Thursday, 3 July 2008
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| Madame off to the Olympics Davey Crockett 11:46:38 |
| | Longo will be making what, from memory, is her Seventh or Eighth trip
to the Olympic Follies.
Pretty much an automatic selection, but by no means to disparage her
performance, it's somewhat of a disgrace that a 49 year old can win
the National Road Championship and National Time Trial Championship by
Three and One Minute respectively.
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Davey Crockett
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Driving a Stake through the
Heart of the Politically Correct
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| Re: OT: Perils of bot technology Davey Crockett 10:54:23 |
| | "bjw@mambo.ucolick.org" a crit profondement:
| Tyson Homosexual was a blur in blue, sprinting 100 meters faster
| than anyone ever has.
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Just another example of why one should throw political correctness out
of the window.
Right after the crooked lying politicians that ushered it in.
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Davey Crockett
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Driving a Stake through the
Heart of the Politically Correct
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| Re: I bought L'Equipe today Ryan Cousineau 07:00:59 |
| | In article
<81664500-8503-4c55-badf-e621fb8755ef@a9g2000prl.googlegroups.com>,
Kurgan Gringioni <kgringioni@hotmail.com> wrote:
On Jun 27, 7:38 pm, "GoneBeforeMyTime" <F...@EuroForums.com> wrote: should be very proud that the greatest icon of all times is French. Dumbass - Of cycling icons, there is only one you know - Eddy Merckx. thanks, K. Gringioni.
I thought Beryl Burton was still the best rider ever.
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Ryan Cousineau rcousine@gmail.com http://www.wiredcola.com/
"In other newsgroups, they killfile trolls."
"In rec.bicycles.racing, we coach them."
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| 25" Raleigh Kodiak Touring Bike Tom Kunich 03:22:23 |
| | 25" Raleigh Kodiak Touring Bike
Here is the king of production touring bikes.
This was made only for a few years some 25 or so years ago. It is
the best mass production touring bike I've seen.
Shimano derailers, friction shifters, cranks and bottom bracket
27" wheels - very easy to find tires in out-of-the-way hardware
stores in the middle of nowhere.
The paint is well worn but still usable. The bike still looks OK and it
would tour better than the new touring bikes since it is built for any kind
of terrain (which is why they named it Kodiak).
Either you know what this bike is or you ought to. It is a GREAT touring
bike.
$650
email for pictures.
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| Re: arbeitsplaetze deutschland Schneider Schneiderin stellenangebot kliniken Bootsbauer Bootsbauerin Tom from Texas 02:31:32 |
| | "Peter Jorgensen" <pejorg2000@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:a282dff8-d54c-4688-b381-1cca0bec7704@d45g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
On Jul 2, 12:37 am, wynnchan...@googlemail.com wrote: arbeitsplaetze deutschland Schneider Schneiderin stellenangebot kliniken Bootsbauer Bootsbauerin Kindergaertner Kindergaertnerin Wasn't that the spoken intro to "Snoopy Vs. the Red Baron" by The Royal Guardsmen? --- Peter Jorgensen
OK, who's gonna pay to have my keyboard and monitor dried out?
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Tom from Texas
(The Tom Risner Fund for Deserving North Texas Guitarplayers is not liable
for any slander, hurt feelings, pointless moaning, or achy-breaky heartache
any
post under this name should cause. Yall want some easy cash or sympathy...
ya can kiss my grits!! )
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| says it like he sees it - at least this time John Forrest Tomlinson 01:50:21 |
| | Lance Armstrong, from
http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/tour08/?id=/features/2008/lance_armstrong_jul208
"Yeah, but the thing is, let's say we'd have brought in Oracle [as
sponsors instead of Astana], and [the team included] Johan Bruyneel
and Lance Armstrong and the CSE management team, with Contador and
Levi Leipheimer and all those guys. Astana would still be in the Tour
de France, but Oracle would be out. This 2008 decision was not an
anti-Alexandre Vinokourov-based decision. It was an
anti-Bruyneel-Armstrong decision. If they want to play games like
kids, then play games, but the record will show that ASO and the sport
of cycling was prosperous during our time winning seven editions. And
the record will show that, since then, it has not done well. And I'm
not taking any credit, I'm just saying, for the record, the facts are
what they are."
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Wednesday, 2 July 2008
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| Special Skewer for Trainer? Hell And High Water 23:42:16 |
| | Took my bike to the shop and the tech replaced my rear skewer.
I didn't realize he had done this until this morning, when I tried to
put the bike into the trainer.
My old skewer looked like this:
http://bikemart.com/images/library/catalogs/soc/prodl/WT1524.jpg
The new one is nicer looking, black, Shimano, but it seems slightly too
large to fit into the cup of my trainer.
