Recent Geekdom

  • by admin

    Our hearts and thoughts go to Jen Triplett (Avanti/Ti Cycles) who lost her husband this past weekend in a climbing accident.
    http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008168505_webclimber09m.html
    http://www.ece.utah.edu/~ccharles/personal/RyanTriplett/
    News
    Cyclingnews reports that the HealthNet/Maxxis team has found a new sponsor- which is a big relief for many guys in the pro peloton. What’s interesting is the following:
    USA’s Floyd Landis, 32, will [...]

  • by admin

    So… my grand scheme has come together.
    Motorcycle- check
    Motorcycle safety class- check
    Motorcycle endorsement- check
    Motorcycle clothing- check
    Helmet- check
    Soft bags- check
    Engine guards- check
    Sliders- on the way
    Bike rack- check
    Check it out!! Big thanks to Yakima and Johnny Racks to bring it all together!!

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  • by admin

    A big package arrived from Colorado today.
    Opened it up. Lots of bubble wrap, stuff in plastic- didn’t take pictures as I was way too excited.
    My Johnny Rack is coming together thanks to Cafe Motos and Yakima. Yakima gets some lovin for helping me put this together.

    I’ll take pics when it all comes together.

  • by admin

    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:

    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 [...]

  • by admin

    The esteemed Brian List sent over some really cool finish line camera pics from Cascade.
    Women’s Crit

    Men’s Crit

    Men’s Finish from Saturday RR

    And lest we not forget- the famous carry

  • by admin

    So… for the folks who get my RSS feeds- you’ll notice that I sometimes screw things up- I know, I know, I should proofread. But, I like to publish then fix the mistakes. :p
    News
    So I heard that some people were curious about Kevin Hulick, Gentle Lovers, racing in the Cat 5, Cat 4 [...]

  • by K-Man

    Customers who come to the station by bicycle need only place their bike on a small platform and hit a few buttons, and the system will automatically store their bike in an underground parking garage that can accommodate 9,400 bikes. When the reporter asks the machine to retrieve his bicycle, it only takes 23 seconds [...]

  • by K-Man

    Who will be the Kings and Queens?
    Original Photo by Bill Lehmanowsky
    News
    Chad Sperry mentioned that there will be 19 Pro/Elite men’s teams committed to Hood and 16 women’s teams.
    Riders that will be home include: Eklenaman, Dougie, Tree Farm, Nasty- haven’t heard from O-Dog to see if Bissell will be here but will ask him later [...]

  • by K-Man

    Things are rolling along in OBRA Central. Had a 2+ hour interview with Bo Herzog from the Oregonian- super nice guy. He may be out to King’s Valley. I’ve half way convinced him to try cyclocross- he’ll definitely be out for some short track. A little peer pressure never hurts. [...]

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