SWBKRUN -CLOSED DUE TO TRAINING (Page 47)

No racing for me this week.

One thing I'm going to do differently in '12 = Talk more. Talk more to my family, talk more to my employees, talk more in this group. I tend to be way too shy. I think if I opened up alittle more it would help my relationships and my business.

I also want learn how to maintain my bike better. I just ordered a new cassette for my bike. I hear it's not too hard to change a cassette but I have no clue. I order a 11-28 to go with my compact cranks because there are alot more mountains here in Utah than there were in Texas.  Do y'all have any suggestions on a good bike maintance  repair book?

Thanks for the computrainer alert help. I have my alerts all set up.

Tiana 

Park Tools has some great videos on Youtube for bike maintenance. You are going to need a cassette removal tool. I can't think of the name right now (help me Tony) and there are different types based on the brand and model. Make sure you get the one that fits your cassette. It fits in the grooves around the inner part of the cassette. You use a wrench to grasp it and turn it to get the unit off the wheel.

Doug

On the Contrary ......... seems like I have a few fast folks on my 2012 healthy and fun bandwagon!!!!   

And you should know from living in Madtown, Hockey Players aren't usually known for overly thinking about things, we just DO!!!!

Yeah, yeah, yeah....while you all want to be healthy and have fun, I don't believe for a minute you haven't thought about the '12 season, what you plan to tweak and how you will kill REV3 WI Dells (Dino), Vineman (Kim) and REV3 Portland (Kyla and Julia).  You're like the kids who say they never study and then ace the exam.  I call bull$hit in a fun, friendly MG kinda way.

If BT had a "like" button, I'd be pressing it!  Love it when I hear people keeping all of this in perspective and finding creative ways to get the training in and spend time with the people who make it all possible

yeah suz, how do you find time between scratching coopers tummy and making paul dinner?

Scalded_Dawg - 2012-01-18 5:17 PM @ Dino -- Multiple quotes, you are the only one here I've seen do it - Spill the secret on how.  
Other forums have a separate button to pick multiple quotes but not on BT...

Not to mention his awesome triple-Terp-ing ability! 

No racing for me until next month.  As for deep thoughts, well ....

Scalded_Dawg - 2012-01-18 7:17 PM @ Dino -- Multiple quotes, you are the only one here I've seen do it - Spill the secret on how.  
Other forums have a separate button to pick multiple quotes but not on BT...

Multiple Quotes is all about cut and paste.  CRTL C & CTRL V are your friend.  

Terping it ....... Linda taught me,and if you get up at 3 in the morning to run 15 or so miles with her, she will teach you too!   

You need a chain whip which will hold the cassette in place and a cassette puller which is just what Doug described.  It will be what you use to actually loosen the cassette.

It is really easy to do and you pretty much can't do it wrong.

Zinn and the Art of Road bike maintenance seems to be the most popular book going these days.  He explains procedures for multiple brands as Shimano setup will be different from Campy and SRAM.

Also if you are really interested I would recommend to anyone the Park Tools Course, the freebie ones teach you the real basic stuff but the the ones that Park Tools run at various bike shops will pretty much teach you how to do almost everything on your bike you need to do, will save you a ton of $$ in the long run.

Here is a link to the Park Tool website page which has a picture of a bike, just click on the area you want to work on and it gives you instructions and link to the tools you need to have to do it.  You don't have to buy the park tool ones, pedro's and whatever brand they sell at performance (I think it's Bike Doctor) work just as well for most things.

http://www.parktool.com/blog/repair-help

Easy, Cooper has a nanny to do that and I have our chef whip up the meal.  Smart a$$.

fragen die hot chicks, um Bilder von ihren Brüsten zu senden!

Your hovercraft is full of eels?!

No races.  Deep thoughts?  I figure the one thing I should do differently in '12 in order to enable increasing my training volume is cut back on my beer/wine/sake intake.  I know that should result in more efficient sleep which means better overall recovery.   But, knowing that I should do it and actually doing it are two different things.   Anyway, I figure throwing it out there might help push me into actually starting.   

On the other hand, I would love to be able to have one (just one would be fine) of those Chrissie size beers each and every day for the next year.

??? Ask if they have pics of hot chicks that they can send you???   (my German is very rusty and "brusten" should mean "to brag about", i.e., a verb)

Anyway, this is John's German, so brusten could mean something else (boobs?): do you have pics of hot chick's boobs you can send?

Send me the hot German chicks, I'd hit it?  (That's my guess)

And "happening."

Dave loved this, too. In fact, he had to re-wind it to get the full effect. My 11-year-old (male child) was watching with us. Not sure if he got it or not. Glad to know Dave and John can enjoy their boy humor when/if they finally meet.

I just ordered a Garmin Forerunner 910XT GPS-Enabled Device with Heart Rate Monitor. I'm excited. This is my first Garmin. The guy said that it should get here on monday.

I've been watching Park Tools Videos. Thanks for the tip.

Don't have that model but it is the new hottness... sure you will be pleased.

Literally: Ask the hot chicks to send pictures of her breasts!

I tried to copy/paste... I am Terp retarded - it wouldn't paste anything... may be this gov't computer!