Manatee Mentors 2014 v.2 thread2 CLOSED (Poptart/pet pic bribes?) (Page 17)

Originally posted by StaceyK

Originally posted by brigby1

Originally posted by Richardsdrr

Originally posted by StaceyK

Originally posted by Richardsdrr Stacey - What groupset are you running on the bike now? If it is a decent one, perhaps you could get it switched over onto a new bike with a lower standard groupset to save a bit of cash.

Enjoy your camping Darren. Have fun with your family, forget about training for a week it won't kill you. OK totally dumb question but I can ask it here. What exactly does group set mean? It has something to do with your gears doesn't it? All the components on my current bike are Sora but I don't think that this answers Darren's question does it?

Yes it does

Yes, it's the brakes, derailleurs, shifters, brake levers, cassette, chainrings, chain. This is yours. At least the current version of it. Not all bikes are going to have exact matches on everything. Lower level ones may have some mix of Tiagra and Sora. I've seen these come with an Ultegra rear derailleur as well. 

Thanks Ben, I wasn't sure if it meant all the bits or just the cogs that the chain runs around on. Do you like my amazingly technical terms here. (See this is why I have to post these questions to you guys and not in the main forum because I don't want to get laughed off the site )

Which leads me to my silly question to follow up Stacey's.   I've thought groupset and components are rather interchangeable terms in most discussions. Like all groupsets are components, with a small fraction of components not being part of groupset. Yes? No?

Originally posted by 4agoodlife

Originally posted by StaceyK

Originally posted by brigby1

Originally posted by Richardsdrr

Originally posted by StaceyK

Originally posted by Richardsdrr Stacey - What groupset are you running on the bike now? If it is a decent one, perhaps you could get it switched over onto a new bike with a lower standard groupset to save a bit of cash.

Enjoy your camping Darren. Have fun with your family, forget about training for a week it won't kill you. OK totally dumb question but I can ask it here. What exactly does group set mean? It has something to do with your gears doesn't it? All the components on my current bike are Sora but I don't think that this answers Darren's question does it?

Yes it does

Yes, it's the brakes, derailleurs, shifters, brake levers, cassette, chainrings, chain. This is yours. At least the current version of it. Not all bikes are going to have exact matches on everything. Lower level ones may have some mix of Tiagra and Sora. I've seen these come with an Ultegra rear derailleur as well. 

Thanks Ben, I wasn't sure if it meant all the bits or just the cogs that the chain runs around on. Do you like my amazingly technical terms here. (See this is why I have to post these questions to you guys and not in the main forum because I don't want to get laughed off the site )

Which leads me to my silly question to follow up Stacey's.   I've thought groupset and components are rather interchangeable terms in most discussions. Like all groupsets are components, with a small fraction of components not being part of groupset. Yes? No?

Basically a group set is a matching set of components. The Ultegra rear derailleur on my road bike is not part of the 105 group set that everything else is, but they still work together.

Originally posted by 4agoodlife

Originally posted by dmgaudreJust took my first quick ride an actual road bike. Holy moly is it different from my mountain bike and the stationery bike at the Y. My legs are screaming! Woohoo!Darren...you got me...I'm 39 in that picture... :-)

Isn't it fun???? Did you borrow or....dare I say, buy? Have to be careful around here even whispering bike and buy in the same sentence.

Speaking of buying bikes, I *finally* got around to taking a picture of Red, my new (to me) Giant OCR2 road bike.  Here she is:

Originally posted by laffinrock

Originally posted by 4agoodlife

Originally posted by dmgaudreJust took my first quick ride an actual road bike. Holy moly is it different from my mountain bike and the stationery bike at the Y. My legs are screaming! Woohoo!Darren...you got me...I'm 39 in that picture... :-)

Isn't it fun???? Did you borrow or....dare I say, buy? Have to be careful around here even whispering bike and buy in the same sentence.

Speaking of buying bikes, I *finally* got around to taking a picture of Red, my new (to me) Giant OCR2 road bike.  Here she is:

 

RED IS FASTER

She's hot and so are you.

It's Yanti's daily howl!

The good stuff.1 - Mutti's still alive, she's had a bite to eat, the roof's still there. Me too (I figure if this happens every day, we are at 100% and everything else is extra)
2 - I hired someone to help me with Mutti Watcher Search.
3 - My friend here and my brother can help out with part-days sometimes. Phew!
4 - I have medical stuff scheduled in Bali next week and the 2x/week caretaker can string her days together so I can go back for that.

