The Inside of a PowerTap

I replaced the batteries on my PowerTap yesterday and decided to take a picture of the guts.  Pretty interesting stuff going on in there -

• Lots of empty space.  I guess this is a function of the torque meter needing as wide a diameter as possible to better measure values.
• You can see two small watch batteries on either side of the blue wire.
• There was a little circuit board between the two batteries.
• A black transmitter on the top left labled "FCC something something"

I had to pull out a module that held the circuitboard and batteries as one.  All of this was easy, but it was the reassembly that had me a little worried.  There's O rings to seal it against water and if they get grimey, they can leak.  I pulled out the big one, cleaned it, and regreased both.  I'm positive it has a good seal, but you can never be too careful when washing the bike.  Never ever point water spray directly at it.

I'm coaching somebody who has a power meter and I suppose checking out all her power graphs motivated me to take the dang thing apart and fix it.  I was going to do it eventually, put looking at somebody else's watts makes me want to chart my own!

Riding Rollers Vid

Hopped on the bike in the backyard for a fun ride. Emily shot and I pedaled with one foot!

Shay-Nay-Nay

 

Howdy! Welcome to another week of the insanity that is winter off-season training in Texas.

SHOWNOTES!

• On the way to swim, driving like Dukes of Hazzard.


• I've reached workout Nirvana.


• Getting lots of sleep.


• Eating simple foods.


• PX90 is some crazy sh*t.


• Should hummus smell like dog farts?


• I'm so charged, I say it twice.


• Working out seven days a week.


• Be efficient on the Internet.  Don't navel gaze in triathlon.


• Morning run in the snow with Roxy.


• Made a Texas snowman.


• Out on a singlespeed ride.


• The benefits of big gear riding.


• Reading awesome emails.


• Shay-Nay-Nay

Cayman Wipeout

Hey, freaks! Another week in the life of Ironman training for you here. Show notes in a second, but first, let's announce the FIRST EVER "IF I HAD A BEARD, I'D LOOK REALLY COOL" CONTEST. Post a link to a picture of your true BeardCore potential in the comments. Here's mine -

SHOW NOTES!

• Breathing tips.

• Kai wipes out. :(

• And gets right back on! :)

• After a swim - diary of a mad swimmer.

• Non-alcoholic beer is awesome.

• Tips on shoes, socks, plantar fascitis.

• Cover art from ZenCam. Find out more by sending him a twitter message at twitter/buckwilde59.

• Is direct email the new blogging?

• My hummus recipe could quite possibly save the Universe.

• First syllable stuttering is actually just buffering.

• Heat regulation with Roxy.

• Pullups.

• It's Roxy's birthday.

• Pete's Cayman Island triathlon report.

• Shout out to Dan.

• Back at the cold pool.

• Get your sleep. Or you'll eat like a pig.

• Team Triabetes.org.

• Emily is doing Ragnar next year!

• Moving to a seven day workout week.

Quantum Spinach

I've started coaching and have another week's worth of random Zentri goodness. Enjoy!

Shownotes!

• Emily's Abs.


• Quantum Theory of Difficult People.


• Nuclear Spinach.


• Other stuff.