Hey, you see my results right? And you still question my technique? I get no respect around here.

Sure the PT would be useful for the trainer bike, but why would the Sparrow or Magic Bike need a PT if they already had a crank-based power meter? Unless you think HP might want to test the power loss between the crank and the rear wheel due to frame flex.

...I know this will seem like oneupmanship, but the tomato (a yellow Brandywine) was so pretty I got the camera out. :o

Ratatouille Nicoise (with photos)

One standard eggplant of a decent size

enough zucchini to make an amount similar to the eggplant
when cut into pieces (maybe 6-8 of the average small ones)

one hot pepper (more to taste) and two or three ripe sweet peppers

enough tomatoes to form a sauce for the stew, usually 3-6 of decent size

One onion of a respectable size, anywhere from 2-12 garlic cloves (again, to taste)

olive oil to about half a cup, salt about 1-2 tablespoons (taste), ground pepper. about 1/2 cup flour

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...a tomato to make the angels sing

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..most of the stuff except the onion and garlic

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...the onion, garlic, olive oil, and hot pepper, with a sprinkling of salt

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...the relative sizes of cut for the eggplant versus the zukes.

The zukes are roughly two or three times larger in order to allow
them to cook to finish with the same timing. You can also just
add the eggplant first, then add the zucchini ten minutes later
if they are sized more closely.


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...the sweet peppers (Bells in this case) and the tomatoes.

Toss the eggplant cubes and the zucchini pieces with the flour and the rest of the salt
in a plastic bag of appropriate size.........let them sit for a while and saute the onion in the
oil with some salt sprinkled in the pot, as it starts to get soft, add the garlic.

Give it a minute or two to flavor the oil, then toss in the eggplant pieces, thoroughly
mixing them with what's in the pot to try to flavor the eggplant a little.

Reduce the heat, or use one of those burner tender thingies (better).

Toss in after a minute or two the zukes, peppers, tomatoes, and stir thoroughly again.
Until the liquid starts to cook out of the tomatoes, there is some risk of burning and sticking
on the pot bottom. Pay attention to this, and use more oil if you have to.

Cook on a very low heat, stirring occasionally, until the eggplant and peppers are just done.
Try not to overcook the zucchini. It should still maintain its shape, and be of a pleasing texture.

When done, finish the seasoning with whatever salt and pepper you need at the end.
Don't cook the black pepper, rather add it at the end, or at the table individually.


Serve with break, or over a bed of couscous if you cooked it listening to Toure Kunda this afternoon.

@Heathpack

Racing... I here this all the time on BF....I will never blah blah blah race. Well, there are a lot of interesting long distance endurance events that are timed and many times there are local hill climb training events where riders show up and climb hills for time. That is racing. It certainly is not mass start USAC sanction but it is none the less a race against the clock. And you will wont to optimize your equipment to the event. So let's replace the word race with event and now one may visualize some day over the rainbow that you will want to optimize wheel sets for an event. Or you may just want to have two wheel sets with different cassettes and not want the hassle of changing cassettes. Or you may just want a special wheel set to ride on Tuesdays because you can.

This is going to sound like I am peeing on Saris (PowerTap). However, their CS is okay but not great. If you have a problem, you have to box up your wheel and send it to them. They perform the warranty work after they receive the wheel and then send it back. Quarq sent me a new crankset and power meter overnight mail upon receipt of a phone call from me and I had the new power meter the next day. I shipped them the broken one. Of course, I was on the hook to purchase a new PM if I failed to return the old one. However, I lost zero riding time.

Think about a crank based PM on your go to bike whichever that one is and a PT on the other one. You do not have to switch anything and your go to bike can accept any wheel set your want. I know that is more expensive.

Reading your posts, it is pretty clear that your time is very valuable and limited and you are not going to swap PMs around. The other option is go with the crank based system on one bike and the other bike does not have power. You live with it and it may be okay. If it is not, you get a PT for the second bike or say screw it and buy the crank based for the other bike as well.

For the trainer, I have a rear wheel that I put on the other bikes and ride whatever bike I want on the trainer or rollers and have power there as well.

However, the two power tap solution is not a bad choice but keep in mind that most can pop a wheel off in 10s of seconds so it is not a big deal. Notwithstanding that, if my wife were to swap rear wheels on her bikes, she would have to get a mani / pedi after she was finished. Since I do all that for her, it is not a problem. My job description, among other things, entails being her bike b!cth.

Your likely starting to understand the desirability of having all bikes with compatible drivetrains. Of course that is easier said than done. Keep in mind that 8-speed and 10-speed cassettes both fit on the same model freehub. So you could use your 10-speed wheels on your 8-speed trainer bike with just a change of cassette, a 5 minute job. But think about it. When you are wanting a trainer available, it is likely we are talking about the Winter. At that season the trainer and just one outdoor bike should suffice for your needs. So using one of the pairs of wheels from your outdoor bikes on the trainer should be no inconvenience. Until you succumb to new wheelitis of course. Then this discussion will all be moot.

...duhhh ! If I couldn't fix stuff I'd be living under a bridge tomorrow.

...but at least my wife would call someone else to change the locks.

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apparently mine is

I'm kind of surprised about it.

I can't really see riding with power sometimes & other times not. I think all the bikes will need to be geared up with power meters. The quark will be too expensive to have on multiple bikes so that would put me back to switching out cranks. (I use "me" figuratively here because it most certainly would not be me). I honestly can't see all this switching out making sense for me, regardless.

Ok on the wheel thing, maybe I'll wind up going down the multiple wheel set path. So maybe I'll have to look at the Stages. Same price as the Powertap. I could have multiples.

You going to start racing?

With the G3, you don't have to send the wheel back, just the electronics pod. You can still ride without it. And, of course, if you have two wheels you can just move the electronics over.

Doctor told me to just loose weight.

I just don't see how I could possibly eat more fruit and veggies.

Holy heck what happened here? I go out to work and come back to a big dump of posts.

Did stoney survive his surgery? Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

No recipes. Just food. Ribs and homemade pasta with homemade sauce from home grown tomatoes.

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I'm eating rice and broccoli.

They are silly like that. Drugs, my friend. The only way to fly.

You see my results. I will make you a deal. You match those results by dieting and I will pay you $100. And that is without even seeing your current numbers.

They're out of control, datlas, just running amok.

You couldn't be more misguided.

But I'm not going to debate it with you, I'm not a long-winded man. Let's just agree to disagree.

Moving right along . . . . heck of a nice day today, don't you think?

True blue quite large hybrid owned by a young female surgical tech I know in west virginiq, of course. She would collect road to feed it.

It is?

okay, let you know in a few months.

Why not?

I'll let you know to.