Newbz' Spring Fling Mentor Group is FULL! (Page 45)

Thanks so much for the help Mike.  That really does put me in the right direction.  How did you pick up all your knowledge?  Did you just learn as you went, or have a good book to sort of guide you?  I'm looking around for different books and am not sure which is the most up to date and/or user friendly.  I'm also in need of some tools.  I know parktools makes a bunch of them, but are there other companies that make just as good or better?  I probably need a bottom bracket tool and other's to complete this task.  Luckily it's not a braze-on, so that's an easy swap-out.  I'm also not sure if I need to change out her front shifter as well...it's obviously a triple right now.

I misunderstood the doctor's administrative staff and thought that I was going in for my shoulder today. It turns out it was a follow-up for my ITB tendonitis and I thought this appointment was rescheduled but it turns out they had to move it back to the original date (today) and didn't tell me. So, because of a potential fight between my insurance and the Dept. of Labor, he couldn't address my shoulder today.

Turns out, though (unofficial quick-exam) I am much better than expected. It appears that the muscles in my shoulder and upper-back spasmed in reaction to the trauma and in order to prevent a dislocation. It worked and I'm healing up MUCH faster than originally anticipated. I could have probably gone back to work Sunday, but because the doctor can't officially address the shoulder until next thursday, it's not happening. So, I'm stuck taking the next week off, even though it isn't physically necessary. I can't bike or run here in town because my boss might see me and THAT would cause problems at work, so if I feel up to getting on the bike saturday or sunday, I have to drive up to the mountains 45 minutes away. As frustrating as the situation is, at least I know that I'm going to be ok and I just have to go easy for another two or three days.

The first time I hurt this shoulder, it did separate a little but it didn't hurt as much as this time. This time it hurt a lot, but the actual damage was less because of the muscle spasms that caused the pain. Does that count as irony: less pain, more damage; more pain, less damage?

Hope you had a great birthday!

Sorry, but I'm not buying this.  (However, you do seem cranky.)

Good News:  Today, I was promoted out of physical therapy.  My inserts are working well, my stride is much improved and I am up to five 2' run intervals.  So, now it's just a matter of a sensible progression, and I hope to do a 5K in the spring.  Yay!

Yeah, was definitely cranky yesterday...no kidding.  It was really nice weather too...weird how that happens.  I'm impatient with my feet feeling 100%.  I did however get my new bib shorts in yesterday, so I'm psyched to try them out this weekend.  I have a sweet 1:20 on the trainer tomorrow afternoon after work.

What are everyone else's plans for the weekend?

Say Hello to my new bike---


So I landed a deal on this 2010 Felt S32

This is in addition to the Hed Jet 50 Clincher Wheelset I bought earlier this week.

Guess I will need to perform this season and put up some results now!!!