English Major, Cyclist, Tech Geek, RC Nerd, Gadget Addiction, Acquisition Disorder. I should be studying for the LSAT instead of wasting time here.
My Name is Yaniel and I Suffer From Hobby Acquisition Disorder
Today was my version of Christmas, and the nice mail lady was Santa. She dropped of the my new saddle, the Garmin, some tubes, and a fork/skewer mount thing to attach the bike to the floor of my car. Being the gadget geek that I am, I haven’t been able to put down the Garmin Edge 305 since it got here, after using this, I don’t even know why I wasted time on the Forerunner 50. It has more data than I can even remember to care about. The logs are awesome, the gps is tracking kicks ass, and tomorrow I’m going to try out the course navigation.
I also got the Forté Pro SLX saddle, its a little harsher than my old saddle, but that’s expected since it weighs half as much and has waay less padding. After 25 miles though I wasn’t hurting at all, so far so good. But I feel much more efficient with it, I can really bring up the cadence and I don’t have any bouncing like I did before. I really holds me in place too. I don’t slip around on it at all, even in today’s rain. I didn’t think it would make much difference in my speed but I was wrong. My best in the saddle effort with the old saddle was about 24.5 mph maybe 25, with the new one and not even trying to do it, I hit 27 mph today. 2 mph from the lack of bouncing and sliding. I’m stoked. 
You can probably see it in the pic, the back tire is flat. Why? I don’t know. It was fine before I went to take the pics and now it loses 100 psi in under 30 seconds. Good thing I got those spare tubes. I rode with Alex and Eddy in Miami Springs today, good time but soaking wet. The rain stopped before we got there but the roads were still wet, it wasn’t bad though since the water kept us cool. The entire time I’m riding I’m making sure to stay away from the lines. I kept having memories of the TDF riders sliding on there faces and breaking stuff after touching the street lines in the rain. The ride was 25 miles long, and like is becoming the norm, I did my share of the pulling. Also made a few 30 mph sprints and like I mentioned before, hit 27 mph in the saddle. I’m getting really excited about my progress, hopefully it keeps going.
Here’s all the data from today’s ride:
http://connect.garmin.com/player/12461627 We’re planning to do a Metric on Saturday in Homestead and this time we intend to finish it. We’re going to concentrate on hydration and nutrition since we think that’s what killed us last week. Here’s the route I planned so far, just need to have it approved by the “committee.”
http://www.mapmyride.com/ride/united-states/fl/homestead/776125194443643072 I put it into the Garmin and hopefully it doesn’t get us lost! Bed time, gotta wash the bike tomorrow. The poor thing is filthy.
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English Major, Cyclist, Tech Geek, RC Nerd, Gadget Addiction, Acquisition Disorder. I should be studying for the LSAT instead of wasting time here.
English Major, Cyclist, Tech Geek, RC Nerd, Gadget Addiction, Acquisition Disorder. I should be studying for the LSAT instead of wasting time here.
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