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Hey Guys,
I just wanted to send a preemptive thank you! About 6 months ago I signed up for my first Ironman (IM Texas). In anticipation of all the additional riding I was going to need to do, I found the podcast and started listening to a lot of the old episodes. The ones on nutrition and bike maintenance/cleaning have been immensely helpful. And I started to take better care of my bike, so much so that I came to realize that I needed a major tune up.
So with the race about a month away I took my bike in for a major spa treatment, which included replacing the chain. Since the tune up I’ve been doing regular spot checks, lubing the chain, etc., and over this past weekend I noticed one of the links was bent and looked like it was failing; and the chain was only a couple weeks old! So I took my bike back to my local shop and they replaced it w/o any fuss.
My preemptive thank you is because even though I have no idea how long that chain could have held out, if life has taught me anything it would have likely failed while I was about 60 miles into the ride during my Ironman. I have no idea what my future race holds, but I do know that I would not have caught that potential major machine malfunction had it not been for the podcast and all the useful tips.
Thanks so much and I look forward to future podcasts.
Ezra