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On a road like PCH, you don't get far between stops. We rounded a single headland, just past that hill, and had to stop again. To our right lay a vast expanse of beach, and do our left piled up massive sand dunes, overgrown by whatever sort of craggy vegetation was willing to put up with sand, salt, cold and constant wind.
We were starting to get punchy, so it was time for the obligatory "spacemen lifting off" shot.
L-R: Elizabeth, Jeremy, Wayli, Walter. Don't trust your eyes, folks, Walter is not actually doing "Gangnam Style"
One of the things I love most about the coast around here is the utter vastness of species that somehow manage to eek out survival in this hostile environment. There are all sorts of hardy shrubs here, literally covering the dunes and cliffs in a knee deep carpet of stuff. Grays, greens and browns mix with yellows, pinks, reds and the occasional flash of bright white from the sand beneath. Add in a river flowing out of one of the many, many canyons and you've got a bewildering array of environments, from marine to intertidal to beach to coastal to desert, with temperate forest not far off in the redwoods of Big Sur. But we'll get there soon enough.
For now, here's the beach.
It was a 360 degree barrage of amazing space. I tried to get a panorama, but a wandering tourist walked into my shot and a car shot through. I was about to try another one, but Elizabeth was putting her helmet on and I knew it was time to hustle.
We kept riding, in earnest this time. Pretty soon, the road soared up the cliffs, nothing more than a narrow charcoal ribbon cut out of the constantly eroding hills. We hit construction several times as the road was shored up or cut deeper into the hill, bridges were built and rebuilt, and heavy cement tunnels were built to keep rock slides off the road.
When I was doing my obsessive-compulsive "researching" (reading everything that has "Big Sur" in it) I ran across the
Bixby Creek Bridge
, and became infatuated. I like bridges-
my last trip was out to find a very specific bridge
- and this time I made sure to infect the others. "Yeah, it's, like, the longest bridge in California! Or at least one of the longest! Or maybe it's the tallest... or the oldest, or something... it's pretty awesome anyhow!" Somehow they fell for it, and we all kept an eye out.
And then we saw it, and it was pretty cool. It had a big curve to it, and nowhere to pull over and look at it but it was neat to ride over this tight little canyon and stare down into the yawning maw of this weird crack in the earth. We stalled a few minutes later for a flagman and more construction, and Wayli and I agreed that this must have been it. Yeah, sure, that was cool.
And three turns later, there was a turn out, and people standing taking pictures of this spectacular, spidery web of concrete and steel over the biggest chasm we encountered all weekend. This was the true Bixby Creek Bridge, and let me tell you, it deserves every accolade it gets. One second I was cruising through tight, snakey turns along the cliff, and the next I was on a long and gentle decent toward this amazing bridge, and then I was on it, an emerald green slash of foliage cutting back into the mountain far below and to the left, and the rumbling Pacific framed between two massive promontories on my right.
This, ladies and gentlemen, is what they mean by the freedom of the open road. This perfect moment of accomplishment, of knowing that you personally made it a point to put yourself on this very part of the earth, and at the same moment feeling utterly dwarfed by this huge bridge, which in turn is nothing more than a tenuous thread between to massive headlands, that are mere feet to the mountain on your left. And that's not even starting on the vastness of the Pacific ocean right there in front of you.
The road got windier and more treacherous, with some tight curves and then more construction, and finally a neat cement... thing. It was obviously designed to keep rocks from cluttering up the road (and believe me, that's a necessary thing!), but rather than just slapping in a tunnel, they built a heavy wall to the left and a massive roof above, and textured it all to look like a cave. It wasn't a cave, of course, but it was a nice touch. But wait! You can't hide views like this! So the right side isn't enclosed, but has a series of massive columns, like a Greek temple, with the rolling ocean beyond that.
And then, spent like a tired snake, the road uncoiled and we headed out into the flats and Big Sur.
Right away, we spotted a sign: CAMPGROUND and right beneath it: CAMPING: FULL
I think all of us saw the first sign and veered toward it like moths toward a Coleman lantern, and all of us saw the second sign and got back on the highway without breaking stride. It was a thing of beauty, the whole group really had a feel for it now.
The forest sprang up on both sides, and then the hills rose toward the sky and we were in a narrow river valley along the coast, the sun lost behind the hill and darkness coming on fast in that narrow space. Then another sign: CAMPGROUND and CAMPING: OPEN
Bingo, babycakes! This time it was more of a mad tumble to get off the road and slow down and reorient ourselves from a headlong rush down the highway to riding the brakes down a beastly steep and hacked up road, across a bridge over the river, and into the campground.
I have to hand it to them, they didn't blink an eye when scooter man Walter flipped up his visor and fixed them with bleared and beady eyes to ask for camping for 5 motorcycles. Sure, they said, that was fine.
I rolled up and shouted ASK THEM ABOUT THE BIKES.
Blank stare from Walter.
He turned to the polite young lady who was by now utterly bewildered by this little ritual and said "we have 5 bikes." She said something I didn't catch, so I did the fiddly I'm-wearing-earplugs-you'll-have-to-speak-up motion near my ear. Blank stare. I knocked my helmet. Nothing. Good grief, I really did need a break! I leaned in and said "Sorry, I'm wearing earplugs. What did you say?"
"SHE SAID $60 FOR ALL THE BIKES!" Walter shouted in my ear.
