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keesan
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response 250 of 291:
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Sep 5 15:14 UTC 2002 |
I am thinking we should lock our bikes in the yard together in 2s or 3s, so
nobody will ride off with them.
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tod
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response 251 of 291:
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Sep 5 16:09 UTC 2002 |
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jep
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response 252 of 291:
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Sep 5 16:42 UTC 2002 |
My bike, and the Trail a Bike, has been unlocked in the bike rack at my
apartment complex all summer, and has been fine. They might be getting
a bit rusty, and I should doubtless do something about that soon, but I
see no reason to expect they'll be stolen.
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jep
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response 253 of 291:
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Sep 5 16:44 UTC 2002 |
It was bemusing, when Jim and Sindi came to visit, that they were very
insistent about locking up their bikes each time they got off them. I
do have a bike lock. I'll remember where the keys are, someday. Maybe.
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tod
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response 254 of 291:
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Sep 5 16:54 UTC 2002 |
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scott
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response 255 of 291:
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Sep 5 18:00 UTC 2002 |
When I visited my sister in San Francisco a few years back she loaned me a
bicycle... and *two* locks. The theory was that bike thieves only carried
tools for one kind of lock, so I was using a U-lock and a high-tech cable lock
at the same time.
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keesan
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response 256 of 291:
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Sep 5 18:05 UTC 2002 |
Some bikes around town here have the frame locked with a U-lock and then a
cable lock around both wheels. Some people also lock their quick-release
seatposts. Thanks for the idea about locking front-to-back, but I don't think
anyone could easily get two bikes even front to front out the narrow gate
here.
A bike we gave the neighbor was stolen off her front porch. She is locking
the replacement to her ladder.
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scg
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response 257 of 291:
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Sep 5 22:27 UTC 2002 |
Um, taking an unlocked bike from an alley because it's been there for a few
hours is stealing it. Maybe if it had been there for weeks it would be a
different story, but even then going to the police to make sure it hadn't been
reported stolen would be a good idea.
Not taking proper precautions to prevent something from getting stolen perhaps
makes it getting stolen predictable, but it doesn't make stealing it ok.
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polytarp
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response 258 of 291:
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Sep 5 23:10 UTC 2002 |
I am the one who took bur's bike; and I will be holding it hostage.
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mdw
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response 259 of 291:
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Sep 6 06:38 UTC 2002 |
I think both where you're located, and the nature of the bikes, has a
lot to do with the likelyhood of it being stolen. Right now, as
students move in, is a particularly bad time to leave anything
unattended near campus - this is prime hunting season for opportunists
hoping to capitalize on careless mistakes made by students out on their
own for the first time.
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keesan
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response 260 of 291:
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Sep 6 13:56 UTC 2002 |
We have been invited to a tomato party in Olivet, east of Bellevue, Sat. Sept.
14. Are there any working passenger train stations in the vicinity that we
don't know about? (I. e., does it stop in Marshall - I recall that it did
not but I may be wrong). Marshall is only about one day's bike ride away.
Olivet is about 20 miles west/SW of Eaton Rapids. The train tracks go through
all these places and there is even an Olivet Station near Olivet but I doubt
that there is any passenger service to it. Olivet pop 1185. Many of these
little towns have airports but no public transportation. The party is in the
evening so we could take an afternoon train back the next day if it existed
and were within biking distance - may try to measure to Battle Creek in case
it is within 30 miles. From here to Olivet looks about 80 miles so we could
conceivable make it back in two days. Jim's housemate sometimes takes a truck
to Battle Creek on weekends. We have biked to Paw Paw and back. John, were
you planning by any chance to go to Eaton Rapids that Saturday?
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keesan
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response 261 of 291:
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Sep 6 14:35 UTC 2002 |
Olivet is a reasonable biking distance from Battle Creek, or Marshall, and
if we were to leave early enough, from Lansing. Are there any grexers headed
in that general direction the 14th or even the 13th, who can take two bikes
and some camping gear and two people along? The train to Battle Creek
(without much advanced notice - that would have cut the fare in half) is $38
1-way for two adults, but they prefer the bikes to be in boxes which is an
additional $12 per person and lots of nuisance.
There are some nasty looking numbered roads in the way between Battle Creek
and Olivet but I presume we can find some way to get around them with good
maps. We went several miles out of our way to be able to cross 23 but there
seems to be a bridge over 69 that is not a red line. Does anyone know that
area. There is actually a Battle Creek (blue line).
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keesan
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response 262 of 291:
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Sep 6 23:59 UTC 2002 |
JEP very kindly offered to make a special trip to take us to Olivet but I
explained that we are trying to minimize gasoline burning, not cadge free
rides. (We do have a motor vehicle). We may be able to go visit some people
in Eaton Rapids some other time with the Johns. Jim's housemate is
interested in tomatoes but has other plans. We may actually get some work
done on the house instead of gallivanting.
