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The Rapid Crossroad Railing Pack includes four Rapid Towers and four end caps affix your Thule Rapid Load Bars to your car's factory-installed roof rack. The Rapid Crossroad is slotted to accept the aluminum Rapid Load Bars (sold separately) for a seamless look. Thule built the Rapid Crossroad's adjustment tool into the feet, making it easy to adjust and lock down with no external hardware. Call a gearhead to make sure you get the correct Load Bars and components for the Thule Rapid system.Product FeaturesCompatibility: Locks Included: Recommended Use: Manufacturer Warranty: |
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Thule Crossroad Railing Foot - 4 Pack List Price: $189.95 |
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With an iron grip and the capacity to fit the largest raised side rails, the Crossroad is the new standard for vehicles with factory-installed rails. They feature strong, low-profile, rubber-coated steel straps to provide a custom fit and rail protection. The way the feet are styled allows them to complement all vehicles and best of all it is easy to install with the turn of a handle, no need to get any tools out. . Product ID: 53674, Shipping Restriction: This item is not available for shipment outside of the United States. |
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Bike Handlebar Holder Mount System for the Sony Equinox - Gomadic Brand List Price: $34.95 Sale Price: $24.95 |
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Our New Gomadic Handlebar Holder allows you clear visibility and finger tip access to your device in an attractive streamlined package. Have confidence of a secure mount with the introduction of a three channel clamp system to accommodate a wider range of handlebar diameters with a more accurate fit. The rubber clamp system includes an innovative ribbing to prevent the mount from rotating on the handlebar. The Handlebar Holder promotes reliability along with style and ease. Our New Gomadic Handlebar Holder is also the only mount on the market with a lifetime warranty and keeps you in touch on even the longest road trip. |
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Shimano SM-SH51 SPD Cleat Sets List Price: $24.99 Sale Price: $14.99 |
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SH-SH51 (Single Release) and SH-SM56 (Multi Release) fit PD-M520, PD-M540, PD-M324, PD-M545/M424, PD-M647 and PD-M959 Pedals. SH-SM52 Cleats fit 858 Pedals Only. |
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People who own SUVs can choose to communicate themselves with their tires. They can install a set of loud, flashy tires that demand the attention of the people who watch them cruise by, or they can put on a set of conservative, classy rims that demand the respect of others. SUV owners who have installed a set of stylish wheels know that their rims are far more than a metal disk that supports tires. Do you?
If you are thinking about installing a set of rims on your SUV, the first thing you need to do is decide on a budget. Since wheels can be very pricey indeed it is a good idea to set a limit on your spending from the get go. Setting a price range will also limit the amount of choices available to you, which, counter intuitively, is a good thing, since the vast choices available in rims can be very daunting. And, it will keep you from feeling too guilty for having splurged on too expensive wheels.
After you have set your budget, you can start thinking about which type of metal you want. SUV wheels come in various metals, like chrome, aluminum, or stainless steel. Choosing a metal is very important because it will determine how much care you will need to dedicate to your wheels. The three metals listed above are low-maintenance. Of course, the determining factor in choosing metal should be your personal taste.
After metal, it's time for the best part, choosing which style you want. Style in wheels is a very personal thing. One person cannot tell another which one is best for them, so it will all be up to you. So, think about whether you want the tough looking thick spoked rims that will make your SUV look strong and imposing or a finer looking, refined look that will make your SUV distinctly classy. The good thing is that SUVs can take all manner of wheels and ride with them, so there are few limits to your personal style.
You are sure to have seen the hundreds and hundreds of stores that specialize in dealing with custom and personalized wheels. These would be an excellent spot to start the search for the SUV rims of your dreams. Going to the dealers will let you see wheels in real life, not just on the pages of catalogs, and get a better impression of how it will look when it is installed on your vehicle. And if the store doesn't have the wheel you were thinking of in stock, then they will almost certainly be able to send away for it for you.
If the stores local to your area are not satisfactory, then you could always try to search on the internet. Besides loads of information regarding SUV wheels, you will find images of all kinds of rims and wheels which are designed specifically for the SUVs made today. If you don't want to order the wheels yourself online, you can simply print out the information of the wheels you like and take it to a dealership that will order them for you. There is also the added bonus in that they can even mount the wheels for you!
