Support My Trek to Find a Cause, Treatment and Cure for MS

If you've been following my training progress, you know that I'm not just doing this for me. I'm training this hard and riding in the Bike MS to support the research efforts to find the cause, a treatment, and ultimately a cure for Multiple Sclerosis.

Please support me and this cause by making a donation. No matter how small, every little bit will help. If your employer matches, I'd be happy to take care of the matching paperwork for you too.

You can donate online or mail a check to:
Bike MS: Valero Bike to the Beach
National MS Society
P.O. Box 4125
Houston, TX 77210
To ensure proper credit to my fundraising, please be sure to print my name on your check.

Thank you all for your support and encouragement. I can't wait to share the success of this year's ride!

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Gear Indicator and a Short Water Bottle

It’s finally Wednesday, so we can head to Bike World to see Tom (he’s off on Mondays and Tuesdays.) After riding the 211 loop, I know that I want the gear indicator added to my cable so I can see when I’m about to run out of gears. My hope is that I’ll be able to save that last gear for when I really need the oomph! to get me the last little bit up a hill.

We start by looking at the short water bottles and trying them in my Ride Like a Girl cage on the seat tube. None of them fit! Tom suggests we try a side mount cage. I’m not thrilled about having to give up one of my brand new pink Ride Like a Girl cages, but I decide it’s worth a shot. We pick out a grey one and Tom mounts it with the pink bolts from my Ride Like a Girl cage. It works! We find one short bottle that just barely fits in the side mount cage. At least we find one and now I don’t feel like I’m wasting the space.

Tom handed my bike over to the wrenches to put the gear indicator on. I’m always amazed at how quickly the guys can do the little things on the bike. We were still chatting with Tom and shopping when my bike was done. We needed to get to dinner, so we paid the bill, loaded up the bike and headed to dinner.

Goals
Today's Miles: 0
Total Miles Achieved: 733.72
Financial Investment: $1956.42
Total Weight Loss: 0

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