparison. Still, many miles were traversed, lots of the Southern California coastline was explored, and many sexual advances were turned down along the way. Hit the Bikely route if you are interested in emulating such awesomeness. Otherwise, enjoy this eye candy, highlights include me peeing, Pat taking a hot shower (ohh yeah) and Brian eating a banana while riding.

Those shorts do not effectively hide your thunder...


First stop


Helmet hair, much?


Bryan rockin' the mohawk and some fried chicken


Joseph


Craig and Pat


Peeing


Peeing, part dos


"Dude let's just take the 5 Freeway"




Yes, I spot a breast!


Pat getting blasted


Bananagobbler




Check out Joseph's awesome tan


Strike a pose Craig






Solana Beach Amtrak Station








Goodnight


Photoset here. Next up, some weekend riding: San Luis Obispo to Santa Barbara to LA. Hit me up if you're interested.

VCR

This was one of the most epic VCR's to date. The long awaited return of fred_club mixed with beverages and a chill route led to slight madness. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves. Click photos to see the whole Flickr set.

My photos:


Terry's photos:


Milo's photos:


John's photos:


Natalie's photos:


Chris' photos:




stoops.

VCR

Milo's new toy.


Keirin!

Jin is a baller. Plain and simple.

Jin's Yamaguchi.

Yamaguchi boys.

After climbing reverse Pali.


Jin money.


VCR roadie crew.

Graeme.

KC and Kenny beer LA.

MOK!

Bottom of Kenneth Hahn.

Draining the porpoise.

The homie.

Milo

Jin


Brian

Patrick

Mok

Zachary

First aid stop at the bottom of Slauson.

Yamaguchi porn.


Kogi burner.

Atlantasss!


Flickr.

PREDATOR

Met up with Hern at Predator to shoot some flicks of his fitting. Custom frame in the works now...probably finished sometime at the beginning of September for Interbike.

Inside the new spot.

Aram.

Hern.


"Hern please don't tell me you pedal like a bitch!"




Dead homie.


FLICKR

SF TO LA, A FEW FOTOS

455miles-ish

Besides getting lost a billion times trying to get out of SC and Monterey, we followed the schedule below, hitting the road every day anywhere from 6-9am in the cold morning fog. The fog stayed with us throughout Big Sur and into Morro Bay, so we didn't get much of a view of anything, which was disappointing on a 4,600ft ele/70 mile day. After Guadalupe it was all sun, gentle and not-so-gentle rolling hills with temps into 90s. Sunburn and lyrca tan galore. We saw a lot of farmland, migrant workers, pesticide spraying, deer, cows, and dead animals. We peed everywhere, ate everything, found a hot spring, and even had a stalker who wanted a threesome. 1 flat/busted tire, a few mechanical difficulties with my improv rack, and i also flew off my bike because Matt made me ride it down a mountain bike path, but 0 serious injuries. We met lots of amazing people, including a guy in his 40s named Ian, who's biking from British Columbia to Argentina with about 80lb of gear on his bike (we were childsplay in comparison to this guy) and the this family who fed us dinner and breakfast at one of the campgrounds when we had no food. The ocean was beautiful company until we got into LA county on the 4th of July, where Zuma Beach looked all festering and gross. I think I have the touring bug.

day one





day two





on a good day...



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day four





day five







day six




day seven

MASH TOUR OF CALIFORNIA PREVIEW