Pimpalicious Red Red Bike is DONE!

A friend of Jay's - Chris Shaw, of Trek-VW Midwest Factory Team Manager fame - removed the several excess inches from the brake cables and Jay added the remaining pieces - chain and derailleur cables basically.
Dialed in the shifting.
And VOILA!!! A ride-able Red Red Bike!!!! (Yes, that wall paper is in the hallway.)

We took turns riding it back and forth down the hallway. Hee hee.

I'd say Jay did a pretty damn good job with the cable routing.
Stan's sealant is in the tires and they're ready to roll.
The shifters have a sweet reach adjustment. Super easy with infinite adjustability.

Yeah. I got talked into this one....

Red Red Bike Update

It's in the shop getting the hydraulic brake lines trimmed down. The rear cable was 8 inches too long.

I needed to order a part called an "olive". No joke on that. I got the two parts on the right except they're tiny.....duh.....they fit in the brake line. Compression fitting?

I got tires now!

Tubeless.


Funny thing is, to shorten the hydraulic brake cables, I need these parts called olives and banjos. Ha ha ha!!

Stop riding your bike so much!

Just got home from a very cool lecture on Bone Health in Cyclists.

Bottom line: Cycling does absolutely NOTHING to build bone mineral density (BMD). NOTHING. The studies show that if all you do is ride your bike your BMD decreases just like a sedentary person (that's couch potato for you Kroske).


Cycling is a poor bone building stimulus.

2/3 of masters cyclists studied had osteopenia or osteoporosis at spine and hips. TWO THIRDS!!!



Your bone mass peaks at about age 30-35. You never have more than that. Everyone has different amounts depending on their activities up to that point. (Which is very important to think about for coaching junior riders!) After 35, BMD decreases for everyone as a natural part of aging. So all we can do is slow the rate of decrease. How?

Building bone requires:
INTERNAL STRAIN
of High Magnitude (muscular force), High Rate (muscular contraction) and Irregular Distribution
or
EXTERNAL STRAIN
most importantly, GROUND REACTION FORCES like jumping, landing, running. (Shewee!)

Even if you do strength training in the off season, you need to keep it up ALL YEAR. Studies show that competitive cyclists BMD decreased during the racing season and never recovered during the off season. Sequential years of competitive cycling result in progressive bone loss.

DO STRENGTH TRAINING ALL YEAR LONG!! And don't forget about CALCIUM.
No, you'll never look like this.




I'm taking my own advice.

BTW:
BMD in Mountain bikers is greater than in Roadies.

Yummy things...

Matching water bottle cages!!
Yummy dinner by the famous chef J'Mongelo

Crazy:

Right now:
Madison = 7 degrees.
Troy = 25 degrees.

Lance Gives an AWESOME Thrashing!!!

Check out Jay's blog.....

My run today

I did an "out and back". No wonder it took me longer on the way back.
I like mapmyrun.com. Took me a while to figure this out, but how cool is it that the 5% grade is green on the downhill and red on the uphill. Cool.

Please Help a good friend get a dream job in Australia

Some of you may have heard about the dream job contest to run an island in Australia. Yes, running an Island. Living there. Exploring. Reporting. Cleaning the pool, and more. This is NOT a joke. A very good friend of mine has had his application accepted. Rich owns Divers Incorporated in Ann Arbor (http://www.diversinc.com/), has been a SCUBA instructor for a thousand years, is a super family man and all around fantastic guy. He is one of the finest individuals I know. He could use your help though.


"The Selection Panel from Tourism Queensland will review all applications and announce the 50 short-listed candidates on March 2, 2009. Eleven candidates will then proceed to the interview stage, including one Wild Card based on popular votes."

If you can, please view his 1 minute video,(link below) and give him a 5 star rating.

http://www.islandreefjob.com/#/applicants/watch/EDw7NRCySwM

By the way, you can vote (5 stars!) for this video on every computer you use. Of course that would NOT be unethical, it would just be a way of showing super duper support!!

Please, pass this on if you can.

Thank you. I love this guy and he really is perfect for this job.

Kelly

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!

Looky looky!!

Notice the pink Chris King headset. Yes, it's a hand-me-down. Most of the parts on the bike are hand-me-downs. I don't mind.

Notice the 140 mm rear rotor and 160 mm front rotor.



It's coming along nicely!!

I need the steer tube cut down, derailleur cables, a bracket for the rear brake, and tires and then I can ROLL!!