Decided to do the shop ride at bent up cycles instead of Tour de Palm springs
Got there one time on and there was nobody there Thankfully people started showing up
Some photos inside the shop:
a cupole of Carbents. Dana (the owner of Bent up) also owns CarBent(Carbon Recumbents )


the shop itself:

we then went down to balboa park very slowy Like slow enough that the big challenge was keeping my balance. but I needed to practice slow speed handling anyways.
we went around the park, ran into Dana, and came back. The factory had cut one of my cables short and it had kinked, so Dana had Andres (the mechanic ) replace and I bought some stuff.
more 'bent lust
from right to left , A bacchetta Giro 26, an Optima Baron, and a Hp velothechniK Grasshopper

I Then went and practiced starting and stopping at Van nuys airport. Ever wonder where movie studios get Vintage planes when they need them?

It wouldn't be LA without riding by a studio. This where "My Name is Earl" is filmed

got about 16 miles in