Comments for The Nuclear Bunny Blog http://blog.nuclearbunny.org Blah, blah, blah... Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:59:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Comment on 2010 Ride the Rockies by Merlin http://blog.nuclearbunny.org/2010/07/14/2010-ride-the-rockies/comment-page-1/#comment-537 Merlin Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:59:52 +0000 http://blog.nuclearbunny.org/?p=621#comment-537 Another tour to consider is Colorado Rocky Mountain Bicycle Tour. Check out this years route at crmbt.com. We went to Mt. Evans and Trail Ridge Road both. I also rode it in 2008 & 2009 and loved the routes. Before that I'd ridden 5 BTC events. The biggest difference is touring with 250 people on CRMBT as opposed to 2,000 in the big tours. When you arrive and start looking for food, it's much easier to find a place to eat. Also CRMBT usually overnights in places that have some restaurants and motels. CRMBT is also the first week in August if that fits your schedule. And it has always been a loop. I always stayed in motels so can't speak to the camping situation except they seemed to stay near schools like the big tours. To me the #1 consideration has been the route so this gives you another choice. Another tour to consider is Colorado Rocky Mountain Bicycle Tour. Check out this years route at crmbt.com. We went to Mt. Evans and Trail Ridge Road both. I also rode it in 2008 & 2009 and loved the routes.
Before that I’d ridden 5 BTC events. The biggest difference is touring with 250 people on CRMBT as opposed to 2,000 in the big tours. When you arrive and start looking for food, it’s much easier to find a place to eat. Also CRMBT usually overnights in places that have some restaurants and motels.
CRMBT is also the first week in August if that fits your schedule. And it has always been a loop.
I always stayed in motels so can’t speak to the camping situation except they seemed to stay near schools like the big tours.
To me the #1 consideration has been the route so this gives you another choice.

]]> Comment on 2010 Ride the Rockies by chadwick http://blog.nuclearbunny.org/2010/07/14/2010-ride-the-rockies/comment-page-1/#comment-536 chadwick Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:21:02 +0000 http://blog.nuclearbunny.org/?p=621#comment-536 Since the RTR is a lottery, I would sign-up for that one and if you didn't get in then do the BTC. If you haven't done the RTR it's worth doing, but it's not a ton better than the BTC. The RTR organization is definitely more professional than the BTC, but it's not like that winds up being a big difference, in the end. Also I think it would depend upon the route next year - if the RTR is another hard route in 2011, that's fantastic - if it's an easy route like 2009, eh, skip it. But, doing both would be even more fun! <a href="#comment-535" rel="nofollow">@Frank </a> Since the RTR is a lottery, I would sign-up for that one and if you didn’t get in then do the BTC. If you haven’t done the RTR it’s worth doing, but it’s not a ton better than the BTC. The RTR organization is definitely more professional than the BTC, but it’s not like that winds up being a big difference, in the end.

Also I think it would depend upon the route next year – if the RTR is another hard route in 2011, that’s fantastic – if it’s an easy route like 2009, eh, skip it.

But, doing both would be even more fun!
@Frank

]]> Comment on 2010 Ride the Rockies by Frank http://blog.nuclearbunny.org/2010/07/14/2010-ride-the-rockies/comment-page-1/#comment-535 Frank Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:57:45 +0000 http://blog.nuclearbunny.org/?p=621#comment-535 Thanks for your review. I've done 2 BTC's (2008,2009), but no RTR. I'm considering doing either the BTC or RTR (but not both) in 2011. Based on your experiences, would you recommend 1 of these tours over the other, and the reason(s) you might prefer one over the other? Thanks for your review. I’ve done 2 BTC’s (2008,2009), but no RTR.

I’m considering doing either the BTC or RTR (but not both) in 2011.
Based on your experiences, would you recommend 1 of these tours over the other, and the reason(s) you might prefer one over the other?

]]> Comment on 2009 Bicycle Tour of Colorado by The Nuclear Bunny Blog » 2010 Ride the Rockies http://blog.nuclearbunny.org/2009/07/02/2009-bicycle-tour-of-colorado/comment-page-1/#comment-508 The Nuclear Bunny Blog » 2010 Ride the Rockies Thu, 15 Jul 2010 04:42:21 +0000 http://blog.nuclearbunny.org/?p=420#comment-508 [...] 2009, I knew coming into 2010 that I was going to ride either Ride the Rockies or the Bicycle Tour of [...] [...] 2009, I knew coming into 2010 that I was going to ride either Ride the Rockies or the Bicycle Tour of [...]

]]> Comment on About by chadwick http://blog.nuclearbunny.org/about/comment-page-1/#comment-507 chadwick Tue, 13 Jul 2010 02:23:44 +0000 http://blog.nuclearbunny.org/?page_id=2#comment-507 I've known people, even flat-landers, that do these climbs with a standard 53/39 crank and an 12-25 cassette, so it certainly can be done. I find my own lack of hills where I live make it pretty hard to have the leg strength to hold a climb with tempo power and a cadence of at least 70... below 70 you're stressing your knees quite a bit. The 27 over a 25 won't be a huge difference either way; your own fitness will make a bigger difference. If you do find your cadence is below 70 on the climb, be sure to concentrate on keeping your knees in so they don't get as much lateral stress, and consider lots of Ibuprofen to keep swelling down after the ride. I did my ride this year there with a compact crank and an 11-28 cassette. It made a huge difference in my cadence and power delivery but it still wasn't what I'd call easy... I’ve known people, even flat-landers, that do these climbs with a standard 53/39 crank and an 12-25 cassette, so it certainly can be done. I find my own lack of hills where I live make it pretty hard to have the leg strength to hold a climb with tempo power and a cadence of at least 70… below 70 you’re stressing your knees quite a bit. The 27 over a 25 won’t be a huge difference either way; your own fitness will make a bigger difference.

