Me too..

Me too.

Me too.

It is scary to watch, and in fact, his mother won’t.

Too easy to come across as pretentious.

The concert I was watching was 45min + 15min or so, with a minute long break where the band disappeared sidestage. They came back and played 3 or 4 of their songs that work the best live. Pretty optimal IMO.

I guess I don't mind as much if it's a headliner at a festival or something, but what I don't get is when bands do that on smaller venues. Just refine your setlist and get it done.

Odds are it's late and I've had fun but I want to go home :50:

A little breezy today.

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I did Innsbruck tonight, with the Trainer Difficulty set to 100%, so the climb felt... well, pretty much like a 7.4 km climb with a 6% average grade would feel. I'm glad I used the Bianchi, with it's 34x27 low gear. I ended up standing on the pedals pretty much any time the grade went to 10% or higher.

Next stage is supposed to be Big Climbs, including Alpe du Zwift. I haven't decided whether I want to do that, but set trainer difficulty at maybe 50-75%. Or I might do the 'C' ride, which does the Watopia Mountain Route, which has the "Epic KOM", which is less arduous than the climb I just did, but also adds the Radio Tower climb, which is apparently .7 miles of 13.7 % Yikes. Hmmmmmm.....

a little twitch is ok. If you have problems it will cause the cage to flip when the bad spot passes the jockeys.
Personally I think he may still be having B tension issues, So all this might be related back to his rear derailluer. But it could also be his cable not being seated properly.

Oh the drama.

Lol. I forgot the pics! Ill take some tonight.

Nice

Since downshifts rely on spring tension, I would look at the cable. Make sure the cable end is seated correctly in the tension adjuster on the derailluer. And that its not all snagged up under the bb.How is it in the upshift?
edit: sounds like upshift are off too.

Awesome! I'm supposed to do Alpe de zwift tonight with the guys. They're kicking the absolute poo out of me 3 nights a week. I don't suppose tonight will be any different.
Edit: Now that I think about it. I should look around and see if I have a climbing cassette somewhere. I just realized I'm doing all this with a 53/39 and 25 x12 no wonder I'm grinding all the way up.

If I hit 5 I’ll be happy unless I can find a way to do 40 before work 3x a week. My bigger problem has always been finding time for longer weekend rides on the weekends I have my daughters.

AdZ is fun, the difficulty makes it not as mind numbingly boring to be on the trainer for 90 minutes doing that route.

Is today the day?

I don’t think it’s the cable as it’s fairly new, but it is possible. Stay tuned for more drama. As the drivetrain turns.

Radio Tower is painful. I did it once. No plans to repeat.

Longer weekend rides became more realistic for me as the daughters got older. Time is on your side. In the meantime be sure to spend time with them now. It passes too quickly. :50:

But what’s his FTP?

Same order of magnitude.

And youth, I am obliged to observe, is wasted on the young.

More drama. Or possibly comedy.

I had an insight into why my drivetrain is finicky as I woke up early this morning. I could not eyeball the cause until I left for work. But I am pretty sure I know what's wrong.

It's almost too embarrassing to admit, but if you can't admit your bone-headed idiot mechanic moves in here, where CAN you?

Yes, my mechanic is such a moron, he did the all time most AMATEUR move when putting on a new chain.

Chain is on backwards.

I will have to fix it and take it for a test ride to confirm that's the problem, but I am pretty sure that explains the problem.

That possibility never crossed our minds because it's just too pathetically incompetent a mistake to imagine anyone making. :D

Uh, thanks.

Has anyone ever ridden a Shimano drivetrain with the chain backwards? I am guessing the symptoms I described are typical for that mistake.

I'm sure that it's pretty low since he's recovering from CV19 and doesn't even have the breath or strength to lift. He may have returned to the gym now, but a week ago, he still couldn't. I don't know when his next meet is but I bet that he's way behind on his training program now

My family is so slow to get moving in the morning that getting out on a decent ride is pretty easy on my days off. I can usually knock out 40-50 miles before anyone is out of their pajamas. That they waste so much time in the morning is actually a source of frustration for me, so riding is a double-win. That said, I feel guilty about back-to-back metrics on Sat/Sun, so I usually do a long ride on one of those days (keeping the other to 40-50) in addition to a longer ride on Wed.

Actually, now that I think about it, covid increased my mileage in another way - group rides on Wed are typically in the 40-50 range whereas striking out on my own for 62-100 was not unusual last year.