tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56966319599075800932024-02-21T08:23:23.809-08:00Bicycle KitchenOut of the Garage and in to the GardenBigfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06331128491061390804noreply@blogger.comBlogger85125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5696631959907580093.post-45205408930399999852012-08-14T07:21:00.003-07:002012-08-14T07:21:42.706-07:00Aquaponic Greenhouse<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I took some video of the dome to give a better feel of its size and how things are laid out in relation to each other.</div>
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Drawings of sustainable living solutions and a design and price estimation for a aquaponic greenhouse. I figured they would be more useful if they were posted on the web them rather than letting them sit in a folder.</div>
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Aquaponic and Compost system<br />
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The greenhouse works as a living symbiotic system, kinda like a plant or animal cell.</div>
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Water : Blood<br />
Pump : Heart<br />
Pipes and Trays : Artery and Viens<br />
Gravel trays : Liver<br />
Plants : Lungs and Bladder<br />
Greenhouse Covering : Skin<br />
Growing Trays and Greenhouse Frame : Skeleton<br />
Compost Bins : Stomach<br />
Worm Bins : Intestine<br />
Worms and Bacteria : Beneficial Bacteria<br />
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The Heart of the system is the aquaponic setup, water is pumped from the 2500 gal fish tank to ebb and flow growing trays where water is filtered by plants and bacteria on gravel then oxygenated when falling back to the main tank. </div>
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The large volume of water is what keeps the greenhouse cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter, because water takes more energy to heat up than air it acts as a coolant within the greenhouse when air temperatures are high and when then air temperature is lower than the water temp the water acts as a heater. The aquaponic trays have a large surface area and function as a radiator that are either absorbing or releasing energy to the surrounding air in the greenhouse. </div>
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If the aquaponic system is the heart then the composting bins and the worm bins are the stomach and digestive tract of the greenhouse. The compost bins are on the north side <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(shady)</span> of the hoop house and are used as a thermal mass to regulate the greenhouse temperature. The bins are filled with pretty much any type of organic waste with exception to human or unverified animal waste and meat . The compost is them moved to worm bins on the south side of the hoop house where the compost is further broken-down by thousands of hungry worms.</div>
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After three months in the worm bins the compost is removed, most of the worms are removed and the compost rich in worm castings in put in 3 gallon pots mixed with shredded coconut husk. The pots are put in the aquaponic grow trays where they are planted with the desired crop. A single pot in my dome can sustain healthy plant growth for 10-14 months before the pot is removed from the grow tray and the material is recycled to outdoor compost bins. <br />
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By combining soil growing and the aquaponic system pants can grow heather with an abundance of trace minerals and nutrients. Even more importantly though, more species of nitrifying bacteria can be supported in the soil/coco/gravel medium than just gravel or expanded clay mediums. The few worms left in the compost can also crawl out of the pots when the trays drain and feed on decomposing organic matter in the gravel then retreat back to the pots when the beds refill with water.</div>
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The prototype trays from the previous post <a href="http://bikekitchen.blogspot.com/2012/07/aquaponic-growing-trays.html">Aquaponic-Growing-Trays</a> are the ones for this design.</div>
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I have been wanting to go bigger with my ideas so I decided to send it and make another mess and built the prototypes for my next aquaponic system. More on this later...</div>
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This design requires some digging for the in ground tank, 24" will be bellow ground level with 6" above ground level.</div>
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One 4' x 8' x 4" grow tray on top with two 4' x 4' x 18" worm bins underneath</div>
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The dome is fully alive now, very exciting after a little more than a year of work. </div>
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The plants are growing like crazy, the fish getting fatter, the water temperatures are nice and high (72-76 Deg F) and all sorts of critters have taken up home in the dome.</div>
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Aquaponic gardening it the bees knees.</div>
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<br />Bigfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06331128491061390804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5696631959907580093.post-48535687674311245262012-04-03T13:03:00.007-07:002012-04-03T14:07:23.740-07:00Geodesic Greenhouse<div><div style="text-align: center; "><span>The top trays have been knocked up with pea, lettuce, spinach and other greens and they are sprouted and growing quickly. I plan on weaving a canopy of peas and beans that can be snacked on while sitting on the ceiling bench.</span></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3sjtRkriKjzIjqQvvSheZpCUaMqeP4RsR5_Iw0DQARTnETpN_iJYZWeIXBER_HLXFEHLQvm5HBqLQ_8mu-knkCybe7atfn0U7RbTjMrXUsdDvreM32u7wLBgzhFMhOwGERiMhct08V31n/s1600/PANO2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 112px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3sjtRkriKjzIjqQvvSheZpCUaMqeP4RsR5_Iw0DQARTnETpN_iJYZWeIXBER_HLXFEHLQvm5HBqLQ_8mu-knkCybe7atfn0U7RbTjMrXUsdDvreM32u7wLBgzhFMhOwGERiMhct08V31n/s400/PANO2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727283706619847154" /></a><div style="text-align: left;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-size: 100%; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: small; ">The dome is starting to kick out some greens now that the days are growing longer and soon I will have more than we can eat by our selves. I ordered a small amount duckweed which will be grown inside in a plant based water filter and then added to the main tank in the dome. Once the water is cleaned up more by plants I will look into adding fish to produce waste to feed the plants.</span></div><div style="font-size: 100%; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: small; "><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjogHWMYBVgEOp6wBQU9DOgXDDNlRWFZfdbRMbNRZ5lzzvBgWQOLXHanYwq8YExRZECmTh7uP8bppjOWgRlfH-lgXmPj3kzES3MH8YYPyQHOP7SmBLU2RsNcxZPlU9dhT8eHpdz4692GV96/s1600/PANO1.