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Katy Perry and Russell Brand Get Tattoos Together — New Photos Released!
If it worked for Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards... oh, wait.
But hold your judgey face, folks, because it wasn't that type of tattoo party for the married couple, who has most recently found themselves in the middle of divorce rumors. YES, Katy Perry and Russell Brand got tattoos together. NO, it wasn't of each others' name or face or something equally ridonkulous that celebrity couples do and then inevitably regret.
Just a few days before Thanksgiving, the pop star and her British hubby got a smiling peppermint and a crest tattooed on their bodies, respectively. The candy enthusiast tweeted a sneak peek pic while getting ink'd on her foot, and she even got a chance to turn the needle on the artist, branding him with the same red-and-white smiley swirl. (Full pics on TMZ.)
Jealous yet, Russell? Not quite, as the comedian/actor was busy getting his own tattoo, TMZ reports, expressing his love for London's West Ham United — his favorite soccer team.
And if there was any question about the couple's status, Mrs. Brand did take a moment to make a statement via Twitter, yesterday, November 30:
"First I'm pregnant & then I'm divorced. What am I All My Children?! #ericakane #pshhh #ifihadadollarforeverytime …"
Let's hope their marriage isn't like All My Children: RIP.
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Antoine is an Associate Director in 3i's Infrastructure team in Paris and joined 3i in November 2013, following 3i's acquisition of Barclays Infrastructure Funds Management Limited. He joined BIFM in 2008.
His role involves originating, evaluating and executing new investment opportunities in France and the Benelux, with a focus on the health, education, justice, transport and technology sectors, as well as managing existing investments.
Prior to joining the team as a permanent employee, Antoine completed a four month internship with the BIFM team, based in London, and a six month internship with Lazard in Paris.
Antoine graduated from Ecole Centrale Paris and holds a Licence in Economics, obtained with Honours, from the Paris Dauphine University.

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Letters: MLK mural, mortgage interest, Prop. 8 and more
Are there no other safety net needs in the city? What about paying for public welfare and housing programs, or public health programs, so as to reduce the burden on Medicare, which includes those here illegally whom we feel we cannot overlook and police are discouraged from identifying so as not to racially profile? How about something as simple and often talked about as roads and potholes?
And if I may be so bold, how many fires does the average firehouse respond to each month/year and does the increased response time save more lives or just reduce property loss paid for by insurance? I have often seen a hose AND medical truck responding to what would normally be an ambulance call for, say, a senior collapsed at home. And police – is our population growing that quickly, and isn't crime supposed to be down? I am for true public safety, but other news on the wires today reported that the city of Detroit was going bankrupt, and the first thing the mayor there is talking about is having to fire hundreds of government employees!
Seems to me that the fat can be found in the government payrolls and overhead (surprise again). Filner should be looking more closely at the big picture when money does come in like a Christmas present. – Carl Tovsrud, San Marcos
Unemployment has dropped from 7.9 percent to 7.7 percent ("Nation's jobless rate edges down," Dec. 8). This great news confirms the trend still is on track, but slowly. It took in excess of 200,000 unemployed disappearing to achieve this, but who cares anyway?
It was not reported that over 70 percent of new jobs were government jobs. These jobs are supported by money taken from the private sector, which is suffering.
I have a solution to end all this drivel. As soon as a person loses a job, he or she is automatically put on the government payroll. The jobless rate becomes zero. Since government needs increased management, those at the top who lose their jobs will not have to flip burgers at McDonald's. There will be plenty of positions available.
Obama has already demanded unlimited access to printing money. No more debt is indeed good news. We have too much to think about already. It will end arguments over taxes and spending. Who cares? Who knows? Obama won, and that is that.
Remember that ideal society, the Soviet Union, had the perfect constitution. It guaranteed everyone a job and a home. The only thing citizens had to sacrifice was covered under Article 51. I am surprised schools have neglected this piece of history. – Jim Reid, Pacific Beach
Thank you for writing the story regarding Mr. [Warren "Flaco"] LaVallee and his decades of service to his community and to the children of City Heights ("Volunteer part of elementary's family for years," Dec. 8). With so many stories of turmoil, difficulties, and death, this story was uplifting and highlighted the selfless service that makes a community. May I humbly suggest to the new Mayor Filner of San Diego that the city recognize this man's service in some way that will last longer than his many years he has given us already. – James Udan, Chula Vista


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2014 Neuse river bridge run
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Costa Del Mar eye ware from New Bern Family Eye Care was awarded to our overall male and female winners for the Half. Our 10K male and female overall winners received Ray Ban sunglasses from My Eye Doctor. And our 5K winners took home a gas card from Fisher Oil's Fuel Market and great prizes for any active outdoorsman compliments of Stand Up Outfitters.
Check out the results link above to see who took home more than bling!
The 11th Annual Neuse River Bridge Run is Sure to offer as many activities as our 10th...
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Make plans to join us for our next race - in other words, "Y'all come back NOW!"
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Essay - Plato and the Little Prince Plato's Allegory of the Cave...
Plato and the Little Prince
***** Allegory of the Cave ***** The Little Prince ***** Antoine de Saint Exuprey
Plato's Allegory of the ***** in Book Seven of ***** Republic portrays a world in darkness, the darkness ***** a cavern. Individuals ***** the darkness of the ***** of ***** lived texture ***** reality, of a daily existence ***** neckties and golf as ***** de Saint Exuprey might say, sit around a burning fire. This image represents human beings the world. The fire the human beings gaze at is the ***** of the enlightenment the philosophers of humanity, are seeking, ********** in vain. Occ*****ionally, the humans at the fire c*****ch glimpses of a higher form of reality upon the walls of ***** cave in the ***** ***** shadows. The shadows, which represent how most human beings see *****, ***** really only dimly filtered versions of ***** true nature ***** the forms, or the most pure aspect of every lived substance—for every object in the *****, there is a more perfect version of it ***** the world of the *****.
