A Not So Lazy Sunday

Today, I went for a ride with my friend Lindsay, and it could not have been a nicer day for a bike ride. It was one of those rides where just about everything went perfectly (except for the one stale green I went through, not realizing she was further back than I thought, which made for a little more excitement than necessary).

We started just West of the 405, and headed out toward Santa Monica Pier. If you live in the area, Iowa Ave. is definitely the way to go, as it's a lot more mellow than Santa Monica or Wilshire. It was sort of a highlights of the beach by bike ride, so from the Santa Monica Pier, we went down the bike path along the beach to the Venice Boardwalk, to the Venice Pier, to Marina Del Rey, to Mustache Bridge, and then turned around and came back.

It was about 20 miles total, plus another 8 miles from my place to hers, and 28 miles on a fixie after finishing last night's ride at 2AM meant I was pretty much done. It is getting easier to ride though. If I can just figure out how to go down hills fast without getting spun out and/or scaring the bejeezus out of myself, I'll be all set.

I did get a few decent pics. (If you can't afford photoshop but want to edit your photos using something more effective than MS Paint, you may want to download GIMP. It's pretty awesome.)


Guard Shack


Getty Center


Panoramic Shot from Venice Pier. (Canon's PhotoStitch software is awesome! You just take a few pics moving from left to right or vice versa, and it puts them together for you.)


Completely gratuitous bike shot.

Have a good one!