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Well done! I am so looking forward to doing some of these rides next year. I'll be riding my first metric in a long time next weekend. Last one was in 2008.

Yah. I typically try to keep my HR to below 160 (161 is my 'calculated' limit but my cardiologist ran me up well north of that on the treadmill a few years ago...he said, "Mr. Smith, you are FAT. Your heart is not your limiting factor, your weight is." (I paid no attention to him then...) I get...

I'm running a std. compact double (34/50?) up front and a SRAM 11sp 11-36 in the rear. Yesterday, I simply ran out of gas...I made the intermediate crest, it gets less steep after that...but I simply haven't been training long enough to sustain the wattage necessary for that last 200yds. I was...

All of the above advice. +1 Being the current "King of the AJ", I have less ego to spare...most of it is still lying in the street in front of various public places. :( Best advice of the above is "plan ahead". Train...but "plan your ride, ride your plan." I can get my V20 down to <8mph...but...

I gotta say, I really like my TRP HY/RD brakes. Easy to fit, work great. However... I used a 160 up front and a 140 in the back. That 140mm disc in the back is simply not up to the task at all. Stomping on that brake is kinda like tossing out a handkerchief-sized drogue chute. It adds a little...

Mine shipped today. I wonder how long it will take for USPS to deliver it 10 miles? :confused:

If I were interested, I would write to them and get an official ruling. They state that "UCI Road competition that apply will be enforced. To review UCI Road competition guidelines click here." When you click the link, it is only the Road rules, not the Design/Construction protocols (and I only...

I believe DS is stopping production after this last 15 lights. At least, that's what I get from reading their forum postings. I also have one on order (maybe it can drive over and pick it up...they're less than 10mi from me). Now I need to find a good front light, esp. as the days grow shorter...

Ok, I was going to include pix but the Speedplay site does a much better job of that. http://www.speedplay.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.syzr Backstory: I started using SPDs about 17 yrs ago when I bought my first 'bent (Catrike). I never really had any issues with them. When I went to two...

Ok, about 3hrs to New Albany for me. Would probably be able to get there around 9am, provided I didn't get lost in the middle of nowhere, MS. ;) Would be nice to do this in the fall sometime, say mid-to-late October or Nov. when the temps are down. We'll have to find someplace nice to have...

Can do. However, I'll say this up front, I bought them so that I could control the float (almost eliminate it)...so, less "Frog" and more "SPD". I'll try and get a review up ASAP.

Hmmmm. I believe 4 is a quorum. Perhaps we all ought to get together and do a Tanglefoot Takeover?

I don't know about "dissatisfied". The system works...but it bears improvement. The pix don't show how distorted the sheave is on my bike. I can't fit my phone in to take a pic of the distortion...but the sheave is actually warping under the load (it isn't "a lot" but it is there). It needs to...

Ok, here are a couple of pix. First pic is a view down from the top of the bike. You can see that the sheave is tilted and that it does not take up the full width of the shoulder bolt. You can also see the angularity of the cable entering the sheave. Then, we have a view from the...

Nice! That one is certainly within driving range for me...and not too long for an 'out and back'.

I'll see if I can rig up some lighting to get a pic of the current install. I'll be working up a model in PTC Creo this week. Drawing up the sheave will be easy, I'll have to ask one of our real designers how to do the cable-groove though. Biggest problem is getting to the damn thing. Can't get...

This weekend I upgraded my shift/brake cabling all around. Much happiness with that. However, one issue I have been having isn't completely solved to my satisfaction. The FD shifting is better (since I replaced the kinked cable/housing) but that little sheave up front that routes the cable 180...