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Bike Items for Sale - Here's a photo journal of bike parts that I'm trying to clear out of my workshop.
Shipping is $10 or (actual shipping charges + (optional) insurance charges + delivery confirmation fee), whichever is greater. I will try to find cheapest shipping option (e.g. USPS for US Domestic delivery) or will ship according to your carrier of preference.
Some of the parts are new, some are used. If you think my item pricing is off or you're buying multiple items, please make me an offer.
I am selling everything "as is". But, if you buy an item that is dead on arrival, damaged in shipment, or you believe you got a raw deal, please contact me as soon as possible so we can work out a solution. Given the time involved in selling these items I am not making a profit on this and am more interested in seeing components and parts I no longer use but that have remaining useful life to find a home with other bicycle enthusiasts, where they will be used instead of collecting dust in my workshop.
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Jeff Steinwedel Memorial Ride, December 15, 1996 - A moderately large group of cyclists, many of those who knew Jeff through his connection to the cycling community on Usenet, gathered to pay their respects near the site on Stevens Canyon Road where he was struck and killed by a gravel truck a couple weeks earlier.
| Bike Ridden: | Bridgestone RB-T |
|---|---|
| Distance: | 64 miles |
| Cumulative climbing: | 6100 feet |
Loma Prieta, December 1996 - Stella Hackell and I parked at Summit Road and CA17 then rode southeast on Summit Road and then up Mt. Bache to Loma Prieta Ave that we took to the summit of Loma Prieta. We then continued on down Summit Road where we were accosted by Nicholas Gombos who owns property that crosses the road near the southern end of the dirt part. We managed to talk our way past and continued down the hill and onto asphalt. At Mt. Madonna Road we descended to Corralitos and then took the usual route to Santa Cruz in time to visit Brent Silver and his companion Sue at their home for a late lunch.
After lunch Brent and Sue joined us on the ride back as far as Bean Creek and Glenwood Highway before returning home.
| Bike Ridden: | Bridgestone RB-T |
|---|---|
| Distance: | 78 miles |
| Cumulative climbing: | 5400 feet |
Mt. Hamilton, November, 1996 - I was planning to ride the Low-Key Hillclimb up Mt. Hamilton, but when I looked out the window in the morning, it was raining, so I wimped out. Later the sun came out, so I decided to ride up on my own anyway. I got to the top late in the day (for November). Temperature was cold—just above freezing, but the scenery was beautiful.
| Bike Ridden: | Bridgestone RB-T |
|---|---|
| Distance: | 69 miles |
| Cumulative climbing: | 3500 feet |
Mt. Umunhum Road, November, 16, 1996 - Stella Hackell and I rode up to the nasty signs on Mt. Umunhum Road. This was my first trip up this road. The first storm of the season came blowing in just as we started down.
Low-Key Hill Climb: Bohlman-On Orbit-Bohlman, November 9, 1996 - These photos were taken at the top of the climb.
Low-Key Hill Climb: CA84 west Old La Honda, November 2, 1996 - A couple photos taken at the starting area in San Gregorio for this relatively flat hill climb
| Bike Ridden: | Bridgestone RB-T |
|---|---|
| Distance: | 56 miles |
| Cumulative climbing: | 5000 feet |
Ride with Derek, October 12, 1996 - Derek Bennett and I rode up Page Mill Road with the Low-Key Hill Climb event, then continued across Skyline Blvd. and then down Alpine and Camp Pomponio Road to Old Haul Road, then returned through La Honda.
Low-Key Hill Climb: Montebello, October, 1996 - I took a few photos from the finish line area at the top of Montebello Road.
| Bike Ridden: | Bridgestone RB-T |
|---|---|
| Distance: | 95 miles |
| Cumulative climbing: | 6400 feet |
Hekaton Classic, September, 1996 - Roberto Urquia and I met in San Ramon and rode the Hekaton Classic's "Hilly 100" route.
| Bike Ridden: | Bridgestone RB-T |
|---|---|
| Distance: | 81 miles |
| Cumulative climbing: | 3500 feet |
Ocean Beach, August, 1996 - Stella Hackell and I did a ride that took us by the Cliff House and Ocean Beach in San Francisco.
| Bike Ridden: | Bridgestone RB-T |
|---|---|
| Distance: | 94 miles |
| Cumulative climbing: | 3000 feet |
Pleasanton Ridge, August 10, 1996 - We didn't really ride on Pleasanton Ridge, but the only two photos on the ride were taken while stopped at the parking lot there. I rode over to Union City BART, took BART to Walnut Creek, meeting Richard Mlynarik at Rockridge BART station. In Walnut Creek we met Derek Bennett, and the three of us then rode over to Clayton and out Marsh Creek Road and Morgan Territory Road to Livermore.