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span><span style="margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; "><span><span style="font-size: 100%; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 84px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjogHWMYBVgEOp6wBQU9DOgXDDNlRWFZfdbRMbNRZ5lzzvBgWQOLXHanYwq8YExRZECmTh7uP8bppjOWgRlfH-lgXmPj3kzES3MH8YYPyQHOP7SmBLU2RsNcxZPlU9dhT8eHpdz4692GV96/s400/PANO1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727267998472753426" /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div></span></span></a><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><span>I moved the winter batch of compost in to a planter in the front yard and have been refilling the bins with leaves from neighbors yards. On that note, I find that most people don`t have a composting bin or some means of disposing organic waste and either landfill or let the city dispose of their organic waste.</span></div><div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><span><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><span><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpV5yShR17MKMcagbgStjt2vLZmcOLCsdMzbMm4zG4Gc4O3HXbgQPfIizyDSbT1rClV_MRwUeScreLWTY-AwXKvwnJVkhyD_YJ31yuwXbhP7s3UUn3IopJ19s2Lsi_Bc9IsHqsKlR9oBOB/s1600/PANO.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 100%; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; 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font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "> Sediment filter growing algae</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgie0nu_YTHKig8sDYHubJjz1zPYZVpFwf0tOB01gohxSuUTTpE6_6sbB1uYMDtu4Kffi17BLgK5ML3UdpAqV9I1_wPCrVCi4Y412fEmEqe90K0XPr1U8ooLbIADQzDhDHCg-ZJ7nXWpIrJ/s1600/algae.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 100%; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgie0nu_YTHKig8sDYHubJjz1zPYZVpFwf0tOB01gohxSuUTTpE6_6sbB1uYMDtu4Kffi17BLgK5ML3UdpAqV9I1_wPCrVCi4Y412fEmEqe90K0XPr1U8ooLbIADQzDhDHCg-ZJ7nXWpIrJ/s400/algae.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727267991825379602" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjogHWMYBVgEOp6wBQU9DOgXDDNlRWFZfdbRMbNRZ5lzzvBgWQOLXHanYwq8YExRZECmTh7uP8bppjOWgRlfH-lgXmPj3kzES3MH8YYPyQHOP7SmBLU2RsNcxZPlU9dhT8eHpdz4692GV96/s1600/PANO1.jpg"><span><span style="margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span><br /></span></div></span></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpV5yShR17MKMcagbgStjt2vLZmcOLCsdMzbMm4zG4Gc4O3HXbgQPfIizyDSbT1rClV_MRwUeScreLWTY-AwXKvwnJVkhyD_YJ31yuwXbhP7s3UUn3IopJ19s2Lsi_Bc9IsHqsKlR9oBOB/s1600/PANO.jpg"></a><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: center; font-size: small; "><div style="text-align: center;">The most of the rocks are covered in cress and algae is beginning to grow in the still areas of the trays. <span style="text-align: left; "> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibF6EVIFj86CURCS0UfDUWtfxazxUG5tKV2yAPt3iPDnQIB2hwrPTeq3Ccn_Nr1hIaIBj2gQkPLjXiaiEKRLPDHGKkC_odnzFexNXHyU10fwv909c84hVQiao-4PKNOnFS7NwOlDnBykkT/s1600/algae1.jpg" style="font-size: 100%; "><span><span style="font-size: 100%; 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font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><span><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "></div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center; font-size: small; "></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span><span><span style="margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; "><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div></div></div>Bigfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06331128491061390804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5696631959907580093.post-11951187549218412802012-02-28T12:15:00.003-08:002012-02-28T12:25:05.257-08:00Geodome with snow<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ZdAnlDlnBmAe8ad_hYxyVyfBmaGT3A1xcanPWvTJ43oNdEDyW-QFtoxBNwAAM281UldzfnxUSaZrdfydKK-4BqFygmxfP1-8wAmhrxXJCPjLMRHlqcrdzhlSHDuzyzKtFjFxtkcYjtZb/s1600/dome+feb.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ZdAnlDlnBmAe8ad_hYxyVyfBmaGT3A1xcanPWvTJ43oNdEDyW-QFtoxBNwAAM281UldzfnxUSaZrdfydKK-4BqFygmxfP1-8wAmhrxXJCPjLMRHlqcrdzhlSHDuzyzKtFjFxtkcYjtZb/s400/dome+feb.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714283157315635154" /></a><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><span >Dome on 2/28/12</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 100%; "><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 100%; "><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQKAXKGuKFzWIVQKdfhgyPkXEVTyF0UirvmUQh4RtD4BgGqPBG4Zl-_pE3z4nGP5MyuKrM_H8iCA9uf1N-xcufvm4RVoKCD7FCUgfCgc1gQtSy2RGsrBWOqOh8gp101D0H2mXvzvITp_UU/s1600/domefeb1.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQKAXKGuKFzWIVQKdfhgyPkXEVTyF0UirvmUQh4RtD4BgGqPBG4Zl-_pE3z4nGP5MyuKrM_H8iCA9uf1N-xcufvm4RVoKCD7FCUgfCgc1gQtSy2RGsrBWOqOh8gp101D0H2mXvzvITp_UU/s400/domefeb1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714283149736126482" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span >Working on the second set of plant trays but I ran out of material.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span ><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpoR3exLCvc3Bw0ekl2tO77RE_rNXBpwk05mFK04uBQ1nr2UDgvb3fRgnCs41CCdLQ8s1YBLWngwezQmtl3dbSYUmbhs-hV1fixTMFpOtN_UN7LANGDmVx9zgFzd0AJ6ty_E9Mkdz1fn1P/s1600/dome+feb2.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpoR3exLCvc3Bw0ekl2tO77RE_rNXBpwk05mFK04uBQ1nr2UDgvb3fRgnCs41CCdLQ8s1YBLWngwezQmtl3dbSYUmbhs-hV1fixTMFpOtN_UN7LANGDmVx9zgFzd0AJ6ty_E9Mkdz1fn1P/s400/dome+feb2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714283149849895826" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Most of the buckets were seeded on 2/10/12 and on 2/26/12 all most all of the </div><div style="text-align: center;">seeded pots had sprouted and had their first set of leafs.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9T_zV2hH72f5K5JuiWz7I7-H2T0vWbq4OP9Wrvf3Rk_HTtevEri4Cbe-U01fo60ZTeInkAU4vqlYAyXxReC-mJDS77bKzi58Tfiq445DvrkrwOVE6kmeiH61ZB025djpST5ChVzHskIYP/s1600/domefeb3.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9T_zV2hH72f5K5JuiWz7I7-H2T0vWbq4OP9Wrvf3Rk_HTtevEri4Cbe-U01fo60ZTeInkAU4vqlYAyXxReC-mJDS77bKzi58Tfiq445DvrkrwOVE6kmeiH61ZB025djpST5ChVzHskIYP/s400/domefeb3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714283148956690930" /></a>Bigfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06331128491061390804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5696631959907580093.post-12593221912185880362012-02-28T11:00:00.003-08:002012-02-28T11:35:20.310-08:00Bike Trailer<div style="text-align: center;">I have wanted to make a bike trailer for larger items like recycling trips, straw bales or anything to big to carry in my backpack.</div><div style="text-align: center;">35 bucks worth of wood and angle iron</div><div style="text-align: center;">20 bucks on pipes, clamps and a swivel caster</div><div style="text-align: center;">I had tubing, bike wheels and screws laying around.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC1f3CBElIWxKM4Co4_7M76y95kAK4DhnNuyvRk1a269Zf9DiLQWvByLkGYC31GfsPk8iUK1ijhsCCCloRaBSblwexHopAXpVk65RNt9EpasOer21tB2ajhvnl9w8q7bve1sD2FwWmRl9U/s1600/trailer2.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC1f3CBElIWxKM4Co4_7M76y95kAK4DhnNuyvRk1a269Zf9DiLQWvByLkGYC31GfsPk8iUK1ijhsCCCloRaBSblwexHopAXpVk65RNt9EpasOer21tB2ajhvnl9w8q7bve1sD2FwWmRl9U/s400/trailer2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714266683746207554" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Trailer hitch made from 3/4" galvanized pipe, four pipe clamps, a swivel caster and thick tubing to protect the frame from damage.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKoeH4AuQqZdR2DochupsJUZ-AePLg3bQKpBJyrv5cpzpTy-yC-lvQV2sQke0XLcfx64uj63w5MhALfd_5xCP7DvwdDvSWjEozcKcxW2GNFH4d7xXEoJMKxcf-2A53C4ujt_l3gxy1uEDv/s400/trailer.