tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62177755874285867902012-01-22T10:09:13.177-05:00retrogrouchBikewrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13830390586122770648noreply@blogger.comBlogger1281100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6217775587428586790.post-83694547525871890322012-01-15T13:37:00.007-05:002012-01-15T14:27:28.510-05:00

Friday was cold and windy with gusts up to 30mph. No fun being on a bike. So I was up for a change and figured it was a good night for a night hike. Everything changes at night. The same old trails that I always travel on take on a different life.Just happen to have a set of PVS-14 NVG's with me so I figured I would take them with me to play (train) around with and take some pictures with them

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Just out getting some miles in for the Monster Cross race next month. First nice day in sometime. Following a track log on the Foretrex 401. I have the setting for North up on the screen. I found that this does not work well, when what is on the ground is facing a different direction on the screen. I have changed the setting that I hope it will show direction of travel.Here is the bridge that was

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With everyone living a fast pace life these days the simple thing to do is to go out and buy gift cards for everyone. I hate gift cards! Damn it's Christmas time so put in the time to get someone a gift!Anyhow we did something different today. We ventured down to Olde Town Petersburg to do some Christmas shopping. To find something cool that you cannot get at the mall. We found it! I had to take

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Over the past 3 years or so I have been using different tools to log my outdoor activities to see how far,fast and how much time I have been running, biking or hiking.I had a cycle computer that broke and a GPS (Garmin Foretrex 201) that I used during that time.But the one thing I did not have was one tool that I could move from bike to bike or carry on me. In the search for the one tool to do

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It looks like since Richmond will be hosting the UCI World Championship in 2015 there are a lot of things happing that deal with cycling. Some are good and others are a step back. One thing to remember it might not be in your backyard or an issue, but if it can happen here it can happen where you live.From the Virginia Bicycling Federation websiteHappy Motoring ONLY!Sharrows Not sure were I am at

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My parts that I ordered from Loose Screws came in over the weekend. This was the first time that I had placed an order with them and I was very pleased with the service.I went this route for parts because I am fed-up with going to a store and they do not have the item or cannot order the item for you. I think I made this rant on another post...If you go back to this post, you can see how nasty

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This post is not one of my normal bikewright post, but I wanted to share a little something that happen with my kids bedtime. Let me set the seen. On most days you will see me wearing a hat. The one that I wear most of the time is a khaki operators cap with Velcro on the front, top and back. On the front I have a US flag patch.Before reading a story tonight my daughter said " Daddy I know what

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The 86 MB-1 has been on the shelf for many months and I just started back messing with it. Some of this is because my office will be moving from the sticks to the city and I will have a chance to do some commuting. I figured the MB-1 would be a good bike for this.There were a couple of reasons why this project was put on the shelf. One was what did I want to do with the Bridgestone. Was it going

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This past Sunday I was in Pocahontas State Park with a crew clearing the way on the Blue Trail. I was one of the original trail builders of the mountain bike trails in the park. This was back in 1995 and I believe we called the "Blue Trail" Towering Pines. But it seems today that they are known by their color. I took this picture at the trailhead of of the Double Red or Little West VA. As you can

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Not since the days of Tour Dupont and Tour de Trump and don't forget Coors Classic has Richmond really seen any true road racing events.The question that seems to be out there is; "Richmond going to be the next Cycling City"? Is this event going to give cyclist (Bike Commuters) the bike lanes, routes, parking, and other services that they have been wanting? I don't know answer to this question or

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The trail crews are back working another weekend to get the trails open and I ended up on the other side of the park to see this project off. Scouts working on phase I of the projectThe gate has been put up to keep the Equestrians from riding into the camp area. The issue is the horses doing their thing and it being on the ground where you need to eat and sleep. You get the picture...The pad

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I am needing to make some room for some new stuff so here you go,Shimano Xtr Sm-Rt96 Disc Brake Rotor: Like new but has been used $15Answer MTB Shoes Size 10 1/2 EURO 44 They are used but had only been used with a flat pedal. The bottom of the shoe is like new. $151996 Rock Shock Judy XC. From top of race the steer tube 1/16 short of 7". No parts for the insides. Just fork legs and crown. Steer

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Weekend number two for post-hurricane clean-up. There was a good turn-out of folks that came out to work. We broke-up into two crews and started work on the Lakeview I trails. There is a lot more to do. Keep a lookout on the CCVA or RA-MORE sites for trail work dates and times

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For Father's Day I received a Osprey Transporter 95. Click here to learn more about the transporter series of bags. I readlly like the bag.I have been on two trips for work and one for vaction and everytime I flew, it was on a US AIRWAYS flight. On my last trip for work I grab my bag from baggage claim and made my way home. I had less than 24 hours before I was to catch another flight to go on

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Came in last night and this is the view out the backdoor of the cabin. There is riding in them there hills. I have no set routes or places to ride. I figure I will be a entdecker for the rest of the week.