The Little *****, in the children's book of the same name, may be said to reflect such an allegory, even in its dedication when the author asks "the indulgence ***** the children who ***** read this book for dedicating it to a grown-up," for the m*****n the book is dedicated to is not ***** full of understanding, like the Platonic philosopher in a world of false shadows, but hungry and cold ***** a physical sense ***** also a spir*****u*****l sense ***** enlightenment. Thus the author De Saint ***** dedicates ***** ***** to "the child from whom ***** grown-up grew," the ***** form of ***** adult whom is now *****n by all in the world as a shadow upon the *****, for "all grown-ups were once *****ren—although few of them remember it," the author notes, ***** "forgetting" of an adulthood of childhood being a reference to the Platonic false consciousness of what we perceive as reality, ***** is merely ***** shadowy ***** of the *****s. Childhood is purity ********** truth, adulthood is falseness.
***** notion ***** a Pl*****tonic misinterpretation of physical truths in the world is ***** more liter*****y rendered when the child of Chapter 1 draws a boa constrictor swallowing an elephant that, in the false perception of adults, ***** appears to be a h*****t rather than the frighten*****g, true form that it is in ***** lived ***** of reality and the child's mind, as opposed to the cave-like understanding of grown adults. The child narrating the work sagely observes that grownups never understand. Although Plato does not idealize the childlike state in ***** Republic itself, ***** idealization of childhood in The Little Prince has a Pl*****tonic parallel in the sense that the novel chronicles a f*****ll from grace on the part of its adults and a w*****dom on the part of the individual who is farthest away from the older reality of lived existence.
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Sally John tells a story filled with human anguish and deep struggles. Her characters, especially Sheridan, are well rounded and endearing to readers. The storys plot may at first resemble a tale too often visiteda woman falling in love with another man because her marriage has grown stale. However, Johns story is surprisingly refreshing and completely upholds biblical truths of faithfulness in marriage.
Ransomed Dreams shows the stark reality of a woman forced to live a life she never would have chosen. Sheridan must learn to listen for Jesus, as her mother always told her. Verses such as Jeremiah 33:3Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not knoware clearly reflected here. Readers of this book will not only enjoy a good story, but they may also learn valuable truths along the way. Ruth Anne Burrell, www.ChristianBookPreviews.com
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BookwormAge: 25-345 Stars Out Of 5LOVED this incredible storyJuly 3, 2013BookwormAge: 25-34The opening scene of this book (in the prologue) captured me. Sheridan finds herself face down in the dirt, being held to the ground, and staring at her broken watch that reads twelve minutes, thirty-five seconds past ten o'clock. Her husband lays beside her, his shirt turning crimson red.
I couldn't put this book down. I loved the setting (mexico) and believable characters. Sheridan is so easy to relate to, and so human. She experiences conflicting emotions that I feel any woman would feel in situations she experiences - though many wouldn't admit to it.
The characters were real, the family relationships were complex, and the emotions were raw. I loved every second of this book and highly recommend it.
HomeSchool Mom of 4The Hot Dry DesertAge: 25-34Gender: female5 Stars Out Of 5A poignant, touching readJune 4, 2013HomeSchool Mom of 4The Hot Dry DesertAge: 25-34Gender: femaleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5I just finished reading this book and was captivated by it. The characters seem like real, flawed people who just want to do what's right but are thrust into the middle of a situation that seems impossible. The setting is a small, cozy town in Mexico. It's an intriguing story and I loved the characters... well, most of them. The main character, Sheridan, is living with a husband who is not at all the man she married and finds herself in love with someone else. The reader really doesn't know what choice she'll make until she actually makes it. A poignant, touching read.
Virginiaupstate NYAge: 35-44Gender: female3 Stars Out Of 5An okay bookApril 21, 2013Virginiaupstate NYAge: 35-44Gender: femaleQuality: 4Value: 4Meets Expectations: 4Sheridan is married to an ambassador to Venezuela. When both are injured, they hide out in Mexico. Sheridan then goes to Chicago, where her estranged father is dying. She must deal with several relationships while there.
This is a decent book, but I was rather bored with the storyline. Don't know why but I had a hard time sticking with the book. I am glad all the secrets hinted at during the book were revealed at the end.
JanetM52St Louis, MOAge: 55-65Gender: female5 Stars Out Of 5Riveting!December 5, 2011JanetM52St Louis, MOAge: 55-65Gender: femaleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5I was absolutely riveted to this book after I started it! The plot was incredibly woven in all the lives explored in this absorbing book. I may read it again, just to see the details as they work together (now that I know the ending). Fabulous read!
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WHEREAS, a fire occurred at the ConAgra Frozen Foods plant in Marshall, Missouri, on October 10, 1994, and as a direct result of the fire 700 workers are without jobs; and
WHEREAS, this fire is a natural disaster of major proportion to the City of Marshall, Missouri, and as a result has jeopardized the safety and welfare of the Citizens of Marshall; and
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Regine Chassagne jimmy jangles a tambourine, canoodles with the Pearl Jam guy.
Regine Chassagne and Win Butler are one of the top alt celeb couples in the world. Many assume that they are 'soulmates' because they get to make beautiful music together abt how they escaped from suburbia, and how life is meaningful 2gether. However, this photograph of Regine onstage with the dude from Pearl Jam is NOT a good sign. She seems to be 'reinvigorated', jimmy jangling her heart out.
They rlly have a lot of chemistry... On stage... and off???
Eddie Vedder's voice and songwriting abilities might be more prolific than Win's or something...
U can't help but feel a bit sad for Win Bro. He seems dedicated to Regine, making out with her after every big moment for the Arcade Fire, but now she's canoodling with the bro who sings "Jeremy."