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714266674830859618" /><div><div style="text-align: center;">Six1.5"x2.5" studs and angle iron.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih_X1YxEeYPICJHnub3Nz8j1GGr3je2aC1zlQ-MT3i3BTQxrCZV3Y9WA_AVA0xzR91ONRpyj8q9t9WrEqVl5Vo41xV_qnkRzbRzYBZ6Rdr0oWz-vTR42IEtHp7_H80yupkSfWoZiZEe9Rr/s400/trailer1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714266675377767490" /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Angle iron cut to 6" long, slotted for wheels and drilled mounting holes.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7_PItG5iYs-7cmEYgmgWp13YzJBirHosuqn2CG8EBak9r3ZzmkdmdOWgpAZMAKEpGnpU2gEEvzCM2s3lNhnUj9LmB0Aq3LQRCQ_CZl1gi9qKrLv8h8Fw0Q2spq7KnaFTkvNk3C8AbA9fW/s400/trailer5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714269694613929010" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A swivel caster makes a great trailer hitch.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4wRslzYUxc6uzgnvDVXdwYKgqXgpEVDmtZIhU7BrKWhzPyav7Rs7FZeNPkILx5GSuBJ8hMwtAaHcvD9-ulOkL9JJ6J7KQFFZAlo8Py31PxJHkyvxgTUzEzo6Fi49gt_fIpj-8ufEwKPmY/s400/trailer3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714266681045268962" /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Trailer frame assembled with wheels.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUV8EItNB2MdNXXqxh8bnEPOxdzlYJoGXj-fhuP5Fg0y7ox4-2GlAmUPRs8cYyRX3bFiUp1JOR73tPumeXcroqm-Nwjy96bYya4qj3mgHKohwYshDm8PB9V4BD55qGoFr9RRpI1S-wP_Xo/s400/trailer4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714266687202595906" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span >Plywood bed attached, the cart is 30"x63" and weighs at least 50 lbs.</span></div></div>Bigfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06331128491061390804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5696631959907580093.post-83017839487767428352012-02-02T14:41:00.000-08:002012-02-02T15:36:46.218-08:00Aquaponic Geodesic Dome Green House<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdy1FICKb7tb2xjhozm0poM0CmjwPDCTSNth9UZH9iEQ19raOY9sDb_G5guLiaPS8rcdnGGt_C1e9jWW_2qxGSSGeK0TkUuTNRDDrBH1mLxb4HWXYMdFDlmVke6aqS6wXisg2gg1HQK4o8/s1600/A.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdy1FICKb7tb2xjhozm0poM0CmjwPDCTSNth9UZH9iEQ19raOY9sDb_G5guLiaPS8rcdnGGt_C1e9jWW_2qxGSSGeK0TkUuTNRDDrBH1mLxb4HWXYMdFDlmVke6aqS6wXisg2gg1HQK4o8/s400/A.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704677586635332754" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span>1000 gallon tank</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc9Cgrbila4wguS52lk6pR96oFVAlVGlhE6I7u0RBf3snfhr3wOgLpqSneyxz-6apdlwn3FZ0UidUs4bCZJZTN4VRbjfVBjk0oClMKmQhymWmr_ozN2fFytJwkFkXqS9RPJjYz5fPbPcyx/s1600/B.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc9Cgrbila4wguS52lk6pR96oFVAlVGlhE6I7u0RBf3snfhr3wOgLpqSneyxz-6apdlwn3FZ0UidUs4bCZJZTN4VRbjfVBjk0oClMKmQhymWmr_ozN2fFytJwkFkXqS9RPJjYz5fPbPcyx/s400/B.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704677428235672450" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span>Mocking up trays</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjorfV6KFOi3mrsHMeAZvbmRo5zojvZPQXRbZC_vnbKVUXydb9_KX9LrxcfHbBTpp9mWGrdhP7CKtKe1I143YHU-c6-OhF1zfgls9zLitR1LX3I3RoRA1fkLFW3VVHAI8h8l2Z6o3xv_jL6/s1600/C.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjorfV6KFOi3mrsHMeAZvbmRo5zojvZPQXRbZC_vnbKVUXydb9_KX9LrxcfHbBTpp9mWGrdhP7CKtKe1I143YHU-c6-OhF1zfgls9zLitR1LX3I3RoRA1fkLFW3VVHAI8h8l2Z6o3xv_jL6/s400/C.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704677422031085314" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span>Attaching the skin</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7C3A286Jd_26U2HBd60wKwoRaJL40O74PJfz0TGElzPXwurFP66Rbfz4wv1fTi8DiGrMZMsfLFAeeOfyoBtaATxSGXyAhNo8pEkx0FwXlSWBmuMWbAgVb2SGJpizjABt3b9uRkk_sFaxg/s1600/D.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7C3A286Jd_26U2HBd60wKwoRaJL40O74PJfz0TGElzPXwurFP66Rbfz4wv1fTi8DiGrMZMsfLFAeeOfyoBtaATxSGXyAhNo8pEkx0FwXlSWBmuMWbAgVb2SGJpizjABt3b9uRkk_sFaxg/s400/D.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704677425121533138" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span>Adding the second layer</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7UOan7aKTSgigYtt4c8aHUZC7GpXQmynmVJeWjG8190S77SptL_8lXat6dzNIYZXKZufnEsu5FQ1U9mKJrmFKZJi-EAHmjQCi1lt_30h1q0EKCcqSgEDfmp34XwFPmpovlV_TY_JWIJIf/s1600/E.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7UOan7aKTSgigYtt4c8aHUZC7GpXQmynmVJeWjG8190S77SptL_8lXat6dzNIYZXKZufnEsu5FQ1U9mKJrmFKZJi-EAHmjQCi1lt_30h1q0EKCcqSgEDfmp34XwFPmpovlV_TY_JWIJIf/s400/E.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704677421341148978" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span>Mixing cob in bath tub, a mixture of soil from the yard, sand and straw.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaYsexTjhG74EF3VPweccG8qwpRczqdVwQLyAOXCToc9EA35JpnD7zXDTLm29_8B2fJPo5g0F0CCFYGM2Csu7zNBUi9mA3UagyQ-4zCDWDBXT3SbHXiyJaWh0L-_BhIohYKslpxdfbl_If/s1600/F.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaYsexTjhG74EF3VPweccG8qwpRczqdVwQLyAOXCToc9EA35JpnD7zXDTLm29_8B2fJPo5g0F0CCFYGM2Csu7zNBUi9mA3UagyQ-4zCDWDBXT3SbHXiyJaWh0L-_BhIohYKslpxdfbl_If/s400/F.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704677420925260946" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span>Sealing the perimeter with cob</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixm-YUjJk8FP4UYOjoS7Uj42qsAzi0Q30FaWOzLOgIKB_D_2ExcgCzzBj9OIgA61ltRIPdZ3FOSDfJXQ4yJQ63q5E2tjWN85kvzDO2svLzMoLaBX8zBclDuurxdyag3MHoHzbcgE2JdHb1/s1600/G.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixm-YUjJk8FP4UYOjoS7Uj42qsAzi0Q30FaWOzLOgIKB_D_2ExcgCzzBj9OIgA61ltRIPdZ3FOSDfJXQ4yJQ63q5E2tjWN85kvzDO2svLzMoLaBX8zBclDuurxdyag3MHoHzbcgE2JdHb1/s400/G.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704676975265394482" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span>Dome completely sealed</span></div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv1pvNvX-CqYsWcvzsRDt7V0HY4i7pJFLX57ZiLgbdq5luu1J_z8EbyOcPX24j4cuyTLIYvWicHztzfwsZeGHbri5jVgQM_UvUI0-vTEcgw45Kv2BjfbqupaUINh879OyKA41Edx2I3jjU/s1600/H.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv1pvNvX-CqYsWcvzsRDt7V0HY4i7pJFLX57ZiLgbdq5luu1J_z8EbyOcPX24j4cuyTLIYvWicHztzfwsZeGHbri5jVgQM_UvUI0-vTEcgw45Kv2BjfbqupaUINh879OyKA41Edx2I3jjU/s400/H.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704676966512989330" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">water tank and filter trays</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjehh3BpwNk0X8OpEMbXBwctC9wnXK0FdXqwVZiWtEbX67LSEjbayLxTiYS-W6JaWk7p8w2tH-VO6evdzsFTYW8YJ65yiTeNUe9n1YKkz1lDN6l5oClJgHoErF7CcAqSnacbzdcaYzk8HMK/s1600/I.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjehh3BpwNk0X8OpEMbXBwctC9wnXK0FdXqwVZiWtEbX67LSEjbayLxTiYS-W6JaWk7p8w2tH-VO6evdzsFTYW8YJ65yiTeNUe9n1YKkz1lDN6l5oClJgHoErF7CcAqSnacbzdcaYzk8HMK/s400/I.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704676963257260946" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span>Rocket mass heater and compost bins</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDx3xZl3yS_L4MhW6W9TJOECrDPkPOELqKGVw-k2TO-EGITAugP2GAZ0nD5FV_zM2pK_nGSisCnZwkjgy0k3FJCo4KRoIX8omveWQyu8DcK1PaWy3V1OyGAiTt2LsMKl8L7oQe97K2zH4T/s1600/J.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDx3xZl3yS_L4MhW6W9TJOECrDPkPOELqKGVw-k2TO-EGITAugP2GAZ0nD5FV_zM2pK_nGSisCnZwkjgy0k3FJCo4KRoIX8omveWQyu8DcK1PaWy3V1OyGAiTt2LsMKl8L7oQe97K2zH4T/s400/J.