Silence-Lotto Team Thread

Hi Everyone...I'm Kathy from MA and I ride two sweet bikes...Kuota K Factor is my tri bike and she is my weapon of choice now. In the Winter I ride yes outside when it is 20 or warmer a also amazing Orbea Onix.

I was on the Lotto team last year and had my biggest riding month to date last July.

This July will be different as I'm tapering for my first Ironman July 20th in Lake Placid so my stages and mileage won't be so impressive and I must follow my plan.

Currently I going through tapering ups and downs and can be both cranky and kid like all the same day. 

jmk-brooklyn - 2008-07-04 10:17 PM G'day mates! (y'know, 'cause we're all about the Aussies here at Silence-Lotto), my name's Jonah and I live in Brooklyn, New York. I'm in the homestretch for my A race of the season, the NYC Tri on the 20th. My bike is a Motobecane Mirage Pro that I bought from bikesdirect.com. It's cheap and heavy, but it's all about the engine anyway, right?

lol - real geniune Aussie is on your team too, Bondgirl - Im sure she will teach you all the local phrases when she gets here

Aloha and G'day mates! Thanks Cat I love you Aussies!  Anywho I am Nancy I love my bike it is a specialized multi sport, I got him last winter on a closeout, I am working my way to a fancier bike, I just need to break my hubby in slowly... I think I call him Bullet.

Excited to be in the tour with all, I missed it last year due to illness/injury.  I'm so happy to be training solidly this year, maybe I have an Olympic in my future next year!

I believe I signed up for 8 stages in 8 hours. I am guessing that every ride I do has to be at least an hour to count? Depending on the day and if my kids are out of summer school I will be on my trainer quite a bit.

Hopefully we have a table techy on board so we can have a quick link to our rooster! Last one I did I needed Dee to keep fixing it and she wasn't even in the challenge!

Off to get my boys some breakie!

Oh I forgot to mention, I'm in for 7 stages with 225 miles with 112 of them on July 20th.

Hi Nancy - I got your message about having trouble with the spreadsheet... I can get into it no trouble with the details I posted above ^^^^

If its still and issue please let me know (its not very pretty at the moment but I will see if I can improve the spreasheets any thing weekend)

Cat 

G'day mates,

Genuine fair dinkum Aussie here. My name is Tammie and I'm from Eltham, Victoria. Cadel actually went to Eltham High school and did much of his riding around these parts. There's plenty of hills.

My bike is quite old, a Giant TCR2 but it fits me perfectly and I feel quite at home on him.

I'm actually away for the first 5 days of the challenge. My brother has been quite sick and I'm going to visit him in sunny Queensland.

Do us proud team and I'll see you all when I get back.

Hooroo

Tam 

Hi Team,

Just a reminder that when talking about events in the actual Tour De France there is a 24 hour ban on posting about recent action from the French roads in either your own team thread or other teams. This is because a lot of people have to work while the live coverage is on which means they do not get the chance to catch up on what is happening in the roads of France until later in the day.

If you do want to chat about the event in France there is a Tour De France forum located here: http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/forum-view.asp?fid=122#s for the duration of the event.

Otherwise Im usually hanging out in beginner chat whenever I have live stage coverage as well... and always happy to chat Tour with ANYONE and EVERYONE!  

Cat

Hello,

My name is Luis from Jackson, Michigan.  I am new to triathlons and cycling I have one super-sprint under my belt and full sprint in 2weeks.  I ride a Raleigh Grand sport  that I have attached areobars to.  I got in to cycling when I joined the bike response team for the ambulance company i work for after the training rides in april I bought my bike and have been riding everywhere.  I have totally fallen in love with the sport and can't wait to partcipate in this challange and keep up with my first tour.

Luis 

Stage 1 today..how many of you rode?

I volunteered along with 2 of my 5 kids and husband in transition at a HIM..it was great fun other than it aggrevated my lower back. Now is not the time for my back to act up with 15 days to my first Ironman...I keep repeating it will be better..it will be better...

run and swim today, per plan... Rest tomorrow, stage 1 monday for me!

Sorry about the late introduction, I was away for the holiday weekend.

I'm Rob, I've been riding my Giant OCR 2 for a few years now, this is my first year doing triathlons, my first race is July 12, so I'll be tapering this week but I'll get my miles in big time in weeks 2 and 3!

10 (or 15 I have to check) stages for 300 miles

Hi everyone! I was at the shore this weekend, so I'm checking in a little late.

My name's Sara...I'm from PA, just outside of Philly. This is my second season doing tris, and just finished my first Oly a couple weeks ago.

I'm currently riding a Specialized Ruby which I just got in December. I've put a lot of miles in on her since then, and I've been having a blast!

Okay, so here is my sad little attempt at making a table for our team! I tried to add a picture background, but couldn't seem to make it work. 

Rob- I think your log is set to private. If you want to make it public for this challenge, we can add a link in the table.

Thanks so much!!!! I was just starting to make one and you beat me to it! It takes me too long.... Your awsome!

Cool tables..I'm so itching to ride..tomorrow I get to

Tapering is weird but good.

I think I may order a new bike tomorrow..now that will be an awesome day. I want a cyclecross bike and am going to MN after my Ironman and staying on an island with only dirt paths..great cyclecross riding location. Riding my tri bike means trip in a boat to mainland twice and disrupts my family.

Looking at getting a Redline Conquest or  Salsa Chili Con Crosso

I'm going to get my Kuota checked out and talk with the shop price and when I could get either one. The Salsa's geometry is very close to what would be a custom bike would be..so that is what I'm leaning towards. It is made out of scandium which I hear is good as cycle cross bikes get beat up more and carbon isn't a great choice for a newb like me.