Audio as a hobby

I am no expert in martial arts, but I think Bruce developed Jeet Kun Do by combining the close hand to hand combat techniques of Chinese martial arts with the powerful kicks of Korean Tai Kwan Do.

Regarding my knee... it's a mystery... but the truth is out there... actually I think he is in Cupertino now.

I like bird hunting and training bird dogs. I also play the violin.

Okay...more bike talk

My bikes -- there are currently 7:

Road bike -- hand built Peter Mooney circa 1993 -- steel is real

Touring bike -- last of the handbuilt Treks, circa 1986 -- a dozen countries, countless miles, no original parts left except frame

Mountain bike -- Kona titanium frame, up to date parts as of about 1999 -- ti is great for a frame you don't want to break -- I broke my previous lugged aluminum frame

Tandem -- last of the tig-welded Santana Sovereigns -- again, steel

Folding bike -- Comotion Espresso with an S&S coupler -- fixed up as an interesting cross-bike -- had a custom builder put braze ons for cantilevers, Scott AT3 bars, friction barends, and the first generation Marzocchi 700c shock -- used it a bunch when I travelled for work, now it's 3000 miles away in my Mom's garage for the times I visit her

fixed gear -- piece of junk $100 Univega road bike with a lock wheel

beater bike -- funky painted old Rockhopper -- this is the bike that sees the most use now

I have a one year old, and I just bought a tot-trailer. Hopefully this purchase will signal the rekindling of my life on the bike.

7 bikes, 6 are steel. I guess you can see where my sentiments are.

On other fronts -- I play a lot of racquet sports -- badminton is the latest. I swim. I hike a bit. I like to sweat.

Audio passive? Do any of you dance? Not like ballroom, but more like Tom Cruise in Risky Business? I can't sit still for about half of what I play.

Oh yeah...I DJ too. Is this active or passive?

Rbirke, Curious....Are your racquets all made of wood?

Hi J:
Nice to see more racers around here. Hey I wasn't talkin about the tiny group of folks who race. Like I said, if your intersted in a wheel length after a few hour and have done the work on a bike to actually take advantage of the design go for it. So of course that's what's the pro's drive. Very few riderrs have much of sprint left in them after a couple hours of hard pace. Just racers really or folks who used to race. But those racing frames for the average guy it's like going out and getting a formula one chassis to drive around town in when you only have a 50 horse power engine.
Anyway, I wasn't talking about frames for someone with your time in the saddle. bang for the buck I still think steel is great and for a 47 yr old such as myself out of the competition it is as good a choice as any - but that means there are other good choices too.

Cheers, and keep ridin