Butter People

On March 13, 2025, I wrote that the day before I went home from work and prepared for a rainy Butter Lap. Once I was packed, I rode Market Street to the Ferry Building and got myself empanadas as a snack. Then I sat with people I knew from the ride and the other Butter people until it was time to go.

I ended up buying batteries at fisherman‘s wharf because my lights weren’t working. I also felts silly since it was obvious there were no rain concerns. I climbed up to Pacific Overlook as the one other person from the group passed me and it was just us there for a while. SOme others were there with a few people a bit later. As we descended to Lobos Creek it was freezing. I chatted with a couple of the new people. We passed the strongest fixed gear rider. When we were done climbing to Legion of Honor, I shed my rain clothes.

One of the riders had cake because it was her birthday and that was most of the reason why I was there. One of the other riders offered me mulled rum which was really nice. Everyone seemed to disappear a short moment later so I took 30th to Golden Gate Park and ended up chasing riders I thought knew who I had found on JFK. However, they got away and later on I realized that they were not from the ride because the fastest rider turned up behind me and he’s usually first in the pack. I rode to Stanyan then and took my raincoat off. I was really hot at that point.

I accidentally went down Duboce not remembering I was going to Benders. I took Capp and Van Ness. I passed a bunch of the riders then. At the bar I chatted with the people. THe bike party people I knew on the ride – particularly the East Bay people – had left after Legion of Honor. I sent some of them pictures. We played pool. I left at 1:30

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