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704676966716483458" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span>Water gets pumped up, filtered in tank of stone and piped down to plant trays</span></div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYwGJmW1pC7gnEDDc5gMOYm1bbJIYe-BqesgqlggArN61pQsrdzts977l4tVkIpBDib1NNjCPyhUMXxPU5hXyuHiie3zxk2B-hhpO8xhj6pxVR6CT-whe-CsoLfCPW0gP0N6XBLOAx6vP5/s1600/K.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYwGJmW1pC7gnEDDc5gMOYm1bbJIYe-BqesgqlggArN61pQsrdzts977l4tVkIpBDib1NNjCPyhUMXxPU5hXyuHiie3zxk2B-hhpO8xhj6pxVR6CT-whe-CsoLfCPW0gP0N6XBLOAx6vP5/s400/K.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704676961740411634" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span>3 gallon buckets with 50/50 mix of ground coco husk and composted manure mix</span></div>Bigfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06331128491061390804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5696631959907580093.post-16176348854537960222009-03-28T13:38:00.001-07:002009-03-28T13:55:22.950-07:00Fast Tires<span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:85%;" >A short update on the Bontrager XR1 tires.<br /><br /><br />These are the FASTEST tires I have ever ridden..... by a good bit. They roll sooo fast and have good cornering grip. I am running them tubeless on my 355, American classic, Revolution wheel set with yellow tape. They are a non-tubeless tire with a high tpi count and very soft rubber.<br />They weigh 488.4g, the lightest crow I ever had was 465.5g but I could not run crows in the front and rear so the XR1 works out to be lighter than the Crow and Karma combo. Though its not the weight that makes these tires fast. The tread pattern is very fast, faster than the Crow`s by a bit. The rubber compound is a little softer on the XR1 giving it good cornering grip. I am really looking forward to see how they will wear in.<br /><br />My bike with a few new items some of which have not been seen will lower my bike to 19lbs with gears.</span>Bigfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06331128491061390804noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5696631959907580093.post-78569116520124417742009-02-27T11:02:00.000-08:002009-02-27T11:09:35.093-08:00Races start<span style="font-size:85%;">this weekend. We will be hitting up Colorado Springs and Fort Collins for some crit racing. Not looking forward to the eight hour drive form Durango to Fort Collins. Hopefully I can get a chance to get some riding in at Fort Collins. Whoopeee.</span>Bigfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06331128491061390804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5696631959907580093.post-57878188258090504322009-02-24T01:31:00.001-08:002009-02-24T01:54:18.611-08:00Not impressed yet<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">The new Sram XX group set was officially released today. No specs have been released to the public and there will most likely be changes to what you see here.</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibHKPh8MAezdTJdaobXERbQWNWxb2r9TOGrNWoqMDbyzbaR6JCw3fBy9sTX0MJ_3CyzZEOTaoaqExr0rBn_puDG4r_C8YZUD_t7_brPn_04HFqRWYnkA1HL51KUQMTKxFPholnMXSQUzJw/s1600-h/64.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibHKPh8MAezdTJdaobXERbQWNWxb2r9TOGrNWoqMDbyzbaR6JCw3fBy9sTX0MJ_3CyzZEOTaoaqExr0rBn_puDG4r_C8YZUD_t7_brPn_04HFqRWYnkA1HL51KUQMTKxFPholnMXSQUzJw/s400/64.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306295058153967634" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Upon first seeing the press release I was excited but soon let down to see that the brakes are only slimmed down Elixers with a one piece bar clamp, the front derailleur is a slightly lighter version of the current X.9, the rear derailleur is a mix between Red and X.0 and grip shift is not being offered yet.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">The highlight of the groupo is the crankset. The spindle looks to be a BB30 in the picture and the rings are bolted to two different mounts, hopefully meaning it is a low chainline setup. The down side to the crank though is you will most likely be limited to a narrow chainring selection.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRySWR7OwDEHBwof8NfjAX29ZNmee8byPebv07KQmUOFLCRpqf50af4dAmQol21YnUp6_xIrWpfKGDDeqK0GMqJLfstEa9eoEEpNQcQ18PcNkt9NwKnP2qc4_3DDnUyU6U-VvXynzL7kAa/s1600-h/65.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRySWR7OwDEHBwof8NfjAX29ZNmee8byPebv07KQmUOFLCRpqf50af4dAmQol21YnUp6_xIrWpfKGDDeqK0GMqJLfstEa9eoEEpNQcQ18PcNkt9NwKnP2qc4_3DDnUyU6U-VvXynzL7kAa/s400/65.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306295055807476338" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">At least the brakes should be light.</span><br /></div>Bigfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06331128491061390804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5696631959907580093.post-1298130742758437112009-02-15T21:45:00.001-08:002009-02-15T22:14:45.050-08:00Parts and stuff<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh15ukrdsc49ZWabUhQPC4W20AfRaaGXvmwbBWnkmYbkvvbI9IuYc10nV8othaRYJN6Oqa75RpVNYrY77DO5Y8SrhLOFZ3P4w31ivkZzAyZVT6iPF3ylz55Pee0Zj2uVZM49ElDDkDUYUWf/s1600-h/67.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh15ukrdsc49ZWabUhQPC4W20AfRaaGXvmwbBWnkmYbkvvbI9IuYc10nV8othaRYJN6Oqa75RpVNYrY77DO5Y8SrhLOFZ3P4w31ivkZzAyZVT6iPF3ylz55Pee0Zj2uVZM49ElDDkDUYUWf/s400/67.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303267636265970178" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">All the parts are Bontrager, and thats fine. I picked out a bar, stem and seatpost combo that would all lean towards efficiency. The bar I chose was the XXX riser. It weighs a heafty 50g g more than my EC70 but is wider, 580 to 630, stiffer and has more sweep, 5deg to 7deg.<br /><br />For the stem I chose a XXX stem. This was the hardest decision to make due to my fit. The XXX stem comes in one angle, 17deg, where the model down the X Lite comes in two, 7deg and 17deg. The XXX stem would give me the best fit bewteen my Race Lite Big Sweep and the XXX Rizer, but was 157g vs 114g for the same effectice length. I went with the XXX based on fit and the hopes of superb stiffness and I feel that it has delivered.</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Jw1mQXgX_9SOs5onz4iq2hZtCFIeeXymnfY5LxcERf8OlEhF-lD0mOEw5O4X61VCVEhWIBu00bchWol4h1iz1vTueBpTJlAaPoX0OlbG7e2fPaL4mvMnXNVc_8w1slYwihaT0bUTVchE/s1600-h/66.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Jw1mQXgX_9SOs5onz4iq2hZtCFIeeXymnfY5LxcERf8OlEhF-lD0mOEw5O4X61VCVEhWIBu00bchWol4h1iz1vTueBpTJlAaPoX0OlbG7e2fPaL4mvMnXNVc_8w1slYwihaT0bUTVchE/s400/66.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303267632279937954" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb6gSSLKSHcsIiTAkXD0h4FMjmS0OU_ydLzFa1g9E9Ob60aZwFEy735HEQ7jTa1u57BA6K6DcPT8VQ6sy3wqTaeVnOW3oeM7R4LYyhYahWYzwSTuw6gMAO8aluyGtrr-BqK4vFqJoj3Ed5/s1600-h/68.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb6gSSLKSHcsIiTAkXD0h4FMjmS0OU_ydLzFa1g9E9Ob60aZwFEy735HEQ7jTa1u57BA6K6DcPT8VQ6sy3wqTaeVnOW3oeM7R4LYyhYahWYzwSTuw6gMAO8aluyGtrr-BqK4vFqJoj3Ed5/s400/68.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303267631410572082" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">For seatpost and saddle I went for the XXX post and the RXL saddle. The post was an easy choice due to its light weight compated to my Thomson, 297g vs. 170g, and its simple design.<br /><br />The saddle was my only iffy choice. I really didnt want to end up switching all my saddles out and buying new ones but I bought in to try for the spring on the 29er. So far so good, I got my ass sized at the local trek store and ordered up. It has a narrower fit than my custom SLR saddles and was quite comfortable. The bikes new weight as is, is 19.15lbs<br />More later....