WalksOn2Wheels

No reason. We very occasionally have clients visit, usually in groups, and my people are not typically tasked with anything in regards to entertaining or talking to them. And yes, we all clock in for some unknown reason. The majority of the group, including myself, is salary. There is an extreme cognitive dissonance on this one for myself but this is also one of those small battles I decided wasn't worth the fight. When I first got here, we didn't have a clock in system as they were "in-between" companies they were using. When we finally did get one, I used it, but then it wasn't working so they stopped using it. Then they got yet another and I decided to basically ignore it. I was eventually told to not ignore it.

A lot of this comes down to it being a small company and as a result it has its quirks. I have had good luck overall here in terms of resume building and upwards mobility, so I put up with some things that I don't think I would at a bigger company. I might need to consider moving on.

MoAlpha

Nice! I have duck feet too, but Woodland is so 2003.

WhyFi

Did you go with wides in the 237s or just the regular (which seems to be moderately wide)? I went with the wides, even though my measurements were only 2mm over the regular width listed on their charts; I figured that it'll give me the opportunity to wear thicker socks and allow for some of the usual swelling...

LAJ

BOA just sent me a replacement kit in the mail, which is super cool. They didn't fail, but the twist knob was getting a little ragged. No muss, no fuss.

seedsbelize 

In my new job, the man with the money continually tells me I'm the boss. I come and go when it's convenient for me. He knows nothing about the workings of the bikes, but a good bit about the workings if the business. I am the opposite. If I leave the house at 8:30, I can arrive at work at 10. Leave at 3 and miss the heavy traffic on both ends. But I ride the bus, so heavy traffic isn't really an issue except for, again, convenience. Two days a week. So far it works very well. My previous paid position ended somewhere in the early 90s. I made reasonably good money working in a tie dye shop. I don't remember if I had a set schedule, but prolly.

WhyFi

I wish that more LBS carried Wide in stock. Having particular feet and buying mail order is such a pain in the ass.

It's a monochromatic (almost) Woodland. Very 2018.

MoAlpha

Exactly.

LAJ

I went with wide in both. The generous toe box in the 237 would have allowed me to go a half-size down, which I did in the 402. Your logic is sound, because I have room for thicker socks, and they also stay comfortable in the summer.

seedsbelize 

I really don't relate well to most of the goings on in this thread,,,...,

LAJ

They have finally come out with a lace up Giro in wide, which I may investigate far down the road. I also have a pair of Giro HV, that are OK, but not quite as generous in the toe as the Lake.

MoAlpha

I have a set of Shimano road shoes in a normal width, which I “customized”
with three razor cuts over the interphalangeal joint of the right little toe. Best fit ever.

WhyFi

They're doing an actual wide instead of the HV? I tried on the HV a few years ago and we just didn't get on. Love the look of their shoes, though.

I was also tempted by some of Lake's lace-up options. They have some bright red (with a black zag-zig) jobbers with CF soles for a very reasonable $149 ($199 in sold black or white). My concern with those, though, was that they'd look a little too Ronald McDonald in a wide. ...but looking at them again...

BillyD

Sounds about right in my experience. I try to get all my medical appointments in the morning where it's less likely the doctor has had some other patient hold him up. 10 to11 AM is my sweet spot, anything in the afternoon is avoided at all costs unless it's urgent.

WhyFi

Shimano is the closest to an acceptable fit that I can find in stores, but it's still not quite right and I would hate to customize a pair of $200+ shoes.

Specialized is the great tease. They used to be moderately wide, but they've since narrowed and introduced wide options at $160... and $400+ Also, they have a bunch of color combos, some super cool, some god-awful, but you can only get wides in black. I really wanted the black with silver reflective heel cup area - that seems to be the best place to aid rearward visibility and I wish that more models/makers would follow suit.

LAJ

HV it is. Black it is, but that part I'm fine with. I happen to be OK with black shoes. https://www.giro.com/p/empire-hv-road-cycling-shoes

abshipp 

Tax refund hit my bank account today, so the 10 speed upgrade to my Trek is finally happening this weekend

I had been waiting on picking up a new chain and cassette.

Is it heretical to run Dura-Ace shifters and derailleurs to shift a SRAM cassette and chain?

MoAlpha

Me too. They weren't quite that much and it was customize or give away at that point.

Cypress

I had coal rolled on me by a Ram last night. I dabbed in appreciation.

datlas 

Thursdays are my late days. Did 1 hour of fake miles and did not have a single signal drop.

Now time to make the donuts, metaphorically.

datlas 

Will work fine but possibly more noisy than pure Shimano.

WhyFi

State of the shop: boring but helpful ultility bench almost done but I'm undecided on the back. I've got a frame extending to the first floor joists, but don't know what I want to put on there. Pegboard to hang tools? Slat board for lightweight shelving? Just some plywood so that I can hang whatever I want off of it (maybe some French cleats?)

I should prolly do some image searches for inspiration.

abshipp 

I still use my first pair of LG road shoes I bought with my first road bike in 2012. My Bontrager mountain bike shoes I've been using since 2016. A couple years ago I found an additional set of Shimano high-top MTB shoes at Goodwill.

I don't particularly like any of them, but don't hate them either.

The road shoes will likely be phased out after my eventual plan to convert most of my bikes to SPD.

WhyFi

Is there a significant price and/or weight difference? I think that 105 cassettes and Ultegra-level chains are pretty reasonable.

Heathpack 

In LA, traffic is so terrible and unpredictable that if you 100% want to always be on time for everything, you’d add an hour to your drive time.

I am all for being on time if it matters- I’m not going to screw over my doctors day so that I don’t have to build in the extra drive time, because 1. It’s respectful, 2. It matters to him, and 3. It’s not an everyday thing.

But at work, it makes zippedty squat difference if I arrive at 8am, 8:05am, 8:10am. My appointments start at 9:30am, and what I have to do from 8am until 9:30 (case rounds and a few phone calls) generally takes around 45 min. I have built a lot of wiggle room in because worst case scenario I have a bunch of cases transferred to me from the ER and it might take longer to get things done, but even then I have redundancy in my system in that I can tap some additional personnel to do some of the morning stuff. It would be a ridiculous huge time waste for me to build in the extra time to every commute just to have to arrive on time for the sole purpose of “being on time”.

No one sheds a tear for me when I’m asked to come in at 7:30am for a department head meeeting (which I’m never late for- because it matters, there’s other people expecting to start the meeting at 7:30am). No one sheds a tear if I stay late in an emergency surgery and don’t get home until 10pm. Likewise no one shows any angst if most days I actually get in to work at 8:05am because that’s what makes sense with the available train schedule, and my alternative is to take a train that leaves 40 min earlier.

Businesses should value their valuable people above valuing sticking to a precise schedule. Unless the nature of the business requires employees being present at a rigidly specific time.

MoAlpha

I am a fan of metal shelving and tool boards. There are some good looking and not too expensive options.


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