This took a second to percolate. $12 is amazingly cheap for a private campground in a place like this, but she must have been desperate to make a sale and piped up with offers of flush toilets, free hot showers and coffee or tea in the morning. We'll take it, thanks!
Next came the game of juggling these heavily loaded road bikes through badly maintained campground dirt, but everything handled surprisingly well I thought. We found a place, pulled out, found a better one, moved the bikes and got ourselves situated.
We'd done it. Made it. Big Sur. We were really, finally here. Construction, windy roads, crazy meet-ups, bike issues, rocks, full campground, and here we were, a mismatched, raggedy bunch of randos that had successfully navigated a ourselves to one of the most beautiful places on earth, on two wheels and all at the same time. From here on out, it was all gravy. No matter what came next, success was ours.
The tent was put up (mostly- everyone ran out of interest halfway through, and besides, you can't see the sky with a rain fly, so it was really more of a shelter from non-existent mosquitoes and a place to chuck our stuff), the fire was started, and beer was cracked.
None of us had expected showers, so of course nobody brought a towel. Except for Walter. This man is to be commended, here in public for all to see, for his insane dedication to this trip. He not only baked a friggin' mousse cake, but then had the foresight to wrap it in a wet towel and freeze the whole thing solid so it'd be cold and unspoiled by the time it made it here. AND now he had a towel! It just needed to be dried out. This took most of the night, and the last time I saw the poor towel it was kicked under the picnic table and was still a bit sodden, but still: towel.
Elizabeth, our intrepid ambassador schmoozed with our neighbor who turned out to be a yogi and musician on the run from relationship woes. Neat guy, and happy to share in our fire, wine and sausages, and to repay us the next morning by sharing his breakfast of fruit.
Jeremy, Wayli and I decided the really important things in life came in bottles, and made short work of the beer. As you can see, it was getting chilly- half of us were still in our riding jackets.
And then it got dark and meat happened over the fire.
Quiet hours happened and were enforced by 10, so after that it was half-drunk dirty jokes and muffled chuckling, much to our friendly yogi neighbor's amusement.
I think it was Walter who pointed out how different camping is when you're and adult than when you're a kid. When you're a kid, everything is cold, the food tastes funny, there's dirt in your sleeping bag, and you'd much rather be home but Mom and Dad force you to come out here. But when you're an adult, it's a whole different game! It's cold, but it's YOUR cold, damnit! This ain't no stinking office with A/C and heater, this is real cold! Outside cold! And the food? Damn right it tastes funny! This is nothing you could buy in a restaurant, this is honest-to-god camp food, burnt to whatever flavor you desire over hot-as-hell coals from real hardwood. No gas stove here, no brickets, just wood, burning, and some metal pipes in a grill shape. There may be dirt in your sleeping bag, but there's nowhere in the world you'd rather be, because you CHOSE to be here. You made the choice, and then made it happen. It's a feeling of victory and of accomplishment. For some of us that happens in the Serengeti on a month-long trip. For some, that's a hike in the local park between work and dinner. For us, it was 150 miles from home in Big Sur. Not the Serengeti, but a hell of a lot further than the local park.
Still, no denying that it was cold, and the smoke was turning my eyeballs into kielbasa. I headed to the local "flushies" to refund some of the beer and caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror. I'm not above using decent plumbing when it's available, but that glimpse told of much more than one day on the road. I felt good. Alive. Filthy, cold and full of funny tasting dinner as any bear in the woods. Or sea otter, or condor, or whatever. Sometimes you look in the mirror, and think "That isn't me. Where am I?" For me, that person is in the bathroom mirror of a campground in Big Sur.
It was time to turn in. We'd made our goal and the trip was complete, but the adventure had barely begun. We still had the whole next day and the whole way back, and that, my friends, had not seen a lick of planning. We didn't know how we were going to do that until we got there. Boy howdy, was it worth it!
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Kings beat Oilers 2-1 in shootout
NOTES: The Kings are following the lead of the Clippers, and will be covering up the Lakers' championship banners and retired numbers with gigantic photo banners of their own players along the west wall of Staples Center. The change is expected to take place in the next couple of weeks, according to a member of the building crew who received a memo to that effect. ... The Oilers missed the playoffs in each of the previous seven seasons after losing the Stanley Cup finals to the Carolina Hurricanes in 2006. It's the longest current drought in the league. ... The Kings are 13-1-6 against Edmonton since the start of the 2008-09 season. The only regulation loss during that stretch was a 3-0 decision at Los Angeles on Nov. 3, 2011, when they took 19 shots at Nikolai Khabibulin and 22 more that were blocked by his teammates. ... Stoll, who spent his first five NHL seasons with Edmonton, has yet to score in the Kings' first 12 games - the 11-year veteran's longest goal drought from the start of a season. ... Edmonton F Ryan Smyth didn't get to play against his former team because of a groin injury that kept him in sidelined for the fourth straight game. ... The Kings and St. Louis Blues are the only teams in the league that don't have a rookie on their active roster. ... Edmonton C Anton Lander made his season debut after getting promoted from Oklahoma City on Sunday. ... The Kings were 0 for 5 on the power play - one of them in overtime - against a penalty-killing unit that came in with the second-worst percentage in the league.
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Since the Wild West Days, Cheyenne has grown up into a wonderfully diverse city. Beautiful parks and modern conveniences still rub shoulders with historic buildings and a rich historic past. Depending on your attention to detail, this is easily a multiple-day destination.
