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Someone had a good weekend
Lesson here, never be the first to fall asleep in a group house situation. Mind you he does have a smile on his face that would indicate he is having a good time.
Never order take away with Gary
And don't get between an animal and its food. How does he stay so "buff"?
Canberra Wrap - June Long Weekend 07
Figured I'd put this in as a blog rather than four individual posts for the four days.
Let me start by saying what a bummer it was that you fell ill Rob and couldn't join us down there. That said you really didn't miss much at all so there is no point in you reading on any further.
Stolen: Trek Madone 5.5 2007 Model
A friend of mine has had his roadie stolen from Greenwich, Sydney this weekend, it's rather unique especially with the spinergy wheels and Chris King Pretty & Strong Pink
Headset. If you see it around please let me and/or the police know.
The specifics are:
Trek Madone 5.5 2007 Model (Black and white colour)
Spinergy Xaero Light Wheels - White Kevlar spokes with one blue spoke per wheel
Pink Chris King headset
White Fizik bar tape
Shimano Durace groupset
Sella Italia SLR Gel Flow saddle
Thanks
Rob
Bored in Sydney
For all of you who were having fun in Canberra this weekend. Waaaaaa! Stop it, us ill folk in Sydney are soooo jealous.
FWIW, the weekend wasn't completely wasted here, I managed to put some nice header images up top of the pages. You like?
There was also this shot I found in the gallery. Looked like there was a smudge on the lens or something. Managed to clean it up a little:
You can thank me later Blondie 
GPS Holder
Here's the GPS holder (described here) with a unit inside and fixed to a... erm... 'tube'
OK, so that would be your stem or top tube and not a can of glue, but you get the idea.
GPS Holder
Here's a simple GPS holder for a Garmin Edge, although this would probably work with any old GPS/Computer.
Both the mounts that came with the unit broke so while searching for a replacement thought to kill two birds with one stone and make a protective mount. The reasoning behind this was to protect the screen and also keep sand out of the front two buttons (start/stop & lap/reset) which can become jammed with grit (although this can be fixed, see Edge 305 and MTB woes at MB forums).
RAAM
The race across America has started and the Australian Richard Vollebregt is going strong, He is the club president of the Southern Highlands cycle club and World record holder of across Australia, he did nearly 4000km in about 8.5 days from Perth to Sydney last year breaking the previous 9 year old record by 23 hours.
The race started at 2am our time and Richard is in 2nd place although the leader has received 2 time penalties totaling 45min putting our Richard in front! and only 2929 miles to go. Go Dicky!
http://www.raceacrossamerica.org/
Downloading and converting KMZ and KML files to Edge 305
Greetings
As a newbie to the world of GPS, I am looking to leverage anybody else's experiences.
the ride database has lots of cool rides, and there are many other resources that provide Google Earth, GPS and GPX files.
I have looked at Motion Based, and while there are some good trails on there, I am interested to know if it is possible to convert Google Earth files into a format that the Edge and Training Centre can import.
I looked at a number of utilities so far, but confess there is a somewhat bewildering array of these out there, none of which seem to quite get there.
TIF
Mark
How to Mount a Garmin Cadence Sensor on a Cannondale Rush
This is a very quick description of how I managed to get the cadence sensor from a Garmin Edge mounted on a Cannondale Rush.
The problem with the Rush is that the rear wheel 'hangs' from a swing arm that is higher than most. Definitely higher than the designers of the Garmin sensor intended.
There were two possible options to solve this problem:
- Disassemble the sensor, mount the main body somewhere else, then extend the wiring between it and the wheel sensor and mount that on the rear arm.
- Create some kind of mount that hangs under the rear arm and holds the sensor in the location it was intended.
Although several articles can be found that describe success with the first option, the latter sounded a little easier and less prone to bad mistakes - if you don't get the measurements quiet right you've just ruined 20c worth of aluminium, not a costly sensor.