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ATTENTION EARLY BIRDS!
Adventure Cycling has just announced that it is offering a couple of
extra-special early season tours next year. The Florida Keys Winter
Escape, an 11-day self-contained ride running January 17 through 27,
follows portions of the Atlantic Coast Bicycle Route and the Florida
Connector. Beginning and ending in Fort Lauderdale, the extraordinary
loop takes in some of the best of the Sunshine State's attractions.


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Cheers

Slo Joe

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I'm going to try and join in if I can. I'm just not sure it will work out.
Sundays are hard for me. Hope to see you guys there!
Todd

--- In SouthFloridaRecumbentRiders@yahoogroups.com, LES GARCIA <lesgarcia@...>
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> Let me know if your doing the south ride this Sunday, I'll ride with the
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> To: SouthFloridaRecumbentRiders@yahoogroups.com
> From: tizzodd70@...
> Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:53:00 +0000
> Subject: SFRR: Re: Fw: The First Gran Fondo Colnago Miami
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it's hard to find people to join me here for rides but being here in ft
Lauderdale gives me an advantage because I'm centrally located between two
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> > --- In SouthFloridaRecumbentRiders@yahoogroups.com, tizzodd70@ wrote:
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> > > --- In SouthFloridaRecumbentRiders@yahoogroups.com, Robert Brown bob@
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When I looked out the window and saw gray skies ths mornng I thought it might
not be. Then I walked the dog and found it was hjustovercast, and the temps were
sublime and the winds just enough to keep you cool without throuwing a wall in
front of you.

So out I went, for my semi-standard loop from my house to Lake Worth, and back.
I couldn't of asked for a better ride. The legs were working better than usual,
the people on the street were actually freindly, and when I was done I actually
wanted to ride more.

So I rode over to the local bike store and bought an iBike. Since I plopped the
money down for an iPhone 4S on Friday it was timeto get the rest of the package
to make my phone a super version of a garmin bike computer (yes it reads the
ANT+ speed, cadence and heart rate sensors so these are not estimated off GPS
readings or some algorithm in a cheap app.

I'll let everyone know more on the iBike after I get a chance to play with it.

Guess what Okeechobee based recumbent cyclist has just swapped his Catrike Trail
for a Corsa with a spare wheel set?????  Can't wait to start riding fast
again....

I was able to get a 50 mile ride in yesterday. The overcast skies and turbulent
moist ocean breezes kept me cool and pushed me home. As I approached the house
it started coming down. That makes for a total of 80 miles this weekend all
while staying dry and cool. Who would have thought?
Todd

Wonderful.  I suspect with the advent of cooler weather we will all be upping
our mileage.  Your ride sounds delightful.

Bob "The Bent Society" http://www.tbssfl.com/

--- In SouthFloridaRecumbentRiders@yahoogroups.com, tizzodd70@... wrote:
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turbulent moist ocean breezes kept me cool and pushed me home. As I approached
the house it started coming down. That makes for a total of 80 miles this
weekend all while staying dry and cool. Who would have thought?
> Todd
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OK, I have now had a chance to configure and mount my iBike, so its time for review 1.

First impressions are WOW!

This had to be the easiest bike computer I ever configured, and has functions and the ability to customize out the ying-yang.

Setting up my trike in the app took just mintes. No measuring of wheel circumferences required, just pick wheel diameter and tire size from the menu. Make a few other selections and it was ready to recognize the sensors. Here is where bug-1 showed up. It comes with a combo speed-cadence sensor that to put it mildly is not recumbent friendly.

There are two options:

1)      Do some surgery to graft a long piece of cable so the cadence sensor will reach.

2)      Buy separate speed and cadence ANT+ sensors

I have decided to do the latter, and have a speed sensor on my rear wheel, and am going to get the cadence sensor (not available in LBS). I just didn't get a wireless computer to then have a bunch of wires.

