4-22-07, This is Simply Great!!! Follow the link

The Drug Thugs
When we listen to the leaders of WADA (World Anti-Drug Agency) and USADA (U.S. Anti-Drug Agency) on what is actually happening in the wonderful world of drug testing, all the rhetoric is enough to turn your mind to mush.
by Bob Babbitt From Competitor Magazine. Read the full story...

2-26-07, Finally an entry

This is certainly my off season. Short daylight duration cut my riding time significant. But starting this week I am hitting the road after work. It is time to trim extra luggage and log few more miles.
On the mean time I was busy organizing 10 years of my digital archives. I am slowly adding them to my graphic work blog, check them out!

12-31-06 Left all the pain behind on 2006

Gene's words were: Well, as Frank would say, "Get your dancing shoes on." It is time for the "Newton's Nemesis Ride."
See Stan’s blog for ride details.

12-27-06 - Why carbon?

Okay, next time you talk about carbon you can use some words as “compressive modulus”…

(Extracted from compositesworld.com. Read the full article here)

Traditionally, rims, spokes and hubs have been made from aluminum because it is one of the lightest extrudable metals, yet durable enough for daily riding. An aluminum rim also is relatively easy to manufacture: The desired cross-section is extruded, then cut to length, rolled and joined at the ends to create the rim. However, because it is an isotropic material, aluminum has the same value – 68 GPa (10×106 psi) – for two key rim properties, tensile and compressive modulus. By contrast, a carbon composite’s fiber architecture can be designed anisotropically, exhibiting much higher tensile modulus – 140 GPa to 240 GPa (20.3×106 psi to 34.8×106 psi) for standard modulus carbon/epoxy composites – but with a compressive modulus as low as 11 GPa to 15 GPa (1.6×106 psi to 2.2×106 psi). Carbon is able to achieve these values at lower rim weight...

12-16-2006, Gene's Latest!

Only certain rides make it to the 185bmp. This one certainly won a spot!

12-10-06, Turnbull Canyon East To West

Turnbull Canyon on a nice day…See Stan’s blog for ride details.
Here are some numbers from the climb, not an actual data acquisition but a calculation of the effort:

Distance: 4 mi (Including the accent prior to the main climb)
Ascent: 850 ft
Weight: 76,00 kg
Time: 00:25:00
Gradient: 4,0 % (Average)
Ascent rate: 2041 ft/h
Upward G. Achievement: 128,7 Watt
Air Resistance: 19,3 Watt
Rolling Friction: 16,32 Watt
Total Performance: 164,34 Watt
AV-Speed: 9,60 mph

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