January 2026 Photos

[Tony Lockhart]

Happy New Year, all. Wishing you many happy miles, health, and prosperity this year.

Here's a quick snapshot of Leo outside of Cub House central earlier this morning.

Cheers,

Tony

[Jason Fuller]

Happy new year! I took it pretty easy today but got 20 km in on the Evasion. I hope to get a longer ride on the Hillborne in tomorrow.  Been lucky with the weather the past week - no precip and staying a few degrees above freezing. Rain is coming tomorrow night though and who knows when it'll end, being the PNW! 

[Ben Miller]

Warning ***Not a Riv Post***

My wife, Stephanie, and I went out on the traditional NYD Ride, despite the dreary weather. Biked up Twin Peaks while it was still clear. Descended thru Cole Valley in the rain and made our to Golden Gate park. Rain was on and off, never that hard; no down pours. Made our way to Ocean Beach, said hi to the mighty Pacific, and turned around for home. Stephanie's front battery powered light unfortunately died around then and the dark got darker. Kept close so my dynamo light showed us both. Still had a couple of drivers be, well bad. But made it back safely 😁

We took Crust bikes cause 1) It's my only fendered bike. 2) It's Stephanie's only bike with lights mounted on it. 2026 job is to get her Riv Ram outfitted with a dynamo. But she originally wanted to take that :)

[Tony Lockhart]

Good stuff, Ben. Thanks for sharing.

I'm planning a Bay Area bike trip at the end of March. Definitely plan to bike through the areas you mentioned. Also, excited to bike through the Presidio and head over to Sausalito. 

Any idea if there are local Riv rides in SF? Hoping we can reboot an LA Riv ride in April.

[Ben Miller]

Well, I have a Riv photo from today, for all those I left clutching their pearls in horror yesterday :p 

Stephanie and I did a pretty similar ride as yesterday, but we took our Ram's today. But as we were about to set off, it started to rain again! And again, it was not in the forecast for another few hours :( It was wet going up Twins, and braking once cresting the top was slightly terrifying at first (Note to self: replace pads with Salmon Kool-Stop's) But after descending down it cleared up and remained dry for the rest of the ride. At Ocean Beach we deviated from yesterday's route and went down Sunset Dunes, which was very windy, but beautiful as always. Then the slow climb out of the Sunset and back home.

Tony, if you're not aware there is a Bay Area Riv Riders group. It seems less active than it used to be, but sometimes people organize rides there. I'm not particularly aware of any upcoming ones, but maybe you could organize your own. And you can always hit me up for a ride :) Presidio/Marin Headlands is great riding. You should stop by Scenic Routes in the Richmond where you'll likely to find a Riv or 2, as well as a wonderful nonprofit bike shop supporting the local community. And, who knows, going up Twins you might spot Will from Riv or Luke from Merry Sales on his Big Ol' Atlantis! 

Second photo is looking from the top of Twins as 2 bike riders descend the backside. We chatted with them for a bit: he was on a nice Colnago and she had an e-Cargo bike that was not charged so technically in acoustic mode. Both bikes were hers; I guess he was just visiting and borrowed the Colagno. You can also see Mount Diablo off in the distance.

[Steve]

I didn't make it out New Year's Day, but I did today, but I don't have a a picture of a Riv, but I do have a picture of a Ritchey (with a 31.8 Tosco bar !!!)

'Nuf said.   Steve in AVL

 

[Jason Fuller]

This isn't a very compelling photo but Ben's made me realize I need to also make up for posting a non-Riv on NYD. Got out for a 52 km ride today on the Bombadil, went to see off an old bridge that's imminently being dismantled now that the replacement is nearly ready. I was going to ride over it, but being an old bridge, it's quite hostile to bikes/pedestrians so we opted not to!  I hoped the bike/ped path on the new bridge would be ready, but didn't appear to be. Will come back in a few weeks. 

[Ben Miller]

Jason, I completely disagree, that's a great photo! Love the idea for the ride and the juxtaposition of the old and new bridges with the bikes in the foreground. That photo tells a story!

[Jay]

I agree with Ben - that's a good photo, Jason.

I got out today on my Fargo.  They paint these utility boxes which is cool, so I rode up on the sidewalk to get this photo.  On new year's day I went for a hike with my wife on a trail that was new to us.  It's not well-travelled, and that made it fun, like we were explorers, identifying the different animals and seeing their side trails.  At times we were on our knees, carefully crawling under the weighted-down branches.  This is only 20 minutes from home, but the weather was so different from my town.

This morning was also the last ride with alt/swept bars for me, at least for the foreseeable future.  I've now tried three different bars, with different grips, at different heights, lengths (thanks to a new collection of stems), and angles (the combinations/permutations with each of these factors is a lot, and I've tried it all!).  There were things I liked about the bars, but I often had sore wrists/hands vs. drop bars.  Bike is at the shop getting switched back over to drops and brifters.  My Roadini has drops and has been perfect since day one.  The Fargo was never perfect, so the alt/swept bars were an experiment.

Happy new year everyone!

[David Yang]

First ride of the new year. Thankful for studded tires, fenders and T-9.

[Ben Miller]

David, love the photo! So frosty and frozen. And superb Atlantis build; love see Bubbly pedals on Rivs :)

Yesterday Stephanie and I rode our matching Rams, today we rode our matching blue bikes: her Ram and my '87 Ritchey Outback. We beat the storms today and had nice clear weather, though there was a mighty wind. Went up to Land's End this time and the photo is at the Legion of Honor looking out towards the Pacific. I partially choose the Ritchey 'cause I had just put the Blue B17 on it that Stephanie got me for a Christmas gift :) 

[Jason Fuller]

I'm gonna dilute the Riv content again by posting another photo from today's ride on the Evasion. In the summer, this view is mostly obscured by foliage, but in winter it's stunning. This path is a great ride on the Rivs as well, but I went on to ride a long stretch of blue-rated MTB trail which requires a lot more walking on my Rivs vs. this thing. if I still had the Susie, it would have handled it a bit better, though I have to say the disc brakes make a big difference once things get steeper than 20% grade. 

[Steve]

Jason, I wouldn't worry about diluting the Riv content -- least wise not with a Crust Evasion. That bike looks like fun,  

Any how, I'll add some pics from earlier today  

Steve in AVL            (pic #2 is titled "does this shadow make my butt look big?)