More Miles, More Rain, More Velobase

Well, we’ve had a few weeks reprieve from the rain.  And in the lull in the monsoon of 2007, I managed to get some miles in.  Including a very satisfying 100k in Paris, TX on the 21st.  It was a great day to be out on the bike, light winds, heat wasn’t too bad.  All said it was a fun trip, and a fast day on the bike with an over all average speed of 18.6mph.  Quite happy with that result.  Now I just need to get around to rewriting my mileage log on my website so I can keep track of the miles.  Maybe that is something I’ll have to do after I get VeloBase completed and the winter months start settling in.

But, looks like rain is back in the extended forecast.  And by extended I mean it’s going to rain for like the next 5-7 days.  Just in time for the weekend.  One which I already have some 80mi of riding planned over the two days.  I just installed my new wheelset on the Flyte to test out before building the Serotta up when it gets back from paint here in a few days.  Went with a build that is just solid: Mavic Open Pros laced to Campagnolo Daytona hubs.  Daytona was the name of the Centaur line some years ago.  They look to be in great shape and should have a ton of miles left in the rims and the hubs. 

And of course, more VeloBase.com.  I have now moved all of the domains to point to the application.  Meaning of you visit VeloBase.com, VeloBase.net or VeloBase.info – you’ll end up on the component database site.  As of last night the component database had 199 components.  I have uploaded 2 articles, there are around 50 entries in the Glossary, and several dozen links in the Additional Resources list.  Additionally there is now a Gear Calculator, and I’m about finished building the fork geometry calculator as well.  Just a few little tools to make the site more useful for more uses.  I still have some more features to add to the component database, a few tools to add, and general enhancements to make. 

VeloBase.info Beta Update

I love it when things come together… quickly. 

The VeloBase.com Glossary page is now more or less complete.  There’s no information in it right now, but it is there and ready for stuff to be added to it by anyone with the permissions to do so.  Of course, there is also a ‘report’ link so to keep it clean and crap free.  And I don’t give those permissions to just anyone either. 

Right now VeloBase.info has 5 users other than myself (and actually, I have two users, one for testing and one for admin stuff), there are a whooping 62 components and 77 photos added to the database already.

Next plans are for the Additional Resource links, and a View Profile page so you can view other member’s profiles and stats.  Then it’s back to the Standard and Visual Component Searchs to round off the website.  Oh, damn, almost forgot, still have the Edit Photo thing to figure out.  That too, yeah, that should be worked on soon as well.   

VeloBase.com… err… VeloBase.info

Be one of the first people to see the current development release of VeloBase.  VeloBase.Info is the address.  Creating a user currently gives you access to the ‘User’ role type which  has somewhat limited access to the site.  If you wish to help contribute information to the site, please email me at jonfischer@velobase.com to discuss additional roles.  In the future these roles will be automatically promoted after a given time period and/or contributed a certain amount of content.  Right now I’m working on adding the Watch List, Flag (problem) Component, and start the Glossary.

VeloBase.com v0.1 is online

It’s Offical, the first interactive version of VeloBase.com is now online.  Granted, if you go VeloBase.com right now, it won’t look any different.  That is because I’ve set the site up on one of the alternate domains for the time being.  Just to keep traffic on it to a minimum till I’m ready to show it to a wider audience. 

Right now I’m looking for 10-12 members to help provide feedback on the website.  If you’d like to help, please contact me at jon@velobase.com.  Thank you.