Category: gear

Catching Up

The seasonal head cold – flu ran through the house hard in the last 10 days, but there is now light at th end of the tunnel. I only made two rides up the stret 5 blocks to the post office in the last 10 days. Needless to say average productivity was pretty low. I made progress with my test patterns and prototyping.

The goal is to have a couple of things completed for the SoCal Rivendell Dirt Mull Holland Ride.  Working the time in at the bench and in the saddle to get my legs back is going to be a squeeze. 

I did get one big project completed though:

My daughter Anna’s first Christmas is going to be awsome

Joby Gorillapod

I used to lug around a “lightweight” full size tripod.  With creative use of bungee chords I could get it into a Caradice Nelson, but even then it was dicey on the trails.  And then it hit me that I had the Gorillapod in the tool kit, why was I not using it more.  One small bungee and I was in action.

I have the medium SLR sold as a kit by B&H with the small sunpak ballhead.  It is quick, easy and light – I love it.  While not as tall as the full size the added versatility is huge.  There are somethings a regular tripod just cannot do.

Also, much like the smaller size of my Micro 4/3 camera kit, I use it more because it is easier to carry and therefore with me.

Quikchainger In the Wild

It was only a matter of time now that I bragged on the Quikchinger the other day.  Today was the first day back on the bike after pushing the short version of the flu out the door.  The Quikchainger just makes things so much easier, and it was pretty simple to figure out what caused the flat as I had rolled up to the stop sign.