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keesan
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response 263 of 291:
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Sep 9 23:21 UTC 2002 |
We may go on a second adventure after all. Stay tuned for details. All we
need to do first is pick lots of pears and grapes and apples, process them,
freeze a crate of greens, recycle 6 more computers, make a computer, and pack
things for camping and we have four days to do it in. Easy.
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russ
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response 264 of 291:
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Sep 9 23:21 UTC 2002 |
Adjusting the cable on the front derailleur made it work a bit better,
but didn't fix the problem. Oil on the joints improved it further; I
can now depend on it shifting, albeit not as quickly as I'd like. I
believe the stop screw isn't even a factor (I couldn't see it protruding
when I looked at the bike), so it's either dirt or it's bent. Either
way, not too hard to fix or live with.
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keesan
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response 265 of 291:
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Sep 10 00:24 UTC 2002 |
Feel free to fix my front derailleur now you are an expert. It still takes
two arms to move it (or a stick to lift up the chain manually and move it
over). Anyone know what might be making my front brakes really noisy? We
could not see anything out of alignment. Cantilever brakes. The repair book
said some brakes are just noisy and you should get earplugs. I feel bad using
them at night (but it does get pedestrians to move quickly out of the way).
Rain possible next weekend. I hope they move it up a few days. Eaton County
has the distinction of having nothing at all mentioned about it in any of the
library books about what to see in Michigan. No big cities or state parks
or famous restaurants. Sounds very peaceful. Jim is getting us ready by
fixing a tape deck, a VCR and a boombox (so we will have more space to pack).
It was too hot to go outside to work on the bikes. He should put an aluminum
front wheel on his Murray. The seat post is too short on his better one that
already has the pannier racks - anyone have a super long seatpost?
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jep
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response 266 of 291:
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Sep 10 01:13 UTC 2002 |
There is a pretty famous restaurant outside of Eaton Rapids, though I
can't remember the name. Eaton County is a lot like Lenawee County; a
mostly rural farming county.
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gull
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response 267 of 291:
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Sep 10 02:23 UTC 2002 |
Re #265: Have you tried sanding the brake shoes to break the glaze, or
getting new ones? My brakes tend to get noisy when the pads get glazed or
the rubber hardens from age.
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scg
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response 268 of 291:
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Sep 10 06:19 UTC 2002 |
You probably need to "toe in" the brake pads. That is, make the front of the
pad hit the rim before the back of it does.
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keesan
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response 269 of 291:
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Sep 10 22:44 UTC 2002 |
Thanks, we will try both these fixes. Before the next trip, I hope. I really
sound like a banshee going down hills.
I have started posting our bike trip photos at www.usol.com/~keesan/aug02.htm.
20 photos (about a third of the trip).
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clees
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response 270 of 291:
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Sep 11 07:59 UTC 2002 |
Check your site, Sindy. Nice. It seems some links (to pictures) don't
work.
I invite you to have a look at my biking site:
http://www.godutch.myweb.nl/
Working parts are: Slide show, 'behind me'; stories on Italy 1996,
Pyrenees 1997, Alps 2000. Under contruction are Alps 2001, M. Ventoux
2001 and Italy 2002, and the 'front wheel' (quiting)
It's ever growing and graphic intensive.
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keesan
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response 271 of 291:
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Sep 11 13:27 UTC 2002 |
I will check out your site next time I am using a graphical browser, Clees.
I found one broken link in the Aug2002 section (to Hanni's info - I typed the
wrong URL) - which other ones were broken? For a while I had the jpgs in the
wrong directory but they are moved now, please check again and let me know
what else does not work. It is very slow for me to check them all with my
modem connection. I will post more soon (today?).
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keesan
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response 272 of 291:
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Sep 11 17:06 UTC 2002 |
Clees, may I put a link to your site at mysite? I have finished posting
and would appreciate knowing of any broken links. www.usol.com/~keesan.
Does anyone know how, using the command lines of cuteftp for DOS, I can
1. Go back to a higher level directory?
2. Move files between directories?
I cannot find the manual for cuteftp anywhere online. Does grex have anything
better than the list of commands that I get when I type ? in cuteftp?
I figured out how to list local and nonlocal files, to put and get, to quit
and close, etc.
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clees
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response 273 of 291:
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Sep 11 19:42 UTC 2002 |
Next time I am browsing I'll keep an eye to it, but it might take some
time. As from next Saturday I'll be in your town for a week.
And of course you made add alink on your site. I' shall put a link on
my site, then.
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keesan
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response 274 of 291:
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Sep 11 19:51 UTC 2002 |
We may miss you as we hope to go biking for a week leaving Saturday ;(
I have asked a grexer with a DSL line that he could not think of much use for
to check out my links to the photos. Clees, do you have a place lined up to
stay while you are in Ann Arbor? What are your plans (I have not been reading
your travel item).
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