Gregg Hall is an author living in Navarre Beach, Florida. Find more about this as well as chrome wheels at www.vintagewheelsplus.com
Green Miles
Green Miles
The best of cool, inviting Vermont. (Rider, June 2010)
story and photography by Kenneth W. Dahse
As one of the most rural in the country with a population of just 608,827, the Green Mountain State is also a free-spirited, rider-friendly citadel of real democracy, practiced through yearly statewide town meetings. There is even a secession movement in progress, with the goal of making Vermont an independent country. "Better for tourism," they say, so perhaps some Vermonters are also a zealous lot. Nevertheless, the state offers riders a chance to explore like no other with lush farmlands, picturesque villages, ski resorts and hundreds of miles of scenic, serpentine roads.
My riding partner, Joe "Mr. Happy" Loverchio, and I took off on a hot, sunny day from Sloatsburg, New York. We planned a zigzagging route, choosing as many scenic roads as possible, and rumbled north along treelined Route 17 to the New York Thruway, then Route 84 east to the Taconic State Parkway.
If I could ever fall in love with a four-lane highway, the Taconic is it. Restricted to cars and motorcycles, it rolls north snaking through forests and farms. At Route 295, we headed east to Route 22 North, a rustic road rambling through New York's hinterlands, then took Routes 7 and 9 into Bennington, one of Vermont's larger towns with a whopping population of nearly 9,200.
We stopped at the Bennington Battle Monument, which stands 306 feet and is the highest structure in Vermont. It offers scenic views of three states and honors the Revolutionary soldiers who defeated the British invading army in 1777. American General John Stark said to his troops before the battle, "There they are, boys! We beat them today or Molly Stark sleeps a widow tonight!" After losing the battle, British General Burgoyne said of the Vermonters, "(They are) the most active and rebellious race on the continent and (they) hang like a gathering storm on my left."
From the monument we rode Joe's Kawasaki ZG1000 Concours and my Nomad 1600 north on scenic Route 7A to Mount Equinox, the highest mountain in southern Vermont. There our machines easily climbed the toll road to the summit, where a spectacular view of mountains and countryside spread out before our eyes like a colorful inland sea. On a clear day, the view encompasses parts of New York, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Quebec.
The mountain preserve is owned by a Carthusian Monastery that acquired it from a private family, which explains the grave marker I found on a hike from the summit to Lookout Rock. It marked the burial site of the family dog:
Mr. Barbo
Born April 20, 1943.
We loved him and he repaid that love with enduring devotion that only a dog could give. Shot and killed by a malicious hunter on Nov 2, 1955.
Clearly, Mr. Barbo was the victim of some feud, but being a dog person, I fully understood the family's desire to leave a loving marker in memory.
A few miles beyond Mount Equinox is Manchester, a postcard village that can be viewed from Lookout Rock, and the mansion Hildene. This 24-room Georgian Revival mansion was built as a summer home by Robert Todd Lincoln, Abraham's only son. His descendants lived there until 1975. It's well worth a stop and the $10 admission charge.
From Manchester we rolled on to Route 30, then Route 11, zigzagging through the Green Mountains to Route 100, one of the most scenic roads in Vermont. We were heading north though farmland, forests and Vermont villages, as well as past Pico and Killington, two of Vermont's most famous ski areas, until we reached the Central Jersey Ski Club Lodge where Joe, a member, had arranged lodging for us.
After a night's rest at the lodge, we fired up the bikes and sailed north. Route 100 is a great road that zigzags its way north through small towns, farmlands and alongside mountains. Unfortunately, like many of Vermont's roads, it takes a beating in the winter, so unless repaved you bounce along on frost heaves and cracks in the roadway. Nevertheless, the sweet sounding rumble of my Nomad and the eye candy that is Vermont more than compensated for a few rough stretches.
We stopped briefly in the Green Mountain National Forest Visiting Center in Rochester and talked with Kevin Demeurers, a volunteer, who was very helpful with scenic route planning. The first side route he recommended was taking Route 17 at Waitsfield, and boy was he right. We rumbled up and down the sinuous mountain and then back to 100. What views!
Our next stop was Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Factory in Waterbury. These two self-described losers were part of the hippie migration into Vermont in the late '60s and early '70s. After failing at every attempt to make a living, they took a mail-order ice cream course, opened their first store, and soon became a nationwide corporation of peace-and-love ice cream, practicing the values of the '60s on a corporate level. But as with all fairy tales, they eventually sold out and Ben & Jerry's is now part of a conglomerate. Nevertheless, it's a fun place to see, and the tour of the plant is a worthwhile part of the visit.
