Category Archives: Biking

Last spring we were living for a month in our rental condo. Since the condo is small I kept my bike down in the garage. Unfortunately the bike rack was installed too close to the wall and there were many … Continue reading →

Having recovered not one, but two stolen bikes I often get asked, how do I recover my stolen bike?? Find where you wrote down your serial number. If you didn’t write it down try looking at your receipt or call … Continue reading →

Holy shit! I’ve just recovered my second stolen bike. I can’t believe it! This morning I was shocked to get an email with the subject, “stolen commencal”: Hi, I believe I have found your bike?! sadly it is not all … Continue reading →

Holy cow! After the Seattle PI picked up the story of my stolen bike, Seattle man steals back stolen bike as well as the Seattle Bike Blog and the Seattle Times, the story got picked up by KIRO radio, not … Continue reading →

Almost exactly a year go my mountain and downhill bikes were stolen. I was devastated! But remarkably just this past weekend I recovered one of my bikes all by myself. Here’s how it went down. June 30th around midnight I … Continue reading →

This post is long overdue. I was devastated to come downstairs this summer (end of July) to find that I was missing not just one, but two bikes, worth about $10k, from our condo’s garage! I think I was too … Continue reading →

Day 2 in Maui! We arrived yesterday around 4pm and made our way to Paumana on the south edge of Lahania after a pit stop at Quizno’s, the quintessential Hawaiian lunch stop :). (Note: our condo’s bikes leave something to … Continue reading →

Last weekend we rode the ride we’ve been waiting for all season; the GranFondo Whistler. 120 km, 2,400 m of climbing, 1,760 m of descending, 7 am departure time, along the scenic Sea-to-Sky highway. We headed up to Vancouver Friday … Continue reading →

Last weekend as part of our Whistler Gran Fondo training we planned to ride from Enumclaw to Sunrise, “the highest point that can be reached by vehicle at Mount Rainier National Park.” Except once we got to the park gate … Continue reading →

As part of our Whistler Gran Fondo training this Saturday we drove two hours to Newhalem up Highway 20 to tackle Rainy Pass and Washington Pass. We road about 86 miles and supposedly almost 10,000 feet of vertical gain!? (I … Continue reading →