Citizen Rider

October 2006 - Posts

• Check out this weirdness

  The top picture was shot with my Olympus … Read Full Post Here Technorati Tags: Cycling Posted Oct 30 2006, 09:13 PM by TimWhite with no comments

• Feel Like a Deer?

  Here's how it would look to be caught in my headlights. Freeroading and acting like they invented it. Unfortunately, in order to attract enough revenue to survive, an industry has to try to attract the kind of consumers who fal… Read Full Post Here Read Full Post Here Technorati Tags: Cycling Posted Oct 23 2006, 04:35 PM by TimWhite with no comments

• Regarding Armadillos

  Tire durability includes several components. These are puncture resistance, cut resistance, wear resistance and resistance to aging and weathering. I haven't had a chance to road test Specialized Armadillo tires for all these qualities. For some reason, our shop does not stock the Specialized tire line at this time. A few years ago we had a bundle of Armadillo tires in about 700X25. They had an incredibly stiff sidewall and th… Read Full Post Here Technorati Tags: Cycling Posted Oct 23 2006, 04:15 PM by TimWhite with no comments

• Best Commuting Rear Tire

  I've been running the IRC Tandem tire on the rear wheel of my Surly Cross-Check for several years now. The oval shape with thick center tread seemed like it would wear and handle well, and it has. After I wore the first Tandem down to nothing, I tried a pair of Panaracer T-Serv for Messenger tires. They seemd like a sportier option. I've had good results with Panaracer tires. But wit… Read Full Post Here Read Full Post Here Technorati Tags: Cycling Posted Oct 20 2006, 06:10 PM by TimWhite with no comments

• Familiar, but it never gets old

  Laurie turns toward the iron bridge on Huntress Bridge Road. Read Full Post Here Technorati Tags: Cycling Posted Oct 16 2006, 02:27 PM by TimWhite with no comments

• That's Good Bad

  Peering into the depths of a Shimano Nexave shifter yesterday, the whole issue resolved into one crystalline concept: Don't mistake an impressive piece of engineering for a good piece of equipment. Engineers are given parameters. They're told to make a device do certain things. That doesn't mean the qualities they were asked to provide were chosen well in the first place. Take Rapid Rise, for instance. Rapid Rise describes w… Read Full Post Here Technorati Tags: Cycling Posted Oct 13 2006, 05:44 PM by TimWhite with no comments

• When she laughs, water comes out her nose

  Dress up YOUR water cooler! We had a little spare time yesterday, and "made ourselves a friend." Read Full Post Here Technorati Tags: Cycling Posted Oct 10 2006, 03:16 AM by TimWhite with no comments

• On a bike, this wouldn't matter

  Here I am, stuck behind a dumptruck crawling up a grade on Route 28. If I had been able to ride my bike this morning, the truck would have gone by, or I would have hopped into the pocket and drafted it until it turned off. With the load this guy was carrying, he wasn't ab… Read Full Post Here Technorati Tags: Cycling Posted Oct 06 2006, 11:42 AM by TimWhite with no comments

• A Clean Bill of Health, followed by a Healthy Bill

  The hospital called to tell me they had a cancellation and I could take the stress test today. It showed my heart was fine. The ominous symptoms had been caused by a combination of minor complaints popping up together. Better safe than sorry, I suppose, but CHA-CHING! When you think there's even a slightly heightened chance that you might drop in your tracks and wind up in the hands of paramedics, or perhaps even die, you think more about… Read Full Post Here Technorati Tags: Cycling Posted Oct 06 2006, 02:27 AM by TimWhite with no comments

• The Health Care Labyrinth

  If I had taken the expensive hospital overnight Sunday, I would probably have gotten a stress test on Monday and then been cleared to return to full duty. But, because I elected to check myself out and wait at home, I played three days of phone tag with my doctor and won't get the test until next Tuesday. I was finally able to get someone to tell me that all the other work looked good, and I could probably go at "80 percent." Ei… Read Full Post Here Technorati Tags: Cycling Posted Oct 05 2006, 03:05 AM by TimWhite with no comments

• Sugoi Stealth Jacket

  After trying it on all spring and summer, I finally bought the Sugoi Stealth Jacket in yellow. My old Cannondale rain jacket is pretty good, but it's noticeably heavier and bulkier than the Sugoi. It also has Cannondale's chronic sticky zipper, which is why I have it at all. It was returned for warranty and the rep gave it as swag, along with two others similarly returned. Three of us at… Read Full Post Here Read Full Post Here Technorati Tags: Cycling Posted Oct 03 2006, 09:55 PM by TimWhite with no comments

• High Visibility Update

  As I was digging out the fossilized comments I discovered stuck in the moderation queue, I noticed this one from Jim Seisfeld, on an October 2005 post about Please-Don't-Kill-Me-Yellow clothing: The other day while I was being a motorist I observed a roadie in traffic on an expensive DF wearing equally expensive “na… Read Full Post Here Technorati Tags: Cycling Posted Oct 03 2006, 09:12 PM by TimWhite with no comments

• A Link from Down Under

  Check out this blog and the link thereon to a YouTube video of an intriguing urban folding bike. Read Full Post Here Read Full Post Here Technorati Tags: Cycling Posted Oct 03 2006, 08:00 PM by TimWhite with no comments

• Wow. S-s-s-something from the comments

  I just went to Comment Moderation and found months' worth of unposted comments. Apparently Blogger is a little sketchy about informing me when one has been posted. I have approved and posted the comments at long last. Sorry. I really can get the feeling no one is out there, and the few notifications I receive are just from the rare passer-by. Rest assured I will check the bin more frequently now. I'm psyched to have any readers, let alo… Read Full Post Here Technorati Tags: Cycling Posted Oct 03 2006, 07:15 PM by TimWhite with no comments