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03-28-21, 08:06 PM
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03-28-21, 08:18 PM
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I, OTOH, am NOT a decent climber, so I'll be happy as pigs in **** if I can do it in <25 minutes. It's late March, and I figure I've got all summer. There's no training for climbing better than climbing.
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I feel like my crap was almost psychosomatic. Two days ago, I worried I was hosed, because walking and climbing stairs had me thinking I was done. Yesterday my TT bike ride on the trainer had me pausing a couple times to catch my Z1 breath. Today I rode (road) out, did as many threshold 6 minute intervals as I could (4), and then rode (road) home. 2 days ago, I wouldn't have been able to ride out. A two week rest week has hurt me, but I'll be OK, it seems.
The human body is amazing.
I feel like my crap was almost psychosomatic. Two days ago, I worried I was hosed, because walking and climbing stairs had me thinking I was done. Yesterday my TT bike ride on the trainer had me pausing a couple times to catch my Z1 breath. Today I rode (road) out, did as many threshold 6 minute intervals as I could (4), and then rode (road) home. 2 days ago, I wouldn't have been able to ride out. A two week rest week has hurt me, but I'll be OK, it seems.
The human body is amazing.
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03-29-21, 04:33 AM
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Solid century today. I hope to get one in next weekend if the wife isn’t sick from shot 2 still.
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My father was on prednisone for a long, long time for RA and was cranky most of the time. He was having some minor surgery one time and had to go off of it for a few days. I took him to his surgery and I hadn't seen him so congenial for years. We stopped for breakfast afterwards and he was chatting up the waitress and cracking jokes. It was amazing.
The next day, I drove him to a post surgery check up and almost had to carry him to the car. He looked like he had aged 20 years and could hardly move, joints all swollen in his fingers, etc. Within a few days of being back on the prednisone, he looked more normal and was back to his cranky self.
The next day, I drove him to a post surgery check up and almost had to carry him to the car. He looked like he had aged 20 years and could hardly move, joints all swollen in his fingers, etc. Within a few days of being back on the prednisone, he looked more normal and was back to his cranky self.
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03-29-21, 05:58 AM
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Does the ultegra 6500 front derailer have trim settings for all three chain rings? Shifted onto the big chain ring today and the chain was rubbing bad on the front derailer. It would rub on all the cogs (not cross chaining). I tried trimming it but the shifter didn’t have any more clicks. If I held pressure on it I could get it to stop rubbing.
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My ride was disappointingly slow, but I the last couple of hours were a slog, primarily because of the
Yup - all of my remaining 5 minute lap notifications came in at about 20-21 minutes and I got home just in time. 
That said, while my fitness has certainly dropped from the high-volume days of last summer/fall, I wasn't completely unhappy with where I'm at. I think I'll be good once the weather and daylight lets me get in some daily miles.
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Does the ultegra 6500 front derailer have trim settings for all three chain rings? Shifted onto the big chain ring today and the chain was rubbing bad on the front derailer. It would rub on all the cogs (not cross chaining). I tried trimming it but the shifter didn’t have any more clicks. If I held pressure on it I could get it to stop rubbing.
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Thats a good point. I am actually guessing it is 6500, not completely sure on that either. Googled ultegra 9 speeds and that seems to be the most popular. Looks pretty similar if not the same.
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My father was on prednisone for a long, long time for RA and was cranky most of the time. He was having some minor surgery one time and had to go off of it for a few days. I took him to his surgery and I hadn't seen him so congenial for years. We stopped for breakfast afterwards and he was chatting up the waitress and cracking jokes. It was amazing.
The next day, I drove him to a post surgery check up and almost had to carry him to the car. He looked like he had aged 20 years and could hardly move, joints all swollen in his fingers, etc. Within a few days of being back on the prednisone, he looked more normal and was back to his cranky self.
The next day, I drove him to a post surgery check up and almost had to carry him to the car. He looked like he had aged 20 years and could hardly move, joints all swollen in his fingers, etc. Within a few days of being back on the prednisone, he looked more normal and was back to his cranky self.
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I hope to get in one next week, too
My ride was disappointingly slow, but I the last couple of hours were a slog, primarily because of theconditions ******g wind. I remember looking at my mileage-to-go and the clock, thinking about making it home by the time I'd told my wife I'd be back. "Oh, easy - I only need average 14mph to get home in 90 minutes. I'll probably get home early." Then I looked down at my computer and saw that I was doing 14mph. Yup - all of my remaining 5 minute lap notifications came in at about 20-21 minutes and I got home just in time.
That said, while my fitness has certainly dropped from the high-volume days of last summer/fall, I wasn't completely unhappy with where I'm at. I think I'll be good once the weather and daylight lets me get in some daily miles.
My ride was disappointingly slow, but I the last couple of hours were a slog, primarily because of the
Yup - all of my remaining 5 minute lap notifications came in at about 20-21 minutes and I got home just in time. That said, while my fitness has certainly dropped from the high-volume days of last summer/fall, I wasn't completely unhappy with where I'm at. I think I'll be good once the weather and daylight lets me get in some daily miles.
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I'm so tired of the wind. Most weekdays I've been starting work around 5-5:30 so I can bag off for a couple of hours at lunch to get a ride in, but with another strong wind day, I might say screw it. Friday on a downhill I normally get to 35ish before the bottom, I was being pushed so hard by the wind I was going nine. It also seems, no matter which direction I head, it's a headwind.
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Does the ultegra 6500 front derailer have trim settings for all three chain rings? Shifted onto the big chain ring today and the chain was rubbing bad on the front derailer. It would rub on all the cogs (not cross chaining). I tried trimming it but the shifter didn’t have any more clicks. If I held pressure on it I could get it to stop rubbing.
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