Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread (Page 182)

I had a close call tonight.  As some of you may remember I had a season ending crash during training for IMLP 2009... and deferred to 2010. 

Tonight I was doing a ride in my full IM kit - aero helmet, race wheels, bike-stripped to nothing, kit I will wear at the race.  It was my first ride on race wheels and low crr tires and latex tubes, and I have to tell you it was amazing (ride quality and speed were noticeably improved... especially the ride quality/comfort).  Didn't notice any problems with handling so was very happy.

Just over an hour into my ride, I was flying down a hill to make sure I could handle them fine at high speeds in a cross wind... gps shows a speed of ~40mph... and I snapped my chain hammering in the hardest gear I have!!!!  I have never snapped a chain before!

Thankfully it snapped and came off with a terrible noise (looks like it may have grabbed my front derailleur) but did not get tangled up in any moving parts.  If it had gone into my spokes I'm positive I'd be out a race wheel and having a vacation in the hospital instead of lake placid (for the second year in a row).

Scary... but I'm glad it happened today and not in the race... because I would not have been prepared to fix it in the race.  New chain goes on tomorrow and I'm leaving a couple links in my seat bag for the future.

Yikes.  But with a new chain at least I'll be 1-2 mph faster (bling = speed).

wow josh close call and good thing ur ok!

I snapped my front derailer cable housing today on my "race prep" ride. Got it fixed already so that was nice.

cant believe it is really 1 week away!

What the heck is going on?!!!  

Tasr breaks his frame
Josh snaps the chain
dharris & i both snap a derailleur cable 

Anytime this stuff happens not in a race i am HAPPY.  

in one week...

cuse's rear H3 is out for the count....

yeah, lots going on here......

Holy cow, one week!!!

Hoping everyone gets all of their bike issues squared away!!

Me, I am just hoping my body can handle the run....pulled my psoas (do you know how freakin hard it is to strecth one of those??) and havent been able to run for two weeks :-(  (Well, I can, but its pretty amusing to watch!!)  I am bargaining with my body that if I am nice to it all week, hopefully it will return the favor!!

NO way! 

Check out Race Day Wheels.  Don't know if they have H3's or not.

http://www.racedaywheels.com/racedaywheels.com/Home.html

thanks james!

a buddy is going to lend me his head disc.

ive never ridden a disc, but I'll try it out up there a few times.  plus im going to bring in the H3 to the shop in placid on wednesday, see if they can fix it......

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glad to hear.

and I mean that in a good way.....misery loves company...

i'll be up there wednesday early afternoon.

golden arrow wednesday night, northwoods rest of the stay.......

Ok be honest. How many times today did you look at a clock and say to yourself, "this time next week I'll be just finishing the first loop, or getting off the bike, ect."

Did a sprint tri yesterday... for folks who live w/in drivable distance from Whitney Point, NY I think this is a good race for future IMLP racers.  The hills were a good prep for LP, that's for sure!  The swim was in a calm reservoir, which was nice when all 140 swimmers started with a mass start (okay, doesn't compare to 3,000 swimmers starting at the same time, but there definitely was a big of jostling and a good pull from the first swimmers in the water).  The run didn't mimic LP too much... we had to walk up a damn dam and that was it for hills.

Aside from determining where I'll be this time next week, I'm also composing a list of people I'll email my bib # too so they can keep tabs on me. =) 

Back to the meet up on Friday night plan:

Does anyone know of a good place to meet? Or a way to specify a table as "BTers"?

Would love to sit with all of you and talk irl--you guys have been an amazing support team and I want to meet and thank you in person!

 

Can we all park at the horse grounds? I'm assuming so...but I don't mind carpooling from one point with other folks.  We could fit three others in our truck.  Anywho, I gave my cell # to Kelley, Rob, Dylan, Josh, Fred, Mike and Mirjam.  I'd be happy to give it to anyone else.  

I have a BT tri suit that I'll wear on Saturday for a short swim/bike/run so I'll be easily picked out on that day!

Silly question... who bought IMLP clothing, etc last year at the expo? Anything really nice I should bring extra $$ for? Does it get discounted online after we all get home?

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what is the downside of changing a front cable at this stage of the game? My front derailleur cable is slightly frayed at the derailleur contact