http://www.teambaconstrip.com Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:01:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Rode up to the building today and say Cane from CURB System testing their new units in our parking lot. The system is basically an automated parking lot payment system with an automated bike rack attached. The final units will have two top tube mount bike holders that clamp down loosely ... http://www.teambaconstrip.com/2010/03/11/secure-bike-parking-in-reno/ Google just added a cool new feature to their Maps Application that lets you pick out routes that are best for cycling. Looks like they are using data from city maps based on mapped bike routes. As we know, Washoe RTC doesn't necessarily have all the existing bike routes on ... http://www.teambaconstrip.com/2010/03/10/bicycle-directions-in-google-maps/ [caption id="attachment_1014" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Snow Bros photo from Freeskier Mag"][/caption] I have beed struggling recently with what to call the population of skiiers at the local Tahoe resorts on twin tips, rocking Skull Candy's and wearing the kind of day-glow baggage that I wore to school about 20 years ago. You ... http://www.teambaconstrip.com/2010/03/08/snow-bro/ Taldor, The Restless Ape, Pyrofloptic and I hit the Fire Plug yesterday. AWESOME snow on the north side, shitacular snow on the south. Pyrofloptic set off a wet slide on the south face of the Fire Plug that ran all the way to the bottom. It moved slowly and took the ... http://www.teambaconstrip.com/2010/03/01/face-shots-and-wet-slides/ One of the best things about living in RenoSlashTahoe is that you can bag a few runs of Sweet Backcountry snow before work. Huck Tater and I hit Credit Card and got two runs of really killer un-tracked snow. Note: the track encroaching from the north is one Barrett and I ... http://www.teambaconstrip.com/2010/02/24/2221-feet-before-work/ Some GoPro helmet cam footage from the Hourglass Sunday. Raymon82 and SteadyB knuckle dragging in the fresh pow. Huck Tater was talking about a potential Dawn Patrol tomorrow. Sounds good to me! -M http://www.teambaconstrip.com/2010/02/23/hourglass-helmet-cam-footage/ When i was a kid my dad and I got stranded on a chairlift in a blizzard at some crappy resort in Buffalo, NY. It was pretty miserable. Pretty much just like this movie, except we didn't have the whiny blond... I like the part where the wolves attack. Check out ... http://www.teambaconstrip.com/2010/02/18/frozen-a-chilling-tale-of-survival/ Just a reminder that the auction for Barrett's Banner Sunrise print is less than 3 days away from ending. It's in a really nice black wood frame on a white matte. It'll make a great motivator for you to get geared up for the coming Sierra Nevada backpacking season. About the ... http://www.teambaconstrip.com/2010/02/17/bacon-saves/ Getting ready for the captain's meeting then we'll warm up out shammies to go mount some bitches! http://www.teambaconstrip.com/2010/02/13/not-so-fresh/ Well we had to wait for a giant RV to get towed out of a rut, but we got a nice spot near the trail at the edge of 24 hour town right where the trail comes into town. John and I had a decent drive out with a stop for ... http://www.teambaconstrip.com/2010/02/11/old-pueblo-camp/