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April 2020

Blog April 2, 2020

Abnormal high heart rate detected?

In general, I’m loving the Garmin Fenix 6, but there’s definitely some occasional weirdness going on with the optical heart rate sensor. Many new Garmin watches have a feature which can detect when the wearer has something funky going on with their heart rate when they’re sedentary. I turned it on, because why not? The default threshold is 100BPM, which seems reasonable for me personally, but it’s good that it’s configurable because…

News April 1, 2020

The length of your crank doesn’t matter

I must admit that I’ve never spent much time thinking about the length of my crank. But, it’s easy not to question when it’s on the longer end of normal, and it just works. My first road bike came with a 175mm, and while I have had the opportunity to try out 172.5mm and 177.5mm, I’ve just stuck with it because I can’t feel a difference. Dylan, as he does, digs into…

News April 1, 2020

Maybe in a velodrome…

Maybe I’m just being pedantic (likelihood is high), but I’m reasonably confident while it is true that when you’re moving faster, you move faster into the space someone else used to be. I have to question whether the space they used to be is in the same state as it was when they were there. Taking an easy factor into consideration, say an angled crosswind, where does the exhalate go from the…

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