Friday, December 3, 2021

Sunday, November 28, 2021 -- Hung up two more bikes in the rafters (for a total of eight bikes hanging...)

Added hangers for the Red bike on the right.
It's above the rolling book case so it's not in the way...



 

Friday, November 26, 2021 -- Glendora Mountain Road -- Closed to traffic on holiday weekends...

This road goes up to Mt. Baldy.
We started at JG's house in Claremont & went just a part of the way up.
Nice to ride on a road with no cars, just other cyclists, some hikers, and a lot of long-board skateboarders.
Just rode for a couple of hours in the morning.

We may ride all the way up to Mt. Baldy another time when the road is closed again...

I thought it would be cooler going up the hills but it was pretty warm.
Was wearing three layers at the start.
Went down to just a shirt as we started to climb...

We just went up about 2,200 ft.
Mt. Baldy is about 4,200 ft. at the top.

Can see the tall buildings of downtown Long Beach straight ahead at the horizon line... (difficult to make out in the picture)


We turned around at this pullout.
We rode about 26 miles total.
When we got back to JG's house, we had some coffee, prosciutto & pumpkin pie.  JG remodeled the kitchen (new everything).  It turned out really nice.  They took out the wall between the kitchen and the living room to make it open with a bar/seating area in between.  Much nicer...

Had to leave about noon to meet the Gabelich family for lunch, at Pampas, in Culver City...

This is looking north.
If we kept going, JG said we would be riding up towards this direction...

 

Friday, November 26, 2021 -- Another batch of miso-ramen...

Made it for SKMK & CRMK.
Made it a little bit more spicy than before.
SKMK liked the spice level...

 

Friday, November 26, 2021 -- Oil Change and tire rotation for 2019 Fit

SKMK & I did the maintenance together.
0W-20 oil (3.5 qt.)

Had to remove the plastic undertray to get to the drain plug & filter.
My smallest filter wrench was still too big for the filter.
Used a large pair of pliers to remove the filter.
Will have to get the right size filter wrench for next time...

There were two missing clips for the undertray.
Bought a couple of replacement clips from Honda and installed them this time.

Oil fill cap and dip-stick are on the RH side of the engine bay.  Easy to access...
Checked all the fluid levels.  All is OK but the coolant level is a bit low.
Will add some tomorrow and also inflate the tires to spec.
Ran out of daylight today...

 

Friday, November 26, 2021 -- 405 freeway south just past LAX @ 6:45 AM...

The sun is rising and the 405 freeway is nearly empty.  So nice...