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Advice for new Sr racer?

jim2018 — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:23:55 GMT

I am 58 and training this year for racing next spring as a cat 5. I believe that I will be racing against all cat 5's except Jr's. Any advice?

NC, WV, TN, VA, CO looking for your input

Leonidas of Sparta — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:31:24 GMT

NC, WV, TN, VA, CO.. if you had to pick one of them to live what would it be.. based on: beauty of the land, good people, large number of cyclists, forest land.

From everything i have read CO does look like a top place: good money in the area, great cycling friendliness, etc... but the one thing it does not have is the forest.. not like the blue ridge any how... please any input would be very appreciated..

Slaves of the Road

Physician accused of deliberately injuring two bicyclists is convicted

Active Toby — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:10:31 GMT

From the LA Times:

"Christopher Thompson, 60, is convicted of mayhem, assault with a deadly weapon and other charges in the crash that injured cyclists Ron Peterson and Christian Stoehr on Mandeville Canyon Road in 2008."

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cyclist3-2009nov03,0,761131.story

X Games Medalist Young Takes a Dive: From Killer Tabletops to Wrecks and Reefs by Margo Malcolm

ssislandgirl2009 — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:26:21 GMT

There's an interesting article about Gary Young learning to dive here: X Games Medalist Young Takes a Dive

Looks like a fun idea!

The article itself:

X Games Medalist Young Takes a Dive: From Killer Tabletops to Wrecks and Reefs

by Margo Malcolm

Since he was a kid, Gary Young, 2009 'X' Games BMX Freestyle Bronze Medalist, has been defying gravity, hanging in the air twisting and turning on his bike. Now he is taking his love of extreme activities down under the sea. "Snorkeling was really like the gateway for me to get into diving." said Young, 26. "I started snorkeling a few years ago and it really sparked my interest. I learned about sea life and hanging out under water was a new thing for me. It's always been something I've been interested in but I didn't really get hooked until I went snorkeling."

Young has started his diving certification through PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors). When he first expressed interest about diving to a friend he discovered that his friend's girlfriend and her father both worked for PADI.

"I was talking to him about getting into diving and he said his girlfriend had been trying to get him into diving for a while but he'd been scared," said Young. "And I said let's do it together. One thing led to another and now we're on our way into diving."

Young began his diving training with PADI's eLearning. PADI eLearning courses allow beginners to complete the classroom portion of certification at their own pace, whenever or wherever it's convenient for them. The eLearning system consists of interactive presentations that include videos, audio, graphics and reading, and is available in seven languages.

Since Young lives in southern California, he was able to go to PADI's head office for his confined water dives. This is followed by two open water dives and completion of his diving certification.

Another reason Young chose PADI certification was because he found when he did some research that PADI certification was accepted worldwide. This was important to him because Young travels a lot. The BMX circuit takes him all over the world, including some of the best diving places like Thailand, Singapore, New Zealand and Australia. PADI has over 5300 dive shop and resort members worldwide.

Although Young spends most of his days on the road practicing and competing on his bike, perfecting his killer tabletops and 360s, he'll be taking sometime to check out the local marine life.

"I've been to so many places and now I'll have the opportunity to go out and see what is underwater and check out the reefs and wreck ," said Young. "Diving seems so cool to me."

Feet cramping during easy bike ride

coyotecoach20 — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:24:13 GMT

So it has been awhile since I had rode my road bike so on Friday I went out for a nice and easy ride, it felt great and here were no isssues. However on Saturday my wife wanted to go for a quick ride and about 2 miles into my feet starting hurting and cramping up, not on the bottom but more so on the sides and on the top of the side of my feet. This lasted for most of the ride (about 8 miles), does anyone have any idea what may have cause this? Thanks.

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Cycling Event - Questions from a beginner

ltkimber — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:55:18 GMT

I'm fairly new to biking - a couple of months. I have signed up for a 28 mile cycling fund raiser. I'm a little nervous because I haven't gone that far yet so I don't know if I'll be able to make it or not. I haven't participated in any cycling events before so I'm not sure what to expect. The flyer says there will be support vehicles provided. What exactly are the support vehicles for? Big breaks, fixing flats, etc? If I can't make it the full 28 miles, can I get rescued by the support vehicle? How do the support vehicles work - do you call them or do they just ride the course? Is 28 miles realistic on a Trek hybrid? Sorry, I know it's a lot of questions but I don't know anything about biking. Thanks for your help.

New to Tri's

2Bmybest — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:56:09 GMT

My husband and I are starting to pick out possible Tri's for us to enter, in the upcoming year. VERY EXCITED! We will have to fork out $$ for bikes, and gear, but it will be worth it!

I do have a question I'm hoping someone can help me with. I've started doing laps at the pool, and would like to have an idea what kind of times people are posting at these events. Lets say 400 meters? I've only been swimming laps for about 5 weeks, can see a huge increase in what I am able to do, but I'm not breaking any speed records that's for sure. This past Sat. I beat my last best, and swam 52 laps which was 1300 meters in our pool. But that took me every bit of 40 min. I would just like to train with a goal in mind. Lets put this in a different perspective....Phelps, 100 meters, less then a minute. Ummmmmmmmm my 100 meters, 2min. 40 sec. UGH!

acknowledging cyclists

remcmfa — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:38:33 GMT

As a runner on public bike trails, is there any way cyclists would like to be acknowledged that I hear you when you say you are "passing on the left"? Thanks for your input.

how to cancel active.com

bayareabiker — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:16:03 GMT

If you are thinking of joining Active.com you should be aware that they take your credit card and save it with no way for you to delete it from their system and make it as difficult as possible to cancel. I had to learn from this forum by searching for how to do it that you must call and be on hold forever before you get connected to some distant call center where they take forever to find your membership and cancel it. Based upon the low level of service and their hiding how to cancel from users, I can only assume they would ignore email requests to cancel.

If you are not a member, I would recommend that you do NOT join ever.

Westchester County, NY to NYC

Rickeeb — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:57:06 GMT

I was wondering where I can find the best routes from Westchester County, N.Y. to N.Y.C.? I'd prefer to stay closer to the east side crossing into the city. My starting point is North White Plains. Thank you all in advance.