Cycling Forum / General / bicycling / November 2007

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It's the new "Silver Bullet" Pacer.

The voting is open -  You can play your part to make sure that £50
million of lottery money gets allocated to walking and cycling
projects across Britain.  Log on to http://www.thepeoples50million.org.uk/home
and vote for Connect2.

Ford Model A cars had only 5,500 parts. A bicycle has over 1,000
parts, although more than half (typically 512) of these are in the
chain. - from the Transportation section of www.odd-info.com

There was rain mixed with a little snow during the commute on the way home,
coming down pretty hard, with gusts on the Floating Bridge. Visiblity was
really low. I was surprised that Dane Buson could recognize me in the
evening gloom, coming the other way. I was surprised and ...

Last night, after some volunteer work, I was riding from Fremont to
Montlake, with the goal of loading my bike on to 545 bus to get home.
It was late, dark, and pouring pouring down rain.
I was on the Montlake Bridge. The regular bridge deck is terrifyingly

I was poking around on the web for some Grab-On drop bar grips (the
squishy black foam tubes that make any bike look like a trashpicked
foundling).
I hit the Grab-On website to find out the name of the particular

I am loading our Mayors' Ride route with also writing from my new book
for Reno to Salt Lake. At our new mapping site,
http://www.bikeroute.com/BRdC , it is  titled as Mayors' Ride Fallon to
Ely =

A blogger called "Fat Cyclist" wrote a nice article about his wife -- who's
facing cancer AND hip replacement
http://www.fatcyclist.com/2007/11/27/wherein-i-compare-and-contrast-recent-ameri
can-tour-de-france-champions-to-my-wife/
Here's part of it. It's worth reading the rest, and ...

The skewers used on rear wheels -- I may have another user for it, but I
need a longer one. Where can I get one that is about 9 inches long?

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It took months to get this back together after my crash. I'm glad it's back,
and I love my Kendal panniers.

Spent a week in London last week and besides the
fantastic public transport (Tube and bus), I was
most impressed by the bicyclists of the city!
They were everywhere!

Some of the weirdest bicycles I have ever seen at www.odd-bikes.com
Enjoy! - Jeff

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A friend of a friend of my wife has 5 old bicycles that she wants to
sell.  I'd like a little help finding a reasonable way to do this.
The bikes are all from between the mid 60s to the early 80's, all
outfitted for touring.  Here is what I can make out from a short visit

I recently found out that the famous Ice Bike Mitts will no longer be made.
I met with Kevin the owner and he stated that he will no longer make these
mitts.