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MDHillSlug - 2009-03-23 6:01 PM My new crankset showed up already (ordered on Friday) but I can't get one of the bottom bracket cups off! Grrr! Now, I'm going to have to take to a shop to get it taken care of. Double Grr!!! 

That suks~ did you try a little WD40...has worked for me in the past....

hopefully if you do end up taking it in they will just quick take them off for you...some LBS will make you leave it! hoping not yours!!!!

good luck~ once you get all this ironed out..I pity the fool who is in your AG on the bike portion! you will be sailing by them and in STYLE!

What a nice picture! I looked around this evening to see if I could find any information but don't see anything posted anywhere. I'll let you know if I hear of anything!

try hitting the F1 button on your keyboard to refresh the screen...or maybe you need to go back and recopy and repaste...it can be tricky! make sure to hit the quote button on the message that Nicole sent with her name updated...when it is open scroll down and copy the chart that appears....shade the entire box makine sure to shade the spaces above and below the chart....copy....paste....and hopefully it will work for you!

hope that helps! going to go and watch our 12 seeded SDSU woman come back and beat the 2nd seeded Stanford woman in basketball! my dd had a crew (rowing) scholarship at SDSU. I am not fond of Stanford or its athletic departments....its a personal thing...they train near my old office and were rude, crude and totally full of themselves! ok not all of them...but MOST!
GO SDSU beat them Cardinal gals! its half time and Stanford is leading by 12...still a game!

I will email Greg and see if he is having it! he is a member of BT...not real active on the site but I think he is still training.....you look and I will email...and hopefully one of us will come up with a date! if not...guess we will have to put one one, eh!?!

THANK YOU !! Got it on my log now, so glad you know what you are doing !  Also thanks for the info on how to put it on our logs !
LOVE YA !!!!!

amy mutz - 2009-03-23 5:49 PM Thanks Nicole - I got mine up and it is working fine. Jules - I hope you feel better with each passing minute!!!! Can't have my bestest mentor having the icks... Andria - you did awesome this weekend on your walk/run(mostly run) and your bike, plus doing the ski trip!!!! Julie Hoosier - you just get the details for your new tri group and I would love to show up for a couple of training sessions!!! Remember I'm on the YMCA open water sprint...you need to consider doing it, you would have a great time. Don't worry about all the bike lingo...I still don't know it, but can ride a 16/18 mph pace for 20-32 miles, or I could last summer, I will have to work my way back to that. You will learn as you go like we all did Just ask, and if someone makes you feel stupid "shame on them!" because we were all there at one point until someone helped us out. I hope everyone is having a wonderful Monday... My plans changed a bit, I was going to do a 2 mile run, but got a call that we can see the 19 acre land with home tonight at 6:00, we have been looking for about two years for just the right place but it hasn't happend yet, I like this area because it is so close to all my training areas in the wildlife refuge...I know should I really base my decision on that.......well "YES!" what else would I base it on....ha So we will be walking the acreage and looking at the barn, house and two detached buildings, so that will be my workout today. Tomorrow is shaping up to be a good workout day time wise...I can get work done early, do some house painting and then go train. I'm soooooo glad to be back with all of you, and very glad the new members can be part of this wonderful group

Amy, I'd love to have you here for our ride/s....... I'm so happy I just giggled and Lexi looked at me like I'm crazy !

MDHillSlug - 2009-03-23 10:19 PM

MDHillSlug - 2009-03-23 9:01 PM My new crankset showed up already (ordered on Friday) but I can't get one of the bottom bracket cups off! Grrr! Now, I'm going to have to take to a shop to get it taken care of. Double Grr!!! 

Well, I got it off! This internet thingy actually had a solution for my problem: the tool kept slipping out of the part; a clamp to hold it in place and I was golden. Now, I have to adjust the derrailleur to work with the new crank. Two step forward, one step back.

I was gonna say, now you have to adjust the derrailleur................. LOL.......

(yeah, i do not know what a derrailleur is.......BUT I DO KNOW WHAT A CLAMP IS) !! woohooo

Hey my lovelies, and guys......smile

My little one is sick again, scary bronchitis caugh AGAIN........  I doubt I'll be on here much today but wanted to say have a great day and I hope you get some workouts in !  

sorry Lexi is sick again! poor thing! hope you are also able to get a workout of some sort in! take care! and have a good day!

sick, so here is my inspire for the day for all of you:

TRAIN WELL!!!

I'm working on a primer for you. Yeah, I'm a geek!

Poor little Lexi...hope she is feeling better soon! And you- take care of you- so you don't catch the bug either!

thats crazy!!! wonder why that is!???

Here's my first try at a Bicycle Gears Primer. I've tried to keep it as simple as I can but it is sometimes necessary to get a bit technical. Please let me know what's not clear or what else is needed.

Bicycle Gears Primer

The gears on your bike are like the transmission in your car; they are designed to let the system work most efficiently for the speed and work you are doing. In the case of your car there’s an optimal range for the engine to turn (rpm’s); in the case of your body on a bike it’s the speed your legs are going (cadence). Low gears are for power and high gears are for speed. The gear you are in is determined by the combination of the front gear (chainring) and the rear gear (cog). Technically, it’s the ratio of gear teeth that matters (front divided by back). You are in a lower gear when that ratio makes a smaller number and you are in a higher gear when that ratio makes a higher number.

A typical road bike will either have two or three chainrings and 8, 9, or 10 cogs. A typical mountain bike will have three chainrings and 8 or 9 cogs. In the case of both the chainrings and the cogs, the bike will be easier to pedal the closer the chain is to the bike frame. At this point it gets a little complicated because closer in the front puts you on a smaller chainring and closer in the back puts you on a larger cog. Mathematically, a smaller chainring reduces the numerator and a larger cog increases the denominator, but either will result in a smaller ratio.

Most bikes use levers to change the gears and most use a larger lever to move to a larger gear (cog or chainring) and a smaller lever to move to a smaller gear (cog or chainring). Some bikes use a twist grip instead.

When you start to head uphill, or into a wind, you will want to shift to a lower (easier) gear. As you continue uphill you may begin to tire, or the slope may get steeper, and you'll want to downshift again (and again...). After you crest the hill, or the wind lets up, you'd shift back up into the higher (harder) gears and start picking up speed again.

The subject of mashing vs spinning is related to pedaling when the going gets hard. Some people prefer to leave the bike in a harder gear and stand up on the pedals (mashing) while others will remain seated and pedal easier gears (spinning). In either case, you would use the same total energy to get up the hill; mashing uses more energy per pedal revolution whereas spinning breaks up the work into smaller pieces. In theory, mashing would tire you out more quickly.

Can I just say I love you ?.........Seriously, how sweet of you to take time to write this out, and share your AWESOME knowledge with me/us.......

I just can't thank you enough !!!!!!

I enjoyed doing it. Does it make sense? What needs more clarification? What more do you want to know.

I got a run in tonight...I almost didnt go but got some really bad news about a friend and had to go blow off some steam! ran the best I think I have ever run!

sux that it takes bad news to let me realize I can run like that! ;(

Terrible news, but a great run.

WHERE IS EVERYBODY!???????????????????????????????????????????????????? ;(