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.


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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.

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MASH TOUR OF CALIFORNIA PREVIEW

SF TO LA! SF2LA? SF2LASHLA?

Hello friends, summertime has been a sleepy one for me, and I would like to know, what are you all up to? Also wishing the boys in Japan a safe trip.
This Saturday, Matt and I are biking/camping down the coast to LA. I was hella sick at the beginning of this week so I hope I'm good to go, actually, whatever, I'm going anywayyyy. Here's our approximate plan of action. I'll post some pictures of the bikes pre- and post- loaded with stuff before we leave because it's kinda ridiculous looking. Over 400 miles lots of elevation. WHEE! If anyone wants to come with at some point you're more than welcome just call me.

Day 1: SF - Half Moon Bay - friend's house in Santa Cruz (75mi)
Day 2: Santa Cruz - Monterey - Carmel - Pfeiffer-Big Sur State Park (72.9mi)
Day 3: Pfeiffer campground - San Simeon State Beach (68.1mi)
Day 4: San Simeon State Beach - Cambria - Morro Bay - Pismo - Oceano Campground (52.6mi)
Day 5: Oceano - Guadalupe - Lompoc - Gaviota - Refugio State Beach (70.7mi)
Day 6: Refugio - Carpinteria State Beach (35.5mi)
Day 7: Carpinteria - friend's house in Malibu (55mi)
Day 8: mosey into LA and figure our how to get back up on this 4th of July

much love,
Crystal dudu

shout out to Willyhippo-ahh I hope you're having a great time in China! <3

VIVE LE TOUR

We will be way cooler if we pee while riding and raid convenience stores for their bananas and wine.

T2O - TOUR OF L.A.

Rolled out with Ziadie and Irving yesterday for one of the gnarliest rides I've ever done in LA. We started it off with a run through Pacific Palisades all the way out to PCH. Headed south from there past LAX to Manhattan Beach. We turned back north and cut through Baldwin Hills up La Brea and kept going all the way up. Up to Griffith Observatory and back down east into Silverlake then cut back across town to get to Westwood. Overall we clocked 2172 feet of vertical climb over 70 miles. All fixed. All city.

Sunset and PCH. Looks a lot nicer in the daytime.

Irving was working on a stop motion video of the whole trip...until the tripod failed bombing out of Pali. :(


Manhattan Beach.



"You need to focus!"




Top of La Brea. Mile 40ish.

Halfway up. Griffith Observatory to the left and the DTLA skyline to the right.

At the top. 1161 feet.

DTLA to the east.

Back home. 70 miles down. Gushi on the way.

Smash.



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