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Andrew Van Til

News May 31, 2023

Campy is still in business?

Please tell me I’m not the only one who thinks that every time Campagnolo pops in the news. Because the second question I ask myself, after acknowledging that the word “bankruptcy” isn’t in the headline, is “Why is Campy still in business?”. They’ve been struggling for relevancy for as long as I’ve paid attention to cycling, and their products seem to pivot around being the most expensive. But, not the best……

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Featured Review May 10, 2023

Kern Singh MD / Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush : Lumbar Microdiscectomy

A few months ago I posted about getting lumbar microdiscectomy to deal with an L5/S1 disc herniation. This is a review of my experience. Unfortunately, it did not go well. To be clear, this is not an indictment of this surgical technique. I know people who have had excellent results with the procedure, and there’s a very good chance that I will be lining up again for a second go, but next…

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News April 27, 2023

Netflix <3 Tour De France

I’m a sucker for these kinds of dramatized recap shows, and TBH, I’m not sure why. I already know the outcome, not going to learn anything, except maybe what Tadej’s favorite post win drink is. Anyway, I know what I’ll be doing on June 8. Yay Netflix!…

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Blog Featured April 14, 2023

New Canyon Ultimate Can’t Keep It Up

It can happen to anyone, right? Things are just starting to heat up. Body is getting nice and warm. Just getting the rhythm down. Then suddenly, it happens again! The rigid thing between your legs just disappeared; hopefully no one got hurt. After all, a bruised ego is the most common cycling injury. Is flaccid the right term? No…. probably not. But frankly, at this point it’s getting kind of embarrassing for…

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News March 28, 2023

New Garmin Beta Process Actually Works – 13.09 Is Available

I haven’t had a chance to dig into the new Beta yet, just installed it about 5 min ago. But the news here isn’t all the good stuff below. It’s that their new process for getting Beta firmware works, and my approach for knowing to check for it also works 👏. The big thing that stands out here is “Added Wrist Based Running Dynamics”, which was a feature that launched with the…

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Blog March 20, 2023

Have a Specialized Mirror Saddle? You might need to skip the Chamois Cream.

I ran across a post on Reddit the other day where someone claimed that they were told that using chamois cream with the saddle might destroy it. That seemed really strange to me, because the Venn diagram of people who buy expensive 3D printed saddles who’s entire reason for existence is to enhance comfort, and people who use chamois cream is probably a circle.…

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News March 20, 2023

Garmin Changes Beta Program

While I didn’t have an issue with the previous Alpha/Beta processes, I can see how the implementation narrowed the usefulness to the data collection process. Complexity limits the number of people running the updates, fewer people means less diversity in testing. The TL;DR here is that you won’t need a computer to get the updates. But the process is still manual, in that you need to check for updates on the device;…

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