Archive for October, 2006

doubts

in case any one is wondering what we are doing post ride…

Wool Helmets

tandem afros
Originally uploaded by chizang.
Here is a fine example of what a wool helmet might look like. Look at all of that natural fiber. You don’t need 32 vents on that baby, wool breaths and is naturally waterproof. Get yours today.

living proof

here is what i have been talking about. give it a good read. might make you wanna join the dark side. er my side.

ramble flyer

So here are the details:
Meet at 209 whitehill st lemont, PA @ 8am on saturday. we leave @ 8.30. cue sheets to all that need them. plan for an all day ride. this will be a casual, non racepants ride, with only a few hammerheads who dont know what a granny [...]

Sleepin’ in a scout pit

I attended the Rabbitstick Rendezvous this Sept. in Rexburg, Idaho. While there I participated in a shelter building workshop with a really cool dude named Tom Elpel. He writes some great books about wilderness skills including “Participating in Nature” and “Botany in a Day”. In the workshop we built a scout pit shelter. Its basically [...]

what the?

motorola’s razr costs 2 hundo; the company says its expected life span is 6-7 months.
wise investment.

Custom bike painting

This might be a good guide to custom painting a bike. I’ll let you guys decide.

Ramble Checklist

If this helps, great, if not, screw you, I like to make lists.
tires: 32mm minimum, although I have seen cory ride 25s off road, its not something I recommend, comfort and safety wise. Some of the decents are gunna hairy enough on fatties… not to mention flats.
Tubes: [...]

Keith Bontrager’s quote

I think this is a fairly telling quote from keith, who has ridden “over 50 24 hour events in the past 3 years”, and placed really high in all of them.
“The woods around State College are laced with singletrack. If the devil rides, and I am pretty sure he does (when he is not [...]

pro vis 5 cranks

so the TA cranks I got at the swap: 305 grams. suck that XTR.