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Well, I had a little time this weekend so I mounted my spring tires on my spare wheelset. I'm getting pretty fired up to get back out on the road when the weather improves. Unfortunately mother nature has seen fit to drop a decent amount of snow lately which isn't appreciated but not so much that a week's worth of decent weather can't dispatch it.

Thanks!

Wish they had the same deal on the 2TB version.

This. Sorry for your loss Knucks.

I get that the guy wants out but the odds of finding a buyer have got to be pretty remote. If he's asking $500k I'd expect there to be at least $2M in retail inventory and it doesn't sound like there's anywhere close to that but maybe I'm missing something.

Happy Birthday, Dan!

This!

Nice!

Why'd you get the drives from Newegg? They appear to be cheaper at Amazon.

Honestly, I'd strongly consider hiring a consultant. Otherwise you're just as likley to get bad results as good. But it also really depends on the level of expectation. Are we talking true isloation (which will require significant investment) or merely mitigation? In my life as a consulting structural engineer I had several experiences with clients wanting anything from mitigation to complete isolation. Migitation was generally desired by developers of multi-unit complexes where sound transmission (to suome degree) is acceptable but paper thing walls are not and I think this is where you're heading. The only person that I ever saw successfully implement isolation was Hughes-esque private masion that I'm quite sure is not what your friend is considering. To get an idea of where to start search for something like "STC rated assemblies" and have a look at this http://www.usg.com/rc/system-catalogs/acoustical-assemblies-en-SA200.pdf. Skip to the end where you can see some typical construction details. There is a minor tangential concern with how much weight you might potentially be adding to the first floor framing (basement ceiling) if you really go whole hog and start adding a bunch of shielding material.

I love Jeff's definition of cheaper.

Happy Birthday Colin!

Blech, Chris. Reminds me of the day I barely had enough time to squeeze in a ride and promptly had my chain skip the big cog and get lodged in my rear wheel. Fuuuuuuuuuu...

Happy Birthday, Steve!!

Happy Birthday!

That's certainly a doable budget with the right expectations. If you're looking at flat-bar/upright bikes then pretty much any decent hard tail MTB or city bike would be good directoin to go. The Jamis already mentioned seems nice. I would try to get to your LBS and at least sit on a few and see how they feel and get a good idea for sizing. If your not comfortable working on bikes I'd suggest just figuring (and including in your budget) on $50 to $100 for a good comprehensive tuneup if you end up purchasing a used ride. But really there's no reason not to buy used and hopefully get better value for your $$.

This.

Define inexpensive. $1000? $100? I think http://www.airbornebicycles.com/category/56-cyclocross-cx.aspx would be a great urban assault vehicle.

5>4 therefore 5. Simple math.

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Bwaaahahahahaha!

Take a picture of how you have it mounted. It took a couple of tries to get mine to work but eventually it worked just fine. Now, I can't get the cadence sensor to work because there's too much offset between the crank arm and the receiver but that's a different issue.

For those that might not frequent the DIY forum the Mafia gained a (new/old/reluctant) member last night.

I happened to be reading the Head-Fi DIY forum today for the first time in probably a month or more and came across a thread that pointed at Par-Metals site. The short of it is there appears to have been a semi-catestrophic fire at Par-Metals office/warehouse at the end of January which has currently halted all production of enclosures. I checked Antec's site (the one I actually care about) and they are very limited in what they have as of 2/4 but are saying that they'll be restocked in one to two months. Anyway, just figured I'd give folks a heads up. I can work around the delay on for my project so it's no big deal.

Yeah, that sounds like what I'm seeing. Pretty strange...