Oh my.
Today: 89 F
Tomorrow: 98 F
Friday: 101 F
Saturday: 96
HOTHOTHOTHOTHOTHOT!
Geekdom
Erik Aleskus sent along a link to the bike gear calculator for your iPhone and iPod Touch.
It features:
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Gear Ratio calculator
- Gain Ratio calculator
- Gear-inch calculator
- Development (Rollout) calculator
- For fixed-gear addicts, patch analysis lets you visualize skid patches
- Gear equivalency tool lets you find equivalent or closest-match gear ratios
- Speed calculator taking into account cadence and bicycle parameters
- Supports virtually any bicycle:
20T to 61T Chain Ring
11T to 35T Sprocket
150mm to 200mm crank arms lenghts in 2.5mm increments
- Over 40 popular tire sizes
- Simultaneous metric and imperial units*
Find it here
News
The Cross Crusade has proposed changes to scheduled start times.
The Tour of Utah starts today! Lyne Lamoureux and Neal Rogers are both down there so expect some good coverage on Podium in Sight, Roadbikereview and of course, Velonews (I have no idea who is there from cyclingnews).
There’s a heavy NW contingent down there:
Bissell
Omer Kem
Aaron Olson
Team Orbea/Landrover
Josh Bartlett
Rob Britton
Logan Hunn
Carson Miller
Shaun Morris
Jamie Sparling
Team Bobs-Bicycles.com
Calvin Allen
Brandon Archibald
Rob Campbell
Justin Rose
Kevin Rowe
Chris Stuart
Matt Weyen
Hagens Berman LLC
Nick Clayville
Chris Daifuku
Dan Harm
Adrian Hegyvary
Sam Johnson
Jake Macarthur
Lang Reynolds
Garmin Chipotle
Tom Peterson
Rock Racing
Mike Creed
Update on the destink project- WIN + Spray n Wash= the ultimate anti-stink combo. Didn’t think about combinations until a few days ago.
Blogs
New Blog: Matt D’Elia
Ian Boswell posts a long due update on his racing.
Ironclad posts some highlights from yesterday’s Tuesday PIR.
Matt D’Elia provides an excellent race report from Monday PIR.
Sam says farewell to Doug the Pug and is off to Utah. He also writes on his facebook page that he is “not afraid of you… SAM JOHNSON WILL WIN THE TOUR OF UTAH!!!!!” Good luck Mr. Johnson- may the force be with you.
Dougie and Adrienne report on how things are shaping up in Atlanta.
Looks like the Yakima Bike Vigilantes had a hell of a great MTB ride on Mt. St. Helens. Also… I the moto bike mount project in the works, and the Yakima folks have been AWESOME in sending me a BOA! I’ll post pictures as the project continues.
Bloggers are really starting to salivate over CCX as the season is inexorably drawing nearer.
Brooke posts about running.
Heidi has posted a picture of her stash of Stone Brewery Limited Edition Imperial Russian Stout that is sitting, just ready for CCX season.
It is also coming close to harvesting veggies too- Charlie Warner mentioned on his Facebook page that his tomatoes are coming around? Mine must suck since they are puny and still green (and even my zucchini suck). Mike Szwaya also says he has had some success with his lettuce.
Martha looks like she’s been having enjoying riding for fun! She also mentions that some folks got into some fights with tables, shrubbery, curbs etc at the Kirkland Crit. For those injured- get well soon!
Jessi and Ryan also look like that they both had a nice relaxing ride.
Mandy is not a fan of women’s gymnastics. She’s also been posting pictures of some guys she deems “delectable”.
MattD wrote,
Thanks for the shoutout Kenji
Link | August 13th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
kenji wrote,
kenji, this is a note from yourself. we should do more facebook updates. everyone wants to know what is happening on facebook. who is dating who, party pictures, etc.
sincerely,
kenji
Link | August 13th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
K-Man wrote,
ROTFL! Actually, there’s a lot of little gems of what the heck is going on in the cycling world. I first thought it was a sham but I’m figuring out it’s a pretty damn good tool. Mike- join up dude.
Link | August 13th, 2008 at 9:46 pm