Yes, I can see that Doctor Who is an acquired taste. It helps to be British, of course, and have watched it for 40 years ...
And here we are at the finale of the final episode of series 4 with several characters from the past, Doctor's assistants and the universe on the brink of obliteration at the hands of Davros and what does the Doctor - only River knows his real name - do?
Regenerates.
That's what.
Or does he?
We'll have to wait and see ...
Sunday, 29 June 2008
Doctor Who : Ooooooooh!!!
Saturday, 28 June 2008
velostage
I'm moving my bicycle related stuff to a new blog, velostage.
Previous stuff will stay on phonostage.
Time will tell if I can keep two blogs going.
Tuesday, 24 June 2008
Tyre Damage : Doh!
Okay ... so I am stupid. Yes, I do cherish my bikes ... yes I know them intimately ... Of course I do!!!!
This afternoon I showed the very helpful Jason up at Halter's Cycles and it turns out these are wear indicators; ie: they show how much the tread is worn. Clever, huh?
So thanks Jason. I will buy something worthwhile from your really rather good bike shop some time soon.
* see my Bike Index here
Sunday, 22 June 2008
Tyre Damage : Continental GP4000
Can anyone identify this tyre damage or possible flaw?
This Continental GP4000 tyre has done about 200 road miles at 120psi on the rear of my bike. I weigh about 190lb.
I noticed this after climbing a local hill which has been recently relaid. At the time I noted to myself that the blacktop seemed to incorporate a lot of what appeared to be glass granules, about the same sort of size / appearance as glass from a broken windscreen. The glass definitely appears to be a part of the surface, not just pressed in by traffic.
I don't normally ruminate about the composition of road surfaces, but in the last couple of days I had been listening to an article on NPR which stated that low grade glass is recycled for road surfaces ...
So anyway, at a coffee stop, not a mile from the hill, I happened to notice these rather odd pock-marks, rather as if a miniature ice-cream scoop had gouged out the tyre compound. The cut seems very clean.
Now I can't say for certain that this had only just happened, but I had just checked / adjusted my spoke tension / wheel trueness just a couple of days before and hadn't noticed any damage.
Does anyone have a clue what's happened?
Otherwise, I love these Contis. And yes, I can spell tyre ;-)
Giro di Jersey 2008 : Results & Images
These are the latest results:
Day One, 20.06.2008 : Ringoes ITT
- Pro 123 through stage 2 in .pdf format
- Women through stage 2 in .pdf format
- Cat3/4 through stage 2 in .pdf format
- Masters through stage 2 in .pdf format
- Juniors through stage 2 in .pdf format * problem on results website with this file
- Pro123 Final in .pdf format
- Women Final in .pdf format
- Cat3/4 Final in .pdf format
- Masters Final in .pdf format
- Juniors Final in .pdf format
You can also link to images from the TdJ.
These images are my property and my copyright. However, I have no objection for people to use them for their own use or to illustrate their own blog or club magazine, say. But please acknowledge and let me know ... because I'm quite interested to know where they end up.
Potential media / commercial users please contact me via comments below. Please include your email address.
Day One, 20.06.2008 : Ringoes ITT
Day Two, 21.06.2008 : The Rocky Hill Cycling Classic
Day Three, 22.06.2008 : The Corner House GP
* see my Bike Index here
Giro di Jersey 2008 : stage 3 The Corner House GP
The third and final day of the 2008 Giro di Jersey took place on a 4km circuit on Bunn Drive and Mt Lucas Road towards the northeast of Princeton, NJ.
It was a bright and early start although about 5 minutes before the race started I was beginning to think nothing was happening.
But it did ...
Not such a good day as yesterday and it threatened to rain once or twice, but it held off. This was good because I hate to think what the few, but sharp corners might have been like damp and under the trees.
I didn't really go prepared to compile race reports this year, but I might think about it next ... this race series needs a better online presence.
Get more images here.
Get the Stage 1 Ringoes ITT results here.
Get the stage 2 Rocky Hill Classic results here.
* see my Bike Index here
Saturday, 21 June 2008
Giro di Jersey 2008 : stage 2 Rocky Hill
So, on to day two of the Giro di Jersey; The Rocky Hill Cycling Classic.
Not quite a classic yet, but on its way. The weather was fine, but not too hot. In fact, just right.
This is a big deal for Rocky Hill. In fact, it's one of the biggest prizes in its category in the United State in only its second year. So well done to Rocky Hill.
There were a whole series of races today, from Juniors to Men's Pro. The course ran through the village of Rocky Hill northeast along River Road and onto Griggstown, turning south along Canal Road to the foot of the Old Georgetown Road hill, which counts as a big one around here. Then down the 518 (?) into Rocky Hill for the slight incline to the finish line.
It's fair to say that the Old Georgetown Road isn't the Col du Tormalet, but the climb is beguiling enough to let you think it's quite nice really before hitting you with its best shot in the last kilometre or so. Otherwise the pro riders thought the course wasn't as challenging as all that, which could be true. It needs a diversion in the Belle Mead direction to get in another leg sapping climb out of the river valley.
To most people's surprise, the hill appears to have been re-surfaced and seems quite smooth and even, but it looks as if they've used a ton of recycled glass as a filler and, no doubt co-incidentally, these odd cuts appeared in my tyres after going up and down the road a couple of times. Any ideas?
Anyway, lots more pictures here including my best ever finish picture;
And my worst ...
I dunno, the old Olympus seems to be lagging more and more ... or is it just me?
The race also nailed its international credentials. The pro race was won by a guy from Argentina.
And just in case anyone ever comes across this blog from Bristol Mountain Bike Club, here's my old jersey still being worn in New Jersey, geddit?
Tomorrow, the final stage; The Corner House Grand Prix of Princeton. And they're already talking of making it a 4-day event next year.
* Thanks to anonymous on the previous blog it seems we can find results for Ringoes here
* see my Bike Index here
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