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Speedplay Lubrication
I’ve been trying to figure out how to lube these babies. I got the Speedy Luber pieces, but these just leak like a sieve when I try to inject grease into them. The original design had a plastic cap without a hole in it. The newer X/1 pedals have something with a philips screw and…
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STP in 2 Weeks
Well, there are just two weeks to go. Here’s the final training schedule | Week Ending | Total | Mon | Weds | Sat | Sun | | June 26 | 150 | 30 | | 80 | 40 | | July 3 | 120 | 30 | | 60 | 40 | | July…
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Bike Shipping
Sports Express Luggage & Sports Equipment Delivery Service – Welcome. If you have to ship your bike, there are a couple of options. The airlines charge $80 each way and you have to have a bike case. Also, remember the TSA can inspect anything, so your $$$$s bicycle is completely open for anyone to look…
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Pacific Coast Route Map
Adventure Cycling Association. They have a really detailed set of maps that go from Vancouver BC to the LA area. Just $47 if you are non-member, $33 if you are a member of Adventure Cycling Association. Also, they have GPS information you can load directly into a Garmin GPS unit or if you have Magellan,…
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Sony Musicman
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Where are the Carriers?
Kind of a fun site, “Global Security”:http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/csg.htm answers the question, where are the carriers. Tells you an amazing amount of facts about where they are right “now”:http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/where.htm which is basically that we have twelve carriers with the Nimitz in the Persian Gulf and the Vinson in the Pacific right now. There is one carries, the…
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Planes and Ships on Google Maps
Google Maps is amazingly cool because of its overhead satellite images. I got a link about a B2 in Palmdale where there is a Plant 42. Made me realize there are lots of places where various military things have been photographed: !http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1590000/images/_1591792_b2150.jpg!:http://maps.google.com/maps?q=plant+42+palmdale+california&ll=34.638476,-118.082857&spn=0.007843,0.010664&t=k&hl=en B2 stealth bomber overhead in “Palmdale”:http://maps.google.com/maps?q=plant+42+palmdale+california&ll=34.638476,-118.082857&spn=0.007843,0.010664&t=k&hl=en. !http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/f-15-e-00000019-s.jpg!:http://maps.google.com/maps?q=mountain+home+air+force+base+idaho&ll=43.055238,-115.879787&spn=0.004914,0.010664&t=k&hl=en F-15’s (not clear if they are…
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Battlefield 2
!>http://img.gamespot.com/gamespot/images/2003/all/boxshots2/920407_61465.jpg! Battlefield 2 Reviews. All eyes wait as Battlefield 2 is coming out. I liked Battlefield 1942 although it is more like a shoot-em-up vs. a realistic simulator like Full Spectrum Warrior or Ghost Recon. To me, the fun stuff is the more realistic, but to each his own.
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Canon SD500
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Purian on Mobile
Purina.com – Downloads – Wireless. OK, one of our companies, “mFoundry”:http://mfoundry.com launched its second application. It is amazing what pet lovers will use. They have ringtones (barktones), forums and all sorts of other things on line now. Check it out. Purina knows how much you love your pet. Now take that love wherever you go…
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Sony HDTV Camcorder HDR-HC1
!>http://news.sel.sony.com/digitalimages/images/2005/71/12/177112.jpg! welcome to dvspot – digital camcorder reviews & news Sony today introduced the world’s smallest and lightest (and possibly cheapest) consumer HD camcorder. This is one that we can’t wait to check out, though getting stuff from Sony has been… challenging… lately. Its supposed to weigh 1.5 pounds and record in 1080i. Wow that…
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Top 50 Podcasts
Top Podcasts on PodcastAlley.com — The place to find Podcasts. Don’t know how reliable this rating system is, but interesting to look at. Notables are of course “Coverville”:http://coverville.com my favorite radio show and “EarthCore”:http://earthcore.com, this is an online scifi novel.
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Canon SD-500 vs. Pentax Optio S5z vs. Casio Exilim EX-Z750
Well, the day for our big trip to Europe is getting close, so time to get on the ball and get the right equipment. That means an ultralight digital camera and ultralight digital camcorder too. Here are the final shootout choices for the digital camera. Either the Canon SD-500, this is expensive ($450 street) and…
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Flickr
Welcome to Flickr!. The place to dump your photoes. Way better than my own PHP Gallery hosting.
