Jarrel finally managed to get me an Easton EC90 zero-offset carbon seatpost after many attempts. I picked it up on Tuesday along with a new Fizik Nisene MTB saddle. The post is all carbon with the exception of the fasteners – the monocoque quill and both rail clamp pieces are carbon fiber! The 27.2mm x 300mm post I got is supposedly around 160 grams. Seat mounting and installation are similar to other zero-offset seatposts like the original Syncros and the current Thomson. The threaded barrels that sit in the top clamp piece are provided with thin stainless steel shims that allow them to rotate freely and not bind against the carbon. Continue reading ‘More Carbon’
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12-10-07
What, I didn’t get enough monkey butt from riding the marathon escort on Sunday? 
I guess not, and despite the soaking I got on that ride, Ckucky, Chris and I decide to ride St. Louis tonight. The whole day had been sunny, there’s a chance it might be ok. Yeah. Well, it might be a little spoogy, but that’ll be ok. Uh huh. But Chris has some free time, so we got to take advantage. Continue reading ‘Saint Louis Spoogefest’
The weather looked pretty nice when I rolled out of my driveway at 03:00. Coming over the Like Like, the weather was still good. I had high hopes for the first dry marathon in years, but as soon as I hit Manoa, the freeway turned wet, and I knew it was not to be. Continue reading ‘Soggy Socks’
This is the first December in a long time that I will not be in Japan, so Mitch volunteered me for the Honolulu Marathon wheelchair division bike escort. What has it been – three years? I have to change the tires on the Bridgestone MB-1 and put the light brackets and computer on tonight at McBike, but other than that, I’m good to go. The pre-event meeting was this past Monday. Same as usual. Root will be in this time too (hopefully), but Ckucke and Chris will be out.
Oh, yeah – I have to remember to put on my front fender – maybe that’ll keep it from raining on Sunday!
Monday, 12 November 2007
Three XC rides on one long weekend? It’s starting to sound like riding in Whistler! Jeff, Chris, Ckucke, and I hit Maunawili Ditch Trail again on Monday afternoon. It was clear and starry at 0530 when I got up, but by the afternoon, the clouds had rolled in. I would have actually liked to do maybe a Wailuna ride in the early morning, but I didn’t think anyone else was up for that. Even with the overcast sky, there were no signs of rain, so it was all good. It was crazy hot and humid again like on Saturday. Continue reading ‘Whistler Lite’
Saturday, 10 November 2007
The blue sky of yesterday afternoon continued into Saturday. Ckucke called me to say that Jeff had called him and said Atomman got rained on in Waimanalo on his road ride in the morning. Also citing Doppler radar information indicating continued rain in the area, Jeff, Sara, and Chris were opting out. I went outside and it was indeed overcast over the Pali area, even though a bright noontime sun hung in the cloud-spotted sky above Kaneohe. Ckucke and I agreed to give it a chance and hit the trails. Continue reading ‘Doppler Ride’
Friday, 09 November 2007
Last weekend’s thunderstorm and the continued heavy rain persisting through the beginning of the week kept me indoors and off the bike. The rain had subsided by Wednesday, but a late drizzle and dark skies put a damper on riding by the time I got home. I managed to get home fairly early on Friday. The sun was still above the mountains and was challenging the mixed clouds for dominance, but there were no hints of rain. Gearing up, I went out on my normal loop. Continue reading ‘Weather Relief’
Who is that goofy guy they got for Fearless Planet? His delivery of lines was just a shade shy of my “ah ha ha ha, you inferior human beans!” Nathan told me he wasn’t sure what they were going to do with footage after they came back for the second shoot, which was with goofy guy. Now we know. Basically the footage that you can’t see Goofball face is Nathan. The magic of editing! Thankfully gratuitous skids was identifyably Goofball. Don’t think they used any of the footage I helped with. Well, at least Nathan got credited.
So the next time some kid asks me that question, I can rightfully answer, ‘why yes!’ Today on Discovery Channel they should be using some of the footage shot a few months ago with Nathan riding. You won’t see any of me, the most you might see is my back tire. The show is Fearless Planet. It should be interesting to see how what we did will actually be used and show up on the screen. We’ll see if my name shows up anywhere in the credits, looks like it’s scheduled for 8PM, catch it if you can!
It took three tries to finally get the toe-in adjustment set correctly on those new Northwave Ninja shoes. Now they’re all set and I only need the camber shims to set the rotational angle. I took them on a test spin, and they feel a lot better than when I first installed the cleats, but I really do need the shims. I put on a set of shortened Nike spikes. The threaded holes in the sole are fairly deeply recessed, so you need about 7mm of thread showing below the base of the spike for them to be fully engaged. I pushed out the threaded studs, cut down the ends of the plastic spikes, then reinserted the studs so more thread would show.
D = 4.22-miles, Vavr = 11.3 mph, Vmax = 25.4 mph, T = 22-minutes