[lovebunny]

Hey guys! After wrenching in shops for since 2007 I have finally decided to get a "semi" professional job. I took a job at Specialized as a VSC Technician.

Now, I have never lived outside of San Diego really, so this is a huge change for me and I am totally tripping about it. If any Bay Area monkeys have any recommendations for things to do, riding spots, good/bad breweries, etc let me know!

Just got up here last night. Feels crazy to be calling this place home now.

 

[Westy]

Vasectomy Sack Caressing tech?

 

[Jozz]

Virtual Suing Center tech?

 

[Westy]

Vaginal Secretion Collector?

 

[CrabJoe StretchPants]

Veteran Sucker of Cocks?

 

[Westy]

Viral Safety Coordinator?

 

[Westy]

Voltage Stability Checker?

 

[eric strt6]

Soquel Demo, UCSC are the two best. Watch out for overzealous rangers in mid pen openspace and their stupid 15mph limit and radar guns. Adventure riding Henry Coe State park. Miles and miles of open back woods trails (bring a water filter). I'm in Livermore about an hour north of you. Los Gatos has some decent brew pubs as does Santa Cruz. Livermore is Wine Country with about a dozen brew pubs and a distillery.

 

[CBJ]

Can I get a Enduro on employee discount please?

 

[AngryMetalsmith]

I thought you went back to school to become an airline mechanic.

 

[Westy]

I thought you went back to school to become an airline mechanic.

I hear that industry is booming right now.

 

[SkaredShtles]

Fuck Specialized.

Come on... somebody had to say it.

 

[Pesqueeb]

I hear that industry is booming right now.

send help.

 

[Jm_]

Very Specialized Contractor

 

[Jozz]

Fuck Specialized.

Come on... somebody had to say it.

yes yes, we were waiting for you.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

Soquel Demo, UCSC are the two best. Watch out for overzealous rangers in mid pen openspace and their stupid 15mph limit and radar guns. Adventure riding Henry Coe State park. Miles and miles of open back woods trails (bring a water filter). I'm in Livermore about an hour north of you. Los Gatos has some decent brew pubs as does Santa Cruz. Livermore is Wine Country with about a dozen brew pubs and a distillery.

When I observed the rangers with the radar guns the experience simultaneously invoked projectile vomiting and the giggles. What I found interesting was that the ranger and those being ticketed were getting along just fine, business as usual.

 

[lovebunny]

Soquel Demo, UCSC are the two best. Watch out for overzealous rangers in mid pen openspace and their stupid 15mph limit and radar guns. Adventure riding Henry Coe State park. Miles and miles of open back woods trails (bring a water filter). I'm in Livermore about an hour north of you. Los Gatos has some decent brew pubs as does Santa Cruz. Livermore is Wine Country with about a dozen brew pubs and a distillery.

Awesome! thanks for the info.

 

[lovebunny]

I thought you went back to school to become an airline mechanic.

Yeah I decided a while ago that industry is not for me. I feel I made the correct decision.

 

[jimmydean]

You might not freak too much at the price of life coming from San Diego, but the bay area is crazy.

Of course Portland was cheap as shit when I moved here from San Diego and now we are trying to be Seattle.

 

[Brian HCM#1]

Hey guys! After wrenching in shops for since 2007 I have finally decided to get a "semi" professional job. I took a job at Specialized as a VSC Technician.

Now, I have never lived outside of San Diego really, so this is a huge change for me and I am totally tripping about it. If any Bay Area monkeys have any recommendations for things to do, riding spots, good/bad breweries, etc let me know!

Just got up here last night. Feels crazy to be calling this place home now.

Where in the Bay Area are you?

 

[Scrub]

Where in the Bay Area are you?

Hella NorCal

 

[UnusualBread]

Happy to show you loop I typically do at Pacifica.

 

[crashmtb]

Santa Cruz not really Bay Area, but for Thai food:

HANLOH

HANLOH makes food from scratch. We focus on Thai comfort food and country style cooking. Our weekly menu goes live every Sunday. Our menu changes weekly. We deliver to Santa Cruz and Santa Clara Counties! We have three pickup locations: our kitchen in Scotts Valley, Sante Adairius, and Santa Cr

www.hanloh.com

 

[crashmtb]

Also you must eat your own weight in It’s its.

 

[gonefirefightin]

I am not even sure any of the spots I used to crash are even around or open anymore. I am sure pacifica/boyscout, aptos and even a few scrub tracks are still around the area.

I have a feeling you will be going to northstar quite a bit when the snow melts.

 

[Brian HCM#1]

Hella NorCal

Shit! My bad!!!

 

[Pesqueeb]

Yeah I decided a while ago that industry is not for me. I feel I made the correct decision.

 

[lovebunny]

Where in the Bay Area are you?

Right now I'm in Morgan Hill for a couple months. They're putting me up in the Residence Inn for a bit while I get settled

 

[eric strt6]

Right now I'm in Morgan Hill for a couple months. They're putting me up in the Residence Inn for a bit while I get settled

So right by Coe and two fun although small parks. Santa Theresa (rocky ridge going downhill is a must do) and Calero (backside is open to bikes)

 

[lovebunny]

Does anyone have opinions on Campbell as a town? Seems a little slower than everywhere else in the area. My lady has a tentative job offer that would put it dead in the middle of both of our commutes.

 

[eric strt6]

Downtown Campbell is nice and slightly more affordable than the rest of the area. FYI you can Road ride from there to Morgan hill mostly on a segregated bike path (Coyote Creek Bike path) that ends at anderson reservoir morgan hill. It also goes past the Helyer Velodrome

 

[eric strt6]

also expand your residence options by looking at the Cal Train, ACE train and light rail transit lines. Right now the trains run 90% empty, allow bikes and are fairly fast