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I hope in the next week I will be on track with some bike blogging and pictures but until then. Here is the biggest freaking grasshopper that I have ever seen.The grasshopper was not hurt during the photo shoot!

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After finding out that there is going to be a local MTB Orienteering here at the park I started my research to find out more about the sport. I found that there is a map board that is use so you can ride and read you map at the sametime. Conducting a search on-line you can find these boards for anywhere from $60-90. A little to rich for my blood for a event that I only see listed maybe twice a

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If you take a quick read back at this post I was trying to find a new route down on the Appomattox River Trail. This past weekend I was able to get back down there.Now it's only about six miles but it reminded me of old school mountain biking when you had to scout black market trails. Most of the trail is a mix of access road and double track and I guess ATV trail. I did have a hard time after

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Last night David R and myself hit the local park for a night orienteering event. It is the same as a regular orienteering event other than it's at night. We got there at 2100hrs so it would be good and dark. It's only going to be so dark with the lights from the ballfields..We did the advance course which had 19 controls that we needed to find. Looking at the right of the map you will see a # 11

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If you don't follow the ultra-cycling events out there then you need to know that the Tour Divide 2011 started 10 JUNE at high noon. Go over to the site to find out more about the race.This years race is going to be fun to follow because we have 3 Virginia Boy's in the race.Race updates are called in by the racers and are put out as a podcast that you can listen to here. Live tracking of the

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"No, I can't say I was ever lost, but I was bewildered once for three days"- Daniel Boone (1734-1820), FrontiersmanIn my last post I said I was going on a rant about hitting the trail without a map and not knowing how to use it if you had it! Well the other I hit my breaking point on this subject. I went to my local outdoors shop to see if I could find a UTM plotter. Sales girls came up to me and

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Took a day trip up to Shenandoah National Park last Sunday to have a Daddy and Me day with my daughter. Wife needed to do some work so we got out of the house for the day. Since my daughter is six I try to plan do short hikes of about a mile round trip. Then we take a break and find another short trail to do. I try to keep the hikes to about 3 miles total for the day. Our goal for this day is to

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I have not been posting as much as I would like for the last couple of months. My time has been so limited that when I can ride or get some fun in the blog has gone to the wayside. Well I am not going to rant about work or other things that have been taking up more time than I would like. But last week I had to take a trip to Smyrna TN for some training. I did not want to go but I did try to make

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If you remember I posted here that I was planning on taking a trip on the C and O Canal. Starting out today would have been the first day on the trail. With a lot of regret, Friday morning I called it off. I had been thinking about it Thursday night and it was due to weather. By the time I checked a few emails it was also going to be work.Today I don't feel so bad after checking the weather

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Took off for a little spring time vacation this past week. The above picture is of two people kite surfing or kiteboarding. It looks way cooler than surfing. At lest on the eastcoast. Watching it is like looking at fish in a fish tank. But I am sure that if the wind picks you up it's going to hurt like hell!

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April the 18th (Taxes are due) is just around the corner and I hope you did better than I did this year, I owe Uncle Sam big time! I owe and they shorted my pay check this week, great!April is also that time again for Spring Break. Its time to get out and have some fun. I hope that you got a tax refund but if you did not and need to do something on the cheap, here you go.Free Entrance Days in the

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Here is a plug for one of our local shops. Wish I didn't have duty this weekend..Oh wait the government will be shutdown by then. So I can go or I will be working for free.Anyhow just get out and ride!Join us and Giant Bicycles this Saturday April 9th in Forest Hill Park(42nd street and New Kent Ave.)A free event from 10am till 4pm.Come take advantage of the opportunity to demo a 2011 Reign 0,

