With the demise of my circa-1994 Ti frame I settled on the 2007 Scattante CFR. I opted for the full Ultegra, double chainring “Race” version. (more…)
Category: bicycling
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2007 Scattante CFR Review
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It was the best of times…
Here it is, the route I ended up on this weekend:
It was a miserably fantastic ride to the top, the last six miles to the summit felt like 15 miles. On the descent down Bear Creek Road I glanced back for a second, just long enough to slam into a big rock when I turned around , and crashed. I dented the crap out of the front wheel, but everything else is good. (stay tuned for an article on straightening bent bicycle wheels) I only got a little road rash, and a bruised knee and ego. Oh well, that’s the price for speed. I ended the day with a total of 60 miles, and 6,091 feet of climbing.
I was a bit timid coming down the first few technical sections, but once I got onto Deer Creek Road it all came back to me. There’s not much like the experience of flying down a technical descent at the same speed or faster than traffic (~40 MPH). A great ride, and today I feel great, even when I rode into work. Yeah!
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Updates..for everything!
Here it is, my site design is fractured and disjointed. I admit it. I added the blog capability, and started a gallery portion, and then never integrated everything together. Shame on me. So now that I have a lull in the storm of projects that were on my plate I am going to start working on tying everything together.
I’m still debating the gallery though…Maybe someone has a suggestion. I could use the gallery I started to set up. Or Flickr, which I already use. Or build something in Flash. Or… See it’s a problem too many choices.
Lastly I’m excited because I get to ride in Santa Cruz tomorrow! I’m planning on hitting the hills going towards the summit of Highway 9. It’s a mixed blessing, as I haven’t done much climbing in the last few years so this may be a very painful day in, and out, of the saddle.
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Cracked Titanium Frame
It’s officially over. I finally cracked my Performance Titanium frame after all these years. I put a lot of miles on it and it was a great frame while it lasted. The weld on the drive side seat stay, right behind the seat clamp cracked, and the crack was spreading across the tube. Oh well. Performance had a lifetime guarantee on the frame so I brought it in for a replacement. (more…)
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RouteSlip.com
I would be remiss if I didn’t give mention to this other great site for routing and searching for bicyclists: Check it out. It’s a similar service to Bikely, but a little slicker site, and it seems more heavily used. Thanks to Nils Talbot for suggesting this site to me…
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Bikely.com
I just found this fantastic mash up site for cyclists called Bikely.com. You can map routes and share them with other riders.
This is a map of the route I ride to work.