Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Weather

If it's not 5 degrees out, it must be raining.  At least the days are starting to get longer now.

Monday, December 22, 2008

Crosstraining

Amazing... I can ride for hours, but run 3 miles and I am sore for 3 days.

Monday, December 15, 2008

Fork Installed

Got the White Bros. fork installed. Even took a good ride (though with all the rain and snow lately I had to stick to the road).

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Great fork. I didn't want one that seemed too plush or bouncy. This is the ticket. Thanks again Chad!

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Thursday, December 11, 2008

Suspension

Since I can't keep up with my rigid front fork, I decided to try a suspension fork.  Picked up a used White Bros. Magic 80mm 29'r.  Kind of a Christmas present, so I am not sure when I will be "allowed" to install it.  Would like to put some miles in this weekend, but may have to do it rigid.

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Monday, December 8, 2008

To the Moon

Sunpower, Inc. has been selected to continue development of a lunar fission surface electric power generator.  Read more at Popular Science.  Thankfully, we are only working with the Stirling engine and not the nuclear power.

Mohican 100k

So I think I have decided to try and prepare to ride/race the Mohican 100k next summer on my Redline d440.  62 mi. of pavement, dirt roads, doubletrack and singletrack.  The men's open class winner did it in 5 hrs, 20 mins last year.  I would hope just to finish :)

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Doug