From Livermore we took the flat route home through Pleasanton, Sunol (stopping for the photos), then Niles Canyon, back to Union City (where Derek caught BART back to El Cerrito). Richard and I crossed the Dumbarton Bridge and stopped at Jobst Brandt's house in Palo Alto before I went home and Richard caught Caltrain back to San Francisco.
The day was unusually hot (105F, at its peak), and was marked by a state-wide power outage.
| Bike Ridden: | Bridgestone RB-T |
|---|---|
| Distance: | 72 miles |
| Cumulative climbing: | 6000 feet |
Montara State Beach, July, 1996 - Derek Bennett and I took Caltrain to San Bruno, then rode up Sneath Lane to Skyline, then down Sharp Park Drive, through Pacifica, over Devil's Slide, and stopped at Montara State Beach for a photo. We then continued into Half Moon Bay and returned over the hill on Tunitas Creek and Kings Mountain Roads.
| Bike Ridden: | Bridgestone RB-T |
|---|---|
| Distance: | 61 miles |
| Cumulative climbing: | 4200 feet |
Bill's Hills, July, 1996 - I led a ride in the local hills with Roberto Urquia, Dan Bartlett, Noah D., and one other rider whose name I don't have recorded.
| Bike Ridden: | Bridgestone RB-T |
|---|---|
| Distance: | 54 miles |
| Cumulative climbing: | 200 feet |
Drawbridge, July, 1996 - Stella Hackell and I rode a very flat ride. We took the bay trail through Shoreline Park and then crossed Stevens Creek and took the levee trail behind Moffett Field over to Sunnyvale Baylands Park. We continued on trails as close as we could to the Bay and found ourselves at Alviso's Marina Park. We continued on the levee parallel to the railroad tracks. On the way we spoke to a woman who seemed to know the train schedule on these tracks, that there were only two trains per day. So, we decided to risk the hazardous trip on the railroad trestle to the abandoned town of Drawbridge.
I do not recommend repeating this trip today as there are many more trains using these tracks, as well as being illegal to ride on the tracks. Two trestles cross the mouth of Coyote Creek and Mud Slough, and there isn't much room for a person to stand if a train were to come by.
We alternately rode and walked on the ties between the tracks. For some reason I didn't take any close-up photos of the old buildings in Drawbridge. There are other web sites that feature these. We left the railroad right-of-way at a dirt road that led eventually to Cushing Parkway. We finished the ride by passing through Fremont and Newark and then returning over the Dumbarton Bridge.
The first frame gives a map of our route on the levees and railroad tracks.
| Bike Ridden: | Bridgestone RB-T |
|---|---|
| Distance: | 60 miles |
| Cumulative climbing: | 4900 feet |
Mosquito Flat and June Lake Loop, July 3, 1996 - Derek Bennett and I drove the bikes out to Lake Crowley Rd., rode through McGee Creek, Hilton Creek, and Tom's Place, then rode up Rock Creek Canyon to the trailhead at Mosquito Flat. After lunch we descended Rock Creek Canyon and rode back to the car on Lake Crowley Rd.
Not content with that short ride, we drove with the bikes down to the southern June Lake Junction and rode down US395 to the northern June Lake Junction and then rode mostly uphill on CA158, back to the car.
| Bike Ridden: | Bridgestone RB-T |
|---|---|
| Distance: | 124 miles |
| Cumulative climbing: | 8900 feet |
Highland Way, June 1996 - I rode down to Corralitos via Summit Road, Loma Prieta Ave., Highland Way, and Eureka Canyon Road, then back home by CA152 and a the route by the reservoirs west of Morgan Hill.
| Bike Ridden: | Bridgestone RB-T |
|---|---|
| Distance: | 103 miles |
| Cumulative climbing: | 9300 feet |
Sequoia Preview, June 1996 - This route was never on an actual Sequoia Century ride as the Sequoia didn't materialize in 1996. At the time Paul Kern thought he might like to put it on, so he asked me to come up with a set of routes. This was the 100-mile route that did a clockwise loop through Big Basin, north on the coast, and then returned through Pescadero. The only photo was from our lunch stop in Davenport.
