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Participated in an actual time trial race today, just to see how I'd fare. As it turns out, time trials really hurt... http://www.strava.com/activities/184773295 http://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/572826798 Second lap was a struggle to simply keep moving and trying to not stop and puke. I really suck at pacing myself on hills

I kinda want one too

If it's on Sunday I could probably ride it with you as long as you're not going too fast for my tired legs

That's an interesting amp by sony

Nah, 16g of CO2 will get you about 90psi of pressure, if you want higher you'd need a bigger CO2 cartridge. The pump itself is spec'd up to 120psi. Chris: unfortunately it's the same day as the Civil War Century

I think it's referring to the pressure you can pump to with a single 16g cartridge.

I usually carry two CO2 cartridges in my saddle bag, but with the longer rides now I'm thinking of bringing a minipump along and consolidating to a minipump that has CO2 capability. It's not just a little faster, the minipumps can sometimes take a very long time to bring the tire up to pressure

On a hilly course you can't mooch very much That Lezyne pump looks interesting, I have the non-CO2 version so it'd be nice to get one with CO2.

Ouch, hoofing it for 16 miles sounds like a crappy way to end a ride I'll need to check my inflators when I get home and I was looking at PDW's Ninja Pump that has an CO2 inflator built in, so I might pick that up to have a backup in case I run out of CO2 or more likely...screw up the inflation. This weekend I'm thinking of signing up for "That Dam TT", a 31mi TT course (consisting of two laps) with 3k ft of elevation. I've never done a TT, so I think I'm just going to warm up beforehand, then pace myself in low to mid zone 4 to start, then adjust as I go.

Rooty fun from the Patapsco Epic

Yup, I've seen it happen a couple times myself. I've also had weird update delays where I didn't see any of the the package status updates until well after delivery.

Well its a MTB and my current one is nearly 8 years old, so it'll be a good upgrade for me.

Oops.

Did the Patapsco Epic 25mi ride today and it was definitely EPIC. At the safety briefing they warned that it was more difficult than both the NoVA Epic and the MoCo Epic, and I don't doubt that at all.Lots of climbing with roots and rocks on both descents and climbs. Needless to say there were plenty of sections where I was hiking a bike. I also just got a call from my friend and apparently I won a Diamondback bike from the raffle. I guess it was worth toughing the ride out http://www.strava.com/activities/178482248 fun stuff like this:

Today I road a metric century: http://www.strava.com/activities/177885189 and it kinda hurt:

Would the Stealth work well as a computer speaker sitting on a desk? My old Klipsch 2.1 speakers are getting flaky on me and I'm wondering if they'd work well as a replacement.

There's so much marketing talk, where's the description of how it does all this magic? Maybe we'll find it in the related High Frequency Transducer review: Oh, the company doesn't even bother explaining how it does all this magic. The reviewer is fine with that and agrees that it works.

A Plantronics headset perhaps? They're not really audiophile quality, but they have the professional look down pat.

I use the 595 game version daily at home and it works very well. When the mic is rotated to vertical it automatically mutes it. Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk

Looks like a decent price for a clone, though the main question will be what quality wood they use. Sanding and refinishing can be done fairly easily if need be, at that price.

You're not supposed to notice that, you're supposed to be super excited about their latest and greatest project!

I gotta agree with you there, Chris. It's not exciting to lose key players to crashes

Took an intro course on a Stratasys Fortus 3d printer today. It makes 3d printing a very simple and reliable affair, but holy shit do their proprietary parts cost you for the convenience! The cartridges are roughly 10x the cost of standard spools and the printing tray (which Stratasys apparently recommends you only use once) are $20 a pop. The printer itself is also $45k, so I guess I won't be buying one for myself

Yeah....Stage 5 is definitely one to watch.

Competitive Cyclist is having a TdF sale, with the Sportlegs marked down to $16.20. They've also got Osmo nutirition and Skratch Labs mix on sale too: http://www.competitivecyclist.com/competitivecyclist/The-Tour-Sale/cat100205662/promo.html?INT_ID=IB15010 They're supposed to add more items to the sale as TdF goes on.