therapy

Thursday, 1 May 2008 7:51 pm by noel
posted in mine

i am now taking out-patient physical therapy after my confinement in the hospital. each new session is harder than the previous one but i think i am making good progress. often times i feel that i am too slow to recover but the doctor told me that it is not true and she cut the [...]

fixie gift of sorts

Friday, 8 February 2008 9:07 am by noel
posted in cycling

a friend of mine, felix, sent me a fixie. well, he sent a picture of a fixie. sneaky devil. the bike in the photo does look pretty cool. its from alta bikes of norway (i think). their site is cool (and hilarious) too! take a peek.
let’s see… €665 plus tax plus shipping from norway… wait, [...]

cone spanners

Sunday, 20 January 2008 6:01 pm by noel
posted in cycling

tool geek. i am. i swear. such a tool geek.
and lito would agree with me.
i always believe that one should use the proper tool for the application especially the mechanical kind. if not then one risks more damage to the item being repaired or fixed which would lead to more expense. and spending more [...]

velo 8

Sunday, 20 January 2008 12:53 pm by noel
posted in cycling

my gurlfriend and i got a cateye velo 8 for an upcoming project of ours. it will fit our intended purpose perfectly. and its cheap too at 600 pesos (us$14; € 10).
the last cyclocomputer that i had was a vetta. i think it was one of those two-button entry level models too. the wire near [...]

kikay’s measurements

Sunday, 20 January 2008 7:44 am by noel
posted in cycling

yeah. i named my bike “kikay”. its a filipino word for “female flirt” (or something like that). the picture above is her current incarnation.
list of measurements that would be good to know (for my reference):
frame:
top tube: 52 mm center to center
seat tube: 49 mm center to center
bottom bracket length: 68 mm
fork spacing: 100 mm
rear dropout [...]