I was going to get a new bike this season but decided to clean up my cockpit and do away with the Ergomo for a Quarq instead. I'll get a new bike for 2011. I also wanted to get a goot fit before I selected a new bike to make sure I'm making a good choice. I figure I can check my current fit and log some information for picking the new bike. I might have to get in touch withJay out at UVA. Does he work at a shop or the university?
Open roads where you don't have took up as far or as frequently
However, I look at craning the crap out of my neck as training for raceday -- build up the stabilizers in my neck. This is definitely a training issue with race day consequences when you are riding with a big front end drop.
Race day is very different. I assume no car traffic, wide spaces between riders, ie, I can keep my head down for longer periods of time and don't need to look so far forward.
Oakley came out with a sunglass that sits really high above the eyebrows. My biggest issue with eyewear on the bike is that I stare at the frame or over it, which negates the use of glasses other than the COOL factor (and I need all the help I can get in that dept). Radar XL. I have tried on many, many eyeglasses and get into my TT position in the store (yes...like a dork) and these are the ONLY glasses that seem to cover well. If anyone knows of others (cheaper) please chime in. I've tried tufosi (sp?), Rudys, etc. These sit the best.
I just realized that a friend of mine is the chief resident doc at the UVA Physical Medicine and Rehab center and works with Jay Dicharry. They worked together on an article examining joint torque and different types of running shoes. My friend works more on the running/gait analysis side of things. It looks like I'll head down to C'Ville, get a bike fit, check out my running gait, and catch up with an old friend. (The last time we ran together--probably five years ago or so--he said that I had the loudest footfall he'd ever heard. No wonder I'm on the verge of getting plantar fasciitis.)
Oakley came out with a sunglass that sits really high above the eyebrows. My biggest issue with eyewear on the bike is that I stare at the frame or over it, which negates the use of glasses other than the COOL factor (and I need all the help I can get in that dept). Radar XL. I have tried on many, many eyeglasses and get into my TT position in the store (yes...like a dork) and these are the ONLY glasses that seem to cover well. If anyone knows of others (cheaper) please chime in. I've tried tufosi (sp?), Rudys, etc. These sit the best.
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If you really want to look like a tri-geek, I have a solution...
Wear these upside down. They are the only thing I was able to find that allowed me to actually look through the lense instead of over it. Best part is they are only $9.95. You will get interesting looks from people when they notice you have them on upside down.
@Matt...I said I NEED HELP IN THE COOL DEPT...those glasses upside down will not help! You are much more confident a male than I if you wear those upside down. Of course you are riding so fast nobody can tell they are inverted.
DO NOT DO THIS, I was out on my tri bike and down on the bars and as I looked down for a second a pick-up truck witha trailor full of mowers did a right turn on red and stopped right at the corner in front of me and said he didn't see me(see where this is going?)
I plowed his trailor at about 22 mph and sheared the front fork and tire off the bike(which flew about 100ft) I was very lucky and only got road rash.that's after 25 yrs of alot of road miles so don't get caught with your head down once you get your bike fit.
@ Rich Thanks. The more riding I do, the better my neck is. I've still got time re glasses. I recently picked up a pair of glasses that I love. I haven't worn sun glasses while exercising in years because I just couldn't get them to fit just right or I'd sweat all over them two minutes in and they'd be useless. Pair of rimless Smith's here
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I was going to get a new bike this season but decided to clean up my cockpit and do away with the Ergomo for a Quarq instead. I'll get a new bike for 2011. I also wanted to get a goot fit before I selected a new bike to make sure I'm making a good choice. I figure I can check my current fit and log some information for picking the new bike. I might have to get in touch withJay out at UVA. Does he work at a shop or the university?
Tom,
http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/pmr/speed.cfm
Oakley came out with a sunglass that sits really high above the eyebrows. My biggest issue with eyewear on the bike is that I stare at the frame or over it, which negates the use of glasses other than the COOL factor (and I need all the help I can get in that dept). Radar XL. I have tried on many, many eyeglasses and get into my TT position in the store (yes...like a dork) and these are the ONLY glasses that seem to cover well. If anyone knows of others (cheaper) please chime in. I've tried tufosi (sp?), Rudys, etc. These sit the best.
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Here's the article on running shoes v. barefoot:
http://www.pmrjournal.org/article/S1934-1482(09)01367-7/fulltext
If you really want to look like a tri-geek, I have a solution...
Wear these upside down. They are the only thing I was able to find that allowed me to actually look through the lense instead of over it. Best part is they are only $9.95. You will get interesting looks from people when they notice you have them on upside down.
http://www.nashbar.com/bikes/Produc...000_201507
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DO NOT DO THIS, I was out on my tri bike and down on the bars and as I looked down for a second a pick-up truck witha trailor full of mowers did a right turn on red and stopped right at the corner in front of me and said he didn't see me(see where this is going?)
I plowed his trailor at about 22 mph and sheared the front fork and tire off the bike(which flew about 100ft) I was very lucky and only got road rash.
that's after 25 yrs of alot of road miles so don't get caught with your head down once you get your bike fit.
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@ Rich Thanks. The more riding I do, the better my neck is. I've still got time
re glasses. I recently picked up a pair of glasses that I love. I haven't worn sun glasses while exercising in years because I just couldn't get them to fit just right or I'd sweat all over them two minutes in and they'd be useless. Pair of rimless Smith's here