January 2009
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“Eight years late, the 20th century has finally departed us this year. It will...”
– Bruno Argento, The True 21st Century Begins.
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Cablecom Door-to-Door Sales
Tonight I was cleaning the house when the door rang. Thinking it was my wife needing help with the groceries I rushed to the door and opened. Well, as it turned out it was someone from the cable company letting me know that they were going to add more channels. Cable is included in my rent, so I never even deal with the cable company, but I gave the guy a few minutes of my time. I shouldn’t...
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In My Mailbox
Dropped into my mailbox by a friend:
Dear World: We, the United States of America, your top quality supplier of the ideals of liberty and democracy, would like to apologize for our 2001-2008 interruption in service. The technical fault that led to this eight-year service outage has been located, and the software responsible was replaced November 4. Early tests of the newly installed program...
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Spy Shots of Niner Rigid Carbon Fork
There’s been quite a few photos of Niner’s rigid carbon fork floating around MTBR. Today, BikeRumor received a few new spy shots of the upcoming carbon fork.
Looks good painted. I wonder what the specs will be. Hopefully they reduced the axle to crown length compared to the current steel offering.
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Epic Ride
The weather forecast today was miserable. Cold, cloudy skies and expected rain. What the hell, I put on a couple of layers, went down to the basement, gave the chain of my Niner a few drops of oil and headed out the door. It was still below zero and a low fog was hanging above town. I headed up to the trail head on my usual shortcut through town, and started today’s climb on nice, hard...