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No we did not ride a loop, G and I circumnavigated Lake Chesdin. I was able to get out with G for a long ride. He had plans for a 76 mile route but that soon change whem winds on Saturday started kicking up to 31 mph with some showers.Lake Chesdin is a 3100 acre water supply reservoir on the southside of the county. Our circumnatigation took us thur three counties.No pictures of the lake (I would

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I have been working on some trip details for my miniadventure on the C and O canal. Looking at doing and out and back starting in D.C. It will call for long days in the saddle because I shooting for 380 miles in 4 days.Right now I am gearing my gear together. I wish I had a full-on bikepacking set-up but I don't so that will be down the road. Hope to take some pictures to post before the trip and

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When I posted this I figured that I was going to sell the pedals. Well I sat down the other night and took the pedals apart to see what was going on with them. One pedal was good and just needed some cleaning. The other both bearings had rusted.Had to make a trip to the LBS and they were able to hook me up with a new set. I figured a shop that has been around for a 100 years would have them in

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I have been working on a few projects and things have been taking there own time thus the lack of post. Four or five months ago a friend of mine gave me some old outdoor gear that he was not using. You might remember from an earlier post I got a Proflex bike and used it on the Univega project bike.I pulled off all the parts from the Proflex that I could and the frame made its way over to The

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*** Grips are SOLD***I should have posted the stuff up first on my own site, but Oh well. I have up for bid here a pair of used vintage OGK Cobra Grips that came off my 1986 Bridgestone MB-1. They show signs of age but are in good shape.I made my mind up that I was going to repalce the grip with Ergon GP1 or the Ergon GP1-Biokork. I think both grips would be in keeping with the sprit of the OGK

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Well you bet there is! I am sure there are a lot of great causes out there that people can get involved with and we should involve ourselfs with things at are bigger than us.I am under the opinion that outdoor programs are great for providing education and self discovery. With that I would like for you to check out here. If you go down the page you will see he following videos "Why We Are Here".

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"I thought finding any bike related clothing made in the US was basically impossible."-Dan O. Yes most of us would think so, but it is not true. Once again I bring you my Made in America series.Located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina we have a company called Defeet. If you have been cycling for any amount of time I bet you have a pair of their socks.Now are we

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Got in a little gravel ride in after work yesterday.

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Shorts are a highly personal item and what works for one does not work for another. I guess about two years ago I bought my first pair of bibs and I will never buy regular cycling shorts again. I like the compression that the bibs provide which in my mind helps on those long rides. Picture above are Performance Ultra II Bib Shorts. They are a house brand bibs from Performance Bicycle. The bibs on

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It was cool that this year we had a white Christamas in Bikewright Land. That does not happen here all the time. I could count on one hand all the years that I remember that it has snowed on Christmas. Yesterday the local bike fourm had a post about a snow ride and some made it out but not as a group. Check out Joel Dirt he posted some pictures on his site. Also Crankee has some pictures on his

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For the last couple of years that I have been working on my bicycles I have been saving up, no no been a hoarder of scrap metal and broken bicycle parts or just figuring out how to recycle this stuff. You can search the web and find companies making all types of products out of other people junk (broken bicycle parts, tubes & tires).Well you know that's cool and for the most part those efforts

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It seems that my planning have been off for the last couple of months. Plans to get a workout, ride, or whatever has been just off for me. This past Tuesday was no different. I had taken the day off to scout out some new trail, well new to me. If you remember back to this post I had taken a hike with my little one and a friend and all the time I was thing this would be a cool place to ride on a

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Saw this video post over on the XXC SiteGlad Jason posted it! Great little film. It was cool to see a guy in Germany wearing a Waltworks t-shirt!CRITICAL FILM from e r t z u i ° film on Vimeo.

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Guess where I was riding Thanksgiving Day.If you don't know see the tags.. We went out of town this Thanksgiving and I was able to take the cross bike with me and I was able to put in a 3 hour ride. I had a great time.There were a lot of people on the trails and pathways, but the following picture had to be one of the coolest things that I saw. Okay maybe the first after seeing two college girls

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This was a little something I put together from a ride in the park a couple of weeks ago. I would have posted it sooner, but I have had issues posting it to the site.

