Posts from — March 2010

I suppose I know the answer to the question, if I’ve kept all my documentation. However, if memory serves me right, my documentation of what pedal type I own is sitting in Tucson, in a box, labeled bicycle parts.. or maybe in the Mojave with all my tools. I suppose that’s the problem with being in pieces. And since I am in pieces, I’m asking you. What kind of pedal is this?

Above: Shoe Cleat, Below: Pedal.

These are twist in/twist out cleats.  Someone in Berkeley once suggested, “Track Pedal.”

Tired of waiting for an answer from no one, I felt like a more active attempt at getting this problem solved was to post it to craigslist, Bay Area. You can Follow Along if you’d like (EXPLICIT) - then, about 20 minutes later I got a reply and just like that my question was answered. The pedal was a Coombe, made by Bill Coombe in Colorado.  Unfortunately, for what ever reason, Bill Coombe closed his shop in 2006 and left the world out of luck.  Bummer, eh?  So I got onto wikipedia and righted a wrong and added Bill Coombe to the list of clipless pedal manufactures.  I even added it’s very own Coombe Clipless Pedal page. Hopefully, the page gains more information and grows into something a bit more useful to the world.  We’ll see.

And just for fun here is a cool pedal picture museum to check out: Speedplay’s Pedal History Museum

Finally a post about the progress on our new space. The basement! Started way way way back in 2006. Then it was just a clean, cement floored, spacious, basement where no one went unless they wanted to do laundry. AND NOW. It’s a dirty, saw-dust floored, cluttered, basement level where no one goes unless they Need to do laundry and then sometimes they do it down the hill. BUT after just about four years of ‘work,’ it’s coming together faster than ever and here’s the proof. Both the proof we’ve been working on it for so long AND the proof that we’re getting somewhere with it. Hopefully by the end of this I’ll have a nice inventory of tools purchased, garbage produced, and materials used. It should be fun!

Generally, progress is coming along as every day Andrew and I get a little more done. Some days it’s mounds of work, other days it’s mounds of failure, and most days it’s somewhere in the middle. But every day we’re sure to look real busy between 3:30 and 5:00 PM just about the time Kira get’s home from a 10 hour day at work. About then we throw saw dust in our hair, and get either a really puzzeled look on our face as we stare at some unimportant object in the room, or we put on the frustrated cuss and spit look as we move lumber around, from here to there and from there to here.. With that said, some days we can’t get away with sleeping in, eating a late breakfast, checking email, going down the hill for lunch, picking the right music, and starting our hammers somewhere close to 3. Because it’s the weekend, and the boss dawns her head-gear and gloves, and starts swinging her fancy 20 oz hammer (note: Andrew’s hammer = 19 oz. and SOMEONE busted the head off my hammer..shhhh) [See chart "Hammer Off" below for more detail] and calling all the shots. Then again, I suppose those are the days we get the most done.

CHART: Hammer Off

But we’re sure to finish every day off with a beautiful sunset, maybe a nice stroll through the hills, sometimes a cool cocktail and some deck time, and always a coulpe more fantasies of how’s it’s gonna be when all is said and done.

Two of my favorite photos so far:

From Basement Build

From Basement Build

I’ve got a number of photos online, and if any of the helper-bees ever took photos feel free to send them to me and I’ll be sure to annotate your name into our log book as helping and therefore allotting you to your fair share of the space. And if you haven’t come out to help, well, there’s still time!

Check back for more as progress grows into our new home. Cheers!

In seeking answers regarding roots Andrew and I spent the morning looking into our genealogy, trying to dig deeper than what we already knew from PoppaBob & Grammer Bev and Jack & Marguerite. After a few hours of guessing and checking, Andrew finally came across a scanned copy of a book by Bancroft about the history of California.

This exert from History of California: 1846-1848, Volume 5 of 7. By Hubert Howe Bancroft, Henry Lebbeus Oak, William Nemos, Frances Fuller Victor. Page 713; “Schroeder (Martin), 1847, Engl. mr of a vessel, married at Mazatlan, who brought his family in ’49 via Hon.; d. at S. Jose ’81.” (where Engl.=England, mr=master, and Hon.=Cape Horn). In conjunction with what we know about our family tree leading up to this point (see boldface below) helps us to connect ourselves as Californians since 1849.  True 49ers and native Californians of the nation of the Bear Republic, prior the it’s inception as a US state September 9, 1850.

