I haven't been here in ages, yet when I saw this headline, I instantly thought of pCad.

Oldest man dies.

But then I remembered pCad was exiting via a bus, so I knew it wasn't him.

Blue. Red (same color used in the Schwinn headbadge) pinstripe to highlight the lugs. Black cable housing.

Ouch. I couldn't imagine hiking any distance in the wrong size boots.

Hey Tulex. How's it going?

thats a nice retro bike. whose is it?

Why not?

welcome back. you haven't missed much.

Hey coasting,

Two weeks! Can you believe it? Will you be flying to Limeyland for the big day?

I was thinking: If I start tweeting up a storm about the royal wedding, I might get the attention of a local TV or radio station and parlay that into airtime as a "royal watcher." Do you have some juicy nuggets that might catch the eye of a producer?

I'm still alive, so life is good. And you?

I found life outside of here. I know, right?

I have a question for you guys.

I have very stiff specialized shoes with speedplay zeros. Used them for 2 years. Had to shim the cleats to get them to not hurt the outside of my arch. The left more than the right, both tilting my shoes out. After messing around, I got it to feel pretty good, but would get toe numbness after longer rides.

So, this year, I decided to get the blue inserts, which have the medium arch support, as that is what my foot imprint shows I need. Well, the toe issue went away, but the arch felt odd. So, I took out the shims, and that really made my outside arch hurt. When this happens, I find that if I pull my knees in, that lessens the pain, pushing the knee out really increases the pain.

So, my question to all of you is, without going for a pro fitting, where do I start to get rid of the outside arch pain? The Specialized inserts come with plastic shims to put in the shoe, which I have not tried. I can go back to shimming the cleats. I can move the cleats right/left a small amount, or forward, as I think I have the adapter plates mounted as far back as they go.

Yeah, I know, go get a pro fitting. Well, I don't like getting fitted. I have found that I don't give proper feedback to get the right corrections. And, I think other people's real life experience is better than one guys guess.

get stuffed.

Mercy. I thought my one-mile flat tyre walk last night was never going to end.

Where? I'm still looking.

Is that like finding life on Mars?


Good to see you Tulex.

Mine.

Same. Very busy Spring so far.

A proper reply to a royal ribbing.

So what version of addictions is this now, #4?

As in Blue Hen blue?

yup,

hey Tulex!

Hey, when did you move to chittenango?

Na, much easier. Good to be back, for how long, who knows.....

Hey RUOkie.

So, over the last few months, nothing big happened here, no implosions or "wow" events?