Final Fantasy X - To Zanarkand

Have to buy the CD of the Final Fantasy Series

Road to Roubaix

A sunday in Hell - a reminder


1992 Milan to San Remo

Custom Calfee Tetra Pro

My first Calfee that was designed and built by Brent Ruegamer when he was still working for Craig.

2002 setup
















and then theres the aero fork








Calfee and LeMond

Softride PowerWing

Newest addition to the stable is a Softride Classic but it needs a lot of tweaking. I will be in the hunt for a new fork and threadless headset plus maybe a set of aero 650c's.

















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Updated 12/05/2008 with Chris King headset and an unknown aero fork badged as a Softride plus a pair of old Specialized tri-spokes. The 56/39 rings are not compatible, it keeps on dropping the chain every time I shift the front gear. Changed the inner ring to a 42 and it works flawlessly. Those 17tooth drop really does not work well.

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12/06/2008
The plan was to ride this new setup for about 10 miles to shake out the bugs but the weather was nice plus the fit was good so I was really able to generate enough speed to make the initial ride into a 53 miler comfortably. It is a keeper..........

From now on, you're only someone that I used to LOVE

From now on, you're only someone that I used to LOVE
- a breakup song by Natalie Cole
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Mga pinagsawaan ko na... LOL

09/09/09

Tetra-Custom is GONE... as in sold. Well, that is for the frame and fork only. Replaced it with a smaller Tetra Pro that was previously owned by Fred Markham (aka Fast Freddy)







August 2, 2009
1996 Lemond Zurich - It rides right and feels right but it doesn't look right with only about 3 inches of post showing when I set it up for me. So... I got 4 windows and a pair of 2008 Fulcrum Racing Zero for it. Not too bad.







Cannondale R1000
The frame was too small at 50cm for me so the frame and fork was traded for a 54cm Specialized Allez.
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Serotta CSI Colorado Concept Tubing
And this one was too long on the topside so it has to go too. Sorry, no pics of the driveside.
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Willier Triestina SC 7000
This one too was too tall but I loved the finish of the bike. It has that leathery texture on it. I never fully built this up since my batillogs can barely clear the top tube.
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Specialized M4
Now this one was too flexy at the BB. Imagine an all out of the saddle sprint and the darn thing decides to change gears. I found out about the flex when I mounted it on a trainer and it scared the heck out of me when I looked down at the BB while running a 53x12 gear. The BB was swaying about 2 inches on each side, that's about 4 inches of play. No wonder it changes its gears when stomped on. Sold to a triathlete which I think the frame was originally designed for. 'ya know, the aero thang!!!
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Specialized Sirrus
This POS (piece of steel)is gone since its taking too much valuable space plus I needed some dough at the time.
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https://picasaweb.google.com/106888706592252359229/20071103Atlanta#slideshow/5436845768249842898







Panasonic DX-4000
Ditto on this fine piece of steel. I might regret selling this one since it really gave me the feeling of a magic carpet ride.
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Miyata 712 (Seven Twelve)
And another fine piece of steel that was let go due to lack of storage space.
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Masi Gran Corsa
One of those projects that was sold without getting it built up.
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Santana Elan Tandem
Gone too........ replaced by a Raleigh Coupe.
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An RB-2 replaced by a couple of keeper RB-1's. The STI'd one is in danger of getting kicked out of the stable :( sigh
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Masi Gran Criterium
For some reason, I didn't like the ride of this frameset. Unexplainable !!! maybe I just got tired of looking at those fugly welds.
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My Serotta Single Speed project that I decided not to build.
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Santana Picante Tandem
Another one of those batillog can't clear the top tube thing even with 26 inch wheels. The truth is I can't reach the pedals at the bottom stroke even at the lowest setting of the saddle. I thought I would be able to tweak it by moving the eccentric BB but no dice.
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LOOK KX Light
This one hurts the most. Got pinched so badly with cash I, I..... sigh gotta sell :(
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Paramount OS PDG
One night stand??? I really do not remember any history of this one. I was prolly too drunk to remember anything. :) ;) ;)
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Pinoy Classic Rock

Asin/Balita -
Asin/Kapaligiran -
Coritha/Sierra Madre -
Manang Biday - Ilocano Rap Song
Mike Hanopol/Jeproks -
Sampaguita/Tao -
Wally's Blues (raw) - Edited Version

PEPE/WALLY/DONDI and WOWIE

2002 Colnago Master eXtra Light AD4

MXL Art Decor AD4
52cm ST CTT
53cm TT CTC

With Eurus wheelset, Prologo saddle and Scandium seatpost.




