Crime pays, but I wonder if they get 2% rebate?

Why is it that my credit card company has the ability to determine an odd credit card transaction triggering a phone call to me in which I verify their presumption.  Wouldn't it seem more logical when these oddities arise to prompt the cashier for two forms of ID?

Not that I am too worried about it since it will all just be washed away and passed on to the hard working honest people who pay for things with legitimate money.

You know you want one.

Throwing around some ideas I've been thinking about for awhile.  I find myself switching my Kona around between being a singlespeed cyclocross bike and a geared winter fender bike.  The bike works well for both purposes. Cheap, light and fun as a single speed.  When spring roles around and the roads are full of junk it's nice to have a bike with plenty of room for wider tires, gears, and fenders.  My plan is to make the conversion easier. Since the bike does not have down tube shifter mounts and I don't think Cannondale makes any down tube shifter mounts like they used to have for their aluminum frames.  This may be the ticket to simplicity.

With a severe muscle tear to the calf from my recent return to soccer, I have been trying to find the magic quick fix. I haven't found a quick fix yet, but I did find some good food advice to fight off inflammation. This would require a major overhaul to my typical diet.Anti-Inflammatory Foods

I've always wondered how people can do those amazing things to a bike. I did just that today. For real JRA. Glad there was no crash involved when they broke.

Single Speed

State Road Race Richmond

http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/fullscreen/45393740/

Avon Road Race

http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/44193122

These things are pretty cool for people who don't like to chew up their high end aluminum freehub body.
10 Speed Clip Kit 
American Classic 10 Speed Clip Kit is designed to help relieve the gouging of a cassette into an aluminum freehub body. The kit works with Shimano 10 speed cassettes only (105, Ultegra, Dura-Ace). Note: Dura-Ace 7900 cassettes are not compatible with this product.

Savannah Road Ride

I hooked up with the locals in Savannah for a road ride. The shop that hosted the ride is called Perry Rubber Bicycles. A very cool shop located in the historic downtown of Savannah. The shop has been there for a year and looks to be off to a solid start. They carry a full assortment of Specialized bikes and some Pinarellos. They serve up their own coffee and a few of the employees are SCAD students so they do a lot of their own artwork for jerseys, logos, and etc. Savannah is relatively flat which was probably good for this fat Minnesotan riding with year round riders. I felt pretty good and was glad I found some people to ride with since the last time in Savannah my rides were limited with my lack of knowledge of the areas roads.

Altima

Felt liners for the rear wheel wells? Sound proofing probably, but what about all the road spray in the Mn winter that turns to slushy ice impeding wheel rotation?

Time has new Pro Tour Team

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