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foutre posted:Cool, I'll take a look for similar ones! Velcroing is a good call.
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Awkward Davies posted:I just don't wear a watch, I'm unlikely to wear it outside of cycling so I feel like I might as well get a strap.
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so one note on this since I've been looking into bike computers - the Garmin Edge 540 is $350 with no mount. i think everyone's assuming the 540 is still 530-priced (originally $300 and usually $270 before it was discontinued), but it's had a pretty steep price increase the Wahoo Bolt v2 is $280 and has a built-in mount. i feel like that is a pretty huge savings for two devices that seem pretty similar, but maybe I'm missing some glaring feature differences (other than the Edge having a full-color screen, I guess). if Wahoo is really in danger of collapsing overnight and leaving you with the functional equivalent of a pebble smartwatch circa 2018, then the savings probably aren't worth it, but otherwise it seems like people really do like the Bolt more than Garmin's stuff in reviews I've been looking at  also if you're looking at a higher price price point, the Hammerhead Karoo 2 is an option at $400 that seems to have the featureset of the $450 Garmin Edge 840, but I don't know much about it
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Both the 540 and 840 come with mounts in the box.
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brand engager posted:Both the 540 and 840 come with mounts in the box. oh you're right, feel like they could have had slightly clearer labeling for their options besides "Device Only" and "Bundle" (i know the bundle comes with the monitors and stuff, just confusing labeling)
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yeah definitely wait till there's a sale going on for the garmin 530 comes with mount too and is 255ish on BTD rn, not even a big sale going on
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Bicycle computers are not content with graphing calculator pricing and are angling for medical device territory.
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Given that we are on page 530 of this thread, I'm going to advocate for a used eBay 530. I bought mine for $175, and that was before the 540 came out, so I'm sure they're cheaper now. Works great!
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I've got a wahoo bolt v1 that is still going strong, which can be found for like $70 on ebay rn (probably cheaper?). Unless you know you need the newer fancier features, I'd just get one of those.
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I’m still using the v1 elemnt bolt and it’s needs suiting
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Whilst I've now got a roam v2 my OG Elemnt is still very functional and still getting updates. The battery is only good for 5 or 6 hours but I'm amazed how bomb proof it's been. I got it in 2016ish I think?
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God I think I’m just bad at accurately targeting effort. I went out for a ride today and tried to keep in mind what people said about not being able to hold a conversation. I thought I was doing a decent job but when I got back Strava says I spent more time in Z7 than any of my rides at least this year (16.8% of this ride - Z1 was 41.7%, Z2 only 8.8%). Who loving knows.
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Awkward Davies posted:God I think I’m just bad at accurately targeting effort. I went out for a ride today and tried to keep in mind what people said about not being able to hold a conversation. I thought I was doing a decent job but when I got back Strava says I spent more time in Z7 than any of my rides at least this year (16.8% of this ride - Z1 was 41.7%, Z2 only 8.8%). Who loving knows. If you don't have a heart rate monitor or power meter there is zero way Strava can know how hard you were working. Even if you have both of those, if you haven't calibrated the zones to your personal thresholds, the data will be junk. Essentially: don't trust Strava too much, or any tool that you don't understand what it's doing.
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bicievino posted:If you don't have a heart rate monitor or power meter there is zero way Strava can know how hard you were working. Yeah, guess I do need one.
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Awkward Davies posted:God I think I’m just bad at accurately targeting effort. I went out for a ride today and tried to keep in mind what people said about not being able to hold a conversation. I thought I was doing a decent job but when I got back Strava says I spent more time in Z7 than any of my rides at least this year (16.8% of this ride - Z1 was 41.7%, Z2 only 8.8%). Who loving knows. Whoops. Beaten wildly to this point.
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Ahaha wow. That’s embarrassing. Okay. Well, I guess I really smashed it power wise and I need a HR monitor.
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Awkward Davies posted:God I think I’m just bad at accurately targeting effort. I went out for a ride today and tried to keep in mind what people said about not being able to hold a conversation. I thought I was doing a decent job but when I got back Strava says I spent more time in Z7 than any of my rides at least this year (16.8% of this ride - Z1 was 41.7%, Z2 only 8.8%). Who loving knows. Stravas estimated zones and power are smoking rocks. Bouncing between riding outside (estimated) and on a trainer (has power data) the estimated us just making poo poo up.
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Does Strava even attempt to factor in wind or is it just elevation change plus drag assumptions proportional to the square of your speed along the ground, with a multiplier for drive losses?
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Platystemon posted:Does Strava even attempt to factor in wind or is it just elevation change plus drag assumptions proportional to the square of your speed along the ground, with a multiplier for drive losses?
