battleaxe0
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Silly Vendetta, you can't swim!
I'm waiting for the Cruzbike hydrofoil (I'm sure I'll be waiting for quite awhile):
I'm waiting for the Cruzbike hydrofoil (I'm sure I'll be waiting for quite awhile):
Pretty sure she wanted to try paddle boarding...Silly Vendetta, you can't swim!
I'm waiting for the Cruzbike hydrofoil (I'm sure I'll be waiting for quite awhile):
what a great story abbot. thanks for sharing. hope she appreciates the gloves of celebration and you both keep at it.View attachment 632
Laura's first trail ride on the Vision. 11 miles at a sedate 9 mph. She had fun watching the world roll by. Saw baby ducks, lots of songbirds and even a pair of deer on the river bank.
When we were done she was excited but wanted to know why everyone was blowing by us like we were standing still. Uh, because we were slow... ( At one point we were keeping pace with a lady wearing traditional roller skates. ) No big deal. It was her first ride. She didn't fall over and she didn't cause anyone else to crash.
Considering she has no riding experience beyond being a kid on a bike, I think she had a stellar outing. Went down to the LBS afterwards and got her a pair of riding gloves to celebrate.
hi abbot i noticed you had your bike down on the right side when fixing tyre. i avoid doing this as it is possible to bend the mech hanger resulting in laborious efforts to diagnose shifting issues . tip left side only. thanks for sharing all your ride reports. they are inspiring.View attachment 696
So this week I realized that I need to switch my training tactics. I've been doing fewer and fewer rides of ever increasing length. I don't have time to constantly shoot for 30-70 mile rides. And Laura was becoming a bike widow.
Time for a change. Began by canceling the 50 mile ride I had planned for Saturday and spent some much needed time with my wife. Then Sunday we got up and got back out on the trail together.
She did OK on her second ride except for one radical maneuver where she suddenly veered left across the entire bike path in front of two oncoming bikes and ended up dumping the bike just before she would have ended up going down the bank and into the river. Can you say elevated heartrate?
Apparently she managed to pull the handlebars upward and then got her left hand caught between the handlebar and the underside of the seat. Left turn Clyde....
Sunday's ride also included a tire patching demonstration along with a brake caliper adjustment. Stupid Himalayan blackberry branch. View attachment 697
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This morning I got up early and implemented the second phase of my plan. I've plotted a series of routes over and around the ridge that I live on. I need more hillclimbing practice and I need my bike excursions to be more workout oriented. The loops range from 8.25 miles and about 15 miles with multiple chunks of climbing.
My friend Perry met me and we ran the 8.25 mile loop in about 45 minutes. 850' of climbing with segments that have constant pitch and segments with varying pitch. Dropped my chain a couple times, but had a good run. And I can tell I got a workout. I'll adjust the limit screws on my FD and I should be set.
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Thanks jond. I was getting frustrated with the stupid brake caliper and low blood sugar. All after taking way too long to pump the tire back up and Laura starting to worry about our schedule. Got a good patch but couldn't get the pump to seal on the valve until I moved to the top of a trash can. Then when the brake wouldn't open to let the tire pass, I got tunnel vision. Without the picture I couldn't have told you what side I laid down.hi abbot i noticed you had your bike down on the right side when fixing tyre. i avoid doing this as it is possible to bend the mech hanger resulting in laborious efforts to diagnose shifting issues . tip left side only. thanks for sharing all your ride reports. they are inspiring.
Hadn't thought about it like that. Good tip, thanks.hi abbot i noticed you had your bike down on the right side when fixing tyre. i avoid doing this as it is possible to bend the mech hanger resulting in laborious efforts to diagnose shifting issues . tip left side only. thanks for sharing all your ride reports. they are inspiring.
Thanks jond. I was getting frustrated with the stupid brake caliper and low blood sugar. All after taking way too long to pump the tire back up and Laura starting to worry about our schedule. Got a good patch but couldn't get the pump to seal on the valve until I moved to the top of a trash can. Then when the brake wouldn't open to let the tire pass, I got tunnel vision. Without the picture I couldn't have told you what side I laid down.
cruzbike = freedom ticket. fantastic abbott keep at it . one step at a time. keep building slowly." ambassador abbott" of cruzbike fame. you wont need the scales. lets keep praying for a cure.View attachment 717
It's easy to forget how transformative being on a bike can be. Over the past few months I've gotten numerous comments about how I look now.
Don't own a scale, so I hopped on the scale at work the other day. I've dropped thirty pounds in the past 8 months. I've become a shadow of myself.
Being able to ride again has changed everything. I kept my weight constant since my diagnosis of T1d but hadn't been able to lose any because I couldn't sustain any activity without going hypoglycemic. The JDRF and Cruzbike have helped me change my life.
Basking in the light again after eight years in a tunnel. The sunlight feels wonderful.
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