We motored on to Stowe, the quintessential Vermont ski town at the foot of Mount Mansfield, Vermont's highest peak. Although closed to motorcycles now, the last time I was here I took the Mount Mansfield toll road to just below the summit, and then hiked a relatively easy 1.5 miles along the ridge to the actual summit, where the views are awe-inspiring. I felt like an Olympian God gazing down from the heavens at massive Lake Champlain and New York's High Peaks region to the east, the White Mountains of New Hampshire to the west, north into Quebec, and south over the Green Mountains of Vermont. Today you can take a gondola ride and then hike, but that trail is more challenging than the one from the road, and so far there's no toll-road shuttle service provided.
Not wanting to take the gondola, we continued on Route 108 through spectacular Smugglers Notch, a scary ride near the top as the road narrows and makes hairpin turns. From there, we continued northwest to Route 15, which isn't the prettiest road in the state but does give you a taste of working-class Vermont, which was a nice change of scenery from the rural, yuppie postcard side. Then we took Route 14 South to Route 2, rolling into Vermont's capital of Montpelier, population 8,035.
People-watching is a great pastime in Montpelier, with folks from all walks of life—foreign tourists, hippies, coed lovelies, local farmers, yuppies, bikers, government workers and so on. With fine restaurants, stores and the State Capitol building to experience, spending time in Montpelier is worthwhile. On my last ride here, Vermont's senior Senator Patrick Leahy's mother was actually conducting tours of the capitol building, an impressive structure with a gold-plated dome.
With the day growing late, we decided to head back to the lodge. At Kevin's suggestion we took Route 12 south and then 12A, which is really back-road Vermont. After rumbling through one minuscule town with a locals-only kind of feel, we reconnected with 12 and Route 107 along the pristine White River to Route 100 and back to the lodge.
Heading toward the White Mountains in New Hampshire the next morning, where we planned to camp for two days, fate and weather dealt us an unexpected blow. The Whites, notorious for their extreme weather, were shrouded in dark, ominous clouds. We stopped in the Visitor Center and spoke with a ranger who showed us the forecast for thunder and lightning storms, high winds, even the possibility of hail and flooding with no relief in sight.
"What do you think, Joe?"
"It's sunny in Vermont; let's go back there and camp," Joe suggested.
And so we did, but first plotted a back-roads route to Calvin Coolidge State Park. The sun followed us for a little while, but then the heavens opened and we were pummeled by a deluge. We couldn't see 15 feet in front of us and there was no place to safely pull over. We finally reached the town of Sharon, got directions at the general store and headed to Woodstock…and sun! After setting up our tents we built a fire and relaxed after a challenging day on the road.
Although the trip hadn't worked out exactly as planned, Vermont is a fantastic riding state with its picturesque villages, farms, rivers and mountains. As the newest Vermont slogan proclaims, "Vermont was green before it was cool." To that I'd like to add, "Vermont was cool before it was cool to be Vermont."
Sources
Vermont Department of Tourism and Marketing (800) 837-6668, www.VermontVacation.com
Vermont Chamber of Commerce (802) 223-3443, www.vtchamber.com
State of Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation (802) 241-3655, www.vtfpr.org
Vermont Byways www.Vermont-Byways.us
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Should I buy a Trek Equinox 5 (2006 new) for 850?
I'm shopping for a road bike in the $1000 - $1100 range to use for training rides 15 to 40 miles along with racing in duathlons and eventually tri's (beginner/intermediate athlete). I was looking at the Specialized Allez Elite and the Trek 2.1 (both around $1100) but found a 2006 Trek Equinox 5 brand new at the bike shop, list 1299 on sale for 850 (presumably because it's 2 model years ago). Good deal?
Triathlon bikes are a little bit different from normal road bikes. That trek equinox will probably have a steeper, more agressive seat tube angle, which will alow for a more aero position. It also might have more aero tube shapes than normal bikes. The equinox 5, however, is an all aluminum frame, so the aerodynamics of it are probably not as drastic as a carbon bike, where they can design the tubes in crazy aero weird angles. However, it also includes a pair of aero bars which you will have to purchase separately on another bike.
Triathlon/TT specific bikes are generally pretty expensive as it's kind of a specialized activity, $850 for a normal shimano 105 aluminum road bike might be a decent deal, but for a TT specific one, it might be pretty good. I say go for it. That bike will serve your needs as a beginner triathlete. Just make sure it fits first! Otherwise, you're better off with a better fitting walmart bike.
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