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FedEx finally came through and left a nice package on my front steps, right below the PLEASE PLACE PACKAGES ON THE PORCH sign. Hopefully, I'll get some chances to test out this latest purchase before I go camping, especially since I'm not camping in the most fun area for cycling.
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w4ddl3d33 posted:finally something i can talk about (i work for a spin bike manufacturer) You seem to think I am pointing out the single gear-ratio nature of a spinbike for some reason... I am not. A fixed-gear spinbike with controllable resistance is still a fixed-gear spinbike and therefore it behaves like a fixed-gear bicycle. Almost all fixed-geared riders use clipless pedals, toe-straps or toe-clips for a reason.
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e: This will be a horrible derail.
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I teach our intro to track cycling class, and if folks don't bring their own clipless pedals/shoes, we put them on platform pedals with no cages or straps, because it's easier to learn on and works fine. We wouldn't let them race with that setup, but with some reasonably grippy pedals it's fine to learn on.
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Many spin studios like SoulCycle require foot retention, period. If you come in with sneakers, cages will be provided. Some of the drills/calls are just way easier when the feet are secured.
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Related, I was informed by family members that use Peloton that some of the work is like 90rpm STANDING for minutes at a time. WTF is that about?!? Seems like a great way to injure yourself...
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amenenema posted:Related, I was informed by family members that use Peloton that some of the work is like 90rpm STANDING for minutes at a time. WTF is that about?!? Seems like a great way to injure yourself... Peloton is for crossfit people
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I do limited spin exercises when I'm at the gym. I'm not using the fancy spin machines with some good-looking fitness instructor shouting at me on a TV screen; I'm using the stationary bikes in the regular part of the gym. It's good to remember that cycling and spinning are only superficially similar workouts. When I'm doing the hill program on a stationary, I'm struggling to keep the same high cadence on the increasingly difficult "climbs" as I do between the climbs. On a bike, I'd lower the gear and sacrifice speed. For me, spinning (the hill program specifically) is a lot more like weight training than it is cycling. Each "hill" is a set of reps.
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:Peloton is for crossfit people The irony - "functional fitness" folks doing a standing spin exercise that would never be used while actually riding a bike. Lovely.
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amenenema posted:Related, I was informed by family members that use Peloton that some of the work is like 90rpm STANDING for minutes at a time. WTF is that about?!? Seems like a great way to injure yourself... The saddles bad and the end user doesn't know how to adjust them, so this is probably to get some circulation restarted. My friend was telling me about not wanting to get a real bike because he goes numb after 45 minutes on his peloton, so that must just be what bikes do normally right??
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I've had to use lovely exercise bikes while traveling and they all have the fattest, most giant saddles you've ever seen and one of them numbed up my entire genital area after 10 minutes. Like punch my own balls without flinching kind of numbness
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The Kickr bike shift we got isn't fixed and you can coast, guess that's not normal on spin bikes
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yeah, lots of exercise bikes have "coasting" but the spin style bikes are fixed gear
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:Peloton is for crossfit people
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amenenema posted:Related, I was informed by family members that use Peloton that some of the work is like 90rpm STANDING for minutes at a time. WTF is that about?!? Seems like a great way to injure yourself... This poo poo ain’t easy and looks fun af: https://youtu.be/0EFJvKTaOnM TobinHatesYou fucked around with this message at 20:08 on Oct 18, 2023 |
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most spin bikes can have their saddles changed but i think the average person who buys a spin bike over a real bike has no desire to customise it like that, and so oftentimes the saddles aren't optimal and can be super uncomfortable. sometimes members come in for classes wearing full padded suits and while i appreciate that they're very stylish no amount of padding will save you from a seat that's a mile wideTobinHatesYou posted:Many spin studios like SoulCycle require foot retention, period. If you come in with sneakers, cages will be provided. Some of the drills/calls are just way easier when the feet are secured. yeah our studios provide look delta shoes
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TobinHatesYou posted:This poo poo ain’t easy and looks fun af: https://youtu.be/0EFJvKTaOnM that's not uci legal, surely
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Has anyone had good luck w like a little Bluetooth radio /intercom/wallow talkie thing so you can easily talk to other people while on rides? We can rarely ride next to each other so it’s super hard to talk.
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I got to demo some Sena helmets with mesh intercom and they worked pretty well.
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i had not considered that a handlebar bag would mount in a way that pressed against all the cables coming out of my bar tape. i really don't want to redo the tape or the cables but it's probably not good if pressing the brake causes my bag to visibly move, is it  apparently some bags (swift, restrap) come with foam spacers for this problem but, alas, the roadrunner burrito bags do not. i could probably rig something up, i guess? bah 
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