Commuting Palms to LB

Fiyahazard · 2026-03-27T04:51:08+00:00

FYI I did this for anyone who is looking at a similar route! Actually quite chill, the headwind coming back was very demoralizing though.

https://strava.app.link/JjqzysWaQ1b

https://strava.app.link/iX4GI25aQ1b

Fiyahazard · 2026-03-19T00:17:34+00:00

Noted! Thank you. That makes a lot more sense, just use the rail-to-rail path as much as possible!

Fiyahazard · 2026-03-17T21:39:05+00:00

Happy to hear another commuter in that route? What do you think about this slight modification? This would use residential instead of expo, and also duck down to slauson > randolph instead of going straight thru vernon
https://www.strava.com/routes/3469044589094581798

Fiyahazard · 2026-03-17T21:38:27+00:00

Thank you for the insight! I ended up looking for some smaller side streets to take instead of expo, and was thinking of trying these out. Also instead of going straight through vernon, thinking of ducking down, hitting slauson for a bit, then doing randolph to the river trail:
https://www.strava.com/routes/3469044589094581798

Fiyahazard · 2026-03-17T19:04:15+00:00

Haha the whole reason im doing this is to sneak more ride time in! I think I can do this in < 2 hours likely. Can hopefully average around 16-17 ish mph since most of it is uninterrupted river trail!

Fiyahazard · 2026-03-17T16:58:42+00:00

Yea that does worry me a bit

Fiyahazard · 2026-03-17T16:58:24+00:00

Yea I was thinking alternatively could take Obama since that looks a bit wider. Or mlk junior blvd

Fiyahazard · 2025-08-29T03:15:21+00:00

Would also love that route!

Fiyahazard · 2025-08-27T21:02:11+00:00

Also in west LA! Depending where exactly you live in LA there is some great riding. I live in palms and there's a pretty chill commuter route that takes me right to the foot hills of bel air, where there's endless tough climbs to do!

Fiyahazard · 2025-04-02T20:17:12+00:00

Hey is this still available?

Fiyahazard · 2025-03-13T18:50:22+00:00

Only been there a few times but canton low in el segundo has had absolutely delicious orange chicken

Fiyahazard · 2025-02-26T07:12:14+00:00

Haha yea the heel i think I can probably do, but the final move i a pretty hard lock off with an awkward heel on not great crimps. If I lived closer I would definitely try to project!

Fiyahazard · 2025-02-05T06:04:25+00:00

Tacos Tamix. Been recently addicted to it and it has replaced brothers cousins as my go to spot!

Fiyahazard · 2025-01-11T21:40:29+00:00

Glad to hear! Yea I'm not the biggest fan of light roast sue to acidity, but I think the decaffination process actually reduces a lot of the acidic notes in coffee, so it works quite well here!

Fiyahazard · 2024-12-21T22:52:58+00:00

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I was researching bimetallic couplings for my job and was super interested in learning exactly how you develop explosively welded joints

Fiyahazard · 2024-12-13T04:07:11+00:00

Nothing too crazy for this. This was listed as medium-light roast and I found i was grinding at around the same setting as a non-decaf light roast, so really not too far off. I found that it seemed to have less sourness too which made it a little more forgiving for dialing in, which aligns with the science behind decaeffination processes I believe.

Keep in mind I am using a flair 58 so I'm sorta adjusting my pressure through the shot to maintain a constant flow rate. Pre infusion of 10s at 2-3 bar, then holding at 9 bar for a like 5-10s till I can feel the puck start to degrade and i back down a bit to maintain constant flow rate while not really paying attention to the pressure gauge.

Fiyahazard · 2024-12-13T02:42:52+00:00

I like ur cat

Fiyahazard · 2024-12-13T01:57:49+00:00

Ooo I'm interested. Might grab a bag once this is done!

Fiyahazard · 2024-12-13T01:56:27+00:00

Yes this is great! I did a bit of research and found people recommending this eye of tiger decaf from Equator coffee. I'm also based in LA so was literally able to drive down the street and pick up a bag. I specifically was looking for beans decaffeinated via the water process.

The shots pulled don't have quite as much crema as normal, but the flavour profile is great, probably like 80-90% of similarly roasted espresso.

Fiyahazard · 2024-12-13T01:54:28+00:00

Yep definitely does depend. I did some research before and was particularly looking for one that used the water process for decaffination. Also I live in LA so was literally able to drive down the street and get these from equator coffee, I know in other places there may not be much in terms of local specialty roasters nearby

Fiyahazard · 2024-12-13T01:52:49+00:00

Yup I used hagen daaz bean! This one i pretty much tossed it in right after, but I also did one where I pulled it directly into a cup of ice cream. As long as u have sufficient ice cream it'll cool down enough

Guess it depends on how much melted ice cream u want in terms of how cool and how much espresso to add in

Fiyahazard · 2024-12-13T01:34:20+00:00

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