OneTriGuy

Posts Written OnJune 2015

Why buy a bike when you can build it?

As I’ve fallen more and more in love with the sport of triathlon, it’s become clear to me (though perhaps not my wife) that I was in need of a triathlon or TT bike. It was also clear to me that I was not going to drop $5000-$10,000+ on a brand name bike built of a Chinese-made frame and off the shelf Shimano components. While these brand name frames are undoubtedly very slippery and of high quality, until I get my dental certificate, I’d prefer to buy a frame inspired by the name brands, for a fraction of the cost, directly from China and bolt on the same components myself. So, I started looking on Alibaba and stumbled upon the MC-095 from Miracle Bikes. I contacted “Jenny” and we began talking about the frame. She sent me CAD drawings with dimensions and I compared the frame to my body dimensions. As best I could…

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I’m back at it.

The sling officially came off this past Thursday! I celebrated with a slow 5k around the neighborhood in the rain. On the bright side, the run was not as bad on my legs as I had expected. On the less than bright side, my abs were screaming. Something about avoiding using my abs for 6 weeks while my broken ribs healed. The next day I pushed it a bit harder and did 5 miles in the heat and humidity. Barring the annoyance of the heat/humidity, my body was feeling good all around. Though Sunday felt like a post-marathon day, with each stair an exercise in pain tolerance. Good pain tolerance. I missed that pain. My shoulder is feeing significantly better. Basic movement is of no annoyance. Only lifting up as if signaling a touchdown and to the side as if signaling to turn left are issues. Thankfully, this is just the…

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