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    Quote Originally Posted by MDHillSlug View Post
    I'm quite sore from yesterday, especially my wrist and my arms and shoulders. I do have a nice bruise on my hip. But it was fun!

    Catriona, besides the problem with the chain jumping off the chain rings, the lever to bring the back derailleur to an easier gear has an excessively long travel before it actually wants to make a switch.

    OK, if I were to drop the "HillSlug" name, what would I change to? "Tri_Anything"?
    I could take over the Hillslug name - I'm pretty slow on them. I've sort of gotten to the point where road hills I've got the gear strategy down and it usually works without me bonking before the top... Mountain biking I still either downshift too early and lose all momentum or stay geared high, which works till it gets really steep or I hit roots.

    My wrists are really sore, I woke up in the middle of the night with both hands numb, so I think I aggravated them again - I need to learn to quit having a death grip on my handlebars and my brakes, but they're a security blanket for now.

    I did a bruise check this morning - one bruise on each buttock, one on the hip, and one behind my knee. No idea if they're from mountain biking yesterday or on Saturday. Or from some other stuff.

    I kept my poor bf up till 4 am tuning my bikes. I finished putting all the pieces onto the frame I was building up, then gave it to him to tune, and gave him the mountain bike to tune. Something was giving him fits, but I fell asleep and don't really know what. I did take the new road frame out for a test ride at 4 am...

    He's typically pretty good at tuning the bikes - however, he's gentler on his gears than I am... I shift under load going up hills way too much and I mash - he usually shifts his gears before he gets on a hill, and just spins his way up and doesn't shift. So I'll tell him the bike's doing certain things, he'll take it out for a ride or put it on the trainer to look at the shifting, it'll act perfect for him and shift smoothly, and then he'll decide I'm nuts.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Catriona View Post
    I could take over the Hillslug name - I'm pretty slow on them. I've sort of gotten to the point where road hills I've got the gear strategy down and it usually works without me bonking before the top... Mountain biking I still either downshift too early and lose all momentum or stay geared high, which works till it gets really steep or I hit roots.

    My wrists are really sore, I woke up in the middle of the night with both hands numb, so I think I aggravated them again - I need to learn to quit having a death grip on my handlebars and my brakes, but they're a security blanket for now.

    I did a bruise check this morning - one bruise on each buttock, one on the hip, and one behind my knee. No idea if they're from mountain biking yesterday or on Saturday. Or from some other stuff.

    I kept my poor bf up till 4 am tuning my bikes. I finished putting all the pieces onto the frame I was building up, then gave it to him to tune, and gave him the mountain bike to tune. Something was giving him fits, but I fell asleep and don't really know what. I did take the new road frame out for a test ride at 4 am...

    He's typically pretty good at tuning the bikes - however, he's gentler on his gears than I am... I shift under load going up hills way too much and I mash - he usually shifts his gears before he gets on a hill, and just spins his way up and doesn't shift. So I'll tell him the bike's doing certain things, he'll take it out for a ride or put it on the trainer to look at the shifting, it'll act perfect for him and shift smoothly, and then he'll decide I'm nuts.
    I've got your back on this one. Have him talk to me

    You were biking at 4am?
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    Sounds like I got off easy by going to the dentist instead.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MDHillSlug View Post
    I've got your back on this one. Have him talk to me

    You were biking at 4am?

    Well, I only went in a loop around the neighborhood. i was pretty excited to see what it felt like.

    I actually hadn't remember the bike doing that jump chain thing - I'd ridden the bike a few times the beginning of the summer - it did it maybe twice on me, and got chain suck a lot. And he patiently explained how I wouldn't get chain suck if I adjusted the rate of my spinning for which gear I was in & switching too, and blah blah - and after that I just made sure to shift to the granny gear well in advance of any hill and the bike pretty much behaved after that.

    I'll tell him you said so

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    Quote Originally Posted by Catriona View Post
    Well, I only went in a loop around the neighborhood. i was pretty excited to see what it felt like.

    I actually hadn't remember the bike doing that jump chain thing - I'd ridden the bike a few times the beginning of the summer - it did it maybe twice on me, and got chain suck a lot. And he patiently explained how I wouldn't get chain suck if I adjusted the rate of my spinning for which gear I was in & switching too, and blah blah - and after that I just made sure to shift to the granny gear well in advance of any hill and the bike pretty much behaved after that.

    I'll tell him you said so
    This was happening to when when I wasn't even trying to shift at all. I'm not sure what would cause it unless it's simply from the chain bouncing. I wonder if the tension in the rear derailleur is too loose. That might explain this and the issue with the rear shift lever.
    I'd rather be swimming...biking...running...and eating cheesecake...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zen View Post
    Sounds like I got off easy by going to the dentist instead.
    I'd rather be biking.
    I'd rather be swimming...biking...running...and eating cheesecake...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zen View Post
    Sounds like I got off easy by going to the dentist instead.
    I went to the dentist AFTER biking and lunch.
    So...I got to experience it all!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by 7rider View Post
    I went to the dentist AFTER biking and lunch.
    So...I got to experience it all!!
    You're obviously the over-achiever among us.

    I need to find a dentist.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Catriona View Post
    You're obviously the over-achiever among us.
    "Glutton for punishment" is more where I was thinking.....
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    Well, except for the dentist and the bruises, it sounds like a good time.

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    DB, there were at least 6 Subaru Outbacks in the parking lot. You would have really fit in.
    I'd rather be swimming...biking...running...and eating cheesecake...
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    I told myself to stay out of this thread... I think I might have happily given up the family visit in Florida to have joined you all, it sounds like you had a lot of fun.

    I'll admit it: I'm envious
    "How about if we all just try to follow these very simple rules of the road? Drive like the person ahead on the bike is your son/daughter. Ride like the cars are ambulances carrying your loved ones to the emergency room. This should cover everything, unless you are a complete sociopath."
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kalidurga View Post
    I told myself to stay out of this thread... I think I might have happily given up the family visit in Florida to have joined you all, it sounds like you had a lot of fun.

    I'll admit it: I'm envious
    I think with the exception of MdHill borrowing my bike, we're probably all willing to do it again!

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    If your bike promises to behave I'd give it another go!
    I'd rather be swimming...biking...running...and eating cheesecake...
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    Quote Originally Posted by MDHillSlug View Post
    If your bike promises to behave I'd give it another go!
    yeah, I'm sorry - it occurred to me yesterday that I really should have swapped bikes with you and dealt with it myself.

    But the bike'll hopefully be fixed before then! Or I'd grab the bf's bike.

    I think it'd be too wet to do it this weekend, I'm probably going kayaking on Sunday. Either on the Chesapeake or the Triadelphia Reservoir

 

 

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