February 2012
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“Your dad rode vintage road bikes before you did and he’s got the saddle-smashed...”
– A genius. (via nathantherabbi)
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bikenut replied to your photoset: Progress First wheel build: DT Swiss R450 rim…
I cheated the first wheel. Spokes were good so I went with them. I taped the new rim to the old rim and moved spoke by spoke over.
I would have done this if I could for the SSCX bike, however the person that built up the wheel used a 135mm OLD hub on a bike with 130mm OLD dropouts. Would have saved me a lot...
Cycling Tips Blog | Interview With Der Kaiser →
Drugs be damned, Der Kaiser will forever be one of my favorite riders.
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Scott Colosimo runs Cleveland CycleWerks, a company making cool, affordable...”
– Cleveland CycleWerks BSA http://bit.ly/xzC2Br (via velocio)
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Bicycling Magazine's Readers Choice →
Highlights:
Your five favorite cycling movies: #1. Breaking Away #2. Race Across the Sky #3. American Flyers #4. (tie) A Sunday in Hell and “any Danny MacAskill video” What motivates you on difficult climbs? The embarrassment of finishing last 37% An attractive man or woman 9% The thought of your significant other getting angry at your tardiness 5% Your Best Rides “If you’ve had only one best day...
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finding-zen replied to your video: Vimeo | Joy Ride, by Sandro
That BMW RR is a sick bike, I wish I could afford to race prep one of those.
One of the shots looks a little weird… he drops a knee on what seems to be a low speed, rather wide corner… but man do I agree with you. I miss my motorcycle quite a bit…
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Top five regrets of the dying
legitimusmaximus:
nevver:
I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.
I wish I hadn’t worked so hard.
I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings.
I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.
I wish that I had let myself be happier.
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LIVE. YOUR. LIFE.
Unlaced my 32H wheel this morning to reuse the...
Invariably ended up with 31 brass nipples and 1 missing one. MOTHERF…
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bikenut replied to your photoset: Finally wore through the rim surface while out on…
Hahaha Well he didn’t shred the rim he lost the spokes but equally as bad. WOW thats impressive carnage. Time you buy a Micrometer and measure the thickness of the new hoop and put it someplace safe.
I didn’t need a micrometer to know it was really far gone… the wear indicators were worn off on...
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pattidoestris replied to your photoset: Finally wore through the rim surface while out on…
Wow. What a trek!
It could have been much worse. The equivalent failure on the way to work tomorrow would have been a mile to the closest bus stop that would get me even remotely close to home.
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bikenut replied to your post: Definitely have the bike touring/camping bug again
I don’t recall if I posted this link before to you www.powe…. Scott will finish South America this week. He started in Miami via Alaska. I have got to know a guy that rode from key west to Anchorage. Blew the rear wheel twice.
Ooooooooooo the irony of receiving this now… (you’ll see in a second).
Circles and Square: US racer Neil Bezdek in... →
circlesandsquare:
US racer Neil Bezdek in Bicycling Magazine
My power meter has recorded 363,000 kilojoules of work, a close approximation of calories burned. (This does not include warming up for races, commuting around town, or the occasional recovery spin when I simply delete the file.) My season’s workload is equivalent to running 139 marathons, and could be fueled by eating 1,450 donuts....
Circles and Square: Myth →
circlesandsquare:
There can be a lot enthusiasm about Belgian cycling. I heard two good stories recently. A guy described how when he used to go to school in the morning a group of 40+ kids would meet up and ride. Everyone would take their pull at the front with the rest taking shelter from the wind. Those are some good skills to be picking up on the way to school. A girl told me how when...
Definitely have the bike touring/camping bug again
It’s been a while.
Was daydreaming and found myself itemizing, costing and weighing (literally) a list of what it would take to get a bike to bike camping/touring solution. Technology has come a long way since I last bought camping gear (1999/2000). I’ve got it down to the following list:
Eating utensils, cookware, stove, equipment
Sleeping bag
Sleep pad
Tent
Extra water storage...
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“Let me finish. You got kicked in the heart. You got kicked in the head. You got...”
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London Calling — Disappointment breeds new energy for Kathryn Bertine - espnW
Kathryn Bertine has been documenting her quest to get to ride for St Kitts & Nevis at the Olympics - but it’s taken a blow when she found that the UCI points she thought she’d won had been rescinded. Read the link...
iaminlikewithmybike:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1895916213/the-mounty
this seems intriguing! cyclists of tumblr observe and maybe deem worthy?
This is a good idea. Thoughts:
Needs a stem clamp. Lots of phones are too big to be mounted on the handlebars. It seems that this would impact the design, but they’re design engineers, I’m sure they can come up with something.
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January 2012
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God: Bender, being God isn't easy. If you do too much, people get dependent on you. And if you do nothing, they lose hope. You have to use a light touch, like a safe cracker or a pickpocket.
Bender: Or a guy who burns down a bar for the insurance money.
God: Yes, if you make it look like an electrical thing. When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all.
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numerator replied to your link: 2012 bike idea - Complete all trails within 25 mi of my apartment.
holy shit so many
I was going through this and thinking about how stupid it would be to bike 60-70 miles to go ride a single 4.5 mi section in the middle of nowhere. But it could be a very good 4.5 mi, so…
A good number of these are rails to trails conversions so it’s not like...
Why are we in this country again?
Marcus: Remind me why we're in this country again?
Marcus: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2093796/British-tourists-arrested-America-terror-charges-Twitter-jokes.html
Kris: To sleep with american women and perpetuate the Australian stereotype of being hardcore motherf- wait, was that question rhetorical?
Marcus: okay, why am I in this country again?
Marcus: =P
Kris: How the hell would i know?
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2012 bike idea - Complete all trails within 25 mi... →
Already completed:
Alki Trail
Burke-Gilman Trail
Cedar River Trail - this is no longer completely bike-able after Renton introduced a no-riding zone after some bikes hit and killed an elderly lady on a different trail, and people complained on this one.
I-90 trail
Elliot Bay Trail (Terminal 91 Bike Path)
Duwamish Bikeway
Green River Trail
King County Interurban Trail
Sammamish River...
SS Gearing on a 29er.
I’ve been pretty happy with my gearing on the Steamroller, and was wondering what it would take to get a matching build on a 29’er instead of a fixie. It was actually a little harder than expected just in the gearing alone. Conceptually, gearing is used to increase or decrease the distance covered by one rotation of the cranks. Increasing gearing increases speed, but also the torque...
Around the world on 100cc Honda Supercubs →
Two people riding 100cc modernized Honda Super Cubs around the world. For those less familiar with the Honda Super Cub, it is the most successful selling motorcycle worldwide with over 60 million sold since 1958 (still in production today). You can find them in practically every market, they get 100 mpg (although they only have a 1 gal fuel tank), you can crash them, bash them, use cooking...
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