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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dubjay on August 25th, 2008

Brown Santa dropped this box off this morning.

She’s a medium Turner Sultan @ 6.4 lbs.

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dubjay on August 23rd, 2008

My friends at Chumba Racing graciously lent me one of their prototype bikes to test out around local trails to get my impressions.
So off I headed to one of my local favorites - San Juan. Climbed up to Cocktail Rock and did the Old San Juan Loop around the top. There weren’t a [...]

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dubjay on August 20th, 2008

I took a leisurely ride around Aliso & Woods canyons today. My route took me up Cholla, down Rock-It, up Mathis, down Meadows and finally back to the car.
I was a little dismayed to see what some kids did to some parts of the park though. I guess they thought it was cool to [...]

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dubjay on August 19th, 2008

I rode Whiting Ranch last Wednesday. But that alone isn’t really newsworthy. The actual reason I’m posting is that I wanted to test out this XML Google Maps Plug-in.
Now you can see where I am more often.

Whiting Ranch GPX File

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dubjay on August 19th, 2008

After years of waiting on weyland.com to go belly-up so I could assume rightful ownership, I’ve finally given up and settled on the next best thing - WheresWeyland.com.
Along with the new domain name comes a new look. This new design should give me the flexibility to add a few new things when time allows.

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