Cheyenne Depot
Look up from anywhere in town and chances are you'll see the pointed tower of the Cheyenne Depot.
In the main lobby area you'll be able to buy your trolley tickets and pick up a number of good brochures. Here you'll also find the entrance to the Cheyenne Depot Museum.
If you prefer to explore Cheyenne on your own, there's a great brochure to look for called Downtown Cheyenne Historic Walking Tour. This will give you the option of three tours: .7, 1.3 or 1.9 miles in length. You could also drive them if you have someone in the group who would rather not walk.
[For more photos of Cheyenne, click here]
The brochure gives just a brief history and then talks about 79 historic sites to see. Very well done and available for free from the Cheyenne Downtown Development Authority.
Cheyenne Depot Museum
I had the chance to wander through the Cheyenne Depot Museum while waiting for the trolley tour to start. Interesting collection of Union Pacific railway memorabilia as it relates to Cheyenne's past as a real rail center. I never realized how much some western towns depended on the railway for their development.
Upstairs is an extensive model railroading display, built from scratch, all done by one man – Mr. Harry S. Brunk. The scenes depict a number of different towns and areas and are all done to honestly replicate what that town actually looked like during the railroad's heyday. The work is incredibly detailed and beautifully done.
Children will probably need to be held by parents to see the displays as they are all mounted about 48" above the floor. People in wheel chairs will probably just be able to see them. Downstairs there is a "train playroom" that younger children will enjoy. My grandson can play with train sets like this for hours on end.
Cheyenne Street Railway Trolley
Never having been to Cheyenne before, and only having one day to see it, we opted for the Cheyenne Street Railway Trolley tour. In 90 minutes, you'll get to see the city's highlight's and top attractions. The tour is fully narrated and you can get on and off at a number of attractions. You can then get back on about 90 minutes later and continue on from where you left off.
Our particular tour was driven and narrated by a gal who tried a little too hard, projected her voice way too much, and was only marginally humorous. Not sure what age group she was trying to appeal to, but there weren't a lot of laughs coming from anyone on the bus.
Also, if you are a photographer, you'll want to get off the bus at the various stops to get any decent pictures. Most of the sights were either too close or too far away from the bus for any usable pictures while on the tour.
Those two things aside, the tour does take you to some sights you'll want to explore and your bus ticket gets you in free at the:
· Cheyenne Depot Museum
· Nelson Museum of the West
· Wyoming State Museum
· Wyoming State Capital
· Cheyenne Botanic Gardens
· Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum
· Historic Governors Mansion
· F.E. Warren ICBM & Heritage Museum (that's InterContinental Ballistic Missile for you kids) (not actually on the trolley tour – they can't drive on base at this time.)
Not only that, when you are touring, you can get free audio tours to explain the museums on your own cellphone.
Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum
If you prefer horse drawn vehicles to trains, then be sure to stop at the Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum. This is reportedly one of the largest collections of historic-horse drawn vehicles in the country. Just try to picture traveling across country in one of these babies, doing maybe 6 m.p.h. Yikes!
Nagle Warren Mansion
We only spent one night in the Nagle Warren Mansion and it wasn't enough. This was definitely one of the highlights of our trip to Cheyenne.
This was just an amazingly beautiful place, one where I wished I had hours to wander and take in all the architectural details. I did do an indoor photo safari and got some great shots, but I would have loved to have had more time to focus on the details. Just extremely well done.
We stayed in the carriage house on the first floor (the Marie Pershing Room) in what is a completely handicapped accessible room with wide doors, walk or roll-in Roman shower plus a small soaking tub and easy access out to the side door. A power lift is available to lift a wheel chair up the three stairs to the dining room if you needed that.
[For more photos of the mansion, click here]
I think the photos will speak for themselves in a lot of ways, but they can't explain how quiet a setting this was. Our room opened onto a little private garden where my wife enjoyed sitting and reading. We had an appointment for the following morning, and if it weren't for that, we would have stuck around until they kicked us out.
The breakfast was amazing, both in terms of menu and conversation. Jim, the owner, joined us for a while and his pride in this place is very evident. Everyone there that morning was in great spirits and we traded travel stories and ideas of places to visit nearby.
Internet and cable TV were welcome amenities in this historic mansion. Really couldn't have asked for anything more.
For more information to help planning a trip to Cheyenne, try these resources:
And since you're in the neighborhood, consider Sheridan, WY as another stop.
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God Bless the U.S.A. by Lee Greenwood. By Lee Greenwood. Arranged by Johnnie Vinson. For Concert Band (Score & Parts). FlexBand. Grade 2-3. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.4003316).
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On Friday, March 8, 2013, our son prevailed against the Temecula Valley Unified School District in a due process hearing, and the judge ordered that he be returned to his High School, where he had been arrested, handcuffed and led away nearly three months earlier.
On Friday, March 15, our son returned to his school, vindicated.
On the same day he returned to school, the lead attorney who represented the Temecula Valley Unified School District in the due process hearing sent a lettter to the TVUSD Board of Education members, asking them to postpone - not cancel - our son's expulsion hearing, which had been scheduled for March 22. The rationale, according to the letter, is that the District intends to appeal the judge's decision.
Sarah Burge from the Press Enterprise reports.
A student with autism who was accused of selling marijuana last year to an undercover deputy returned to Chaparral High School Friday, March 15, but Temecula school district officials intend to appeal the judge's ruling that ordered the teen to be reinstated.And the irony is that even if a court would agree to hear the appeal, the appeal process would likely not be completed until well after our son has graduated.
