Sunday, February 22, 2026

Old Man Base Miles

 25 solo miles. Just some exercise to the nature center. 2 coyotes hanging around approaching people. One about 10 feet from me and another guy. Kept approaching a family by the NC at the picnic tables eating lunch. 4 little kids, they looked kind of nervous. Hmm, clean up my bike then 1/4 mile later, have to ride through a river. Only 3 inches deep but hey, just cleaned my bike 5 minutes earlier. 🤣

Easy heart rate base miles. 

One in the shade, one at a table.




Easy HR today


                                                            Much different from yesterday




Saturday, February 21, 2026

Solo 46 SART

 Solo 46 on SART, 16 average speed,  another windy day.🤣 8 PRs on Strava today and a good HR effort. 

TC was on the trail, I waited at Edna Park as he was at the Big A but a text almost seemed as if he wasn't riding after all? So I headed on alone. But a chance to chat bikes with Paul before the ride, always fun with Paul. Then a chance to check out Alyce's new bike, yeah I'm jealous. 🤣 Then saw Bionic Ron roll by. Pic from today and one from yesterday's no bike riding day. 😄 Image courtesy of OG Ron. 👍

So what happened with TC? Well I was near Yorba Park when he sent a text saying he had just parked next to my truck at the train station. I told him I was around YP but he never responded. I rode by the train station and thought I saw him but figured that had to have been a while that he waited. So I headed to Edna Park for a break figuring he would roll by. Not yet so I rolled out onto the trail waiting as he had sent a text saying I am at the B A C so I thought he meant the Big A thinking he would be by momentarily. Took a while and no TC but another text saying he was pressed for time so he'd see me out on the road. Never did but turns out, his text was supposed to say, I'm at the beach. Typos threw me off . So I headed to the coast but never saw him. Maybe his new helmet threw me off.  I did see a rider wearing a pink helmet on the wooden bridge approaching thinking it might be him but then I noticed the rider was a little too feminine ha ha ha! It was a lady so I was confused wondering why I hadn't seen TC. Oh well, he was already back by the time I started heading back.

Crazy wind, TC said on his Strava that he had a nice tailwind back. Heck, I had a headwind to the coast after a nice tailwind at Yorba. Heading inland, big headwind doing 13 or 14 with a 151 HR. Nice tailwind halfway back to the coast then a headwind. A short break at the coast then heading back, I swear I had another headwind. I was pushing pretty good and couldn't do much more than 15 or 16 to maintain my average of 16. TC says he had a nice tailwind back, not me!


Hey, how come every time my friends take a pic of a Mexican, there is graffiti on the walls? 😁


Cleaned up !






Solo 46 miles then worked on a plumbing repair so got to Sizzler late. Line around the restaurant but the servers snuck us in through the back door. Very busy and Gina was worried about going up to the salad bar thinking people in line were going to maddog her. 😠 I told her too bad, they're just jealous because they don't got connections. 😄









                                  My Friday Tshirt no bike riding today picture ha ha ha!



Electronics are so trippy. I bought this power bank for $15 at Best Buy. But the little black think is a memory bank thing for almost 10 times the price of the power bank. What, is this black plastic made of gold? 



Sunday, February 15, 2026

Solo Fun Spin

 Having a fun easy ride just to get in some exercise on a Sunday.  An opportunity to do some posing. 😄 I didn't do the Damn Dam today.  I set up my clamp on a fence then took pics with the remote.  But the couple in orange were doing repeats. Must have done it 3 times while I was there.  I asked the lady but she said I don't know,  just following my husband. 🤣 And my bike by some good old fashioned California scenery.  😁


One of the little homeless camps, some reason all burned up. So they move their junk to the other side of the trail. This is along the 605 fwy. A secluded section of the trail. Along this shoulder next to the freeway, there are usually about 3 or 4 small camps hidden in the bushes within a section of about 100 yards. Another section a bit north that was very populated and littered with tons of junk. Makes you wonder where they get this stuff and why? 

They did clean up that big mess but plenty of junk and trash left behind. Over the last couple of months, most of the junk has disappeared. I myself, if I were the man, I'd make these low lives clean up their own sheot. I'd bring a dump truck and some handcuffs. If they don't work, lock them up on the fence for the day. If they do clean, shake their hands, give them a good meal, then a quick swift kick in the ass and tell them, never come back!

But they don't so crap like this camp exist. Plenty of steel structures. a bath tub, and lots of other odd things. Where do they get this sheot?

