Bells are the best!

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It’s been a while, but after a good amount of prep and construction, Shanghai’s Factory Five have just opened their new space. They converted a 150sqm shell into their new storefront and design offices, while leaving the perimeter open to bring in natural light.

Factory Five carries their own frames, PAUL, Restrap, Mission Workshop and others.

Head to their Flickr to see more photos!

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Both the Nikon D7000 camera body only and lens kit are listed as discontinued at B&H. Adorama doesn't even list the camera anymore on their website. Amazon is selling the last D7000 pieces for $525 $484. Nikon also lists the D7000 as discontinued on their website.

The D3200 and D5200 models are also listed as discontinued, but they are still widely available:

 

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Oh, pizza. How I love thee.

Rothera’s got the perfect ride motivator (pizza) printed up in an homage to Team Z. Made by Castelli, these jerseys aren’t going to last long. Like a pizza at a bike shop on a Friday afternoon, they’re gonna go fast! Pick up a Rothera Cycling Team Za jersey while it’s still piping hot.

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History was made on Tuesday, when a train originating from the Chinese city of Yiwu arrived at its final destination, Madrid, to complete the world's longest ever train journey, reports Xinhua.

A villager in Binzhou, Shandong province was photographed carrying a six-meter-long plastic bag filled with natural gas back to his home via bicycle on Friday.

Thousands of miles away from the North Pole, a "Christmas Village" in China's Zhejiang province is filled with “red factories” that produce Christmas products for the whole world.

This is according to the stats team at PornHub, who just released this crucial interactive map rating each country by sexual stamina. The results are diverse, but Iraq sets the bar pretty low at a relatively speedy five minutes and 30 seconds. Coming up (down?) next is Cuba at a slightly more satisfying but snappy six minutes and 24 seconds. Trumping all by a long shot, however, is China, where porn faithful can keep it going for an impressive 14 minutes and 34 seconds. Jiayou!

Personally, romanticism of intense physical exertion hasn’t been my thing. Probably because as fitness found me like a dog finds the wheel of a moving car, the ability to document rides took precedent over turning myself inside out climbing.

In short, the main motivation for getting fit was being able to ride, shoot photos and not be dying the whole time.

Presenting cycling as something that is excruciating alienates a large potential of thrill seekers, at least according to my opinion – ATMO. Instead, going up that tough climb and stopping along the way to capture a switchback, or redirecting the group back to a technical section for a photo, always lends itself to a more engaging riding experience.

People often ask if it’s possible to get a real ride in while documenting the whole time. The answer is yes, your definition of ride just needs to change.

Introduction aside, there are a lot of people I know who, at least at some capacity, live by this loose mantra of riding. Most of them are really, really, really fucking good at bikes, but even better at fucking around. These dudes live, breathe and eat cycling. Cycling, and tacos.

Yesterday, Sean from Team Dream, Ty from Golden Saddle and myself headed up Brown to El Prieto for a quick and easy MTB ride. We’re all strong in our own ways. Sean can sprint up a fire road and look scared on descents like none other. Ty is a gravity bully on descents, but will always stop to hit a line that no one else sees.

Myself, I’m an ok climber, equally as ok descending and decent at shooting photos. My crowning achievement yesterday, however, was my #RubberSideUp. Party on dudes.

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Dear Jim,

I would like to know what Michael Jackson’s Thriller video would have looked like had all the zombies been Alan Partridge.

Thanks,

Paul

Alternate Universe What Ifs

Dispatches from a horrifying alternate universe

This week: Excerpts from What If articles written in a world which, thankfully, is not the one we live in:

Dull bit grading is a standard method to grade the bit and it will also help personnel to understand bit performance better. However, it is sometimes very difficult to understand the meaning of the codes showing in the grading because you’ve never seen these dull characteristics before.   Especially, there are new people who start to work in the oilfield therefore it is very critical to have them learn the correct way to do the bit grading in a short period of time.

One of my friends shares this very useful dull bit grading created by Smith Bit company and I can say that this is an excellent book to help you grade the bit correctly.

Let’s take a look in this book what inside

Roller cone dull bit grading part

System Structure

Dull Characteristics

Images showing the dull characteristics of the bit – Every dull type has an image to show you how it looks like.  This part is extremely helpful for you.  This book also tells you causes of bit failure.

There is another part which is “Fixed Cutter Dull Grading”. This is applicable for PDC bits and diamond bits

 

Dull characteristics for fixed cutter bits

Location on the bit structure

Images demonstrate how it should look like for each dull characteristic of the fixed blade bit

 

 There is a lot of information from this book and you can download it from this link -> Dull Bit Grading Book

Please feel free to add any comments or suggest.  We wish this book would be advantage for you and your colleges.

Three student leaders involved with the Hong Kong pro-democracy protests are planning on packing up their umbrellas and heading to Beijing on Saturday to fight the good fight.

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60 Years Ago – Ellis Island Closes

On November 12, 1954 Arne Petterson became the last alien immigrant to pass through Ellis Island, when the busiest immigration station in the United States permanently closed its doors.

Petterson is seen here waving goodbye on a ferry in New York Harbor as he was on his way to be picked up by a friend who would sponsor him for citizenship.

Petterson, 48, was a Norwegian merchant seaman from Narvik who had overstayed his shore leave while in New York. In 1942, during World War II, Petterson survived a German u-boat attack on his ship, the Leiv Eiriksson.

Ellis Island was in operation for 62 years and processed over 12 million immigrants.

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Congratulations to whoever got stuck crunching numbers based on intimate apparel purchases, because they just discovered a nifty trend: women who purchase larger bra sizes tend to spend more than their small-sized compatriots. Big boobs, big money.

Researchers from the security firm FireEye recently uncovered a nasty little exploit in iOS they're calling a "Masque Attack." Once implemented an attacker can steal banking credentials, dig into email, and plenty more. Don't panic though, it's pretty hard to actually pull off.

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A Guangzhou man who works in a gaming company used 500,000yuan to buy 99 iPhone6s in order to stage a love confession stunt to a colleague recently, NetEase reported. This definitely impresses us more than the Chinese tycoon who gifted an iPhone 6 to his entire high school class.

Around 2,500 students were caught cheating on a pharmacy licensing exam earlier this week in Xi'an through the use of wireless ear pieces and "electronic erasers," CCTV reports.

Take a look at all of the technology that goes into a Nikkor lens in this new Nikon video:

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Beijing's Badaling Great Wall saw a hellish record of 87,500 tourists on the third day of the Golden Week holiday - aren't you glad that you weren't there?

During Golden Week, nine panda cubs, born at the Chengdu Giant Panda Research Base, were introduced to the world, and the world said "Awwww!" Their overwhelming cuteness helps us all forget about how cramped everything is.

For those of you who missed it, here's an image of the "Blood Moon" created by the lunar eclipse that was visible across most of the Americas and Asia last night.