If you do find your cadence is below 70 on the climb, be sure to concentrate on keeping your knees in so they don’t get as much lateral stress, and consider lots of Ibuprofen to keep swelling down after the ride.

I did my ride this year there with a compact crank and an 11-28 cassette. It made a huge difference in my cadence and power delivery but it still wasn’t what I’d call easy…

]]> Comment on About by Dennis http://blog.nuclearbunny.org/about/comment-page-1/#comment-506 Dennis Tue, 13 Jul 2010 01:43:11 +0000 http://blog.nuclearbunny.org/?page_id=2#comment-506 Chadwick, Googled 'rear cog for Cottonwood Pass' and this is were I landed. Great blog about the tour by the way. I am going to hit Cottonwood Pass in a few weeks and have been wondering about my gearing. I will be going up the east side from Buena Vista and have a 12-25 on my 10 speed. Did you end up swapping to a 12-27 or do you think 12-25 would have been good. Thanks, Dennis merckx_13@yahoo.com Chadwick,

Googled ‘rear cog for Cottonwood Pass’ and this is were I landed. Great blog about the tour by the way. I am going to hit Cottonwood Pass in a few weeks and have been wondering about my gearing. I will be going up the east side from Buena Vista and have a 12-25 on my 10 speed. Did you end up swapping to a 12-27 or do you think 12-25 would have been good.

Thanks,

Dennis
merckx_13@yahoo.com

]]> Comment on 2009 Bicycle Tour of Colorado by Merlin http://blog.nuclearbunny.org/2009/07/02/2009-bicycle-tour-of-colorado/comment-page-1/#comment-504 Merlin Mon, 21 Jun 2010 21:13:33 +0000 http://blog.nuclearbunny.org/?p=420#comment-504 Just found your blog. I rode BTC for several years until Colorado Rocky Mountain Bicycle Tour was started. I've ridden it for the past couple of years and will ride it this year. It's a great tour. Probably 350-500 riders this year (500 max). Overnights are in decent size towns for the most part. Check out CRMBT.COM for this years route which promises to be spectacular. Just found your blog. I rode BTC for several years until Colorado Rocky Mountain Bicycle Tour was started. I’ve ridden it for the past couple of years and will ride it this year.
It’s a great tour. Probably 350-500 riders this year (500 max). Overnights are in decent size towns for the most part.
Check out CRMBT.COM for this years route which promises to be spectacular.

]]> Comment on My Zenoss Development Environment – Part 3 by davetoo http://blog.nuclearbunny.org/2009/10/22/my-zenoss-development-environment-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-465 davetoo Sun, 18 Apr 2010 22:16:02 +0000 http://blog.nuclearbunny.org/?p=545#comment-465 Have you tried, or is it even feasible, to have multiple Zenoss instances running sumultaneously on your dev system? Perhaps a single Zeo instance with multiple databases? Or is the zope/zenoss network configuration not sufficiently centralized? Have you tried, or is it even feasible, to have multiple Zenoss instances running sumultaneously on your dev system? Perhaps a single Zeo instance with multiple databases? Or is the zope/zenoss network configuration not sufficiently centralized?

]]> Comment on You Don’t Need Flash for Rich Graphs on a Web Page by chadwick http://blog.nuclearbunny.org/2010/04/11/you-dont-need-flash-for-rich-graphs-on-a-web-page/comment-page-1/#comment-461 chadwick Fri, 16 Apr 2010 19:43:08 +0000 http://blog.nuclearbunny.org/?p=593#comment-461 A lot of the places talking about the various HTML5 elements talk about the various state of the browsers. The canvas tag is supported well by Firefox, so that's the important thing for now :) <a href="#comment-460" rel="nofollow">@MIke Lunt </a> A lot of the places talking about the various HTML5 elements talk about the various state of the browsers. The canvas tag is supported well by Firefox, so that’s the important thing for now :)

@MIke Lunt

]]> Comment on You Don’t Need Flash for Rich Graphs on a Web Page by MIke Lunt http://blog.nuclearbunny.org/2010/04/11/you-dont-need-flash-for-rich-graphs-on-a-web-page/comment-page-1/#comment-460 MIke Lunt Fri, 16 Apr 2010 19:40:19 +0000 http://blog.nuclearbunny.org/?p=593#comment-460 Great post. Where did you get the information on browser support? I did this test (http://html5test.com/) with the latest Firefox (3.6.3), and it didn't seem to do very well. Great post. Where did you get the information on browser support? I did this test (http://html5test.com/) with the latest Firefox (3.6.3), and it didn’t seem to do very well.

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