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04-28-15, 08:32 PM
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The dealer stepped up and did the right thing in as timely a fashion as could have been expected. Car runs like new. And having a brand new factory fresh alternator (a new Chevy part, not a re-build) on a 7 year old car is not a bad thing, that's a component that does tend to break, particularly on cars that don't get driven every day.
04-28-15, 08:34 PM
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04-28-15, 08:35 PM
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10 years ago this month I smoked my last cigarette. One of the greatest achievements of my life.
I think one would actually need to have been be a long term smoking addict yourself to truly appreciate how it feels to finally get that monkey off your back.
Happy Birthday to me!
I think one would actually need to have been be a long term smoking addict yourself to truly appreciate how it feels to finally get that monkey off your back.
Happy Birthday to me!
04-28-15, 08:35 PM
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04-28-15, 08:41 PM
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04-28-15, 08:41 PM
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04-28-15, 08:53 PM
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I am running into a problem with the geometry of the tandem. (LoP already knows about this. I'm not talking out of school.) I didn't feel I was being able to transfer as much energy as I wanted through the pedals on hills so we raised my saddle. Still not enough so we raised the saddle again. LoP seems to think we are going up hills just fine but I still am not happy and I believe the reason I'm feeling more soreness in the front of my thighs rather than anywhere else is because I'm not being able to extend my legs and pedal all the way through. But if we raise the saddle any more, I'll be practically unable to get on and off the bike by myself. While it might be amusing and adorable to bystanders to see LoP lift and position me, I'm hoping for a slightly less chivalrous solution. A flatter saddle? Would moving it back maybe help? Should I take this to a forum other than the 41? The tandem forum doesn't have a number and that makes me a little uncomfy.
04-28-15, 09:01 PM
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I am running into a problem with the geometry of the tandem. (LoP already knows about this. I'm not talking out of school.) I didn't feel I was being able to transfer as much energy as I wanted through the pedals on hills so we raised my saddle. Still not enough so we raised the saddle again. LoP seems to think we are going up hills just fine but I still am not happy and I believe the reason I'm feeling more soreness in the front of my thighs rather than anywhere else is because I'm not being able to extend my legs and pedal all the way through. But if we raise the saddle any more, I'll be practically unable to get on and off the bike by myself. While it might be amusing and adorable to bystanders to see LoP lift and position me, I'm hoping for a slightly less chivalrous solution. A flatter saddle? Would moving it back maybe help? Should I take this to a forum other than the 41? The tandem forum doesn't have a number and that makes me a little uncomfy.
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04-28-15, 09:06 PM
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You shouldn't be learning that kind of stuff from me. I should strive to be a good influence here. Like @Heathpack is. But it's probably too late, isn't it?
04-28-15, 09:07 PM
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Ramona, how can a saddle be too high to get onto if it isn't too bigh to pedal? You don't mount the saddle directly. You put your leg over the top tube and raise yourself up on the pedal. If you can reach the pedals, you must be able to mount the saddle by yourself. I can't imagine what you mean.
04-28-15, 09:12 PM
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And at a stop you support yourself on the "down" pedal and come forward off the saddle and put your other foot on the ground. You don't try to balance on tippy toes with your tush on the saddle. That is way harder than necessary. It is a poseur affectation. REAL cyclists come to a stop straddling the top tube with one foot on a pedal. When it is time to start again, you rotate the pedal to 12:00, and lift yourself up onto the saddle while pedaling forward. Easy-peasy. That is my story, and I'm sticking to it.
04-28-15, 09:13 PM
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I am running into a problem with the geometry of the tandem. (LoP already knows about this. I'm not talking out of school.) I didn't feel I was being able to transfer as much energy as I wanted through the pedals on hills so we raised my saddle. Still not enough so we raised the saddle again. LoP seems to think we are going up hills just fine but I still am not happy and I believe the reason I'm feeling more soreness in the front of my thighs rather than anywhere else is because I'm not being able to extend my legs and pedal all the way through. But if we raise the saddle any more, I'll be practically unable to get on and off the bike by myself. While it might be amusing and adorable to bystanders to see LoP lift and position me, I'm hoping for a slightly less chivalrous solution. A flatter saddle? Would moving it back maybe help? Should I take this to a forum other than the 41? The tandem forum doesn't have a number and that makes me a little uncomfy.
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04-28-15, 09:13 PM
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Ramona, one of the problems that stokers often have is that they can't get the seat back far enough. They feel cramped and that they need to raise their saddle which is often the case, however, the position is often a compromise on a tandem. Captains often have to compromise, too, but many tandem designs seem to affect the stoker's pedaling position more.
My wife has the same problem. Her saddle always seems low and that she can't apply the proper amount of power. She also gets pain in her hip joints, not sure why that is, but she doesn't get it on her singles. She already has a setback seat post on our tandem but she still can't get back far enough to get in the proper leg position over the cranks.
Anyway, no real suggestions other than that you are not alone.
My wife has the same problem. Her saddle always seems low and that she can't apply the proper amount of power. She also gets pain in her hip joints, not sure why that is, but she doesn't get it on her singles. She already has a setback seat post on our tandem but she still can't get back far enough to get in the proper leg position over the cranks.
Anyway, no real suggestions other than that you are not alone.
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04-28-15, 09:14 PM
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04-28-15, 09:14 PM
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04-28-15, 09:14 PM
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04-28-15, 09:15 PM
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04-28-15, 09:15 PM
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This makes me wonder how you have been dismounting the bike...
04-28-15, 09:16 PM
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We ended up riding behind a moderately cute- possibly a butter face, didn't get a real good look- girl on Saturday afternoon. After a few minutes, LoP tried to pass her. A car was coming so we moved back into the lane behind her. The car went by and we pulled out and passed her for real. I said "What are you doing? I thought you'd enjoy following her." He said "Not that slowly." I said "I thought slowly was good. You've got your leisure to admire, maybe fantasize a little." He said "All I want to do is get home, get in the shower, and get on the couch. I've got no time for butt-admiration." I laughed then and I'm still chuckling as I type this. I love that guy.
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04-28-15, 09:18 PM
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04-28-15, 09:30 PM
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Still kicking.
Took a rest day from the bike, but threw on some new bottle cages.
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04-28-15, 09:33 PM
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Looks very nice.
I'm in the market for a fixie. I'll check the Surlys out.
I'm in the market for a fixie. I'll check the Surlys out.
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04-28-15, 09:39 PM
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