</span>Bigfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06331128491061390804noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5696631959907580093.post-31490687247199092932009-02-13T11:50:00.000-08:002009-02-13T12:14:25.486-08:00Bontrager XR1 Team Issue<span style="font-size:85%;">I just received a pair on Team Issue XR1 tires and I thought that I should share. The tires are intended for fast courses and tubes. There are two versions of the tire, a Team Issue and a Expert issue. The both have the same tread pattern but the Team issue has a softer rubber and thinner rubbe</span><span style="font-size:85%;">r. They have a claimed weight of 565g for the expert and 510g for the Team Issue.<br /><br />My tires came in at 488g and 506g which made me very happy. There is now a tire option as light as a crow but with taller knobs.</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />Tubeless inflation on my 355 with yellow tape was not easy. It took 80psi form my portable 10 gal air tank, removal of the valve core and a lot of time. My difficulty was based on my past experience with Bontrager tires. Normally I can get Bontrager Tubeless and non-tubless tires to inflate with a flo</span><span style="font-size:85%;">or pump. Any one with quality air compressor should have no problems.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQqupQei6FEdK-_s_3o-xndbXlC-N2tAHNaUZDHlPziHiJjNxD74VhkpT622ZgnmLsbbBEg7vsHJ-rXsV4yeCjAy9i0sN67nzQcjbeKe5tL2JTh8n53S-cDdDFzkv88nCH5q9j3nhIqI92/s1600-h/64.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQqupQei6FEdK-_s_3o-xndbXlC-N2tAHNaUZDHlPziHiJjNxD74VhkpT622ZgnmLsbbBEg7vsHJ-rXsV4yeCjAy9i0sN67nzQcjbeKe5tL2JTh8n53S-cDdDFzkv88nCH5q9j3nhIqI92/s400/64.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302377598330475266" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">They are labeled as 1.9" or 48/48 but are more like a 2.0 and take on a round profile when inflated. The look small when compared to my Karmas and ACX tires.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZXPmavVbpLd-dTn8h_mXvTnMlXlsN4idVzyFaxGlxAtW7NQsE9awmkqEOw0D0OrT7AVw_0_u5IoqYXXP8dLsEtpK5W_7dsHlImKBLOHuSrfQz9ATIRtYo1PhpobTLNubqYoNlJ_vhrsd4/s1600-h/65.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZXPmavVbpLd-dTn8h_mXvTnMlXlsN4idVzyFaxGlxAtW7NQsE9awmkqEOw0D0OrT7AVw_0_u5IoqYXXP8dLsEtpK5W_7dsHlImKBLOHuSrfQz9ATIRtYo1PhpobTLNubqYoNlJ_vhrsd4/s400/65.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302377599290789154" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">More to come once my flu bug goes away and I get a chance to rally them.</span>Bigfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06331128491061390804noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5696631959907580093.post-36509410111759281462009-01-30T07:29:00.000-08:002009-02-02T21:16:49.108-08:00Team MechYay.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBPnYueESUI4dS1Wc8nt_OFaMTvHKVEsvURXPUTwEAxgby5PCe8zKc_dyhinUK6es2dWuiLxPEiXTukSSJlOUpm2_PxfMAY6-gktpflWoXptHfaAcvkk_N1-Un083BLGkynucNiFvXLn5W/s1600-h/63.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBPnYueESUI4dS1Wc8nt_OFaMTvHKVEsvURXPUTwEAxgby5PCe8zKc_dyhinUK6es2dWuiLxPEiXTukSSJlOUpm2_PxfMAY6-gktpflWoXptHfaAcvkk_N1-Un083BLGkynucNiFvXLn5W/s400/63.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298435500581866722" border="0" /></a>Bigfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06331128491061390804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5696631959907580093.post-74770854077990611462009-01-23T13:47:00.000-08:002009-01-30T07:29:37.982-08:00Uphill Struggle<span style="font-size:85%;"> The trails are still to snowy to ride especially with the warm weather. So (as much as I don`t like to admit it) I've been riding the cross bike on the road lately. I put a pair of 25c tires on along with a 53x16 gearing and its been pretty fun. The team has organized rides leaving from Bread at 1:00 on weekdays and at 10:00 on the weekends. The group rides are great for learning new rides and faces. While speaking of the team Crawford is no longer with us but we have two new "coaches" Rutie and Mike. We are now also classified as a "varsity" sport which hopefully will lead to better funding and maybe some scholarships.<br /><br />I've been working on my cadence and low end power in prep for <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://sswc09.wordpress.com/">SSWC</a> which by the way will be super sweet by the sounds of it. Some time here I will be making my bike in to a power transfer machine through new cranks, bars and stem. My hopes are the extra weight gained will be well worth the extra stiffness gained.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKZ72f1FsxxMKf1wxK_f9ecdxWCqt9uEVdWQ9Z3xhsvH7ezdQ4Fv_RcYFOIWAj_hExqxSGQXKEfyH4Nx0q05mW8ja95DpigUMy0qwEIHYDUqjmOUxrplQ4X3COLVMSAm_tFA-HjgwE_Oen/s1600-h/60.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKZ72f1FsxxMKf1wxK_f9ecdxWCqt9uEVdWQ9Z3xhsvH7ezdQ4Fv_RcYFOIWAj_hExqxSGQXKEfyH4Nx0q05mW8ja95DpigUMy0qwEIHYDUqjmOUxrplQ4X3COLVMSAm_tFA-HjgwE_Oen/s400/60.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294616027960491250" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiLJIKLfyBhqylW0Tp_SAeyAFbfX8pMEc-rIvDezBbLuZ-WJF8DU5k0JqJgxKJwytZoJ1PD-tYUdzBPaFIFAVY2MxfSrAHFbulDymkxylv8JBByeg1m9hyphenhyphenUyNOiTMtdAgferS8G1IeylpT/s1600-h/62.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiLJIKLfyBhqylW0Tp_SAeyAFbfX8pMEc-rIvDezBbLuZ-WJF8DU5k0JqJgxKJwytZoJ1PD-tYUdzBPaFIFAVY2MxfSrAHFbulDymkxylv8JBByeg1m9hyphenhyphenUyNOiTMtdAgferS8G1IeylpT/s400/62.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294616022698187138" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkkzZeum8Hp22T7x_6T-_kSb_XXbkd3V2JgXnQ_uYSMGtwFoz5KckZiPFRzZML44kv-4N2ToxFoYq1NS6by3uW_piNx3peXhBHTHXuYGjbJT0dWb0xkrjptg3_1OsO7-LNPKbfjRDNihzU/s1600-h/59.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkkzZeum8Hp22T7x_6T-_kSb_XXbkd3V2JgXnQ_uYSMGtwFoz5KckZiPFRzZML44kv-4N2ToxFoYq1NS6by3uW_piNx3peXhBHTHXuYGjbJT0dWb0xkrjptg3_1OsO7-LNPKbfjRDNihzU/s400/59.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294616026323591602" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />Schmidty has been brewing his own beer and it has alot of head.</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRLEASPnXvEV2ZwaISGN-KxG1pv9UHTnz2ZAfvUnfidvfRFS-JCq_PwztSsH26Re5PY_A19sfGc0ak0HZERmiryBYFg825pOYW-kcF7Wdt6z78sTytgjjMFUO67WfFmklWozfQscMuREyW/s1600-h/61.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRLEASPnXvEV2ZwaISGN-KxG1pv9UHTnz2ZAfvUnfidvfRFS-JCq_PwztSsH26Re5PY_A19sfGc0ak0HZERmiryBYFg825pOYW-kcF7Wdt6z78sTytgjjMFUO67WfFmklWozfQscMuREyW/s400/61.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294616024583156002" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV4QQOYbIjJt56UOa_VZ6OMRiUnjEJueVBtXEGTJzqHkF2meby-j1TWnVhw-l6EIck6Zn9H5oan0B-ACqrJ5zaKSAv2Ib_4D6AZ59iqbJ6eQveNl3vShY61TjvSbuwVMskALbDHJzol5yA/s1600-h/Lake.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 98px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV4QQOYbIjJt56UOa_VZ6OMRiUnjEJueVBtXEGTJzqHkF2meby-j1TWnVhw-l6EIck6Zn9H5oan0B-ACqrJ5zaKSAv2Ib_4D6AZ59iqbJ6eQveNl3vShY61TjvSbuwVMskALbDHJzol5yA/s400/Lake.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294616024411773506" border="0" /></a>Bigfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06331128491061390804noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5696631959907580093.post-508246116643199622009-01-14T19:20:00.000-08:002009-01-14T19:25:31.346-08:00Eat Shit<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Horse Gulch is fun</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo887LP9ZGyHmURjpnKEipseeVphJPox6ypw91lzNFv-XwDozeRMTdYMTGbYhxmTrVzvKKEuqxahCfEvkyeB_CKcJ2ehB0kQ_aDEgBxV-lJtrI2FV6SpvKC1zRfiHgJCu67rFXvIKE-xD9/s1600-h/55.