Fred D Mentor Group Part III (Page 26)

Yup! Tinfoilman - a local sprint with a pool swim, a 3 loop bike, and 2 loop run. At least 4 of my friends are doing their first tri EVER - and so is one of my coaching client. I'll be chasing down a good friend on run after she smokes me off the bike.

Really looking forward to it! I haven't done a sprint since March and I LOVE them.

I completely agree - Whistler is really a beautiful place...but the hills on the bike will be a challenge. I think it's interesting that no one has talked about the swim there...it will be in a glacier fed lake - so it will be COLD! If anyone is thinking about it - one thing to consider is flying to Vancouver Washington (right across the border) and then driving across to save on the 'international flight' cost.

They say 67-72 degrees for the water temp that time of year.

On the same note of flight costs if anyone were considering it, Air Canada and Westjet only charge a $50 fee to travel with a bike.  Flying to Washington and driving across may negate that though - not sure how much the difference is.

tasr - 2012-10-12 12:02 PM

bzgl40 - 2012-10-12 8:00 AMOr even more basic, but still derailer based, but adjusting the bloody cable.  I have new cables in that I now need to adjust but I can never figure out which way to turn the knob.    Being bested by the simplest of repairs...

Kim,The rear derailleur is spring loaded so that they will always go to the outside of the smallest cog. What stops them from going further is a derailleur stop. There are two derailleur stop and they are adjustable. This is really something needed to know for a complete setup. If my memory serves me correctly. Tightening the cable by turning the barrel adjustment to the left or counterclockwise will throw or move the rear derailer up the bigger cogs. This is as you're facing the rear derailer from the rear the bike. Use the guide Arend posted paying attention to step 5 and 7. It is best if the bike is in a maintenance stand so that you can pedal the bike and turn the barrel adjustment. Adjustments are made ear listening to the smoothies operation of the chain on the cogs. Really the slightest turn of the barrel adjustment will make a difference. If the barrel adjustment in screwed you will have to loosen the rear derailleur cable follow step 5 then complete setup the test derailleur.

For the bolded, the way I was told to remember was if you want the derailleur to move to the left, you turn the barrel adjuster to the left (counter-clockwise).  If you need it to adjust to the right, you turn it right.  When I was shown that then when you are standing behind the bike and you look at the alignment of the deraileur and the cogs you can see how well they line up.  I find that eye-balling it like that gets things pretty close and then you can fine tune if need be by listening to the smoothness (or smoothies as James's iphone likes to say ).

The only time I was in Whistler was in the winter right before the Olympics... they were prepping a lot to get ready for the influx, so you know they can easily handle Ironman crowds. It is beautiful there. Easy trip up from Vancouver. Lots of lodging. Lots of things to do.

I'm surprised they're on the same day as Penticton... I think that isn't ideal for the health of both races.

axteraa - 2012-10-12 8:14 AM

tasr - 2012-10-12 12:02 PM

bzgl40 - 2012-10-12 8:00 AMOr even more basic, but still derailer based, but adjusting the bloody cable.  I have new cables in that I now need to adjust but I can never figure out which way to turn the knob.    Being bested by the simplest of repairs...

Kim,The rear derailleur is spring loaded so that they will always go to the outside of the smallest cog. What stops them from going further is a derailleur stop. There are two derailleur stop and they are adjustable. This is really something needed to know for a complete setup. If my memory serves me correctly. Tightening the cable by turning the barrel adjustment to the left or counterclockwise will throw or move the rear derailer up the bigger cogs. This is as you're facing the rear derailer from the rear the bike. Use the guide Arend posted paying attention to step 5 and 7. It is best if the bike is in a maintenance stand so that you can pedal the bike and turn the barrel adjustment. Adjustments are made ear listening to the smoothies operation of the chain on the cogs. Really the slightest turn of the barrel adjustment will make a difference. If the barrel adjustment in screwed you will have to loosen the rear derailleur cable follow step 5 then complete setup the test derailleur.

For the bolded, the way I was told to remember was if you want the derailleur to move to the left, you turn the barrel adjuster to the left (counter-clockwise).  If you need it to adjust to the right, you turn it right.  When I was shown that then when you are standing behind the bike and you look at the alignment of the deraileur and the cogs you can see how well they line up.  I find that eye-balling it like that gets things pretty close and then you can fine tune if need be by listening to the smoothness (or smoothies as James's iphone likes to say ).

