During our epic rainstorm here in northern California a couple of weeks ago, I was a little bummed because my usual shoe drying solutions are no longer available. My ski boot & glove dryer I used to keep in the office caught on fire, and the other office standby — a hot CRT computer monitor […]
I’ve enabled Google Social and Google now (occasionally) returns results from my “social circle” to, theoretically, get the latest dirt on what my friends are talking about. I typed in “Tour of California” for example, and Google Social returned Steephill’s 2007 AToC dashboard, my Sacramento photoset from earlier this year, and a call for volunteers […]
I’m hardly a trackstanding expert, so I’ll point you to this video of Jiro Nakamura from Bikeskills.
Update: I made a little diagram of what I had in mind. Thanks to the commenters for their ideas and suggestions! Update 2: The fact that this is dangerous, possibly deadly, and probably illegal is blindingly obvious, but several of my friends felt obliged to tell me so anyway. Don’t try this at home, kids. […]
Coming in December — Breezer will re-introduce the Lightning, a steel hardtail mountain bike. Custom butted Reynolds 525 cromoly and integrated head tube, 23.3 lbs equipped with Fox 32 F100-RL Remote Lockout 100mm Travel Shimano XT FC-M770 44/32/22T Chainrings Shimano XT, 28.6mm top swing dual pull front derailleur Shimano XTR rear derailleur Shimano XT Trigger […]
Happy Friday, all! Curtis responded to a Speedvest discussion on BikeForums.net with his own photoshopped Speedvest. He tells me he met the Speed Vest people at Maker Faire and they loved his version. Steephill has all the latest on the 2010 Tour of California. Speaking of which, a lot of people (including myself) liked how […]