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By Keefer, on September 2nd, 2010
Bicycling.com provides another good list of tips — this one centering around alleviating pain while on your bike. I'm proud to say, I've been pretty comfortable in the saddle in my years so far of road riding, save some hand numbness on occasion (partially because a shoulder surgery has set me up with a slightly shorter left arm) and an occasional ache on the sides of my knees.
7 Steps to Pain-Free Cycling
By Keefer, on September 1st, 2010

Ah, such a nice use of the old animated GIF for this demotivational poster. If you haven't before checked out the humorous image/text posts over at verydemotivational.com, I highly recommend checking out the site and/or subscribing to their RSS feed.
By Keefer, on August 30th, 2010
Check out the 2010 James Dyson Award Competition US Winner — the Copenhagen Wheel, a wheel that turns a regular bike into a smart, electric hybrid. Like a hybrid automobile, it recaptures energy from braking. It also describes it as being controlled via a smart phone. I'd rather it integrated with my cyclocomputer. Regardless, really cool idea and would be great for commuters.
2010 James Dyson Award Competition US Winner
By Keefer, on August 30th, 2010
While I don't utilize it to its full potential, nor often enough, Google Voice is great. Now with it in Gmail, it becomes even more valuable in my book. I'm in Gmail a ton, so having the phone call option there is pretty handy. Below is a compilation of tips to take full advantage of this new feature.
My two favorites of Google Voice by the way are the fact that I can have multiple phones ring depending on the time of day and/or who is calling. I also like the automatic voicemail transcriptions, though they're still working on the accuracy of those.
Eight Clever Ways to Take Advantage of Free Calling in Gmail
By Keefer, on August 29th, 2010
Something from Back to the Future II is finally going to come into reality. Sadly, it's not flying cars nor the hoverboard. Nike has a patent now for the BTTF featured power laces! The patent's included drawing looks a lot like the fictional 2015 Nike hightops. We'll see if the Nike patent actually ends up seeing the light of day as an actual product.
Nike's Plans For "Back To The Future" Self-Lacing Sneakers
By Keefer, on August 28th, 2010
Saw this the other day on Chapel Hill's cool like bike shop (and Tri-Cyclist sponsor). In the 70's and 80's, Detroit had a velodrome — an outdoor banked bicycle racing track, this one made of asphalt. The thing was abandoned in the late 80's, or early 90's. What a shame.
Hopefully, the mower gang can get it trimmed and usable again — not to racing quality, but at least a place for kids and adults alike to cruise and maybe switch up their training as well.
Makes me though itch to go out and race the Altamahaw, NC Tuesday night Ace Speedaway series again. Alas, I have no 2010 cat4 license, but hopefully next year when I'm in continued better shape, have a license, and only have a single job.
Mower Gang Tackles Abandoned Velodrome
By Keefer, on August 27th, 2010
Finally, we get a glimpse of the oft rumored next generation DirecTiVo hardware. Sounds like it's been delayed.. yet again — this time probably into 2011. No surprises there, though not really sure how these evolutionary (versus revolutionary) boxes can be so difficult to design and manufacture.
Delayed DirecTV TiVo Hardware Revealed
By Keefer, on August 26th, 2010
Garmin announced today its first GPS cyclocomputer to feature a touch screen, while taking some design cues from its little brother, the Edge 500.
While the color touch screen and its lower profile compared to all but the 500 looks cool, I'm more interested in hearing about its bugs (or hopefully lack of), its reliability and the overall quality control (or lack of, as seen in past products.
I'm also really wondering how this unit will hold up to moisture. Plus, is this thing going to work well with the gloved-fingers of cold winters?
Tags: Cycling, Garmin, GPS | Category: Cycling, Tech |
By Keefer, on August 26th, 2010
With the free case program for the iPhone 4 taking weeks (or months depending on the case you select), there have to be other options, right? The local Apple Stores have nothing for the iPhone 4 in terms of cases. AT&T is not much better. Thankfull, there's the Internet. Gizmodo did a nice write up some sub $5 cases that fit the bill of being light, protective and affordable.
I particularly like the Monoprice TPU Case options, available in a variety of colors. Though, at $3.76, the Meritline case seems like a real bargain (and order is already placed!).
Sub-$5 iPhone Cases That Will Get the Job Done
By Keefer, on August 25th, 2010
I can attest to this one working. For the past four weeks, I've literally had nothing but water to drink, and an occasional few sips of Gatorade while in the saddle. Since starting drinking 98% nothing but water — not even diet sodas (miss you Coke Zero), I've lost 10 pounds in a gradual down slope during the month of August. I haven't changed diet, and have continued to ride as often as I can.
I plan to keep this up, *at least* through the end of September — the two month mark. Not only does this help with health in terms of weight loss, but also your body's pH balance.
Increase Your Water Intake to Accelerate Weight Loss
Drink till you drop: A magic elixir is shown to promote weight loss
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