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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="005b85a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Big Ring Adventure Team</B></FONT><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Big Ring Adventure Team"><B>home</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Big Ring Adventure Team">Big Ring Adventure Team</A>   |   <A HREF="schedule.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Schedule of Events">Schedule of Events</A>   |   <A HREF="ride_reviews.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ride Reviews">Ride Reviews</A>   |   <B>Product Reviews</B>   |   <A HREF="news_and_views.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News Views">News & Views</A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="006d2b83.jpg"> <div> <IMG SRC="23eafa00.gif" border=0 width="175" height="160" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <I><B>Serious cyclists having serious fun!</B></I></div> <div> Big Ring Adventure Team</div> <div> A Division of 53T, Inc.</div> <div> P.O. Box 622</div> <div> Madison, IN 47250-0622</div> <div> Office: 812-265-4203</div> <div> Mobile: 812-292-0700</div> <div> Fax: 812-418-3368</div> <div> E-mail: <A HREF="mailto:info@bigringadventure.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:info@bigringadventure.com">info@bigringadventure.com</A></div> <div> <IMG SRC="070b47c0.jpg" border=0 width="180" height="124" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Product Reviews</I></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="697" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 144 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://www.bigringwriting.com" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.bigringwriting.com"><IMG SRC="0ea6a640.jpg" border=0 width="106" height="100" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.bigringwriting.com" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.bigringwriting.com">It's your story. Tell it well.</A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://www.honeystinger.com" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.honeystinger.com"><IMG SRC="0eb92640.jpg" border=0 width="146" height="100" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.honeystinger.com" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.honeystinger.com">Sting or bee stung</A>.</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="166"><div> <A HREF="http://www.neuvationcycling.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.neuvationcycling.com/"><IMG SRC="0ee97640.jpg" border=0 width="151" height="100" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.neuvationcycling.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.neuvationcycling.com/">High value, not high dollar.</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="166"><div> <A HREF="http://www.weber-sports.com" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.weber-sports.com"><IMG SRC="0ec78640.gif" border=0 width="120" height="100" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.weber-sports.com" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.weber-sports.com">Bringing the outdoors to you.</A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER COLSPAN=4 HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="673"><div> Advertise on this site - send us an <A HREF="mailto:sales@bigringadventure.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:sales@bigringadventure.com">e-mail</A> for more info.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div>  <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script>  </div> <div>   <form method="get" action="http://www.google.com/custom" target="google_window"> <table border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <tr><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" align="left" height="32"> <a href="http://www.google.com/"> <img src="http://www.google.com/logos/Logo_25wht.gif" border="0" alt="Google" align="middle"></img></a> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap"> <input type="hidden" name="domains" value="www.bigringadventure.com"></input> <label for="sbi" style="display: none">Enter your search terms</label> <input type="text" name="q" size="31" maxlength="255" value="" id="sbi"></input> <label for="sbb" style="display: none">Submit search form</label> <input type="submit" name="sa" value="Search" id="sbb"></input> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap"> <table> <tr> <td> <input type="radio" name="sitesearch" value="" checked id="ss0"></input> <label for="ss0" title="Search the Web"><font size="-1" color="#000000">Web</font></label></td> <td> <input type="radio" name="sitesearch" value="www.bigringadventure.com" id="ss1"></input> <label for="ss1" title="Search www.bigringadventure.com"><font size="-1" color="#000000">www.bigringadventure.com</font></label></td> </tr> </table> <input type="hidden" name="client" value="pub-7176479705988926"></input> <input type="hidden" name="forid" value="1"></input> <input type="hidden" name="ie" value="ISO-8859-1"></input> <input type="hidden" name="oe" value="ISO-8859-1"></input> <input type="hidden" name="safe" value="active"></input> <input type="hidden" name="cof" value="GALT:#008000;GL:1;DIV:#336699;VLC:663399;AH:center;BGC:FFFFFF;LBGC:336699;ALC:0000FF;LC:0000FF;T:000000;GFNT:0000FF;GIMP:0000FF;FORID:1"></input> <input type="hidden" name="hl" value="en"></input> </td></tr></table> </form>   </div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="861" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 200 WIDTH="421"><div> <IMG SRC="3f896c80.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="200" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>Coming Soon -</B></I></FONT> Our review of Avid Code hydraulic disc brakes.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="421"><div> <IMG SRC="3f3c4c80.jpg" border=0 width="196" height="200" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Not a product review, just a blurb. We now have CDs of Gary Ries's sermons available. You can borrow ours or buy your own. More info in our <A HREF="news_and_views.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News Views">News & Views</A> section. Gary is BRAT CEO Rich Ries's older brother and is senior pastor at Augustana Lutheran Church in Duluth, Minnesota.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 200 WIDTH="421"><div> <I><B><IMG SRC="3fa0bc80.jpg" border=0 width="267" height="200" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Coming Soon -</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > Our review of FSA's XC-300 wheelset.</FONT></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="421"><div> <IMG SRC="3fd4fc80.jpg" border=0 width="335" height="200" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>Coming Soon -</B></I></FONT> Our review of Neuvation Cycling's S1 saddle.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 200 WIDTH="421"><div> <IMG SRC="04c41c80.jpg" border=0 width="321" height="200" ALT="Vredestein Fortezza SE road tire" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Read our review of the Vredestein Fortezza SE road tire <A HREF="vredestein_se_road_tires.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Vredestein SE Road Tires">here</A>.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="421"><div> <IMG SRC="2b743c80.jpg" border=0 width="67" height="200" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Continental's <A HREF="speed_king.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Continental Speed King MTB Tires">Speed King tires</A> truly are speedy, and the more we ride 'em, the more we like 'em.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 200 WIDTH="421"><div> <IMG SRC="35d174b0.jpg" border=0 width="279" height="75" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The <A HREF="ritchey_fork.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ritchey Comp Carbon Road Fork">Ritchey Comp carbon</A> fork is a worthwhile upgrade, and it's available to fit 1" steerers - for now. </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="421"><div> <IMG SRC="25996c80.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="200" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The <A HREF="black_spire_bash_guard.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Black Spire Bash Guard">Black Spire bash guard</A> works well, is affordable, mounts easily, and has the name of everyone's favorite Adventure Team boldly emblazoned on its spiffy black face.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 200 WIDTH="421"><div> <IMG SRC="178ecc80.jpg" border=0 width="236" height="200" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Our review of BRATvertiser Neuvation Cycling's R 28 SL 2 road wheels is <A HREF="neuvation_wheels.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Neuvation R 28 SL 2">here</A>. The review has been updated since we found cracks in the rear rim.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="421"><div> <IMG SRC="1039bc80.jpg" border=0 width="155" height="200" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">IMBA's latest book, <A HREF="managing_book.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="IMBAs Managing Mountain Biking Book">Managing Mountain Biking</A>, carries on the tradition of editorial excellence that began with <I>Trail Solutions: IMBA's Guide to Building Sweet Singletrack</I>.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 200 WIDTH="421"><div> <IMG SRC="037a1c80.jpg" border=0 width="161" height="200" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Read our review of the Garmin Edge 305 <A HREF="garmin_edge_305.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Garmin Edge 305">here</A>.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="421"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="200" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="421" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>