Comments for Velophilia http://velophilia.com For the love of riding bikes, adventure, and community Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:37:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Bike Commute Challenge 2011 by Tomas http://velophilia.com/2011/09/06/bike-commute-challenge-2011/#comment-162 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:37:55 +0000 http://velophilia.com/?p=1034#comment-162 Thanks for the heads-up, but my bike is not on ebay and is safe & sound.

I’m curious to see the ebay link to see if they used one of my photos.

]]> Comment on Bike Commute Challenge 2011 by Chris http://velophilia.com/2011/09/06/bike-commute-challenge-2011/#comment-161 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 02:31:23 +0000 http://velophilia.com/?p=1034#comment-161 Hi Tomas – this may be an odd question, but I came across your Flickr photo set of a raleigh rx 1.0 bike – the same bike is now on ebay being sold as a ‘new, never ridden’ frameset. The unique scratches, etc. on the ebay bike are an exact match to those in your Flickr set from Dec of ’10. Q – did you sell that bike, are you the person selling it on ebay, and/or by chance was your bike stolen and is being resold by a third-party on ebay? I can give you the ebay link if you’d like to check it. I assure you your bike in the Flickr set “Roxi” is the same bike on ebay being sold as a frameset. That seller is in Salt Lake City, where I believe you live or did live based on your profile.

]]> Comment on Shimano Dynohub by Tomas http://velophilia.com/2010/12/13/shimano-dynohub/#comment-143 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:45:16 +0000 http://tomasquinones.wordpress.com/2010/12/13/shimano-dynohub/#comment-143 My original light in 2008 was incandescent but all my lights since then have been LED. I noticed drag differences in different LED lights as well. I don’t know the differences in circuits, but one setup caused more vibration than the other.

]]> Comment on Shimano Dynohub by todd http://velophilia.com/2010/12/13/shimano-dynohub/#comment-142 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:23:32 +0000 http://tomasquinones.wordpress.com/2010/12/13/shimano-dynohub/#comment-142 Switching from incandescent to LED lights makes a more positive difference in resistance than from one reasonably modern/decent dynamo hub to another. See http://clevercycles.com/2010/12/10/led-dynamo-headlamps-brighter-and-less-draggy-than-halogen/ . Wonder if your old lights were halogen and new LED?

]]> Comment on Three Capes 300 Brevet by ha http://velophilia.com/2011/03/29/three-capes-300-brevet/#comment-141 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 01:57:35 +0000 http://tomasquinones.com/?p=633#comment-141 Well. The most I’ve ever ridden in one go is about 40 miles (in 1999), so from my perspective, you totally rock.
(Just sayin’.)

]]> Comment on Birkie 200k by alang http://velophilia.com/2011/03/14/birkie-200k/#comment-140 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 20:46:03 +0000 https://tomasquinones.wordpress.com/?p=608#comment-140 awesome work, thanks for sharing.
what might you do differently? do you think beef jerky or some such might have helped in the morning? i have to admit that i know little about nutrition and riding. i just eat and eat, so i should probably research that.

i thought hard about the 300k, but decided against as it would be my first brevet and i’d like to start with a 200k. since i have a few days to myself that weekend, i will be doing some solo camping, cape lookout to saddle mountain and then back home – starting in hillsboro via max. hopefully i will see you guys out there!
still planning on the night brevet in april though.

]]> Comment on Silencing My Naysayers by alang http://velophilia.com/2011/03/09/silencing-my-naysayers/#comment-139 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:09:08 +0000 http://tomasquinones.com/?p=591#comment-139 awesome. i would still be back home, probably working in the oil refineries if i listened.
fuck you, i won’t do what you tell me!

]]> Comment on My First Triathlon by Silencing My Naysayers | Tomas Quinones http://velophilia.com/2007/07/30/my-first-triathlon/#comment-110 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 21:18:23 +0000 http://tomasquinones.wordpress.com/2007/07/30/my-first-triathlon#comment-110 [...] A Sprint Distance Triathlon [...]

]]> Comment on Seattle to Portland 2007 by Silencing My Naysayers | Tomas Quinones http://velophilia.com/2007/07/16/seattle-to-portland-2007/#comment-108 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 21:18:05 +0000 http://tomasquinones.wordpress.com/2007/07/16/seattle-to-portland-2007#comment-108 [...] Biking more than 200 miles in a day [...]

]]> Comment on Silencing My Naysayers by Matt http://velophilia.com/2011/03/09/silencing-my-naysayers/#comment-138 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 21:01:29 +0000 http://tomasquinones.com/?p=591#comment-138 Thanks Tomas!

Lauren, you can do anything you put your mind to doing – and you’ve got a whole host of friends who will back you up and cheer you on. Go for it!

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