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It has been over a year since I did one of my Made In America post and I think I have found a winner. I was at the trading post at the 2010 National Boy Scout Jamboree and looking to see what cool gear I could find. Some of the outdoor gear is a little on the high price side but sometimes you can find a great deal. About anything that BSA can stick a logo on is in the trading post and this was no

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The UNIVEGA is done. After many months it is DONE. What was the hold-up? The front derailleur. The UNIVEGA project has the most page views (375) than anything else that I have posted.Go figure! Go here to see the last post. My goal was to build it as cheap as I could and still have a good looking bike and I think I did that. With a free frame and parts that I had onhand I still think I spent

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After many weeks and a warranty shifter the Walt is done. Today was my maiden voyage which was a mix of road, fire road and some single track. The bike has a solid ride feel and has quick handling. The steel soaks up the bumps and gives an overall smooth ride.So far I am please with my pick of parts and I am loving the Salsa Bell Lap bars. It does take a little to get use to, but I and no issues

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I forgot to post this picture from the cross race on Sunday.A good day of racing was a bad day for this bike. The racer did finish the race. The guy had only had the bike for 6 weeks.

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This past weekend was the Altius Festival of Cross.I was only able to get out and see the racing on Sunday at Chimborazo Park. My wife had to work so my daughter and I left mom at home. I figured anytime that I can get my daughter out to see other girls or women doing off-beat sports such as bike racing the better! Luck had it when we got there the women where racing. Chimborazo Park was the

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This is what you do with old broken spokesThat's right, make flags so the yard crew do not run over the sprinkler heads.But that is not what this post is about. I had to take the cross bike down to the LBS to do some adjustments to the new bike for me. Got a call from the shop to tell me that something was wrong with the shifter and that Sram was sending a new one for replacement. Great! Another

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For just a couple of hours over the last couple of nights I have been working on putting things together. I know for most people they would have a new dream bike put together in a couple of hours and would have some miles under their belt on their new ride. Not me! I want to take my time make sure things go together right and I like knowing how things work while I am putting it together. Be one

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I believe the last time I had a new bike was in 1998 and I have been long overdue for a new one. I figured it was time in my life to get a bike built for me and I have been jonesing for a cross bike for 10 years.Here's what I was looking for. I wanted a American made steel cyclocross bike that I could race but could also be a bike for adventure and could handle some single track. It needed to be

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I got word today that my Waltworks has shipped! I hope to have it in the next couple of days.

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You might want to skip this post if you are looking for pictures. But you cancheck out last year's report and pictures here.This year's event turned out to be as good as last year's event. It is still listed as a non-competitive event but as I over heard one of the riders say "If there is a timer then it's a race" I think he made a good point. But what is cool about this event is that it can be a

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Here is my last post on my Univega project. It has been a very slow project for me. There where times that I should have done work on the bike but had to work on my own stuff and other times I just did not feel up to it. It has also been slow to be able to find the parts I needed at a low cost. Here is the updated picture of the bike. The last thing I am working on is the drive train. The front D

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Spotted this over at the XXC Magazine siteBESKIDY MTB TROPHY 2010 from VELOUR on Vimeo.The color and sharpness of the video is just amazing. Here's another video I think you will like that I found over at ecoveloWhat's cool about this? I think they did a really great job pulling off a Queen song "Bicycle Race" not I Love my Bicycle.Enjoy, check out XXC & Ecovelo which are two great sites and go

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I took off from work this past Thursday to make myself a four day weekend. The plan on Thursday was to get some work done first thing in the morning and then go for a 50 mile ride. I figure I could make it back before it go to hot... There was the first Darwin thought that I had. Next up I hit the cobblestones at the end of my driveway and my Garmin Foretrex 201 GPS goes flying off the handle bar

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A 100 years of Scouting. Took a trip the 2010 National Boy Scout Jamboree on Saturday. Most of the boys in the troop are there for the 10 days but we had a few that could not go so they went up as visitors. We had a great time and there was a ton of Scouts there and there was a ton to do. The above picture is a headbadge from one of the jamboree bikes. At the end of the jamboree you can pick-up

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The last time I posted anything about my Waltworks custom cyclocross bike was back in April when I made the wait list. Now Walt has the tig welder out and cutting tubes.So the dream is coming together.Now this process is totally different than going down to the LBS and purchasing a bike.We spent a week on the phone an emails on the design. We would talk things out, I would take another

