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• Commented on From the Bike Shop: Tips for Gluing Tubular Tires
  I’m not a racist, so I don’t believe in racing. I’ll ride clinchers for life… or at whenever tubulars cease to be an OCD obsession. Since Lennard Zinn hasn’t written about anything else in the past year, I’m counting on...
• Commented on More on Google Bike Maps
  Right now it has a decent hole in Minneapolis, not knowing about the Sabo Bridge. Google’s calculus is going to be a little different than mine, anyway — I opt for a commute that’s slightly shorter and flatter but works...
• Commented on More on Google Bike Maps
  I have the latest and greatest mobile mapping app — Google Maps for Android 2.1 — the bike route isn’t available, but I can see them writing their API to fix that. Anyway, I thought half of the point of...
• Commented on More on Google Bike Maps
  When do I get this as a route on my Nexus One? Is this going to ruin the alleycat as we know it?...
• Commented on North American Handmade Bicycle Show - Wish We Were There
  I can certainly live without the Blue Moon happy hours, but the rest sounds great....
• Commented on On the Topic of Tandems
  I managed to ride about half a block with Mrs. Champs on the back of an omafiets. The Dutch nightlife and a broken wrist may be poor additions to that mix, but I think I’d rather tow her around with...
• Commented on Ladro Mug
  An imperfect alternative that I’ve used successfully while commuting is a half liter bottle like they sell at REI. If you use steel/alu cages without the security tab against the seat tube, it holds together on anything but the most...
• Commented on Vaughters the Villain
  Mr. Clean Cycling versus the only innocent man from the golden age of doping? I’ll have to favor argyle over the rainbow....
• Commented on Scott Addict SL: So Pimp it's Ridiculous
  DA7900 on a “sub-kg frame” (in Mark V size) and 1300 gram wheels shouldn’t get you too far north of legal, either. The monochrome color scheme is nice, but it needs inverting to keep up with The New Black....
• Commented on Our Facebook Fans Love Riding in the Rain!
  Talk to me when we get up and over the freezing point. The deep freeze has relented just enough that the streets in Minneapolis aren’t like riding icy, rutted singletrack over railroad track ballast....
• Commented on Say Hello
  Page titles are appearing in the HTML text at the top of the page, instead of what was probably supposed to be a comment: http://bikehugger.com/2010/01/get-your-footon—-no-wait-dont.html...
• Commented on Get Your Footon - No, Wait, Don't.
  Maybe an homage to Mario Cipollini. I agree, they’re awful. And it makes no sense that Cyclingnews doesn’t allow comments, but Bike Radar does, or that they are separate entities in the first place, with mostly non-duplicate content....
• Commented on Loaded Salsa
  The Surly boys are big on frame bags, too. Maybe it’s a west Bloomington thing. That bike doesn’t look like it would carry a load any other way, though....
• Commented on Specialized Sponsors Astana - Great For Team, Bad For Jersey Fashion
  Wow. That is some ugly kit. Contador as the wearer gives it some legitimacy, but nothing in the way of looks....
• Commented on Better Blogging with the Canon EOS 50D
  Loss of HD video is an unfortunate compromise, but there are definite photographer-specific advantages to the 50D. I’ll add that unless Canon has made an about-face with their low-end DSLRs, the T1i camera body is only big enough for people...
• Commented on Bahamas: Folding Cousins
  I hope the weather is nicer off shore than south Florida. At least it’s sunny, I guess....
• Commented on iPhone + ANT+ == Bike Nerd Convergence Nirvana?
  And the iPhone-specific technical issue of what happens if you answer a phone call....
• Commented on iPhone + ANT+ == Bike Nerd Convergence Nirvana?
  And battery concerns. You can’t forget that. My 2G barely survives the day when I bus it to work with an hour’s worth of surfing between the trips to and from work. Add another radio, constant data crunching, and crank...
• Commented on iPhone + ANT+ == Bike Nerd Convergence Nirvana?
  Nice in theory, but it’s also a $500 (replacement cost) head that cares not for crashes, any exposure to inclement weather, or the battery drain to stay visible in better conditions....
• Commented on The bike is OK!
  Call this blaming the victim, but a cheap double pivot caliper wouldn’t have adversely affected the situation, the bike’s aesthetics, or his wallet, relatively or objectively....
• Commented on Obey Rapha
  Maybe Rapha is just the thing to wear when elfin steel bikes don’t go fast enough for you....
• Commented on NY Time Rates Fenders
  It’s pretty amazing that you can only get Americans to buy in on a practical item by adding some kind of fatal flaw. I’m pretty sure that’s what sells at least 90% of all cable locks, mini-pumps (only pump you...
• Commented on Mavic jumps into the tire market
  For now, they are just newcomers with no special contribution to the already vibrant tire market. I’ll give them the benefit of a doubt and see what “innovative” approach they take with complete hub-to-tire systems. It might be interesting. Until...
• Commented on Replaceable Derailer Hanger gets Replaced
  There are plenty of opportunities for either argument to be wrong, that’s why I’m split. At $15/pop, the risk of having to replace a hanger versus the entire frame may not even pay off. Like a helmet, I guess you’re...
• Commented on Replaceable Derailer Hanger gets Replaced
  Pun not intended, I’m torn about replaceable hangers. They may bend or break away to protect the frame, but they also have to be weaker than the frame to actually work, so they are going to seem like they “do...
• Commented on Performance Couture
  I don’t know how well this is going to end. Looking like a dork in functional gear is expensive enough for the people resigned to it....
• Commented on Great Googly Moogly - Check out These Tires
  I believe you mean “your choice of colorways.” It’s a fully unironic term ever since Eurobike 09, when the bicycle press seemed to buy into the meme....
• Commented on How To Ride in the Rain
  I pretty much just deal with reasonably warm rainy weather — just throw on a waterproof vest to keep my core warm. My fall/winter rain kit (commuting): The North Face hardshell TNF waterproof boots Pearl Izumi Gavia gloves Craft rain...
• Commented on Cooking With Standards: DWWS 3rd Edition
  Standards are great, when you have so many to choose from, and I’m not so sure the web does any better. There are enough JavaScript libraries, non-semantic wrapper elements, and CSS hacks out there that someone should write a book...
• Commented on Donkelope Bike with Pump
  Yeah, but all the mini-pumps are pitched as the mini-pump that doesn’t suck. You want to believe that there’s a cheaper, less wasteful, equally effective way to get it done. In about 3000 city miles of commuting every year, I...

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