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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 🙂
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Chez Shea
Chez Shea. We haven’t been to Chez Shea’s in forever, but it is funny how you remember certain restaurants and certain things. In my case, it was about 10 years ago, we went, it was a beautiful sunny evening and I just remember the curtains billowing through the windows in the golden sunset. My brother…
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Guyot Restaurant Reviews
Seattle Restaurant News. When we lived in LA, we practically ate our way through the Gayot restaurant guide. These days I’m more likely to use the Seattle Weekly, but not the Gayot guides are on the web for all to see.
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Best Digicams
Alexa and “Andy”:http://judysbook.com were asking me what’s a good digital camera to get. I’m assuming a bunch, but the point-and-shoot kind is probably what she means. Right now the best buys are in the 5 to 7 megapixel (Mp) range. Pretty amazing cameras in that they will give you beautiful shots up to 13×19 for…