The MOST AWESOMEST Francaise Des Jeux Team Page--BABY!!!

hey

thanks for starting our thread karl! allez les francaise des jeux! already logged 6 miles today on a horridly windy day here in birmingham, and with my bloody bike not working properly. lent it to a friend and it's been damaged: bar tape pulled apart, no bar end on one of the handles, and my cateye is no longer being sensed. not happy! think it is his kid brother tbh!

anyhow, good to be out there and riding. would anybody mind if i was captain?

spreadsheet is up in googledocs.

sign in to goggle docs as [email protected]; passqword is challengeforum

you can update your rides on there or just message me with your goals/rides. i provide a broom wagon service and will check logs also. two favo(u)rs to ask:

one - avatars are fdj related please!

two: allez les trefles bleus is in your signature.

team spirit and all that

First and foremost, thank you and your family for serving. Second, Nice to see you again Jackie. From those of us across the pond, sorry about your loss , "Long live the Queen" (long standing joke between us).

My name is Joe, I am the resident BT frugal gear geek. As Geoff noticed on my blog, I am training on a Computrainer. Anyone else on the team have one? We could do a few stages together possibly.  I need the ridding miles to help my evaluation on the CT for a BT review. (too many letters )

I aged up to the 40-44 AG this year. Have a lovely wife and two kids 10 and 7...that changes in the next 45 days on both of them I have been on BT since 03, and have been racing since 04. My big race this weekend is at the end of August. I am racing the Cranberry Triathlon sprint and oly races on consecutive days. My training has been spotty at best, and I need to really push myself into peak form by then.

I have 12 stages and 10 hours as my goal. I have set this goal as "lofty". Not because it is a lot, but more because I have not worked out 12 days in a month for quite awhile, let alone all biking that much. I will do my best not to let down the team. I am truly hopping to go way past the 10 hours number, but I wanted an achievable number to work on.

I hit stage 2 in the AM and it should be pretty good, as long as I get out of bed for it

Happy 4th to all, and see you on the road!

Partly to pad post count, I 2nd the nomination of Jackie to be our Mistress, Dominatrix, I mean team captain.

If the rim is not true, but not rubbing the breaks, then there is a good chance the wheel needs to have the spokes adjusted. this is best done by a local bike shop (LBS). If it actually has a crease in it and bent, replace it. Base wheels are not too bad in price. The price dose depend on if it is a front or rear wheel as the free wheel assembly cost more on the rear wheel.  Either way, a good LBS would be a great place to start if you have one near by. I agree, an injury due to wheel failure is not worth it.

Ok, second ride done and I am 20% of the way to Paris already Mind you, it is the week day rides that will mess with my numbers. Went out and preroad the course for my race next weekend. Depending on how I feel tomorrow, I may be dropping down to the sprint instead of the oly distance.

I think this site is a little more up to date, but has the same general info.

 http://www.dailypeloton.com/displayarticle.asp?pk=16263

trying to copy code for a table with all our links! having a nightmare. got the correct version in my blog but it seems to break itself as soon as i post it in here - grrr!!!!!!!!!!!!

as for any workouts i will uopdate the spreadsheet

argh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! any it nerds out there?