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— The age-old debate about heredity vs. environment doesn't apply to John Harbaugh.
The 49-year-old head coach of the Baltimore Ravens and the most successful member of Philadelphia Eagles coach Andy Reid's coaching tree has an overload of both, which could explain why he's been able to accomplish so much in such a short time.
Harbaugh grew up in a football family. His father Jack coached Western Kentucky to the NCAA Division I-AA championship in 2002. His brother Jim was an NFL quarterback for 14 seasons and nearly led the San Francisco 49ers into the Super Bowl in his first year as head coach last season.
Heck, if the Lingerie Football League had been around when his mother Jackie was a little younger, there's a good bet she would have a playing resume too.
Harbaugh also spent 10 seasons as an Eagles assistant, nine of them under Reid, who actually did him a favor by demoting him in 2007 from special teams coordinator to secondary coach so he could be more well-rounded for a potential head-coaching job down the road. (Special teams coordinators rarely are serious head-coaching candidates.)
That opportunity came after just one season, when the Ravens hired him to take over.
All Harbaugh has done since that moment is become the first coach in NFL history to advance in the playoffs in each of his first four seasons, two of them ending in the AFC Championship game.
He brings a career regular-season record of 45-20 and playoff record of 5-4 into today's matchup against his old boss.
Harbaugh obviously had the essentials to be a major success in the NFL before he even arrived in Philadelphia in 1998. But his decade in green is really what's made him so sharp in purple.
"I've said this a lot of times, there's my dad and there's Andy, the two biggest influences in a coaching career," Harbaugh said. "I was with Andy for nine, 10 years and pretty much learned how to run a pro team, how to deal with the players, how to organize a schedule, how to set up training camp, how to run a practice.
"All of the things that you probably have to make a transition from being an assistant coach to a head coach came from Andy, and ... that's where you start and you kind of evolve the way you evolve. But we still have a lot of contact and I still get a lot of ideas through Andy and advice and things like that. He's just been a great mentor."
Reid never would have kept Harbaugh, who was hired by Reid's predecessor, Ray Rhodes, on the staff when he took over in 1999 if he didn't see what so many others see now.
"He's a football coach," Reid said. "He's a teacher. He's intelligent and a hard worker. He's tough and good with people. Those are qualities that you need to advance as you move up the coaching ladder. [Ravens general manager] Ozzie [Newsome] gave him an opportunity where a lot of people would ignore a special teams coach. I think the special teams coach has to deal with both sides of the football [and] as many people as a head coach does as far as it comes to dealing with the football team.
"Then he had the experience of dealing with the media. Their job is a little underrated in my eyes. And then he had the opportunity to move over to the defensive side for one quick shot there."
Newsome didn't just take Reid's recommendation to hire Harbaugh. He called around the league, even picked the brain of at least one Eagles player at the time.
Everything came back the same, with a heavy comparison to the tough-love style of Reid, who keeps most of his outbursts private.
"He'll [bleepity-bleep] you behind closed doors," that Eagle, now retired, told me of Harbaugh during training camp in 2008. "But in public and in meetings he'll be as nice as you can be, talk the player up, all that."
This is the trait about Reid his players and coaches love most. He never takes his criticisms public, and of all the environmental data Harbaugh has processed over the years, that might have been most important.
Harbaugh arrived in Baltimore at age 45, hired by an owner, Steve Bisciotti, just two years his senior.
The Ravens have done everything but make the Super Bowl since, and likely would have made it last season if not for the play clock malfunction (or non-malfunction) in New England that marred the end of January's AFC title game and should have merited another investigation into the tactics of Bill Belichick.


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2. Useful Links - Last Updated 06/28/07
General Game Information
Diablo: IncGamers
Home sweet home. This is the gateway to all the D2 goodness you can handle. News and articles, complete items database, downloads, fan art, and much more than I can cover in just a few sentences. Go see!
Diablo Wiki and Diablo 2 Wiki
The Diablo Wiki built and maintained by the members of this forum. It contains extensive information about the games including NPC text, monster stats, runewords, character skills, quests and much more.
Battle.net website and Forums Index
Blizzard news, patch downloads and forums.
The Arreat Summit
An online guide to D2 maintained by Blizzard and updated for patch 1.11b. Horadric Cube recipes, complete runeword lists and statistics, information on skills, quests, monsters, and much more.
Dii.net Strategy Compendium
An awesome archive of character build guides for PvM and PvP play. Be sure to check out the Class-Specific Strategy forums for even more guides.
Facts & Formulae Archive, by Dracoy & co
A treasure trove of tables and formulae can be found in this oft-overlooked compilation from the Strategy Compendium. MF diminishing returns table, FBR/FCR breakpoints, Leveling Guide, Command line options, and lots more.
Level Up Guide, by denis
This wonderful chart compares character level against current Act/Difficulty to measure optimal experience gains and penalties.
Pits Guide, by shadow_247
This awesome guide has all the dirt on this very popular and profitable magic find run area. Also has details on good character builds and equipment as well as a comparison between the pros and cons of running the Pit versus the other a85 zones. Highly recommended.
The Mercenary Guide, by Sunbearie & Team
Everything you could possibly want to know about hirelings ... and then some.
Battle.net Channel Commands, by Dii Legend
A comprehensive and descriptive listing of the target line codes, channel, and in-game commands available for Diablo II. No player should be without this excellent guide!
1.11 Diablo Clone Hunting Guide, by Camintoi
Is that pesky Diablo Clone giving you a headache? Don't know how to find him? This guide is for you. Have questions? Post there. Hoarshade's older version of this guide may be found here.
The Uber Guide to the Uber, by PvtCaboose
Details on the 1.11 "Tristram Triplets" quest – Keys, Organs, levels and bosses. Another older version of this guide (by C Squad) may be found here.
Running Two Copies of D2 on One Computer, by Orphan
Information about running two instances of Diablo II on a single computer via WinXp's fast user switching feature.
