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Get Bones 2. That's what I have "permanently" attached to my car. I haven't taken it off in almost a year. :-)  The prices aren't that bad, I shopped around, then my LBS was having a "Yard Sale", and got 20% off of it.

I have a Yakima and it stays on the minivan hitch all the time.  Looking at the website it seems they've made some improvements on the racks - they even include built in bottle openers on the end.  Very snazy.  Tell you husband the bike rack will take up less room in the garage if it stays on the car vs having to find a place to store it in the garage.

We are thinking about buying a new minivan and the trailer hitch is a requirement.  People at the dealerships ask if we have a boat and they look at us kind of funny when we say, no we have bikes.

This is what we have  http://www.thule.com/en/US/Products/BikeCarriers/RearDoor/4796509.aspx

Nothing exciting but it works, fits on the back of our MDX which might as well be a mini-van.

Next vehicle we will get a hitch and get one of the hitch mounted racks so they don't touch the bike frame, only the wheels.

I didn't realize he had chosen that form of execution. I like the Texas idea of the express lane.

In regards to the bike rack issue I have a pick up so don't really need one. If I ever use the car I borrow my BIL's. Don't know what brand it is but it's light and quite easy to attach.

Edited by Redknight 2010-06-18 9:08 AM

Just got my swim time for my pool sprint on Saturday.  This is really weird.  I haven't done a pool sprint in 2 years and I am more nervous about this than I was for my olympic a few weeks ago.  I think I had the built in excuse to be slow with the olympic but with sprints you are suppose to be fast.  This is going to be interesting.

Yeah the Sprint Sam, Linda and I are doing in July is a pool swim, used to be 2 people per lane, each person takes a side and you swim your 300M, when you get out someone else jumps in.

This year he is trying some crazy circle swim and dropping new people in when people get out to try to go a bit faster.  Sounds like a nighmare to me.

Though would really like to win my AG there, No chance at overall, there is a 55 year old guy that has won his AG in Kona before that swims <1:10/100's, bikes 26mph and runs low 6's high 5's (I think) He holds the course record.

wow thats fast, how in the world do you train to run miles that fast. is it genetics? cuz I think at 6'5" I may not have em lol

Practice, practice, practice. 

IMO Genetics does play a part in going that fast in all 3 disciplines but I think if you keep at it you can get close (at least that's what I keep telling myself)

I hope to get there one day, I use to be fast so I hope I can get back to that. I know I can, just gotta stay on the diet. Ate out last night but that is it for this week! pretty good for me. Got a full day at Kings Island tomorrow, starts at 7 am woohoo. The little one is staying w/ grandma all day so my mom should be nice and wore out.

Is this Ron White, the tech journalist who lives in San Antonio? If so, he is a former colleague of mine (he lived in SF when I did and we worked together for several years -- did a cover story together once -- oh, we could tell stories!!!) and one of the coolest dudes.  

That is insane, when I played soccer I could run sub 6 at any given time. I was always a sprinter. Before I hurt my knee I was running the 40 at 4.5 at 6'5" 215 lbs

Thanks for the bike rack comments!! I was lying in bed this morning (because I didn't have to get up at the crack to work out to get home to get the kids off to school cuz SCHOOL'S OUT [at long last] and I get to do my **very short** run while they're at swim practice later this morning!)... anyway, I was lying there thinking about how I can get the darn shelves out of the garage so have more room to pull car forward to keep bike rack on. It will involve some work on my part (dammit) but I'm going to think through it. In reality, I may not need to move multiple bikes THAT often, but the kids are becoming better and better bike riders and can do more and better rides (daughter now has a gear bike), but we can only go about 2 miles from home before there are significant hills. They can be a buzzkill at the end of a "this is supposed to be fun, kids!" ride -- hence the wish to make it easy to move multiple bikes around.

Happy race prep, peeps who are getting 'er done this weekend!! 

here goes...



Edited by velcromom 2010-06-18 10:14 AM

BTW: I use the Ron White threat alert system: Two levels: 1. Get a helmet 2. Put on the damn helmet!

oh. thats better.  very nice.  but its time to get the clippers out for that....  oh the places i could go with this one. 


Edited by fattyfatfat 2010-06-18 10:18 AM

Lots of clipper work needed...






Edited by velcromom 2010-06-18 10:46 AM

Never lose the dream

Edited by Redknight 2010-06-18 11:01 AM