Thanks guys.  I always knew left and right but no where was I able to find out left and right from what perspective.  I have a repair stand so I am going to test this out.  Maybe even then get back on the bike.

ETA: and I am going to have a smoothie as I do the adjustment.  that also might have been a missing part to my maintenance skills

Anyone care to try to diagnose a strange sound on my bike?

First off, the sound is a "squeak" and it very much sounds like the tire is involved - it's a rubber squeak, like the tire is rubbing up against something.

The problem is I can't tell where it's coming from - I am 90% sure it's the rear tire but sometimes I question that.  It seems to happen at completely random times, I can be pedalling easy on a straight flat road and then just out of the blue I get one squeak.  I've also had it happen when standing on a hill - that would make sense if I was flexing things a bit but it never happens on a regular basis when standing.

Bike is a P3 so there isn't a lot of clearance between the tire and the frame but I've looked all over it and I can't see anywhere that is any closer that might just get the odd rub.

Any guesses or ideas of what I should check?

Somewhere in one of the ST threads, someone said that in subsequent years they were looking to move it to a July date.  Nothing to back it up though, just someone saying it so take it for what it's worth...

I've only had it on the trainer once since the summer and it didn't do it then.  The other trouble is that I can ride for hours and never have it happen (or at least I don't hear it).

Actually Vancouver, WA is on the border with Oregon.  Bellingham, WA is on the border with Canada but it's a small airport and you'll pay more to take a hop up there from Sea-Tac.

If you come to Washington from out of state you'll normally land in Sea-Tac airport, and from there it's a 3 hour drive to Vancouver, B.C. and another 1.5 hours to Whistler.  So I wouldn't recommend that unless you're planning to make a vacation out of it and spend some time in the Seattle area first.  Which is actually really nice in August

Aloha from the Big Island!

To all who haven't been here for the superbowl of our beloved sport, you need to put it on your calendar.  It is A-MA-ZING!

Ran 4 miles on Ali'i Drive last night and was waved at by Chrissie W!  She is so good for this sport.  I felt like a total poser, with all the other racers out there, but a good run none the less.

Headed out to swim this morning.  Les than 24 hours until the cannon fires. Getting ready to root on the GF and all the other amazing athletes.  (My dyslexia must have been been working when I typed her number before, but it's #1301, not the reverse.)

WTC offering 100 kona slots will get peoples attention. 

It seems like a course similar to IMSG though with the possiblity of cold water, tough hilly bike and run although air temperatures will probably be nice.

I second the recommendation to put it on your calendars!  Have a great time at the race!!  What is your spectating plan for the day?

Fred, what you have is contagious!    I have soreness in my lower left leg.  I am going to follow advice I would give to someone in the same situation and cross train.  I really want to run but I am going to back off and swim or bike today and tomorrow.  I have a commitment to run 13.1 on Sunday so I will see how I feel Saturday.  Darn injuries!!  Come on body can't ya keep up!!

Riding a flat 60 mile course Saturday with friends prepping for IMAZ, then Sunday running an X-Terra series trail race 11K.  5.5K straight up, 5.5K straight down

On the food front, I mentioned I've been calorie counting in and out.  I always wondered what people did with those calorie counts in garmin    (i know they're all loose estimates).  But something is working.  Last Thursday I weighed in at 210, today I am at 203, and I am definitely not starvng myself, nor depriving of any particular food. 

One good thing is it gets me out the door to do the short 20 minute BarryP runs.  Before I kinda felt "what's the bother for a 20 minute run," now I think "heck, that's 300 more calories" 

That's gotta be a really loose estimate

Congrats, Chris. 7 down is fantastic (considering how much you were already down to begin with) and it's hard to have the discipline to practice rigorous calorie counting.

Today's the first day I felt reasonably okay (probably because the antibiotics have kicked in and are clearing up the infection), and I actually hung with that and DID NOTHING.

Despite all that high-road talk about not training when sick, I put in some dog training and a 45-minute trainer ride yesterday, looked white as a ghost after and very dizzy, and needed a few hours' nap to recover. I told you ... I'm really stupid. (Because that would only be the 1000th or so, and probably not exaggerating, time I've done that).

Hmm, this time I took the wheel completely off and looked inside the cutout of the frame.  The attached picture shows what I found.  It looks like a spot where the paint has been worn off, I assume the squeak culprit.  I backed off the screws in the dropouts a bit, hopefully that helps, thanks!

And yes, my bike is disgustingly dirty.  Are those bike maintenance tips going to cover how to clean it???  

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That's awesome Chris!