Wednesday, October 21, 2020 -- Electric Bike Share directly on the Beach Bike Path...

They must have recently put this in...  I didn't notice it until this week...

This location is about 300 yards from the nearest parking lot & is not visible from the parking lot.

It's kind of in the middle of nowhere on the bike path.

Maybe that's why the station is nearly full of bikes.

Since it's named "Metro Bike Share," it must be government operated.  The M logo is the same one used on the busses and the light rail system.

As the sign says, it's near Imperial Highway, on Dockweiler beach, but not really that close to anything...

You would have to trek out here to borrow one of these bikes.

So, $3.50 for an hour... Not bad for an electric bike...

Since the station is new, the bikes look pretty new too.  So, maybe they're not too terrible to ride?

This is another location where they just put in a station.

This is pretty close to Marina Del Rey.

In this picture, at the end of this straight stretch of the bike path (pretty much at the horizon in this picture), the bike path does a 90 degree right turn then a 90 degree left to go over a bride over the Ballona Creek as it empties into the ocean...

At least this location is next to the bathrooms (on the left) and the lifeguard station (on the right).

There's a short walking path going left in this picture to some nearby parking (maybe 200 yards to the left).

This location makes more sense than the previous one...

Maybe that's why there's only two bikes in the docks at this location?

As I was taking this picture, the guy in the white shirt rode up in one of the bikes and was putting it in the dock.

 

Cycle World Magazine -- Issue 3, 2020 -- Royal Enfield Himalayan Article by Peter Egan

Cycle World has become more of a "lifestyle" type of magazine with very artistic layout, photos & graphics.  I didn't know that Peter Egan was still writing occasionally.  I haven't read this article yet but look forward to it...

 

Old & Rough Tool Case - part 21 -- Key for the lock?

RB, who gave me the tool case, mailed me some keys that were also found in the garage that the case came out of.

I'm hoping one of these is the right one for the case...

Of all the keys, only this one even goes into the key slot (all the others are too tall).  But, the lock doesn't turn.

I'll try taking the lock off of the front lid and see if it's just rusted stuck...  Or, is it the wrong key?

Some interesting designs for the keys...

Can't read what it says on this key but it may be possible after some cleaning...

Master is probably the best known pad-lock company, at least for me.  I didn't know they were based in Milwaukee.  The font on the "Master Lock Co." stamped into the keys is pretty stylish...

The key at the top of the picture doesn't have any markings.

I'm not sure what it says inside the oval.  The large "K" is pretty distinctive and very stylized.

The keys may clean up nicely.  Will try later...

 

1994 BMW models and poster