Today one Lung and i did one of our semi-regular Saturday morning fixie crawls around town, which we try and do when it’s not raining and there’s no long road ride planned that weekend. We generally do the same thing: get breakfast, noodle around, go to bike shops to pick up small gifts, and ride bikes around our beautiful city.

This time was triple-nice because Lung brought along Grrl(f) cousin Rambo on his first fixed gear. Rambo bought this bike previously converted, and Lung and he broke it down, tuned it up, replaced some stuff, and made it road-worthy. Rambo’s love affair with fixed gear bikes is just beginning, and he’s eyeing pieces parts in the LBS and scheming. But in like 72 hours, he already skid stops like a MASH guy. It’s amazing. He’s great!

We met down by the docks, (dodgy fucks in the duck!) and rode along the water to the Marina to Home Plate for breakfast. Then we bombed through the Presidio and up a route to the top of the grade that WASNT the nice curving one which is hard enough, but a straight shot runners path. Lung made it all the way up, but Rambo and I had to walk it towards the top, to be honest. Then we shot over to American(s) in the Haight for small gifts, before jetting back to the Mission, where we went to Freewheel and then parted ways. Here’s a map Lung put together:

A great day for riding; sunny, warm and extra sweet for the new Team Lope ridership AND the impending storm on the horizon. Excellent!

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