Wednesday, 2 July 2008
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| Re: OT: Just an FYI....Atlanta Police stalk Critical Mass Tom Sherman 18:07:10 |
| | dustoyevsky@mac.com, former Normal resident, wrote:
On Jul 1, 11:28 pm, Tom Sherman <sunsetss0...@REMOVETHISyahoo.com> wrote: Bikers or cyclists? To me the term "biker" implies someone who rides a traditionally styled motorcycle with a V-twin engine. I forgot, I can't say biker anymore, and not for a long time now since the Hell's Angels wannabes (I coulda had a BMW!! Slap!!!) and endless lookalike custom choppers took over although I'd take a royalty in a heartbeat. Thank you. I do see bicyclists referred to as "bikers" by local media types (who
are generally quite clueless).
But yeah, I'm sure that's a big part of the motivation behind the choice of costume/image, not getting messed with as much. Maybe. Corn Country? Don't forget the soybeans! Nobody knows about the beans. Isn't that funny? For a cyclist it makes a big difference in the fall, since the corn
provides a wind break, while the beans do not. One can also disappear
into the corn when no toilet facilities are nearby [1], but not the beans.
I found the best drafting is behind a full hay wagon being pulled by a pick-up truck in the mid 20 mph range. Amen, brother. Watch those stop signs... Without all the wind noise, one can hear the driver back off the throttle.
[1] Local humor, not an insult. "I survived living in Normal, Illinois" No, really! It's possible!
Been there, done that for a few months.
[1] Corn benefits from fertilizer, particularly nitrogen.
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Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful
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| Re: TREK COMPUTERS Aeek 17:23:11 |
| | On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 03:51:58 -0700 (PDT), Blkakonda@gmail.com wrote:
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TREK 8I, 91 AND 11I? WHICH IS BETTER AND WHY?
do they have lower case?
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| Re: Last TDF winner to flat? Guest 16:36:08 |
| | On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:57:42 -0600, carlfogel@comcast.net wrote:
Did Armstrong have flat tires in the Tour de France? If not, how far back do we have to go to find a TDF winner who had a flat tire? I'm sure that some RBT posters who know the answers, but I drew a complete blank. Cheers, Carl Fogel
Mike Jacoubowsky says, "Lance was one of the most incredibly-lucky
cyclists ever. He didn't get flats, period."
Hmmm . . . I'm willing to believe it.
PHS123 at gmail.com says, "Lance Armstrong had punctures during the
TdF, not many and they didn't have any consequences for the stages."
Hmmm . . . I'm willing to believe this, too--Mike could have missed
the flats. But a link or details about even a single Armstrong flat
would help. Was this reported in magazines, seen on television, or
what?
Smokey says, "As far as flats, I have the DVD of the 1990 TDF and
Lemond flatted while wearing the yellow jersey in one of the later
stages."
Hmmm . . . So for sure Lemond in the 1990 TDF, but that's eighteen
years ago.
I broke down and googled for "Armstrong flatted," but that produced
only the news that Armstrong flatted in 1997 in "El Tour de Tucson":
"Lance Armstrong, to whom the ride was dedicated, suffered the same
fate as Chris Horner. Armstrong flatted just after the winning move
broke away and was content to just ride in and finish."
http://www.cyclingnews.com/results/archives/nov97/nov25a.html
Does anyone have a link to a page about a TDF winner with a flat tire
since 1990? Or a DVD where it's shown?
Cheers,
Carl Fogel
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| Re: Nats Masters TT's today Davey Crockett 14:57:53 |
| | John Forrest Tomlinson a crit profondement:
| On Tue, 1 Jul 2008 22:05:07 -0700 (PDT), "bjw@mambo.ucolick.org"
| <bjw@mambo.ucolick.org> wrote:
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| >On Jul 1, 9:25pm, Kurgan Gringioni <kgringi...@hotmail.com> wrote:
| >> On Jul 1, 7:24pm, Howard Kveck <YOURhow...@h-SHOESbomb.com> wrote:
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| >> > Dunno, but it still kind of seems weird that 30-34 is considered "Master"
| >> > territory.
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| >> Dumbass -
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| >> It shouldn't start until 40 or 45.
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| >It shouldn't start until at least one year older than me,
| >however old I am.
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| You don't get it -- it's not supposed to start till one year *younger*
| than you.
Right you are
But _same age_ is better still
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Davey Crockett
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Driving a Stake through the
Heart of the Politically Correct
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| New TDF '08 News Portal - tourheadlines.com - What's hot with the
Tour de France James Brotchie 10:51:19 |
| | Hey All,
We've just launched a new website www.tourheadlines.com that allows the
community to contribute and rank Tour de France related news, blogs,
pictures and videos.
