Why Homie, Why ? Tour 🤣😂🤣

 Why homie, why? Tour 🤣 But anyway, an easy ride from Pico to The west side of the dam, going easy today. Solo 20. Photo op ride. 📷 I'm not a golfer but the other day, some dude at the mall was passing out flyers. Cool dude so I told him gimme a few and I'll drop them off at the Pico golf course. 😄. Guess I'll never understand why people destroy stuff that is placed out there for everybody's use and enjoyment. Of course someone is going to thrash it so they turn off the water in a place where there is none available. 😒

Emerald Necklace & The Donut Man All In One (45 with Sandra/ video)

 Another Awesome Ride Sandra but...WHAT was I thinking? (video later) 45 miles with almost 1,400 ft elevation gain. Woke up wondering if I should ride but a Sandra text asking if I wanted to do the Emerald Necklace. She'd been wanting to show me a better way than I know but when we met at the park, I got a bright idea. We can do Donut Man and The Emerald Necklace. Felt good but suffered later in the ride. Too much time off I guess. But thankfully the ice cream man at the Peck park sold Fritos. 😄 We each ate a bag then I stalled for a little time to recover. Felt better after the break. We took turns getting tired but Sandra has this way of recovering quickly. Her resilience got me a little bit on the way back. 🤣 Good for her! 😄

Thank goodness for the ice cream man and Fritos ha ha ha!

The youtube video

Pretty good profile

 

                                               Then dinner with my Honey as usual. 

                          Some pretty good efforts with the HR but a gang of PR's so I'll take it!

Somebody spends a lot of time watching my videos 

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Only a SoCal Winter 40

 Solo 40 miles. First ride of 2026 after 17 days. Felt good after the first 10 miles. Did the upper section almost twice just to get in some mles. Got pretty windy on the return but surprisingly felt really good and there was plenty of water. Little detour in one spot. Snapped a couple pics with the remote but accidentally clicked it at one point, you'll know which one. 😁 Pico Rivera golf course to the base of the Azusa mtts. Testing the new light as well, SWEET. 👍 Ready for some night rides.

Only in SoCal. Jogging outfits are pretty much similar to what the chicks wear to be mall these days. 😜

You know, it is funny, being Mr. Beanz and all, I never thought that I would say the outfits are a little too much at times. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind seeing this on the trail, the beach, or any bike ride for that matter. I really wouldn't mind if they were naked he he he!

But seriously, at the mall is a little too much. There are plenty of kids there, very young and to see these very revealing outfits makes me think. Many times , the chicks walk towards us and one can see just about everything. I'm not complaining as I don't mind but I look at the little 8 year old kids around and wonder what they think.

Then I wonder what their mothers would say if they saw their daughters wearing this at the mall. THEN !!! You see the mother walk out of a store to unite with the daughter and the mother is dressed the same! :-O I've seen a few, especially in the light pinks or light tan colors walking towards us with a whole lot exposed. It's like, WAIT,  WHAT ?? Again, I am not complaining ha ha ha!

I guess I shouldn't complain, better to just enjoy the sights but still, I think it's a lot to expose in the wrong places. The beach, OK. :-P

Up on the dam looking down over the trail. River then the trail on the right side. 

3000 lumens total.  High and low beam as in upper and lower beams. Lights up the road really good at night. Walking 🚶‍♂️ anyway,  haven't tried it on a night ride yet. 

The $100 Niterider 1000 lumens next to the the Rock Bros 3000, $45

10,000mAH also doubles as a power bank to charge other devices.

Light comparison. Uh oh, I placed them on a blanket and the Rock Bros started smoking the material ha ha ha! Didn't damage anything so Gina doesn't need to know. ;-)

Accidentally clicked the remote at the wrong time. 😁

While taking the pics, I looked up towards the rock company and saw this view. I always enjoy taking pics of structural type things and I thought this looked cool. Actually came out pretty nice in the pic. I like it!

After the first mile.  17 days off thanks to the lousy forecast and a migraine. This is going to take some getting used to. 

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It was funny the other night at Sizzler. One of the managers, about 40 said she saw us at the mall. She and her hubby were walking by and saw us so Gina asked why they didn't join us. She said she can't get her hubby to just sit down and chill out but she wishes he would. She said it looked so nice to see us just sitting there talking and stuff. These were then following night. But funny how some people don't have any idea why I just like to go chill out but others think that it's so nice. Heck, I tell Gina if she doesn't want to go, I'll go alone but she never refuses. We just chill out.