| Bike Ridden: | Bridgestone RB-T |
|---|---|
| Distance: | 118 miles |
| Cumulative climbing: | 15400 feet |
Low-Key Nightmare, June 1996 - Dan Connelly, Kevin Winterfield, and Mr. Bill conducted Mr. Bill's Nightmare "fun" ride. The route started/ended near Maples Pavillion on the Stanford campus and took the following roads:
Page Mill -> Skyline -> CA9 -> Bohlman -> Montevina -> Black -> Gist -> Skyline -> Bear Creek -> CA236 -> Jamison Creek -> Empire Grade -> Pine Flat -> Ice Cream Grade -> Felton-Empire -> East Zayante -> Quail Hollow -> Glen Arbor -> CA9 -> Alba -> Empire Grade -> Jamison Creek -> CA236 -> China Grade -> CA236 -> CA9 -> Skyline -> Page Mill (whew!)
In spite of the unusually hot weather that day the three of us managed to pull it off without any major incidents.
| Bike Ridden: | Bridgestone RB-T |
|---|---|
| Distance: | 37 miles |
| Cumulative climbing: | 2800 feet |
San Bruno Mountain, March 9, 1996 - Derek Bennett and I rode around San Francisco, then we climbed up San Bruno Mountain, descended the east side, then rode around through South San Francisco, picking up BART for the trip home.
| Bike Ridden: | Bridgestone RB-T |
|---|---|
| Distance: | 77 miles |
| Cumulative climbing: | 3800 feet |
Livermore Hills, March 2, 1996 - Stella Hackell, Karl Kneip, and I joined the Western Wheelers ride in the Livermore Hills. We started from the Livermore Airport, road up Collier Canyon Road and around the north side of the Livermore Valley, then up Patterson Pass and down the east side, stopping for lunch at Mountain House. We continued through the fields of Tracy to Corral Hollow Road and climbed back over the hills to the Livermore Valley and pressed on through town and back to the Airport.
| Bike Ridden: | Bridgestone RB-T |
|---|---|
| Distance: | 31 miles |
| Cumulative climbing: | 2200 feet |
Sacramento Northern Railroad Right-of-Way, February, 1996 - Bruce King, Richard Mlynarik, and I did a ride that followed as best we could the old Sacramento Northern Railroad right-of-way through the Oakland hills and down into Walnut Creek.
| Bike Ridden: | Bridgestone RB-T |
|---|---|
| Distance: | 76 miles |
| Cumulative climbing: | 6600 feet |
Santa Clara County Dead End Road, January 14, 1996 - Stella Hackell, Eric House, Bill Halleck, and I met at Fremont BART station whereupon we rode up Niles Canyon and Calaveras Road to Welch Creek Road. We climbed Welch Creek Road to the end of the pavement and then continued on the dirt road up Apperson Ridge for another few miles until we got to a gate that had a "no bikes" sign. We then returned down to Calaveras Road and then rode south to Felter Road and rode out Marsh Road and back, and then we rode Weller Road up to its dead-end before heading back down to Milpitas where Eric and Bill continued back to Palo Alto and Menlo Park and Stella and I returned to the Fremont BART station, stopping for a late lunch at a deli across the street from Ohlone College.
| Bike Ridden: | Bridgestone RB-T |
|---|---|
| Distance: | 33 miles |
| Cumulative climbing: | 3100 feet |
Santiago Canyon, January 11, 1996 - Chris Hull and I did a short ride around Santiago Canyon Road and a few other hills.
| Bike Ridden: | Bridgestone RB-T |
|---|---|
| Distance: | 52 miles |
| Cumulative climbing: | 2400 feet |
Marin Headlands, January 7, 1996 - Rob Heyman, Denise Jeong, and I rode from San Francisco over to the Marin Headlands and then out to Tiburon for lunch before taking the ferry back to San Francisco.
| Bike Ridden: | Bridgestone RB-T |
|---|---|
| Distance: | 48 miles |
| Cumulative climbing: | 4300 feet |
New Years on Mt. Diablo, January 1, 1996 - I joined the annual GPC (Grizzly Peak Cyclists) ride up Mt. Diablo on New Years Day.
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