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Speed Wax is here. Waiting for ultrasonic cleaner and hot plate. Now watch as I burn the house down waxing... Still riding the Windcheetah outside when the weather permits, and the V20 indoors on the trainer. I am pooped. Just finished the Tissot Challenge on Kinomap, which consists of...

Hi Larry, Thanks so much for running the TT. It as been very motivating. I really needed a good kick in the you-know-where to get going. My first indoor ride on the "V" after the accident took about 40 minutes to go 6.1 miles on a Kinomap ride around New York's Central Park. Now I do twice...

I feel your pain. With me, the opposite. My Bolt screwed up, and my phone saved me.

I woke up this morning to find everything outside bathed in an orange glow. The smoke keeps getting worse. I think we are safe from the fires where we live. I have only ridden once this week due to the smoke, and probably will pass on the TT this week. Just not worth it for me, unless the...

Grrrrrr! I am really beginning to hate may Wahoo Element Bolt. It started glitching a few weeks back during training rides by failing to upload to my phone. So I have been using my iPhone as the recording device. Yesterday was a perfect TT day, and a total flub. It took everything I had...

I use a Night Stick, a mount used to hold flashlights to helmets. It mounts on the fin of my V20. A spacer is needed. Make sure the spacer and the lock nut is on port side. If it is on the starboard side, the chain can jam if it drops.

Swapping out for my "go fast" shoes and pedals. Have not used them on the road since retiring the Tarmac. This saves 6 ounces per side from the original configuration. This should be good for a few seconds...

Me neither.

For the "weight weenies" in the crowd. A short part of week 17 from a RunCam 2. It weighs 49 g with the battery. It will run for about an hour. With external power, I got it to run for two hours. Oddly, it will quit after 2 hours, even with plenty of space on the micro SD card. This...

I seem to have topped out, so time to start swapping equipment. Replacing this: With this: I am surprised that the swap only gives me a 2 oz reduction in weight per foot. It turns out that my cycling shoes are heavier than my high top trail running shoes, go figure. Probably not quite...

Nice! Cleaner install than what I came up with. And more space for mounting.

Yikes! I have been using the Vendetta indoors on a trainer while I heal up, using a silicon spray on the chain. Looks like I need to learn how to wax a chain. My assumption is that all the silver specks are from wear of the chain ring. Chain Stay Bottom Bracket

Thanks! I will be glad to trade you my 9 seconds under for your 1 second under + your additional 6.15 mph average speed. Yikes! I always thought I was in decent shape. Looks like I have lots of room for improvement. I think that I will start making equipment changes in the last four of the...

Here is a short video of Week 15, this time with the camera ( Action SV5AW) mounted upright rather than on its side. Much better video. Not sure what happened to the audio, but I am sure no one really wants to listen to me panting and gasping.

Making Tracks Nice! Somebody mowed the lawn while I was out doing the TT. Another perfect day for a TT. Started out with an amazing pace (for me), sometimes holding slightly more than 21 mph. Feeling strong. Started to get a little suspicious about my speed as I approached the first...

Trying You Tube rather than sharing from Google Drive. This is the video using the Action SV5AW mounted on its side over my right shoulder.

A quick up date on the new camera. The 47 page "Quick Start Guide" says that the camera will take a max of 32 GB micro SD card. Guess what, a 64 GB card worked just fine. It recorded 20 segments of 34 minutes each while connected to external power. Perfect for recording every moment of those...

Hope this one works. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Vd3AaoVTxF-RJxgU9hgPxAqW-XHpH13i/view?usp=sharing This camera is also waterproof down to 10 m, good for those PNW squalls. Overall, I like the quality of the image, and ease of use. It does seem to have some issues transitioning from...

My legs were feeling pretty darn good Saturday night, so I knew Sunday was the day I was going to destroy my personal record. To commemorate the sheer awesomeness of this momentous occasion, I kludged up a mount for my newly arrived Action SV5AW. It will run for about 2 hours on the internal...

Dumb question time: Would it be considered cheating to change configuration? The swelling in my foot has gone down enough that I can squeeze into real cycling shoes. So would it be considered fair if I ditched the block pedals with toe clips, heal straps and high topped trail running shoes...