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Reblog if you are Team Lope

Reblog if you are Team Lope

Every time I have Octoghosto on top of my MINI someone takes a photo of it. This time it was pulling into Mulagani Tire, in Mill Valley, where I needed a tire patched. Three guys riding by took photos... if asked, I'd just say it was the Team Lope team support vehicle.  Of course this isn't the first time. Carpetbagger is the same color as the last two MINIs were: pepper white.  GREAT day to noodle around the neighborhood, too. Hot but not as hot as the weekend, breezy but not blustery... made a long trip out of picking the car up later, too. For science. _________________ Chief of Ninja Group SUPEESU. MADDONISSU.  

I was just commenting to my lovely wife how it suddenly seemed like I must drive around town with Octoghosto on top of the MINI just for the spectacle. She laughed and said I hardly every transport the bike on top of the car like that, and it was just coincidence.  Cut to Sunday, when my lovely wife called me to let me know they were inbound to Weezy's Burgers with the kids, and that I should meet them there. So I did. On Octoghosto. After which point I used the MINI as a bike rack. Of course.  So, suddenly, there we are. _________________ Chief of Ninja Group SUPEESU. MADDONISSU.  

Look, if nothing else, they're aesthetically pleasing. _________________ Chief of Ninja Group SUPEESU. MADDONISSU.  

Good photos often mean risks. Granted, most riders these days seem to take those kinds of sweet pics WHILE RIDING. I was thinking to myself 'self? Lung would take this photo WHILE RIDING DOWN THIS STEEP ASS RAMP.' I'd be right, too.  I had concerns about riding that ramp and not falling, particularly trying to manage speed with skids, as it cants to the center AND down. But I took a minor risk in setting the photo up in the first place, as there were the cars.  This was 3rd street lot by Market. _________________ Chief of Ninja Group SUPEESU. MADDONISSU.  

Every time I have Octoghosto on top of my MINI someone takes a photo of it. This time it was pulling into Mulagani Tire, in Mill Valley, where I needed a tire patched. Three guys riding by took photos... if asked, I'd just say it was the Team Lope team support vehicle.  Of course this isn't the first time. Carpetbagger is the same color as the last two MINIs were: pepper white.  GREAT day to noodle around the neighborhood, too. Hot but not as hot as the weekend, breezy but not blustery... made a long trip out of picking the car up later, too. For science. _________________ Chief of Ninja Group SUPEESU. MADDONISSU.  

My wee Z started kindergarten on Wednesday. Despite being fairly close to the school, my dream of carting the kids to their day destinations by cargo bike has been elusive since I still have to get Matteo the Younger to SA for his care, so it's not normally feasible. HOWEVER. Fridays my lovely wife is home, so I was able to take Z in to school on the bike. Of course M wanted to come too so it was a gang. I'm impressed by the sheer volume of riders to the school. It's K-6, and between the parents and the older kids they had to double their bike racks/parking areas over the last two years. I love it! Note I still haven't untangled the 4th of July parade dressings... _________________ Chief of Ninja Group SUPEESU. MADDONISSU.