DougRNS

It's no Saturn

Mojo31

Nope.

Mojo31

Ramp test question.

Zwift says to stay seated for the duration of the test. Is there a reason for that?

Seems inconsistent with riding in real life. I get out of the saddle when an extra boost is desired/needed. Apps that measure FTP on the bike dont know the difference.

genejockey 

Mrs. GJ is off in SoCal with one of her buds, visiting another of her buds who's the first bud's sister. She took Dory along, so it's all just us XY types here. All week, between one thing and another I've had to wake up by 7, but today I got to sleep in - till 7:45, when Rango's Old Man Bladder woke him up. When I was a ute, an AVERAGE Saturday I'd sleep in till 10. Sometimes as late as noon, if I'd stayed up late reading. No more!

Speaking of Rango, since he's 14 1/2 now, and past the usual 12-14 expected Greyhound lifespan, I get hypervigilant about signs of The End Approaching. A week ago, he seemed to be off his food. He let a bowl of food sit uneaten for most of a day, and this was stuff he normally loved. I went into overdrive - bought a tub of cottage cheese and a package of boneless chicken breasts, which I was going to boil and shred. Before I got around to boiling the chicken he was back to vacuuming up his food, and this whole week, he's not only been eating hungrily, but also he's been full of energy (for an old Greyhound). I took him for a walk the other evening and he set a pace I had trouble matching, and then he kept that up for the whole mile-long walk. Apparently nobody told the big galoot that he's really old.

bampilot06

It will skew the results. Sprint peak and FTP are not the same thing. Standing doesn’t represent what your FTP is. You will fail at some point during the ramp test . If you stand up to keep the test going that number it spits out at you will not be an accurate FTP number.

If you are just trying to prove to your wife that the wheels are indeed necessary. Go for it.

bampilot06

Friend keeps changing the date and location of his wedding. We had a discussion about a year ago that we would not participate in a destination wedding. They agreed and last we talked it would be in North Carolina. They even called and asked if that was okay before they booked the venue. Not that we expected that, but it was a nice gesture. I am the best man, and my daughter is supposed to be the flower girl.

I am talking to him yesterday and he nonchalantly throws out there a 6 month date change and btw it’s in orlando now.


I don’t understand how or why destination weddings are a thing. I think it’s extremely selfish and complete BS. You expect me to use my very little vacation time for your wedding? We were running the numbers last night, between fights, rental car hotel and food this is going to cost roughly 5k.


When we got married 10 years ago, we really wanted to do in the OBX. We wanted to rent a big beach house and just do it there. Both of our parents were against it. The 3-4 hour drive would be too much of an inconvenience for our guest plus the lodging. So we did it in Va beach instead.

MoAlpha

Ideally it’s a test of metabolic capacity, not how much force you can put out per unit time.

phrantic09

People are selfish. Thats’s why.

Something sort of similar(but not really beyond being selfish) is a constant source of conflict between my mom and I.

Being divorced from the girls’ mom, I get 1 full week of summer vacation with them per year, the rest we split 50/50 and they go to summer camp for a week as well. My mother is always pressuring me to go visit her for our vacations even though I’ve told her hundreds of times that it isn’t realistic for us to do. She also won’t accept that we would need to rent a house while we’re there. She expects instead that my wife and I would stay with my grandma, and the girls with her, because it’s what she wants with no consideration for the fact that I only get this vacation and want to spend it with them.

This comes up every single time I talk to her, it’s now to the point that I don’t call her anymore because I just can’t take it. I’ve offered for her to spend our vacation with us at a different place, but it’s “too expensive” or my stepdad doesn’t have the vacation time.

Meanwhile they’ve been on 3 trips so far in 2024…

Mojo31

Used to have similar conversations with my mom. When the kids were young, my vacation and travel times were more limited. We took one trip per year as a family of four, and that was our time to spend with the kids uninterrupted by work or the demands of others. My mom always wanted us to spend that time at their home, but that was never a vacation for me. Never gave in and damn glad I didn't.

Mojo31

Weddings bring out the weird in people.

My son-in-law's childhood best friend is getting married in a few weeks in San Miguel. It's a small wedding with no bridesmaids or groomsmen. The bride, however, asked my daughter and another friend to wear a green dress to be a part of a small group of her friends wearing green dresses. My daughter bought 6 or 7 dresses, and only got approval after a big tussle. The friend bought 15 and all were rejected by the bride. They are both about to say "F it." and wear red or anything other than green.

genejockey 

Living 3000 miles away from family, and our families being 300 miles from each other always meant that our major vacations were spent flying Back East and visiting one and then the other. So, we never really got in the habit of vacationing separate from visiting family. The other thing is the expense of hotels, meals out, and all that stuff - if all your vacations were spent sleeping in your old room, eating at home, that expense seems pretty big.

The other thing? Turns out Mrs. GJ and I are pretty boring people, but we're totally cool with that.

DougRNS

Destination weddings can KMFA.

That's all I've got to say about that. (TAIGTSAT)

datlas 

Yes carbon frame, seems ok. But one of the carbon fiber pedals clearly asploded.

LesterOfPuppets

I'd imagine so, Unlesssss... he's got a recumbent around, that might be doable pretty soon afterwards

Did he wreck his dominant hand's wrist or his worthless hand's wrist?

Velo Vol 

Rain day. All activities canceled.

LesterOfPuppets

Shoulda come out to Winslow for the Saturday market and you could've went to the 9/11 park and witnessed some cattle commotion.

datlas 

Left wrist. I don’t think he is a southpaw but not positive. Either way he should be ok. I know he and his wife have a Peloton and he is also a runner, so plenty of options to stay in shape.

Velo Vol 

Maybe next time, if I figure out where Winslow is.

rjones28 

It's cold, rainy, and windy here. Normal Saturday activities accomplished.

#htfu

seedsbelize2

RMOT

seedsbelize2

Oddly, I’ve been behaving just like Rango these past few days. Energy to burn, and an appetite to go with it. A stark difference from just a week ago, and most of the winter. And we don’t even have real winter. Short days though, we do have. That could be it. Whatever it is, I’m happy for it.
Kudos to Rango!

LesterOfPuppets

Head west on the 40, after you pass Joseph City keep your eyes peeled, it has 3 or 4 exits, so kinda hard to miss.

I shoulda headed west today also, the Lake Havasu Deuces show was today! I need to start checking calendars on Friday evening I guess...

seedsbelize2

San Miguel de Allende?

If it’s this precise, it seems a picture would do the trick

seedsbelize2

Not as big a difference as one might think. I don’t have use of my non-dominant index finger and I miss it a lot. When it first came to be I said Whew!, and then the reality hit. Granted a whole hand would be a different story. Especially if you push a pencil for a living.

TMonk

"Big Ring" 50 km race, wanted something longer today. 2nd / 64 total, 8 or so A's. I should have won the sprint but lost due to slacking off too soon before the line

A few other As went OTF pretty early on and I was scared to join so early. Gap was ~20s at one point and I thought I already lost. It closed to ~14s after a long downhill section on the Southern Coast and then I launched at the next rise and made contact. Some reshuffling up there due to the climbing from the jungle and we were 4 riders strong going into downtown. It was clear to me that I had the most snap so I launched at ~1 km and got 2 seconds.... so I slacked off and got pipped at the line. Classic tortoise and the hare lol.

Mr. Hrovatin was very impressive... bigger diesel type rider. We dropped him up some of the climbing but he would just motor back on. Very strong.


bridging to the front


should've won lol