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more like a paddle shift car

quiet in here.........chirp...chirp!

Weather turned here finally.  I got a good ride in Saturday even though it wasn't that warm.  Sunday rained and was 40ish so got nothing but a trainer ride done there.  Hope some of you out east enjoyed some of that warm weather that rolled through.  We finally lost our cat on friday too.   That cat has been knockn' on the door for a while now.  Never easy though.  Bad start to the weekend for sure.  My poor wife is still a mess.

Sorry about your cat Brian, I know our pets are family members and are always missed when they are gone.

I was away this weekend, went the the NY Giants vs. Saints game.  Interesting watching a football game when you really don't care about the outcome.  Although, since my hosts were Giants fans, it was the polite thing to do to cheer on the home team.  Other than the rain, it was a nice weekend away!

Brian - so sorry for your loss. I hope your week gets better.

Ken - that sounds like a fun weekend!

Finally warm enough to run outside today!  It was snowing lightly with no wind - it was nice!

Training- I'm keeping on, keeping on. Rebuilding run base and restarted Jorge's winter plan. I took a new 20' CP test and was thrilled to 1)finish without bonking halfway through the test, and 2) beat my summer average by 20 watts.

New bike - I'm starting planning for picking up a road bike in January. Any buying tips would be welcome. I only have my tri bike right now. So, I've made some choices that will drive the road bike options. I have a Quarq SRAM Red compact crankset with a GPX bottom bracket and I want to be able to switch it back and forth across bikes. I dont know what a GPX BB is, but i know it rules out frames using BB30. Also, the Mavic wheels that i use when the deep race wheels aren't on are in fine shape. I've also grown to like the adamo saddle. I'm guessing that its not economical to buy a whole bike, then take off a bunch of components to match my existing group. So, do you think i should work with the bike shop to buy a frame, and have them build the bike?

9/10 times it's more expensive to build than buy.  The mfg's almost give away the components on new bikes and frames are really marked up.  You'd be better off working with your LBS on giving you credit for things you don't want and having them swap for things you do want.  They will usually work with you on that.  Oh....and you have a GXP bottom bracket.   Cervelo's BBRight also works with that with the proper adapter, but BB30's are out

The other option, which isn't necessarily cheapest, would be the Trek Project One.  You can go on line and do it on your own and have it shipped to a local Trek dealer or preferably you go to the local Trek dealer and cut a deal with them and they would have a computer (or I think you can still use your own) and put the equipment on the bike that you want.  I know their Speed Concept line is GXP, not sure whether that carries over to the road line or not but it would make sense. 

I have never heard of TrainerRoad so I am interested in hearing what people have to say.

I have heard of Trainer Road and what I have heard is positive but I do not have any first hand experience.  I did find a thread on it using search in the Tri Talk forum.

Here is the link.  It seems most in this thread find it worth while.  I am traveling this week (again! )  but if I get some down time later this week or next I will dig into it.  It may be worthwhile for me as well.  Anything to make trainer time less boring!

Good luck Adam!  Its a short race, just dress for the weather.

Let us know what you think Robin!

Have fun Adam! Between rain or snow - I would definitely vote for snow!

How is everyone's weekend going?

I hope the rain/snow holds off for you this morning Adam!

I am kind of surprised that there hasn't been any information on the new mentor groups. 

Not bad here.  Weather kinda sucks so been stuck indoors, but still getting stuff done.  Had my swim analysis today with another coach I used to work with in computrainer classes.  He gave me some stuff to work on, but overall said I was already doing pretty good.  He thinks it's more about time in the pool to get where I want to be than anything.  That was good news!  Had an ugly xmas sweater party last night at my current coaches house.  That was a blast, but it was hard getting up at 4:30am for my swim this morning!  Good thing the weather sucks today anyway, since I have to be at my Grandfathers birthday party this afternoon.  I don't think I would have been home on time if I rode outside.  I'm planning on getting a trainer ride in later today and maybe a Kettlebell workout.  Next week should be short but mostly testing stuff.  Another FTP test on the bike and another 1000 meter TT in the water for T-pace.  Hope all is well!  Happy training!

You'll need to go back to work to get some rest! 

Good work though!

I have a couple and enjoy the workouts I do with them, but would enjoy hearing from some of you that do more a complete workout with them as I tend to do more traditional weights with some swings thrown in.

Hmmm, it would appear we were archived.  So, regardless what they do going forward it would seem as of now we need to start new.

I will figure it out and post a link to the new group here. I have seen existing groups almost fill up before even going public by past members linking into the staging area.