Author: Dave
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TDU 2011: Lance Armstrong Twitter Ride
It’s Tour Down Under time again! Above is the TDU village last weekend– I’d imagine it’s a little busier by now. Like last year, the Lance Armstrong Twitter Ride (and fund raiser for the Queensland floods) started in Glenelg. The ride began a little after 10:00AM Saturday (Adelaide time) and did a loop north up…
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Park PMP-5 Frame Pump
I haven’t had very good luck with small/mini/micro pumps. I’ve had some that worked marginally, and the rest have been literally useless. I also have some CO2 cartridges and valve, which work, but are wasteful, expensive, and rattle around in my jersey pockets. Below is a Park Tool PMP-5, an adjustable frame pump that fits a range of frame…
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Inner-Tube Saddle Repair
This is a used saddle I recently purchased for the 29er. It was in pretty bad shape. The leather had shrunk and the glue holding the leather to the saddle had failed. I re-glued the leather, but it had shrunk enough that I couldn’t wrap in around the base of the saddle. The new glue…