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03-30-21, 12:32 PM
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03-30-21, 12:38 PM
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03-30-21, 12:41 PM
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03-30-21, 12:46 PM
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Seems Volkswagen is about to become "Voltswagen."
Voltswagen or Volkswagen? VW poised to change name in EV pivot (usatoday.com)
Voltswagen or Volkswagen? VW poised to change name in EV pivot (usatoday.com)
03-30-21, 12:47 PM
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The C15 is actually the only Brooks saddle I've ever tried.
Other leather saddles I've used:
Ideale 80 - came on my SLT. It now lives on my Motobecane and is comfortable enough to ride for 2-3 hours in civilian clothes. Very very creaky though!
Velo Orange Model 6 - Brooks Swift copy, never got used to it
Velo Orange Model 3 - B17 copy, quite comfy but also very heavy and plays a heavy hand aesthetically
Selle Anatomica X - will evet again an exercise in extreme optimism. I put it on before a 200k. It stopped working for me at around 100k I believe
. Also very distinctive aesthetically, and not to my liking at all
Other leather saddles I've used:
Ideale 80 - came on my SLT. It now lives on my Motobecane and is comfortable enough to ride for 2-3 hours in civilian clothes. Very very creaky though!
Velo Orange Model 6 - Brooks Swift copy, never got used to it
Velo Orange Model 3 - B17 copy, quite comfy but also very heavy and plays a heavy hand aesthetically
Selle Anatomica X - will evet again an exercise in extreme optimism. I put it on before a 200k. It stopped working for me at around 100k I believe
. Also very distinctive aesthetically, and not to my liking at all
03-30-21, 12:48 PM
smelling the roses
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Well the bampiolt06 needs to get himself a 2mm allen wrench.
03-30-21, 12:58 PM
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03-30-21, 01:05 PM
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Seems Volkswagen is about to become "Voltswagen."
Voltswagen or Volkswagen? VW poised to change name in EV pivot (usatoday.com)
Voltswagen or Volkswagen? VW poised to change name in EV pivot (usatoday.com)
03-30-21, 01:07 PM
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Take the day off/easy.
03-30-21, 01:08 PM
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03-30-21, 01:08 PM
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03-30-21, 01:09 PM
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03-30-21, 01:14 PM
Fat n slow
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And it’s actually incredibly irritating I can’t do one. I have a 75 mile gravel ride with 6700 climbing or something like that it n May and can’t do a century for another 3 weeks
03-30-21, 01:19 PM
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Oof - that's going to be a tough ride even if you can get some more training under your belt.
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03-30-21, 01:26 PM
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03-30-21, 01:33 PM
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03-30-21, 01:35 PM
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03-30-21, 01:38 PM
Fat n slow
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I prefer it that way. The other potential route I built had about 6k with more frontloaded climbing including a 950 foot climb at mile 20. I don’t know if I could build a century in this area that had less than 4000 feet unless it was mostly MUP
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03-30-21, 01:50 PM
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03-30-21, 01:52 PM
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Im looking forward to hitting some climbs. The short one I used for eFTP I think I took 40 seconds of my PR last time I tried it.
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03-30-21, 02:08 PM
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More than halfway through my ride on Sunday, I hit what would be a great hill for setting a new eFTP. I toyed with the idea of burying myself for a 3 min effort, but quickly snapped back to reality and just went with an FTPish effort instead. Shortly thereafter, I turned west and was blasted with headwinds all the way home, so I'd say that I made the right decision.
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Hey, it hurts just as much; we just do it faster than we would otherwise, which still feels pig-butt slow in my case.
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03-30-21, 02:11 PM
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03-30-21, 02:14 PM
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