Category: Cycling

  • Minor Updates

    Minor Updates

    Not much is going on here, so I’ll share some minor and likely boring updates.  I haven’t mentioned any computer issues, projects or upgrades recently.  So, here is one:  I swapped the 2.5″ 500GB 5400RPM hard drive in the newest of the Mac Minis for a 2.5″ 500GB 7200RPM drive.  In an equally interesting news,…

  • Getting Ready

    Getting Ready

    I’ve decided to ride in the 2010 Mutual Community Challenge Tour, which consists of riding one of the stages of the Tour Down Under. This year the stage starts in Noorwood and ends in Goolwa, and is 160.5km long. In preparation, I’ve been riding the Gunnar on many of the local bike bikeways and trails.…

  • New Tires

    New Tires

    I replaced the surprisingly short lived Hutchinsons with a pair of Maxxis Larsen TT 2.0″ tires from BMCR today.  The above photo is a Hutchinson Toro 2.15″ with less than 200km of trail use — no pavement.  While the Hutchinsons still have some life left, they are certainly past their prime.  The Larsen TT tires…