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Slow-Mo Commencals at Sol Vista

noreply@blogger.com (Blane) — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:01:00 PDT

Project Squish - SolVista Super Slow Motion from Litter Mag on Vimeo. Great video of Commencals in action ripping it up at Sol Vista Bike Park. At 200 frames per second you can see the suspension...

There, I Fixed It

noreply@blogger.com (Blane) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:43:00 PDT

Those of us who have worked in shops (of any kind) have likely borne witness to pretty dicey homebrewed repairs. Whether perpetrated out of lack of funds or a lack of knowledge, I'm talking about the...

Trail Wars

daradara — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:09:54 PDT

Ok this is getting ridiculous. There is such a huge power struggle between trail users going on in Flagstaff. I think it has been going on probably since people started using the trails for...

the rules...

robert — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:26:32 PDT

I suppose this is something I've wanted to write for about a year now; I've been sitting on the idea, letting it ruminate and congeal into something solid. The real spark was reading this,...

Tour Divide Starts June 12

nospam@example.com (Runout) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:01:00 PDT

The Tour Divide, the longer of the two unsupported races tracing the Adventure Cycling Association's Great Divide Mountain Bike Route, starts June 12 in Banff, Alberta. As of this writing, 42...

The Second Hundred Years of SOS Begins Today

William Gurstelle — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:54:52 PDT

(Bill Gurstelle is guest blogging here on Boing Boing. He is the author of several books including Backyard Ballistics, and the recently published Absinthe and Flamethrowers. Twitter: @wmgurst)...

More Nerd Merit Badges

Cory Doctorow — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:59:06 PDT

Dave sez, "Just a quick note to say that the Science Scout website has been completely revamped and ready to take in your anecdotes for why you deserve certain badges (Also a bunch of newish badges...

Ladyada's temp sensor tutorial

Gareth Branwyn — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:00:00 PDT

Limor has published her latest electronics tutorial, this one on temperatures sensors in the T0-92 (transistor-type) package. As usual, really clear, concise, with video examples of application, etc....

Teaching mirrors new tricks

Sean Michael Ragan — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:00:00 PDT

Andrew Hicks, a mathemagician at Philadelphia's Drexel University, has lately made headlines with one of those head-slappingly simple, brilliant, OMG-why-didn't-I-think-of-that sort of projects: He...

Loaded Dervish Longboard

Stephen Regenold — Thu, 28 May 2009 07:10:34 PDT

The Loaded Dervish is a longboard cambered from tip to tail and with wheels completely visible when standing on the deck. It looks different — and performs different — than any board you’ve ever...

May 20, 2009

(author unknown) — Tue, 19 May 2009 21:00:00 PDT

Blagh! It's freakin' 2:16 AM, but let it be known that I updated before you woke up! Also, take that, imaginary government bureaucrats!

My buddy Adam and I headed out to ride in the Gila National

info@senderocycles.com (Sendero Cycles) — Wed, 27 May 2009 09:36:00 PDT

My buddy Adam and I headed out to ride in the Gila National Forest over the holiday weekend and here is the GPS data I brought back. We did this on fully loaded off road touring bikes and had an...

Home is where the heart is.

Stevil Kinevil — Mon, 18 May 2009 17:09:15 PDT

Everyone, no matter what their gender, needs a refuge, and I spent an inordinate amount of time in mine this past weekend, making messes, fixing things, and just generally preparing for the upcoming...

Brakes

(author unknown) — Sun, 10 May 2009 17:00:00 PDT

ShamWow Absorbency

Cheezburger Network — Wed, 06 May 2009 06:00:44 PDT

ShamWow Absorbency Graph by macgeek800, via our GraphJam builder.

Dictionary of Roadie Slang

Matt — Mon, 04 May 2009 23:01:57 PDT

Part of any subculture is slang. The words are often not the hard part, rather it is inflection and timing. If you want to impress all your road bike friends (or look like a fool when you mess up)...

Tag Combination

(author unknown) — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:00:00 PDT

Sharing the TV between Math-based Disciplines

Cheezburger Network — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:00:07 PDT

Sharing the TV between Math-based Disciplines Graph by 626ish, via our GraphJam builder.

Swine Flu

(author unknown) — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 17:00:00 PDT

The next step

Tim — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 19:07:10 PDT

Greg Matyas has unveiled his latest Fatback at Sea Otter. I got to check out this titanium frame in the back room of his shop a couple of weeks ago, and it looked like possibly the coolest and most...