On Bicycles, and.... what else is there?

Since Tam was canceled for today, I decided to make a run at my Strava PR for Camino Alto. Virtually all of my existing Strava times for the climb are on my Ritchey Breakaway, a relatively light bike in the low-17 lb range with clincher wheels, but with the Fuji I place weight at a priority. For Mt Tam I had my Reynolds 35-T carbon "road race" wheels (with Veloflex Record tires), not my lightest configuration but with the Garmin 500 checking in at 12.5 lb -- still pretty good. So I decided to risk taking these tires across San Francisco and into Marin for the climb. Ironically the worst road I ride glass-wise, not even close, is Central Expressway in Mountain View which is typically part of my commute. The streets in San Francisco, despite a serious problem with cars getting broken into, are fairly glass free. It's because the streets here get swept once or twice per week, while once glass is on the Central Expressway shoulder, it's there for months. So I'...