November 2008
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LightWindow for my Tumblelog
Added LightWindow to my tumblelog with just a few lines:
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://.../tumblr/prototype.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://.../tumblr/effects.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://.../tumblr/lightwindow.js"></script>
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29er Snow Fun
After spending a couple of days out of town for a trade show I was anxious to get back on the bike. Working all day Saturday and only getting back home in the late evening, I slept in to be rested enough for a ride in the freshly fallen snow that covers my backyard mountains.
I headed up my usual single-track and had to detour on some lesser grades to make it through the deep snow and the...
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Dress Up Your Singlespeed Hub
I recently converted my Hope Pro II singlespeed hub from QR to bolt-on. The standard M10 button head bolts by Hope aren’t quite the prettiest, so I googled for nicer bolts and came aross dress up bolts. Dress up bolts are generally used on cars and motor bikes to replace stock bolts in the engine, the hood, bumpers, shocks, the interior and so on with something nice and shiny looking.
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Saturday Bike Excursion
Today the temperatures had dropped. It was freezing and the sky was clear, the perfect conditions to swing my lazy butt onto the saddle of the Niner and head out in search of some undiscovered terrain. I started my ride as usual entering the hillside above Biel on the small Paul-Robert trail. I climbed my way towards the outskirts of Evilard, and decided to hit a rocky and extremely leaf-covered...
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Rockstar at Coop
I used to order a Rockstar along with my lunch from the burrito truck that drove through the business park back at my previous job in California. Recently, I walked through the aisles of the local Coop grocery store a couple of blocks from my office, and lo and behold there was a stack of half liter Rockstar cans smiling at me. Well, needless to say, I’m thrilled! I can now get the same...
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Climbing up the Psycho Trail
After last weekends snowy conditions, fall made a return with all its beauty. It was the perfect day to return to a trail I last rode with a friend when we visited Switzerland back in 2000. The trail starts to climb up below the Orvin Rocks, then at its halfway point makes a 180 degree turn and continues to climb above the rocks.
I was pleasantly surprised how well I got up the first half of the...
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