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Regine Chassagne is wife of Win Butler. Many say she should be kicked out of the Arcade Fire because she has a terrible voice.Read more>>>>
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Senior Year (2005-06)
Scored two points on three occasions, with her last against then-No.14/10 Purdue at the Big Ten Tournament...Missed 10 games during the season due to a foot injury...Handed out a season-high three assists against Illinois on Jan. 26...Started in three games (Youngstown State Nov. 25, Bowling Green Nov. 26 and Northwestern on Feb. 12)...Tied her career-high with four rebounds against the Penguins.
Junior Year (2004-05)
Saw action in 21 of IU's 28 games ...Notched a season-high seven points vs. Iowa on Feb. 27...Played a season-high 25 minutes vs. Northwestern on Feb. 13 and dished out a career-high five assists...Recorded a career-high three steals against Northwestern on Jan. 13, helping the Hoosiers match their season-high of nine team steals...Played 24 minutes against then-No. 12/12 Minnesota on Jan. 2, scoring five points in front of her hometown crowd...Recorded her first-career block against the Gophers
Sophomore Year (2003-04)
Missed six games after sustaining a knee injury, but returned to the lineup against Wisconsin on January 8...Hard worker scored five points and had an assist in the season opener against Cornell...Posted a season-high nine points against Iowa State at the Virgin Islands Paradise Jam...Scored five points at Iowa.
Freshman Year (2002-03)
One of the best stories of the 2002-03 season came when Kullberg returned to the court in the opening round of the Big Ten Tournament after missing 18 games with a torn ACL suffered in practice on December 17...In doing so, Kullberg became the first Indiana player ever to tear an ACL and return in the same season...A demonstration of her toughness came in her first defensive trip downcourt in her return game, when she took a charge...Prior to her injury, Kullberg actually played in Indiana's first eight games with a broken wrist and a hairline fracture in her ankle, yet still managed to emerge as the Hoosiers' starting point guard...Had a career day against Georgetown, scoring 18 points to lead all scorers...Her 12-for-12 performance from the free-throw line in that contest tied her for second on Indiana's all-time single-game record list for consecutive free-throws made, behind teammate Jenny DeMuth...Made her first collegiate start against North Texas, scoring five points and grabbing four rebounds...Scored seven points in her collegiate debut against Wofford...Turned in a solid effort against Florida State team, scoring four points and dishing out two assists without any turnovers in 18 minutes against a very aggressive and athletic Seminole team...Drained a clutch three-pointer down the stretch in the Hoosiers' double-overtime win over Ball State.
Defensive-minded player who attended Orono HS in Orono, Minn., where she was a second-team All-State honoree by the Associated Press...Was one of only five McDonald's All-America nominees from the state of Minnesota during her senior season...First-team All-Conference and All-Metro (Minneapolis/St. Paul) Defensive performer...Led the Spartans to three conference titles in basketball to go with championships in volleyball and softball...Averaged 19 points, six rebounds, three assists and three steals per contest as a senior and left Orono as the school's all-time leading scorer (girls or boys) with 1,727 career points...Scored 37 points in a game against Benilde-St. Margaret's...Averaged 12.4 points, 3.9 assists and 3.7 rebounds per game during her junior year, all while playing with two broken wrists, which she had surgery on following the season...Four-time All-Metro Alliance Conference honoree...Named to the St. Paul Pioneer Press' All-Defensive squad four times ...Chosen as one of Minnesota Basketball News' Fab 15 Players of the Year and was Orono's Athena Award Winner (female athlete of the year for all sports)...Also lettered for the volleyball and softball teams, earning All-Conference recognition in both...Was a sprinter on the Orono track team as well...Earned All-Conference and team MVP honors in track and field...Was a member of the Orono HS wind ensemble and jazz ensemble, being named to the All-Conference Jazz Band...Member of the National Honor Society.


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Greenpeace co-founded, has been the chairman of the board, and continues as a prominent member of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), which exists to greenwash industrial logging of hundreds of millions of acres – an area two times the size of Texas – of primary and old-growth forests. In a series of recent case studies, Greenpeace continues its greenwash of old-growth forest logging, still claiming after 20 years of FSC failure that old-growth logging can be done well, and that destroying primary forests somehow helps protect them. [1] Ecologically and evolutionarily intact old forests cover less than 20% of their original extent. Old-growth forest destruction accounts for at least 18% of anthropocentric carbon release, results in mass extinction, threatens local ecosystems and livelihoods, and according to a soon to be published study may eventually result in biosphere collapse. [2] With Greenpeace and other "forest protection" NGO endorsement, primary and other old-growth forests continue to be unjustly, inequitably, and unsustainably deforested and diminished worldwide for products such as lawn furniture and toilet paper. [3] Forest NGOs have protested Greenpeace and other NGO involvement in FSC for over six years, yet been stonewalled and ridiculed, even as Earth's forest crisis deepens.
FSC is utterly dependent upon old-growth logging to meet market demand, with at least fifty percent of its products coming from industrial old-growth logging. Yet only about 10% of the old-growth timber trade is FSC-certified, and the other 90% makes competing ludicrous claims of environmental sustainability, which the public finds confusing. The ecological truth is that industrial-scale logging in tropical primary rainforests and other old-growth forests can never be ecologically and economically sustainable. Greenpeace's secretive, undemocratic support for FSC greenwashes the entire, much larger old-growth timber market, making it virtually impossible to end such barbaric and ecocidal practices as cutting ancient sacred ecosystems. Anyone participating in the industrial destruction of Earth's last old-growth forests – be they loggers, banks, governments, corporations, and especially NGOs – are legitimate protest targets, if standing old forests are to maintain local well-being and a habitable Earth for all.
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I am writing to demand that Greenpeace resign from the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) immediately, end all support for old-growth rainforest logging, and that your forest campaign work exclusively for old-growth forest protection, restoration, and small-scale local eco-forestry. Greenpeace's greenwash and active support of industrial scale old-growth forest logging over an area two times the size of Texas is shameful and most unbecoming to such a venerable organization. It is disingenuous (indeed laughable) to argue you founded, were the chairman of the board, and are a prominent member of FSC - a group that certifies massive logging of old-growth forests - but don't support the destruction of old-growth forests. Greenpeace's two decades of reckless FSC membership offers vital greenwash of such practices that put at risk Earth's species, ecosystems, climate, and biosphere.