This is our candy friend Susie. Always offering us candy samples but we're not much into candy. But I asked her if I could take a pic since I had my laptop with me. She was hesitant saying she takes lousy pics. BUT I'M MR. BEANZ ha ha ha! I told her she could see it after I edit it a bit and if she didn't like it, I would delete it right there on the spot. She wasn't prepared but finally agreed. She's 67 and actually looks pretty good so didn't have to do much. But she says I do miracles ha ha ha. She doesn't like to take pics but did aske me to send it to her. I think she was happy, looks nice even though she was not prepared to pose.

I hang out at the mall as well sometimes when I don't ride. I do love being retired ha ha ha! I take my laptop at times just to watch my cycling videos and other times, just my cell phone. But I do carry the power bank, very powerful, enough to charge my Samsung cell 3times over on one charge of the bank. I see people rushing to get to certain seats hoping to get an outlet to charge their phones. Heck, I just laugh watching them wrestle one another and can't figure out why they just don't get a power bank so they don't have to worry about it. $15 at Best Buy and a pretty good one. 

Also 10,000mAh. For $15 and charges our Samsung Galaxy phones rather quickly.

I had used up my phone at one visit to the mall waiting for Gina to get off work so the next time I took the front headlight Garmin connector power bank headlight I bought some time ago and never use because the light is weak. But I took it with me the following time as a power bank. Worked well but figured I'd just get a real power bank and happy I did. 

I guess I wonder why the others don't have them as most I see carry bags and stuff. Heck, I bought a nice little pouch so when we go to the mall, we just toss it in Gina's purse.

This was the first pouch I bought for fun just to carry it the first week or so. Something flashy so we wouldn't lose it. But I did end up buying the black one. Nice little neo foam type thing for it.

This is the light with the power bank and Garmin mount that I have and mentioned earlier. Only 5,000 but did the job just fine.

I do enjoy my S&M tacos ha ha ha. Shrimp and meat from the food court taco truck style stand. They always give me a 10% discount. Place is called G's Taco Spot. Hmmm, G spot, S&M, what's going on there? Cool guys though, humanitarians that help out the people.

Of course Gina finds the Macy's specials like this blouse. But she wears things then places a couple sweaters and a jacket over them. Pretty common that I have to ask her to strip for a picture. How else am I supposed to capture the new blouse? He he he!

The holidays actually sucked. Quiet but boring and the rain, didn't get to ride my bike like I wanted. Strangely I had a migraine but happy as I have only had like 2 in the last 6 years and not as severe. It was on a morning that I was going to get up and go for a ride but decided not to with the lousy forecast. Good thing I didn't or else, BOOM! On the bike!

Not riding and eating some but not all the junk as the usual holidays. I ate a little more than usual but not too much. Not many desserts or stuff like that so I was not all that bad doing the 40 today after all the time off the bike, 17 days.

Only 3,641 Miles for the Year

 Yup, but not bad for working half the year after getting laid off. Then having received my SSI Retirement qualification letter slightly before the lay off, I put in for my retirement.  Thank God because the work place and ethics in this country aren't what they used to be.  Seen enough so I'm lucky to get out now while I'm still alive.  😄

So just a New Year's Eve lunch with my Honey.  Something different and close to home, not because it's at all good anymore,  just different from our usual. 

But off to a good start. Walking through the mall after, a lady stopped us then she told Gina, "your husband has a beautiful heart and he's a good person." 😊

Well, the other day when I got my tacos, I walked by then she saw them making a comment. She works at a little peanut stand passing out free samples so I know she doesn't make much so I went back and bought her a couple tacos. She was shocked but at the same time, looking so grateful. She mentioned something about not being able to have had a chance to eat that day then said she was going to eat them RIGHT NOW. 😋

So starting off the new year welcoming with a good note. 👍 And it is always nice to find people that appreciate kindness rather than trying to take advantage of it. And yes, I did tell her that Gina is the much sweeter person in our 38 years together. ❤️

Ah starting out the new year right. A petite steak and small bowl of soup 🍲 for lunch. AND the first day I haven't had to wear a band aid on my knee since my friend Sandra knocked me off my bike and threw me to the ground. 😫 Still a small band aid on my elbow but almost gone too. 🤕

So a good start to the new year but Sandra did say she would probably never hear the end of this. But it's 2026 and 2025 was not that long ago so I can't let it go away that soon. 😆😄😆

Some camera stuff.