Vector Calculus is fun, but it sure is nice to get some fresh air and oxygen once in a while.
Custom bikepacking gear sewn in Grand Junction, CO.
Friday, September 16, 2011
Hike A Bike Tutorial Video!
400 miles on the commuter since school started, and I haven't driven there yet. Last weekend Fritz and I rode Camp Trail to the Colorado Trail then did a few miles on the ridge up to around 13,000 feet!
Vector Calculus is fun, but it sure is nice to get some fresh air and oxygen once in a while.
Vector Calculus is fun, but it sure is nice to get some fresh air and oxygen once in a while.
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Just to prove I do occasionally ride with real live people.
Crazy, I know? Its a good brake from a whole bunch of 3D Calculus, bike commuting on the mean streets of Grand Junction with 18 pounds of books, and tutoring other people in math and physics.
Real people, real dirt, perfect weather, on a flat, Flowy trail.
And, a nice bike shot from Fritz's Dallas Divide hike/ride yesterday, while I was stuck inside sewing and doing Material Science homework.
Real people, real dirt, perfect weather, on a flat, Flowy trail.
And, a nice bike shot from Fritz's Dallas Divide hike/ride yesterday, while I was stuck inside sewing and doing Material Science homework.
Saturday, September 3, 2011
More Bags
I just finished up another order, for two Niners.
And a customer pic of a Spot with CM frame bag.
To meet the customer's timeline on this one, I got frame dimensions directly from Spot customer service, and they were very helpful, and the guy I was corresponding with has made some frame bags so knew exactly what I was talking about!
Note: Only the frame bag is by me, the seat bag and bar bag are of other origin.
In other nerdy news, I'm playing around with Maxima, a free computer algebra system similar to Maple, and it is slick: 3D plots that can be rotated, symbolic integration, Taylor series calculators, and way way more. Despite my vocal dislike for computers, they sure can be useful.
And a customer pic of a Spot with CM frame bag.
To meet the customer's timeline on this one, I got frame dimensions directly from Spot customer service, and they were very helpful, and the guy I was corresponding with has made some frame bags so knew exactly what I was talking about!
Note: Only the frame bag is by me, the seat bag and bar bag are of other origin.
In other nerdy news, I'm playing around with Maxima, a free computer algebra system similar to Maple, and it is slick: 3D plots that can be rotated, symbolic integration, Taylor series calculators, and way way more. Despite my vocal dislike for computers, they sure can be useful.
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Climbing Gear for Sale!
Well, I'm getting old and boring and need to sell off some climbing gear to fund the bike thing.
good condition unless specified - minor aid routes, but no falls.
Wild Country Long Stem Zeros 3, 4, 5, 6 Comes with the two WC Xenon(?) wiregates and the Cypher Firefly wiregates $45 each/$170 set
DMM 0.75 TCU cam Green $30
Trango #4 cam Grey $20
Trango #5 cam Yellow $20
Black Diamond Hex #9 Gold $5
Black Diamond Micronuts set 1-6 $40 set
ABC small Aluminum nuts 1-5 $15 set (#3 was hammered in on aid and has a mangled head and broken cable strands)
Rock Empire curved nuts 4-8 $15
0.125 Tricam never placed $10
0.45 Tricam - a filed down and reslung bootied pink (0.5) tricam. $20 for both
5 Black Diamond Angle Pitons, 4 Black Diamond Lost Arrow Pitons, 3 Stubai knifeblades, 1 SMC bong-bong piton (the big one), 1 Lucky hook (yellow) 1 Stubai hook (red), BD hammer holster, homemade hook pouch, old piton hammer, sawed off BD spectre ice piton (modified for grungy aid cracks), #3 BD Pecker (excellent condition - tried to place once, didn't fit) $90 takes all the piton stuff.
Miscellaneous carabiners, some good, some bootied and beat hard on aid. 8 ovals, 2 lockers, 3 D's, 1 rap ring $30 for all 13 pictured.
La Sportiva Cliff shoes, well used, should be resoled. Size 44 (fits my mens 12 feet) $20 OBO
more pics here
Willing to ship, Paypal only. Email with any questions to jeremycleaveland@gmail.com
good condition unless specified - minor aid routes, but no falls.
