two for tuesday: tacotaco edition

remember awhile back i posted about my friend rose's kickstarter project? of course you do! to refresh other's memories, rose wanted to make a hot taco bike. basically like a food truck, but on a bike. with tacos. what is there NOT to like?

so rose raised her cha-ching and now is going to debut her bike by throwing a little alley cat this sunday.

looks like a bunch of fun in the sun this sunday. who's gonna go with me?!

congrats rose! so glad to see your dream becoming a reality!

using d.c. bikeshare

when i was in DC a couple of weeks ago it was humid and hot. oh and with that humidity came some drizzles. i didn't let frizzy hair stop me. i was on a mission.

i had a couple of hours to spare before i needed to be en route to catch my flight, so i, of course, thought of only one thing to do: DC CAPITAL BIKESHARE. luckily the hotel i was staying in was merely 1/2 a block away from the nearest station.



as you can see, most of the bikes were already checked out. there was someone behind me in the process of checking out a bike, leaving two bikes remaining.

i went up to the sign to see what i needed to do. thankfully, it was very informative.

i needed to put down a $100 deposit to use a bike for 30 minutes which costs $7 total. it did take awhile for that $100 to be returned to me, but such is life i suppose. that was their day pass rate.

while i was reading these signs to make sure i got everything down correctly, some frequent user hopped on one of the remaining two bikes. i figured i needed to hurry up before there were no bikes left to choose.

i put the seat down to a comfortable height for this shortie, put my bag on the front and i was ready to go.

i had no idea where i wanted to go, so i just decided to follow some bike lanes around. i figured they would take me somewhere i would have wanted to see.

i noticed some things never change. empty bike lane. full car lane. full curbside parking. typical.

i also noticed that DC (in this neighborhood at least) appears to have done what JFK drive wants to do in golden gate park. DC's is possibly more effective due to their "soft hit posts" which separate the parked cars from the curbside bike lane.

then i just rode around and noticed signs and the riders.

i also saw a vandalized bay area original.

and when i was done wandering around, i parked at a station in front of a grocery store and got me a sammich for the plane ride back to SF.

it was a pleasant and easy experience to use the bikeshare. i can only hope that SF has been taking notes on their WAY long and overdue bike share system. time to get with the program already. stop the politickin, and get people on those bikes already!

friday fun times: bike camping fotos edition

so i've been pretty busy on the wide open road. went bike camping the past two weekends. it was great.

i plan on talking about both of those experiences extensively, including the bike i used next week, once i have time to be near a computer that is not for work purposes.

but here's a teaser from both of those weekends.







first up on the order next week: DC's CAPITAL BIKESHARE. have a fantastic weekend everyone. can't wait to hear where your bike takes you this weekend.

Arthursday

Here is another small dose of posters, the sale/promotion I believe ended in May celebrating National Bike Month. Regardless, they remain a good dose of bike posters, the set includes a piece by Dora Drimalas which you may have seen on navy blue shirts around town, I think her shirts sold at upper playground at some point.

have a great week+end
xxo♥ la meligrosa

link via OMGposters ++ screenshots/images from/property of super7store

two for tuesday: voting and gil peñalosa

i'm super excited for today. voting day is very important. many people fought for the right to vote, and where i went to college, there's even a day off that students fought for in the 60s so people can go and vote. DO IT if you live in states today that have primary elections, like california! don't be apathetic, be proactive.

after work today, one of my urban planning nerd heroes is gil peñalosa! he's going to be talking tonight at the SFBC's annual Golden Wheel Awards.

watch to learn more about ciclovías here. the video is in both spanish (with english subtitles) and english.



gil is now executive director of 8-80 cities which is doing some pretty impressive things over there in canada.

and as i was saying in some earlier posts, this perfectly coincides with latinos and health. and getting families together to make a healthier living by being outside and doing activities together is good for both mental and physical health. winwin. AND it's FUN too. heh.

Night Ride

It has been a while since James and I were out riding at night.  It just never happens anymore.

Thought I would take a picture to remember how much fun it is!

From The Hip

It would seem I have spent enough time in the saddle of enormously large and heavy bicycles that I have become adept at it.

Taken from the hip, riding a 100 lbs of cargo bicycle one handed, using a fully manual camera. There really should be a way for me to make a career out of that skill set.