Ski Touring in Chamonix
March 5th, 2012
Ringwood Trail Map
September 13th, 2011My Ringwood Trail Map is finally available for download!
It now includes:
- Cannonball Trail (Complete)
- Yellow Trail
- White Trail
- Ringwood-Ramapo Red
- Skylands Trail
- Warm Puppy Rock
The file is available for download as a Garmin Custom Map .kmz file and has been optimized for the Garmin Edge 800. To use it: download the .kmz file and copy it to the GarminCustomMaps directory and make sure custom maps have been enabled.
If you don’t own a Garmin Edge 800 you can still download the map and load it into Google Earth 
The map is a work in progress and updated regularly and will eventually include all trails from the Ramapo Ringwood area. Please leave me any feeback or suggestions in the comments area below, or if you find any errors!
Enjoy!
Paul
Bromont Trail Map
September 11th, 2011I won’t take credit for actually making the map, I converted the official 2011 Bromont trail map for use with the Garmin Edge 800. The map is a Custom Garmin Map and downloadable as in .kmz format. Simply download the file and copy it to your GarminCustomMaps folder!
If you don’t own a Garmin Edge 800 you can still download the map and load it into Google Earth
Enjoy!
Paul
Parcours Regis Ride – Mercredi 20 juillet 2011
July 24th, 2011
Parcours Regis Ride – Mercredi 13 juillet 2011
July 15th, 2011
Bianchi, Merckx, De Rosa – Coming Soon!
May 17th, 2011A preview of weeks to come
AND MUCH MUCH MORE!
New Pictures – Raleigh Tourist DL-1
May 17th, 2011Finally got around to taking some pictures of my bikes! The Tourist is my favorite cruiser and this one is in particularly good condition; I picked it up last year from a guy in New Jersey who still had it in the box – unreal! It’s almost too nice to ride so for now it stays in my living room
Zipp 303 and Tufo/Jantex Tubular Rim Tape – Beware!
May 3rd, 2011Since I’ve had good experience with tubular rim tape in the past (I used Tufo Extreme on aluminum rims when I rode l’Eroica last year and flatted twice – one so severe Stan’s sprayed everywhere – LOL – but using rim tape made replacing the tire a cinch) I decided to use the Tufo’s on my new Zipp 303′s…
until I went online and came across horror stories about carbon delamination! Several cyclists have trashed their rims while removing a taped tire as the carbon delaminates from the rim bed. Apparently, Tufo Extreme tape is just too sticky! Freaked out I took them off immediately (and carefully) and a flake of carbon (next to the spoke hole) came off with the tape!!!
@#*&$~!!!
When I chatted with a Zipp technician, he repeatedly stated that Zipp does not recommend ANY type of tubular tape (including Velox Jantex – I specifically asked) :
We do not recommend ANY tapes – they all tend to pull the carbon, add weight and increase your rolling resistance
My delamination was insignificant but the tape was only on for less than a week.
Repairing a Garmin Totals.fit File
April 17th, 2011Every so often the Edge 800 will misread a satellite coordinate and think you’ve traveled to the North Pole… which has the really annoying side effect of screwing up the device totals. Garmin doesn’t give you the option to correct the error, so I created a little utility to update the Totals.fit file.
Instructions:
- Plug in the Edge 800
- Make a backup of your Totals.fit file (GarminTotalsTotals.fit)
- Run FTRepair (Download FTRepair)
If you find FTRepair useful – please leave a comment below
Paul