Wheeled, Pushed, Zymed, And Switchbacked
Lots of tid bits to blather on about today...
I picked up my new Bontrager Race rear wheel from Dirty Harry's. NOW as soon as the weather allows I can ACTUALLY freaking ride my Campeon!! Again I thank Dirty Harry's for handling the warranty and Bontrager for standing behind the product with the warranty. As I've said before the Race wheels are not going to be turning any roadie heads out on the roads, but who really cares? The wheels serve my purposes and hey they replaced it for free. Not gonna bitch about that. Plus they'll be too busy lusting my Campeon ;)
With the tooth yank tomorrow a.m. and not knowing how I'm gonna feel tomorrow night or Thursday, I went ahead and threw down my tempo/threshold intervals tonight. 1:30, 60ish RPMs, yada, yada, yada... It will be nice to not be on the trainer tomorrow. It would be nicer to NOT have a dentist's hands in my mouth pulling a freaking tooth out of my skull, but I'll take what I can get.
More electrolyte drink talk...
I FINALLY got my Zym in the mail today. From the condition of the package it looks like it did some hard time at the bottom of the mail man's truck. Thankfully the contents were all intact. Plus the wait was worth it since there was some sweet extra swag in the package in the form of a sweet t shirt.
With the completion of tonight's ride, Zym (Endurance Lemon/Lime) is now the second brand of electrolyte tab that I've used this winter (the first being Propel single serve powder). First impressions are pretty good. Dropped 1 tab in a 24 oz. water bottle. Let it fizz (sort of like an Airborne tab), and I was good to go. The major fizz stops after a couple minutes and leaves you with a mild tasting Lemon Lime flavor with just a slight hint of effervescence .
I have to say it was pretty refreshing. The flavor reminded me of what Lemon Lime Gatorade tastes like after you dilute it enough to make it not so sticky and overly sweet. Zym has less than 1 gram of sugar, so on the tongue it sort of reminded me of Lemon/Lime Hammer Heed, except Zym actually tasted like Lemon Lime. Don't get me wrong I dig Heed too, but I buy the unflavored now for a reason! Right now Zym has DEFINITELY moved ahead of Propel. Propel had too much of a strong "fake sugar taste" to keep the masses happy. I would buy more of these again for sure. Makes me glad I bought the 3 pack.I do still have a few more electrolyte tabs to try out, including Nuun, Motor Tabs and I hope to get my hands on some CamelBak Elixir too. I should have some samples of some of these soon. Big Al from Bikeman.com was at Frostbike this past weekend and scored me some various samples. He's sending them soon. Thanks Al! Al also had a chance to talk with Brian Koff from Zym and got me a few more Zym tabs. Brian also e mailed today to see if I ever got my order. I have to say it's pretty cool when the the PRESIDENT/OWNER of a company is out there getting the word out about his product and making sure customers are satisfied.
More comparisons to come on all of these drinks as I try them. Look for a final review of all of them here and/or on Bikeman.com in the coming weeks.
Lastly I was able to play a bit more with my Princeton Tec Switchback 3 today. Digging it!
I hope my mouth pain will eased enough that I can eat a fuel well enough to get some time outside with the light on Thursday. Yesterday a reader (Squidbuzz) asked me if I plan to use the light on my helmet, where do I plan to put the battery since It's a bit "chunky"? Well this is where said battery will go...
In the hydration pack pocket with room to spare. It's not all that bigger than an HID flat pack battery, but it's thicker. I'll take the thickness along with getting 2+ more hours of burn time over an HID battery. Not sure if I'll run it on my bars or helmet, but I have the option for sure. I hope to play around more with the lights tomorrow while my mouth bleeds all over the house. As always, there will be more spewing of half way useful knowledge to come. :)
Later.
Wow, this was one long ass post. Does anyone get the ideas I'm try to avoid thinking about my tooth getting pulled?? F*ck I wasn't this nervous before my vasectomy! Of course they didn't tug at my "boyz" with metal plyers either!!
More comparisons to come on all of these drinks as I try them. Look for a final review of all of them here and/or on Bikeman.com in the coming weeks.
Lastly I was able to play a bit more with my Princeton Tec Switchback 3 today. Digging it!
I hope my mouth pain will eased enough that I can eat a fuel well enough to get some time outside with the light on Thursday. Yesterday a reader (Squidbuzz) asked me if I plan to use the light on my helmet, where do I plan to put the battery since It's a bit "chunky"? Well this is where said battery will go...
In the hydration pack pocket with room to spare. It's not all that bigger than an HID flat pack battery, but it's thicker. I'll take the thickness along with getting 2+ more hours of burn time over an HID battery. Not sure if I'll run it on my bars or helmet, but I have the option for sure. I hope to play around more with the lights tomorrow while my mouth bleeds all over the house. As always, there will be more spewing of half way useful knowledge to come. :)Later.
Wow, this was one long ass post. Does anyone get the ideas I'm try to avoid thinking about my tooth getting pulled?? F*ck I wasn't this nervous before my vasectomy! Of course they didn't tug at my "boyz" with metal plyers either!!
posted by Jason @ 9:00 PM
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8 Comments:
I had a wisdom tooth pulled many years back. The worst part was the shots to freeze it up. Once those took hold, no problem. They used a big pliers to yank it out. The crunching sound of the tooth was kinda freaky, but overall it wasn't that big of a deal.
Good luck and hope things go well for ya.
Thanks for showing us where you'll be stashing the SB3 battery. I will have to try that and see how it works for me.
Jason, I got mine pulled some years ago and what I can remember is, like what squidbuzz said, the freaky crunching sound. The wound quickly healed and imo it sure helps to be of good health, it worked for me.
Your dentist will definitely give you enough aneastatic so you won't feel a thing.
But if I were you, in order to keep your mind off of things going on in your mouth, picture yourself on a nice swooping moonlit trail, riding your Mamasita, donning your PT lights and humming along your favorite Morissey song. But that is up to you.
Good luck with the tooth thing today. I had two of mine pulled back when I was in high school (with my mother being the dentist...yeah we were a house full of Crest) but it was no being deal...just the crunching sound.
The holes will heal faster if you wash out our mouth with warm salt water a couple times a day.
Thanks guys.
Funny, crashing my bike on a bed of rocks doesn't bother me. Tooth pull and I turn into a big wuss.
Zym- didnt really do it for me....gave me this funky bicarbonate after taste in my throat. Tried it twice (They carry it at the LBS,) but I won't write it off till i finish the tube.
Oddly it's that "bicarbonate" that did sort of do it for me. I've heard that from some other folks about Nuun too. I just got some Nuun today, and am anxious to try it too. Longer rides my belly get a bit funky, so I think these drinks may help me. You gotta go with what feels good to you though. No ones wants to be ballz deep into a ride and realize you hate your drink. Nice to experiment though.
I tried it again today, i think part of the problem is that im sitting at my desk slamming it down.
Ha, that could be it! Although I did have a Nuun tonight just Blogging and it was pretty good. I can't imagine making a habbit out of it though. I just go anxious to try one. I'm a nerd.
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