Saturday, December 11, 2010
Breakfast at home: 2-egg sandwich. Got extra passport photos from The UPS Store in West Portal. Loaded my transit Clipper Card with money. It would not accept my UCSF pretax card as either a credit card or debit card, so I used my own credit card instead. Lunch to go from Out the Door: rice with organic tofu and vegetables, steamed veggie bun, iced tea. Ate lunch at the safe bicycling class provided by sfbike.org, Bert Hill teaching. The class started late and was rushed at the end, but it was free and Bert was extremely knowledgable. I got lots of excellent advice and tips on urban bicycling. Some things I learned: security cables are ineffective, skewer locks are effective, small u-locks are effective, when parking your bike in a public rack avoid large public racks such as near the Metreon, when turning keep your outside leg low and your inside leg high with respect to pedal position. I need to buy a bell, mirror, and skewer locks. I didn't know what sharrows were before this class. You can find good bike safety videos on YouTube by Chris Quint (carrigan88). Holiday party at Ted and Emery's. I went early to help set up then got dinner at Basil Thai: Monk's Delight with brown rice, black tea, shrimp chips, water. Returned to the party. Met or encountered Aaron, Corey, Doug Coker, Doug, Dustin, Chris N, Katie, Ramy, Doug, Jeff, Andrew, Nate, David Bowden, Bill T, John B, Andrew C. Home. Did more packing. To bed late.