Fastboots leaves SF

So,
The last few days in SF were really hectic, getting the race together, getting rid of all my stuff, transporting the few things i wanted to keep to storage, cleaning endless cleaning. Saying goodbye to the people i managed to see, feeling bad about not seeing everyone. But i probably won't be gone forever, just a few months.

The race.
Was a little disappointed at the turnout for actual racers, but everyone who raced had fun, and the simple course was done in a backwards way by most of the racers. The checkpoints were (in the order i'd have done them).
Start at Columbia square park.
1. Kearny @ Broadway. (though the checkpoint lady was actually half-way up the hill there)
2. The very end of "municipal pier', at the very end of van-ness ave. It's a little finger that sticks out into the bay near aquatic park.
3. California street @ Fillmore. The location of the only seriously damaging accident i had as a messenger in SF. My sister Tara was drawing little yellow mustaches on racers. very cool.
4. Baker beach. thanks to kirk and heather for manning this spot for me.
5. The Boathouse at Stowe Lake (golden gate park). The center of the world for my childhood. It's Its at the boathouse DEFINED a summer day.
6. Grattan Playground. Curtis from Godspeed was hangin out here, hiding in the tube slides.
Finish at Columbia Square park.

The afterparty was great. I gave away a whole bunch of stuff and i feel satisfied that it all went to people that wanted/needed it. Frames, wheels, tires, cranks, brakes, levers, handlebars, stems... Clothes, a helmet, booze, and other stuff i can't even really remember...

The next few days comprised me packing everything up, giving alot of stuff away, and carrying the stuff i wanted to keep across town on the Pugsley, with a huge bike trailer behind it. People in SF aren't supprised by much, but me trucking 300lbs (at least) of stuff up polk street to the marina turned a lot of heads.

The last night was a debaucherous one at Cassidy's. Drunken-ness, free pool (one handed as is my specialty), and photo-booths.

peter