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Blog Featured November 17, 2021

Submitting to a Higher Power

I don’t like being told what to do. I also like to understand “the why” around pretty much everything I’m interested in. Combining those with my stubborn desire to want to manage things myself, I’ve been rolling my own training plan for the last few years. For the most part, it’s been going well; registering solid gains both in power, and ability to hurt my friends on a group ride. So what’s…

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News November 16, 2021

Garmin Releases 9.10 Firmware for Edge 520/530/820/830/1030/1030+

If you were lucky enough to grab the BETA binaries when they posted yesterday, you could be running 9.10 already. Otherwise, you’re stuck waiting for Garmin’s metered rollout of the 9.10 firmware update for the EDGE 530/830/1030/1030+*. I’ve been running the 9.00 BETA for as long as it’s been out, and 8.63 before that, both without issue. Actually better than “without issue” because the constant sensor drops I was seeing pre-8.63 haven’t…

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News November 16, 2021

Hey, umm… SILCA, there’s something dishonest about your titanium cleat marketing

I think it’s great that SILCA has decided to manufacture, er… print, titanium SPD cleats. Weight Weenies rejoice! But why dissemble in the marketing of your shiny new overpriced cycling product? The first problem is the weight saving comparison; SILCA is claiming “Shimano SPD 24g, 30g lighter than stock“. I happen to have a scale, and have weighed many sets of Shimano SM-SH51 SPD cleats, and 9 times out of 10, they…

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News November 10, 2021

Damn! New DT Swiss ERC Wheelsets Are Crazy $$$

I’m sure the new ERC (read, endurance carbon) wheels from DT Swiss are nice. They better be for, hope you’re sitting down, $3,240 (1100 DICUT) / $2,655 (1400 DICUT) – wowzers… The $585 difference basically comes down to the hub (180 EXP vs 240 EXP), which nets a small weight saving and the step up (or is it down) to ceramic bearings in the 180. DT Swiss has lots of marketing blather…

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Events November 9, 2021

Turkey Burner – 2021

I’ve been holding off registering for the 2021 Turkey Burner for a few reasons. The most important was weather; racing 65 miles in a snow storm didn’t sound appealing… Fortunately, it will only be cold and windy, so one concern down. The second was that they didn’t publish a route until earlier today, and it felt weird to signup for a mystery race. Two down. The last one is that I didn’t…

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News November 8, 2021

Wahoo Tickr Firmware Update 1.14.0

I’ve been having some trouble with a Wahoo Tickr that I just bought back in August, so I contacted Wahoo support this morning. I thought I was running latest, but that turned out not to be the case because they released a new firmware (1.14.0) a couple weeks ago that I missed. Updating is easy with the Wahoo Utility application, just put on the sensor (so it stays awake) and connect to…

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News November 5, 2021

2022 Giant Revolt Looks Really Interesting

There’s a lot to like about the new 2022 Giant Revolt. It’s lighter, but not so light that it’s weird. Don’t like the D-Fuse seatpost? No problem, they made it so you can swap in a standard round one (with dropper if you want). Oh, and they added a flip-chip to the rear so that if you want 1cm more wheelbase, and > 45c tires, you can do that. But I especially…

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News November 4, 2021

Huh, fancy that… absoluteBLACK’s OSPW HOLLOWcage is absoluteRUBBISH…

I kind of feel bad for absoluteBLACK. They tried so hard to create something beautiful*, and then Hambini had to go and apply basic engineering principles to it; highlighting to anyone with access to YouTube what a dumpster fire the absoluteBLACK Hollowcage® carbon ceramic oversized derailleur pulley cage for Shimano is. Sigh… So cruel… TBH, I’m also kind of surprised that the video hasn’t been taken down yet. I watched it on…

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