Users can mark a story as being 'good' or 'bad' by clicking on the up
and down arrows. Good stories go to the top of the list, bad stories get
deleted. If you register, you can up and down vote links and post new
links. Hopefully with enough users posting and ranking it will be a good
source of TDF news over the next few weeks.
Cheers
http://www.tourheadlines.com/
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| Demonchaux Ti bikes? Rs 10:36:36 |
| | Has anyone heard of Demonchaux bikes? Supposedley designed in Japan
and fabricated in France. I'm looking at a private party titanium road
bike with Campy Mirage 9sp, seems like a very nice frame but I can find
no information on it. thanks.
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| Re: questions about changing out wheel sizes? Jim Beam 06:53:53 |
| | Ablang wrote:
I have some mountain bikes that I want to commuterize... I have a bunch of 700c x 32 inner tubes. Can I use these + rims + tires to change out the ones on the mountain bikes that use 24 x 2.10, 24 x 1.95, 26 x 1.95, 26 x 2.10? Are they compatible? If not, what bike frame tire sizes are compatible w/ 700 x 32?
is these frames rim or disk braked?
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| Re: Another Cracked Aeorhead Michael Press 06:44:06 |
| | In article
<51a2db5d-914f-4561-be76-7738a32f6d7f@z16g2000prn.googlegroups.com>,
Jay Beattie <jbeattie@lindsayhart.com> wrote:
I was putting my bike on the rack to go on a weekend vacation/ride near Seattle when I noticed that my Aerohead OC had bad cracking around several spoke holes and cracks adjacent to the spoke holes running cicumfrentially just below the machined brake track where the sidewall transitions in to the rim bed. These cracks were as long as 20mm. The wheel had maybe 110-115 kgf right, which is within the manufacturer's recommended tension. The wheel probably had less than 10K miles on it. My weight was in the 190-200lb range. Since I was in a hurry and didn't have a convenient spare wheel, I took an extra rim that I had in the basement and re-built the wheel while drinking beers at my destination -- my brother's house. He is a bike freak but doesn't have a truing stand, so I just did the brake caliper thing, and the wheel turned out O.K. -- good enough for a weekend ride or two. I really like the design of the Aerohead rims, but this is the second one to crack on me at factory recommended spoke tension. -- Jay Beattie.
I see Sun CR-18's in your future.
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Karnak the Magnificent
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| OT: Morgan Tom Sherman 04:52:42 |
| | Ryan Cousineau wrote:
... For commercial reasons, Bontrager almost certainly has different priorities today than he did when he was independent. This may be a case of wishing Morgan still made wood-framed cars**. ... **which actually, they do, and that is either the point or the problem, depending on how you feel about Morgan. butbutbut, can I get a new three-wheel Morgan?
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Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful
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| Re: "Designed by Keith Bontrager" was Re: Help Needed: Trying to identify manufacturer of Ryan Cousineau 04:21:25 |
| | In article
<61525ba3-8ee0-49fd-8a7c-4a12b761606b@d45g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>,
Chalo <chalo.colina@gmail.com> wrote:
Andre Jute wrote: <b...@mambo.ucolick.org> wrote: Icon was Trek's name for house branded components on their bikes - like bars, stems, seatposts - before they started using the Bontrager badge for that. Let's make a point - If Keith Bontrager is really involved in those components the chances are that they're much better than Let's also be clear-- it's exceedingly unlikely that Keith Bontrager has anything to do with any of the components bearing his name anymore. If that wasn't abundantly clear before, it sure was by the time Rolf wheels were rebadged as Bontragers. Let's be precise as well as clear, if you please,Chalo. When, as in a year, did Keith Bontrager cease to create the designs sold under his Trek bought the Bontrager name in 1995. If I had to guess when Bontrager component designs were no longer Keith Bontrager's designs, I'd guess 1995. Chalo
Careful now. Keith still works at the Bontrager division, and if he's
not penning the lines on the drawings anymore, he still seems pretty
intimately involved with the stuff that bears his name.
This interview, whose date I can't determine, is quite fawning, but
Keith is certainly asserting that he still works there:
"My part is to contribute ideas for new parts or to help others with the
projects we are working on. I get to do some ride testing too. I work
in Santa Cruz and coordinate with others electronically."
<http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/interview-keith-bontrager-15870>
Elsewhere in the interview, he shares enough opinions about current
bike-engineering that he's at least been paying attention.