I'm hoping he still has my old skewer, but if not, do I need a special
skewer for the trainer?
I thought all types would fit the cup, but apparently not...
TIA,
-Bob
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| Re: How are Rohloff hubs holding up? Drew Saunders 23:36:31 |
| | In article
<8b09441c-649f-4cd6-9a54-7fe5632d946a@g16g2000pri.googlegroups.com>,
Paul Kossa <anon_a_mouse@msn.com> wrote:
Is there a dealer who sells a complete bike with the Rohloff? (Since I'd prefer a TI frame, I'm guessing no.)
Guess again:
http://www.moots.com/?#/product/custom_options/rohloff_option/
Drew
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Drew W. Saunders
dru (at) stanford (dot) eee dee you
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| Campy Crank found at the Dump Rosco 23:27:21 |
| | Lucky find today at the town dump - slightly used but in good
condition boxed Campy Chorus double crank arms circa 2001 minus the
chainrings.
With the right bottom bracket would this make a good crank for SS or
fixed gear use?
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| Re: What is a "touring" bike? Tom Kunich 22:55:16 |
| | "Ablang" <ron916@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:767e306d-ba2e-4729-98f8-2c27672f4d80@z24g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
I'm a relative newbie to cycling but not biking. I was talking about my hobby at work this morning and a couple of older fellas (50s) mentioned that touring bikes were no longer being made and that they missed them. So what are they to young guys like us? Are they basically road bikes or is there something I'm missing?
Touring bikes are still being made but you need to special order them most
of the time:
Differences are usually little more than shorter top tube so that you sit
more upright, longer wheelbase so that packs on forks and rear racks don't
get in the way of your pedaling and much stronger tubes in order to carry
the additional 100 or so lbs of a fully loaded touring setup.
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| Re: power of positive thinking Mark 22:36:13 |
| | Robert Chung wrote:
On Jun 22, 12:13 pm, Mark <mandmljNOS...@NOSPAM.comcast.net> wrote: On Jun 19, 11:40 pm, carlfo...@comcast.net wrote: Cruising up a 6% grade 3.8% faster is nice, but it's not likely to be noticeable without instruments or your twin brother next to you on the heavier bike, since you're going only 0.5 km/h faster. Isn't this more a statement about our (in)ability to evaluate speed or differences in speed than it is about our ability to distinguish any effect at all from a 3kg change in mass? Suppose you were a passenger in a car and the driver said you were traveling "around" 25 km/h. Would you be able to tell whether you were actually traveling at 20? That's an order of magnitude greater than the difference you're On a route that I often do, a 3 kg difference in mass would either mean around a minute slower per hour for the same power -- or a 5 watt increase in power for the same time. However, those 5 watts would be very noticeable. Most of us wouldn't need instrumentation at all to notice the difference between riding at FTP - 2.5w vs. FTP + 2.5w. FTP? What does File Transfer Protocol have to do with physiology? (I really have no idea what you mean by FTP). Functional threshold power.
Thanks.
Mark J.
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| Prescription Cycling Glasses? Espressopithecus 22:28:26 |
| | I'm looking for prescription sunglasses suited by road cycling -- ones
that are high enough that I don't look over them while in the drops.
Any suggestions?
Java
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| Manhattan Beach Grand Prix pics and report Off The Back 22:12:21 |
| | Check out this photo sequence of the final turn at yesterday's Manhattan
Beach Grand Prix:
http://www.pbase.com/cleavel/2008mbgp (pics c. Cleave Law)
...and then you can read my back-of-the-pack race report at:
http://marcofanelli.blogspot.com
Mark
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| Re: Anyone use bike generator lights anymore? Sms 21:56:59 |
| | Ablang wrote:
No one seems to be talking about it, and I can't even find a good place online to order them from. Does anyone have a site for that stuff, or is it being phased out?
At least two stores in the U.S. still sell them, and they're also still
used on commuter bikes such as the ones from Joe Breeze, some Dahon
models, and some REI models.
The stores are Harris Cyclery and Yellow Jersey.
"http://www.yellowjersey.org/dynamos.html"
"http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/lighting/shimano.html"
Also, on-line at Peter White Cycles, "http://www.peterwhitecycles.com/".
El cheapo sets are sold at many hardware stores and drug stores.
Also see "http://nordicgroup.us/s78/dynamo.html" and
"http://nordicgroup.us/s78/experts.html".
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| Hot Spot Question J Jones 21:22:32 |
| | I've been using Speedplay Zero pedals and SIDI Ergo shoes for about 4 years,
but late in the season last year I started getting terrible hot spots on my
left foot after anywhere from 10-30 miles ridden. I replaced the in-sole
with a gel-based Dr. Scholls insole and that helped me finish the year last
year without much discomfort. However, the hotspots are back with a
vengeance this summer. My questions are:
1. Should I just replace the insole, and plan on doing it every 6 months or
so?