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Through Greenpeace founding, directorship, and membership in the Forest Stewardship Council – which is heavily dependent upon old forest logging to meet market demand – you are greenwashing primary forest destruction across hundreds of millions of acres. Greenpeace has become an even more secretive, non-democratic organization, not very concerned with espousing the best policy based upon the best science. For over six years you have refused to meaningfully dialogue with critics of your FSC policy, displaying a dogmatism and sick corporate culture, that can't monitor and adjust itself, and acts as though you have some divine right to do whatever you wish, regardless of ecological truth.
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Old-growth forest logging will never end as long as environmental NGOs like Greenpeace continue their greenwash. Hipster Greenpeace woodworkers will just have to learn to live without old-growth timbers, much as you campaign (indeed demand) that the rest of us forgo coal, tar sands, whaling, and other ecocidal behaviors. It is time for Greenpeace to admit your error, and resign from FSC immediately, to work exclusively for old-growth forest protection, restoration, and small-scale community eco-forestry. The future of the forest movement is protecting and benefiting from standing old forests.
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NoVA Shop RNR Cycles : Incompetent and Unethical
I originally posted this on DC Sportbikes but just a heads up to anyone in the NoVA, don't take your bike to RnR Cycles in Sterling. Definitely not worth it.
I've contacted Rick Beggs (owner of RNR) multiple times for a refund and he's now resorted to lying and refuses to give me a refund so I'm writing off the $1,300+ I wasted there and sharing my story in hopes that others don't get screwed by taking their bike to RNR.
I took bike to RNR after finding coolant in oil. RNR misdiagnosed the problem, even though they had a 50/50 shot of getting it right and I gave them both options. After getting the bike fixed by another shop, Rick changed his story and started lying about what I asked them to do so he wouldn't have to refund my money. Ultimately they took me for $1,300 and some change. Avoid at all costs.
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On May 21, I discovered my bike was leaking coolant into the oil. I took out the oil filters and drained the oil as well as the coolant to confirm. There was indeed coolant in the oil so after some head banging, I did a little search on the interwebz and found that my problem was likely due to one of two issues: either the head gasket or the water pump shaft seal. To diagnose which one it is, you need to do a leak down test. You can see here and here that this was my hypothesis. Now I did actually replace the water pump shaft seal on my 950, but I don't have the equipment to do a leak down test, I was about to go on vacation at the time so I just wanted it fixed and a reputable shop seemed like the way to go. Enter RNR.
Now I think it's important to note why I took it to RnR and what my expectations were at this point. I took it to RnR because I expected that it would be done right and I wouldn't have to deal with bullshit. For the labor rate they charge, I certainly could have taken it to a KTM dealer; however, I will gladly pay to have it done correctly the first time and RNR had a reputation for doing good work and standing behind it. Unfortunately, that reputation doesn't seem to be worth much.
So when I brought it in, I specifically mentioned both the head gasket and water pump shaft seal to Rick. Rick immediately dismissed the water pump shaft seal and told me that wasn't possible, but that they would look into it. I figured, what do I know, I guess he knows what he's talking about and so at this point, I assumed it could only be the head gasket. I asked if we could go ahead and order the parts right then, since obviously it could only be the head gasket given what Rick had told me. Rick replied that they should take a look at it first and make sure it was indeed the head gasket. Fair enough so I sent a message to the tech to help with his diagnosis and waited.
On the 25th, I heard it had been diagnosed, it was indeed the head gasket, and it was also recommended that I replace the piston, jug, add an MCCT, and an oil cooler. I called Ali, authorized all the optional work and requested that the parts get shipped overnight so that the bike could get done by the end of the week.
On the 28th, I discovered that the parts hadn't even been ordered yet and there was other work in front of my bike and it would not be done before my annual Deal's Gap Trip that weekend. At that point, I asked that the rush shipping and optional work not be done, as the bike wasn't going to be done in time for my trip and I now needed to buy another motorcycle. I bought an S1000RR and went on my vacation swearing off KTM.
I finally picked my bike up on 6/13, 22 days after it I gave it to RNR. The total bill was $1,308.18. I was charged for both Water Wetter, which I provided, and Engine Ice. I'm hoping they didn't use both.
I rode the bike to work a few times and while in hindsight, it did run a little hot, it was the middle of summer in DC and I didn't think much of it, as surely I imagined that RNR had tested it thoroughly before giving it back to me. I didn't ride it all that much, as we were preparing for a cross country move, but I did notice that it was difficult to shift and upon checking the coolant resevoir, I discovered it was empty. Again, giving RNR the benefit of the doubt and assuming it just wasn't bled, I filled up the reservoir, loaded it on the truck and drove across the country to CO. As I had some time to think about it, I decided that I should test it more thoroughly upon arriving and, after we returned our truck, I made it a priority to test it out. A 45 minute ride was all that it took to empty the coolant reservoir and increase the oil level. The bike was still leaking coolant into the oil and I was now 1,700 miles away.
I called Rick, explained the situation and he asked me to take the motor out and ship it to him. I declined, given that I had already paid him $1,300 to fix it and told him I would take it to a reputable KTM shop. He agreed that a refund may be in order.
I took the bike to Elite KTM in Loveland, CO. When I talked to the tech there and explained the history of the issue, it did concern me that he mentioned he had never seen a head gasket go on one of these bikes and he suspected the water pump shaft seal immediately as he shared my previous experience having replaced them on 950's. After getting the bike back, another $350 later, there are two important takeaways from the ticket: 1. RnR did not fix the problem. As the Elite tech documented on the receipt, "large amounts of coolant in oil, oil filter deformed from coolant, coolant level down half way in radiator." 2. The problem was the water pump shaft seal, confirmed by the 1000+mi I've put on the bike in the past couple of days.
