On a whim I signed up for a 9am Saturday bike ride around Mill Valley and then actually showed up.
Highly recommended.
I grew up in Mill Valley, and learned new stuff. Shell mounds in Mill Valley. Chief Marin’s birthplace is next door to the president of the Mill Valley Historical Society and its also the site of the Reed home (rancho grantee, first euro home in Mill Valley. How convenient is that?
I was surprised by the number of attendees I knew, including a BOBlister! It’s a small world if you know what’s good.
Charlie’s Ritchey was hand built by Tom for NAHBS and Charlie built it with all the goodies.
I talked a lot about the Ebisu. People who had no idea what it was loved it. People really like classic steel bikes, even if they’re riding electric carbon.
I poked around at the heliport a bit. When I was little my parents had a little “coffeehouse rap center” there for the hippies and runaways (shoutout “Throttle” and “One Armed Frank.”
And I had a super mediocre burger in Sausalito.