Mad Manatees 2015.3 CLOSED (or Poptarts? Pet pics?) (Page 10)

What B-- errr, what he said. If I'm correct, your last 'fitting' was actually a bike positioning (trying to setup your current bike). Do you have numbers regarding your body + angles + how they would best correspond to which measurements on a bike? Unfortunately a test ride (even a few) isn't a good measure of anything except do you like riding the bike.

Refresh me on what you're riding (make model year, WSD?) and what this one is. Can we talk about this tomorrow? I can call you.

What B-- errr, what he said. 

HUGE THANKS to everyone who responded on the tracker questions. I'll get back to each post shortly and hopefully a few others.

Anyone else please feel free to also give feedback (regardless of whether or not the product interests you--business feedback appreciated too!) and any questions.

I'm finally well enough to travel again so I journeyed from Bali to Jakarta today, will spend a few days here taking care o' bidness then finally get my sick sorry azz out of this sick sorry-azz country and to Perf.

What system or brands the fitter uses is vastly less important than experience (preferably ongoing relationships) and knowledge about human anatomy and kinesiology esp with respect to bicycle geometry, riding physics and specific makes-models-types-components. There is no way I'd drop 2K on a bike without the necessary digits I was talking about (at a minimum). We know great fitters in Perth across dif price points and needs.

TJ - tarantulas?!?!  Thank you, NO.  I don't care if they are relatively harmless, Mary, they are scary and I'd scream like a little girl if I saw one. 

I realise I've been nothing but the Bad News Bear (when there's any news at all) lately but there's more and I accept pretty much everything right now is rough riding for a while. Dem's de breaks and all in all--overall, over the long term--I still think I'm the luckiest girl in the world.

I wrote Dub6 about this briefly a while back.

We've got three Indonesian triathletes who are international-caliber and have been winning regionally and podiuming internationally (I work with one who was only beaten by Macca at his last tri he outbiked him and very nearly outran him but he still can't swim for shyte ).

My two para boys are decent. They're not head of the class but they can hold their own among fellow paratriathletes.

The Southeast Asian Games are held every 2 years (it's like this part of the world's Commonwealth Games or like Pan-Pac was in its heyday). All three of ours stood a serious chance at the podium. Given how young the sport is here and how hard they've had to work (as in regular jobs too!) and how they've had to battle corrupt national federations at every step, they are miracles.

Just now, less than 1 month before SEA Games, they were told that Indonesia tri would not be going. The national sport federation, the national Olympic sport federation, and in particular the Indonesian Triathlon Federation ( = one guy, one very very bad guy who is not any kind of athlete but a long time ago decided to establish himself as the national rep in case Indonesia ever took up triathlon) DID NOT SUBMIT THEM, despite that they'd done all the right races with the right results to qualify, made sure all the paperwork was in order, etc. etc. I know there was some minimal palm greasing--it's inevitable.

The triathletes were not submitted because they (all of us who have anything to do with tri formally) outright refuse to do major palm greasing. It's abhorrent and besides we can't afford it even so.

It's also why my boys did not go to the Asian Tri Championships or other official ones. They will very likely not be going to any major international competitions. Same reason. (Same reason why no official Indonesian parathletes were allowed to attend the Indonesian Paragames either--I bitched about this last July--we ended up putting on the Games for all youth categories only).

Bitter pill. Especially for our top guy, whom I got into triathlon. He's 35 now and it's starting to be curtains for his ITU career. He'll go on to long course, but that's not the point.

But the fight's just started. Can't do anything about the national federations (and ITU doesn't care, great), but we'll definitely be taking it to the IOC (they probably won't care much either but my sister's taken them on in open court and won--on a different issue, 10 years ago. So there's a shot).

They are awesome. Just respect their space.

They are awesome. Just respect their space.

Ugh that is so frustrating.

My teammate is pretty upset about the exclusion of blind male paratriathlon at Rio. Did that effect your guys at all?

NOPE

Yeah, I remember you posting about that awhile back. I was super pizzed then too, November I think it was (or December). Yeah. One of my guys is blind. Now we have a tandem bike and nowhere to go ...

Nobody's still coughed up an explanation about the willy-nilly, oh hey we thought about it (for half a minute) and ... these are the random categories we'll have for paratri. And not the same for men and women. But that's random too. Gee hope that's fine folks!

As in, me. I am their space.

Aaron has transitioned to cycling to see if he can make it. 

They took gold in the men's tandem time trial in the USA Cycling Paralympics National Time Trial Championships, their first cycling road race. 

Holy shyte! That's awesome! Give him a huge congrats whenever you contact or meet him next. Way to make lemonade

As in, me. I am their space.

