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The Smart Tube

Posted in Gear, tagged on Tuesday January 13, 2009 | 7 Comments »

I got flat tire this morning, my first.  I had to walk my bike 2.8 miles home, I’m just glad I wasn’t further away from home.  Today I installed the Smart Tube:  The Slime Self Healing Road Presta Tube by Slime.  It’s supposed to instantly seal punctures up to 1/8″ as you ride and work [...]

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Biking in the Cold

Posted in Gear, tagged on Sunday November 2, 2008 | 3 Comments »

In the past I simply parked my bike indoors during the winter months, but now I am a bike commuter, and I am determined to ride all year long (at least whenever possible). The other day I had my first experience of riding in the cold.  I got out of bed put on my base [...]

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Messenger Bag Convert

Posted in Gear, MARTA, tagged , , on Saturday October 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Ok, ok, ok… I am now a bike messenger bag convert.  I know, in my very first post to the JCC titled Hello World, I posted that messenger bags were not for me.  Well…I have now a seen the light. The first bag I purchased was from Sette Quest, which I bought from Price Point.  [...]

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Buying Better Bike Gear

Posted in Gear, tagged , , , , on Sunday September 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Yesterday I made my trip to Performance Bikes to buy this months supply of gear.  Because of budget constraints I can only buy a little gear at a time.  This time I bought a cyclocomputer, a rack, wrench, bungee type cord for the rack, and a new front light.  In my effort to save money [...]

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Biking to the GYM day 3

Posted in Gear, MARTA, Ride on Thursday September 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Yesterday I took my bike to Performance Bikes.  They had to fix all of the little kinks that showed up after I had been riding it for a week.  Like the chain; the chain had already popped out more times than on any other bike I have owned, and every time I went up a [...]

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My Ride

Posted in Gear, tagged on Sunday September 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

This is a good time to introduce my new ride the SE Lager single speed.  I also found two reviews for this bike written by Tim Grahl.  1st and 2nd review.

I bought the bike at Performance Bikes a fact that I feel somewhat guilty about because I did not purchase it at my LBS (Local [...]

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Hello World

Posted in Gear, Ride, tagged , on Friday September 12, 2008 | 8 Comments »

Welcome to my new blog, the JCC or the Jewish City Chick.  Yes I am spending this shabbat plugged in.  Mainly because I feel like I need to write but instead of writing I have been spending the last hour trying to set up this blog.   I am hanging out at Kavarna in Oakhurst, which [...]

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