1. Martin Schroeder (or Schroder) (b.Abt 1820-London England;d.1881-San Jose CA)
sp: Ignacia Alvarado (b.Abt 1829-Mazatlan Mexico;m.Abt 1840)
2. Victoria Alvarado Schroder (b.28 May 1862-San Jose CA;d.Abt 1955)
sp: William August Humburg (b.5 Feb 1862-San Francisco;d.1930-Los Angeles,California)
3. Arthur Fletcher Humburg (b.15 Mar 1884-San Francisco;d.Abt 1933)
3. Edith Victoria Humburg (b.14 Jul 1886-San Francisco;d.1978-Los Angeles,California)
3. Mary May Humburg (b.20 Jun 1890-San Francisco;d.1964-Los Angeles,California)
sp: John Andrew Mosier (b.15 May 1899-Adams County Iowa;m.1920;d.11 Feb 1941-Los Angeles,California)
4. Jack Arthur Mosier (b.26 Dec 1921-Los Angeles California)
sp: Laurie Merideth (b.29 Oct 1924-Moberly MO;m.9 Jun 1945;d.14 Apr 2002-El Cajon,California)
5. Andalee Mosier (b.19 Oct 1947-Hollywood Pres Hospital,Los Angeles California)
sp: Joseph Bruce Tenorio (b.19 Sep 1949-Naval Hospital,Guam;m.1980)
6. Kelly Ann Tenorio (b.1 Apr 1983-San Diego CA)
5. Merideth Mosier (b.19 Jun 1951-Hollywood Pres Hospital,Los Angeles California)
sp: Harry Dominic Leygraff (b.26 Nov 1948-Cleveland OH;m.(Div))
6. Sean Christopher Leygraff (b.3 May 1983-San Diego Ca)
6. Holly Nichole Leygraff (b.30 Oct 1986-San Diego Ca)
sp: Marguerite Louverne Anderson (b.28 Apr 1937-Los Angeles,California;m.9 Jan 1970)
4. Robert Rodney Mosier (b.9 Sep 1924-San Francisco)
sp: Beverly Joy Christiansen (b.Apr 1928)
5. Pamela Ann Mosier (b.Aug 1949-Hollywood Pres Hospital,Los Angeles California)
sp: James Elsworth Mizell II
4. Mary (Sally) Mosier (b.7 Sep 1925-Los Angeles,California)
sp: Richard Woodrum
3. William August Humburg (b.11 Jan 1893-San Francisco;d.1912-Los Angeles,California)
3. Charlotte Humburg (b.1897-San Francisco;d.1979-Ashland OR)

1. William A. Humburg (b.1825-Germany)
sp: Elizabeth (b.1825-Germany)
2. William August Humburg (b.1862-San Francisco;d.1930-Los Angeles, CA
sp: Victoria Alvarado Schroder (b. 1862-San Jose CA;d.1955)
3. Arthur Fletcher Humburg (b.1884-San Francisco;d.1933)
3. Edith Victoria Humburg (b.1886-San Francisco; d.1978-Los Angeles,CA)
3. Mary May Humburg (b.1890-San Francisco;d.1964-Los Angeles, CA)
sp: John Andrew Mosier (b.1899-Adams County lowa; m.1920;d.1941-Los Angeles, CA)
4. Jack Arthur Mosier (b.1921-Los Angeles CA)
4. Robert Rodney Mosier (b. 1924-San Francisco)
sp: Beverly Joy Christiansen (b.1928)
5. Pamela Ann Mosier (b.Aug 1949-Hollywood Pres Hospital,Los Angeles California)
sp: James Elsworth Mizell II
4. Mary (Sally) Mosier (b.1925-Los Angeles, CA)
sp: Richard Woodrum
3. William August Humburg (b.1893-san Francisco;d.1912-Los Angeles, CA)
3. Charlotte Humburg (b.1897-San Francisco;d.1979-Ashland OR)

More to come….

* UPDATE: Still there – but listed under GC24WVY as multi-cache.  Update posted here: GC24WVY: Stumped on Panoramic

A.K.A. Rectangle In The Pavement.

Cache is a magnetized nano.

Enjoy this nano cache along the Panoramic Hill Climb – A set of 300+ stairs that take you to the top of Berkeley & Oakland.

BYOP

Here it is online @ Geocaching.com

Or

Find it on your own with the coordinates:

N 37° 52.161 W 122° 14.676

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And Of Course, Here’s A Spoiler Photo

Berkeley, California, USA

Since starting our little caching hobby, we’ve just moved too quickly to make sense of keeping a running journal of our caches outside of Geocaching.com - yeah, I know, I should have seen that coming.  Sheesh.

But be sure to check out my Geocaching page for info on caches we’ve hidden!