I realise I've been nothing but the Bad News Bear (when there's any news at all) lately but there's more and I accept pretty much everything right now is rough riding for a while. Dem's de breaks and all in all--overall, over the long term--I still think I'm the luckiest girl in the world.

I wrote Dub6 about this briefly a while back.

We've got three Indonesian triathletes who are international-caliber and have been winning regionally and podiuming internationally (I work with one who was only beaten by Macca at his last tri he outbiked him and very nearly outran him but he still can't swim for shyte ).

My two para boys are decent. They're not head of the class but they can hold their own among fellow paratriathletes.

The Southeast Asian Games are held every 2 years (it's like this part of the world's Commonwealth Games or like Pan-Pac was in its heyday). All three of ours stood a serious chance at the podium. Given how young the sport is here and how hard they've had to work (as in regular jobs too!) and how they've had to battle corrupt national federations at every step, they are miracles.

Just now, less than 1 month before SEA Games, they were told that Indonesia tri would not be going. The national sport federation, the national Olympic sport federation, and in particular the Indonesian Triathlon Federation ( = one guy, one very very bad guy who is not any kind of athlete but a long time ago decided to establish himself as the national rep in case Indonesia ever took up triathlon) DID NOT SUBMIT THEM, despite that they'd done all the right races with the right results to qualify, made sure all the paperwork was in order, etc. etc. I know there was some minimal palm greasing--it's inevitable.

The triathletes were not submitted because they (all of us who have anything to do with tri formally) outright refuse to do major palm greasing. It's abhorrent and besides we can't afford it even so.

It's also why my boys did not go to the Asian Tri Championships or other official ones. They will very likely not be going to any major international competitions. Same reason. (Same reason why no official Indonesian parathletes were allowed to attend the Indonesian Paragames either--I bitched about this last July--we ended up putting on the Games for all youth categories only).

Bitter pill. Especially for our top guy, whom I got into triathlon. He's 35 now and it's starting to be curtains for his ITU career. He'll go on to long course, but that's not the point.

But the fight's just started. Can't do anything about the national federations (and ITU doesn't care, great), but we'll definitely be taking it to the IOC (they probably won't care much either but my sister's taken them on in open court and won--on a different issue, 10 years ago. So there's a shot).

I realise I've been nothing but the Bad News Bear (when there's any news at all) lately but there's more and I accept pretty much everything right now is rough riding for a while. Dem's de breaks and all in all--overall, over the long term--I still think I'm the luckiest girl in the world.

I wrote Dub6 about this briefly a while back.

We've got three Indonesian triathletes who are international-caliber and have been winning regionally and podiuming internationally (I work with one who was only beaten by Macca at his last tri he outbiked him and very nearly outran him but he still can't swim for shyte ).

My two para boys are decent. They're not head of the class but they can hold their own among fellow paratriathletes.

The Southeast Asian Games are held every 2 years (it's like this part of the world's Commonwealth Games or like Pan-Pac was in its heyday). All three of ours stood a serious chance at the podium. Given how young the sport is here and how hard they've had to work (as in regular jobs too!) and how they've had to battle corrupt national federations at every step, they are miracles.

Just now, less than 1 month before SEA Games, they were told that Indonesia tri would not be going. The national sport federation, the national Olympic sport federation, and in particular the Indonesian Triathlon Federation ( = one guy, one very very bad guy who is not any kind of athlete but a long time ago decided to establish himself as the national rep in case Indonesia ever took up triathlon) DID NOT SUBMIT THEM, despite that they'd done all the right races with the right results to qualify, made sure all the paperwork was in order, etc. etc. I know there was some minimal palm greasing--it's inevitable.

The triathletes were not submitted because they (all of us who have anything to do with tri formally) outright refuse to do major palm greasing. It's abhorrent and besides we can't afford it even so.

It's also why my boys did not go to the Asian Tri Championships or other official ones. They will very likely not be going to any major international competitions. Same reason. (Same reason why no official Indonesian parathletes were allowed to attend the Indonesian Paragames either--I bitched about this last July--we ended up putting on the Games for all youth categories only).

Bitter pill. Especially for our top guy, whom I got into triathlon. He's 35 now and it's starting to be curtains for his ITU career. He'll go on to long course, but that's not the point.

But the fight's just started. Can't do anything about the national federations (and ITU doesn't care, great), but we'll definitely be taking it to the IOC (they probably won't care much either but my sister's taken them on in open court and won--on a different issue, 10 years ago. So there's a shot).

The fact that the naughty FIFA people have finally been caught gives me hope that one day this will be less prevalent in sport...

I was so happy to hear that. I think it's just the tip of the iceberg.

Are you going to any of the woman's world cup matches? J and I are thinking of coming up for one if we can make it work.