While it does annoy me that the actual cause of the problem was dismissed after I explicitly suggested it when I brought the bike in to RnR, I understand that people make mistakes just like I do and everyone else out there; however, the fact remains that at the end of the day, when I got my bike back from RnR, I was no better off than when I took it in. Actually, I was worse off, as it ultimately ruined another $50 worth of coolant, oil, and filters, not to mention the lost time. In other words, there was no value added.
Fine, kind of annoying, but I'm sure I can get a refund since it's completely obvious RNR screwed up and ultimately the problem was a lot less serious so that's good, right? Wrong. I e-mailed Rick, more or less the body of this post detailing what had happened, and it was at this point that Rick started lying. I'm not sure if it's because he's crashed too much and doesn't remember or if he's just a completely unethical lier who realized that my move meant there were no more dollars coming from me, but either way, he now claims that I brought him a disassembled motorcycle and simply asked him to replace the headgasket.
I tried another e-mail and follow up call, but he's content to lying about it and taking my money, despite the forum posts, despite the messages to the tech, despite the fact that he personally told me it wasn't possible, despite the fact that we didn't order parts at the onset because they wanted time to diagnose, despite the TRUTH.
To anyone thinking about taking your bike there, don't. It's one thing if you make a mistake and fix it. Hell, that usually breeds customer loyalty and everyone is going to make a mistake once in a while. It's entirely different to be dishonest and unethical when you discover a mistake and try to weasel your way out of it. That's my experience with RNR and I wouldn't wish that experience on anyone spending their hard earned dollars. Ultimately I paid $1,660 for a $350 problem because Rick Beggs is an unethical and dishonest person. Don't make the same mistake I did by taking your bike to RNR Cycles in Sterling.
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Bummer! What a hassle and 1700 mi away to boot. Glad you are riding again but sheesh. I can understand a shop standing behind their work but it sounds like you fall into the "Out of sight, out of mind" category.
You should have an inmate post it on their door ;)
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Did you charge it on a credit card? even if u already paid it may be worth checking if you can dispute the charge after the fact.
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I've also filed a complaint with the BBB, and I'm sure I would win in small claims court, but it'd barely be worth it if I still lived there and I'm now across the country.
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In addition to an outdoor pool, Best Western Valencia Inn provides a spa tub, a 24-hour fitness center, and a fitness center. A computer station is located on site and high-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. A 24-hour business center is on site. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning. This Mediterranean hotel also offers tour/ticket assistance, barbecue grills, and a picnic area. Complimentary self parking is available on site. A total renovation of this property was completed in April 2012.
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- 24-hour front desk
- Coffee/tea in lobby
- Number of floors - 2
- Barbecue grill(s)
- Free breakfast
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- Fireplace in lobby
- Fitness facilities
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- Computer station
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Total number of rooms - 120
- Picnic area
- Free RV, bus, truck parking
- 24-hour business center
- Free self parking
- Number of buildings/towers - 4
- Spa tub
- Television in lobby
- Free WiFi
- Outdoor pool
Family Friendly Amenities
- Outdoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking, Free RV, bus, truck parking
Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
- Video-game console
- Coffee/tea maker
- Hair dryer
- Air conditioning
- Climate control
- Access via exterior corridors
- Phone
- Free local calls
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Shower/tub combination
- Desk
- Iron/ironing board
- Satellite TV service
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Free WiFi
Where to Eat
A complimentary continental breakfast is served each morning between 6 AM and 10 AM.
Nearby Things to Do
An outdoor pool and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a 24-hour fitness center and a fitness center.
Children under 14 years old are not allowed in the fitness facility without adult supervision.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessibility equipment for the deaf
- Accessible bathroom
- Accessible path of travel
- Braille or raised signage
- Accessible parking
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Minimum check-in age is 21
Check-in time starts at 4 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Children under 18 years old stay free when using existing bedding.
Pets allowed, Maximum number of pets per room 2
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
Service animals exempt from fees/restrictions
No rollaway/extra beds available
No cribs (infant beds) available
No elevators
Noise-free rooms not guaranteed
- Pet fee: USD 20.00 per accommodation, per day
We should mention
Children 18 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation. The property allows pets in specific rooms only and has other pet restrictions (surcharges apply and can be found in the Fees section). Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.


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Motor Monitor: My latest bargain gauge find
Photos by the author.
It's pretty much official around my house: I'm addicted to buying vintage gauges—stock and aftermarket—as long as they are cheap! You may have seen the dash clock I blogged about a few months ago. I didn't even know what it was from, but for $5, I'd find out after the purchase. Thanks to you, it was identified in no time.
My most recent purchase is this vacuum gauge (aka Motor Minder, Motor Monitor, Economy Gauge). When it arrived last week, my son reminded me that the Buick doesn't have enough dash space to fit all the gauges I have purchased. "That's okay," I replied, "because this one mounts on the column."
That is of course, if it goes into the car at all. I may just keep it as a display item. It needs some help, and I have others in better condition for the Buick already. However, I do like the fact that the blue on the gauge face almost matches the new exterior color for the car.
As you can see in the photos, the colors on the face are still vibrant, but dust has gotten under the lens; the chrome rivet heads are rusty, and the orange indicator needle is faded. Also, the chrome surround has a ding and is pitted.
The gauge has a very heavy cast cup that is easily clocked to any position relative to the face by loosening the screw on the back. There's also a chrome mount for the steering column. The face proclaims "MADE IN U.S.A.," but I have yet to find a brand name anywhere. The outlet for the vacuum line is at the bottom instead of the rear of the cup as is common on many other vacuum gauges I've seen and owned.
Appearance-wise, it's probably good to go for a rat rod, but for a weekend driver or a sometime show car, it would need some refurbishing. For a purchase price under $17, I felt it was still worth checking out—and yes, it does work.