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I guess it's time to do a gear review and it's not bike gear.Two years ago for Christmas my wife bought me a pair of Chaco Sandals.How she found a pair of sandals at a local store at Christmas I don't know. This is my second summer wearing them so I have some miles in them to do a review.First off I will tell you that if I have a bad pair of shoes or boots my lower back will kill me. So a mark of

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I have been riding and watching the Tour and the blog has been on the back burner. But I do have a few things to post from over the weekend. So I will leave you with something today...For the last couple of weeks I have been doing a lot of fire road riding. I know that the best ride for the Devil's Backbone is a cross bike and I will not have mine by that time and I am going to make due with my

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That's right the Bikewright Blog is a year old.It has been fun over the last year sharing my rides and working on my bikes.I hope this year will be just as fun. For those of you that stop in to read, I want to say thanks.So stop reading and get out and ride!Bikewright

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Happy belated Father's Day! My Father's Gift was a day out to ride the Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park. This was going to be a training ride for the upcoming Devil's Backbone Mountain CX event.First off I like to thank Mrs. Bikewright for holding down the fort so I could get in a long mountain ride. Next I would like to thank the wrenches down at Rowlett's for finding that noise that

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Just getting around to posting a couple of pictures from last weeks training ride. Looking at the pictures you would think that I am riding in some far off rural area but I am only 12-15 minutes, if that from every store that you would want to go to.Another 15 minutes riding would put me out of the county. I think know matter where you ride in Virginia you get a history lesson. Let class begin!

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Over the Memorial Day holiday weekend I made my mind up that I am going to ride the Devil's Backbone Mountain Cross event again this year. That was day 93 days out from the event and I have started to get ready.I wish that I had pulled the trigger months earlier on getting my Waltworks cyclocross built for this event, but I was a little late in doing that. The cross bike is the weapon of choice

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The Bontrager is up and running again with a new set of wheels. Well almost.. When I first rebuilt the Bontrager I was wanting a nice set of wheels made up with WTB Grease Guard hubs and skewers and rims. I was able to win a couple of bids to get a set of 32 hole Wilderness Trail Bike Paradigm Hubs. The hubs are made with the WTB Grease Guard bearing lubrication system. To service the hub all you

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Cool video check out the site here

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Not me the rear hub did!The day before I had to do some work on the bike. The top of steer tube was rusting!! Thanks for the shop that put the fork on for not putting grease on all of the tube... My plan was to get in a early afternoon ride over at Powhite park. I had ridden about 3 miles when I came to a hard hill climb that I needed to gear down to the granny to ride. I am all set-up for the

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That's right, the hell with the man! I took the week off just because. Well not totally I had to take care of a few things last night. But other than that I have been able to do some work around the house and get a ride in about every day.Yesterday I did some riding in Pocahontas State Park my local trail. I took a few pictures to share.First up we have a nice rock garden on Lake View III. This

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This post is a couple of weeks late but here it is. After my last big trip across the pond I had a two week break and I was off on another trip to NOVA. That's Northern Virginia. It's not another state like West Virginia but is referenced as such.I was staying on the Maryland side of the Potomac River at a place call National Harbor. Nice place, a little over the top and was outrageous in price.

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Waltworks Bicycles: Waltworks Waitlist!I am on the way to have my first custom bike. I am having a cyclocross built by Waltworks. I have been thinking about this for a year and things have come together to make it happen.

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National Park Week it doesn't get any better than waving entrance fee for the week of April 17-25. Also September 25, 2010 (Public Lands Day)and November 11, 2010(Veterans Day)Get out and make your adventure!

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This is the last part of the three part series and the trail goes to the right. Some of us push on after lunch. Just follow the donkey, he knows where he's going.. This is right out of Indiana Jones This was a good little hiking trip. I wish I had more time to do this or be able to go without a guide. I hope you enjoyed it am much as I did!

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Part II of my world wind tour. High rent area of the village! After leaving the parking lot we across a small bridge into the village. Unlike here in the states it must not be a real big deal to let your two year old walk around outside on their own. If you notice in the picture the power poles are mounted to cement post with wire. It is done like that everywhere not just near the rivers.