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTcF6bgKgDDPdPLJms0nCOTrprJGf0Txu9o98NOuVqwV9CBdhUWC9KBpNFbWsdkkAHyh6FkgLWQQm4Rqy1rCsL5JlKO5FpIWwgRBjTZUgM8u84UTV1d2hLU8Hw1LqQ20fzhwKalPIPB0cs/s400/56.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291355229678147858" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj87x4vOFwWutWiUn7WIYKUyZBoqXabPmZ6hP6PYa7TEvSzaXt44IIw4VsXE6My9geLlKaiy0BS6GXwm6KjKk97jPE2Khj9gwoXNUo4OjIs2LDRpgEn_eZiMQWCLJByjVpWjWL6y5mk4kYe/s1600-h/58.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj87x4vOFwWutWiUn7WIYKUyZBoqXabPmZ6hP6PYa7TEvSzaXt44IIw4VsXE6My9geLlKaiy0BS6GXwm6KjKk97jPE2Khj9gwoXNUo4OjIs2LDRpgEn_eZiMQWCLJByjVpWjWL6y5mk4kYe/s400/58.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291355224743044530" border="0" /></a>Bigfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06331128491061390804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5696631959907580093.post-72190519268130294422009-01-12T16:57:00.000-08:002009-01-13T18:29:29.922-08:00Back From ABQ<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">My last few days in Albuquerque were spent on an old Specializd rockhopper riding up and down the street practicing wheelies and riding the bike path with Sarah`s neighbors. I also bought a pet rat to keep Sarah`s company while away form her sisters rat. Pictured below is Sarahs rat Olive in my smelly ass shoe, I decided to name mine Pimento to compliment Olives name. </span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUkcE52n_-7glSn_WC7Hv7Tt9RHlmQ0o9ob1NGeEbvmv0bbuV7FOQ8FpHTxk-QR_23U-HH2IF3O-XM9zmKVt6nhrF1YAZZ3HhyphenhyphenESAc6VlSHeLbUGswKnxMYowoH2ts1DrdUYf5p1wsM1vf/s1600-h/49.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUkcE52n_-7glSn_WC7Hv7Tt9RHlmQ0o9ob1NGeEbvmv0bbuV7FOQ8FpHTxk-QR_23U-HH2IF3O-XM9zmKVt6nhrF1YAZZ3HhyphenhyphenESAc6VlSHeLbUGswKnxMYowoH2ts1DrdUYf5p1wsM1vf/s400/49.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290577453193037794" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">On Sunday we went for a nice two hour ride with the neighbor kids on the bike path and through town. I was with out a road bike so the rockhopper was ridden along with a bitchen helmet that I found in her garage. It was a good bit of fun, the two little ones even through down an attack. </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3FJ5YHOVjQsXj-c5OYSFBjyaaxorFyt7cOrjy60ojAv064jAifftzKEyRa0LEJFTau29LDerbRGweiuUVQAknXhCOmhW96STNIaMeOdO2B60HrTCWHOr-v0GGrz17004GfKT-lfIK7qn0/s1600-h/51.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3FJ5YHOVjQsXj-c5OYSFBjyaaxorFyt7cOrjy60ojAv064jAifftzKEyRa0LEJFTau29LDerbRGweiuUVQAknXhCOmhW96STNIaMeOdO2B60HrTCWHOr-v0GGrz17004GfKT-lfIK7qn0/s400/51.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290577461697224338" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0vp8SRdXjCZcXA5q3fkjTZhn1WL4V8Ir52kJWthNHHUEPAzg8rVWk9s2JAK2CHsbGSqcRPYPcu5vP2xHSBTPiVewulatspD2RZHrwtewiOfEYj8qTduVWWsEf46BprN0SM66M0KT9kLD-/s1600-h/52.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0vp8SRdXjCZcXA5q3fkjTZhn1WL4V8Ir52kJWthNHHUEPAzg8rVWk9s2JAK2CHsbGSqcRPYPcu5vP2xHSBTPiVewulatspD2RZHrwtewiOfEYj8qTduVWWsEf46BprN0SM66M0KT9kLD-/s400/52.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290577471442705778" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb0BmwHNCU6ydGKwWI9gtOOwL_KSU5XOXmENSdOIMeCWUMEpaeIxfTBm7pt1qkiuoAdpVUtCYHsjGX8d92mwQjuem7SVmEsXtYBcjfcvhskQsoEt6AqlsE_rbY7OZq3QKJCkR6M1mfhyb2/s1600-h/53.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb0BmwHNCU6ydGKwWI9gtOOwL_KSU5XOXmENSdOIMeCWUMEpaeIxfTBm7pt1qkiuoAdpVUtCYHsjGX8d92mwQjuem7SVmEsXtYBcjfcvhskQsoEt6AqlsE_rbY7OZq3QKJCkR6M1mfhyb2/s400/53.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290577474043938322" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Cyclings future</span><br /><br />The scenery in Albuquerque was stunning... if you like carbon copy homes and brown, but to be fair there were some very beautiful mountains to the east of town.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSHu0A8exF_N2P9oK7XsLPYsnGkIE2znFeo5YgzJgwq2BuPjgGhOQSZkgizJeNlTchoNqpt_zl3Z6D4DZ-n7rCW6gAsWkGjcRnDnqwvPdA-aegse3pPUlFHBCCV2a_eoTjNrC8e5PPMOpT/s1600-h/50.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSHu0A8exF_N2P9oK7XsLPYsnGkIE2znFeo5YgzJgwq2BuPjgGhOQSZkgizJeNlTchoNqpt_zl3Z6D4DZ-n7rCW6gAsWkGjcRnDnqwvPdA-aegse3pPUlFHBCCV2a_eoTjNrC8e5PPMOpT/s400/50.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290577459645467426" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju63M2SCavyVXf8SWZDstd1IHiZVrBiXcWesiTypBK3pbxp0WWZUX_CQjvpDdfpOWFjHjxIiHuqwejIomuJ-_pXjqXHmcTyuRk4bAZtGwvnQ7fYaCgV6lmhvn_9cO5grM3S8x-qPwo54z3/s1600-h/54.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju63M2SCavyVXf8SWZDstd1IHiZVrBiXcWesiTypBK3pbxp0WWZUX_CQjvpDdfpOWFjHjxIiHuqwejIomuJ-_pXjqXHmcTyuRk4bAZtGwvnQ7fYaCgV6lmhvn_9cO5grM3S8x-qPwo54z3/s400/54.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290624782033126914" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Downtown Albuquerque public art</span><br /></div>Bigfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06331128491061390804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5696631959907580093.post-11398546005006518432009-01-08T14:47:00.000-08:002009-01-08T15:28:55.144-08:00ABQ<span style="font-size:85%;">I had been planing to make a trip down to the ABQ at some point during the break. I found some cheap tickets with Greyhound bus so I bought them. I arrived in Albuquerque Yesterday around 2:00 and walked to Sarahs house with a fully packed XXL Timbuk 2 bag (like 35lbs) which took another hour. Today I went shopping with Sarah and then went for a run.. which was good.. yeah.. it was good. Albuquerque has a huge bike path system which was nice but got a little boring after the first 30 min. For my returning route I got off the bike path and on to the streets where I got a little lost after only five minutes. The area I was in had a lot of dead ends and streets changed names. But after enough running in the direction that I thought was home I found a street that I knew and found home. Very good fun other than my legs being sore from not running in a few weeks.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2rMW8asXB4zU188mT5ggXAbPrcy-cFQn-GA-MnqCVvzAMjtt9ZPXjdBFKgEfvbkcEeq8C76Avv0RVmlLFL5IkkYjBopKwIiJKkZdbhAh6bwApXRNfOewlgRqibnKowhnkL3EeFlDxtJGr/s1600-h/48.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 136px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2rMW8asXB4zU188mT5ggXAbPrcy-cFQn-GA-MnqCVvzAMjtt9ZPXjdBFKgEfvbkcEeq8C76Avv0RVmlLFL5IkkYjBopKwIiJKkZdbhAh6bwApXRNfOewlgRqibnKowhnkL3EeFlDxtJGr/s400/48.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289058424808297874" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Beautiful Albuquerque Scenery...<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX9EsSHIhJ7O1Kn2zxIIBG0zLWhxcrd9RWvm1R9YGop2Q5APTOQGxafv3borosI3Wr6ROQON6pFYK-CDustj-FBWU0QljTmSqW4GuuodiTla6pmJQk7E4zt_PpKc67UjV9czxGCAopOFYL/s1600-h/47.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX9EsSHIhJ7O1Kn2zxIIBG0zLWhxcrd9RWvm1R9YGop2Q5APTOQGxafv3borosI3Wr6ROQON6pFYK-CDustj-FBWU0QljTmSqW4GuuodiTla6pmJQk7E4zt_PpKc67UjV9czxGCAopOFYL/s400/47.