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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 🙂