I’m fairly certain i need further adjustments on the bike. My wrists kind of hurt a little and i found myself having the need to slide forward on the saddle. Maybe my posture is off.
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Mark my words: Neill Blomkamp will be the next biggest director since Christopher Nolan. He was that awesome creator of those Gatorade Rain, Adidas, and a few other awesome TV spots. He was supposed to be the director chosen by Peter Jackson to helm the ill-fated Halo movie. If you haven’t seen his POC short films based on the Halo universe, you should see them.
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if you’re like me, you probably detest using Firefox by now (which has slowly turned into its ugly predecessor, Netscape). I could not stop using it because the Garmin communicator plugin is having problems with Safari 4 (used for uploading GPS data to trimbleoutdoors.com).
That is until today: I found this forum thread on the workaround. Now I can finally ditch Firefox on my Mac.
Speaking of GPS…DeVelMan pointed out yesterday about the GPS iPhone application, MotionX. In theory, this could be potentially a replacement for my trusty Garmin Edge 205. However, upon reading this one review by a presumed seasoned biker, it was deal-killer for me. DevelMan tested the trial version and pitted it against his 205 and found that there was a significant lag. At $2.99, it’s probably decent…but come to think of it, i don’t think i have the guts to have the iPhone exposed and mounted on the bike while riding, considering my “skills” on keeping my bike in balance, especially on trails.
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I just finished a (short) ride with my new bike: a Surly Cross-Check. I probably did something right by choosing the bike because I beat my record for my “basic” 5 mile ride (usually with the Trek hybrid) by 2 minutes!
As for the bike, I went with the stock complete bike in 46cm gravy brown frame through Halter’s Cycles, only replacing the saddle with my Brooks B17, and using a plain pedals (i.e., not “clipless”). I did a thorough bike fitting with my LBS, I am 5’6″ (barely 30 in. inseam) and looking at the forums, I see people mostly going for 50cm…which made me wonder a bit if I got a size too small…but looking at the bike, my stem is standard, the seat is just in the middle of the rail…so I learned that bike fitting is *really* important when buying a bike.
I should really post some pics of the bike…maybe later today.
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The other day, I decided to delete my Twitter account.
In retrospect, I didn’t gain anything from having a Twitter account. I just found myself reading mindless blurbs about things I don’t care from people I don’t even know. And most of the time–in as much as I hate to admit it–I found myself searching for “tweets” mentioning my username, or checking how many followers I have. It is almost like narcissism in digital form, and I did not like where it’s going. It’s unproductive, and–to an extent–very sad.
On a lighter note: I should be receiving my new bike in a few days.
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