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289058428431214050" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Bike Path<br /></span></div>Bigfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06331128491061390804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5696631959907580093.post-81681720356295114822009-01-01T10:34:00.000-08:002009-01-01T10:46:00.947-08:00Dog Park<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIEyMBWUi7iJQ9u_xZUa54fFKwzF0B9vmlmA_ooTFN8FHQpjBIxjzjMGR2pTa8CL0yoqUVaJXuvjepadUCiZrAqlu3hhgmUBXfLm4Qla8ohcJPxupWPcux3t8lUAQ2ZiTSZbg5DOXz0d78/s1600-h/46.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIEyMBWUi7iJQ9u_xZUa54fFKwzF0B9vmlmA_ooTFN8FHQpjBIxjzjMGR2pTa8CL0yoqUVaJXuvjepadUCiZrAqlu3hhgmUBXfLm4Qla8ohcJPxupWPcux3t8lUAQ2ZiTSZbg5DOXz0d78/s400/46.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286397565977911874" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFPLFwTMFUDUcsCrwXr99R0wszQYdSRdDDWPuSaCVi8VwrWkgg8k5epx2nZKgQkY8N2muxJ18ghA4AV2lS4njtBkmbIZWS7bHalHgw1HB-x4jDm6W4kei0t-Sbf55jnBjOxuCeA5Q3bBM4/s1600-h/Durango.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 96px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFPLFwTMFUDUcsCrwXr99R0wszQYdSRdDDWPuSaCVi8VwrWkgg8k5epx2nZKgQkY8N2muxJ18ghA4AV2lS4njtBkmbIZWS7bHalHgw1HB-x4jDm6W4kei0t-Sbf55jnBjOxuCeA5Q3bBM4/s400/Durango.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286397555456960530" border="0" /></a>Bigfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06331128491061390804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5696631959907580093.post-45460085931609981032008-12-30T15:06:00.000-08:002008-12-30T19:09:34.185-08:00I`ll miss class for that<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);" href="http://sswc09.wordpress.com/">SSWC 09</a> has been moved from August 6-9 to September 16-20. I hope I don`t have to change my gearing to.</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgqt3judK9aUHvLa8caXZ0sk-eR8X9owtfdlBaaFxmcyNCS2QBLYA3YsiuE6cY7Og9mMY_wQYJy2EMEHy5uJXCdZ5BqasIHoPkFnA-JPMBNkB7WCwHk9G0bPjjpuNh_bS2U9LzIfI10HIx/s1600-h/45.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgqt3judK9aUHvLa8caXZ0sk-eR8X9owtfdlBaaFxmcyNCS2QBLYA3YsiuE6cY7Og9mMY_wQYJy2EMEHy5uJXCdZ5BqasIHoPkFnA-JPMBNkB7WCwHk9G0bPjjpuNh_bS2U9LzIfI10HIx/s400/45.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285733333691344466" border="0" /></a></div>Bigfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06331128491061390804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5696631959907580093.post-33235841909401928632008-12-26T15:52:00.000-08:002008-12-26T16:06:49.161-08:00Mi casa<span style="font-size:85%;">Since moving into my new house at the start of break its been slow going. <br /><br />The first week of winter break is over and two remain. Most of the bike team is out of town and its hard to get around making for a boring first week. I really hope the next two wont be as dull as the first week.<br /><br /> As far as riding goes its been dumping snow for the last few days so no real riding has taken place. I have been getting a good workout shoveling snow and when I`m not shoveling I`m listening to music and riding the trainer stand.</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4jM8hkvTgSfxLYd4dGAB1afCRQY3LELMTBHGTE9sg4VMd_Z6Ve15hDWm5JKSAQEZarHmeulytqldY3xXUB1_W7VtbUUkcE8tPx9MDH64JoqBOlK25ItTeyp2TMu2mrYxKPFV0_dtPhgTy/s1600-h/House+Winta.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 71px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4jM8hkvTgSfxLYd4dGAB1afCRQY3LELMTBHGTE9sg4VMd_Z6Ve15hDWm5JKSAQEZarHmeulytqldY3xXUB1_W7VtbUUkcE8tPx9MDH64JoqBOlK25ItTeyp2TMu2mrYxKPFV0_dtPhgTy/s400/House+Winta.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284251759611671698" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Today I shoveled the roof and walk ways which took about four hours.</span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />I hope to be traveling to Albuquerque some time during break to see a friend, check out the local art and warmer weather, maybe even go for a run.</span>Bigfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06331128491061390804noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5696631959907580093.post-34108915707616366822008-12-19T20:46:00.000-08:002008-12-20T09:33:58.999-08:00KCCX<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">I have a nice 3 week break for "Christmas" and will be spending it here in Durango in my new house with my roomies Dylan and Schmidty, Yayyy.</span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh41YfdsHVIwd3Mw_Btwv6HprTSuix0T1HZk5Z35iT2d8xmsLgIv3TQ91FvJ1DE-5QuL73SFhr2ocjaXj0qMN3cij-pWHCR3j3jZIJTiNcSebDBccqfoHmGXOPzHg31xKVeZwQmWLQYkoqe/s1600-h/39.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh41YfdsHVIwd3Mw_Btwv6HprTSuix0T1HZk5Z35iT2d8xmsLgIv3TQ91FvJ1DE-5QuL73SFhr2ocjaXj0qMN3cij-pWHCR3j3jZIJTiNcSebDBccqfoHmGXOPzHg31xKVeZwQmWLQYkoqe/s400/39.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281731876098496610" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcte6PUk6rDDoMmuXbm767PTusmextKMfBsK3MZ2XHRqPw4yO_raJUqNejbNs_daiGsTk5q1WYNQ8wwRzaiY5SJFF1xLmF273NrB-71CRdjxvQNAk-n3WmBNssDrMAyUW3I54Ce66ZWkg_/s1600-h/38.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcte6PUk6rDDoMmuXbm767PTusmextKMfBsK3MZ2XHRqPw4yO_raJUqNejbNs_daiGsTk5q1WYNQ8wwRzaiY5SJFF1xLmF273NrB-71CRdjxvQNAk-n3WmBNssDrMAyUW3I54Ce66ZWkg_/s400/38.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281731874553769538" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Our bus broke down so we had to wait for it to be fixed, which eventually turned into us waiting for a twelve passenger van after we decided to buy plane tickets for half the team. We left at 4:00 pm opposed to the scheduled 7:30 am. <br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfgHQ2DNMOMaIOj8885Ve-SCNbUL6aS_6PR2UCIc46cKSvJHuzAE1vwbfCtunzQ5bU16nKR0egPn6RDYIv5-Gk5tewLdQ7NDHvUqO3Gsq2zYdry60LGhyVcnXHlIDkQeLl0ThhCvstfL0u/s1600-h/42.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfgHQ2DNMOMaIOj8885Ve-SCNbUL6aS_6PR2UCIc46cKSvJHuzAE1vwbfCtunzQ5bU16nKR0egPn6RDYIv5-Gk5tewLdQ7NDHvUqO3Gsq2zYdry60LGhyVcnXHlIDkQeLl0ThhCvstfL0u/s400/42.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281731879599676690" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Crawfish</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd-tEBVhxFFQV_u471K6ab3Hjw7LGzYkB4-2VPwEmgYH97Nbw5HTq8rUlNMhA0eSkxBKsG1vVPVn_ToywqpK22hKYh7F6IBHYwbUv-kf2OBqwoVkVjEM3zX4QnOWFk107znnQkTtMuR3R1/s1600-h/41.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd-tEBVhxFFQV_u471K6ab3Hjw7LGzYkB4-2VPwEmgYH97Nbw5HTq8rUlNMhA0eSkxBKsG1vVPVn_ToywqpK22hKYh7F6IBHYwbUv-kf2OBqwoVkVjEM3zX4QnOWFk107znnQkTtMuR3R1/s400/41.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281731880703438306" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Ruthy</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgynbyxykhjPevM3xcNr6-wm7iG13DKIkL75VuIgQqlEEbGjkPLylT7yK0OHHAb_ObFejHsAJ0M9JF0lQS7kE0WfT8G29SxlTrAORv9EV3A8pSk3qzWFZjTGDasoyMnyMWr3w6cbVA8WWfd/s1600-h/40.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgynbyxykhjPevM3xcNr6-wm7iG13DKIkL75VuIgQqlEEbGjkPLylT7yK0OHHAb_ObFejHsAJ0M9JF0lQS7kE0WfT8G29SxlTrAORv9EV3A8pSk3qzWFZjTGDasoyMnyMWr3w6cbVA8WWfd/s400/40.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281731883041706978" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Chainsaw</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh4pnJxmcMzk1zDGN5wXYx1TaqzR0gEcU0ODFibfyj5Ho511XdRlC5en5U2k0OeI_DCYZtDlzkC4ha8N_MOKPigI0IJD76YkCkXQpBCPBOAWRKoW3yWY9_7fCY6BwF0RpDMZXeYT_4Ofmc/s1600-h/43.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh4pnJxmcMzk1zDGN5wXYx1TaqzR0gEcU0ODFibfyj5Ho511XdRlC5en5U2k0OeI_DCYZtDlzkC4ha8N_MOKPigI0IJD76YkCkXQpBCPBOAWRKoW3yWY9_7fCY6BwF0RpDMZXeYT_4Ofmc/s400/43.