2. Are my shoes, pedals, or cleats the issue (i.e., are any/all just 'worn
out')?
3. Should I be looking at other things - my geometry/fit has not changed at
all in 3 years.
Any help anybody can recommend is appreciated. BTW: I'm 6'4" - 195lbs and
like the speeplay pedals due to their 15 degrees float (easy on the knees).
Thanks!
Jeff
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| Re: recycling rags? Tom Sherman 21:07:31 |
| | Ablang aka ron916 wrote:
Does anyone here wash and re-use used bike rags? If so, what do you use to get grease and lube off them? And where do your rags come from? Old underwear and socks?
At work we get reusable rags from a uniform company, but I am not aware
how they launder them.
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Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful
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| Re: I know why cyclists ride centuries Clive George 20:29:00 |
| | "Woland99" <woland99@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:f396871a-9627-4c61-8cc9-f76e0aa8d3ad@p25g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
On Jun 30, 3:56 pm, Andre Jute <fiult...@yahoo.com> wrote: I know why cyclists ride centuries seek out steep hills to ride up, cross the Alps, ride centuries, punish themselves in ever so many other ways. It is because they have low self-images -- vide how may cyclists are dissatisfied with their personal physical profitle -- and feel guilty for their own (perceived) vileness (1). Therefore they punish themselves, and are pretty sour about it too -- check how few smiling road cyclists you meet out on your ride. But then, who ever So? People climb mountains or sail or row solo across Atlantic too because they try to conquer over some perceived weakness in them. What exactly is wrong is that? And why do you feel it is necessary that they would need some "proper" motivations - who cares? Ride and let ride.
S'not about conquering a weakness. Andre's post is nonsense - perhaps
jealousy of those who can and do those things he wished he could, perhaps
mere trolling. Riding the bike is fun, riding it more is more fun, riding it
up and down big hills is even better.
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| Re: How not to sell a BIONX P250 kit Reno 20:17:40 |
| | johns <johns321@moscow.com> wrote in news:9da64743-a4d1-4a85-93ec-
805f323b6a95@d19g2000prm.googlegroups.com:
I know what you mean. I found the local dealer from their web site and
phoned them. I was told "we can order one for you if you want. They are
pretty expensive, maybe $2,000. We haven't sold any yet." No wonder!
I found two local dealers and neither one could get the bikes running for
more than a minute or so. They claimed the batteries had been on chargers
but they wouldn't go more than a few hundred feet.
This industry seems doomed to fail. I hope the next generation of electric
bikes and dealers are better.
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| Re: Campy Front derailleurs-Convert from Braze-on to clamp on? Lou Holtman 20:15:17 |
| | SJB wrote:
Can I convert a pre Quick shift Campy FD from braze- on to clamp on? Thanks Steve-who is finding more deals on braze-ons FDs than clamp ons.
Sure buy a separate clamp. Campy has one. I prefer that setup.
Lou
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| Proper Attribution Tom Sherman 19:08:23 |
| | jobst.brandt@stanfordalumni.org aka Jobst Brandt wrote:
... As tom Sherman would say "But, but, but,..."...
Actually, as I have often pointed out, that is a gene danielsism, and
the correct form is "butbutbut".
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Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful
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| Just an FYI....Atlanta Police stalk Critical Mass Twitchell 19:05:21 |
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http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-40338
After many months of peaceful coexistence, Atlanta police decided to pursue and
ticket the monthly Critical Mass bike ride. While other cities have had much
more confrontational episodes between police and Critical Mass, Atlanta has
usually been a very hospitable town for this loosely organized pro-bicycle
demonstration. After an article about Critical Mass appeared in the Atlanta
Journal-Constitution after last month's ride, there was a sudden, visible shift
in APD policy. A phalanx of police was waiting for the riders at Centennial
Olympic Park and dogged them all the way through Midtown, Virginia-Highlands,
Little Five Points, and the Old Fourth Ward for an hour. While things didn't get
particularly ugly between police and the Mass this time, the sudden interest of
the law may mark the beginning of the end of a long-standing friendly (and
peaceful) coexistence.
twitch
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| Knee pain & Saddle Height BCDrums 18:24:28 |
| | Lately I have had some pain in one knee, located behind the knee cap. It
doesn't hurt while I'm riding, but rather when I'm climbing stairs. I'm
wondering if it might be that my saddle is too low or high (although I
haven't made any adjustments lately).
Has anyone had a similar problem?
BC
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