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Today was rough. I ended up going down three times. The first time, I was riding back to my car from packet pickup, some guy wasn’t paying atttention coming around a bend and pushed me into a field. Said field had 3 foot deep potholes in it and I went over the bars. Crash two was on some stupid rooty rocky muddy single track that I would really only classify as dangerous. Lost traction and went down against some rocks- my right cleat got stuck and I twisted my knee all up. Crash three was pretty much the same, just an even worse segment that took out about ten people in my near vacinity.
My knee, shoulder and hip hurt so bad that the rest of the day was torture.
I had a ton of mechanicals and probably wasted about an hour dicking around with them. I’m really disappointed in the outcome, but it’s over at least
My knee, shoulder and hip hurt so bad that the rest of the day was torture.
I had a ton of mechanicals and probably wasted about an hour dicking around with them. I’m really disappointed in the outcome, but it’s over at least
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Today was rough. I ended up going down three times. The first time, I was riding back to my car from packet pickup, some guy wasn’t paying atttention coming around a bend and pushed me into a field. Said field had 3 foot deep potholes in it and I went over the bars. Crash two was on some stupid rooty rocky muddy single track that I would really only classify as dangerous. Lost traction and went down against some rocks- my right cleat got stuck and I twisted my knee all up. Crash three was pretty much the same, just an even worse segment that took out about ten people in my near vacinity.
My knee, shoulder and hip hurt so bad that the rest of the day was torture.
I had a ton of mechanicals and probably wasted about an hour dicking around with them. I’m really disappointed in the outcome, but it’s over at least
My knee, shoulder and hip hurt so bad that the rest of the day was torture.
I had a ton of mechanicals and probably wasted about an hour dicking around with them. I’m really disappointed in the outcome, but it’s over at least
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Floor to BB center...
Here's the saddle height measurement. Sorry it's blurry, but I had to hold the tape measure in my right hand while trying to snap the pic with my left!
This shows the basic problem with measuring saddle height - different bikes have different seat tube angles. But if you set the saddle angles all the same, and the setback relative to the BB the same, you can measure the saddle height, from BB center to the same point on the saddle. I used the Ritchey as the standard because it's so conventional, and it's my most comfortable bike. I put that board on the saddle, with the back of the board even with the back of the saddle. Then I lined up the tape measure from BB center to the bottom of the board, with the edge of the tape measure lined up with the center of the seat tube, and then marked the point where it lined up with the bottom of the board.
I enter the numbers, in inches, into an Excel spreadsheet, in which I added formulas to convert inches to cm, and also to subtract some numbers from others to give me others - like (Saddle to Floor) - (Bar Top to Floor) = Handlebar Drop. Here's the Litespeed's measurements, with the measurements in inches on the left and calculated values in cm on the right.
Hope this helps!
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Today was rough. I ended up going down three times. The first time, I was riding back to my car from packet pickup, some guy wasn’t paying atttention coming around a bend and pushed me into a field. Said field had 3 foot deep potholes in it and I went over the bars. Crash two was on some stupid rooty rocky muddy single track that I would really only classify as dangerous. Lost traction and went down against some rocks- my right cleat got stuck and I twisted my knee all up. Crash three was pretty much the same, just an even worse segment that took out about ten people in my near vacinity.
My knee, shoulder and hip hurt so bad that the rest of the day was torture.
I had a ton of mechanicals and probably wasted about an hour dicking around with them. I’m really disappointed in the outcome, but it’s over at least
My knee, shoulder and hip hurt so bad that the rest of the day was torture.
I had a ton of mechanicals and probably wasted about an hour dicking around with them. I’m really disappointed in the outcome, but it’s over at least
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"Don't take life so serious-it ain't nohow permanent."
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Today was rough. I ended up going down three times. The first time, I was riding back to my car from packet pickup, some guy wasn’t paying atttention coming around a bend and pushed me into a field. Said field had 3 foot deep potholes in it and I went over the bars. Crash two was on some stupid rooty rocky muddy single track that I would really only classify as dangerous. Lost traction and went down against some rocks- my right cleat got stuck and I twisted my knee all up. Crash three was pretty much the same, just an even worse segment that took out about ten people in my near vacinity.
My knee, shoulder and hip hurt so bad that the rest of the day was torture.
I had a ton of mechanicals and probably wasted about an hour dicking around with them. I’m really disappointed in the outcome, but it’s over at least
My knee, shoulder and hip hurt so bad that the rest of the day was torture.
I had a ton of mechanicals and probably wasted about an hour dicking around with them. I’m really disappointed in the outcome, but it’s over at least
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I use straight talk. I had this for the past 7 years or so and have never had any issues. 55 a month for unlimited. Currently running and Iphone 8 plus, I suspect my wife and I will be getting new phones before the end of this year. From experience Iphones only last me about 4 years and we are on year 3.5. The battery starts to become unreliable.
Ive tried android in the past and just hated everything about them. I must not know what I am doing but it seemed like after the first year they would get glitchy. I also not a fan of the lay out.
I don’t know which Iphone we will go with, but I won’t spend more than 400.00 on a phone.
