Trsnrtr

In previous years, Mr. Obvious.

big john

T5 Torx Screwdriver: Precision Star-Shaped Bit Driver (ifixit.com)

TMonk

Segment ride today, threshold-y, one long below, on short above. Channeled my inner Sagan / Wout and got second on both

On the second one (FF reverse), I had a sprint in me to grab the overall, but I thought it would be fun if I tried to "feather" it to land precisely between 1st and 2nd on the leaderboard. I nailed it . Also - I grabbed the screenshot right before crossing the line, but you can see from the time that I got it hehe.


1st would have been a hero level effort


nicely executed 2nd place

LAJ

It came in a Snappy pick, mini screwdriver and torx set I have. I also have an electronic toolset for computer work and stuff. I forget what size it is, but adjusting a SRAM BB30 crankset preload washer requires a bitty little one, as well.

seedsbelize2

The one you posted was a sparrow hawk, no? If not, I retract my comment.

Velo Vol 

I don't know what it is. Some kind of monster truck conference?

seedsbelize2

wut

genejockey 

I have one, but only because it came with my Garmin HRM. But I have been known to use one of my watchmaking screwdrivers, jammed into the slot.

phrantic09

Umm.. Lacrosse, Basketball, Men’s soccer

phrantic09

I have one from when I replaced the trigger on a Dyson cordless vac.

seedsbelize2

I likely have one too. My wife was out with gfs a few years ago, and they all picked up the same ‘cute’ tool kit for their husbands. I’ve used mine a time or two and am glad I have it.
AI, in all its wisdom, decided I really meant to say ‘yawners’ instead of ‘years’. And chute instead of cute. Both changes make so much sense in context.

abshipp 

Rear driver side door. Ostensibly for passengers unless they have really long arms and legs.

abshipp 

I think I might happen to have one but never used it. That is super tiny, I thought the ones for SRAM Stealthamajig was small but that's a T8!

big john

I never used anything smaller than a 10 at work. I had a set but would buy individual bits from the tool trucks as needed. Used to break a lot of them. Broke a lot of 30s doing charge port receptacles on Volt cars. Since I retired I found 2 30s on the road. They're about $50 from Snap On.

big john

Need new socks. Years ago Mrs. bought a bag of black socks that fit great and lasted for years. Now they are wearing out so I ordered some Hanes and they are so tight I can't wait to take them off. Last time I bought white socks I had the same problem. Gonna try some Reebok socks next. Wish I knew what those old black ones were but they are unmarked.

#bigfoot

BillyD

Raises hand.

I've been know to take apart old hard drives for the powerful magnets inside.

Velo Vol 

Zero teams in the top 25.

phrantic09

First year coaches, one undoing the dumpster fire of a coach that retired 4 years too late.

TMonk

Anyone have a recommendation for a head unit? I'm tired of my Garmin 520, especially since it stopped pairing with my iphone (which seems to be a known issue).

What I need - ANT+ and bluetooth compatibility for devices, ideally auto-upload through an app to Strava for outdoor rides. I don't really use any fancy map or route features at all, Strava live etc. Must have a lap button . So really simple, ideally a couple hundred bucks.

genejockey 

I'm having a bit of tightness in my left hip area (recurring problem), which I think I caused or aggravated by doing climbs 4 days in a row on Zwift, after getting the new trainer. So, the last two days I've TRIED to just do Z1/Z2, but instead I've been doing more Z2/Z3 - it's just more fun!

BTW, apparently I wasn't the only one looking for a ride without heroic climbing last night...


But I didn't see Eric F out there.

TMonk

Nice haha. I enjoy that route a lot for z2 rides, it has just enough undulating terrain and varied scenery to keep things interesting. Especially in groups.

I raced a ITT on it once a few months back and had a lot of fun. It's a good course for me since you need to throttle it over/under on some of the ramps to get a fast time. Not just ramp it up to threshold and hold till you die

Eric F 

Damn. I like that route when I want a lot of steady-effort riding, but a few short punches to keep it interesting. Doing big climbs in Zwift has never been interesting to me. I've done the radio tower climb a couple of times, but never done the full Alpe or any of the others.

genejockey 

I like climbs in the 10 minute range, like Volcano or Leith Hill. AdZ is just an hour and some slog at 210-220w for me, almost like riding in Erg mode for an hour and a half. Yuck. 10 minute climbs I can go > threshold and push the "want to puke" limit, if I'm feeling feisty.

TMonk

Yeah long climbs on Zwift suck - an endless push against trainer resistance. Epic KOM is about as long as I'll do somewhat regularly. And again it also has roller-y and flat-ish sections where I can get the flywheel some inertia.

AdZ - Did it religiously early on to get the Tron bike, now very seldomly. I put in a hard effort to PR before my hernia surgery and did a horrible positive split, went out too hard.... the last 10-15 min was awful. I think I got 46'. Mt Ventoux - Still haven't done. But I'll need to at some point just to "check the box" so to speak.

Did the London PRL Full once with some local race team members, chatted on discord w webcams the whole time. Would take breaks coasting down Box Hill. That is a lot of times going up Box Hill...

Mojo31

Hand raised.