The judge ruled March 8 that the teen's conduct was affected by his disability and that the district had failed to provide him with needed counseling. But in a March 15 letter to the Temecula Valley Unified School District board, Sarah Sutherland, the attorney representing the district, requested that the board postpone an expulsion hearing for the teen that had been scheduled for Friday to allow time for an appeal in federal court.
My wife and I have released the following statement:
Despite a Judge's ruling resulting from a five day due process hearing, TVUSD is once again attempting to expel our son from every school in their district. If the TVUSD Administration and school board are actually intending to appeal the Judge's decision, what's their purpose? It appears to us that the District is more interested continuing an endless and very expensive vendetta against our son and our family than focusing on serving the students and taxpayers.Here's how the DKos Orange Army can help.
The Judge's decision was based on the weight of the evidence and factual findings from the witnesses' testimony, and she ruled in favor of our son on both issues. In her decision, she wrote, "Student has overwhelmingly demonstrated that his actions were a manifestation of his disability".
In order for the expulsion process to be revived against our son, the District would have to persuade a Federal Judge that the Administrative Law Judge abused its discretion when making its factual findings and legal conclusions on not just one, but both of the issues, which is quite ambitious and misguided. Even if an appeal were to be heard, our son will likely have graduated by that time, which would make expulsion irrelevant, and the District's true motive questionable.
We're not gloating about this victory as nobody won here. Our son and family have been deeply and profoundly impacted by the events of the last several months, but TVUSD's apparent anguish over this decision does not justify using taxpayer-funded law firms to settle scores.
This questionable use of public funds remains a significant issue for the TVUSD, and this frivolous appeal would be prolonged and costly. In fact, during the 2011-2012 school year, the district paid over half a million dollars in legal fees for special education legal related matters alone, and we don't even know yet how much they spent going after our son. These are decisions made by people with steep six figure salaries while school programs, staff, supplies, etc. are slashed or eliminated. We question this poor judgment.
As parents, we continue to teach all of our children that we can learn from our mistakes and become better people. Local public servants, school administrators and Districts too, can certainly learn from bad decisions. Targeting and making examples of students in their school environment never serves any valid purpose.
Last month, school board member Bob Brown said, "I'm sure this sent a message to the rest of the kids." According to the court, it sent nothing but the wrong message. Is this vindictive message what we should send our children? Parents don't send their children to school to be made examples of, instead, we expect our publicly-elected officials to set positive examples.
Our son started back at Chaparral High School last week and we sincerely thank the PUMA family, the students and teachers, for their sincere support and heartfelt smiles. Our son is back where he belongs and we are looking forward to good things.
Make your voices heard. Voice your opinion in the comments section of the Press Enterprise article.
Also, feel free to contact the District personnel who have influence and/or involvement in this matter. Here are their email addresses and phone numbers (where available), which are part of the public record, and are posted on the TVUSD website.
The three who knew about the undercover operation, while it was happening:
Timothy Ritter, Superintendent
(951) 506-7904
Bob Brown, Board member and former board president
Term Expires: December 2014
Michael Hubbard, Director of Child Welfare and Attendance
(951) 506-7983
The remaining board of education members, who, according to our understanding at this time, were unaware of this undercover operation while it was in progress:
Dr. Kristi Rutz-Robbins
Term Expires: December 2016
Richard Shafer
Term Expires: December 2014
Vincent O'Neal
Term Expires: December 2014
Dr. Allen Pulsipher
Term Expires: December 2016
And here is the TVUSD website address:
For those who are new to this story, here are some links for background:
Our Autistic Son was Handcuffed and Arrested in School, We Were Not Notified
Our Autistic Son's Arrest in the Press, YOU got the District's Attention, They Freak Out
Undercover deputy targeted mentally disabled teen, parents say
Parents contest autistic teen's expulsion at hearing
BREAKING - Our Autistic Son's Arrest: The Judge Has Ruled, VICTORY
Judge: Disabilities led to Temecula student's arrest
Our Autistic Son Returns to School Today, and Explosive Article Details Judge's "Scathing Ruling"
Autistic student not expelled? Heartbreak for Temecula "professionals"


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Product DescriptionThe fast-rolling Rocket Ron and tenacious Knobby Nic established Schwalbe's reputation for producing lightweight, high-volume tires. While these tires bridged cross country speed with all-mountain reliability, they suffered when the terrain got seriously aggressive. Hearing the cries, Schwalbe...
Schwalbe Hans Dampf Pro Review
The all condition's mountain-bike tire, are tubeless ready with a non-directional tread pattern, and uses their tough SnakeSkin sidewalls, and was designed for dry and loose or wet and rooty and rocky terrain. The tires use their Triple Star rubber compound design, specifically the TrailStar version (High Performance Trail Ride Compound). I have been thrashing a set of Hans Dampf's, which roughly translates to "jack-of-all-trades", on and off for six months, and they're a good all around tire with excellent durability. Continue reading →
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Date Reviewed: May 5, 2015
Strengths: Good for smooth dirt trails
Weaknesses: Get ripped to shreds on rough rocky trails
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Date Reviewed: May 1, 2015
Strengths: Good grip.
Weaknesses: These tyre pick up gravel and a lot of it ,my frame is blasted with flying stones.