Running Two Copies of D2 on OS X, by Supox
A guide with information on running two instances of Diablo II on a single computer running OS X
Item Generation Tutorial for Patch 1.11 (V1.0), by Warrior of Light (from the Statistics Forum)
An exhaustive explanation of how the game generates item drops ... not for the faint of heart!
A Mini Guide to Rushing Level 1's and Rune Farming, by skihard
A short guide to self-rushing characters for the sole purpose of reaping the Hellforge rewards.
MF Guide for 1.10/1.11 (v.0.9), by Hrus (from the Single Player Forum)
A thorough guide to magic finding. Includes information on optimal character builds, equipment, area and boss targets, and much more.
The Comprehensive BNet Magic Find Guide, by Darnoc
Similar to Hrus' guide, with a more BNet-centric slant.
Guide to Altering Items In-Game, by Uzziah (from the Single Player Forum)
A deep guide explaining the manipulation of affixes and sockets using the various quest rewards, Horadric Cube and crafting recipes. Excellent!
A Guide to Charms in 1.10/1.11, by kronos – updated by corax (from the Single Player Forum)
Learn all about charm affixes and the item levels needed to find or roll them via the Horadric Cube with this excellent guide. Also contains some information about gauging their potential trade values.
Building Wealth on the Ladder: A Guide for the Poor and Impoverished, by handofnaz (from the Newcomer Forum)
The title speaks for itself. An excellent, detailed guide to building wealth when starting from scratch.
Poor Man's Guide to Fun and Profit, by jagermeister
A guide for building wealth the smart way – useful to newcomers and veterans alike.
Terms, Abbreviations, Acronyms for D2 2007, by Thyiad
"OMG n00b, w8 4 sorc tp!" Can't figure out what the heck half the folks on Battle.net are saying? Look it up in this great thread from the Newcomer Forum. Now you can be ub4r 1337 and speak complete gibberish too! A link to the older version of this guide can be found here.
V1.11b Destruction Key Run (Mini) Guide for (Skellie) Necromancers, by Cyber Dragon
While this guide is mostly intended for necros, it contains links to images showing the floorplans for the Halls of Pain/Vaught for faster, efficient Nihlathak runs – useful for all DKey runners. Great work! Note: A smaller, printer friendly version of the Halls of Vaught map can be found here (thanks Quietust).
Watch Out For Scams!! Updated & Condensed, by Darnoc and others (from the Newcomer Forum)
Learn about the tricks online scammers use and protect yourself. Knowledge is power.
Goldfinding with some Gambling on the side, by -Tempus-
Basic information on goldfinding statistics on items as well as an archive of links to various goldfarming thread topics. See page 2 for an updated list of links.
The Cow King, by -Tempus- (from the Classic Forum)
Moo! All the pesky details concerning the rules for killing the Cow King and all the circumstances for which one may kill the king without ruining the quest flag for others. While this guide was written with D2Classic players in mind, the same rules apply to LOD (just substitute Baal for Diablo).
Nihlathak 1.0.1, by mephiztophelez
A great in-depth guide and discussion about acquiring the Keys of Destruction from Nihlathak.
Technical Support
Blizzard Technical Support for Diablo II | CD Key Replacement Information
Common installation and gameplay issues & suggestions for resolving them, patch information, password recovery, contact and CD key replacement information.
Open Technical Support Forums (Battle.net website)
A forum-based resource for tech-support. Be sure to read the stickied FAQs before posting there.
inDiablo.de Calculators (Index)
Many excellent calculators here including the famous Weapon Speed Calculator, Skill Calculator and more. Not all of these are available in English.
Equipment Upgrade Calculators for Weapon Damage and Armor Defense
Useful for determining the stats for equipment upgraded via the Horadric Cube. Note that the armor calculator is v1.10 and assumes that ethereal uniques will lose their ethereal bonuses when upgraded. This is no longer true in v1.11.
Things you SHOULD know about Diablo 2 (from the Battle.net forums)
A very large thread that covers a variety of frequently asked questions - a must read for newbies and veterans alike. Questions are indexed for easy reference. Thanks to Dawnmaster for digging this up!
Skill Granting Items 2.1 tables of oskills, auras, ctc and more, by Kijya (from the Statistics forum)
An excellent compilation of tables that list all available skill-granting uniques, sets and runewords.
Official Ladder News and FAQ, by Gorny
What the heck is the difference between Ladder and Non-Ladder play? What will happen to my stuff when it resets? When will the Ladder reset? All of these questions (and more) are answered in this thread. Check it out.
Stompwampa's Ultimate Guide to Lost CD-Keys and Broken Play Discs, by Stompwampa
What are your options? Read all about it in this excellent thread.
The Dark Library (now archived at Diablo Wiki)
Grab your flashlight and come browse through the moldy, forbidden tomes of the Dark Library. Exclusive, original fan fiction set in the realms of Diablo, Worlds of Warcraft, and others. Supported by our Fan Fiction forum.
The Official ATMA Page
The famous muling application for Single Player! For questions and comments, please post in this thread.
The Cool Screenshot Thread
D2 Screenshot collection - funny screenshots, awesome screenshots, weird screenshots ... you get the picture. Have cool screenshots you'd like to share with the Community? Post 'em there.
Alainpp66's armor graphics site (Not always available)
I'm too sexy for this breastplate? For those of you who prefer fashion to survivability, have a look at our models on this virtua-catwalk. W: "Honey, does this Dusk Shroud make me look fat?" H: "Baby, you look fine, let's go." W: "Well, maybe I should go with the Archon Plate instead." H: *Kills self*.
How Not To Get Hacked, by Ihmhi
A detailed thread containing a list of precautions to take so that you can protect your accounts, and your computer.
See a broken or outdated link? Know of a link that should be added to this list? Contact Gorny or Orphan via PM and let them know.
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3. Guides in Progress - Guides currently being worked on in Community are archived here for easy access. Feel free to offer feedback to the authors.
