Category — Bicycling

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Here’s to riding bikes.

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November held out for us and produced a wonderful fall day for which we went bicycle riding through and about the peace of Healdsburg’s wine fields.

A Map

Riding through hills in CA

Photos & More

The Nappa to Calistoga ride route as noted by my Garmin GPS: Note the location of our turn around is at a delicious restaurant in Calistoga called Sarafornia.  It’s on the main drag and hard to miss.  They’ll serve you a great deal of water for filling your bottles to get back on the road along with your bicuts and gravy.

2010-07-18 Nappa Ride

After a few months of planning and shopping, followed by about a month of assembly, I’ve finally completed it.

MY NEW BICYCLE!

http://gallery.johnmizell.com/main.php?g2_itemId=6619

Comprised of both new and used parts. I’ve put together a solid Soma Double Cross light touring frame, capable of any all out race I chose to engage in.

[Used Portion: frame, pedals, clips & shoes, wheels, tubes, tires, rear derailleur, water bottle cage, pump, rear light, brakes, shifters, & seat post.

New Portion: saddle, front fork, handlebar tape, cables & housing, brake levers, crank, chain, sprocket, front derailleur, front light, brake pads, & bottom bracket. ]

And all of this for the low low price of … much more than a new bicycle.  DOHith!  Oh well, I got exactly what I wanted, and now I’m ready for my next installment of cash so I can make changes.

Until then.. here’s to riding up the hill in style!

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