Training at the HPTC gymnastics camp in Idaho.
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Category: cycling
my new bike – Diamondback Response
Today made the final commitment to compete in an Adventure Raceon July 26th called Ocean Blue AR, in California near Half Moon Bay and El Granada in the Pillar Point Harbor area.
That’s in preparation for the BIG race: Big Blue Adventure, Lake Tahoe, California – September 20th, 2008.
The final commitment was securing a bike for both races.
I just paid $540 including tax for the 2008 model bike, upgraded pedals, mounted light, lock, 2 cages with water bottles and a one year service package.
Read reviews on Rate It All and MTBR. It’s considered a great value for the low price.
Dave and Lisa Adlard will transport my new wheels to both races, along with their own, by vehicle.
I’m still city commuting with my excellent Kona “Blast”. I’ll keep both bikes for now, the DB dedicated to Adventure Racing.
building a better bike lock
About 99% of bike locks worldwide are CRAP.
And where did you lose those bicycle lock keys? Over the years?
Design site Core77 regularly runs “One Hour Design Challenge” competitions; I would love to see how many of these ideas were thought up and drawn in an hour. The winner in their latest, to design a better bike lock, is very clever. …
130 MPH on bike
One of my favourite things in the world is downhill riding. But this is ridiculous.
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Phoenix one of the Worst Towns in the USA
My hiking week in Arizona did not work out nearly as well as hoped. You cannot get around without a personal vehicle in the SW — when will I learn?
I should have consulted Crow’s book in advance: The Worst Towns in the USA.
Phoenix he describes as the nation’s “sweatiest” city. AmTrak won’t stop here. There are barely enough backpackers to keep one small hostel open.
Phoenix really is a sprawling, one-story megalopolis that takes HOURS to commute.
Yet, despite global warming, people are still moving south and west in the USA:
The highlight of my week in Arizona was biking and trail running in Phoenix.
a sweet ride …
Paranoid much? – uncooped
get your Java fix on a bike
Just because I broke my hand last year riding a bike, carrying a Slurpee, doesn’t mean drinking hot coffee while riding is a bad idea
Morning Rush Coffee Mug & Holder. Take away the spills and thrills of riding with coffee.
Stainless steel mug holder ring mounts to mountain bike or road bars. Stainless steel commuter mug holds up to 16 oz. of coffee or tea. Slide button lid means you can open the cap and take a swig with one hand. Mount is from Cat Eye, so in the evening you can replace it with a Cat Eye HL-500II headlight if you so desire.
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Smart Cycle from Fisher-Price
Engadget humorously sends up a “fitness” Christmas present:
if you’re going to make children go through all the trouble of freakin’ exercise to obtain your sinister educational wares, we say you’ve gone too far. The new $100 Fisher-Price Smart Cycle … plugs directly into a television and allows its unwitting pupils to hop aboard the bike, fire away at the pedals, and attempt to steer into items on screen such as letters or numbers in an arcade-style racing game. Mattel even trotted out Richard Simmons to show off the wares
Smart Cycle from Fisher-Price corrupts our youth, must be stopped – Engadget
Trek Soho – hybrid mountain road bike
A friend of mine — who knows a lot about bikes — just ordered this one for commuting around town as I do.
It’s not quite a hybrid, rather closer to a mountain bike.
For serious transportation there are mountain bikes for trailes and road bikes for streets, however in the mixed pathways of a commute in the real world a more versatile bike is needed. Trek bicycles has expanded their line of bikes with their Urban lineup featuring this Trek Soho. Built specifically for city biking …
Trek Soho – ProductWiki, unbiased product reviews and information
My own Kona Blast mountain bike is going great after 18 months. I’ve been pretty good about maintenance.
Rick McCharles 