First piecemeal bit of Quietus's map guides
Rushing guide, by q_Werty
Experience Mini Guide, by seralph
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4. Contact Information
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NOTE: If you need to have an IM chat, please send a cover email first. We block messenger invites that we don't recognize.
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5. Changes & Updates (2007)
03/04: Guides - Terms, Abbreviations, Acronyms for D2 2007, by Thyiad
06/25: Battle.net Channel Commands, by Dii Legend
06/25: 1.11 Diablo Clone Hunting Guide, by Camintoi
06/25: The Uber Guide to the Uber, by PvtCaboose
06/28: New link for Uber Guide to the Uber
07/10: Added Wiki link
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09-03-2007, 02:39 #6
I would appreciate it if everybody who enjoys posting and trading here would take a moment to read the following from the USWest Trade forum:
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New policy on threads asking for help ingame.
Threads in the Community Forum asking for ingame help, and not posted in either the Player Matchup Forum, or the stickied help thread that are a genuine emergency (*1) are subject to being moved to either the Player Matchup Forum or merged into the Stickied Help Thread and will have an expiring redirect of one hour.
Threads that are not a genuine emergency (*2) are subject to deletion on sight.
(*1) Emergency is defined as, any situation where there is a chance to lose items (Disconnect, Realm Down, Connection Interrupt, game crashes, technical difficulties)
(*2) Non emergency defined as, help me kill _____ boss, need help with Ubers, Dclone, normal mueling, asking for someone to hold your game open while you mule, looking for a rush, bug rush, G Rush, anything Hellforge, help with any game quest, asking for items, begging for items, asking for a perm of any sort, etc.
Anything falling under (*2) gets deleted on sight.
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Re: Community Forum Rules & Links
The IMG tags have been turned back on in The Community Forum after a long absence.
Please note that the forum rules still apply to posted images.
Also, when posting images the proper format to the IMG tags is IMG and /IMG, inside brackets.
Example [img] pic here [/img]
When adding using the IMG tags, please host the pic on a site like Imageshack.us or Photodump or something. They can be direct linked from some other website, but this can cause unforseen problems.
Please, no pics of near nude people, dead animals (road kill) and hacks & cheats, etc. These are subject to removal without comment and possible disciplinary action.
Enjoy and thank Elly!
15-12-2009, 09:26 #9
Re: Community Forum Rules & Links
Just an extra note about posting images using the now enabled IMG tag. Please consider other users that might not have large resolutions, because the thread will become almost unreadable in these cases. If the image is quite large and you are using imageshack then use the included thumbnail feature. To create a thumbnail link of an image just do the following:
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Tig Notaro's Hysterical Tale (of Cancer)
In the span of four months, Tig Notaro got pneumonia, contracted a deadly intestine-eating bacteria, lost her mother in a freak accident, broke up with her girlfriend, and got diagnosed with cancer. (And you think your life sucks.) Shortly after, she got on stage at Largo in LA to deliver one of the most personal, tragic, yet absolutely hilarious sets of stand-up I have ever heard.
Notaro's 30-minute set unravels with one tragedy after another, as she discusses "funny" cancer greeting cards, being mistaken for a man immediately after her diagnosis, the ludicrous notion of God only giving you "what you can handle," and a survey a hospital sent her dead mother. Her dry delivery is perfect; her timing, like a seasoned pro.
The audience's reactions add to the performance. They're caught off guard, laughing at awkward moments and not laughing at moments where they should. Notaro continues calling them out and toying with them like a cat playing with a mouse. Even among her pain and misfortune, she remains light and sarcastic, while the set's touching moments also help keep it grounded.
I don't even want to elaborate any further, for fear of ruining any part of this soon-to-be-legend's performance. To ruin these jokes for you would be over-preparing you for a set that requires you to feel uncomfortable and unguarded. But thanks to Notaro's brilliance, it's not a buzzkill and it won't bring you to tears…or the bad kind anyway. Her courage is beyond admirable, and the set, bold and brave. Hearing the crowd cheer at the end gave me chills. You'll want to take the ear buds off your head and give her the standing-O that the audience at Largo gave her that night.
Louis C.K. was in the audience and said: "In 27 years doing this, I've seen a handful of truly great, masterful standup sets. One was Tig Notaro last night at Largo." He then made the audio of her performance available for download on his site and gave her all of the proceeds.
Louis may have been having a moment these past couple years, but now it's Tig's turn.
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Tig Notaro: Live (as in "live or die") can now be found on iTunes and Amazon. It's only $5 and she's been donating some of the proceeds to charity. So don't steal this one, assholes! Just kidding. But no really, don't.comedy, Live, Louis C.K., Tig Notaro


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AslanTheKing wrote:another thing is, if i play classic escalating and i try 6vs3 against a higher rated opponent i lose most of the time and cant get a spoil,
if i chose to go against a lower rated opponent , mostly i succeed and get my spoil,
and this is really killing my logical thinking, have u experienced something like that?
so strategically we should attack only somebody who is lower rated then ourselves to get that important spoil card ?
any input here?
AslanTheKing wrote:Since the subject is strategy vs. dice, i am wondering , how come nobody is contributing any experience , has nobody except those who wrote something,
anything to contribute?
you can ask questions 2, i might not have the experience to answer it, but somebody will, come on guys, show some interest,
or is the dice stronger than strategy?
than were back to 70 percent dice and 30 percent strategy- that cant be - or ?
ZeekLTK wrote:I think playing trench can help take the power away from the dice.
In "normal" games - if your opponent gets good dice then he can run you off the map, and if you get bad dice then it can really put you in a weak position (which will then get you run off the map).
However, in trench games, if your opponent gets good dice, then he still only takes out one (or at most a few) of your territories and you have a chance to respond. If you get bad dice attacking, then yes it weakens you, but only on that ONE spot that you got bad dice at. It's much less swingy, so even if you get bad dice (or your opponent gets good dice) for a few turns, the dice will eventually even out DURING THAT GAME, and whoever wins will generally be the one who had better strategy/diplomacy.