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For those of you that stop by and read my blog, might have been wondering why have I not posted anything in the month. Well there is a good reason. I have been on a little... let's say an adventure that has taken me half-way around the world. Matter a fact about 8000 miles give or take. At this time I am not going into why I was there other than I was there! But I will share with you what I did

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I have been rolling since my last post and I got out this past weekend for a road ride with "G" and his wife. It was nice to get back out on the bike after two weeks.Sorry for not posting sooner... More snow is in the forcast!!Since my last orienteering event I have been studying up on my navigation and GPS skills. I think that navigation is one of the most important outdoor skills that you can

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Legislative Update 2/15/10 — HB 1048 FailsPosted using ShareThis

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So, what are you doing to maintain some level of fitness during all the bad weather? I am sure that this question is flying around on most of the Mid-Atlantic mountain bike forums. I know that a question like this is on the CCVA site.Yesterday I went out and did another orienteering event. This was listed as a Learn-O (novice) course. I think I found it to be a little harder than that. First off

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Legislative Update 2/11/10 – Support 3′ Passing, Full House Vote NowPosted using ShareThis

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It has been a few days since my last post and part of the title came true. The part about fever! Yes, I have been sick since last Sunday and I am back to about 60%.Funny thing is that you have two choices, 1) see a doctor or 2)not see a doctor and the bottom line is you can take meds and you will be better in 14 days or take nothing and be better in two weeks. On to the Vega, that is Univega!A

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At the Bikewright Base Camp we received a good 10" of the white stuff.It was just 60 degrees on Friday! I wish I had a new pair of snowshoes, but I did get out today for a 2 hour hike. G went riding in the park today and was to link-up later for the hike. He called and said he could not make it because it was just to bad. Looks like we will try again on Sunday and I will update with some more

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Since I have been into the project bike build thing for the last couple of years it was nice to find a bike shop doing the same thing.Some thing vintage + modern = renaissanceHere is their most current projectI know you can purchase a new bike for what it took to rebuild the Specialized, but I think there is a cool factor here that you can not get with a lot of new bikes.

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Due to the crazy world in which we live I have not been able to post anything about my outdoor outing last Sunday. Which I will share in just a bit. I was called out for this event last Tuesday and I did not get home to sleep until Wednesday around 1:30 pm and I have been going ever since.So back to last Sunday. My wife was having to work at the house and my little one and I needed to get out of

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For Christmas I received Chris Carmicheal's new book titled The Time Crunched Cyclist. The title is why I bought the book. How to get fit and powerful training 6 hours a week. I have been tracking my training for the last two years and with work and family that's where I fall in at. Six hours is not much but I want to get the most out of my 6 hours. I think the first 50 pages of the book you

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Yesterday I needed to get out and burn off some of that Christmas eating that I have been doing to much of. Something about 30 degrees and 30 mph wind did not look good to me for a bike ride. So luck had it there was and orienteering event taking place at one of the county parks.I think orienteering is one of those off beat sports just like cyclocross was 10 years ago.But if you don't know what

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Happy New Year! Today was take down and put away Christmas. Today marks that the holidays are over in the Bikewright house hold. If we did not take down and put away the Christmas stuff this weekend, then who knows when it would have been done. Wife has been a trooper all day. She has been under the weather today and should have not been helping at all.I did get a little time to work on my

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This week has been slow on the bike. Only about 2 hours! The weather guester is calling for a winter mix tonight then turning to rain. You got to love it. Guest I will hit the gym at work on Thursday.This might not be news for some but if you have not surf over to the Rivendell website you might not have seen the 2010 Rivendell catalog.In the day of carbon fiber bikes and FS bikes and other bike

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I hope everyone had a great Christmas this year. We did at the Bikewright household. I recieved some Endura cycling apparel for cold weather riding, so I am going out in the morning to see how the stuff works.Now since Christmas is over we can start to focus back on cycling in 2010. I was checking out some of the pro cycling websites today and wanted to pass on what I found.Jelly Belly Pro

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Looks like my days with the snowshoes are over until I can get them replaced I hope under warranty. My friend "G" AKA Richard gave me a call to see if I was going hiking or snowshoeing. I told him what had happen with the snowshoe last night and that I would be up for a hike.I told him that we would hike down the fire roads to Camp 7. Camp 7 was the Civilian Conservation Corps camp for

