Riding Emigration Canyon with the Borg
 

It was a lot of fun. The Borg is a really cool guy and I know we all really hope he can do ULCER, but I understand if he is just going to do Sawtooth though. It looks beautiful. Anyway, the climb was really tough for me, but we made it all the way to the top. Lots of fun!

Wow. You met the Borg? How does he ride with all those robotic implants? Don't they weigh him down?

Congrats on the climb. I'm fully expecting to roll backwards down the first baby hill in Montana.

the Borg was wearing one of those sleevless jerseys you like so much. we met some lady at the top of the canyon who was wearing a LOTOJA jersey and she looked as if she was ready to climb mt. everest. crazy. you'll do awesome.

My wife does not ride fast, but she's constant and can climb anything. Her week this week included 250 miles of riding and 25,000 feet of climbing. She gets a new chain every month.

that sounds awesome! that sounds like some good climbing. how does one know when they need a new chain?

What?!?! I think Mrs. Archaea needs to get a job or volunteer at the hospital or something with all of that extra time that she has. Thats an insane amount of time in the saddle.

Typically when the chain gets stretched out you start to have shifting issues. If you have a hard time getting into a certain gear and cogs look okay and the derailer is functioning properly, its probably time to replace the chain. I usually get several thousand miles out of my chain.

It's a feel thing, but usually after 1500 to 2000 miles of normal riding and much less if it's all climbing.

okay... so i have PLENTY of time! thanks.

Well she does volunteer for the tri team, the bike team, the race team, the schools, the charity league, the library, the cancer children, the schools' choirs. It's one of the reasons I never see her.

She asked me why I wasn't volunteering for this race on Saturday, not wanting to offend I didn't inform her, because "you always do."

Sounds like you married way up.

I don't doubt any of that. She is obviously a very driven and committed person to do everything that she does.

All I'm saying is that with that much climbing, most riders would be lucky to average 12 mph. At that rate, it would take 20-23 hours in one week. Thats a big chunk of time, even if you do ride 7 days a week.

She just informed me that she will lead a blind person through Ironman CDA next year. She will ride a tandem bike leading that person. Hmm.

Her training invovles about thirty hours. Now if you ever meet her, she'll deny it, but Saturday usually involves five to seven hours of training and four hours on Sunday, with about two to three every day.

holy cow. It is beyond my comprehension that a mom could have that much time.

That's cool about volunteering with the blind triathlete.

Well only our youngest requires much attention. The others are pretty much on auto-pilot. Give money, insert food and watch them run. My youngest makes his own breakfast, packs his lunch and only needs oversight supervision on homework assignments. The others are even easier.

There's more to it than that, but they are so driven and programmed they don't require as much supervision.

Couple of thought here:

1) It's not those robotic implants that weigh me down, it seems that there is an extra body strapped to my original version that is weighing me down!

2) Sleeveless jersey...because it was hovering near 100°.

3) BYUPride - he's a CG plant. A young plant at that. A CG spy sent out to test the will of so-called cyclists on this board. We "climbed" Immigration Canyon...Pride "sprinted" Immigration Canyon. When we got to the top, he was sitting down, having lunch, and playing video games on his phone. (I also think he had time for a nice nap, but he won't admit to that)

Anyway, Pride is a budding star on the bike. We were just climbing to get to the top (I told you I was a wuss at climbing), he was really pushing himself, riding hard and getting better. Good job Pride. Fun ride.

I need more and more climbing for prep of the Sawtooth Century. From what's been said on this thread, I ought to hire Arch's wife as a personal trainer. If I could log in about 1/4 of her climbing hours, I'd be more than ready.

Pride is out to chew up and spit out any other person who wants to ride.

You are too kind. Thanks for the words of encouragement.