Mojo31

My daughter wants to have her bachelorette weekend/party in Tulum. Makes me nervous to have her running around down there with just her girlfriends. What are your thoughts? Mind you, she is a pretty 25 year old gringo, and has not been living in Mexico as an aging hippy expat.

genejockey 

Apropos yesterday's discussion of watches and size, here's what I'm wearing/carrying today. Both of these date to just before WWII, both made by Elgin - completely US made.



Here's the pocket watch movement.

bampilot06

Im down for what ever, road or MTBing would be cool. Large mountain bike or 56 road should work. I plan on bringing my shoes and helmet, let me know if I should bring pedals.

big john

My friends who had the chain drop problems on their e-bikes got them solved. Both bike were doing it, his got to the point of dropping the chain several times on a short ride. The shop put on new chains and Wolf Tooth Drop Stop chainrings and no chain drops since. I thought it strange that single ring bikes were having that problem.

Bah Humbug

I'm sorry I always turn up in times of crisis. I have to ask though - how is everyone not paralyzed?

big john

You mean because of the impending WWIII?

genejockey 

Last night I figured I'd check to see if my HR under load was more like normal than it was last week. I got on Zwift, spent 10 minutes warming up at low-ish intensity (under 200w) then did a spindown calibration on Zwift and opened up the VO2 Max Over/Unders I failed last week (HR went up to 163in the first hard 2 minutes). The workout starts out with a 10 minute warmup, ramping up from 50% of FTP (130w ) up to about 80% of FTP over 10 minutes. 130w should be an easy spin, the kind where it's really just your legs ticking over, the kind you can do without thinking for hours. This felt A LOT harder, more like 200w. AND my HR shot up to 120 in almost no time.

SO, I dropped out of the workout, unpaired the trainer from Zwift, and opened up the Wahoo app, and did a spindown there. Got back on Zwift and started the workout again, and it was A LOT easier. This does make me wonder what's going on, and also about whether this apparent variability has been present all along. Somebody on another thread said that consistency is more important in a PM than absolute accuracy*, and this is certainly true if you only have one power meter. Arguably, if you compete in Zwift races, absolute accuracy is important, but for workouts, as long as it always reads the same at the same effort, it's fine.

*(Obviously a PM that is absolutely accurate will also be consistent. But you know what I mean - if your PM is consistent within 1%, but biased by 10% either way, it's more useful than one that varies by 10% but averages out to zero bias.)

genejockey 

Denial. It's how all of humanity gets through life.

Mojo31

That and the Texas elections yesterday. ☹️

Bah Humbug

That's one of the existential threats, yes. But only one. I have no idea how people are just working and arguing sports and everything else. There are at least three or four... maybe I need some of that denial. I'm just trying to not melt down for AG, but I have no idea how to look past this exact moment.

LAJ

For one thing, the 19 is over, so that's a good thing. They said so.

LAJ

Sports? Baseball is finished, in my eyes. Those idiots have blown it, and I hope they never recover.

Mojo31

Lots of focus on the war, an upcoming wedding, and their impact on our retirement savings as I near the big 65. Feels gloomy.

ls01

Maybe he was just happy to see you?

ls01

It does not!

ls01

Good thing we aren't in the same room. We'd be running In circles with our hands in the air screaming. It's got me strung up pretty tight.

big john

I've dealt with anxiety and it can eat you up. I don't know if denial is the term I would use but it's something like that. Acceptance, maybe?

big john

Years ago my solution was to get blackout drunk.

ls01

Tell them about how you watched gas price go up $.30 a gallon before the light could change. And you got so mad it scared yourself...
It was all I could do today to stay @ work znd not go to the bar and get lit. And yes I know I don't deal well with pressures like this. It's a process....

ls01

well there ya go....

Mojo31

And, what was genejocky doing looking? NTTIAWWT

genejockey 

When in danger, or in doubt,
Run in circles, scream, and shout!

ls01

I don't judge

genejockey 

It's the white shorts. You can't help but notice.

ls01

There ya go!