If anyone recognizes this gauge, what company manufactured it and when, I'd be curious to know. I'm guessing it's from the late 1960s or early 1970s, given its face fonts and the fact that everything is metal instead of plastic.
If you are into collecting vintage automotive gauges, tell us about some of your finds.
Swap Meet Treasure Hunting
Photography by the author.
Once I got my first car in the mid-1980s, I soon realized that any vehicle that was 20 years old needed parts regularly, so my car show activities over the ensuing years would have to also include attending swap meets to feed my projects and even my daily driver if need be. When I bought the 1967 GTO in 1987 as a project car, the need for parts became all the more important.
Living in Northern New Jersey, Spring and Fall Englishtown and Carlisle were my favorite of the larger events in that pre-Internet era. At the time, I was in school and working, and one job included an overnight shift on Saturday. I can remember leaving work at 4 a.m., picking up my girlfriend (now my wife) and heading out on Route 78 in my '79 Formula toward Carlisle, tired yet motivated by the possibility of scoring great deals on the parts my cars needed.
Walking row upon row of parts at Englishtown or Carlisle was like a treasure hunt. First you had to find automotive gold, then you had to negotiate a deal on it. Though I always felt embarrassed about haggling over the price of every other product, when it came to car stuff—car stuff I had to have—more times than not I became fearless. Need proof? I once bought a swivel bucket seat at Englishtown in the early 1990s for my '73 Hurst Olds for $8. Yes, the upholstery was trashed, but the frame and shell were still good. It was Sunday and the guy simply didn't want to take it back home and I didn't want to pay his original asking price.
That was one of the great things about the swap meet. By late Sunday, the basis for pricing a part shifted from perceived rarity and benefit to how heavy it was and how much space it would take up in a truck.
Then there was the phenomenon that revealed itself after the auction ended. Like a gold rush boomtown gone bust, by about 6:00 p.m., Englishtown became a ghost town and took on the appearance of a post-apocalyptic landscape—no people, but lots of evidence that they had been there.
One year, in the mid-1990s, I was there with my CSK Publishing co-worker Jim Dietzler. When the late-Sunday mass exodus ensued, we were all the way at the backside of the track. Why? Because if you wanted the really desirable actual car parts from private vendors at good prices, you walked past all of the car wax, sunglasses, colored spark plug wire looms, window tint and professional parts sellers up front and went straight to the far side. In my early days, further down the pit side wasn't even paved and we were buying parts sometimes literally off the dirt—and we loved it! But I digress.
As anyone who has attended these semi-annual swap meets back then also knows, at the time there was only one or two ways out of E-town and you could wait in line for well over an hour just to get to a clear road. People would sell drinks at the roadside from their front yards. That's how bad the traffic was.
On this day, we knew we were stuck. So we did what any good parts hounds would do. Instead of running back to the car to hurry up and wait in traffic for an hour, we walked slowly and checked out what the venders had left behind in their spots, as we waited for the traffic to clear. It was pretty amazing how many usable parts people just left near the garbage cans to be hauled away for scrap.
I found a late 1970s restricted-secondary Pontiac cast-iron intake manifold, the one with dimples on the rear runners. Since I was working on High Performance Pontiac magazine at that point, I figured I could use it for something, so I rescued it. After a couple hundred feet, I remembered how heavy this manifold actually was. Not to worry, a few steps away was a folded up chrome luggage carrier with wheels, that someone had discarded. I opened it up, put my hefty intake manifold on it and rolled it away.
Among the other small items we discovered on the long walk back to the car was a blue glovebox door from a late-'60s Barracuda. I didn't own one, but I couldn't see letting it go to the dumpster either, so I rescued it as well.
I know that over the years, it has become much easier to sit in the living room on your computer and look over the vast selection of parts from around the country and possibly the world via auction sites and online classifieds, buy what you want and have it delivered to your doorstep. I do it too, since it's enjoyable and easy. I also know that most times it's cheaper than getting in the car and driving to a swap meet, spending the day rummaging through piles of parts and facing the possibility that you'll find nothing there you need. And many swap meets have dwindled in size over the years just for those reasons.
However, some of the spirit of adventure is lost when shopping online. The feeling of satisfaction derived from unearthing a perfect part at a swap meet and haggling its price down to a bargain can be a rush. Years ago, I paid $35 for a '68 GTO His and Hers shifter. I paid $15 for a used Hurst Super Shifter I put in my Trans Am that worked perfectly. And let's not forget the time spent sifting through the $5 tables or even $1 tables; I know that they are bygone days now, and it's not fair to expect those prices decades later, but there still must be some deals to be had in the swap meet areas at your favorite shows.
I've seen some from time to time and hopefully you have, too. Tell us about what you have found at swap meets over the years that you thought you'd never see at prices that low. Also tell us where there still are really good swap meets that we should consider checking out in the future.
Four-Links – Woodie meet, Lennon's Mini, rock star cars, Mercedes desk
* We don't know why we didn't come across this until now, seven months after the fact, but Dave's report on the 2012 Wavecrest Woodie Meet is worth a read if you're at all into termite townhouses.
* Whatever happened to John Lennon's Harold Radford-tweaked Mini? One would think that some rabid Beatles fan would have found it by now, but as Jeroen Booij at Maximum Mini related this week, there's several theories as to the Mini's fate, one of them even tied in to the theory that John still walks (drives) among us…
* Speaking of British rock stars' cars, the Daily Mail recently put together a story with plenty of photos of Beatles and Rolling Stones members and their various rides. (via)
* Furniture made from old car parts is good. Furniture made from old car parts and that still maintains the usability of the parts on cars, if called upon, is better. Ronan Glon at Ran When Parked took the better route when making a desk from a Mercedes-Benz 220D trunklid.
* Finally, funny guy Craig Fitzgerald ran down the 10 Rules of Swap Meet Etiquette this week over on BoldRide.