This tyre is only good for trails not for gravel roads,
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Date Reviewed: November 18, 2014
Strengths: Braking grip, roll-over capability, fairly fast rolling, light for size of tire, high volume, width as advertised
Weaknesses: Terrible durability on rear, price, scrubby and sketchy on some loose-over terrain, doesn't rail but reasonable if ridden road moto style
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You'll notice that most of the reviews praising this tire are from people who have recently fitted them, long term reviews are much lower scores..
I've run the evo and the performance models of this tire and honestly this tire like most of Schwalbes current offerings as a rear tire is an absolute disaster especially in any kind of rocky conditions. Wears through very quickly the knobs can get torn off, often times it can happen on the trail and it get ripped through to the carcase with hiss and fountain of Stans fluid over everything, so you'll need to bring tubes. The performance version is better in terms of the side-knobs not ripping off, but still not particularly good in terms of wear.
However on the front the tire is simply a much better candidate, but quite what to pair it with is a struggle, although a Maxxis Minion DHF 2.3 TR EXO works very well. HD has an addictive volume and width and yet quite light, braking traction is great and the tire runs well on hardpack but can get very scubby on gravelly loose over (with an understeery feel). But braking is great down very steep terrain where other tires just slip.It's quite thin and IMHO it should only be run tubeless, as it is very likely to puncture with a tube in the slightest thorn-like conditions.
To sum up on the rear this tire is only good for racing, useless for training. The Performance version is much cheaper and offers 98% of the performance, try that if you want to check out these tires, especially on the rear. If you want to do training rides with this tire then simply be prepared to run it as front only unless the terrain allows.
For me the wear of this tire on the rear is just unaccptable, yet on the front it's perfectly workable, just a tad short. If I was a manufacturer I'd try to make tire compounds front and rear specific so that instead of the rear lasting 3 weeks and the front lasting 3 months they wore out at the same rate, meaning you could sell tires bundled as sets. This changing the rear every 3 weeks game is just too expensive for me, maybe its my terrain or that I ride very often, but other manufacturers make tires that grip very and last much longer.
Date Reviewed: November 15, 2014
Strengths: Traction. Roll well. Easy to set up on tubeless.
Weaknesses: Wear too fast
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While the tire sets up easily with Stan's, I found that with puncture I did not get the flat protection you expect. Relatively small holes have left me putting in a tube to finish a ride on more than one occasion. These tires are not cheap on sale I have never been able to crack the $70 level. So they are like the BMW of tires, awesome brand new and fool you to thinking money well spent. But wear too easily. I have gone thru 2 sets on both bikes in a year. I am going to give a different tire a try.
Date Reviewed: August 25, 2014
Strengths: None. I spent 4 hours trying to get these tires to seat on a tubeless rim with no luck.
Weaknesses: Will not work as a Tubeless
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Trying to send the tire back to Schwalb for replacement. But I don't expect that to go well. Put the Maxxis back on the rim and it seated and inflated with a hand pump.
Date Reviewed: April 29, 2014
Strengths: Traction in sand, loose shale, dry and light dusty surface
Weaknesses: I little slow but I am comparing it to my Rocket Rons; )
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: 1 yr
Price Paid: $39.00
Purchased At: Wheel World
Similar Products Used: Rocket Rons, WTB Weirwolf , The Weirwolfs were my favorites for all around wet dry durability, wear. but they were a little heavy.
Bike Setup: Yeti 575 Race XT drive train and brakes. Thompson Elite post, stem. Easton carbon bars. DT Swiss 1600 wheel sets. Hans Dampff 2.35 Trail Star front, Rocket Ron 2.2 rears
Date Reviewed: March 15, 2014
Strengths: Unbelievable combination of weight, sidewall strength, fast rolling, unbelievable traction.
Weaknesses: Price
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Duration Product Used: 3 weeks
Similar Products Used: Specialized Ground Control, Eskar, Maxxis high roller II, Ardent, small block 8, minion DHR, DHF.
Bike Setup: 2010 Spec. Enduro Comp. Lyrik rc2l, Enve AM wheels, bars and stem, XO cranks, Spec. Command post black lite, stock everything else.
Date Reviewed: December 24, 2013
Strengths: Traction. Omni-directional. Easy to mount.
Weaknesses: a little slow
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Date Reviewed: October 20, 2013
Strengths: They climb well. For me, THATS IT.
Weaknesses: The faster you ride the less they hold. Dump them down in PSI to grip and pinch-flat-city! Nightmare to change on the trail. Ripped the nobs off the rear if a few rides and for what you pay for them.......... Worst tire I have ever had on my FSR EVO. :(
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Duration Product Used: 5 months (dumped them a month ago)
Price Paid: $70.00
Purchased At: Interbet
Similar Products Used: Nevegal, Specialized, Excavator, High Roller II
Bike Setup: 2011 Stumpy Evo, reworked Fox 150's, grips and seat. Been a fantastic bike!
Date Reviewed: September 27, 2013
Strengths: Easy to setup tubeless, adds to plushness of ride as they are big
Weaknesses: Grip, Cornering confidence, price
Bottom Line:
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Bike Setup: Santa Cruz XC Carbon Blur, 120 Fox RLC 15 thru, 142 thru on the back
Date Reviewed: September 9, 2013
Strengths: Good traction in the wet, easy Tubless set up, great cornering, good center traction, predictable, high volume, stable, reasonable weight for a 2.35
Weaknesses: Wear out quickly. I rotated mine from front to back and got 370 miles here riding in Colorado and Utah. Once the knobbies wore down the casing began to get punctured. If you get the pressure too low they will squirm below 24psi IMO.