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Colnago Master Series info on The Paceline - PDF file
Colnago Super timeline
Colnago from Classic Rendezvous
How to spot a fake Nag

Gilco Design = Gilberto Colombo

First released in 1983, five different versions of the Colnago Master were manufactured until 1998 ( the Master 1983, Master Più 1988, Master Olympic 1991, Master Light 1994 and Master X-Light 1998).
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https://www.steel-vintage.com/colnago-master-olympic-decor-classic-roadbike-detail

The Colnago Master model line is undoubtedly an evergreen of cycling history. First released in 1983, five different versions of the Colnago Master were manufactured until 1998 ( the Master 1983, Master Più 1988, Master Olympic 1991, Master Light 1994 and Master X-Light 1998).

Thanks to this superb frame, the Italian brand achieved the peak of steel frame design, but on the other hand, the Master also represents the end of the steel era in the bicycle industry.

Released in 1991, the Master Olympic shares with its predecessors the famous crimped tubing, designed by Gilberto Colombo to make the frame stiffer and more reactive. The Olympic distinguished itself for very eye-catching paint schemes, especially the famous Art Decor pattern.

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https://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=194092

in the beginning, there was the nuovo-mexico / esa-mexico -- arrived early/mid '80s:
basically, a super with “grooved” tubes.
nuovo-mexico had 2 light grooves, one on each side of the top- and down-tubes
esa-mexico had 6 deeply shaped grooves, initially on just the top- and down-tubes and later on all 3 main tubes.
there is evidence of transitional nuovo-mexico variants with 4 light-groove downtubes, as well.

then came the master / master-piu / master-equilateral -- arrived late '80s:
introduced the 4-sided “master-profile” gilco tubeset as standard-issue and alot more chrome!
master: external top-tube cable routing
master-piu: internal top-tube cable routing
master-equilateral: a modified seat-stay arrangement that bypasses the seat-lug.
early examples had curved forks and one set of bottle-bosses
later examples had two sets of bottle-bosses and the straight “precisa” fork was introduced (became standard-issue)

and then came the master-olympic / master-light -- arrived early '90s:
retain the 4-sided “master-profile” gilco tubeset
retain internal top-tube cable routing
integrated rear-mech cable-stop @ rear dropout
introduced the garishly-lovely "art decor" colorways
in the mid '90s rear dropouts were shortened (still horizontal), added a new integrated seat-lug w/ “plug-in” fastback style seat-stay attachment
some late examples went back to external top-tube cable routing
for a 1-2 year period, there was a version made with tange tubing (retaining the 4-sided "master profile")
eventually was re-christened the "master-light" probably due to trademark protection action by the IOC

which brings us to the well-known master-extra-light / master-x-light / master -- arrived mid/late '90s and continues to this day:
retain the 4-sided “master-profile” gilco tubeset, but introduced slightly oversize down-tube spec and larger profile chainstays
external top-tube cable routing across the board
return to “normal” rear-mech cable-stop on the chainstay
rear drop-outs now semi-vertical, yet still retain adjuster screw
some examples (sadly) fitted with a variety of colnago-branded cf forks
reconnected with its origins early in the new millenium with a return to the pure and simple "master" moniker
current production removes the down-tube shifter bosses, replaced with integrated adjuster-barrel bosses

