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02-23-17, 08:08 PM
#7701
Mostly Harmless
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Well, slab leak found. In our MBR closet (with carpet, not or freaking expensive stone flooring 6" away). Even better, it's only 7' from the slab edge, so they're going to go tunnel from the side.
Ouch expensive, though. Home warranty is sending us a $1k check next week for their part, but we'll still end up over $2k out of pocket on it. The joys of home ownership, I tells ya. No bike upgrades in my future
Ouch expensive, though. Home warranty is sending us a $1k check next week for their part, but we'll still end up over $2k out of pocket on it. The joys of home ownership, I tells ya. No bike upgrades in my future
02-23-17, 08:11 PM
#7702
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Obviously.
02-23-17, 09:08 PM
#7703
serious cyclist
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AG is gone and y'all are being quiet. It's lonely around here.
02-23-17, 09:10 PM
#7704
VFL For Life
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02-23-17, 09:15 PM
#7705
VFL For Life
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02-23-17, 09:20 PM
#7706
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02-23-17, 09:31 PM
#7707
VFL For Life
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02-23-17, 09:38 PM
#7708
serious cyclist
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02-23-17, 09:42 PM
#7709
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02-23-17, 09:46 PM
#7710
VFL For Life
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02-23-17, 09:54 PM
#7711
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02-23-17, 10:14 PM
#7712
serious cyclist
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02-23-17, 10:21 PM
#7713
So it is
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Damn TT bikes. Making great power in aero is just a mother. I keep thinking that more power=less suffering, because the race will be over sooner. That's really all I got in regards to TT's. Eating the bowl of **** placed on the bars for the enjoyment of the participant, is a very learned taste.
02-23-17, 10:26 PM
#7714
VFL For Life
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02-23-17, 10:28 PM
#7715
VFL For Life
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02-23-17, 10:38 PM
#7716
So it is
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02-23-17, 10:57 PM
#7718
serious cyclist
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Damn TT bikes. Making great power in aero is just a mother. I keep thinking that more power=less suffering, because the race will be over sooner. That's really all I got in regards to TT's. Eating the bowl of **** placed on the bars for the enjoyment of the participant, is a very learned taste.
It does get easier with practice. Ride it till you want to take a Sawzall to the frame. You'll beat everyone who doesn't.
02-23-17, 10:58 PM
#7719
cowboy, steel horse, etc
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02-23-17, 11:21 PM
#7720
Has a magic bike
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Damn TT bikes. Making great power in aero is just a mother. I keep thinking that more power=less suffering, because the race will be over sooner. That's really all I got in regards to TT's. Eating the bowl of **** placed on the bars for the enjoyment of the participant, is a very learned taste.
So IMO the thing to do is: swim in that pool of lactic acid, just sit on the TT bike in aero for many hours per week at threshold. That's how it gets better. Not that it ever feels good but it's a cool thing to kind of sort of begin to master. And when you start to have confidence in your own physiology, in how well you can process that lactic acid, then you start to feel like pushing your limits will be survivable on game day. Ie you are faster.
Besides, who wants to do easy/pleasant things exclusively in life? Anyone can do the easy things. Doing the hard things is what seperates the wheat from the chaff, right?
02-24-17, 06:22 AM
#7721
smelling the roses
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Another cold snap. The coconut oil has ben solid for the past few days. Spring is right around the corne though. For us that means daytime highs ranging from the upper 30s into the mid 40s. Time for evening riding.
02-24-17, 06:38 AM
#7722
serious cyclist
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Haha, the only answer is to make that bike your BFF. I am amazed, even 1 week off the bike and getting back to it is way more suffer-y. It could just be me but I feel like I make power way differently on the TT bike than I do on the road or mountain bikes, it feels like a whole 'nother set of muscles being used on that bike. It also feels to me like the key thing to TTing in an aero position is processing lactic acid and whatever metabolic systems are used to do this are dismantled very quickly if not used.
So IMO the thing to do is: swim in that pool of lactic acid, just sit on the TT bike in aero for many hours per week at threshold. That's how it gets better. Not that it ever feels good but it's a cool thing to kind of sort of begin to master. And when you start to have confidence in your own physiology, in how well you can process that lactic acid, then you start to feel like pushing your limits will be survivable on game day. Ie you are faster.
Besides, who wants to do easy/pleasant things exclusively in life? Anyone can do the easy things. Doing the hard things is what seperates the wheat from the chaff, right?
So IMO the thing to do is: swim in that pool of lactic acid, just sit on the TT bike in aero for many hours per week at threshold. That's how it gets better. Not that it ever feels good but it's a cool thing to kind of sort of begin to master. And when you start to have confidence in your own physiology, in how well you can process that lactic acid, then you start to feel like pushing your limits will be survivable on game day. Ie you are faster.
Besides, who wants to do easy/pleasant things exclusively in life? Anyone can do the easy things. Doing the hard things is what seperates the wheat from the chaff, right?
To tri geeks, that's another advantage, since it leaves your legs fresher for the run.
02-24-17, 07:51 AM
#7723
Senior Member
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Well, with the tubular flat on the Chinabike and the warm weather, I both need and can put the road wheel back on the Merlin Ti bike for my ride today while I wait for the new tubular to arrive from Merlin. I think I can safely stow the trainer wheel until next "winter" if there even is such a thing anymore. Let spring begin...continue...whatever.
02-24-17, 07:54 AM
#7724
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02-24-17, 07:56 AM
#7725
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Damn TT bikes. Making great power in aero is just a mother. I keep thinking that more power=less suffering, because the race will be over sooner. That's really all I got in regards to TT's. Eating the bowl of **** placed on the bars for the enjoyment of the participant, is a very learned taste.