Manatee Mentors 2016 - Manatee à trois (Page 14)

Happy birthday!  Ice cream is an excellent way to celebrate your special day!

Have you guys been following the track and field Olympics? Both the women's and men's 10k were really great for different reasons. On the woman's side the world record and american record were broken and the men's was just downright exciting. And how about Rupp? He was able to pull out some serious speed, marathon training be dammed! If any of you have ever tried to train for a marathon AND run fast, you know what I am talking about! The 400 on the men's side was incredible. Emma Coburn laid down an amazing race in the steeple, too. What a fun race to watch. 

I am really excited for the women's 1500 tonight!

Haha agreed, happy birthday!

I have, it has been very exciting!

(Hopefully) here's an example of where the current bike can be frustrating in speed, and is something I'm trying to be conscious of even though most of the time I don't really care and just like being out there. First two spots are on an Orbea Ordu tribike, the same type Crowie threw to the curb a few years ago for being too slow. I was at least mostly sitting upright (not in aero) and had the training wheels on. Last two spots are with the road bike, crouching low, race wheels but training tires. #3 had a noticeable 10 mph tailwind too. On #4 I stopped about 3/4 of the way through to check something, but was projecting to finish it right about 12 minutes. And that was on ~360 watts.

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Fun times, but all part of summer weather, I suppose.  We just had some very nasty storms rip through the area and it seems my town was pretty badly hit (I'm still at work ~25 minutes away).  Live Incident website lists power lines down numerous places and "hazard in roadway" many places as well.  EFP just reported we have limbs down with no major damage, but also no power.  PP&L (power company) has no suggested restoration time due to "widespread damage".  I'm dreading my drive home from work...  Being an optimist, I suppose I should be thankful I have power to lose, no?  Not sure how this will impact my bike workout for tonight other than I know I won't be riding outside!

Part of the indecision is that I'm looking almost exclusively at Trek as I have a little help there in finding deals. Not really looking to fully get to a great tri bike setup as far as speed goes. It's not going to happen. The comparison before was to sitting up on the tri bike, so not too different from a road bike bike. Not with clip ons, the normal road position. I've had some shorty bar clip-ons on the road bike and really like the versatility of the setup. I'd love to go anywhere like you are, but after thinking, it's not going to be an everyday thing. Maybe not even once in awhile. Only an occasional vacation. Roubaix or cobbles capability is fine though. My brother rode his lightweight climber Emonda on some pathways just fine, very similar to what I might do for short connection sections around here.

After thinking through and eliminating adventure bikes like the 720 & 920, that left with a few things like the Boone (CX), Emonda (climbing), Domane (Roubaix), and the Madone (aero). The normal Domane is too tall and too short in reach to fit me well. The other three all work along the Trek H2 fit line. Stack & Reach is the same for each, though other measurements can vary the handling. It's close, but maybe a touch higher and less reach than would be preferred. There is also the pro level H1 fit which is longer and lower, looking to be a great fit for me. The Boone is H2 only, but the other 3 all have this option, but it's notably more expensive to get. The advantage of the Boone it's the only one disc brake capable in a close enough fit profile. Like disc for every reason said, though not quite sure it's needed. My brother likes how his have been working. Domane has disc, but not with the H1 as the pros do not ride with discs. The Emonda frame looks to have some of the same anti-aero issues my current bike might have. Like extra wide, flat oval down tube. It's also the only one of these that doesn't have the shock absorbing IsoSpeed. (The new Domane SLR actually advances on this tech all over the bike). The Madone is very integrated up front, so is rather limited in adjustment and expensive if that needs further adjustment. It also won't take the clip-ons.

The leading candidate for awhile is a specific last gen Domane in H1 as it's cheaper and has the IsoSpeed without having what might be awful aero tendencies even though it's not really an aerobike frame. And of course while saving to get it, one's mind tends to wander around looking at other and newer options that come out. 

Well, the criteria is there, but there is some sort of Iron Law in place where "you can not have all 3" type deal. All the options are short on something, so with this it's which one compromises the least. Though with the level I'm looking at it's pretty much the definition of a first world problem. I'd probably invent another issue a month after getting it anyway.

Kinda knew from the start this one wouldn't have to handle what's in that pic!   Some serious mud to swallow that much of the wheel.

Originally posted by marysia83 Thank you for the birthday wishes! I am officially in love with DC and Baltimore.... I would move there with a blink of an eye Both cities are so different than Chicago and reminded me of Poland a lot. The conference itself was extremely useful and very well organized, also provided great networking opportunity. Every morning I was up for some swimming, a bit of a biking (on that very cool vintage bike below) and then running at the sunrise.

I'm so glad you enjoyed visiting DC and Baltimore!  They are two of my favorite cities to visit, along with Boston.  You must've hit 'the mall' at a very good time, I've NEVER seen the Lincoln Memorial that devoid of people, especially the shot of you on the steps, I just can't believe there's no one around!  How cool you were able to swim, bike AND run during your stay.  I hope you head east again sometime and that I don't have plans if you do!

Laura - I think we need to plan a Manatee Meetup in either one of these cities (Baltimore would get my vote just because it's a little closer for me, but I'd head to DC)!

Is that you taking a header?!  Yikes!!

Thankfully our house didn't have much storm damage compared to the surrounding area since we had the trees trimmed early this summer.  Interestingly, the 2 branches that did come down appeared to have been partially cut by the trimmers but never removed. You could see the even break point.  Weird.  Our power was only out about 4 hours, thankfully!

I really needed to get my bike workout in so I moved my trainer outside to the patio since the roads were in horrible shape with all the storm debris and it was too dark without lights to ride in the house (power was out until around 8 pm).  EFP had the generator fired up to test it when I got home so when I told him of my plan he hooked up two fans to the genny so I'd have some cooling and circulation (it was still quite muggy and hot).  I had my wireless speaker with me so I had some music to entertain me.  I rather liked my setup and would do it again!

Originally posted by mtnbikerchk HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAREN!!! Drive by as I'm an insane person packing for Canada...... bib #946 in case you're bored Sunday And on the Steve front.... How about Strides for Steve? I have Ron searching the old BT Archives for anything that might be helpful regarding hospitals or charities etc. In the mean time I was thinking I know we were talking about shirts but I was thinking about trying to do something less expensive - more money towards the charity - ideas? I mean we can still do shirts if that's what people want. I was thinking about bracelets or those custom headband things. If we go with anything that needs a design I need a volunteer for that - because I'm horrible at that part. Next week I have like 4 days with NO TRAINING on it when I get back so more later. Good luck to anyone racing this weekend! RR

I think Strides for Steve is a great name. How about printable race bibs instead of something that costs $. Pics can be taken with them.