Mark, that is awesome news. Congrats and best of luck. See you at the shop.

Awesome @Mark!  Congratulations!

This is a pretty darn good deal for a pair of wicked light race wheels, plus power:

Men, and I call you men even though you know what you really are....none of you fancy lads can handle this beast, but I'll post it anyway as an homage to a time when men were men and sheep were scared...

Pass the popcorn, crazy Uncle Yacks is gonna go off about his favorite bike metal; "Afraidium"

http://youtu.be/9Ga75iuBb6Q

It is high noon....at the end of the universe...

"Starts Friday, Aug 26th at a theater near you."

*Ends Friday, Aug 26th.

After finding the honey waffles maker, I now have found a big box of Daelmans stroopwafels at Costco.  48 wafels for $9.95 (or $0.21 per wafel).  These wafels are 40 calories smaller than the Honey Stinger, but the quantity purchase is hard to beat.

http://www.competitivecyclist.com/continental-grand-prix-4000s-tire

I'm sure everyone gets the Competitive Cyclist email blasts, but Conti GP4000s clinchers for $37 is a pretty good deal.  Also, "Handmade in Germany" and you know the Germans make good stuff!

2009 was a weird year

Vittoria tubulars

http://www.excelsports.com/main.asp?page=8&description=Corsa+CX+III+Factor+Tubular+Tire&vendorCode=VITT&major=1&minor=28&siteComingFrom=emailspecial

Too bad they don't have 25s.

OH !   I love it!  any deals on FRS? cause "I'm tired of being tired"

The thing is if I buy Stinger waffles in bulk I'll eat 10% of them during rides and the rest I'll consume 3-4 at a time for no reason other than how delicious they are.

As someone who bought two boxes off chainlove.com and went through a box purely while not riding. I can attest to that.

Aaron Blum said:

HONEY STINGER WAFFELS AT REI! 70cents each. Paid $22 for 2 boxes (32 packs total).

...All because the worlds greatest doper is on the cover of each pack.

If you've been following my wafel adventures, you'd know you can buy an eight-pack of the same exact wafel at Fairway for $4.99.  And if you can stomach Daelmans Wafels, with some caramel in the center, you can get 48 for $9.79 at Costco.  @ $.22 per, you don't feel so bad when you scarf 'em down.  interestingly, the Daelmans have fewer calories per cookie.

1 half-price ticket (~$45) available for Midsummer's Night Dream directed by Julie Taymor at Theatre for a New Audience in Brooklyn. Sunday matinee (2pm). You would be joining a largish group of Shakespeare nerds. You probably won't be able to ride much on Sunday anyway.

http://www.tfana.org/season-2014/midsummer-nights-dream/overview

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/04/theater/reviews/taymors-midsummer-nights-dream-opens-brooklyn-theater.html

Well, you guys blew it. This was one of the most memorable performances of my career (and I've been around).

Get ye to the theatre!

It's playoff season and 2pm is smack dab in the middle of premium couch-chips-dips-beer time:




Also this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDpzJk3X020

cross posting from sponsorship thread

What is the interest in a group buy of Power 2 Max power meters? I don't know what the discount will be or the quantity requirements as I'm still in discussions with them but would like to gauge interest. They have no budget for sponsorship due spending it all on sponsoring Movistar this year.

I've also contacted Stages but don't know if they have any interest at this point.

So if you're about to plop down your credit card on a new power meter, hold off for few days to allow me to get back to you with an update.

I'm IN...like Errol Flynn at a cougar happy hour!

For those of you with Speedplays, this looks like a great deal. The hard to source crank-side needle bearing failed in my old Zeros, this kit overhauls all the bearings. Graham, the seller, is super responsive and 10 days to ship from UK. Will let you know how the overhaul goes.

Let us know how it goes.  The one time I tried to remove the spindle from my Speedplays, I stopped trying because the torx eyelet was so shallow that I kept slipping.  I stopped because I thought I might strip it.   I think if you have a vise or bother to degrease it first (I think I left the grease in? stupid.) it should go a lot easier.  Also I have low-quality torx keys that probably don't grip like others (slippery, glossy aluminum or something rather than that nice grippy matte black stuff).

@Brendan Thanks for the heads-up. If you leave the pedals on the crank you have a vise yeah? I think they use loctite red on that bolt so it's going to need some persuasion.

Fellas,

I think Purdy has a youtube on how to do that.