Second problem, the mount is designed to replace the screw in the handlebar headset. My 700 just had a plastic cap, which even if I had drilled a hole in it, would not provide the torsional strength to hold this thing. So I did a little quick engineering and came up with a simple solution. I bought a 1-inch boat drain plug with a screw-down tightener and used it in the tube as a mount for the iBike. It works fine. ThenI saw the old Sun EZ-Trike had a compression plug in its tube, so I could of swapped these (oh well).

I then set it up to use the three default screens to see what they were like and went for a quick ride Loved how easy it was to read and the multitude of data. But, I quickly decided to change them to what I wanted. There are now six customized screens with either bike data Heart rate data, comos of these, these with an active map, and one I made just to check the weather conditions. Switching between screens are as easy as swiping your finger across the screen.

Tomorrow looks like it wil bea wonderful day acordng to the weather report so it will be time to test it on a longer ride.

More to come as I get more time with this thing.

Meet In The Middle Ride Info             

Welcome all South Florida Bent Riders to the First The Idea: For the last 2 months we have averaged 11 riders on our A1A rides. From our  group of 18+ bents, this past Sat we had 14 riders.   From the enthusiastic discussions, over the past month, an idea emerged which was quickly dubbed the Meet in the Middle Ride If our fellow South Florida riders attend, we could have a presence of 25 to 30 riders on A1A. The idea is, to meet further south than our usual Lake Worth Beach/Boynton Inlet starting locations. This will make it more convenient and inviting for our Broward and Dade County riders to join in the fun.   20 So Fl riders attended our October MITM Ride. We will be riding a 32 mile loop from Deerfield Beach Beach Sat, Nov 12. You can find the ride info at; tbssfl.com. Hope to see all you So Fl riders for this great ride and lunch afterward.

This ride has definitely been rescheduled to November 19th.  See the website
http://www.tbssfl.com/ for details and map of the start point.  The Yahoo
calendar and the Google calendar have been updated to reflect this change.

--- In SouthFloridaRecumbentRiders@yahoogroups.com,
SouthFloridaRecumbentRiders@yahoogroups.com wrote:
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> Reminder from: SouthFloridaRecumbentRiders Yahoo! Group
>  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SouthFloridaRecumbentRiders/cal
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> Meet in the Middle Ride
> Saturday November 12, 2011
> 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
> (The next reminder for this event will be sent in 4 days.)
> Location: Deerfield Beach
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> The "Meet in the Middle" ride starts further south than the "Bent Beach
Cruise" to allow riders from Broward and Dade Counties easier access to our
rides. Details to follow.
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our web site http://www.tbssfl.com/
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Bike Friday SAT R DAY Classic (circa 1999)

Can't keep two travelers (SRD & VRexachetta) so one has to go.

SRAM Attack shifters
Deore LX Rear Derailer
Internal rear hub 3x
24 gears
Scorcher Tires (16")
Bacchetta Riser
Bacchetta Tweener Handlebars
Upgraded TerraCycle Flip It
Midnight Bluea

Packing materials
Samsonite Suitecase with built in TSA lock

$1,500 includes shipping.

May have a short boom and original RANS riser and hampster bars, but not sure. 
Have to dig through "stuff"

Note: Not Available until after Jan 12th.  Bike is with me in South Africa, but
not being ridden. Road cycling sucks here.  I be mountain biking.

EMAIL: joesuekeenan AT gmail DOT com for information and  pics.

Everyone Welcome!  Two days of racing on a closed Crit Course and a Velodrome. 
People ranging from first time novices to veteran racers in a wide variety of
bike styles and classes compete for fame, fortune, bragging rights and 100%
Canadian Maple Syrup.

This is a good opportunity to meet people from all over North America and see
their bikes and trikes.

There are a few rules and equipment requirements that can be found at:

http://recumbents.com/hpra/rulesand.htm

More details on the event are at:

http://recumbents.com/wisil/calendar.asp

Here's a map

Note to self: don't ride in traffic in Beijing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maGcGMtFMa4&feature=player_embedded