Vintage, Rigid, and Dirt Drops

Yay for vintage leisure time!  I was able to escape for a nice relaxing mountain bike ride on local trails with one of my favorite "tanks" this past weekend. I brought out my old fillet brazed Fisher Mt Tam fitted with WTB drop bars and Suntour Barcon shifters.  I'm talkin' old school fully rigid, friction shifting and biopace chainrings -- It's awesome!

Solo, with no where to be, and no particular direction in mind -- one of my favorite ways to start the day.

I launched from the little nature preserve park of Sycamore Grove operated by the city of Livermore, then transitioned into the East Bay Regional Park of Del Valle.

It was a great day out on the trail.


On the way back, I hit a couple of the steep hills with Strava segments. I was feeling pretty good and thought I might try for a new PR. Sadly, when the ride was loaded, I had to settle for a new 3rd best time. I really thought I had it!

Here's the ol' rig

It was a great little 3 hour escape.

I'm kinda hooked on riding the dirt drops lately. I have another dirt drop bike in the works that I'm excited about. Looking forward to riding that beast the next time I can break away.

Willits Ride!

Beautiful evening ride on my only 29er... Fully rigid Willits 29er Townie built by Wes Williams who was once an Ibis employee back in the company's early Petaluma days.
I always have fun riding this bike.

I'm not sure if Wes is still building Willits bikes, but his website is still up Willits site link