Hershey 2011: the swap meet
The best part about Hershey, in my opinion, is the swap meet. Sure, the show brings out some vehicles you've never imagined seeing, and plenty of vehicles change hands in the car corral, but the swap meet is the real pulse of the hobby, where you see everything and anything, and where you get exposed to the multiple personalities and flavors of old car nuts.
Take, for instance, the 1959 Thunderbird with matching Thunderbird-bodied go-kart and 1/18th-scale Thunderbird above, all in matching paint. Just needed a Matchbox Thunderbird to go with it. Not sure if the $30,000 price tag in the window included all three, though.
Speaking of go-karts, spotted the Corvette body for a Chevrolet promotional kart (akin to the Rupp Chevy Jr.) in the Red Field sporting a little damage to the fiberglass body. I think we ran across the homebuilt Jeep in the Chocolate Field; it was sporting a $550 price tag.
Not exactly a go-kart, this three-wheeled 1933 Custer Car served double duty as transportation and as rolling merchandise. It sounded like it had a little single-cylinder gas engine under the louvered back panel.
Automobilia fans had plenty of neat, one-of-a-kind stuff to choose from as well. The Willys-Knight-logoed blocks, likely removed from an old dealership, carried a price tag of $350. The display of Connecticut license plates, all of the same number, was neat, but we suspect Connecticut allows (or, at least, allowed) the same person or family to use the same plate number year after year – license plate aficionados, can you confirm? As far as the bus, according to the seller, it came from the GM Styling studios, dates to the 1980s or so, and includes a full interior as well as metal frame and suspension. The seller was asking $3,500 for it.
One piece of automobilia I very nearly came home with was this printing plate for a Budd publication touting its experience manufacturing components for the automotive industry. I flipped it to make it a little easier to read. I probably shouldn't have passed on it: For $200, when and where will I see another one?
Oh, yeah, and parts. Didn't see a price tag for the home-dropped Model T axle. The head used to convert a Model A engine into an air compressor – similar to the Schramm we spotted years ago – was interesting. And we had no clue on the mystery piece – possibly a rocker arm cover for one of the many overhead-valve conversions for the Model A four-cylinder?
Finally, at the end of a long day of walking the rows and the fields, we sympathized with this guy.
Hershey, Pennsylvania, 1965
As we're still recovering from walking the rows of the Hershey swap meet last week (and still going through our photos and Inboxes), we thought we'd skip on our usual street scene for today and instead take a look at this photo that South_paw posted recently to the H.A.M.B.'s Vintage shots from days gone by thread, showing Hershey from the air in 1965. Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.
More power, better mileage from your flathead Ford V-8!
While on the hunt for an old photo recently, I came across a bunch of pictures from a trip to the Early Ford V-8 Club's meet in Batavia, New York, five years ago. As always, I was drawn to the swap meet tables where I spotted these two unique devices for a flathead Ford V-8.
On the right is the Octa-Gane Model H-44, a water injector that claimed to increase fuel mileage, eliminate detonation and overheating, and allow the use of low-octane fuels in high-compression engines. Suspiciously, a number of companies marketed it in the late 1940s and early 1950s. The earliest mention we see of the Octa-Gane is in the June 1948 Popular Science, when it's being marketed by Continental Carburetion of Richmond, California. In late 1948, Continental moved to Berkeley (see the November 1948 Popular Mechanics) and then apparently changed its name to the Commonwealth Carburetor Corporation (see the July 1949 Popular Mechanics). The National Automotive Retail Corporation out of Venice, California, sold it in 1951 (see the May 1951 Popular Science), and by 1953, it was being marketed by the Engine Products Mfg. Co. of Los Angeles (see the June 1953 Popular Science). Somewhere along the way, Newhouse Automotive Industries of Los Angeles marketed the Octa-Gane, as did the Engine Accessories Manufacturing Company of Los Angeles (which provided an Octa-Gane for an EPA report on water-injection as an NOX reducer), and apparently it remained on the market through at least the late 1960s, when J.C. Whitney marketed it as a water/methanol injection device. Popular Science tested one of the J.C. Whitney Octa-Ganes in 1968 and reported a drop in fuel mileage and power when using it.
The "Patent Pending" cast into the cover of the Octa-Gane intrigued us, so we went searching for the relevant patent. While patents for water-injection systems for internal-combustion engines date back as far as 1917, the systems rode two major waves of popularity. The first came during World War II, with aircraft engineers trying to figure out ways to boost power and range. Possibly drawing on what they learned during that first wave, inventors then began applying the systems to automotive engines in the late 1940s, right about the time Detroit started building high-compression V-8 engines. Unsurprisingly, given the confluence of aircraft engineering and automotive tinkering, many of those second-wave patents originated in Southern California. See U.S. Patents 2676577, 2591272, 2533438, 2576196, and 2493808.
As for the siamesed Stromberg 97s next to the Octa-Gane, we have no idea.
Hershey's Here!
If you plan on attending the big AACA swap meet in Hershey, Pennsylvania, over the next few days, don't forget to stop by the Hemmings booths and say hello to the editors of our magazines. Many of your favorite Hemmings editors will be there, roaming the swap meet looking for stories to tell, photos to take and auctions to cover, so we can provide you with some interesting articles about this spectacular event in the coming months. The primary Hemmings booth is located in the Chocolate Field, space numbers CL 71 and CM 72, right across from the big tire balloons belonging to Coker Tire. Our other booth is located on the main street in the Green Field, space number GBG 1-4. So if you're there, please stop by and say hello; we'd love to meet ya!
Rumble in the Oley Valley fall swap meet coming up
As the weather gets cold, bike enthusiasts try to squeeze in their last few events of the season and cross their fingers for good weather. Such is the case this weekend with the fall classic swap meet and drag races in Oley, Pennsylvania. Sponsored by RMC Raceway, this is one of the most popular fall motorcycle swap meets in the country and also one of the best places to find those last few finishing pieces to assemble an old motorcycle project.