The only way dice will really cost you in trench is if you somehow get really bad luck, and either just KEEP failing to win attacks that statistically you should win, or if your opponent KEEPS getting really good dice and is constantly winning battles he shouldn't win as often. And by this I mean, it would need to happen for several turns in a row in order to make a significant difference in the outcome. But that is pretty unlikely to happen for long periods of time over the course of a whole trench game.
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To the editor: As one who is concerned that the federal government has forsaken its constitutional moorings, I have been searching for actions that can be taken to correct the alarming expansion of......
Listening to Mark Levin again. Well this explains the recent overuse of the word Marxist.
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Auntydem: Congratulations. Glad to see you are keeping up with "the Great One." Do you plan to read "The Liberty Amendments" when it comes out next month?
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"Overuse"? Apparently there are now limits on how often one may use a particular word that someone on the Left does not want to hear. It may hurt your ears to hear that class warfare rhetoric is classical Marxist rhetoric, but it remains the truth nonetheless.
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But MT, the corporations are already writing the laws, what more do you want? The Republican Party is owned by ALEC and they are run by Corporate America. Cheer up, MT. You have everything you want, and it isn't even Christmas.
Maybe your next letter should be to the Koch Brothers. They are fighting hard, actually they are paying someone else to fight hard to make sure that your money and my money stays their money. You should be so proud...it is everything you believe in.
I wonder how many years it will be until the Supreme Court abolished the 18th amendment. This time, it won't be based on color, but rather on class.
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MT: Not planning to read Levin's new book. Reading his horrendous definition of anyone not ultra-conservative, which you used to define homosexuals, and the preaching that both plan to destroy civil society pretty much sums up where he's coming from. Same old, same old.
"The Great One"? It is an appropriate title for a person one worships.
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Wayne Gretzky wrote the Liberty Amendments? Who knew?
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The consensus so far among the commenters is that the federal govt is fine as is, and it's OK if the federal govt continues to take your liberty one piece at a time. America might just be complacent enough for that to keep happening. But there are a few of us out here who cherish our liberty and would like to have it back.
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THis guy is such a bozo its comedy.
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Who is the greater fool, the one who tries in vain to warn of impending doom, or the one who laughs at his warnings?
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Ever-increasing control by the central govt over the lives of the people. Loss of national prosperity. Loss of the rights outlined in the Bill of Rights.
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The federal government has taken upon itself the role of a nanny, claiming to do so for the good of all, but really using that as an excuse to control out lives. We no longer have the right to choose the volume of water our toilets can use per flush, how many watts of energy our light bulbs can use, to have sugar in our soft drinks at school, to have toy guns without orange barrel tips, to have fireworks for personal use (state law), to have readily available ethanol-free gasoline, or for that matter corn for food use, we have idiotic labeling warning against using a hair drying in the shower, and a host of other regulations which have nothing to do with the government's role of protecting us from foreign enemies.
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Norway... Part of the reason that the government gets involved with these things is because our resources are not infinite.
Water supplies all over the country are suffering. My 1.2GPF toilet works just fine. Energy resources are also strained. The nations infrastructure is failing fast. I don't miss the incandescent lamps at all. Most of my lamps have been replaced with CFL's years ago, or Halogen, which are just as versatile as incandescent, but provide a crisper light. We have replaced about a dozen of our lamps with LEDs and they are working very well. Here's the thing, we have soldiers in every corner of the world ensuring that our oil supplies are safe because just won't conserve energy like they need to unless the government mandates it.
Tell me, just how has any of these energy mandates negatively affected you? I can't imagine what my utility bills would be if my house had its energy saving upgrades reversed.
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Do you remember when kids used to get shot by cops because their toy guns looked so real? Is that what you want to go back to? I get what you're saying about essentially protecting the stupid people (and I agree with you on that), but when it comes to children, or our children's natural resources, we need to protect them.
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MCW: And where in the Constitution does it say that regulatory agencies like the EPA, which are under the Executive Branch of the federal govt, have the power to make laws?
Where in the Constitution does it say that the Legislative Branch has the power to delegate its law-making power to another branch of the federal govt?
And where in the Constitution does it say that the federal govt may enact laws that pertain to areas that are outside its specifically enumerated powers, thus trampling on that which has been reserved to the states and the people?
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The problem is that our Constitution does not establish a federal govt that has power to inject itself into anything and everything in the civil society, as it pleases. The federal govt was established to address a few things that could not easily be addressed on a state level, and ONLY those things. The federal govt's areas of concern are specifically spelled out in the Constitution itself, and the Ninth and Tenth Amendments specifically state that everything else is reserved for the state govts and the people.
As the federal govt has expanded its power farther and farther outside its constitution boundaries, most people have gradually come to think that this is the way the federal govt is supposed to operate. But at the same time they sense that something is wrong. They see that Washington is becoming the same tyrant that George III was. That's why you hear people starting to resist: Give me liberty!
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Those are the rights of such concern? Here I am concerned about silly rights that Republican states are messing with like limiting voting, forcing unnecessary medical procedures, replacing all elected local officials with one all-powerful person appointed by a governor, taking people's land for fracking, and SCOTUS deciding corporations are people and money is speech. I like clean water, air, and safe food and medicines, a baseline against third world wages, and 6 year olds not working. EPA regulations protect people and their land over corporations. This and financial regulations are big conservative no-no's, but important to actual people.
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The problem, MT, with doing things strictly on the state level is that you then have 50 completely separate sets of laws in every state, which would make traveling and remaining a law abiding citizen much more difficult. Also, you would see states fighting even more than they are. Just look how southern states have already degraded the workplace with cheap, undereducated labor. States in the south are subdidising foreign auto manufacturers with taxpayer money to build factories in their states to directly compete with American auto manufacturers, many of them in northern states. That is something I would like to see the federal government step in on. We should not be using taxpayer dollars for one state to compete with another.
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You bring up the EPA. Do you not want clean air and water? Do you REALLY trust backwards states like Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi and others like them to do the right thing for our environment, particularly if they need to compete with another state that is lax in environmental laws?
