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Continue reading →: Campagnolo Derailleurs Explained
CAMPAGNOLO 2003 RANGE – INNOVATION. _It’s been confusing which of the three different derailleurs you should get. Here’s a simple explanation_ The Campagnolo Record, Chorus and Centaur groupsets offers three models of rear derailleurs with short, medium and long cage. The rear derailleur with the short cage is for equipping…
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Continue reading →: Carbon Fiber: It's brittle too…
Well, as most folks know, I just love carbon fiber. It’s in just about every component that I have on my bike. Today though, I learned that it is a miracle material for sure, but it does have its downsides. Caveat Emptor. h4. Campagnolo Record Seatpost: Don’t overtighten even once!…
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Continue reading →: Singletrack Ezine
Singletrack – Home. A ezine from Britain. Got a good review from “Adventure Cycling”:http://adventurecycling.org as a place to look for mountain touring and other things.
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Continue reading →: Fishy, Fishy
_This is Peta-Jane, Alex’s teacher, favorite poem. Amazing that he could do a Haiku, but not surprising given how mathematical it is, you know, 5 syllable, then 7 then 5_ Fishy, Fishy Fishy in a tank Swimming in the water blue Swaying in the weeds Fishy fish My fish in…
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Continue reading →: Shuttle SB61G2 and DDR 400 Memory Hang
Google Search: shuttle sb61g2 problem. It took forever to figure out this problem becuase the answers are in a newsgroup and not yet indexed on the web. In short, when I assembled my Dad’s PC, I kept getting hangs when running at full 200MHz for the CPU. Turns out there…
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Continue reading →: Hyperthreading
Ars Technica: Introduction to Multithreading, Superthreading and Hyperthreading (10/2002). I finally got a new Intel “Prescott” chipset for my dad. Supports something called Hyperthreading. Make it look like one processor is two to Windows and Linux. Here’s a good explanation of what is going on.
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Continue reading →: Exchange Rate Depression
With the drop in the dollar. All my favorite overseas places are not longer price competitive. The pound when from $1.44 to $1.69 overnight. So, in buying things, you can either get them for list price from “Excel”:http://excelsports.com or you can get some discount from “Licktons”:http://www.lickbike.com. I am not haunting…
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Continue reading →: Baby Clothes
Doodlebaby. Hat tip to Zagula for this. Alway slooking for great places to buy gifts.
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Continue reading →: History of the Trek OLCV
History and Revisions of the TREK OCLV Frameset. Great review of the history of the most famous. Thanks to Lance Armstrong frame right now. Didn’t know that they had such a special front fork. Also love their “gush”:http://www.chainreaction.com/oclvbest.htm about the OCLV frame. It’s just 2.3 lbs for the OLVC 120…
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Continue reading →: Self Defense Classes
Ludwig seeks Self Defense courses in the area. John is looking for self-defense courses. I’ve heard great things about Home Alive and Connie is on the board of Womens Funding Alliance, so I’ve seen a grant proposal from them. Don’t know about the others. I’ve been taking martial arts courses…
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