Mamilian

By my recollection, it’s about 18 months late, but iQ² has actually delivered a mass-produced power meter pedal. To one person, and wait-for-it, a second one later this week! IKR! Exciting news! Kidding aside, this is actually good tepid news. On one hand it’s great that they have the confidence to send a “final” sample out to reviewers, but on the other, if this really is final hardware, why isn’t everyone who…

News April 9, 2020

It’s a good thing no one buys an E-bike based on beauty

A looker it ain’t. But, at £2,799 the Canyon Endurace:ON 7.0 is cheap for an E-bike with this spec, so at least there’s that. Of course the real problem is that can’t buy one in the US yet. Which makes some sense because Canyon is based in Germany, it’s a small company, and has a wonky supply chain even at the best of times (which this clearly isn’t). So we might get…

News April 8, 2020

Giant thumbs scale on TCR v Tarmac

I have no doubt that the new Giant TCR is an amazing bike. After all, Giant is one of the few OEMs that are actually Original Equipment Manufactures; most other bike “makers” contract to Giant, or someone else, and they have the design expertise and financial clout to design and build great bikes. Now, I didn’t see an explicit size mentioned, but these weights are almost always of the Size Medium variety.…

Featured Review April 8, 2020

Letsfit ID215G – GPS Smartwatch/Fitness Tracker with Heart Rate and SpO2 Monitor

The Letsfit ID215G smartwatch promises a long list of features, ticking all the “must haves” for a modern activity tracker. While this is all true, there are trade-offs involved which differentiates this watch from its much more expensive competition.…

Featured Review April 6, 2020

DT Swiss ER1400 Spline Disc Wheel set

DT Swiss markets the ER 1400 Spline wheel set as an endurance “everything” wheel set, and it totally makes sense. The ER 1400 is a multi-purpose adventure wheel capable of pretty much anything. Whether that’s road, gravel, or somewhere in between. It has a lot going for it, but not without some flaws.…

Guide April 3, 2020

Turns out air pressure is an important part of a tubeless setup

Sometimes experiments work, sometimes they don’t, but a sure fire way to make sure they fail catastrophically is to forget you’re running it. I had this happen when the I mounted a road tubeless tire on a rim to try something out.…

Blog April 2, 2020

Abnormal high heart rate detected?

In general, I’m loving the Garmin Fenix 6, but there’s definitely some occasional weirdness going on with the optical heart rate sensor. Many new Garmin watches have a feature which can detect when the wearer has something funky going on with their heart rate when they’re sedentary. I turned it on, because why not? The default threshold is 100BPM, which seems reasonable for me personally, but it’s good that it’s configurable because…

News April 1, 2020

The length of your crank doesn’t matter

I must admit that I’ve never spent much time thinking about the length of my crank. But, it’s easy not to question when it’s on the longer end of normal, and it just works. My first road bike came with a 175mm, and while I have had the opportunity to try out 172.5mm and 177.5mm, I’ve just stuck with it because I can’t feel a difference. Dylan, as he does, digs into…

News April 1, 2020

Maybe in a velodrome…

Maybe I’m just being pedantic (likelihood is high), but I’m reasonably confident while it is true that when you’re moving faster, you move faster into the space someone else used to be. I have to question whether the space they used to be is in the same state as it was when they were there. Taking an easy factor into consideration, say an angled crosswind, where does the exhalate go from the…

News March 31, 2020

Ah yes, that day each year where people do stupid things and we pretend it’s funny

It’s April somewhere, so Zwift has decided to go retro. Take it as a PSA, it’s not just you… This is our 6th April Fools’ Day on Zwift, and each year the HQ has come up with something fun for the community. Last year we were burning rubber, and the year before that it was Paperboy. 2017 we had big heads, 2016 gave us the old-timey effect, and 2015 we rode big…

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