I drove over to the Berkeley hills today to pick up this thing. It’s a 2007 Specialized Tarmac S-Works SL. The seller also had a Roubaix and liked its more relaxed geometry over the Tarmac. Since he didn’t really ride it, I was glad to pick it up from him. The bike did not include […]

Given my previous smog failures 1 | 2 with the Previa, I was left in a bit of a predicament. I had changed virtually everything I reasonably could, that was related with emissions, and the van still wasn’t passing. The only thing it was failing in was the 15mph NOx test. The maximum allowed was 1100, but […]

Call me fickle, because I can’t completely deny it. In my search for the best fitting and most proper gear, I’m yet again going through some changes. I recently sold my AGV GP-Tech helmet because  the Rossi scheme became a bit too flashy for me. It was a great helmet and fit me fine, but […]

Immediately after work on Friday, I rushed home to get ready for the Track the next day. I was only able to get in about 4 hours of sleep before having to wake up at 4 am. After getting everything into the car, I was on my way for the 160 mile journey up north […]

Last week was super busy for me… I had to work 10-12 hour days, every day. The short story, we were assigned some big projects in a short time frame. Since quality counts, everything had to be done as thorough as possible. One of the days I ended up in Santana Row in San Jose, […]

Started off the day by going to various stores to pick up some goodies for the Previa. The items included new windshield wipers, 6 quarts of Mobil 1, distilled water for coolant flush, Fram oil filter, Seafoam, Bumper coating for wiper arms, Bosch O2 sensors, and a new battery. On the way back home, I […]

I’ll start this with a little back story: ever since I sold my RX-7, I’ve been looking for a cheap daily driver car. Emphasis on cheap. The main purpose of the car would be to commute around, but also to specifically transport my motorcycle… so I needed something bigger. One night I had a spontaneous […]

I guess you could say this is another “gift” for myself. Okay, so I like to indulge sometimes… but I saw this as an applicable necessity. I first got into photography back in high school, which started with a Nikon D50 and a 50mm f/1.8 lens. I had that for a while and then sold […]

Just to recap… when I expressed optimism regarding the Cold-Eeze lozenges in an earlier post, I now think they’re utterly useless. Supposedly, Cold-Eeze should reduce the duration of the common cold by “42%.” It works by using a special type of zinc that works homeopathically. When you dissolve the lozenges, the zinc attracts the rhinoviruses […]

I cut into this thing thinking it was a grapefruit… turned out to be a giant orange. I would assume the bar is being raised regarding genetic modifications of fruits these days. Also, I went on a quick ride last weekend on my birthday on a local road called Palomares. It was WAY too hot […]

As part of a birthday present to my self, so to speak, I decided to upgrade my old riding gear. And by old, I mean only 1-week old. Why so fastidious, you may ask… Mainly because I wanted to take my riding more seriously, and that called for more serious gear. Just to note, the previous […]

On the taxi ride back today.