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Originally Posted by CliftonGK1 Hahaha! Is that a "Woody" doll from Toy Story? Yup, I'll post a pic with his hat on later...I know, I know, I have a lot of time on my hand

Originally Posted by CliftonGK1 Hahaha! Is that a "Woody" doll from Toy Story? I was telling Ben that it would be so much more appropriate to use a "Buzz Lightyear" aka "Buzz Lighthead".

Originally Posted by stringbreaker Kind of off topic but what is the bag you have on the front the bike? Looks nice It's a Gilles Berthoud GB28, sitting on a Velo-Orange chromed steel Randonneur Rack. The GB28 is a 12L rack-mounted front bag. Yep, that's no typo: Twelve Litre capacity. It's a phracking cavern, seriously. You can stand a 6-pack in there with room to spare. That's a 62cm frame with an inch of spacers and a...

BTW, this problem is why I really liked the 200L Dinotte headlights I was using until this winter. They are mounted on rubber o-rings, and it allowed me to change the aim of the lights when I was on a MUP, or even turn one light off and leaver the other on. However, this winter I upgraded to a Dinotte 400L, which has a "hard" plastic mount; the aim can only be changed with a screwdriver. I have tried to make sure the 400L is...

Thanks for the responses. Jeff - it's a Rans Stratus LE

Originally Posted by Ashen I try not to be TOO much of a West Seattle cheerleader, but yeah, it's awesome is west seattle west of the water by downtown?

I try not to be TOO much of a West Seattle cheerleader, but yeah, it's awesome

Originally Posted by Ashen Yep, a real actual place. Burien might work well too. Or West Seattle. It depends on where you want the balance to be between sports and the airport really. And what kind of neighborhood you want. Burien is up and coming and has some fun things going for it. It's close to the airport, further away from downtown. Cheaper rents in turn. West Seattle is more expense, still easy to get to airport, easy to get to...

now that its winter till spring you've got to stay low and the days are short. 1) ride to portland via bremerton and the west side, and take train back. 2)Hood Canal Loop adding Port Townsend as 2nd night out if you want extra miles. 3) Port Townsend. hang out extra day because the town is so cool or ride whidbey as day trip from PT. 4)Port Angeles (Salt Creek county park is year round and very nice!) and return. 5)the San Juans, if you...

Thanks for the reply. 10mi (20RT) shouldn't be a problem on a bike. I suppose I'll find out how much smoking has killed my cardio. Starting next week if it isn't raining, don't run over the fat guy! ;-)