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LadyNorth - 2010-06-24 8:15 PM

I'm sitting here trying to think of what I need to bring for my 5k Saturday and then I realized - NOTHING.  Just dress and go.
A lot simpler than packing for a tri.

Denise

stevebradley - 2010-06-15 6:17 PM LISA (lufferly, that is) - VERY intriguing! Wasn't it Memorial Hermann Healthcare that took over corporate sponsorship of Lonestar, the one out of Galveston? Keith Jordan, RD par excellance, was the original person behind Lonestar (he's also Timberman and Mooseman and Longhorn), and if he's willing to climb into bed with MHH, they HAVE to be good people and very supportive of triathlon; Keith would accept nothing less! I will have to follow that and see how it unfolds. Keith has been kicking around the idea of a full iron for many years, so I can see this as having him down there (where his in-laws live, near Houston) for Lonestar at the end of April, and then hanging around and getting the iron set for a few weeks later. it would be around Memorial Day, yes? Of course, that's assuming that he is behind this, somehow, someway. Let the speculating begin!

stevebradley - 2010-06-24 9:57 AM




BELATED HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO TRACEY!!

It was a week ago, the 17th!!

Happy whatever-you-are, Tracey! (I know, but i'm not saying unless she gives me permission!)

stevebradley - 2010-06-25 1:35 PM LISA - About Ironman Texas -- very reassuring to hear that Keith is the RD. He's just about the best of the best! About Tupper -- I shall do my best! About IMTX again -- He's been bugged for years by his New England faithful to RD an iron, and he's always said that it'll be either that or his family; I sure hope it hasn't/doesn't come to that! The NE faithful won't be thrilled that his long-awaited iron is going to be in Texas....but i guess they just weren't specific enough in their requests and pleas!

lufferly - 2010-06-25 2:46 PM Ha, MANDY, just to clarify ... I will NOT be doing IMTX but will definitely be there volunteering!  Good luck on your Du this weekend and have fun!

LISA

stevebradley - 2010-06-25 9:34 AM MANDY - Glad you're back (you had me worried!), and thanks for the reminded about LADU, which I had forgotten about when I did the preliminary announcement a few days ago. All set and ready to roll??

stevebradley - 2010-06-25 6:31 AM WHOA! Big weekend just ahead!! Saturday, 26 June DENISE -- 11th Annual Komen Brainerd Lakes Race for the Cure 5km run 8:45am CT www.komenbrainerdlakes.org KASIA -- Loveland Lake to Lake Triathlon 1500meters/30miles/10km 6:30am MT www.lovelandlaketolake.com SHAUN -- Welland Triathlon 750meters/30km/7.5km 8:30am (time trial start) ET www.msctriathlon.com ME -- Tupper Lake Triathlon 0.6mile/18.6miles/6.2miles 8:00am ET www.tupperlakeinfo.com Sunday, 27 June MANDY -- LADU (Lewiston-Auburn Duathlon) 3miles/14miles/3miles 8:00am ET www.museumla.org/ladu/

smarx - 2010-06-23 5:54 AM

Kasia,

I never thought of the bike and a crash in regards to insurance. My concern was more theft than crash. My only comment would really come from if it was due to a driver's fault then wouldn't it then go against them?

As for the saddle adjustment, look at the rails on the saddle and the one side, usually I think the right side if you were on the seat will have graduations on it with a 0 at the back and then positive is towards the nose of the saddle or handlebars. Or at least all the saddles I've dealt with have been this way.

As for adjusting it, I do not know what the seat post bracket looks like on your bike so I can't help you there too much. On my mtb (which is a Gary Fisher, owned by Trek and has a Botranger seat post), there is a bolt on the front side and the back side of the post. You'll need an allen key 4mm or 5mm for this. Loosen those off and you can slide the saddle forward and back. This also is how the angle is adjusted. You want the saddle level to the ground (eyeball it or use a small level, you'll know if it is too far one way or the other. I believe I read somewhere that women may want it at most the nose pointed 3 degrees down.). My Cervelo on the other hand has 2 bolts under the front of the saddle. One being a 3mm and the other 5mm. The 5mm is the clamp which allows forward and aft movement and the 3mm locks in the angle.

Hope this helps!

Another point that I've learned is that not all saddles are the same when it comes to positioning. The original one was at -4mm but the wings on the back side of that one may be further back or forward in relation to that position on the rails. Does that make any sense?

In my case, the original saddle my Cervelo came with, I had it pushed all the way back and felt like I could use more room. I put a different saddle on that the was not much different in overall length and I had to move the saddle forward a decent amount to not have the feeling of being too stretched out. Does that make it more clear?

That is too bad the LBS guy didn't spend any more time on it than he did. I wonder if he recognized you bought the bike there or not. I would play with it to get it roughly right before going in for the follow up fitting, but I am a tinkerer and am interested in seeing what the results are from the changes I make. It'd be interesting to have a PowerTap so I could see in numbers (I'm an engineer and on of our tag lines is 'In God we Trust. All others bring data.')

I'm having my own fit issues with the saddle, mainly due to the angle adjustment on my bike. IMO its a rinky dink way to do it that Cervelo decided on (its a 2001 bike, so I hope this has gotten better). I have been playing with moving the saddle forwards and back and I can't get the angle adjustment to stay where I need it. The bike is still very rideable but one small incrmental change could make a huge difference especially as mileage goes up.