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Continue reading →: Shifting — When 27 is really 19
Uncle Al. A great newsletter that I get and some good advice too. This one I haven’t seen covered, but what do you do with the zillions of gears. I haven’t doing it right for a while. DEAR UNCLE AL: I just had a 9-speed drivetrain put on my bike.…
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Continue reading →: Biking Accessories: Gloves, Arm and Knee Warmers
All of mine have now fallen apart. So off to get some more accessories like gloves and knee warmers: * Bicycling.com – Castelli Ambros Gloves. These aren’t in production anymore. At least I can’t find them. The equivalent look like Castelli Simple Gloves. $25 so they are quite a bit.…
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Continue reading →: Getting up on Blogging
Had a great discussion about the future of blogs, mobile, etc. with some incredibly smart people (Ben Slivka, Bill Valentine, Satoshi Nakajima and Kendra Vandermulen). They asked for an easy intro to blogging. A good questions. Here are some sites to look at: * “Tong Family”:https://richtong.net. OK, a selfish announcement,…
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Continue reading →: The Hiltons
The Hilton Lounge – Unofficial Paris and Nicky Hilton. Someone thought the flight risk woman was Paris Hilton. Now there is a blog that does nothing but cover Paris and Nicky. Amazing.
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Continue reading →: Flight Risk
The Agonist: A Flight Risk. With the war settling into a slow pattern, it’s time to take a break and find some other strange goings on. The best one I’ve found is about a wealthy heiress on the run from her powerful father. Much speculation about whether it is true…
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Continue reading →: Manuals, Manuals, Manuals
Most of the manuals that I’ve been looking for are now in PDF format on the Internet. But, I’ve noticed that they tend to disappear off the Internet as soon as the model is obsolete. So, here is a listing of components that I have, their current location on the…
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Continue reading →: Pronto Pro Programming
With my Dad’s new house, it’s given me a renewed dedication to programming his Pronto Pro that has been sitting for a year (!!!). Here are the key links: * “Remote Central”:http://remotecentral.com. Thanks much to Daniel Tonkin for maintaining this site. It has a list of pretty much every device…
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Continue reading →: Bicycle Stem and Bars
Every 2-3 years, “Lennard Zinn”:http://www.zinncycles.com/ recommends replacing the handlebars. So, I’m off on a search for lightweight set of bars and stem. Right now I have a 3TTT Prima 199 and Icon Sterling Stem. These are pretty light. 200g and 120g respectively, but the Prima is certainly quite flexy. Also,…
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Continue reading →: rumsfeld rids high
Rumsfeld Stands Tall After Iraq Victory (washingtonpost.com). let’s hope he uses his power well. he’s got a lot of it. from the piece he is taking over the cia and the state department in essence. and will shrink the army in favor of special ops and airpower
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