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Got up today to a nice 8" or so of snow. It has been years since we have had this much snow before Christmas. Took my little one out twice to play in it. We both had a great time. There was a post on the local fourm about a snow ride but I went for the snow shoes. Since the park was still closed for hunting I told my wife that I would go for a night hike and that should not be an issue. I have

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OREGON MANIFEST CONSTRUCTOR’S DESIGN CHALLENGE from oregon manifest on Vimeo.I don't care what you ride, what type of riding you do or what you are getting for Christmas. The bikes in the video are just fantastic! I am also down about the NANBS right here in town. Just great I get to be in some 3rd world $hithole during that time.Enjoy the video and if you go to NANBS please take pictures for me!

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This is the second tool kit that I put together and would either be used with Tool Kit #1 or the Cool Tool from Kit #1 would be added to kit #2. This kit is set-up for a long day in the saddle or an Epic adventure.On the inside of the bag I have two plastic bags. You can purchase these 4X4 plastic bags from a art & craft store. The bag on the left has a red shop rag and a 3ml dropper bottle of

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Not to long after my S24O backpacking trip I found an article on the equipment Eric of Epic Designs uses on his bikepacking trips. I found this to be one of the best equipment list that I have found on this subject. I think what made it good was how things where grouped together and package.I had most of the same equipment and for the most part all the stuff can be used for bikepacking and

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I got a new camera for my birthday and wanted to shoot a little video of my route that I take at work to reduce a little stress and get some training in. This is part of a 20 mile out and back route that I take. The old brick farm house is just about a mile outside of Blackstone and is own by a Doctor.Today the weather was against me. About 39 degrees with a light rain. I was nice an cold by

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I was surfing the web the other day and came across this video from the National Outdoor Leadership School (Nols.Baking Muffins - Ultralight Steam-Baked Style from NOLS on Vimeo.Here my test runI added Java Juice extract See Here and some chocolate chips.

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LOKSAK, Inc. of Park City, Utah is the inventor and manufacturer of the aLOKSAK® and OPSAK storage bags and SPLASHSAK carrying cases.I have been using aLOKSAK® resealable element-proof storage bags for about the last two years. I would have to say that if you need a resealable plastic bag to make sure your most important gear stays dry, then your search is over.The bags come in sizes ranging from

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I am off on Friday's and I stay at home with my 5 year old. Daddy and me day!This past Friday we are eating lunch at the kitchen table and out from the side of the window comes our lunch time entertainment. That's right seven white tail deer in the back yard! Glad to see that they are enjoying the new grass that I planted 14 days ago. At $80 a bag that's some good eating!They are beautiful but

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Last night my son & I went and saw the exclusive one night showing of Race Across the Sky. It was a documentary covering the 2009 Leadville Trail 100 bike race, one of the most intense endurance races of all time. Go to here to see the trailer and you can find everything you want to know about Leadville here Leadville 100I find watching mountain bike races not as fun to watch as road racing, but

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As I posted a few days ago, this week I was to ride the C&O Canal and that did not happen. So working things out with the wife I plan for some outings during the week to make up for the trip, and be around the house to help her out with her work load. First was the night ride, second was the group ride at Powhite, third was a afternoon on the trails at PSP, and fourth was Solo Sub-24hour

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Second group ride of the weekend at Powhite Park. I will get back to Powhite , but here's the deal. I have been planning for months to do a self -supported trip of the Great Allegheny Passage and the C&O Canal. That's about 334 miles from McKeesport, PA to Georgetown, VA. As of two weeks ago the trip was just going to be two days and 184 miles of the C&O Canal and as of this past Thursday it got

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Richmond-MORE Night Rides @ Pocahontas State Park. This was the second scheduled night ride at the park and the first one that I have made it out to. There was a good turnout of around 16 riders. For three riders this was their first night ride. The ride leaders made two groups, one fast and one slow and it was no drop. Here is a special note, the weather. It was hot! In my mind night riding and

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That's right! You are looking at the signature of Ned Overend on my 98 Specialized M2 frame. I got him to sign my bike after I finished the 2000 Richmond Xterra. That year I did the Xterra as a mix team and we placed 4th overall in the team event and 2nd as a mix team. Back then I used my Bontrager as my training and fun ride bike and the M2 was used for racing. Since I rebuilt my Bontrager I

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