dubjay on November 3rd, 2008

Another month come and gone. I’m two weeks out until the season finale for the 12 Hours of Temecula series. I don’t feel like I’ve been serious enough about my training but I guess we’ll see how it goes.
Oh, I managed to finally upgrade to a Garmin 705. The bigger screen makes it [...]

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dubjay on October 7th, 2008

September 2008 is in the books. Here are the numbers. My Garmin Edge 305 has been acting up lately and shutting off mid-ride. That sometimes causes data corruption and I end up losing data sometimes, so the stats for September are probably about 25-30 miles & 3000-4000 ft short.
Pretty frustrating. I think there’s a [...]

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dubjay on September 29th, 2008

This past weekend, Bommer Canyon had one of it’s Wilderness Access days. Basically, they open to the public for a few hours each month.
I wish they would be open everyday, since it allows me to ride all the way from Irvine to the ocean on pretty much all dirt. Bommer Canyon can be accessed [...]

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dubjay on September 23rd, 2008

I spent the past weekend racing at the 24 Hours of Adrenalin @ Hurkey Creek. I got invited to join a 5-man team in the middle-age category (combined ages 200+) that formed just a week or two before the event - thus the team name “Just In Time”.
So basically what you’re supposed to do is [...]

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dubjay on September 4th, 2008

Summer is over and we’ll be losing an hour of afternoon daylight at the end of next month. I started training for the final 12 Hours of Temecula in November. It’ll be my last race in the beginner class, and hopefully it goes well.
In the meanwhile, I’ll be riding on a 5 man [...]

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dubjay on August 27th, 2008

My quest for a stiffer bike for endurance racing has led me to a Turner Sultan 29er. More details after I get a few rides in.

Frame: 2008 Turner Sultan, Medium Bronze with High Volume RP23
Fork: Fox F29 F100
Hubs: 2008 Shimano M975 XTR
Rims: Stan’s Arch 29er 32h
Spokes/Nipples: DT Competition 14/15/14 Spokes w/ DT Alloy Nipples
Front Tire: [...]

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