Getting old sucks, might as well have a nice bike
The Farsporst FS30-30G-700C 700c 30mm hookless gravel wheels are an amazing value (I paid $628). Light and agile, there’s almost nothing I don’t like about them.…
Using a broken ferrite core inductor as a sensor to measure chain state is a brilliant idea, aside from the whole extra-weight-on-the-bike thing, but I had a really hard time paying attention because O.M.G. that bike is dirty. Seriously man! Get to work on that, and then we’ll talk… The broken inductor was positioned on the rear frame of the machine such that the chain passed through the area where the broken…
I think this video is hilarious. But, as a self-identified weight weenie, user of titanium screws, and occasional “I’ll fill this water bottle at the top” guy, I refuse to be contrite about that. A light bike is the product of a hundred small decisions, and while there are places (and rider sizes) where weight doesn’t matter… Blarg, that’s a lie, it matters EVERYWHERE. Some may brag about it, and while it’s…
Not really, it wouldn’t be good for my asthma. But, whatever they are hitting, it must be choice, because $1199 for dual-sided power might have been a reasonable price back when they started working on these pedals, but with everyone slashing prices the last few months. It’s not any more. Some of course would argue that SRM is “first to market” with the X-Power, and that is true if we narrowly define…
I enjoyed the H.E. double-toothpicks out of this post by DC Rainmaker. It was clever enough that I actually invested some emotional energy in triathlon. Totally unexpected. Now to backtrack a little bit, most of the reasons why I found it interesting pivot around the software integration side of the conflict. When I’m not sporting the Lycra, I’m an independent software developer. So it’s easy to stand in at least two pairs…
When I started Zwift’g I went with the Apple TV as the host platform because it was the cheapest way to get everything working well. I’ve been using it this way for quite a while now, and I’ve never had any problems that weren’t related to Zwift Companion flaking out on me, or the PSYCHOTIC* remote that comes with the Apple TV. That confidence was shattered yesterday when the app just crashed…
I like seeing my family, but I also like disappearing for hours, and hours, and hours on endurance road/gravel rides (watch to the end to get the reference). But, this Salsa Warbird GRX 810 is definitely not the bike for me. Sure it’s light, and you can make it a lighter by ditching those 1741g DT Swiss C1800 Spine wheels, but this is a $4100 bike. Yep, a $4100 bike that also…
I suspect that Cycling Tips draws the wrong conclusion from the dataset provided by Strava. This could be because it’s not as catchy a headline, or that nuance is hard. Either way, I think the real output of the data they analyzed should be “which bikes do faster riders prefer” instead of “The top 20 fastest road bikes”… It’s also interesting that the Canyon Aeroad is top of their list, and I…
OK, that’s totally a lie. I love nitpicking, but I generally treat the output as an “inside the head” thought, and not the kind that comes pouring out. But, since the echos of our breakup are still reverberating, I couldn’t let this go… These are not new features of the Charge 4. My Charge 3 had them… I can only speculate as to why Ray didn’t get this right, he’s generally spot-on,…
I have exercise induced asthma, which I primarily manage by taking medication and carrying an emergency inhaler whenever I expect to do strenuous exercise. I have seen reports that diet plays a role in the treatment of asthma before, so this meta-analysis isn’t really new news, but it is interesting to me considering some recent lifestyle changes. Unfortunately, I’m not really equipped to validate the conclusions that the authors drew in their…