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News July 13, 2020

It’s getting hot in here…

It was my understanding that training in the heat not only helps with performance in the heat (duh), but also performance in the cool. So there’s simple guidance: train hot whenever you can. That might not actually be the case (thanks 182lb Pure Climber for the link), with the study below indicating that there’s no performance benefit to be had from training hot for cool weather events. The sample isn’t massive (only…

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News July 10, 2020

PSA: Know your helmet’s safety rating

I had a little incident while riding in the rain this morning. I’m fine, the bike is fine. Ignoring a few scratches. But, I do need a new helmet, so while I was checking out the site below to find a new helmet, it occurred to me that it was probably worth sharing this gem. Enjoy. In collaboration with the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, we have rated a total of 102 bike…

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News July 10, 2020

Garmin fēnix 6 goes to 10.10?

That’s really odd… Apparently Garmin messed something up in the v10 release for the fēnix 6, so now there’s a 10.10 coming straight to GA. At lease this time the release notes include Sleep and Surf (meh) ;). Same deal as always, either wait for it, or force it with Garmin Express.  …

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News July 8, 2020

Garmin Pushes v10 for fēnix 6 smartwatches

Garmin has been teasing this update for a while, both in the various 9.x BETA and 10.0 RC version that went up about a week ago in their forums. I jumped on the 10 RC bandwagon after letting it stew for a few days, but unfortunately they pulled the download and associated change log for the update, with only the a very limited list available on the forum. The odd bit is…

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News June 29, 2020

From my cold, dead, feet

I am astounded by the Dylan’s findings in the video below, but he does cover some of the nuance that keeps me on clipless pedals. There is one thing that he didn’t mention though – connectedness to the bike. There’s value, at least to me, in feeling connected to the bike. I know my foot isn’t going to slip off when I press down on the opposite side when screaming through a…

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News June 26, 2020

Great for steak, why not chains?

I’ve never seriously considered waxing a chain before. It just seems like a massive, messy, PITA to get a small potential gain. But the method described by Silca seems much lower effort, and lower risk in the mess department. Also, much since it works in the ultrasonic cleaner, there’s no chance I’m going to ruin anything that wasn’t bike specific in the first place. More interestingly, is that the sous vide method…

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News June 24, 2020

Only one ball at a time

Maybe Strava can only focus on one thing at a time with system stability apparently paying the price for the pivot towards subscription. Kind of makes one wonder what the other 179 employees are doing (we can guess that one developer is probably building Local Legends).…

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News June 23, 2020

Update your ’18 Kickr

Looks like Wahoo dropped a firmware update for KICKR ’18s which addresses stability issues and adds cadence support over ANT+. I wouldn’t use the ANT+ thing personally, but it is nice if you’re training with a headunit that doesn’t support Bluetooth or via an ANT+ dongle with something like Zwift.…

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News June 18, 2020

Polishing Émonda with AERO

If you have to have an integrated cockpit, the way that Trek did it on the new Émonda is pretty slick. I’m  not a fan of all-in-one handlebars because it’s unlikely that they’ll ever make a 130mm x 38mm version (too lazy to check), but if they make one that fits you, it is a decent optimization. The T47 BB is also nice, even though the only real issue with BB90 was…

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