Wild Country Long Stem Zeros 3, 4, 5, 6 Comes with the two WC Xenon(?) wiregates and the Cypher Firefly wiregates $45 each/$170 set
DMM 0.75 TCU cam Green $30
Trango #4 cam Grey $20
Trango #5 cam Yellow $20
Black Diamond Hex #9 Gold $5
Black Diamond Micronuts set 1-6 $40 set
ABC small Aluminum nuts 1-5 $15 set (#3 was hammered in on aid and has a mangled head and broken cable strands)
Rock Empire curved nuts 4-8 $15
0.125 Tricam never placed $10
0.45 Tricam - a filed down and reslung bootied pink (0.5) tricam. $20 for both
5 Black Diamond Angle Pitons, 4 Black Diamond Lost Arrow Pitons, 3 Stubai knifeblades, 1 SMC bong-bong piton (the big one), 1 Lucky hook (yellow) 1 Stubai hook (red), BD hammer holster, homemade hook pouch, old piton hammer, sawed off BD spectre ice piton (modified for grungy aid cracks), #3 BD Pecker (excellent condition - tried to place once, didn't fit) $90 takes all the piton stuff.
Miscellaneous carabiners, some good, some bootied and beat hard on aid. 8 ovals, 2 lockers, 3 D's, 1 rap ring $30 for all 13 pictured.
La Sportiva Cliff shoes, well used, should be resoled. Size 44 (fits my mens 12 feet) $20 OBO
more pics here
Willing to ship, Paypal only. Email with any questions to jeremycleaveland@gmail.com
Friday, August 26, 2011
Hike a Bike Magnet
Evidently, I'm a hike a bike magnet. Last Saturday, I was intent on not biking at all, to give the old body some rest, but after a day of sewing and sitting around, 6:30 pm hit and I just had to get out of the house. The General, my old SS/fixie mtb beaconed me to the Tabeguache Trail off Hwy 141 up Nine Mile Hill, so I chucked a bit of stuff in and drove off for a casual climb up a gentle 4x4 road. After climbing for a little while, I came to a spot (off the main trail) where I'd been before, and noticed a nice looking dry slickrock streambed down below... and just had to check it out. The call was irresistible. Downhill hike a bike ensued, but with a bike that literally weighted half of what the loaded CT bike weighted, it was pleasurable.
Self timer shots near dusk don't always work out.
Riding in the stream bed was fun, but all the potholes reminded me of why the big wheels are worth it. More sections of downhill hike a bike were involved, then some uphill hike a bike contouring around back up to rejoin the 4x4 road.
The Fisticommuter got about 130 commuter miles on it this week, along with a nice Sunday ride on an unloaded mtb in Glade Park with a couple bike shop guys. Riding with other people and a light bike is an interesting concept. I like it!
The Fisticommuter is clad with Jones Loop H Bars this year, and so far I'm liking them. I tried them out with a bar bag, just for fun, and the bag does not wiggle At All.
Classes are going well, they should all be appropriately challenging and fun topics. My nerdy self is coming back quite naturally.
Self timer shots near dusk don't always work out.
Riding in the stream bed was fun, but all the potholes reminded me of why the big wheels are worth it. More sections of downhill hike a bike were involved, then some uphill hike a bike contouring around back up to rejoin the 4x4 road.
The Fisticommuter got about 130 commuter miles on it this week, along with a nice Sunday ride on an unloaded mtb in Glade Park with a couple bike shop guys. Riding with other people and a light bike is an interesting concept. I like it!
The Fisticommuter is clad with Jones Loop H Bars this year, and so far I'm liking them. I tried them out with a bar bag, just for fun, and the bag does not wiggle At All.
Classes are going well, they should all be appropriately challenging and fun topics. My nerdy self is coming back quite naturally.
Monday, August 22, 2011
Back to School!
Twas the first day back at school - my nineteenth year in school in fact.
Yippee Horray!!!
I'm taking Calculus III, Statics, Materials Science, and General Chemistry.
Despite the 90+ degree heat and the load of books on the OMM Sherpa rack, the road was beckoning, so I pedaled the wrong way to Little Park Road and went uphill for a few miles - parts were a 15% grade. Then maxed out at 40.1 mph on the descent. Sweet!
Sorry..... no pics.
Yippee Horray!!!
I'm taking Calculus III, Statics, Materials Science, and General Chemistry.
Despite the 90+ degree heat and the load of books on the OMM Sherpa rack, the road was beckoning, so I pedaled the wrong way to Little Park Road and went uphill for a few miles - parts were a 15% grade. Then maxed out at 40.1 mph on the descent. Sweet!
Sorry..... no pics.
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