Jeff you are more than welcome to come over here and join the shop ride at 9 am. It is a no drop affair but does have significant amounts of climbing.
Edit: great news Vicki
Nice work Nate.
Hoping to get out tomorrow morning. So stressed from work and busy helping my 7 month pregnant wife that I just have not been making the time to get out.
Very nice Brent. Looks like a sweet bike. I think you know this but if you don't you should set the handlebars up so that the tops are parallel to the ground they are way turned down now.
Brent a 61 is almost certainly too small for me. I ride 63+ in everything. Oh and I'm not buying anymore bike stuff until I have more time to ride. Which the government is probably going to provide in short order.
man that's a roaring deal. I really want to buy one even though I have no use for it. PC with attached drobo acts as server and backed up to BackBlaze.
I have had the opposite experience of Jeff. My Sidi are massively more comfortable than my Specialized shoes but that is because my foot is narrow for it's length. That said Specialized are good for the price especially in the low end.
Nice ride Nate.
I rode my bike for the first time in weeks but in the bike shed on the computrainer. Have to get into doing that more until the furloughs start and I can get rides in during daylight hours. I'm sort of hoping that they happen. Which may mean they don't.
Got up and went down to meet the guy dropping the boat off. Safely back in the water.
Also found out that the guys had managed to remove the giant clump of vine at the house:
It's going to be a great summer.
Also installed the radio thermostats at home which was relatively painless. No more forgetting to set it to away.
Vicky, 7% is pretty steep. I'd keep working at 3-5% for a long time and that will gradually build up strength. It's going to take time but my recommendation is the go at the lower steepness and as the time wears on you'll end up working hard too but with a lot less stress on your joints.
Not saying it is it but if they can't figure it out I know someone who was dificient in some protein/etc that was to do with sensing how much oxygen was in her blood so whenever she exercised her body thought she was drowning and stopped her from breathing. It was a real medical mystery and took almost 2 years to figure out and another year to recover. Hope it isn't that.
Those of you who ride steel may get a kick out of a Pro who races on steel by choice:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/rapha-condor-jlt-steel-and-carbon-racing-bikes-gallery