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281732043918862290" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Mad Snow right now</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTHPmUa_4JgZbykuX9LP1KIoNVlBAZiI4XxVZ6TYS1vRNPNr6uo2b8wFcV1ecaY-9_hFwEK36o3lo3yM6PUCQ8kTB_F8EBqtPl8cu_PmzSI-GrVUXBBaDhgPG2WvWPQ_xkhApDO-8bAAWf/s1600-h/tent.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 106px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTHPmUa_4JgZbykuX9LP1KIoNVlBAZiI4XxVZ6TYS1vRNPNr6uo2b8wFcV1ecaY-9_hFwEK36o3lo3yM6PUCQ8kTB_F8EBqtPl8cu_PmzSI-GrVUXBBaDhgPG2WvWPQ_xkhApDO-8bAAWf/s400/tent.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281732048926283874" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Bigfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06331128491061390804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5696631959907580093.post-43706298104871866602008-12-09T18:23:00.000-08:002008-12-09T18:24:40.375-08:00Give it Time<span style="font-size:85%;">A metric shit ton of homewrok now, Cross nats this weekend, Finals, freedom for 3 weeks.<br /></span>Bigfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06331128491061390804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5696631959907580093.post-85802038299758699022008-12-03T16:32:00.000-08:002008-12-03T20:44:40.474-08:00Initial Impressions<span style="font-size:85%;">The first thing I noticed was a really stiff front end. The steering felt very precise and defined. I was riding "Point and Shoot" style and getting away with it. The other big difference was a huge increase in bottom bracket and rear end stiffness. When out of the saddle climbing it felt very stable. It was like all of my pedal power was going straight to turning the rear wheel.<br /><br />When descending the rear end did not feel dead but instead snappy and was easy to through around when preforming cutties and rear wheel lifts. Cornering felt about the same but it was hard to really tell due to the slopping and icy conditions. The geometry is unchanged from the Paragon so I guess I'll hype up the new handling characteristics to the rear end stiffness.</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeosAywDihYEG3Hs0uRwq_f8BaLZDvzeAhN66x_XnevFZifQQi6iq4WN1HlbXIS3xfejQtgeReUp4xtCvJZe8RhyphenhyphenCz_S57KXGPYWch12jriODoSWKcg1aGAd2JLiWSElFB2nfsqAZRAcbG/s1600-h/37.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeosAywDihYEG3Hs0uRwq_f8BaLZDvzeAhN66x_XnevFZifQQi6iq4WN1HlbXIS3xfejQtgeReUp4xtCvJZe8RhyphenhyphenCz_S57KXGPYWch12jriODoSWKcg1aGAd2JLiWSElFB2nfsqAZRAcbG/s400/37.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275734856009044226" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Fatttt BB junction = Uber stiff</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9X1rweBJewZMy_sOh3ORqmX8QCO5DXuSEA0RKAnAEgcjeqIkFGeWuq3t5xYAArrUj26mTxvFW7eyBSF2HzNE0ABYgZkfgg1Z0JOBDwjdMg-sfMeQrWy43tcyI8giwHxMC5VomL-CSxtJ2/s1600-h/36.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9X1rweBJewZMy_sOh3ORqmX8QCO5DXuSEA0RKAnAEgcjeqIkFGeWuq3t5xYAArrUj26mTxvFW7eyBSF2HzNE0ABYgZkfgg1Z0JOBDwjdMg-sfMeQrWy43tcyI8giwHxMC5VomL-CSxtJ2/s400/36.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275734859989964066" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">The Superfly has much narrower stays than the Paragon but still has ample clearance for mud and the occasional critter that may happen to pass through... poor chippies. With less mud clearance comes more heel clearance though. Not once on my ride did I have my shoes rub the stays, two thumbs up on this one.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZrbwwJf7pJ9ck9jGtwnAbypmJijMQIcQoLacTbzX3PnpNavkeE_WPnXoirxdbV2IwAPoFTWrRsW2PsjmQMAXgvyRwcPQOyj_P2p6Bh1Xe3fW0W8nesQPRFTQr6Mc4eCTAgZ_2EoPDFZ_2/s1600-h/35.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZrbwwJf7pJ9ck9jGtwnAbypmJijMQIcQoLacTbzX3PnpNavkeE_WPnXoirxdbV2IwAPoFTWrRsW2PsjmQMAXgvyRwcPQOyj_P2p6Bh1Xe3fW0W8nesQPRFTQr6Mc4eCTAgZ_2EoPDFZ_2/s400/35.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275734867016520386" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">The new Bontrager XXX lite grips are my new favorite part on this bike other than the frame. They weigh 15g and are nicely shaped (similar to skinny the ESI grips) but will require gluing to keep for moving once I find the perfect position for them.</span><br /></div>Bigfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06331128491061390804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5696631959907580093.post-1966573513795226422008-12-02T14:17:00.000-08:002008-12-03T08:31:46.078-08:00New Whip<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Superfly landed on Monday. With the current SS setup it weights 18.31lbs.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGCPf19l3rrhhuIGnEg1R_UkVpEEQRXi8skjE5qIRN09j5XGqN1nELzJAHwMgtcWKfSlKHamfyRvkq1-yMrxRiJ1vCY019a69K_P3RDtFhVZQSoZhH1yLkEN6o2mshknMpirROO3fIzVBH/s1600-h/30.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 215px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGCPf19l3rrhhuIGnEg1R_UkVpEEQRXi8skjE5qIRN09j5XGqN1nELzJAHwMgtcWKfSlKHamfyRvkq1-yMrxRiJ1vCY019a69K_P3RDtFhVZQSoZhH1yLkEN6o2mshknMpirROO3fIzVBH/s400/30.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275435701886473010" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwsf06keo27yp6dwlGTwOTiroybVFt3JjLwycNiRkJ63PEN8nEXj9aQbPo9TGoxxiN26t6UlCaeHgUY_Mky7LD4LwDh3KJv7pgKZ2VoOQAq5NckN-FUy9knLnBYg_z_BG4-g5hf3JfApS8/s1600-h/34.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwsf06keo27yp6dwlGTwOTiroybVFt3JjLwycNiRkJ63PEN8nEXj9aQbPo9TGoxxiN26t6UlCaeHgUY_Mky7LD4LwDh3KJv7pgKZ2VoOQAq5NckN-FUy9knLnBYg_z_BG4-g5hf3JfApS8/s400/34.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275436070284316162" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC67FcFoPpaFVQZwG9EEaJoyzrrrTWEa6jmhNa0eAUmKhisFv4hKR8txYwmLdMYM7MbSyEAZec8uHxIPQDZHdaUkYk-hDePFY6wwIG_OZWgzPLtREH4MnZ77SO9ngNQuK9_Z53H_6hJj6X/s1600-h/33.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC67FcFoPpaFVQZwG9EEaJoyzrrrTWEa6jmhNa0eAUmKhisFv4hKR8txYwmLdMYM7MbSyEAZec8uHxIPQDZHdaUkYk-hDePFY6wwIG_OZWgzPLtREH4MnZ77SO9ngNQuK9_Z53H_6hJj6X/s400/33.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275436064871395970" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />The weight difference between the Paragon and Superfly frames is huge. 424.1 grams, almost a pound!</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiogByGBawCsqSW45IZGtLMj1e7UJC1SCI5AVVHTD79bXp_nWQqJiPVCIRAtiHUvnC1UsNy-tos9NE_y6oL8Qh13cLKGk5zzEcSrAbILXaJIcsEQ_EDf8xxpnfKGuWbtINwqgp-qYIBXrqT/s1600-h/31.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiogByGBawCsqSW45IZGtLMj1e7UJC1SCI5AVVHTD79bXp_nWQqJiPVCIRAtiHUvnC1UsNy-tos9NE_y6oL8Qh13cLKGk5zzEcSrAbILXaJIcsEQ_EDf8xxpnfKGuWbtINwqgp-qYIBXrqT/s400/31.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275435709950790162" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Gary Fisher Paragon 08', 17.5" weighs 1648.4g</span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSGJk9augzAusluwGRTUQuA45wHjqEdJlwbQxri3NkR5LP5JCQ1cVeAcR5HHi9waFvRprXCeOMWo-NdM2W2gqk95gY2DBNeJmojj8rZeHze-VKJRjr0mQ44_3eCwvNqvTw_cZlI-Zl4F59/s1600-h/32.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSGJk9augzAusluwGRTUQuA45wHjqEdJlwbQxri3NkR5LP5JCQ1cVeAcR5HHi9waFvRprXCeOMWo-NdM2W2gqk95gY2DBNeJmojj8rZeHze-VKJRjr0mQ44_3eCwvNqvTw_cZlI-Zl4F59/s400/32.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275435717341372626" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Gary Fisher Superfly 09', 17.5" weighs 1224.3g</span><br /></div>Bigfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06331128491061390804noreply@blogger.com2