lastly, there have been curiosities and offshoots of the master in the lugged-steel colnago lineage featuring variations on the geometrically enhanced tubing theme:
master-dual -- arrived in the late '80s, it is a "proper" master but was available for 1 year only and produced in such incredibly small numbers that was never really a mainline model. this model starts with the master-piu and splits the 4-sided master downtube into a wishbone structure that flares out to attach near the sides of the BB shell to increase lateral stiffness. colnago initiated this split-downtube with the "master-progress" concept bike before producing a series of related designs: the steel master-dual in 1987, the alumium "duall" in 1988, the carbon "carbi-tubo" in 1989, and finally the titanium "master-bititan" in the mid '90s. the steel master-dual is a true unicorn in the cycling world -- i have seen only 1 example ever "in the wild" which was listed for-sale in italy this year for over US$12,000!!!
arabesque / regal -- arrived early/mid '80s, there was a very small production run of these models that are basically nuovo-mexico / esa-mexico that featured very ornate/artistic lugs. produced in the '83 timeframe for 1-2 years only, the arabesque features lightly grooved tubes from the nuovo-mexico, the regal features heavily grooved tubes from the esa-mexico.
slx-conic-spiral -- arrived in the late '80s, the conic models featured a flared/conical downtube (the larger diameter making for a stiffer BB) with 8 deep grooves of the sort found on the esa-mexico. the balance of the tubeset was normal round stuff you'd find on a super. the flared downtube "conic" concept lives on today in the various lugged carbon colnagos -- starting with the c40-mk2 thru to the C60.
tecnos -- arrived in the mid '90s, available alongside both the master-olympic and master-x-light, featured lightly grooved tubing like the nuovo-mexico (5 grooves instead of just 2).
master-b-stay -- arrived in the mid/late '00s, it's another "proper" master but in reality it is a bit of a franken-bike that combines the master-x-light main triangle with a carbon rear end. some examples (early?) had only the carbon b-stays and steel chainstays, others (later?) had a full carbon rear end that added 4-lobed carbon chainstays.
arabesque (re-edition) -- arrived mid '10s, this is a very small production run of new-build master-olympic/light that feature the ornate/artistic lugs as found on the original arabesque/regal produced in the early '80s. apparently colnago found a box of original arabesque lugs gathering dust in a warehouse and decided to re-introduce this model to the delight of the tifosi!
others -- i should mention there were master TT, track, and even MTB variants, but this effort is focused entirely on the core road-variants.

disclaimer: keep in mind we're talking colnago here -- considering the vagaries of artisanal italian bicycle production control methods, there will always be outliers and exceptions! this effort represents the majority of cases. if anyone can ID errors or omissions, please comment!

Help Desk

Funny

Spectrum Ti Titanium

Spectrum Catalog 1

Spectrum Catalog 2

June 18, 2013 parts update.

My old and reliable workhorse that transformed so many times but now its starting to settle down. The last pieces would be a Titanium seatpost with setback and a gray/silver Fizik Aliante. A set of 7800 Dura Ace derailleurs and calipers would be nice too.


With its 7700 derailleurs, 7410 cranks and 7800 rings, it still works flawlessly.






This is how it looked like when I found this bike.











And this is how it looked like in its first makeover.








A Cyrene...
http://pedaldamnit.blogspot.com/2007/07/merlin-cyrene-ageless-grace-in-motion.html

Kawayan Folk Arts Presents - TUKLAS

Kawayan Folk Arts Presents
Tuklas: Discover
A celebration of Kawayan Folk Arts featuring Ethnic Dance and Music from the Philippines

Saturday, August 23, 2008
2:00 PM Matinee
7:00 PM Gala

Featuring live music and dance: Southeast Asian gongs, Spanish Mandolins; Exciting, romantic and fun ethnic dances ranging from the Tribal, Muslim, and Spanish cultural areas of the Philippines; crowd favorites like Pandanggo Sa Ilaw and Tinikling!

Tateuchi Hall, Community School of Music and Arts (CSMA) at Finn Center. 230 San Antonio Circle, Mountain View, CA 94040.

Purchase tickets at
info@kawayanfolkarts.org
RJ at 408-307-0159
Dani at 408-857-7431
$20

The poster is located here
http://kawayanfolkarts.org/files/tuklas_poster.pdf

Siclista Weekend Warrior Challenge 7/13/08

Siclista Weekend Warrior Challenge 7/13/08

By: Cesar M. Galvez Jr.

Congrats to the winners as well as the finishers of Sunday’s Siclista Weekend Warrior Challenge. The stimulating route originates in Newark Java to the infamous Old La Honda (OLH) ascent, then back to the point of origin. Here is the synopsis.

