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News June 4, 2020

Damn! That’s a lot of bike for $800

I’m a big fan of metal gravel, cough… all-road, bicycles because they are generally cheaper, and you have the assured durability of metal; should your style of play also include pushing the envelop a bit. That’s not to say of course, that there isn’t a place for carbon gravel bikes, there certainly is, just that there are trade-offs involved. So I was thrilled to see this new 4130 All-Road from State Bicycle.…

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By Andrew Van Til

News June 3, 2020

Bryton Rider 320

I completely missed the boat on the Bryton Rider 320 announcement, when it happened back in May. With support for heart rate (HR), speed, cadence, and power alongside a massive 35 hours of claimed battery life you get a lot of functionality for $120. And, since it supports Strava your ride will actually happen :). I do hope to get my hands on one of these soon, so watch out for the…

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By Andrew Van Til

News June 3, 2020

Roval Aplinist CLX Climbs Under

Apparently not content to make people drool over the CLX32, there’s a new lightweight in town – the 1284g Roval Aplinist CLX. Roval makes some bold claims around aerodynamics, and I’m sure they’re mostly true :). Not that it really matters, no one is going to buy these wheels for the aero creds. They will set you back $2500 though, so definitely a princely sum to save the grams. It will be…

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By Andrew Van Til

News June 3, 2020

Roval Rapide CLX slips between

It’s important to take any manufacture’s claims with a grain of salt; especially when it comes to bicycle kit. That said the new Roval Rapide CLX look very, very interesting due to their very different layouts front and back. What Roval has done is create a shallower (51mm), but massively wide (35mm) front wheel, and paired it with a more standard 30mm wide/60mm deep rear wheel. Claiming that this increases stability, which…

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By Andrew Van Til

Featured Guide June 2, 2020

Working around Garmin’s intransigence

In general, I’ve been really pleased with my fēnix 6, but Garmin’s unwillingness to properly merge data recorded on other platforms/devices remains a massive annoyance. Fortunately, I’ve figured out a work around; which as stupid as it is that I need to do this, turns out it works pretty well. The “solution” should have been obvious to me at the time, but blinded as I was by the pink-fog-of-disbelief, it wasn’t. Simply…

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By Andrew Van Til

Events June 1, 2020

Tour de Lame

I was supposed to ride the Tour de Steamboat last year, but due to a crash I didn’t have a bike, or a capable shoulder. Completing the ride is still on the bucket list, but it wouldn’t have worked out this year even without this COVID stuff, so I didn’t sign up. Still on the email list though, so I was shocked, I say, shocked to see this creative solution from the…

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By Andrew Van Til

Featured Review May 28, 2020

Joe’s No Flats Super Sealant

Unfortunately, my search for a competent road tubeless sealant continues. With the Joe’s No Flats Super Sealant, performing at a level which is far lower than “super”.…

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By Andrew Van Til

News May 27, 2020

Rumor has it

If a Venge and a Tarmac did the dirty, chances are we’d get this. Which is rumored to be the new, SL7, Specialized Tarmac. Word on the street, er… Internets, is that the Venge is on the way out, and this hybrid will take it’s place. While I’m sure that’s great for some, I prefer the non-integrated stem setup on the SL6. Just makes it a much easier thing to work on.…

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By Andrew Van Til

Blog May 27, 2020

Hey Strava, let’s talk about Packs

Strava’s predatory pivot to subscription is old news. I still think we should be ranting about it, but old news nevertheless. What isn’t clear, at least to me, is how this impacts Packs subscribers. As a legacy Packs subscriber, I’ve received several emails from Strava indicating something. What exactly? I’m not sure. I click the link which is supposed to explain it all, and just end up on a page which tells…

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By Andrew Van Til

Blog May 21, 2020

if (calcFTP > FTP) { showNewFTPDialog(calcFTP); } else { //stfu Garmin }

It’s not obvious from the photo above, but I hope the title helps a little, that Garmin shouldn’t be showing this dialog to me post ride. Why? Because I’ve already told it that my FTP is more than 262. Unless it’s running some kind of next level AI cloud processing (it’s not), there’s no way for it to tell if I’m detraining. And, frankly if it were, it would be wrong there…

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By Andrew Van Til