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February 11, 2022
Wheels Manufacturing BB30 Bearing and Clip Kit
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January 25, 2022
Croder 5-bolt 110BCD Spirit Spider for SRAM AXS 8-bolt
It was more of a challenge to find a 5-bolt 110BCD spider for a SRAM Force AXS crankset than I expected. Fortunately, despite the odd name, the Croder Spirit Spider might just be the thing I was looking for. https://www.crodercycling.com/product/f3b3bfa2-7ac4-41f1-b581-e054ed695264…
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January 11, 2022
Specialized Praxis Works Chainrings Are a Scam
It’s no secret that Specialized resells Praxis Works chainrings, but I was surprised by what I discovered when looking into what they are actually selling.…
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January 6, 2022
Stone 110BCD 5-Bolt Spider for SRAM AXS 8-Bolt Cranks
I was searching for a good solution for running 5-Bolt 110BCD road chainrings on a SRAM AXS crank I recently picked up for a good price, and found this spider from Stone Bike which promises exactly that. Unfortunately, it is not fit for purpose.…
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January 6, 2022
Hitting the wall isn’t bad…
Until relatively recently, I’d never failed to complete, or even had to pause, a structured workout to make it all the way through. Back then, I took a small amount of comfort from this artifact. Now, I think that’s backwards, and I couldn’t have been more wrong. My current thinking is that I wasn’t pushing hard enough in my structured training. So I wasn’t identifying areas of improvement. Finding a limit is…
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January 4, 2022
Wonky Wahoo TICKR HRM? Might be the strap…
After roughly three years of hard use, my original Wahoo TICKR gave up the ghost at the end of the summer. Given how well it had worked for me, I picked up a new, updated version without hesitation. This was August. The photo above shows the new strap on the left, and the older (replacement) strap from my original TICKR on the right which I purchased to troubleshoot my original TICKR. Notice…
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December 26, 2021
Shimano E-tube 5.0.3 Incompatible with SM-BCR2
I can get that Shimano is SUPER excited about their new 12 speed Di-2, but in that excitement they seem to have forgotten that the overwhelming majority of their Di-2 user base is running the previous generation. Most of these folks, are probably using the SM-BCR2 to charge and connect with the bike to do things like firmware updates, setup shifting, and configure the gears. Because if you don’t have a D-Fly,…
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December 2, 2021
Pain Cave Setup – 2021
I spend a lot of time riding the trainer in my “pain cave”, so I’ve had to put a lot of thought into making it work from an comfort and ergonomics perspective. This video walks through the setup and some of the why I made the choices I made configuring it.…
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November 30, 2021
Xert Take The Wheel
If you follow me on Strava, you probably saw this one coming. After thinking about it, and talking to a few people who use a coach, I decided to submit to Xert’s training guidance; at least for the most part. Just to clear some things up, I do think there is tangible value in having an IRL coach. A real person providing adaptive workouts, finding areas for fitness improvement, tips, nutritional direction,…
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November 24, 2021
Will Dynaplug Damage Your Carbon Rims?
When I found out about Dynaplug, I had some concerns around whether it could damage carbon rims if the brass tip made contact with the wheel. I would love to take manufactures at their word that a thing is safe, thoroughly tested, and works the way it should, but all too often it just doesn’t play out. So I figured it was worth buying one and testing what would happen if I…