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October 2006
Fall Colors Ride Fort Klamath to Rocky Point

• I've posted a slide show and a short ride report of our ride here

October 2006
Ride Through Paradise

• I've posted a slide show of the annual century CASA bicyle ride in Klamath Falls, OR. here

March 2006
Wine Country Tour

• I've posted a slide show of our tour through Napa and Sonoma Valley here

October 2005
Tandem Touring In The Lake Champlain Islands

• I've posted a report and slide show of our tour in the Lake Champlain Islands here

Mixing Campy Shifting and Shimano Hubs

• In 2002 I converted my commuter bike from XT levers to Campy Ergo shifters. I did the conversion myself after researching options for mixing the two brands of components. Finding out how to combine the two brands was interesting. The information is out there, but it takes some looking. What I've enclosed below was not pioneered by me. I spent some time finding out how others did this in the past and put the information in one place for convenient reading. I found six ways to mix Campy Ergo levers with Shimano rear hubs.
• There are two version of this file, a high resolution and low resolution version . Higher resolution looks a little better on screen and prints very nicely. The low resolution version downloads quickly and looks OK on screen. They both have the same information. Click the link below to download the version you want. This file is a work in progress and I will update it as I learn more. The first version was 1.0
• The files are in portable document format, pdf. To view these files you must have Adobe's Acrobat Reader installed. If you don't already have this installed on your computer, visit Adobe's site, www.adobe.com, and download it for free. Readers are available for all operating systems. Click on the links below to view online. You can also use your right mouse button to click on the file and "Save Target As" directly to your hard drive.
  • High resolution click here (approximately 2.8mb's) to download Ver 1.4 last updated 8/30/2005
  • Low resolution click here (approximately 300K) to download Ver 1.4 last updated 8/30/2005

2002 Rans Screamer Report

• This is a report on the Rans Screamer we bought in January 2002. You will see pictures of the new bike and components You will learn about how the bike was configured and solutions to problems that developed after riding the bike. This report will be helpful to read if you are thinking about purchasing a recumbent tandem or wanting to use the Vision/JB Import IPS on any tandem.
• On August 16, 2004 I updated this document with information about the new and improved Rans seat hinge for the Screamer and the availability of IPS for Angletech Screamers.
• There are two version of this file, a high resolution and low resolution version . Higher resolution looks better on screen and prints very nicely. The low resolution version downloads quickly and looks OK on screen. They have the same information. Click the link below to download the version you want.
• The files are in portable document format, pdf. To view these files you must have Adobe's Acrobat Reader installed. If you don't already have this installed on your computer, visit Adobe's site, www.adobe.com, and download it for free. Readers are available for all operating systems. Click on the links below to view online. You can also use your right mouse button to click on the file and "Save Target As" directly to your hard drive.
  
  • High resolution click here (approximately 6.2mb's) to download Ver 1.3 updated 8/16/2004
  • Low resolution click here (approximately 405K) to download Ver 1.3 updated 8/16/2004

Rans Screamer Crank Run out

• I posted a 7 second high resolution video showing the crank run out on our IPS Screamer. The video shows two backward rotations of the crank with a dial indicator placed against the tip of a 48 tooth ring. I measured .050--.053" of run out. This was approximately 1/16".
• There are two versions of this file, mpg and QuickTime. Mpg works well for Windows operating systems, but if you have QuickTime you can also download the QuickTime file. Macintosh users may want to download the QuickTime file. There is no sound. You may need to adjust the brightness and contrast of your player in the video settings to improve viewing. I would also recommend that you select the loop option in your player.
• Click on the links below to view online. You can also use your right mouse button to click on the file and "Save Target As" directly to your hard drive.
  
  • Click here for mpg, Crank_mpg.mpg (approximate file size is 1.2 mb's)