If anything, the EPA should be regulating Chinese imports. If they are produced in a factory that does not meet our standards, then they should reject the goods at our docks. We cannot tell China what to do, but we can tell them what we will allow our companies to buy. Imagine how many American jobs that alone would bring back.
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Well said Auntydem! Labor laws are a very important job of the Federal Government. Remember, some states would still have slavery if not for Federal laws. But, I suspect many of the registered Republicans here would be okay with that.
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MCW, if you are concerned about dwindling water supplies, then ethanol production, mandated and supported by the government, should bother you. It uses incredible volumes of water for a dubious benefit of reducing dependence on foreign oil.
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What comes through very clearly in the last few comments is that you all don't like our Constitution very much. You don't want the federal govt to be limited to its role as defined in the Constitution. You view the states as being totally incapable of taking meaningful action for the welfare of their respective citizens, and totally incapable of coordinating action among themselves where necessary. If it weren't for the huge, all-powerful central govt, there would be total chaos and the whole country would be sunk into squalor.
If you will, perhaps one of you might explain to me the difference in philosophy between yourselves and the old Soviet Union. They also believed in a large, all-powerful central govt that planned and controlled everything. They, too, were a society built on the idea that Karl Marx had it right.
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MT: At least it took a bit longer for Marx to show up and you to explain what everyone else thinks. Disagreeing with decisions made by state legislators or courts or conservatives or Republicans does not indicate dislike of the Constitution, nor agreement with Marx. Not having your omniscience I can't speak for others, but I expect government to protect me from being cheated or exploited by those with the money and power to do so, not just from foreign enemies in times of war. Fling Marxist at that if you will, but who's actually trying to change the Constitution when the ballot box or the person in the WH disappoints them? I know those in government are never perfect. That is why the Constitution exists. If I to can play God for a moment, you believe states and unregulated private entities are incapable of decisions or actions that harm citizens – they are perfect and benign, if not downright paternal - and money is the measure of a person's morality and human worth.
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AD: Your comments sidestep the issue. You want "government" to do certain things. No one is saying that government on some level should not do those things. My point is that under our Constitution it is not the role of the FEDERAL government to do all of those things. Our Constitution prescribes a very limited role to the federal government. You would like to take governmental functions that the Constitution reserves for the state and give them to an all-powerful central government.
You do not care for being compared to Marx, but the connection between your anti-capitalist big-government philosopher and Marx is undeniable.
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"philosophy", not "philosopher"
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"The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism - ownership of government by an individual, by a group." FDR
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Raspberry Chevre Cheesecake Souffle with Warm Chocolate Fudge Sauce*
Makes five-six ramekins
For Base:
1 cup raspberries, fresh or frozen*
extra prime berries for garnish
4 T. sugar
1 T. sweet butter
1-1/2 T. all-purpose flour
1/4 C. milk
2 oz. fromage blanc* or other creamy chevre
2 T. sour cream
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California. Blackberries can be substituted.
Mix raspberries with 2 T. sugar and cook over a low flame until it reduces
to 1/4 cup. Set aside.
Melt butter in a saucepan; add flour and whisk until smooth. (Do not let flour pick up any color.) Cook over a low flame for 2 minutes, whisking constantly. Add cooked raspberries, milk, 2 T. sugar, sour cream and fromage blanc. Whisk over medium heat for approximately two minutes until
smooth and bubbling. Set aside and let cool slightly.
To complete recipe:
4 egg whites
2 egg yolks
1/4 t. cream of tartar
2 T. sugar
2 T. butter plus 1 T. sugar for ramekins
2 tablespoons heavy cream
Separate eggs, placing 4 whites and 2 egg yolks into separate medium-sized stainless steel bowls. Set aside the yolks. Whip egg whites with cream of tartar until foamy. If using mixer, let run on low speed while you prepare the souffle dishes and finish the base.
Liberally butter 6 individual souffle dishes (5-6 oz.) and coat with sugar. Refrigerate. (Alternately, you can use a 1-quart souffle dish)
Place the base and the cream into a saucepan and warm briefly over low heat. Whisk until it's smooth and begins to bubble. Temper egg yolks by whisking a little of the base into the yolks, mixing vigorously. Then add the rest of the base to the yolks and blend well.
Turn up mixer and continue to whip egg whites to soft peaks and add 2 T. sugar. Whip until soft and shiny and the whites hold their peaks. Using a rubber spatula fold 1/3 of the egg white mixture into the base and yolk mixture and then fold in the other 2/3rds.
Fill molds flush with top of souffle dish, smoothing with the blade of a knife and running your thumb around edge to make a "hat" or just pile it softly. (Souffles can be made ahead of time and stored in the refrigerator for 4-5 hours.)
Bake at 425º for approximately 18 minutes for individual souffles or at 375º for 30 minutes for the 1-qt. souffle. To check for doneness, barely tap the side of the souffle dish; it should wobble only slightly.
Dust tops with sifted powdered sugar and serve immediately with warm fudge sauce. Souffles wait for no one!
Warm Fudge Sauce
1/4# bittersweet chocolate *
1-1/2 T. sweet butter
1/4 C. sugar
1/4 C. corn syrup
1/2 C. cream
*We use Scharffen Berger chocolate.
Melt chocolate and butter in a double boiler. Whisk smooth and add rest of ingredients. Continue heating until sugar is dissolved.
Shiitake Fried Rice
1 cup basmati rice
1-1/2 cups water
1 T. sesame oil
2 t. fresh ginger, minced
12 shiitake mushrooms, medium, de-stemmed
3 green onions, chopped
1 t. garlic, minced
2 eggs, beaten
3 oz. tamari, or to taste
Cook rice with water as usual (I guess you know how to do this part)...let cool. Saute ginger, shiitake mushrooms, green onions and garlic in sesame oil. Add eggs and scramble. Add rice and tamari. Cook until heated through, stirring often.
