Getting old sucks, might as well have a nice bike
I never understood why virtual rides didn’t count towards Strava’s challenges. Of course it’s possible that this stance, is at least partially informed by my state as a flat-lander. I think it’s stupid that they ignored virtual metrics, like climbing, from the monthly challenges. Riding on the trainer is at least as hard as riding in the real world, and the goal here (at least as I understand it) is to encourage…
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…
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…
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.…
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.…
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.…
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.…
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…
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…
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…