I have always had a low tolerance for these low life scumbags. I guess when you grow up next to a house full of 6 brothers that are all druggies and thieves, one tends to develop a dislike for low life bully punks. Of course, 3 of them have been dead for years, seems it all catches up sooner or later.

And not to be heartless, I will point out, these people aren't down on their luck Vietnam vets, they are low life scumbag trashy people that will steal your bike if you turn your back for a second.


The couple doing repeats on the Damn Dam Climb. 


That is about as far as I went up the first section, just for the picture ha ha ha!



Love me some cloudy skies !


                                     Easy HR ❤️ 

Went to Pizza Chalet for maybe the 3rd time since we discovered it. The first couple times it was very good. Gina said maybe the best pizza so far. But today, hmmmm! The cheese at the pizza bar seemed different, the pizza was not as tasty, and the jalapeno poppers were very plain trying them for the first time at this joint. I thought it was my taste buds, too many fig bars on the ride? I dunno!

But Gina confirmed my assessment, everything tasted a bit off today. She says maybe the cook. All I know is something was different today.

As Ralph Kramden would say, ONE DEMERIT !!!! 3 and you're out ha ha ha!






Saturday, February 14, 2026

Valentine's Day Ride

 Happy Valentines to my Honey. All joking aside, I'm lucky to have the sweetest most beautiful person in the history of the world as the love of my life. My only regret is not meeting her sooner like when we were 12 years old. 😄 Love these pictures of her, now of course because she's beautiful. At 12 because you can see she's already beautiful in and out. Then the baby, so sweet but looking like with am I doing here? 😁 Got her a little Charlie cup and doll. She took another picture of it with her candy 🍬 dish from couple weeks back, she loved it. 🙂


The YT video. Did run into a group on the way back, last 8 miles before my stop. Strong group and I held on the back so I wouldn't interfere. Just getting some footage. I was approaching Chalan Rest stop when they hopped on the trail and took off so I figured why not?






Just Another ride from Pico to the base of the Azusa mnts and back fighting the old age.   But first,  gave my Honey a little gift on the way out the door.  I am lucky to have the most beautiful person in the world for my girlfriend over 40 years. 🥰

Gina loves CB so I pretended to forget my water heading out asking her to bring it over to my truck. Surprised her with a little mug and doll. She loved it.


As I headed out to the golf course lot preparing for my ride, she sent a text with a pic of the candy dish I gave her a couple weeks back and the new CB mug. I guess she must have really liked it.






21 year old people ask, what are you doing for Valentines? Same thing I been doing with my Honey for the past 40 years. Yup, dinner. 😁 Millie's has my vote for best potatoes 🥔. I don't care for home style but I go there just for them. Gina had a baked 🥔 last time, so good I went back for one myself. Potato inside is smooth almost creamy, not sure how they do it. And Gina's gift to me was letting me slide on the dessert new year resolution. One slice of cheesecake won't kill me. 😄 Then saw a missile flying through the air, one of those Gina works on. 🫡 40 years, Valentines day isn't any different. 😛










Thursday, February 12, 2026

New PRs & New Tars 😁 Idiot E-bikes in Mall

 Solo 26. Just a smooth ride for exercise. Felt a little headwind up the dam but thought I'd go for it anyway. Felt good considering a couple days ago all I did was sit on my butt watching movies ending with stiff calves burning like a mothuh. But, one of the movies was Samson. Maybe it gave me strength. 😄 But just goes to show us old people got to keep on moving. Good ride testing out the new tires and clean spokes glistening in the sun. 👌

Happy about the PRs seeing its the Damn Dam Clims. Short 1/3 mile but tops out at 9% on the first section and 11% on the upper section.  I  topped my PR about 6 months ago and then today  but before that, it had been about 15 years  at least. 





The second half of the Damn Dam Climb. 


Kind of cool. My weight class, I'm number 1 this year.  Only 23 riders but hey. 😄

In my age group,  not bad for an old fat guy. 😄




5 in total, 4 mentioned on front page of ride. I'll take it. 😁




Much better HR chart. Just hate when website update etc and screw up settings.  Finally figured it out so looking normal again. 


Look at these idiots.  Riding wheelies in an indoor mall. E bike and scooters doing high speeds. And their idiot parents probably saying,  not my kid,  he doesn't do things like that. 




And to celebrate the PRs, I threw in some ribs for dinner.  A little different than usual.  😄