At 8a.m., the enthusiasts rolled at a conversational pace. It was peaceful until four ambitious bunch breakaway as they approach the turbulence plagued Dumbarton Bridge (DB). On one hand, Jack precariously heads the leaders. On the other hand, the peloton maintains its complacency. There is strength in numbers. Thus, the peloton can easily reel the leaders in and swallow them alive. This group is confident that the attack was too early. Shortly thereafter just a few miles after the DB descent, sure enough the quartet was caught.

Rodge distresses the peaceful peloton. He sets a gutsy pace to grab the first Green Jersey at the Arastradero’s final hump. Grinding a very heavy gear, he demolishes anyone who tried to outpace him. Unfortunately, he calls it a day leaving no chance to defend his title. A word of caution, they are ought to test you again next time around.

They are now in Portola Loop. Jack attacks again. This guy is so aggressive; he redlines his heart rate every effort he takes. Organizers scrambles for an award dedicated to him. He initiates the Red Jersey—the most aggressive rider.

Spencer, the newly-wed, is not his day. Every time he attempts to cover attacks or endeavors a sprint, his chain drops. He blames his prodigal brother, Jr., for tampering the precise adjustment of his rig.

A hard left to OLH, the peloton scales the biggest ascent of the day. A rider with a noticeable climbing prowess is no other than Jerry, the other half of Nancy, wins the Polka Dot Jersey. The Maharlikan spins his way up OLH. He is the first one to crest. To celebrate, this victorious mountain goat even turns around at the summit and descends to check on laggers.

I call him the luckiest man alive because his significant other rides bike with him. Of course, Nancy receives the Pink Jersey. She withstands any male pedal power to this day. Indeed, she outperforms most of the guys on flats and climbs.

The rest of the leg is the rolling Skyline Boulevard down to eerie 84 East then back track to Newark. I enjoy this descent, so I lead. I catch three slow moving motorcyclists. I pass all of them and became their rabbit. I carve the hairpin turns and sprint straight-aways. I hear their engine roar and so I push some more. Man, that is exhilarating.

On our way home, we face a hurdle: the turbulent DB. This time it is cross and head wind. However, it did not stop Jack and John M, the Red Jersey and White Jersey (best young rider) laureates accordingly. On the other side, it was flat but still experiencing violent winds. It was Jack and John M head-to-head to the finish. However, Gonzalo, another Green Jersey victor, snags their aspirations.

Special thanks to Roy, Romy, Tony Fuji and Tony Madone for pulling the peloton together to work as a single unit.

Folks, this is just a precursor to a more challenging ride ahead. I will post the details of Spencer’s Potluck Road Ride soon. Backed by popular demand, the route is Stevens Canyon, Redwood Gulch, Hwy 9, Skyline Blvd, Pagemill, Foothill, Stevens Canyon, Celebrate Spencer’s wedding.

Participants: Roy, Spencer, Jerry & Nancy, Romy, Rodge, Tony Fuji, Tony Madone, Cesar, John M. & Jack

South Border - another good Filipino group of entertainers

if i el i pee i en ohh

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More South Border on youtube. The sounds from youtube does not give the true, crisp and not skipping sound from a CD. If you decide to buy their CD, I highly recommend the Platinum Edition episode III.

Larry Harmon, longtime Bozo the Clown, dead at 83

I have to post this just because...
Bozo is dead

Bozo according to Wikipedia
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By JOHN ROGERS, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 10 minutes ago

LOS ANGELES - Larry Harmon, who turned the character Bozo the Clown into a show business staple that delighted children for more than a half-century, died Thursday of congestive heart failure. He was 83.
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His publicist, Jerry Digney, told The Associated Press he died at his home.

Although not the original Bozo, Harmon portrayed the popular clown in countless appearances and, as an entrepreneur, he licensed the character to others, particularly dozens of television stations around the country. The stations in turn hired actors to be their local Bozos.

"You might say, in a way, I was cloning BTC (Bozo the Clown) before anybody else out there got around to cloning DNA," Harmon told the AP in a 1996 interview.

"Bozo is a combination of the wonderful wisdom of the adult and the childlike ways in all of us," Harmon said.

Pinto Colvig, who also provided the voice for Walt Disney's Goofy, originated Bozo the Clown when Capitol Records introduced a series of children's records in 1946. Harmon would later meet his alter ego while answering a casting call to make personal appearances as a clown to promote the records.

