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Snorting his way across the USA
I haven't been feeling myself lately. Where is @John221us when you need him.
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Of course this has to happen 10 miles from home… the splines in the crank were sheared off.
Watts? I wish. The BSD said he's seen it before, and that it doesn't happen often but it does happen. The design of the clamping system can allow itself to work loose over time. There is a new crank spline piece on order. I do still have the Tarmac as a backup.Holy….Ultegra, too. Pushing watts or mfg defect.
Lay off the ibuprofen. You don't want to end up like me and get a PE attack and lose your medical and go on blood thinners.I had my first major wreck on Friday. Nothing broken but I can make a rib "click". 4 ibuprofen every 8 hours along with icing ribs and shoulder all weekend. Completely sucks.
Wow. Sorry to hear that.Lay off the ibuprofen. You don't want to end up like me and get a PE attack and lose your medical and go on blood thinners.
Read up on that stuff. It is a prescription drug in most other countries and it has a bad side. It is a strong coagulant and has caused fatal heart attacks, strokes and PE’sWow. Sorry to hear that.
I'm following Urgent Care doctor instructions. She was worried about swelling and my giving myself pneumonia from not inhaling deeply enough because of rib pain.
But, it's functional. And it is riding nice.
Does anybody have an aero helmet recommendation? I have two upcoming triathlons and I understand a helmet is high bang for the buck.
Agreed. My 1st race was yesterday and I skipped the aero helmet just for this reason...I'm not fast enough for it to make a difference. Standing climbs are too painful on the ribs so I was fortunate it was a flat course. My next race is in two weeks and it's fortunately also a flat course. It's going to be a miserable day as I didn't have much left in the tank yesterday and the next race is 2X the distance...Unless you are doing 23+ I wouldn't worry about it too much....
I started racing 11 years ago. Depite my wreck, yesterday was my best showing for a complete race (where swim wasn't canceled). I acknowledge training is still where the most gains are to be made, but, I have the cash now to spend on equipment. Yesterday was the first Ironman race in 13 where I rode a tri bike!If these are your first races I wouldn’t bother with anything “aero” for now. Practice your transitions and train hard. You can worry about speed next year after you have some solid training in you.
So far, Joe Friel has been my coachIf you have the cash and want to go faster nothing beats a coach
Please elaborate....one pound on the wheels equals six pounds on the frame...
Please elaborate.
Wow! Middle of my age group is usually where I am. In the Saturday race, my daughter and her fiance both qualified for the Ironman World Championship. I'm headed to Marbella Spain next November to cheer them on!...I've had plenty of top 10's in competitive Triathlons...
Wow! Middle of my age group is usually where I am. In the Saturday race, my daughter and her fiance both qualified for the Ironman World Championship. I'm headed to Marbella Spain next November to cheer them on!