My Bicycle

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This is my bike. It is a Specialized Hardrock Sport model with disk brakes. I added the rear cargo rack, the cool cargo bag, the clipless pedals, and the head/tail lights. I had the GPS from a long time ago.

This is my cool combo tire. I keep it at the upper range of the pressure rating. The result is that I basically have a slick here - with the knobs on the outer edge just in case I hit some loose stuff. In all reality I would be better off with pure slicks, but I got these combo tires for 1/2 the price of the slicks. And these tires have KEVLAR in them. How cool is that?

This is my front wheel. Notice the cool disk brake! Both wheels have disk brakes. So now when I run through a puddle, I can still stop.

This device is super cool. All the saddle bags I found were too small to fit all the crap I decided I needed to carry with me. So I went out and bought this. This is a Topeak rear cargo rack with optional bag. The bag slides onto the rack and snaps into place. I do not have to tie it down or anything. The bag will hold my 6 foot cable lock, my spare tube, my tire patch kit, a pressure gauge, ty-wraps, and other stuff. On the top of the bag you can see one part of the U lock I bought. I figure two locks are better than one. The light on the bag is a battery powered LED light. Below it is a passive reflector. The battery light has 7 LEDs, 5 face to the rear and two face to the sides. The light has three modes, steady on, all 7 flashing at the same time, and all 7 flashing in a sequence. I attached my hand pump under the cargo rack. The fact everything can fit into my bag means I can carry TWO water bottles.

This is the front handlebar. To the left is my GPS, to the right is my headlight. The headlight has 4 LEDs, and it is fairly bright. The light has three modes - all 4 LEDs on at once, the two center LEDs on steady while the side LEDs flash, and all 4 flashing.

This is my clipless pedal. I had to buy special shoes with cleats that snap into these pedals. To remove my feet from the bike I have to swing my heels away from the bike frame. It took a little time to get used to these pedals, but I really like them. The advantage to these pedals over conventional pedals is that I can pull UP on the cranks and my feet are locked into the most efficient position for power. Also I do not have to worry about my feet slipping off the pedals, so I can stand up and really crank hard.