Today's Bike Ride

[daz h]

I told him he needed a woman and that's where it stemmed....wants a saturday girl though....that would interfere FAR too much!

Maybe you could do weekdays if you learnt how to measure up for fitting. Its easy enough and Im sure they would get extra buisness. Tell me a bike shop where women can freely go and be measured by a fellow lady bikie for a roadbike ?
Its got to be a winner

[emmilou]

Maybe you could do weekdays if you learnt how to measure up for fitting. Its easy enough and Im sure they would get extra buisness. Tell me a bike shop where women can freely go and be measured by a fellow lady bikie for a roadbike ?
Its got to be a winner

oh yeah, I'm sure it is. I'm seriously considering it and will have a proper chat next week when I go back to collect my bike. He's branching out a lot more and has extended the place - looks really good now but there's room for improvement of which I voiced my ideas!!!

What do you mean MORE bar tape?! Didn't Santa bring you any?

[Nee Bother]

Maybe you could do weekdays if you learnt how to measure up for fitting. Its easy enough and Im sure they would get extra buisness. Tell me a bike shop where women can freely go and be measured by a fellow lady bikie for a roadbike ?
Its got to be a winner

Sounds good to me I'm about to part with £50 on a pair of DHB Tri shoes, any thoughts on these. (i'm doing Keswick Tri and poss. a couple more if I survive the swim)

[emmilou]

Sounds good to me I'm about to part with £50 on a pair of DHB Tri shoes, any thoughts on these. (i'm doing Keswick Tri and poss. a couple more if I survive the swim)

The Tri shoes don't make a massive amount of difference really. I take it unless you have practised like a demon you won't be having them already clipped into the pedal? I have a pair of tri shoes but to be honest they are as quick to put on as my normal road bike shoes...... 1 tip though the elestic trainer laces are brilliant for the run bit, they really DO save time, beats faffing tying laces up! Don't forget talc in your bike shoes too, go mad with the stuff when you get out the pool then your feet will go in the shoes better! What distance are you doing...are you running sockless??

[Nee Bother]

The Tri shoes don't make a massive amount of difference really. I take it unless you have practised like a demon you won't be having them already clipped into the pedal? I have a pair of tri shoes but to be honest they are as quick to put on as my normal road bike shoes...... 1 tip though the elestic trainer laces are brilliant for the run bit, they really DO save time, beats faffing tying laces up! Don't forget talc in your bike shoes too, go mad with the stuff when you get out the pool then your feet will go in the shoes better! What distance are you doing...are you running sockless??

Yo Emms, ta for info, the pool is Derwentwater about 800mtrs,
then 38k bike and 10k run.

I've been out twice on me bike and been swimming twice a week since Nov. I was thinking of having the shoes ready clipped and ready to go, but.....

Yup, probably sockless,10k ish fell type run.
Concerned about the open water swim.
Need to get 8 weeks of cycling in.
Hope I can catch up on the run.

Any advice, help, tips much appreciated.

[emmilou]

Yo Emms, ta for info, the pool is Derwentwater about 800mtrs,
then 38k bike and 10k run.

I've been out twice on me bike and been swimming twice a week since Nov. I was thinking of having the shoes ready clipped and ready to go, but.....

Yup, probably sockless,10k ish fell type run.
Concerned about the open water swim.
Need to get 8 weeks of cycling in.
Hope I can catch up on the run.

Any advice, help, tips much appreciated.

I can give you heaps of tips Ken, I'd say for your first don't worry about the shoes already clipped in as invariably you'll lose time for faffing getting the pedal to spin back round and wobble like hell as you bend to fasten the strap regardless of the velcro!

Have you done an OW swim yet? it will be cold and dark but don't worry, I know tips for that too. I had a proper proper fear of Open Water and if I can swim 2 and a half miles in the sea then you can do it in a lake, mind you the South of France was a lot warmer!!

At least on leg 4 you can take my mind well and truly off Yewbarrow if you ask me all about the tri's then, I can waffle on for hours!

[Nee Bother]

I can give you heaps of tips Ken, I'd say for your first don't worry about the shoes already clipped in as invariably you'll lose time for faffing getting the pedal to spin back round and wobble like hell as you bend to fasten the strap regardless of the velcro!

Have you done an OW swim yet? it will be cold and dark but don't worry, I know tips for that too. I had a proper proper fear of Open Water and if I can swim 2 and a half miles in the sea then you can do it in a lake, mind you the South of France was a lot warmer!!

At least on leg 4 you can take my mind well and truly off Yewbarrow if you ask me all about the tri's then, I can waffle on for hours!

Cheers Emma,

Hope you still speakin to me (emailed you)
We getting across to Lakes at least twice before Tri to recce route and do some swimming (and couple of days after Coniston race) so hoping swim ok. Gonna get shoes etc this week & try them out, I've joined a tri club and they are bombarding me with info. there's a few of us doing Keswick and we're going to do some practising....transitions etc.
Need need need to get on bike but secret fell training is taking up all my time

[daz h]

Cheers Emma,

Hope you still speakin to me (emailed you)
We getting across to Lakes at least twice before Tri to recce route and do some swimming (and couple of days after Coniston race) so hoping swim ok. Gonna get shoes etc this week & try them out, I've joined a tri club and they are bombarding me with info. there's a few of us doing Keswick and we're going to do some practising....transitions etc.
Need need need to get on bike but secret fell training is taking up all my time

dont forget your yellow plastic duck.
Open Water swimming( not for me mate).

[emmilou]

Cheers Emma,

Hope you still speakin to me (emailed you)
We getting across to Lakes at least twice before Tri to recce route and do some swimming (and couple of days after Coniston race) so hoping swim ok. Gonna get shoes etc this week & try them out, I've joined a tri club and they are bombarding me with info. there's a few of us doing Keswick and we're going to do some practising....transitions etc.
Need need need to get on bike but secret fell training is taking up all my time

It's all about the bike.