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2# day boat scallops
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Ingredients for Verjus-Vanilla Beurre Blanc:
1-1/2 sticks butter, unsalted
2 T. shallots, fine dice
1/2 vanilla bean, split
1/4 tsp. saffron
1/2 c. verjus from Navarro Vineyards
1 ounce heavy cream
Melt 1 T. of the butter in a small non-reactive saucepan (Calphalon or stainless), add shallots, scraped seeds from vanilla bean, vanilla bean pod and saffron. Sweat over very low heat for 1 minute.
Add verjus and reduce by half to approximately 1/4 cup. Cut remaining butter into small piecesand whisk into sauce over low flame. When butter is just completely melted, remove from heat immediately and strain through fine sieve. Whiskcream in and season with salt and white pepper to taste. Use immediately orhold in prewarmed thermos up to one hour ahead.
Dungeness Crab and Shaved Fennel Salad with Satsuma Tangerines
8 appetizers
1# fresh picked Dungeness crab meat
8 Satsuma tangerines
1 small fennel bulb, with leaves if possible
1/2 c. extra virgin olive oil*
1 head Treviso radicchio or 2 heads Belgian endive
Sea salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste
Peel and break Satsumas into sections. Cut fennel bulb in half from top to bottom. Lay flat side down on cutting board and slice paper thin from top to bottom. Chop 2 T. fennel leaves coarsely. Reserve 1/4 cup olive oil. Fold rest of ingredients gently, except Treviso.
Lay out leaves on eight plates; place salad on leaves. Drizzle remaining
olive oil over salad and garnish with sprigs of fennel leaves.
*We recommend McEvoy Estate Bottled Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
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Roast Duck Leg Confit on Wild Mushroom Risotto
1# duck fat (should yield 1 quart melted fat)*
6 duck legs, about 1/2 lb. each*
1-1/4 t. sea salt
1 t. freshly ground black pepper
2 bay leaves
6 sprigs fresh thyme
2 T. garlic, chopped fine
Place fat in thick-bottomed pan over low heat until melted, stirring
occasionally. When the remnants of skin in the fat turn light brown, strain
through fine sieve. Discard remnants and refrigerate fat over night. Mix
salt, pepper, bay, thyme and garlic with duck legs and marinate over night
in refrigerator. The next day heat fatover low heat. Place duck in oven
proof pan and pour melted fat over duck, making sure it covers. If not,
pour a little canola oil on top.
Place in the middle of a 350 oven uncovered for approximately 2-1/4 hours
or until tender. Cool and refrigerate until ready to use. Duck confit holds
for two weeks if completely covered with fat. At dinner time, pull legs
out of fat and crisp skin side up under a broiler or skin side down in a
saute pan in a little preheated duck fat.
5 cups duck or chicken stock
1 cup dried porcini mushrooms
6 T. unsalted butter
1 T. olive oil
1/2 cup onion, finely minced
1/2 cup fresh shiitake mushrooms, sliced
1/2 cup fresh chanterelle mushrooms, sliced
1/2 cup cremini mushrooms, sliced
2 cups calriso* rice or arborio
6 oz. port
1 cup grated Vella dry jack cheese
Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
Bring the stock to a simmer with the dried porcini; keep hot over a low burner. Melt the butter and oil in a heavy, medium-sized sauce pot, and sweat the onions until soft, about 5 minutes over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Add sliced fresh mushrooms and saute for 2 minutes, stirring. Add rice and cook, stirring, about 3 minutes until the rice is coated with butter and oil and begins to look opaque.
Reduce heat to low. Remove porcini from stock with slotted spoon, chop coarsely. Add porcini to the rice along with the port, stir for one minute and add 2 cups of hot stock, stirring constantly until liquid is almost absorbed. Continue adding stock 1/2 cup at a time as liquid absorbs, stirring constantly.The rice is done when it is al dente or firm just in the center. This process takes 18-25 minutes. Stir in grated cheese. Serve whole leg atop Wild Mushroom Risotto. Garnish with sauteed fresh mushrooms and shaved jack cheese.
Hints: Season risotto as you go with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
In season we use fresh porcini; any balanced combination of mixed mushrooms can be used. *We serve Sonoma County Liberty Duck products and Bayliss
Ranch calriso rice. For source information, see our Purveyors' Page
Honey-Cranberry Vinaigrette
1/4 cup chopped shallots
1/2 cup dried cranberries
1/2 cup champagne vinegar
1/8 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 cup canola oil
1/8 cup honey
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Sweat shallots in 1 T. of the oil over low heat about 1 minute. Add cranberries, vinegar and cinnamon and simmer to reduce volume by 1/2.Whisk in remaining oil and honey. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
Great on our Grilled Quail and Pear Salad or a Grilled Chicken Breast Salad.
Wild Mushroom Hash
2 pounds red potatoes
I medium onion
8 oz Applewood smoked bacon
I pound fresh porcini mushrooms
I pound fresh chanterelle mushrooms
Sea salt
Fresh ground black pepper
Dice all ingredients about 1/4" in size. Keep them all separate. Brown bacon in a saute pan. When browned, place bacon in a bowl and reserve bacon fat. Put a light layer of reserved bacon fat in a large saute pan and heat until fat is just beginning to smoke. Add just enough potatoes to cover bottom of pan. Turn heat to medium (it is important to use medium to medium high heat or potatoes will stick to the pan) and stir once in a while until potatoes are golden and tender. Put potatoes in a bowl with bacon and repeat until potatoes are all done. Put a light layer of bacon fat in the pan again and add onions. Cook until slightly browned and soft. Add wild mushrooms (reserve a few for garnish) and continue cooking until tender. Add onion/wild mushroom mixture to the bowl of bacon and potatoes. Mix well. Season with salt and pepper.
Can be stored in the refrigerator up to 48 hours. Reheat by heating a pan with a touch of bacon fat or canola oil. When hot add a thin layer of hash and heat through.
Vegetarian version: Leave out bacon and use canola oil to
saute ingredients.
