Neighbor DB and I did a 24 mi coast ride north to Oceanside and back today. Every beach we passed was packed on this sunny and unusually warm Sunday at the height of tourist season.
Warned DB that I'd have a bad case of the zoomies, as we were leaving right after watching the final stage of the 2026 Tour de France. (What a finish, what a Tour!) Fine, he said, just wait up now and then.
After turning around at the harbor, we stopped for cold drinks at the Tin Fish at the foot of Oceanside Pier.
Used to get nervous riding down this very steep ramp from the pier to the restaurant — especially when there were lots of people and bikes in the street below. But thanks to a recent
brake upgrade and
front tire swap, the bike now feels much more controlled and sure-footed on steep descents.
At one point, noticed this blue rubbery stuff on the ground by my wheel. No idea how it might have gotten there all the way from Washington DC, but first thought was a piece of the peeling "flag blue" liner recently installed in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
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Turned out, our picnic table was the real source. Maybe the same cronie's Florida company painted both.
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