Been looking to get a powermeter but unlike some people, i blew my millions of dollars on scratch tickets.

So the powertap would be in my budget, but hate that it limits you to one wheelset,

Quarq/SRM, just damn expensive.

But Stages seem to have solved the budget/ wheel versitility problem.

I think Ill be getting one of these soon.  Figured Id share to those who are interested

http://www.bicycling.com/bikes-gear/bikes-and-gear-features/stages-break...

A previous post requesting a recommendation for warm winter gloves led me to a handmade pair of lobster gauntlets which will arrive shortly.  See link.

http://www.empirecanvasworks.com/icebikemittens.htm

I've been also searching for a replacement winter jacket to go over my appropriate layering and keep me warm while cycling, aerobic workout, for a few hours in temps ranging from 15F to 30F.  Presently, I'm using a great Cannodale Jacket manufactured 6 years ago.  What a fantastic jacket.  It is no longer made and has been through the wash at least 300 times or a few times too many.

The forecase is for 22 degrees at 6:00 AM. Enough to freeze the brass bells off a steel bike.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HkazKjKcL8

Share if you like, thank you.

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Four fellow fifty-somethings and I (the "Five Shades of Gray") are planning a self-contained, self-guided one-week tour in Oregon in mid-May. The route, roughly speaking, looks to be from Forest Grove (near Portland) north and west to Astoria on the coast, down the coast through Tillamook to Lincoln City, then heading east to Corvallis and back up to Forest Grove via McMinnville.

We'd be grateful for any suggestions for route modifications, places to eat or sleep, sights to see (we've got the Spruce Goose covered), wineries, brew-pubs or other points of interest. In particular if anyone knows of a cyclist-friendly B&B or similar lodging in Corvallis, we'd love to hear about it.

With thanks in advance,

Peter Storey

I had a lot of fun trying to figure out what a FOBO ride is.  There are so many definitions that seem to apply:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fobo

However, I think I finally got it.

How Slippery is it?

The Society of Accident Reconstructionists (SOAR) puts out a publication called "The Source". In the "Winter 1998" issue they published a study done by John E. Hunter who conducted an extensive study of the frictional values of car tires involved in collisions on snow/ice covered roads. The Friction Values (coefficient of friction) were taken at the road tire interface and represent values available to a normally treaded tire representing the equivalent of "good equipment."

http://www.icebike.org/Articles/howslippery.htm

PS> A "ususal suspect" has an extra set of 700c x 40 studded tires in Marketplace.

The forecast is snow on the road and 26 degree temperatures; the ride is cancelled.

It pains me, a lifelong Weather Wussy, to state the Times made a mistake, but I didn't ride in the cold 22 years ago just as I don't now, and I didn't tell the reporter I did.