Garnish with slices of reserved mushrooms.
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- Frame: 6061 aluminium alloy
- Fork: Custom RST Deuce Air
- Saddle: Cannondale Halo
- Bottom Bracket: Shimano BB-ES25 Octalink
- Spokes: CN stainless
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|Reviews 1 - 15 (15 Reviews Total)
User Reviews
Date Reviewed: June 11, 2013
Strengths: bike flies over everything although tires dont help it much, lightweight frame sram groupset isn't buttery by any means but will get the job done for now, like the fork other than the response is tricky to get dialed in right.
Weaknesses: tires are fairly slippery on wet rocks and roots, pedals will break your shins already replaced them with SPD clip less
Bottom Line:
Date Reviewed: May 8, 2013
Strengths: Gorgeous frame and a great name that used to stand for something
Weaknesses: Good looking frame
Bottom Line:
Date Reviewed: March 26, 2013
Strengths: Frame, Recon Silver, and Appearance
Weaknesses: none that matter but Grips and Saddle
Bottom Line:
The Cobia felt like an old-school 26" I was sitting in top of the bike. The Kahunna just didn't feel right. Also the Recon Silver on the Trail pushed me to it over the Kona for basically the same price.
This bike is awesome, I have put over 50Km in the first few days, lots of review are spot on with this bike. Will upgrade the grips, saddle and tires.
Also I will be taking the 80mm spacers out to get to 100mm.
Overall this is an awesome bike for the price, love how it looks(black with white letters). My only complaint overall is the limited stock C'dale has I ended up wanting to purchase the Trail SL which is extremely well spec'd for the price but was out of stock indefinitely in March???????? Still not regretting buying the SL2!!!!!
Date Reviewed: March 6, 2013
Strengths: Light, responsive and fast. I'm basing my review on the price and what you get for it. I bought the 2013 this past fall and have been very pleased with the bikes performance. To knock the bike down a few pegs because of stock platform pedals and seat is pretty silly. Yes the pedals are junk, the seat I'm sure is not a 200 dollar seat and the SRAM S5 group is not buttery smooth BUT the bike cost about 1,100 dollars, you are most likely going to crush the rear derailleur off a rock, replace the pedals and replace the seat anyway. Oh, and replace the tires eventually also. Jeez, what do want for the price. If it had slightly better components and fork it would be called the Flash. The bike rolls over roots, rocks and ruts that would have sucked momentum from my 26er. The rear triangle flexes about 5mm to soak up a bit of the chatter also. I think it's a great bike for the price and to expect anything more is just silly.
Weaknesses: The Rock Shox Recon Silver seems to be a bit over matched bombing down semi-rocky trails. Still working on getting the return dialed in. The tires are super slick on anything other than a packed trail.
Bottom Line:
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Price Paid: $1100.00
Purchased At: Pro Bikes, Pittsburg
Similar Products Used: First 29er
Bike Setup: Stock
Date Reviewed: November 18, 2012
Strengths: This is a solid unit, it isn't overly heavy for the size of frame and it powers along if you are commuting on bike paths or hammering on dirt fire trails. Climbing on this is easy and makes the ascent pretty fun. The riding position is relaxed for general riding with an up right position that has your shoulders pretty much over the handle bars. The gear sets and brakes are solid and have caused me no issues.
Weaknesses: It loves to nose dive, it is like someone put led in the front to try make it go faster bob-sled style. This is nasty when you try hitting a drop-off as you have to throw the bike up to get it to land flat. Where the bike dominates going up it fails at descending at pace as the general geometry and average front forks make you feel like you are going over the handle bars, it is very hard to get your weight back even with the seat dropped.
Bottom Line:
I would recommend this as a good entry level bike to ride to work and hit some fire trails on the weekends.
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Price Paid: $1500.00
Purchased At: Cyclery, Canberra
Date Reviewed: October 11, 2012
Strengths: Great overall bike for the money. Good weight, components, frame, handles very well even around tight switch backs. Overall very happy for the money spent.,:)
Weaknesses: Seat hurts (replaced it after one long ride), replaced peddles to clip, shock is good not great, the worst part of the bike is the tubes and tires. Tires are good for hard pack but that is it. I hit a little patch of mud with a light turn a few feet after missed the turn went off the trail hit a hole and went over the bars. Ouch!!! I just ordered new tires
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Price Paid: $900.00
Purchased At: bike junkie
Bike Setup: Stock except seat and paddles. Replacing tires soon!
Date Reviewed: September 12, 2012
Strengths: 1.5 inch head tube, 26er feel,
Weaknesses: Tires
Bottom Line:
Not sure if it's the SAVE technology incorporated in the seat and chain stays or the big tires or a combination of both but it is nowhere near as butt jarring a ride as I remember a hard tail being. All in all I'm growing more and more fond of the bike and don't regret my 29er or cannondale purchase.
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Purchased At: Pedal Performance
Similar Products Used: Trek Cobia, KHS Tempe, Giant Talon
Bike Setup: X5 front and rear derailleurs, kenda small block 8 tires, avid elixir 1 brakes
Date Reviewed: July 30, 2012
Strengths: Pretty lightweight, 29 inch wheels roll over practically anything, disk brakes are responsive, fast on the uphill, durable bike, solid feel, fork has lock out
Weaknesses: standard RST Deuce Air fork doesn't work as well as it should, stock pedals hurt like h*** if you accidentally slip and hit your shin on them
Bottom Line:
Date Reviewed: June 13, 2012
Strengths: I like the geometry, fit and feel of the bike. Great fork. Good brakes.
Weaknesses: I expected more from the SRAM X5 component set. Thought it would be more fluid. Needed to have brake lever replaced after my first real ride.
Bottom Line:
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Date Reviewed: May 8, 2012
Strengths: stiff frame with well balanced geometry, excellent fork for the money
Weaknesses: Driveline and brakes of the 2012 bike is not up there with other brands; OE wheels are hefty
Bottom Line:
Large size was comfortable straight up with no mods however a Ragley carnegie bar, Ergon grips and some SPD pedals came out of the parts box fairly quickly. I swapped the basic OE Maddux/Formula wheels for the OE Giant PXC2 wheels from the Anthem too....that dropped a pound off the weight right there.
