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07-17-20, 07:54 AM
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This morning I learned that even if I connect my Hammer to my 945 as a power meter, it still broadcasts speed as well. This generates a mileage count for indoor activity. I’ll clean it up for the leaderboard later today and use AG’s old Powertap pedals in the future.
I still have no idea why everything is so intent on applying a mileage count to indoor activities.
I still have no idea why everything is so intent on applying a mileage count to indoor activities.
07-17-20, 07:56 AM
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This morning I learned that even if I connect my Hammer to my 945 as a power meter, it still broadcasts speed as well. This generates a mileage count for indoor activity. I’ll clean it up for the leaderboard later today and use AG’s old Powertap pedals in the future.
I still have no idea why everything is so intent on applying a mileage count to indoor activities.
I still have no idea why everything is so intent on applying a mileage count to indoor activities.
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07-17-20, 07:57 AM
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On what he referred to as a "desk bike"
I guess you need to quantify the effort somehow, but calculating distance and average speed on something that doesn't ever move?
07-17-20, 08:01 AM
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07-17-20, 08:02 AM
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I’ll just edit the distance to zero manually (and on Garmin, and TrainingPeaks...). I need the data accurate because I want my cycling hours and TSS accurate. I also want to know my yearly real miles. Solution is to use a PM that has no speed broadcast. Fortunately I had already installed the P1 pedals.
07-17-20, 08:04 AM
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Speaking of Strava mileage, out of curiosity, I looked at the stats from someone that's currently leading one on those big, meaningless Strava challenges (a Trek-sponsored one with goals of 100, 500, and 1000 miles over the course of the month). The leader currently has over 2.5k miles. Looking at his profile, he's done over 100 centuries and is sitting at 19k miles YTD. He's spent over 1000 hours in the saddle this year. I mean, com'on. There's committed and there's should-be-committed. 
07-17-20, 08:08 AM
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I’ll just edit the distance to zero manually (and on Garmin, and TrainingPeaks...). I need the data accurate because I want my cycling hours and TSS accurate. I also want to know my yearly real miles. Solution is to use a PM that has no speed broadcast. Fortunately I had already installed the P1 pedals.
07-17-20, 08:08 AM
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That’s what TSS is for, if you have a PM. If not, just straight duration, or hrTSS. Never distance.
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07-17-20, 08:09 AM
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What kind of fred applies a tube patch to the outside of a tire? I t won't last long out there, over all those words. I have hope for the one on the inside though. To even get that tire to 1000 100 miles would be a start
No riding for me today. Too many workers to help out. My wife's ac unit got mounted in such a way that the water drains from the wrong end, and drips down the wall, instead out through the hose.
No riding for me today. Too many workers to help out. My wife's ac unit got mounted in such a way that the water drains from the wrong end, and drips down the wall, instead out through the hose.
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07-17-20, 08:16 AM
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As an aside, I don't know how, but Strava does do this somehow. I've never seen where I can look it up, but I remember that late last year, I got a notification that I'd finally reached my mileage annual goal. According to my profile page mileage, I'd exceeded it almost a month previously, so there's some kind of separate tally going on. It'd be nice if they're allow you to easy parse that out, too.
It's correct now on Garmin and TrainingPeaks though.
07-17-20, 08:17 AM
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A guy I know broke the flange on a Chris King front hub. He's a big guy that puts in a lot of miles on bad roads and somebody thought it would be a good idea to build him a light weight wheel - CK hub, radial lacing, aluminum nipples.
Fortunately, Chris King warrantied the hub for him. When I rebuilt the wheel, it was 2-cross with brass nipples. He's been riding it for about a year. So far, so good.
Fortunately, Chris King warrantied the hub for him. When I rebuilt the wheel, it was 2-cross with brass nipples. He's been riding it for about a year. So far, so good.
07-17-20, 08:22 AM
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Your wife has a green thumb, nice!
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07-17-20, 08:25 AM
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You can say Hell.
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07-17-20, 08:29 AM
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I was following a friend down Topanga Canyon to the beach and I kept smelling burning rubber. This is a descent with high speeds and twisty turns, rock walls and, of course, cars. At the bottom he notices his front tire is rubbing on the fork, this is the source of the burning rubber smell. I can't see and don't have reading glasses with me but I try to straighten it up with my spoke wrench. I try to get another friend to look at it but everyone is in a hurry to go as always so we roar off down Pacific Coast Hwy and a few miles later my friend stops and the tire is rubbing again.
This time I see the huge crack in the hub (Hed, I think) and a spoke is puling through. He calls his wife for pick up and I feel super guilty for trying to true the wheel which was unsafe. I'm really happy he didn't crash but this was sooo dangerous and I probably should have insisted we have someone else look at it the first stop.
This time I see the huge crack in the hub (Hed, I think) and a spoke is puling through. He calls his wife for pick up and I feel super guilty for trying to true the wheel which was unsafe. I'm really happy he didn't crash but this was sooo dangerous and I probably should have insisted we have someone else look at it the first stop.
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I was following a friend down Topanga Canyon to the beach and I kept smelling burning rubber. This is a descent with high speeds and twisty turns, rock walls and, of course, cars. At the bottom he notices his front tire is rubbing on the fork, this is the source of the burning rubber smell. I can't see and don't have reading glasses with me but I try to straighten it up with my spoke wrench. I try to get another friend to look at it but everyone is in a hurry to go as always so we roar off down Pacific Coast Hwy and a few miles later my friend stops and the tire is rubbing again.
This time I see the huge crack in the hub (Hed, I think) and a spoke is puling through. He calls his wife for pick up and I feel super guilty for trying to true the wheel which was unsafe. I'm really happy he didn't crash but this was sooo dangerous and I probably should have insisted we have someone else look at it the first stop.
This time I see the huge crack in the hub (Hed, I think) and a spoke is puling through. He calls his wife for pick up and I feel super guilty for trying to true the wheel which was unsafe. I'm really happy he didn't crash but this was sooo dangerous and I probably should have insisted we have someone else look at it the first stop.
I remember that road from a couple of visits to LA as a college student. Friend's brother had a house up near the top. So much sublime and ridiculous in that area.
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I feel like I'm way overdue for a correction; every peach that I've had this year (granted, it's less than a dozen) has been fantastic. Experience tells me that that's just not sustainable in the upper midwest. 
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Yeah, I've had great peaches too. Just regular old organic from WF, but clearly a few different cultivars.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol View Post
pumpkin pie >tomato pie > apple pie
probably
You alls pie selection is much too limited
Cherry Pie>>Peach Pie>Pecan Pie>Pumpkin Pie>Tomato Pie >Apple Pie
pumpkin pie >tomato pie > apple pie
probably
You alls pie selection is much too limited
Cherry Pie>>Peach Pie>Pecan Pie>Pumpkin Pie>Tomato Pie >Apple Pie
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I’m good with about half a peach every few years. My sister would plow through a bag in an afternoon though.
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I’ll just edit the distance to zero manually (and on Garmin, and TrainingPeaks...). I need the data accurate because I want my cycling hours and TSS accurate. I also want to know my yearly real miles. Solution is to use a PM that has no speed broadcast. Fortunately I had already installed the P1 pedals.
I log indoor miles, but don't really care one way or the other.
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07-17-20, 09:04 AM
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Good peaches are my favorite fruit. It's unfortunate that they're regularly inedible 'round these parts. Buying a bag of peaches makes for a very high risk/high reward proposition for me.
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When we do Topanga we usually go over Old Topanga at the top because it's quieter. Here is a clip from someone with bad speedometer readings.
