2003 XTR Preview! Shimano’s flagshDrivetrain: It is still 9-speed and compatible with current 9-s components, although there are updates in drivetrain technology. The new crankset is still hollow, but is now a two-piece setup (the bottom bracket spindle is one-piece with the driveside crankarm, the left crankarm clamps onto the splines similar to a BMX […]

Mountain Bike – News – Answer’s Manitou to launch 5th element in 2003 Eric Carter, Intense, and Santa Cruz all began to play around with and race (successfully) on the 5th Element last season, with the latter two entering into exclusive OE deals with Progressive. That’s right, Intense and Santa Cruz are the only two […]

Mountain Bike – News – Klein to replace Adept with Maverick-based design in 2003. The Klein design will be called the Palomino, and should hit stores for the 2003 season, and will replace the Adept platform. Klein’s Harry Spehar said there will be three bikes available, with kits based around Shimano LX, XT and XTR […]

Mountain Bike – Equipment – 2002 Cross-country gear. Ah the key list for building a bike from the frame up. I used to have the magazine but lost it somewhere.

Bicycling : Daily : Product Of The Day – Avid Ball Bearing. The best disc brake. Very affordable too.

Bicycling : Daily : Product Of The Day. Probably the right one to get 40 grams and $15

Bicycling : Daily : Product Of The Day Arundael Carbon Bottle Cage. Wow, $40 for a 26 gram bottle holder. Perfect for my HID battery, but will the batter work given that this thing needs a bottom, but this holds by friction.

Annoyances.org – Connect to a Windows XP or 2000 system with a Windows 95, 98, or Me system over a Network Bingo. Figures that what I want would not be on the Microsoft site. REad it and weep

How to Enable NTLM 2 Authentication for Windows 95/98/2000/NT. The start of my study on how to let Windows 98 machines access Windows XP Professional files without just opening everything up. I thought that Lan Manager authentication woudl take care of this, but apparently, it is more complex. There is LM, NTLM v1 and NTLM […]