In summary, excellent machine with great upgrade potential.
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Price Paid: $900.00
Purchased At: LBS
Similar Products Used: Giant Anthem X 29er
Bike Setup: Stck apart from Ragley Carnegie riser bar, Ergon GX2 grips, Shimano SPD pedals and Giant PXC2 wheels
Date Reviewed: December 23, 2011
Strengths: -Lightweight frame.
-Awesome hydraulic brakes (I weigh close to 210 and I have no problem stopping on a dime going full speed)
-10 Speed.
-Incredible acceleration.
-Carries a great amount of momentum being a 29ER. I can usually gain more speed and pass 26in bikes on the trails without pedaling downhill.(Friends always take note of my ability to jet past them effortlessly)
-Dominates killer climbs.
-Sturdy components.
-I have had several wrecks (also flipped it) and this bike has been a TANK so far.
-Stock grips are great.
Weaknesses: -Chain broke within 2 months of hard riding. It was my fault.
-Stock tires are very fast in dry conditions while dangerous in wet conditions. (just have to be careful)
-Tubes don't last very long in tires either. I recommend new tires or tubeless.
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid: $1170.00
Purchased At: Wooden Wheels
Similar Products Used: I tested all of the competitors within my budget and Cannondale's geometry fit me best so I bought it.
Bike Setup: -Shimano clip pedals
-Speacialized shoes
-New chain
Date Reviewed: October 8, 2011
Strengths: Overall very pleased with the bike. I prefer the ride of the 29er to my old 26er. It seems a more comfortable riding position, rides over obstacles better (this may be because I have more confidence). The riding position on the bike is different to 26ers - more "in the bike" than on the bike. It is quicker on the road. The 80mm travel air forks seems fine when compared to my ancient Rocshox Jet forks on my old bike and is it is good it can be locked out. I am more able to tackle tree stumps and other ups and downs and it seems easier than on my old 26er.
Weaknesses: I have noticed recently that it is not quite so manoeuvrable around small object such as barriers on a cycle path. In the past I have been able to cycle around them on my 26er but it is more dificult on my 29er. However I have managed to do a pump track on it and it was fine. I am using it for commuting to work and long cross country rides which suits it fine.
Bottom Line:
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Price Paid: $1100.00
Similar Products Used: I have ridden a number of different 29ers from Giant and Trek and am pleased with my choice.
Bike Setup: I have changed the saddle to an On One Big Noise and put Ergon GC2 grips on the bike and put different peddles on (toe clips and spd pedals depending on where I am riding). I have a pair of 700X42 tyres for the road and will use the tyres which came with the bike until they need replacing. I bought some new thinner inner tubes and the tyres, Specialized Borough tyres fitted fine. I had tried to put the new tyres on with my original inner tubes but they were too large.
Date Reviewed: September 9, 2011
Strengths: Look amazing, handles like a dream, This is my first 29er I love the way it rolls over everything.
Weaknesses: Pedals suck, handle bars are to wide.
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid: $700.00
Purchased At: craigslist
Similar Products Used: Gary Fisher
Bike Setup: Stock except I cut the handle bars an inch on each side. Took off stock pedals and put put on specialized low pro 2 platforms.
Date Reviewed: August 25, 2011
Strengths: Handles like a dream. I love this bike.
Weaknesses: Seat sucks... With help of padded shorts its not bad.
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid: $1200.00
Purchased At: Olympia Cycle and Sk
Similar Products Used: N/A
Bike Setup: Factory other then
Date Reviewed: July 14, 2011
Strengths: Stable platform, great brakes, air shock is excellent.
Weaknesses: The seat, and the pedals.
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid: $1069.00
Purchased At: The Bike Shop
Bike Setup: stock
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these are 2 bikes im thinking about buying. i just wanted to get some opinons on each bike. Scott Scale 29 Team: Frame: Scale 29 Alloy 6061, custom butted superlight tubing, forged race disc dropouts PM160, bridgeless seatstays, Integ. Headset, replaceable hanger Fork: Rock Shox XC 32 TK 29 C ... Read More »
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The official press release and full set of photos will come early next week, followed by the public debut at the M Festival (next Thursday, June 23).
One of the most oft asked question regarding the upcoming F10 M5 production car is whether it will come with a manual transmission option. BMW has already announced that the F10 M5 will have a 7-speed DCT transmission, but has been mum on confirming whether or not a 6-speed manual would be made available.
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We've spotted a black F10 M5 prototype conducting some final testing. It wears a minimal amount of camouflage and the least amount of cover we'll see prior to seeing the production version. What you see is essentially the production version, including the mirrors and sideskirts which were not seen on the concept M5 model.
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Very first spyshots allowing a clear look at the F10 M5′s ceramic composite brakes. We've spied F10 M5 prototypes quite often lately, but BMW still manages to show some surprise from mule to mule. Here are the very first spyshots allowing a clear look at the F10 M5′s anticipated ceramic composite brakes. Yes, you've read this correctly – BMW finally joins the pack and offers ceramic brake discs starting with the F10 M5. We've added side-to-side shots with the brakes as seen on the M5 Concept to point out the differences, including the jagged surface of ceramic and a different drilling with smaller holes. This will be a popular yet expensive option.
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Merino Wool Blend Zip Front Sweater Jacket
Merino Wool Blend Zip Front Sweater Jacket
$59 .88
Style #288221
50% Extrafine Merino, 20% Nylon, 30% Modal
Hand Wash, Lay Flat to Dry
Channel a bit of technicolor brightness with our merino wool blend sweater jacket, cut in a clean, defined silhouette perfect for mixing and layering. Jewel neck. 3/4 sleeves. Zip front. Front pockets. Ribbed neckline, placket, pockets, cuffs and hem.