He got that job and eventually bought the rights to Bozo. Along the way, he embellished Bozo's distinctive look: the orange-tufted hair, the bulbous nose, the outlandish red, white and blue costume.

"I felt if I could plant my size 83AAA shoes on this planet, (people) would never be able to forget those footprints," he said.

Susan Harmon, his wife of 29 years, indicated Harmon was the perfect fit for Bozo.

"He was the most optimistic man I ever met. He always saw a bright side; he always had something good to say about everybody. He was the love of my life," she said Thursday.

The business — combining animation, licensing of the character, and personal appearances — made millions, as Harmon trained more than 200 Bozos over the years to represent him in local markets.

"I'm looking for that sparkle in the eyes, that emotion, feeling, directness, warmth. That is so important," he said of his criteria for becoming a Bozo.

The Chicago version of Bozo ran on WGN-TV in Chicago for 40 years and was seen in many other cities after cable television transformed WGN into a superstation.

Bozo — portrayed in Chicago for many years by Bob Bell — was so popular that the waiting list for tickets to a TV show eventually stretched to a decade, prompting the station to stop taking reservations for 10 years. On the day in 1990 when WGN started taking reservations again, it took just five hours to book the show for five more years. The phone company reported more than 27 million phone call attempts had been made.

By the time the show bowed out in Chicago, in 2001, it was the last locally produced version. Harmon said at the time that he hoped to develop a new cable or network show, as well as a Bozo feature film.

He became caught up in a minor controversy in 2004 when the International Clown Hall of Fame in Milwaukee took down a plaque honoring him as Bozo and formally endorsed Colvig for creating the role. Harmon denied ever misrepresenting Bozo's history.

He said he was claiming credit only for what he added to the character — "What I sound like, what I look like, what I walk like" — and what he did to popularize Bozo.

"Isn't it a shame the credit that was given to me for the work I have done, they arbitrarily take it down, like I didn't do anything for the last 52 years," he told the AP at the time.

Harmon protected Bozo's reputation with a vengeance, while embracing those who poked good-natured fun at the clown.

As Bozo's influence spread through popular culture, his very name became a synonym for clownish behavior.

"It takes a lot of effort and energy to keep a character that old fresh so kids today still know about him and want to buy the products," Karen Raugust, executive editor of The Licensing Letter, a New York-based trade publication, said in 1996.

A normal character runs its course in three to five years, Raugust said. "Harmon's is a classic character. It's been around 50 years."

On New Year's Day 1996, Harmon dressed up as Bozo for the first time in 10 years, appearing in the Rose Parade in Pasadena.

The crowd reaction, he recalled, "was deafening."

"They kept yelling, `Bozo, Bozo, love you, love you.' I shed more crocodile tears for five miles in four hours than I realized I had," he said. "I still get goose bumps."

Born in Toledo, Ohio, Harmon became interested in theater while studying at the University of Southern California.

"Bozo is a star, an entertainer, bigger than life," Harmon once said. "People see him as Mr. Bozo, somebody you can relate to, touch and laugh with."

Besides his wife, Harmon is survived by his son, Jeff Harmon, and daughters Lori Harmon, Marci Breth-Carabet and Leslie Breth.

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Associated Press writers Polly Anderson in New York and Robert Jablon in Los Angeles contributed to this story.

My White Bicycle = 1 bottle ride

Finally, I got to ride my white buy see kel.

My White Bicycle by Nazareth

My white bicycle, My white bicycle

Riding all around the street
Four o'clock and they're all asleep
I'm not tired and it's so late
Moving fast everything looks great.
My white bicycle, My white bicycle
See that man, he's all alone
Looks so happy but he's far from home
Ring my bell, smile at him
Better kick over his garbage bin

My white bicycle, My white bicycle
The rain comes down but I don't care
The wind is blowing in my hair
Seagulls flying in the air
My white bicycle, My white bicycle
Lead:
Policeman shouts but I don't see him
They're one thing I don't believe in
To find some charge but it's not leavin'
Lift both hands, his head in disgrace
Shines no light upon my face
Through the darkness, we still speed
My white bicycle and me
My white bicycle, My white bicycle


How about a Bicycle Race by QUEEN

Fixie Thing

I believe in miracles
Where you from
You fixie thing

Centurion CompTA 50x19 fixed gear conversion.