Panicked calls ensued, firstly to Kinetic in ACT for a new cable cos that's what seemed to be the culprit but just a bit later I realised there was no sign whatsoever on the display of the word "Power" or a number or even a "- "to say it was there...nothing, nix,, just a blank ie it had gone belly up totally.
So the cable got cancelled and the next call was to the SRM guys in NZ. They were clearly baffled..should I send it over to them ? hmmm..whatever was wrong was not something they'd dealt with before..this was going to take time. So, what with their probably long turn around and my holiday looming, slow realisation came to me that this was not the way to go. What to do?? I've trained using power metrics for so long now I'm not sure I can mange without. Sudden thought....phew! use the Garmin 705 of course. It can read power if set up correctly.
When I get to UK my coach, who's also the SRM guru there, will take a good look and see what gives. Actually I'll probably post it to her from Italy.....that way if it's really dead at least there'll be time to get a new one. Odd though cos it still takes a charge and is still reading the rest of the data, so what gives? I doubt its a battery issue and maybe not a cable issue after all. Having just checked out the price I'm sorta hoping +++ it's not dead!
So today was a motorpacing day indoors at DISC and it was freezing..colder there than in the outer suburbs. I spent yesterday sorting out the track bike..putting it together and adding the Garmin, but I made 2 teeny tiny mistakes..the first being that I totally forgot that the Garmin wouldn't be able to access a satellite at DISC and therefore I would need a speed sensor..DOH! So lots of effort during the hour I was there but apparently I was only going at maybe 6 or perhaps 12 kph.....all behind a bike going over 40kph!
I take 2 rear wheels with me to track training 1 with a 16T cog on, 1 with a 14T cog ..this allows me to change gears very quickly..after warming up on an easy gear, I just change to the second wheel and away we go...and this is where the second teeny tiny mistake came in... this morning I forgot to check the tyre pressure in the second wheel and I guess I needed to, 'cos as I was cruising around on the blue line and when on the bend it slid from beneath me causing me to show my expertise and bike handling skill. Sadly no-one was watching and therefore my incredible manoeuvre went unnoticed and I have no-one but myself to tell the world how skilled I am!.
More at DISC next week, when I will have a speed sensor attached and fully pumped up wheels!
More on the husband with # hip saga..he's not growing bone very well and the surgeon is not very happy. 1 more month on crutches (not that he does) and then a CT scan...sounds to me as though if all is not good by then a joint replacement is on the cards.
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