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Duration Product Used: 5 months
Price Paid: $45.00
Purchased At: HiBike
Similar Products Used: Nevegal, Specialized Eskar and Control, Nobby Nic, Trail King, Mountain King 2, Albert Marathon
Bike Setup: Nomad C, XT, KS, Easton Havoc's Lyrik
Date Reviewed: September 2, 2013
Strengths: Grip, durability, cut/puncture/snakebite resistant, performance on wet rocks
Weaknesses: Weight, rolling performance, nothing too much, but I needed to put some more energy into pedaling than my friends on Nobby Nic
Bottom Line:
Now I have bought new pair, mounted TL system (Performance non-TL version + Fulcrum Red Metal 3) and it works like a charm. They are really great on this rocky terrain and mountains, especially with possibility of running lower pressure. Also, I have been riding them on wet and muddy terrain, covered with leafs and roots. Great grip that gives you confidence. Maybe it's because I don't know for better tires, but I'm really satisfied with them.
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Duration Product Used: 1 year
Purchased At: FahrradFrank, Berlin
Similar Products Used: Bontrager XR4, Schwalbe Nobby Nic
Bike Setup: 2012 Trek FuelEX7 w/ Fox Float RP2
Fox Float RL 120mm w/ Kashima coat
Rock Shox Reverb 125mm
Fulcrum Red Metal 3 w/ Hans Dampf
SLX/XT group set
Date Reviewed: August 21, 2013
Strengths: Tread pattern, width 2.35
Weaknesses: Wareout fast, really fast.
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: 2 moths
Bike Setup: Sana Cruz Nomad
Date Reviewed: June 16, 2013
Strengths: Looks good
Weaknesses: Slow, fast wearing, dosnt flick mud, and bad grip in wet
Bottom Line:
I have the snakskin tripple compound version. In the mud allthough it has large tread
It dosnt flick the mud and results in being very slipperly and can be hard to control
It also slips going up dry hills. I have tryed low presures and it makes no difference. I have replaced
Them with a nobby nic on the front and a rocket ron on the rear this is so much better they both flick mud great
And are awesome in the dry to. They are so much faster up and down hill and never slip.
Date Reviewed: June 11, 2013
Strengths: Good grip when run below 30 PSI. Nice looking tire.
Weaknesses: Poor wearing. Throws alot of rocks up.
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February 18th, 2012 #91
practice illustration
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Thank you, I really like your colors! They really have a nice crispness to them. They feel graphic enough and they pop right out. Def love it.
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February 24th, 2012 #93
quick design and speedie
thanks for stopping by man
March 1st, 2012 #94
gunna try getting back into routine.
skull ref: http://fav.me/d3dypva
portrait reference: http://faestock.deviantart.com/
i suck at these.
March 2nd, 2012 #95
man do i suck at drawing pretty girls.
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March 2nd, 2012 #96
guna keep practicing.
March 3rd, 2012 #97
ref from same place as before: http://faestock.deviantart.com/
March 4th, 2012 #98
nice man. keep pushing those perspective studies. my other recommendation would be to nail down the proportion in your portrait studies. make sure the big forms and features are accurately placed. keep up the good work man!
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March 10th, 2012 #99
pony. enjoy.
March 12th, 2012 #100
You have posted some wonderful studies of nature & I love the drawing of the
Girl riding the flying car.
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April 1st, 2012 #101
LOVE your sketchbook. Your environments are fantastic, as are your vehicles. More, more, more! You should do a step by step on an environment piece. I would love to see how you progress through it!
Amazing work, keep it up.
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April 1st, 2012 #102
i'm enjoying looking at your great vehicle studies, the boobs and then BAM, you hit me with a friggen pony!
But seriously, I can see improvement in every page, keep drawing.
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April 7th, 2012 #103
dodle. late night. tired.
April 8th, 2012 #104
aw k here be da wip thread: http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=239320
April 14th, 2012 #105
wubwubwubwub. Dubstep time.
April 16th, 2012 #106
more dubstep.
April 20th, 2012 #107
bah so out of it. - _-
April 20th, 2012 #108
Yay, Pony !
Actually the ones without background look better, I think.
For some reason your facial sketches up there look good, but they have a specific style or elegance that make me think of car illustrations. ^^
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April 21st, 2012 #109
Yeah the later ones look better because I'm trying towork in more gesture and paint it prettier.
As for the portrait thing I dunno lol.
April 21st, 2012 #110
Hi!, I like your paintings. You have pretty nice use of colors which makes your painting more alive. Keep up the good work! hope to see more
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thanks for visiting. :3.
April 24th, 2012 #112
more studs. more studs.
April 25th, 2012 #113
more pserspective business
April 26th, 2012 #114
perspective + trains.
April 28th, 2012 #115
some quick studies. Really need to tighten up my perspective studies. . _.
April 30th, 2012 #116
daily studies
May 1st, 2012 #117
study + practice
May 3rd, 2012 #118
made the mistake of zooming in too much while working. Front end of drawing had diferent perspective convergance to back end. T _T.
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Good stuff. Keep working to sharpen things up. What I tend to do is first do a rough sketch, then make a grid . After that I do a cleaner line drawing above the original sketch. You got it going with those lighting studies so don't be hesitant to bring that approach into your other sketches. Also I see some nice colours coming through. Keep pushing. You have a lot of room for contrast.
