This is the new 2014 Intense Carbine! I discovered a molding defect on my Carbine SL when I attempted to install a dropper seatpost. The seattube had some very deep grind marks in the tube: It’s my opinion that Intense (or whomever manufactures these for them), preps the tubes a bit and somehow created these …
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2013 Intense Carbine SL – 17.5″
OK, I think I have a sickness. I’m addicted to bikes! The Carbine SL was always at the top of my list, but the price was just outrageous. $2800 for the frame alone. That’s just crazy talk! But when I heard that Intense was closing them out at $1599, well, I had to consider it. …
How to find out the Best Offer accepted price in an eBay auction
Ever wondered what price a seller accepted a Best Offer at on eBay? Well, if you use a desktop browser to view past auctions, eBay won’t show it to you. eBay simply lists the original selling price with a slash through it and a message “Best Offer Accepted”. But I stumbled on a way to …
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2000 Dekerf Team SL
I had one of these on my eBay watch list for years now and I don’t think I’ve seen more than one come up if that. This one was in my size and the price was right: only $600 for a complete bike. The bike was very well used indeed and it shows. The frame’s …
2012 Felt Virtue LTD
A new bike… The flavor of the month is this sweet Felt Virtue LTD, Medium 17.5″ with full XTR Trail package. Currently, I’m trying to downsize my bike collection a bit and having sold off the Trek and the Xizang frame, this popped up and it looked like a good buy. I’d been eyeing these …
View from the top…
I feel Like I haven’t seen my kids in sooooo long. They came to wake me up this morning after sleeping in a bit. What a nice way to end my first week at DBC…and then I remembered why I’m doing this.
Flying Lessons
First of all, man, it’s only been 3 days??!! Shereef took some time today to talk to us about “empathy”: the interpersonal skill of interaction between human beings and how important it is to refine that skill as a developer. Oftentimes projects fail not because of budgets or time constraints, but because the team couldn’t …
Unlock iPhone 3GS running iOS 6.1 and Downgrade Baseband 6.15.00
OK, the 3GS is a bit dated, but I recently inherited this device from my brother, who I [unsuccessfully] tried to convert to Android with a shiny new Nexus 4. He had been complaining that his 3GS was very slow and wanted the ability to tether to his laptop. He’s on my business plan with …
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It’s Baaaack…’94 GT Xizang in da house!
Update: Sold(!) Again! I am now on a quest to thin the herd and sold the frame and am now parting out the rest of the build…I wanted to sell it as a complete, but got a very persuasive offer at $1200(!), so I couldn’t pass it up. I need to get rid of these …
To become a developer…
I did it. I’m going to Dev Bootcamp! After submitting my application back in July, and never hearing back, I figured I had been passed over. Turns out the team at DBC was on a little vacay action and finally got back to me a few weeks ago to set up my Skype interview. I …