John Musante is riding the LIVESTRONG CHALLANGE again this year in late August. Please help out with a donation.

Still doing catering and events so don’t forget Maui Wowi Hawaiian at company picnics and any catered function as well as 20% of gross fundraisers. Hear of any good gigs around town let me know.

Mahalo,
Chuck Talbott

Not an issue for local USA cycling events, but here are the UCI bike fit standards applied at Nationals. Basically the nose of your saddle must be behind your BB. If it is within 5cm then your knee must be checked to be behind your pedal spindle (sit back and lower your heal for the measurement to pass if necessary even if you would normally ride with toes down and sit on the nose). Also the pivot of your shifters must be within 75cm horizontally of the BB center. If it's within 75-80cm your elbow must make an angle of less than 120 degrees. 

It's easy to check this in your house by leaning your bike against a wall with the center of the BB aligned to the edge of a door opening. Measure the bar extensions from the shifter pivot back horizontally to the door opening. The seat should be behind the door trim (my door molding is almost exactly 5cm). If it falls somewhere on the molding get on a trainer and have someone drop a plum bob (i.e. a string with some weighty piece of junk tied to it) from your knee and make sure it falls behind the center of the pedal spindle. If the saddle sticks out into the opening then you've got to move it back or get a stubby Adamo or a setback seatpost.

Links: Cannondale Tech Documents; carbon seatpost installation; SuperSix owners manual.
SRAM's complete bike shop 2010 SRAM technical manual; General Index for SRAM.
Index to Shimano Tech Docs; Dura-Ace tech docs.

From looking at the SuperSix manual you can see that when adjusting your stem and headset you only need to mess with the 6mm top cap, not the 5mm expander bolt. That crap is carbon so use a torque wrench! (Trek Madone failures)

Check the Feeds page for a quick check of the races on Bikereg. Plenty of pictures there too from past events like the TP fall party hosted by Anette, Bob's 60th,... Thanks to Jeff Brown and 94.9 Point Radio for the fun and scares at the Haunted Hunt Club.

Other big road races outside VA include Tour of Ephrata in PA and Rockhill in NC.

Our newest sponsor, The Skinny Dip, is now serving frozen yogurt at Hilltop Plaza off Laskin Rd in the shopping center with Trader Joes and Outback, and also at Landstown Commons Shopping Center at the corner of Princess Anne Road and Dam Neck. Visit their website for more info.

Jackie has gift cards for massage and the $10 discount applies to those as well.

"Are your legs screaming at you after the Wintergreen Ascent? Maybe it's time for a Therapeutic/Sports Massage. Everyone with the Tripower Cycling Team receives $10.00 off of a 60 or 90 minute massage. I specialize in Deep Tissue Trigger Point Massage. I incorporate stretching and Hotsagge into my treatments. This helps to relax and regain flexibility of the muscles. There are no extra fees for deep tissue, stretching and hot stones. Give me a call at 536-3975."

Jackie Starkey
Nimmo Wellness Therapeutic/Sports Massage
Lomi Lomi Hawaiian massage