Saw this quote at my local bike shop while getting my crank arm adjusted¹:
Fitness is something that happens to you while you practice good technique.
— Terry Laughlin, Total Immersion Swim Coach
So true. So true.
1 – Check it out, I was riding the other day and the left crank arm slipped off the front crank. About killed me. Oh yea, and just as an fyi, there is no graceful way to stop and unclip when something like this happens.
With Elite being far enough away to make it inconvenient, I headed out to Wheelfine Imports for a fix. Can't say enough good stuff about the shop. Solid LBS's are few and far between. I'm very lucky these guys are so close.
The bike will need a little plastic bit to get that allows the tension in the crank shaft to be adjusted (don't ask me, I just ride the thing — that is why I work with computers and not bikes), but I'll be good to go for my 6-hour ride tomorrow.
Yes, a 6-hour ride followed by a 1-hour run. On a school day! I'm *cough* too sick *cough* to make it into the office. Sometimes weekends are too nice to waste a whole day riding. This is one of them. Weather is supposed to be nice.