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- May 25, 2009
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Would be nice to get the whole family turned on to cycling ;-)
Then what would you have left thats your own?
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Would be nice to get the whole family turned on to cycling ;-)
Then what would you have left thats your own?
Also had the pleasure of meeting Gunjira at the Starbucks. I always see westerners and think "I wonder if they are TCCers" However it seems everyone knows myy face..... I guess its the pictures they have up of me at all the Koban.
If all you've got left is your cycling, then I'd say your already proper f*cked!
On Saturday I rode along the Tamagawa with my son (30 km altogether), following part of the route of my first HalfFast ride.
On Sunday I did an 18 km round trip from Setagaya to Shinjuku for Christmas shopping with the wife and daughter on their mamachari, at close to half my usual speed in town.
The pace on that trip may have been slow, but they were surprised how much distance they could cover with relatively little effort on safe backroads that I took them on (largely following Google Maps suggestions for pedestrians). My wife even asked about the location of Y's Road Shinjuku, as she's interested in replacing her current bike with something better. For Shinjuku she's always taken the train before and found it tiring to walk from shop to shop there because it's such a large area.
Would be nice to get the whole family turned on to cycling ;-)
Cycled to Tim's place today, left him with the 20" front wheel of my Bike Friday and returned home by train with the rest of the bike in its bike bag. Since I'll be leaving for Germany in a few days this may already have been the last ride of this year, at least with my own road bike. Tim is going to rebuild the wheel with a Shimano DH-3N80 dynamo hub (Ultegra level) in place of the 105 hub and I want to pick up a bike USB adapter (6 V AC to 5 V DC) in Germany to go with the dynamo so I can always keep my smartphone charged when I track long rides.
Went to Tim's place again to pick up the newly rebuilt dynamo hub wheel (that was quick, Tim!). Same procedure in reverse, went by train with the rest of the bike in the bag. Put the wheel back on and rode home. The ride home by bike took me half the amount of time of the train ride there.
Since I don't have an AC light or USB charger connected yet, I couldn't test the hub under load yet, but with the generator idling it rode beautifully. You really don't feel any extra friction. The 3N80 is Ultegra level, i.e. better than my previous 105 hub.
Joe, what do the USB Charger things cost?
Joe, what do the USB Charger things cost?
I'm going to get a new front wheel built in the new year around a similar hub, and the idea of charging my iPhone on the go appeals to me
That's a good price.
I would at least use a capacitor after the rectifier to smooth out the rectified AC. This design looks a bit too basic for me.
Have you seen these? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPJRy-lIt0E
I put my snow tires on yesterday...
A very cold start this morning on the way to the office. Got to try out my new shell jacket though....a nice addition on cold mornings.
Finally feels like my stubborn cold is going away. I have had this for quite a while now. Not enough to make me feel constantly sick but very obvious when trying to train properly.
Good news for you, I too have been fighting a cold or something for maybe three weeks, I thought it was just about gone but yesterday after a very busy day of lots of deliveries and cool air on the lungs, I'm coughing up great green and yellow chunks again, yeah If I go to the doctor all they will do is give me a handful of antibiotics, not cool with that, I think they hand out way too much of that stuff for just about anything these days.A very cold start this morning on the way to the office. Got to try out my new shell jacket though....a nice addition on cold mornings.
Finally feels like my stubborn cold is going away. I have had this for quite a while now. Not enough to make me feel constantly sick but very obvious when trying to train properly.