THE WHEELMEN. San Francisco Call, 27 July 1895

I haven't posted on this blog in ages. I've been busy with a new job, and coaching the Oakland Composite high school mountain bike team(s). Most of my words and pictures go on Facebook or Instagram, which are like greased pans - the content is there, then slides off and is forgotten. Long-form content just doesn't stick, or work. I think I'll start sharing things here, and link it on Facebook, or if the kids on the teams or my friends might be interested - like this article - I'll share it with them via email.

Last Wednesday, May 24, 2017 my wife and I went to Fairfax to hear Joe Breeze speak about "Cycling 1890s Marin: Riding Marin's backroads 120 years ago" at the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame. He presented an amusing talk about the Bay City Wheelmen and their outings to Marin, showing where they went, how it relates to current geography (and topography), explaining what things were like back then. The source material for the talk was a Bay City Wheelmen scrapbook Joel Metz found. Joel lent Joe the scrapbook, and Joe and his son Tommy scanned and improved the photos. Joe and Otis Guy had also been researching early clubs, and Joe has invested a lot of time and effort researching what he presented Wednesday. I'd love to see his presentation recorded in a way that more people could see it, and I'd really like to get more friends to come to his next presentation, if he gives one again.