Recently I decided to change things up a bit with my hydration system on the bike. I’ve had a number of different solutions on my bike, from the Specialized aero water bottle specifically made for the bike, regular old metal cages, to the Speedfil tank with the tube. Each had their pluses and minuses. I…
Category: Gear
CompuTrainer Improvement CTANT+!!
No Racermate One was not released. Recently I go tired of watching my heart rate disappear during my training rides on the CompuTrainer. It seemed like every ride all of the sudden I would lose my heart rate for a few minutes. I would fiddle with the wires and try to get it to work….
New Swim Paddles
I bought a couple pairs of swim paddles last week. I’d never really used them before but my swim stroke seems to be kind of sloppy and I feel like my hand is sometimes slipping through the water and wasting effort. Here is a link to the Paddles that I bought http://www.swimoutlet.com/product_p/2129.htm?color=11590. I actually bought…
Test ride outside
Tomorrow is the first long ride outside and I needed to make sure that everything was in working order and it is quite nice out today. Hopefully tomorrow will be just as nice. Went for a short 10 mile ride and it was good to get out and actually ride on the road. The new…
Quarq Power Meter and other toys
UPS and FedEx have been very busy the last couple of days in Boxford. On Tuesday they dropped off my new Power Meter, the Quarq Cinqo Saturn mounted on a SRAM 975 Crankset. Then on Wednesday they dropped off the X-Lab Wing Kit. I went with the Power Meter on the crank because it seemed…