SBR Utopia Season II - OPEN (Page 145)

Can we make a new rule that people have to say they did intervals at XXX% of FTP, rather than throwing out huge numbers that I'm incredibly jealous of?   It's also helpful to me to know if you did those 3 min intervals at 106% or 120% or 130% or whatever.  Or maybe we could make a different rule that says you only post your intervals in terms of W/kg

As for your run injury, what are you doing to treat it, Marc?  Are you doing PT or seeing someone who does ART or anything?  I'm also dealing with a little bit of a foot issue that feels like the precursor to PF and have been seeing my chiro who does ART -- I think it's helping and will be seeing him again this afternoon.

As for your run injury, what are you doing to treat it, Marc?  Are you doing PT or seeing someone who does ART or anything?  I'm also dealing with a little bit of a foot issue that feels like the precursor to PF and have been seeing my chiro who does ART -- I think it's helping and will be seeing him again this afternoon.

Add like 50% to yours to convert. That's what the guys do anyway.

I have a friend that goes to Tuscan every winter for a week to ride.

Wow, you're right Chris.  I must have made my reservations for Arizona and M-T 2013 way ahead of time before the wheel bag charge was put in effect.  Oh well....I put a lot of stuff in my wheel bag - even my full size bike pump - so its worth it.

Glad to hear your foot pain is moving in the right direction.  Hopefully two more weeks will do the trick.

If you're wanting to aquajog, I have an extra belt that I don't use....just say the word and it's yours.  In fact, I'll be in socal next week and could deliver it to you

Tucson you can climb Mt. Lemmon

So Cal you can do full week of world class climbing in the santa monicas.  I'd accompany for the weekend ride, if I am in town

February is our rainy season here.  It's horrible. 

Can anyone here give a primer or reference to how easy./hard it is to take bike apart and put back together for shipping??  I am only semi handy with the wrench....

It's really not that hard.  I've packed a bike 8 times (16 times if you count the return trip).  Bikes with integrated front ends may be a little trickier, but your bike shouldn't be a problem.

You'll need a pedal wrench, and allen keys to loosen or remove your stem, and seat post.  Foam pipe insulation and velcro straps work well too...just cut them to your desired lengths.  Also go to your LBS and ask them for the plastic dropout spacers.  They usually come with every bike when shipped to prevent the dropouts from flexing inward during shipping.  Normally the LBS just throws them away after the unpack a bike.

I have a picture of how I packed my bike a couple of years ago...I'll see if I can send it to you via FB.

There you go Marc, one week in Hawaii.  A different island each day - we'll give you two for the Big Island since that's what they get for Ultraman.

Any recommendations on a reasonable box?

3 days on the Big Island.  Koloko climb and parts of the Queen K on day 1.  Mauna Kea day 2, Mauna Loa day 3.

Fly to Maui for 2 days.  Haleakala day 4, then either the West or East side loop day 5.

Fly to Oahu for 1 day.  Ride up Tantalus, over the Pali (famous cliffs where King Kamehameha's army pushed their enemy's off the cliff) then around the North Shore.

Fly to Kaua'i for one day.  Not quite sure the best places to ride here, but there's a race that goes uphill to Koke'e park.

Probably around 2500 TSS for the week. 

Well, crap.  Looks like I'll be learning more about bike shipping.  Had my reservation all set up with TBT.  They just called said they're pulling NOLA 70.3 service from the west coast...   they've offered a reund, credit, or for the fee to pay for shipping, unpack, assemble, disassemble and ship back...  I paid $323 (for transport plus two bags).  Delta looks to be $150 each way, then I have to put together.....

Can anyone here give a primer or reference to how easy./hard it is to take bike apart and put back together for shipping??  I am only semi handy with the wrench....

Maybe it's that more people in Hawaii have bike boxes and they're easier to come around, but I'd suggest borrowing.  Someone in your area must have one.  Post it out to FB or something and offer a case of beer.  Unless you plan to use it a lot, it's really not worth buying.

I don't have to loosen or disconnect any cables at all.  Depending on the bike, I either remove the face plate from the end of my stem and take the bars off (my road bike) or I take the stem off the steerer tube completely (tri bike).  In either case I don't have to do anything with cables.  I guess it depends on the bike though.

Only thing I didn't see mentioned was the RD.  Again, that depends on the case and whether you are taking the rear wheel off or not.  It's really simple though, just one bolt.

Make sure you measure and/or mark the height of your seat post before taking it off!

Any recommendations on a reasonable box?