Ive tried android in the past and just hated everything about them. I must not know what I am doing but it seemed like after the first year they would get glitchy. I also not a fan of the lay out.
I don’t know which Iphone we will go with, but I won’t spend more than 400.00 on a phone.
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For me the key thing is that I do all measurements from fixed points. I have the bike on a level floor, with the rear wheel right up against a wall. I try to level the handlebars. I start by measuring from BB center to the floor and the wall. Then the center of the top of the headtube to the floor and the wall. Then the handlebar, by the stem, to the floor and the wall. Then I put the board on the saddle, check with a level that it matches the other bikes. Then I measure from the floor to the bottom of the board at the predetermined point, and then from BB center to the same point, and then from saddle nose to wall. I also use a dowel, which I put in the place on the hoods where your hands go, fix it in place with rubberbands, then measure from there to the back of the saddle.
Floor to BB center...
Here's the saddle height measurement. Sorry it's blurry, but I had to hold the tape measure in my right hand while trying to snap the pic with my left!
This shows the basic problem with measuring saddle height - different bikes have different seat tube angles. But if you set the saddle angles all the same, and the setback relative to the BB the same, you can measure the saddle height, from BB center to the same point on the saddle. I used the Ritchey as the standard because it's so conventional, and it's my most comfortable bike. I put that board on the saddle, with the back of the board even with the back of the saddle. Then I lined up the tape measure from BB center to the bottom of the board, with the edge of the tape measure lined up with the center of the seat tube, and then marked the point where it lined up with the bottom of the board.
I enter the numbers, in inches, into an Excel spreadsheet, in which I added formulas to convert inches to cm, and also to subtract some numbers from others to give me others - like (Saddle to Floor) - (Bar Top to Floor) = Handlebar Drop. Here's the Litespeed's measurements, with the measurements in inches on the left and calculated values in cm on the right.
Hope this helps!
Floor to BB center...
Here's the saddle height measurement. Sorry it's blurry, but I had to hold the tape measure in my right hand while trying to snap the pic with my left!
This shows the basic problem with measuring saddle height - different bikes have different seat tube angles. But if you set the saddle angles all the same, and the setback relative to the BB the same, you can measure the saddle height, from BB center to the same point on the saddle. I used the Ritchey as the standard because it's so conventional, and it's my most comfortable bike. I put that board on the saddle, with the back of the board even with the back of the saddle. Then I lined up the tape measure from BB center to the bottom of the board, with the edge of the tape measure lined up with the center of the seat tube, and then marked the point where it lined up with the bottom of the board.
I enter the numbers, in inches, into an Excel spreadsheet, in which I added formulas to convert inches to cm, and also to subtract some numbers from others to give me others - like (Saddle to Floor) - (Bar Top to Floor) = Handlebar Drop. Here's the Litespeed's measurements, with the measurements in inches on the left and calculated values in cm on the right.
Hope this helps!
thank you.
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Today was rough. I ended up going down three times. The first time, I was riding back to my car from packet pickup, some guy wasn’t paying atttention coming around a bend and pushed me into a field. Said field had 3 foot deep potholes in it and I went over the bars. Crash two was on some stupid rooty rocky muddy single track that I would really only classify as dangerous. Lost traction and went down against some rocks- my right cleat got stuck and I twisted my knee all up. Crash three was pretty much the same, just an even worse segment that took out about ten people in my near vacinity.
My knee, shoulder and hip hurt so bad that the rest of the day was torture.
I had a ton of mechanicals and probably wasted about an hour dicking around with them. I’m really disappointed in the outcome, but it’s over at least
My knee, shoulder and hip hurt so bad that the rest of the day was torture.
I had a ton of mechanicals and probably wasted about an hour dicking around with them. I’m really disappointed in the outcome, but it’s over at least
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Feel okay today, neck is a little stiff and my hip hurts, but no bruises other than ego
I think perhaps doing a 5k with the kids Saturday was just enough “not rest” to wear me out. Or I should have kept up with the Rasputitsa and Battenkill trends and done this one hung over. I seem to be able to ride harder that way.
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Just glad I am not alone in bike mishaps.
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Today was rough. I ended up going down three times. The first time, I was riding back to my car from packet pickup, some guy wasn’t paying atttention coming around a bend and pushed me into a field. Said field had 3 foot deep potholes in it and I went over the bars. Crash two was on some stupid rooty rocky muddy single track that I would really only classify as dangerous. Lost traction and went down against some rocks- my right cleat got stuck and I twisted my knee all up. Crash three was pretty much the same, just an even worse segment that took out about ten people in my near vacinity.
My knee, shoulder and hip hurt so bad that the rest of the day was torture.
I had a ton of mechanicals and probably wasted about an hour dicking around with them. I’m really disappointed in the outcome, but it’s over at least
My knee, shoulder and hip hurt so bad that the rest of the day was torture.
I had a ton of mechanicals and probably wasted about an hour dicking around with them. I’m really disappointed in the outcome, but it’s over at least
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There's a great dissection of the performance on YT that shows every nuance of the performance and why it was so great.
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