The tough stuff.
1 - Everything I whined about before.
2 - Our community and family in particular are still reeling over the deaths of friends on MH17. And Ben, the cyclist who lived in Singapore. Additionally, two from-childhood family friends died unexpectedly in the last two weeks, one in suspicious circumstances. I initially helped in Bali and my sister is now helping try to unravel it all. We're not alone in this, not by a long shot, so that's good

I know that as you get older, more people die. And the accumulation of the circles of love, friends, colleagues is huge, so there's that. But it's just been a LOT in the last few weeks, particularly, the three whose families we've been close to for 40 years or more. Grief.

3 - This is chosen tough stuff, just letting you know AND making a plea. This has made international headlines and particularly in Canada. I mentioned something about this before, and as before, our family is in the middle of it as well because ... a lot of this is really sensitive and we have good connections. Regardless, 3 super educators in our community, from my (and my siblings and brother's kids) alma mater have been unjustly accused of child molestation crimes which all circumstances, rock-solid alibis, etc. prove they couldn't have been involved with (the accusers - parents - are suing the school for $125 million -- in this country! in a civil suit ... big pie to divide up, almost certain if a criminal case goes through).

Two of the accused remain detained without cause or evidence. One is a Canadian; one is Indonesian. The third, the elementary school principal, is from the U.S. and is not detained but she cannot leave the country either.

Please consider signing this petition. The more, the better. This has struck very deep and very close. My father would have been appalled. This is NOT how we treat guests in our country or our own citizens, and the law is absolutely not being applied fairly. This school made many of us who we are and it's one of the best in the world.

http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Neil_Bantleman_and_Ferdinant_Tjiong_Have_these_innocent_men_released_from_police_custody_in_Indonesia/?fHatcib

If you're Canadian or American and willing to also write members of legislature / politicians I also have stock letters to email. Thank you.

Thank you. It's a travesty. Yes, countries have different laws but it's beyond not okay when we're not following our own ... to the tune of $$$$$$$ and the complete destruction of these people's careers.

The other caretaker can only work 2x days/week now; she'll be back Tuesday and can stay until I come back Friday morning (I need to go to Bali a few days). So phew.

I have used the classifieds to sell my old tri bike and bought 2 bikes off of the classified. All three used PayPal for the transactions.

Janyne, I had a chance to go through the Lake Logan pics on Google. What kind of helmet are you using? It looked like a cross between an aero helmet and a road helmet. My other observation is that Kevin is a madman with a camera.

I may just wait for your review ;-)

Good job getting out there!

Originally posted by laffinrock

Originally posted by 4agoodlife

Originally posted by dmgaudreJust took my first quick ride an actual road bike. Holy moly is it different from my mountain bike and the stationery bike at the Y. My legs are screaming! Woohoo!Darren...you got me...I'm 39 in that picture... :-)

Isn't it fun???? Did you borrow or....dare I say, buy? Have to be careful around here even whispering bike and buy in the same sentence.

Speaking of buying bikes, I *finally* got around to taking a picture of Red, my new (to me) Giant OCR2 road bike.  Here she is:

 

Very nice!  Red is a fast color so of course our Red is FAST!

1. Yay Deanna!

2. NyNy, is that a spiffy new avvie from Lake Logan?

^^^This.  Looks like a sweet bike with decent components.  I say DOOOO EEEET!!

Originally posted by dmgaudre

Originally posted by 4agoodlife

Originally posted by dmgaudreJust took my first quick ride an actual road bike. Holy moly is it different from my mountain bike and the stationery bike at the Y. My legs are screaming! Woohoo!Darren...you got me...I'm 39 in that picture... :-)

Isn't it fun???? Did you borrow or....dare I say, buy? Have to be careful around here even whispering bike and buy in the same sentence.

Borrowed. As this is my first tri I thought I had better not invest too much money right away. And I have been looking at bikes and boy are they expensive! LOL

Good plan to borrow for now, and good idea to start riding it now so you're comfortable with it by your race.  There are a few options for getting a decent bike for less $$$: 

1. Craig's List (do your research first)
2. A local bike shop selling last year's models on sale or this year's models at the end of the season
3. A local shop that sells used/consignment bikes

I was able to get mine for $550.  A comparable new one would have been in the $1,200-$1,500 range.  It's got a carbon fiber fork and seat post and mid-range components that I can upgrade when I'm ready to.  The most important part is that it fits me really well.  As you can see, it's a road bike, not a tri bike.  There's really no need to go all out and get a tri bike to start with.  A good road bike is a great investment and is more versatile than a tri bike anyway.