Mamilian

I recently got the opportunity to plan several rides in an area I’ve never cycled before. So, I thought why not try out Strava’s routing feature… Yes, I know it’s been available for ages, but in a location I’m familiar with, it, and frankly every other cycling routing app, just doesn’t do what I want it to. What made this different, was that I just wanted a few X mile rides that…

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…

News July 8, 2020

Is HRV useful? Probably, but it’s complicated…

I don’t have a Whoop, but many of my friends do, so when I picked up a fēnix 6 (which can do HRV), I got on the HRV monitoring train. My goal was to find something that could be used in addition to, or instead of RHR, as a marker of capacity for training load in a given day. Not quite ready to share the results, but the screenshot above is a…

Featured Review June 30, 2020

Bryton Rider 320 Cycling Computer

The Bryton Rider 320 is a mid-level cycling computer that offers massive battery life and an excellent feature set for its price point. This includes support for many sensor types as well as ANT+ power meters. Obviously, given the “mid-level” nature of the device there are some trade-offs required versus a higher prices head units.…

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…

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…

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).…

Review June 24, 2020

Prestacycle Prestaflator Pro Digital Inflator: Update

My dream of finding a reliable presta inflator for my air compressor, was not as dead as I originally thought. Thanks to some assistance, and troubleshooting from PrestaCycle, we were able to nail down the issue with my original inflator.…

Blog June 23, 2020

Insight worth paying for

It’s Tuesday, Strava… If you start the week on Monday… Oh, nevermind… Stuff like the screenshot above really gets me. Strava wants to pretend that it provides valuable insight into my fitness and training, you know, to help it justify a $60/year vig pivot towards profitability. Where the insight provided here is useless to me. What are they trying to communicate, how does that help me plan the week, or is it…

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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