Keep it up!
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man my design be so weaksauce. Need to build that visual library.
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There are seven schools located within 15 miles of Saint Cloud, MN. However, only four of these schools are traditional non-profit and public institutions. Read about the top traditional schools in several categories, including most program variety�and lowest net costs,�to find the school for you.
School Ranking Overview
Students in the Saint Cloud, MN, area will find several postsecondary learning options, including a technical and community college, hair design college and business school, in addition to a few public and private non-profit institutions. For the purposes of this article, though, we only look at the four traditional colleges and universities in the city and immediate vicinity offering a variety of program options. The top three of these four schools are ranked in each of the following categories:
- Most Program Variety
- Lowest Net Price
- Highest Graduation Rate
- Lowest Student-Faculty Ratio
Most Program Variety
Students in the Saint Cloud, MN, area can pursue programs through public and private institutions. These schools offer a wide variety of programs that can prepare students for any number of careers. The top three schools with the most variety have approximately 55-200 programs.
1- Saint Cloud State University
Saint Cloud State University is located in Saint Cloud and has over 200 programs, according to the university. Students can pursue undergraduate and graduate programs through eight different schools and colleges. The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) listed the most in-demand programs from the 2011-2012 academic year. The most popular bachelor's degrees at the university included business administration and management, multidisciplinary studies, elementary education and mass communications. Business administration and management was the most pursued master's degree, while higher education administration was the most popular doctoral degree program.
2- St. Cloud Technical and Community College
Saint Cloud Technical and Community College is a 2-year, community college in Saint Cloud that has around 62 programs. In addition to transfer programs, students can earn certificates and associate degrees in business, construction technology, health and human services, manufacturing technology, nursing and transportation technology. The licensed practical nursing, electrician and welding technology certificate programs were the most popular, according to the NCES in 2011-2012. Liberal arts and sciences was the most pursued type of associate degree.
3- Saint John's University
Saint John's University has the third most program variety in the area with about 57 programs. The private college is located in Collegeville, about 14 miles from Saint Cloud. While the university offers a wide variety of programs at the undergraduate level, graduate level programs focus on theology and ministry. The NCES reported that the most popular bachelor's degree programs in 2011-2012 were in business administration, accounting and biological sciences.
Lowest Net Price
The net price of a school is determined after subtracting any aid offered by the government or institution from the total cost of attending. According to the NCES, the net price in 2010-2011 for schools in the Saint Cloud, MN, area ranged from about $8,000-$24,000.
1- St. Cloud Technical and Community College
The net price at Saint Cloud Technical and Community College was $7,890, which made it the lowest in the area. The NCES reported that in 2012-2013, tuition at the college was $5,293. In 2010-2011, 54% of all undergraduate students received federal student loans.
2- Saint Cloud State University
Students at Saint Cloud State University had an average net price of $11,344. Undergraduate tuition at the university was $7,472 for in-state students and $15,114 for out-of-state students, according to the NCES in 2012-2013. About 78% of students applied for need-based financial aid at the university, and 62% received some form of aid, according to U.S. News & World Report in 2011.
3- Saint John's University
The net price at Saint John's University is $23,776, which made it third highest in the area. Tuition at the college in 2012-2013 was $35,486. In 2010-2011, 99% percent of all undergraduates received some form of grant or scholarship aid.
Highest Graduation Rates
The graduation rates in the Saint Cloud area ranged from 34%-81%, according to the NCES. These rates were based on students who enrolled in a 4-year school in 2005 and finished their program within 150% of normal time, which would be six years for a bachelor's degree.
1- College of Saint Benedict
The College of Saint Benedict is located in Saint Joseph and is an all-female private, not-for-profit university. The school had a graduation rate of 81%. The NCES reported that the retention rate was 91% for full-time students who began in 2010 and returned in 2011. The college contains departments devoted to the fine arts, humanities, natural sciences, social sciences and professions.
2- Saint John's University
Saint John's University had a graduation rate of 80%, along with a retention rate of 89% for full-time students who began in 2010 and returned in 2011, according to the NCES. The 4-year graduation rate for students earning bachelor's degrees was 73%.
3- Saint Cloud State University
The overall graduation rate at Saint Cloud State University was 49%. The retention rate at the university was 69% for full-time students from 2010-2011, and the transfer-out rate was 33%, according to the NCES. The 4-year graduation rate at Saint Cloud State University was only 22%.
Lowest Student-Faculty Ratio
According to the NCES, the student-faculty ratios of schools in the Saint Cloud area ranged widely, from 11:1 to 24:1. The two private colleges in the region had the lowest student-faculty ratios, while the two public schools had the highest.
1- College of St. Benedict
The College of St. Benedict had a student-faculty ratio of 11:1, and the student population at the college was about 2,100. The college employed roughly 150 full-time faculty members as of 2011.
1- Saint John's University
The student-faculty ratio at Saint John's University was also 11:1, which tied it for the lowest ratio in the Saint Cloud area. The college had a population of about 2,000 students. About 140 full-time faculty members and 25 part-time faculty members were employed at the college.
3- St. Cloud Technical and Community College
St. Cloud Technical and Community College had the third lowest student-faculty ratio in the area at 23:1. There were approximately 4,700 students enrolled in the college. The college employed just over 100 full-time faculty members and 170 part-time faculty members.