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Tagcloud
TagCloud – Home. _Hat tip to “John”:http://www.theludwigs.com and “Phil”:http://www.jobster.com on this one_ TagCloud is an automated Folksonomy tool. Essentially, TagCloud searches any number of RSS feed you specify, extracts keywords from the content and lists them according to prevalence within the RSS feeds. Clicking on the tag’s link will display a list of all the…
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Rocket 7 at Greggs
Shoes » Road » Rocket 7 » Standard Road. I was trying to get a custom set, but “John Gallagher”:http://materialpost.com didn’t have the custom kits. With them on sale for $220 at Gregg’s, I might just get a standard set there.
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Garmin eTrex Vista Color and Legend Color
!>http://gpsinformation.us/vistacolor/vistacolor.jpg!. GARMIN Vista and LEGEND COLOR GPS Product Review. Jeff got one of these and they appear to really be breakthrough in size and cost. Sad since it means new software is needed since I bet on Magellan. Still, these are very tiny and have a bike mount. The Legend Color is $300 and the…
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GPS for Biking
GPS Receiver Information, Software, and Hardware Reviews of Garmin, Lowrance, Magellan and other GPS Receivers. Bump this back up. I’ve used these guy’s guide before. Very useful three years ago when I got my Magellan SportPro for the boat. Now I need to see what is the smallest lightest thing for touring on a bike.
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Cannondale SI Hollowgram Cranks
Cannondale Bicycle Corp. – Si Hollowgram Cranks. My buddy dave has these proprietary cranks on his Cannondale. They are nice but as with all proprietary designs, you can’t interchange them. Now he wants a Campagnolo Record CT crankset for our middle-aged legs, so the question is how do you get the darn things off. What…
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Seattle to San Francisco
Adventure Cycling Association. Hoops and I were thinking about going from Seattle to San Francisco. Adventure Cycling is a great organization that makes planning this easy. They sell a complete map set. They also have a set of GPS coordinates that you can download. Very convenient. My buddy Jeff has a bicycle GPS made by…
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Speedplay maintenance
Bicycling Forums. My Speedplay X/1 pedals seized up. Well, looks like you do need to lubricate them particularly when it rains. I have the older speedplays that don’t have an injection port. If you aren’t ready, here is what you need: Most auto parts stores sell a needle adapter like shown below for under $10…
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Snohomish County Rides
Community Transit Online – Smile and Ride. Had a great day doing a 90 miler with Dave and “Peter”:http://permianpartners.com. It was cold and riany and then incredibly windy, nevertheless, we got up to Everett and then Snohomish. Never did find Monroe and then Duvall and Carnation though. Here are some notes on how to get…
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Nikon S1
There a bunch of cameras that now compete with the Pentax Optio S5Z. See “PC Magazine”:http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1777160,00.asp These include the Sony T-7. but this one doesn’t have a viewfinder and uses Memory Stick, so I wouldn’t consider this one. Nikon S1 review. This got a good review in Pocket Lint, but PC Magazine thought it had…
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Bicycle Maps
Maps and Routes. As part of getting ready for the STP, it sure does mean that there are lots of routes to figure out. Here are some of the places to find routes: * “Snohomish County”:http://www.commtrans.org/?mc=Ridingthebus&subcat=11&page=3. A little hard to find, but these are the routes in Snohomish County. You get up there a variety…
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Mariners Schedule
Seattle Mariners : Schedule : 2005 Mariners Schedule. It’s baseball season again and good to know the schedule since it make getting to and from Bellevue hard. On the other hand, since they are doing so poorly traffic has been way better 🙂
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Chez Shea
Chez Shea. We haven’t been to Chez Shea’s in forever, but it is funny how you remember certain restaurants and certain things. In my case, it was about 10 years ago, we went, it was a beautiful sunny evening and I just remember the curtains billowing through the windows in the golden sunset. My brother…
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Guyot Restaurant Reviews
Seattle Restaurant News. When we lived in LA, we practically ate our way through the Gayot restaurant guide. These days I’m more likely to use the Seattle Weekly, but not the Gayot guides are on the web for all to see.
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Best Digicams
Alexa and “Andy”:http://judysbook.com were asking me what’s a good digital camera to get. I’m assuming a bunch, but the point-and-shoot kind is probably what she means. Right now the best buys are in the 5 to 7 megapixel (Mp) range. Pretty amazing cameras in that they will give you beautiful shots up to 13×19 for…
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STP Information
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Online Shopping
Folks ask me all the time where to buy things. Most of the good sites are indexed by google, so you just have to manually search them. Here are some of the ones that I use with comments: * Local Bike Shop. Patronize these folks if you can but many times they just don’t stock…