Colorado Share the Road License Plates

December 27th, 2007

Yesterday I went and hung out at the Department of Motor Vehicles. I have been driving around all month with expired tags. I was nervous enough driving around town with expired tags but I’m going to be driving out of town in a couple days and don’t want to get pulled over. While I was there, I asked some questions about the Share the Road plates.

If you pre-ordered plates before December 15th, you should get your approval certificate this week. If you ordered after that or are planning to order, it will take 2-3 weeks to get the certificate. You have to order the approval certificate online and have it before going to DMV to get the plates.

If your registration doesn’t renew in January or whichever month you go in to get them, you will be credited for the time remaining until your renewal. Your registration renewal will change to the month that you get the Share the Road plates.

Although the plates are supposed to be made, they don’t have them at the Chapel Hills location for El Paso county. The lady says they normally don’t get the new plates by the time they’re supposed to be available. She recommended calling before going in to get them.

Originally I had seen that they needed 3,000 pre-ordered or they wouldn’t be made. Now the Bicycle Colorado FAQ says that 3,000 need to be in circulation by July 1, 2009. Let’s make sure there are plenty of Share the Road plates to let other motorists know we care about cycling.

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Merry Christmas

December 24th, 2007

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Gift Card Giveaway Winners

December 24th, 2007

A big thanks to everyone who participated in my gift card giveaway. I had planned to start it a few days earlier but had too many other things going on. It seems everyone else was also busy with Christmas. This gave the ones who took the time very good odds.

First here are the ones that helped spread the word about the giveaway.

Random.org picked ProfessionalJackass.com as the winner.

The giveaway was really about getting feedback and I only got 2 comments. That gave each entrant a 50% chance of winning something extra for Christmas. Both gave excellent feedback and it looks like I need to work on improving the search matching.

For this one, Random.org picked NannaBee.

Congratulations to ProfessionalJackass.com and NannaBee! They get their choice of gift cards from this page.

I’ll probably do something similar in a couple months when people aren’t so busy so keep an eye out.

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Need a Giant Last Minute Christmas Tree?

December 23rd, 2007

View of Pikes Peak from Work

My new job is going well. There’s one thing though that I’d like improved. My view could be so much better. The top picture is the view from where I sit at my desk. The 2nd picture is the view if I move a few feet.

The tree outside the window would make a great Christmas tree and then my view of Pikes Peak wouldn’t be blocked. If you could use it, I can give you directions. It does look good from outside so I’m guessing the property management wouldn’t be happy if it disappeared.

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Last Day to Enter to Win $50 Gift Card

December 23rd, 2007

Just a reminder that today is the last day to enter to win a $50 gift card. All the details are here and the list of gift cards is here. Everybody is busy with Christmas shopping so you have a really good chance of winning.

I’m not going to be picky about the exact time for what is tonight. Any comment that’s submitted by the time I check in the morning will get counted. I’m not exactly a morning person so it won’t be too early.

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2 Chances to Win a $50 Gift Card in Time for Christmas

December 18th, 2007

I’ve been working on a cycling and outdoor gear search on this site for a little over a year. I have a lot more things I want to do with it plus some things need fixing. With my limited time, it will be a while before I get to some of the things.

Here’s your chance to help me and win a $50 gift card. So that I can spend my time working on things you think would make the biggest difference, I’m going to give away a gift card in return for suggestions.. Look around, search for something you’re dreaming about for Christmas. Then write a comment on this post with what you’d like added or what needs improving.

I want to provide incentive to provide good suggestions so I’m not going to award the gift card totally randomly. I also don’t want to spend a lot of time agonizing over which is the best comment. I’m going to pick a handful of the best comments and then pick one of them randomly.

Comments must be submitted by Sunday night, December 23rd. Make sure that I can easily find your e-mail address if you link to your site or that you put it in your comments. Feel free to use name[]mysite.com or something so your e-mail doesn’t get grabbed by the spam bots. I’ll announce a winner sometime on Monday, Christmas Eve. If you win, you can pick any gift card from this page. I prefer you pick one that can be e-mailed but I’ll have one mailed as long as you live in the US.

A 2nd way to win a $50 gift card is to help spread the word about this giveaway and the cycling and outdoor gear search. You’ll need to have a blog or website for this one. Write something and link to both this post and the cycling and outdoor gear search page.

Once you’ve linked, either leave a comment here on where to find them or send me an e-mail. I’m going to end this contest a day earlier than the other one so your readers will have time to enter. That means Saturday night, December 22nd.

For the 2nd giveaway, I’ll pick a winner totally randomly. The winner will be announced at the same time as the other giveaway. The winner will also get the same choice of gift cards.

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Correction and More on Spinning Record

December 17th, 2007

The article I found on Saturday had that John “Blue Dog” Jurczynski and Mike “Mad Dog” Gallagher had ridden 112 hours. John replied to my post on the ultracycling list to let me know it was actually 113 hours.

I had said I could imagine doing the Race Across America but I couldn’t imagine spending 4.5 days spinning in one spot. John replied spinning 113 hours was much easier than doing RAAM. He said, “It is like a slumber party on wheels.”

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New Spinning Record Set at 113 Hours!

December 15th, 2007

John “Blue Dog” Jurczynski and Mike “Mad Dog” Gallagher have set a new spinning record of 113 hours! Jurczynski said Thursday was a hard night for him but as they got close to the record he felt good. Near the end Gallagher said he felt like he could go for another 10 hours.

The Guinness rules allow a 5 minute break every hour and the time can be saved up for a few hours to give enough time for a nap. That makes for a total of 2 hours a day off the bike which means some serious sleep deprivation over 4 days.

They both deserve big congratulations on breaking a tough record. Although it was physically tough, it had to be even tougher mentally.

I always feel like I’m working much harder on a trainer than I do when I’m riding outside. I once did 5 hours on a trainer and even that was tough mentally. I’ve thought of riding for 24 hours at the local 24 Hour Fitness as a fundraiser to raise money to attempt the Race Across America again. Even that seems pretty brutal. There’s an easier way for you to help me raise money to do RAAM again.

Update: The first article I found incorrectly had that John and Mike had ridden for 112 hours instead of 113 hours.

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Spinning Record Update

December 14th, 2007

I haven’t been able to find much this week on John “Blue Dog” Jurczynski and Mike “Mad Dog” Gallagher attempt to break the Guinness spinning record. I did find an article written on Tuesday from the local Laconia paper. According to that article, they were still trying to get enough people to satisfy Guinness’ witness requirements.

They need to ride until 8:17 PM EST tonight to break the record. They have said they want to break it by a good margin but won’t reveal by how much until the match the record. The Laconia Athletic & Swim Club have posted some pictures of Cycle Mania 2007 that show John and Mike riding. Hopefully they’re still riding and will keep going for a little longer. Although I can see riding that much out on the road, I really don’t think I could do it on a spin bike.

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Flood Relief Donation Matching by STP Organizer

December 11th, 2007

Cascade Bicycle Club, organizers of the Seattle to Portland double century,is pledging $2,500 in matching funds for flood relief through the Centralia United Way. Cities along the STP route sustained heavy flood damage from last week’s rains. Biking Bis will donate $5 for each of the first 20 bloggers to link to his post with more details.

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