Saint Cloud Schools at a Glance
|School Name
|School Type
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|College of St. Benedict
|Saint Joseph, Minnesota (about seven miles from Saint Cloud)
|4-year, private not-for-profit
|Bachelor's degrees
| Highest Graduation Rate,
Lowest Student-Faculty Ratio
|Saint Cloud State University
|Saint Cloud, Minnesota
|4-year, public
|1-year certificates; associate, bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees; post-baccalaureate and post-master's certificates
| Most Program Variety,
2nd Lowest Net Price,
3rd Highest Graduation Rate
|St. Cloud Technical and Community College
|Saint Cloud, Minnesota
|2-year, public
|1-year and 2-year certificates; associate degrees
| Lowest Net Price,
2nd Most Program Variety,
3rd Lowest Student-Faculty Ratio
|St. John's University
|Collegeville, Minnesota (about 14 miles from Saint Cloud)
|4-year, private not-for-profit
|Bachelor's and master's degrees
| Lowest Student-Faculty Ratio,
2nd Highest Graduation Rate,
3rd Most Program Variety,
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Mumbai Festival Is Saved by Crowd-Funding Campaign
Before the weekend the festival was headed for closure after corporate sponsors had shied away
Before the weekend the festival was headed for closure after corporate sponsors had shied away
A social media campaign has been launched by stars and film fans in India in an attempt to keep this year Mumbai Film Festival from closing down.
Belatedly celebrating Indian movie centenary, the National Museum of Indian Cinema will open its doors in Mumbai next month.
"Lee Daniels' The Butler" will open an impressive 220 picture lineup assembled by the Mumbai Film Festival (Oct. 17-24, 2013). Cash prizes are worth $220,000.
HONG KONG – "Driving Miss Daisy" director Bruce Beresford will head the international jury at the upcoming Mumbai Film Festival (Oct. 17-24). Also on the jury is French actress Nathalie Baye…
Bollywood actress Jiah Khan has been found dead at her home in Mumbai, police said Tuesday.
Indian cinema can celebrate a new voice with Manjeet Singh's debut, "Mumbai's King."
Benh Zeitlin's "Beasts of the Southern Wild" won grand prize and best actor for Dwight Henry at the 14th Mumbai Film Festival, which wrapped Thursday.
Mumbai, India, is the thriving metropolis in the spotlight for the Toronto festival's City to City program, artistic director Cameron Bailey announced Thursday night.
Helmer Eva Ionesco's French-language "My Little Princess" took top honors at the Mumbai film fest Thursday.


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The Finance Minister, Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday said the economy could grow by 7.5 to 8 per cent during the current financial year, though price rise and fiscal consolidation remained areas of concern.
"The Mid Year Review projected a growth rate of 7.75 per cent (for 2009-10), but it would be more appropriate to say 7.5 to 8 per cent", Mr. Mukherjee said, addressing the 104th annual session of the industry chamber PHDCCI.
The Review, tabled in Parliament by him last week, had said the growth rate during the year could exceed the optimistic projection of 7.75 per cent, up from 6.7 per cent recorded during 2008-09.
The Minister further said that a growth rate of 9-10 per cent, "which we have dreamt for a very long period of time is now within our reach and we have to achieve it".
Indian economy was expanding at 9 per cent before it was hit by the global financial meltdown which pulled down the growth rate to 6.7 per cent during 2008-09.
During the second quarter (July-October) of the current fiscal, the economy grew by 7.9 per cent, more than what was estimated by any analyst or think tank.
Referring to areas of concern, the Minister said the short and medium term challenges before the government is to deal with price rise and increasing fiscal deficit.
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The government on Tuesday said that the fiscal stimulus given to the industry to combat the adverse impact of the global financial meltdown will not be withdrawn before the budget to be presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in February.
"You have to wait till the Budget," the finance minister said, replying to a question, when the government proposes to withdraw the stimulus packages.
After the collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008 which triggered the global financial crisis, the government had provided three stimulus packages to spur growth in a slowing down economy. These were in tandem with the measures taken by the Reserve Bank of India to make available more liquidity to the cash—starved industry.
The fiscal packages were mainly aimed at sacrificing tax revenue and raising public expenditure with a view to generating more demand for industrial goods.
With the economy recording a growth rate of 7.9 per cent in the second quarter (July—October), it is expected that the government may start withdrawing the stimulus, especially to contain rising fiscal deficit targeted to go up to 6.8 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product by the end of the 2009—10 financial year.
Addressing the captains of the industry here, Mr. Mukherjee said, "green shoots (of recovery) are now firmly taking roots. The recent data confirms it".
Keywords: Finance Minister, Pranab Mukherjee, Indian economy, global meltdown, fiscal deficit, Mid Year Review


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At the speeds you're (probably) riding at, balance is not going to be a huge concern. On the tire sidewall there should be a coloured spot - this should align with the air valve when the tire is mounted on the rim. Do this and the balance will be pretty close.
(however if you are using rimlocks then balance will definitely be an issue, unless you use two rimlocks 180 degrees apart)
If you do want to balance, car weights are fine if you an find some way of making them stay in place. You could use the adhesive backed strip that is used to balance alloy (car) wheels. Another method is to use strip solder, wrapped around the spoke and tape over it.
(Edit) I didn't understand you meant that "could you use a car tire balancing machine" (in Mexico) - I've never seen an automotive wheel balancer that will take a bike wheel, but that doesn't mean they don't exist)
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