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I hit all checkpoints and cupcake pit stops (including a bonus pit stop at Mission Minis for six cupcakes), and completed the sugar climb bonus; they were out of frosting for the frosting bonus. The diabeetus test checkpoint was my favorite! The format was kind of awkward, with objectives of both time and points, but the overall route was great. I was 20th across the finish line, but I have no idea what my adjusted time was, nor what my points total was. I think I came in 1st in the afterparty beer drinking contest that I ran in my own head.

October 8 - Shaping SF food history tour

My first Chris Carlson tour and it was fantastic! Did you know that Mission Bay used to be full of poo and dead animal parts? Me neither.

Saw some old faces, met some new ones, helped some kids fix a flat, danced like the fuck. My life is markedly better with Bike Party in it.

Met mostly new faces, drank beer, saw a few dozen cops haul some kid away, and ate burritos, pizza, & black bean burgers. I also won $3 betting on gold sprint races:

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No wandering, no getting lost, just mashing.  Easily one of my favorite races in San Francisco.

October 21 - 24 - Marin/Sonoma Cheese tour!

Day 1, Friday October 21 - leave SF around 4pm or 5pm, and camp out at Samuel P. Taylor that night. We'd be arriving in the dark/dusk, so lights will be imperative.

Day 2, Saturday, October 22 - eat lots of oatmeal and then ride out along Pt. Reyes-Petaluma road and stop off at various cheesemakers for free cheese and maybe even a tour or two! From there we could continue east or potentially head north. If we head north, we could go to Santa Rosa and camp out at Spring Lake Park on Saturday night and drink lots of beers at the Russian River and Third Street breweries.

Day 3, Sunday, October 23 - Go for a morning hike to and swim in the lake over in neighboring Annadel State Park, eat more oatmeal, and then either west to Bodega or east to Sonoma wine country. I'm leaning more towards east into wine country, as I'd really like to guerrilla camp in a vineyard on this trip. We could also drink lots of free wine with our cheeses out there, I'm sure.

Day 4, Monday, October 24 - Eat oatmeal, head home, eat cheese along the way, maybe stop off at Iron Springs brewery in Fairfax for some end of trip brewskies.

November 4-6 - Cyclecide's Pedal Monster

This year they're hosting a pedal regatta and I'm going to enter that shit! For reference: