TODAY - March 29th!

Hey I'm having a pretty good sized bike garage sale. Would you possibly forward this to your members?

Many thanks, Matt Long

The manager has gone crazy! He says he'd rather sell em' at a loss than move em'!!! Seriously, big bike garage sale... 59 Prospect Trail, North Little Rock. From the big damn bridge head northeast for less than a mile on Crystal Hill road. Turn right on White Oak. Take first left (Prospect Trail). My house is at the top of the hill on the left. It will be the one with the open garage and all the bike stuff... I'll be there packing boxes all day Saturday. So...starting at 7:00 a.m. it's first come first serve. If you have any questions, call me, 501-416-5695. Here's the list so far:

$2000 Orbea Alma 29 (complete carbon bike--pimped out) (medium)
$2000 Orbea Occam (all new XT, Revelation fork, like new) (medium)
$900 Orbea Altec Cyclocross Bike (54 cm)
$450 Orbea Zona steel built as fixed gear (54 cm)
$600 Orbea Alma 26 frame (carbon--the model Julien Absalon rides) (large)
$300 Orbea D'Ella Women's MTB frame (15", pink/white, very new)
$300 Castellano Fango (Ibis Ripley) frame (large)--powder coated in Vegas Gold
$300 Gary Fisher X-Caliber 853 frame with Steelman Nivachrome rigid fork (both powder coated Vegas Gold) (large)
$125 American Classic 350 wheelset (black, very new--however, needs new freehub body)
$200 Fox F100RL fork (07, great shape, white)
$100 Rock Shox Sid Team (unknown year, 2003?...dual air, w/ lockout)
$150 White Bros. 29 Magic fork
$50 Brand new XTR 960-series hubs (never used) Priced for pair (not disc hubs--old-school rim brake...)
$75 XTR disc brakes w/ XT levers (already bled, 965 series, 756 levers, centerlock rotors included) QUANTITY OF 2 PAIRS
$15 9-speed XTR Rapid-rise rear derailleurs QUANTITY OF 3
$10 8-speed XTR Rapid-rise rear derailleur
$15 Bike Tight Gliderboard w/ 2 bike mounts
$25 Saris Bones Rack Car Carrier (3-bike)
$15 SRAM X-9 shifters
$15 Pile of front derailleurs (XT, XTR, X-9, and others) Your choice...
$50 FSA K-Wing road bar (the cool one with the raised wing profile and internal cable routing, 44 c-to-c)
FREE Used tires (lots), questionable floor pumps (3)
FREE About three cases of beer in the mini-fridge in my garage...

I'll probably have more stuff to add later... So come and get it!!!

Thanks, Matt Long

Ok...had to get some news in here for the geek in all of us....from Wired...

"There's a rift in the internet, pitting the Swedes and the Yanks against one another and making it difficult for millions to visit websites hosted across the Atlantic.

U.S.-based Cogent Communications shut down their links to the Swedish-based ISP Telia last Thursday in what Cogent describes as a contract dispute about the size and locations of the pipes connecting the two ISPs.

Like many large ISPs, Cogent and Telia interconnect their networks at multiple points and trade roughly equivalent amounts of traffic, an arrangement called peering.

The feud has continued through Tuesday, keeping it impossible for Swedes, along with other Nordic and Baltic residents, to reach sites hosted on Cogent's network and vice versa.

That's likely much more of a customer service problem for Telia than Cogent, due to geography and the size of Cogent's network (see illustration above)....."

Aw yeah...no wonder stuff like AMBCS going down is a daily event...

The AMBCS site DNS provider has been down now for several days, but looks like the site is accessable however. Here is the temporary site:

www.ambcs.com

or

http://www.acs-soft.com/ambcs/index.htm

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Heard a rumor "Rider's Ready" will be opening a second location near Cook's Landing in Maumelle...

From BRAIN

Titus Sold to Local Investment Firm

TEMPE, AZ (BRAIN)—GAI Cycles of Phoenix has acquired 100 percent ownership in Titus Cycles from Vyatek Sports.

Founded in 1991, Titus Cycles—based out of Tempe—builds both mountain and road bikes. Titus designs and builds both stock and custom frames by applying aluminum, carbon fiber, titanium and other materials to the licenses it holds for numerous frame technologies.....

This is a short notice for a GREAT Demo ride opportunity this weekend. The Specialized demo trailer will be in Arkansas this weekend and you'll have the chance to ride some of the best bikes around including mountain bikes like Stumpjumpers, Epics, Enduros, 29ers, and road bikes like Tarmacs, Transitions, SL2s, Roubaixs, and Rubies.

Make sure to visit the trailer in one of these two locations:

1. Test ride MTBs on Saturday at the Spa City MTB Extreme at Cedar Glades in Hot Springs.

2. Test ride road or MTBs Sunday from 10-4 at Burns Park from the boat ramp.

Thx
Gary

The first MTB race of the season is this weekend at the Spa City MTB extreme on March 8th. The AMBCS will start with the Spring Hill Classic on March 29th, and the always popular Ouachita Challenge is on April 4-5.

http://www.ambcs.com/ - the address is not resolving at the moment...maybe it will be backonline shortly?

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An e-mail and forum post floating about the past few days might be cool to check out if your interested in how those little mitochondria process...

"Research and Testing Opportunity
Dr. Will Peveler will be beginning research at UCA involving cycling and performance. He is in need of volunteers for two projects going on simultaneously. He will be examining the effect of saddle height on economy and power production. Subjects will gain information on their VO2 max and power output expressed in watts/kg. Similar studies have been published in scientific journals and recently discussed in Cycling plus magazine.

If you are interested please feel free to contact Will at: wpeveler@uca.edu
Office: (501) 450-5579
Cell: (501) 499-4660

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The BACA meeting is this Thursday, 7:00 PM at the Oyster Bar with bicycling videos this month. Friday is Bike to Work Day, 6:45 AM at the bottom of River Mtn. Road and breakfast at the River Market, or meet Ron at the submarine in NLR at 6:00 AM to bike to LRAFB or points
along the way.

Daylight savings time is this weekend!