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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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| Re: Image advice for cyclists Re: I know why cyclists ride centuries Guest 04:14:01 |
| | Per Andre Jute:
2. Always wear plain black for photographs, including a black poloneck shirt -- in fact as much black as possible.
http://krisalis.org/weblog/?p=1483
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PeteCresswell
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| Re: Bears mauls hiker in BC, Hiker Then Kills Bear. Mike Vandeman 03:55:11 |
| | On Tue, 1 Jul 2008 10:05:02 -0700 (PDT), bluezfolk <ericreh@yahoo.com>
wrote:
On Jun 30, 6:48 am, Siskuwihane <Siskuwiha...@gmail.com> wrote: On Jun 30, 12:11 am, Mike Vandeman <mjva...@pacbell.net> wrote: A man from B.C.'s Interior not only survived being mauled by a grizzly - he killed the bear as well. John Shorter, 38, was hiking near Dease Lake in Northern B.C. Tuesday when he said he smelled a bear in the area. "I heard a woofing sound, turned, seen a grizz coming at me. I managed to get my rifle up and get one round into the chest.... At that point he got on top of me, obviously, and took me down," Shorter said. "He proceeded to try to maul me in the back of the scalp and on the neck, and I protected my neck with my hands. They got fairly chewed up." The bear was biting at his hands, which were covering his neck, so he dropped his rifle. He scrambled to get it back, eventually putting some distance between himself and the bear. He shot the animal a second time, this time killing it. "You just put yourself in overdrive and try and not get yourself killed," Shorter said. "It's an amazing amount of adrenaline going through yourself.... You get lots of thoughts going through your mind but you think about, obviously, your family and it's worth living, so After killing the bear, Shorter picked up his rifle and staggered back "I got back in my pickup, grabbed a drink of water, got my thoughts straight. I noticed my shoulder was dislocated. I managed to pop it in myself and thought I'd better go and get some help," Shorter said. He drove to the nearby community of Iskut for medical treatment. Shorter escaped the attack with what he called minor injuries. He received 40 stitches, and suffered a broken hand and multiple puncture "You know, if you're in that situation, all you can do is fight for all you got. I mean, I don't think I'm any different from anyone Shorter is still recovering at his home in Smithers. Conservation officials continue to investigate the attack. I guess following MV's logic, humans have no business hiking in the wilds and giving the animals no time to use their habitat.
That's what I've said from the beginning: wildlife need and deserve
habitat off-limits to humans.
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I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to
humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8
years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)
Please don't put a cell phone next to any part of your body that you are fond of!
http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande
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Tuesday, 1 July 2008
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| Repair or replace broken frame? Paul Moss 22:46:15 |
| | My eleven year old Dawes Audax (Shimano 21 speed RSX) has just developed a
crack through the top tube and lug, immediately behind the head tube. The
top half of the tube is completely detached.
I'm looking at cost options and my immediate reaction is that the existing
21 speed stuff will not last forever.
Also a frame stripdown, repair and new paint job will be quite costly, so a
new bike may be the best option.
However, everything else seems in fairly good condition (I only do 2000 to
3000 miles per year and I have other bikes).
I have two back wheels and clusters. Ditto two front wheels, new mudguards
(fenders), leather saddle, Nokon cables etc. and although some parts could
be kept for spares, I would end up throwing away a lot of good stuff.
I am considering buying a new frame and forks (132.5m rear axle spacing and
aheadset) and transferring all the bits over.
When the seven speed changer eventually fails and if I can't source the
parts I could upgrade them with nine speed.
I'm trying to think of potential costs and pitfalls as I haven't done more
than routine maintenance for a long, long time, although 30 years ago, when
it was simpler, I used to do this sort of thing quite often.
I'm compiling a list of what I need to check before I commit myself and I've
thought of:-
Bottom axle may be required if bottom bracket length is different.
Chain line if bottom bracket length is different from current frame?
New aheadset stem required as mine is a quill type. Are they available to
fit my handlebar dia?
Front derailleur if down tube is larger; tube shim if smaller. Will
derailleur throw be correct if the bottom bracket width is different?
Seat post diameter. Not important in this case as frame is supplied with a
post.
Can anyone assist please with what I might not have thought of yet?
Thanks very much,
Paul
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| Weather report RonSonic 20:21:55 |
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I've been looking forward to getting the new bike back into the woods all week.
After work today was gonna be the first good opportunity - I'm off at 3 on the
Saturdays I work and a half hour drive gets me to a trailhead. Bike all loaded,
alas, it is raining off and on. Three o'clock comes and it's raining pretty
hard. Finish the amp I'm working on and give it a few.
So I leave the shop at 3:30, light occasional sprinkling. I don't know about
this, but let's see. Get out to the trailhead and use the restroom to change. I
would've changed at the shop if I were any more optimistic.
