carchaeology: 08/09/19

Friday, August 9, 2019

Hero to Zero -- August 2, 2019 (Friday)

I had a pretty spectacular crash on my bike last weekend (on Ballona creek bike trail).

I had a “mechanical” & went from cranking to zero in maybe two seconds (see graph below).

No permanent damage, I hope… (other than what I started out with!)

I had three guys (that I don’t know) behind me at the time & none of them crashed (!), which was amazing.

One guy braked so hard that he slid through his tire and inner-tube completely & got a massive flat.

I may have to get a GoPro and recording my crashes.

It could be pretty entertaining for others…

On another note, a 22 year old PRO racer died from a crash in a race in Poland last Thursday. Tragic… his whole life was ahead of him.

Porsche Experience Center Cars & Coffee - Saturday, August 3, 2019 -- Part 1

RHD import. First generation Elise. The car is very simple and basic & that's what makes it great. Drove one back in the '90s when it first came out (it was also a European model but LHD). One of the best cars I've ever driven.

V12 in a '90s Aston Martin. The car is pretty unremarkable and bland but the V12 is cool. It's very large and would be difficult to transplant to other cars unless it has a really large engine compartment.