World class bike restorers make the annual trip to Oley to get elbow deep in parts, looking for that rusty gold. The swap meet is a two-day event, coming up this weekend, October 2-3, with drag races scheduled for Saturday and a rain date of Sunday. Gates open at 11 a.m. Saturday and will be open until 10 p.m. on Sunday. Further information is available at www.pro109.com.
New Hampshire Bike Swap Meet on Tap
The weather is turning cold and bike season is ending soon here in the Northeast (unless you break out the heated gear). All those projects on the bike you meant to get to last winter, but never did, can once again be moved to the front burner after a quick visit to the Keene Motorcycle Swap Meet on September 26. The swap meet is held twice a year at the Fairgrounds in Troy, New Hampshire, just south of Keene. It is an all day, rain or shine event and several hundred vendors and parts replacers spread their wares out on blankets and on tables hoping not to have to re-pack them for the trip home. Project bikes are a recurring theme at Keene and there are dozens, if you haven't got enough projects already. Yeah, there are lots of Harley parts that were unbolted and are fairly useless to anyone else, but I have purchased authentic Indian tools, Triumph restoration parts and decent cheap leathers at Keene in the past. If you have a plan of attack and a punch list for pieces needed, you can be in and out in a few hours. If you go without a plan, chances are you'll leave with something anyway; at least a dog dish full of French fries, politically incorrect helmet sticker or a Support Hells Angels t-shirt.
Imports at Carlisle
Mark McCourt and I have been back from the big import show in Carlisle since Sunday night, but what with deadlines and all, I haven't had a chance to go through my photos until now. You can't talk about Carlisle without talking about the weather, and we were lucky there – it only rained on Sunday.
Turnout was good. There were 1,458 cars and motorcycles registered – just short of the all-time high of 1,501 set in 2007. The cars of Germany were featured this year, a treat for the Opel and Audi club stalwarts who always turn out for this show. We haven't seen any mention of attendance award yet, but it's hard to imagine that Saabs @ Carlisle didn't manage to hang onto its crown.
One of the high points was getting to meet local collector Ed Ullom, a great guy who had brought a fantastic variety of seldom seen BMWs for display, one of which you'll see at some point in the pages of Sports & Exotic Car. (No, this gorgeous, Euro-spec 1972 3.0 CSi is not it.) I happened to be standing around when the photographer showed up to take Ed's photo — ah, my 15 minutes of fame.
In the car corral, I absolutely loved this decrepit 1963 Mercedes-Benz 190, recently dragged out of 25 years in storage. The seats were in pretty tough shape, but the body was solid, and the owner couldn't wait to start the engine for me. It ran so, so sweetly. How much work did he do to get it running? He changed the spark plugs. That's it. If a brake line hadn't been damaged in transit that very morning, we probably could have driven it back to Bennington. It had been marked down from $3,950 to $3,450, and was still there when we left.
Mark and I did both drag some interesting stuff home. I'll let Mark tell you about his finds, if he chooses; I'll save mine for another time. I'll give you a hint, though: It was a surprisingly good place for a Rover fan.


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That's MR. Toothless
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Originally Posted by
I'll take a stab at it. I think the reason that you're getting resistance is because you asserted -
When perhaps a better way to say it would be 'Constantly chasing higher & higher average speeds
isn't the best
way to train
for the type of racing I do
'. Chasing averages is perfectly fine - it's just not the
best for a given application
. I get good results from using averages - I have a large amount of data over an 18 mile course that I have worked for almost a year now. Given enough sampling data, I can eliminate variables such as stoplights*, headwinds, etc, and narrow down the variables to things I can control. Works for me.
Its that too, but its still a bad way to train.
For the races I run and the level I'm at, this gives me results that don't require thousands of dollars in equipment or require me to coordinate with someone else's schedule.
That's because you're a TT/Tri guy. Average speed is where its at for y'all. Max steady state riding = good for you.
You don't need to worry about anything else. Best way to screw up a triathlete? Vary the pace a bunch. Especially make em chase you down.
I rode with a pro triathlete once. Sonofagun could hold right at XXmph (I don't remember how fast, but it hurt!) for hours. Uphill, downhill didn't matter. He didn't have anything else except that one speed. It was a heckova speed, but that was his one trick.
Likewise, for a given training environment, Strava is perfectly fine.
I liken Strava to loud pipes on cuisers. 'hey lookit ME!! I got a KOM!' The only positive I see out of it is if you use Strava as a benchmark to hit on specific training days for specific reasons. Otherwise, if you wanna race, race.
Every time we have this fight, it's because one group touts its racing & training methodology over another - when it's comparing apples to oranges. We train to perform in different circumstances. This makes different methods useless for comparison.
See above about TT/tri guys and their riding. What works for y'all won't work for anyone racing anything else except maybe mtn biking and to a lesser extent cross.
* - If Gummee & I ever did ride together, his head would explode in 5 seconds.
Because following the 'rules' in Baltimore will, absolutely will, get you killed.
Besides - everybody knows tri-dorks have no manners.
Doubt my head'll explode. I can and have ridden in the city. Its a different skill set than riding out here in the cowfields. ...and yeah, triathletes typically are NOT cyclists.
Keep those aero bars away from me! I've ridden with Emilio DeSoto and some of his friends too. I was expecting a bunch of out of control wankers but what I found were a group of decent cyclists that knew 'the rules.' So it ain't all of em.
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Second best option would be the author that Gummee noted, Joe Friel and his book. I assume he meant
The Power Meter Handbook
. You can read an sample from it
Another resource is
Training and Racing with a Power Meter
I'm talking about the 'generic' training book: the Cyclist's Training Bible. I actually don't have a power meter other than the one on my Cateye Psychostimulator. ...and I can't see that AND the time at the same time right now. Gotta download the manual and see if I can't change some data fields around.
I'm a cyclist that rides motos, not a moto rider that rides bicycles.
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