So I come out of the restroom and the skies have cleared and the sun is shining
brightly. I begin what is planned to be a two hour loop.
By the time I'm half through the weather has deteriorated to the point I decided
to cut things short and take a more direct route back than the heavily wooded,
switchbacked trails I'd planned. It's raining consistently, and my glasses are
fogging. So a 30 minute return instead of an hour. By the time I'm within a half
mile of the trailhead, hail. Freaking HAIL. What's up with that. Hail, little
pea sized stuff. Anyway then the weather really turned ugly. Don't know if
anyone saw, but they must've LAO to see me hosing off my bike in a pouring rain.
Well, I got my ride and the bike's doing great. And Tampa weather's what it's
always been.
Ron
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| Re: WTB: HID bike lights - Niterider Flamethrower/Cyclone/Moab (with
LEDs Awn 19:39:35 |
| | Solved - thanks anyway. I just picked up the Niterider Flamethrower.
A.
On 30/06/08 8:04 AM, in article C48E441E.175FA%spamdoctor@spamnomore.stopit,
"AWN" <spamdoctor@spamnomore.stopit> wrote:
HI there, I have been looking for some used but not abused HID Niterider lights with backup LEDs. Does anyone have a set they don't use or one that you wanted to sell? Please let me know. Thanks, Andrew.
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| Not a flame or troll post, just an observation. It's Chris 19:27:57 |
| | I don't bother reading more than the first 15 posts in any thread, even
those I myself have started. Why? Because that's about as far as I have
ever gotten before it is consumed with off topic flame posts and
replies.
This group sounds less like a bicycle tech group and more like Orange
County Choppers. r.b.misc is just as bad, but it has it's own group of
resident trolls (many of which are probably the same person under
different monikers) to blame for a lot of that. This group does to, but
many f the flame threads are started by the "decent" posters.
Let's stick to the subjects at hand, PLEASE? if you have to insult
people, E-mail them. :-3(
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Compliments of:
"Your Friendly Neighborhood Wheelman"
If you want to E-mail me use:
ChrisZCorner "at" webtv "dot" net
My website:
http://geocities.com/czcorner
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| Re: Welcome back, Tom Sherman! Tom Sherman 18:53:19 |
| | Andre Jute wrote:
Welcome back, Tom Sherman! -- Andre Jute
I was missing the "spirited" discussion. 
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Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful
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| Re: after market quick release for Campy Record brake calipers Mike Jacoubowsky 17:46:03 |
| | "gk" <greg0kaplan@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:50ef6cf8-6c44-4fb6-9fba-7dc0d063e469@z24g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
| Any suggestions on how to add quick release to a set of Campy Record
| brake calipers?
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| I am using them with a set of non-campy time trial levers (yes, on a
| TT bike), and there is no QR on the levers.
Use an in-line cable adjuster to create enough slack in the cable to remove
your wheel.
--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReactionBicycles.com
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| Re: Streaming TdF ? Tom Kunich 15:47:06 |
| | "Woland99" <woland99@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:257ab8c9-8d1c-441a-a846-59065cf9daa2@r66g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
That probably was covered few times before but is there a way to watch TdF over the Internet? Possibly for some not too steep fee? I do not have TV.
Go to a Sports Bar and get them to put it on one of their tubes.
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| Missed this from a few days back... Ryan Cousineau 13:17:08 |
| | But caught it via Cycling Fans Anonymous.
<http://www.cyclingnews.com/road.php?id=road/2008/jun08/italy08/italy087>
Simeoni wins Italian road nats.
"This tricolour jersey gives me so much joy," said the new Italian
Champion. "I have dreamed of it since I was a small child. I have risked
my attack and in the end it paid off."
Pozzato is so happy for him:
<http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos.php?id=/photos/2008/jun08/italy08/ital
y087/podioHC7B9113>
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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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| Re: Negative Racing - How to break it? Bob Schwartz 12:45:04 |
| | How often are breaks successful?
If the answer is 'rarely' and you are by yourself,
then it is time to work on speed. Pay attention to
the people that appear in the results a lot and
follow them.
Years ago I lived in a place where the Cat 3 answer
to the first question was 'rarely'. I guy I knew
devoted himself exclusively to speed work, and
successfully upgraded to Cat 2 using that strategy.
He was dog meat at the next level, but his upgrade
strategy worked.
I think it is asking a lot of any Cat 3 in this
country to race intelligently. Most don't. Things
would be different if that were not the case.
Bob Schwartz
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| FLandis Declares Bankruptcy Davey Crockett 11:23:29 |
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Remember. You read it here first
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