Gr3mlin131

Not sure that it is working for me, it gives me a summary of my Garmin and Strava activities, then end the text box with: And nothing after that. Should it be doing something else?

Yup download the app, follow the steps. This was when I signed up a while ago.

It is in the terms and conditions, but I have also just had it active since applying.

They introduced a free vitality banking account when they moved the travel benefits to the bank side after the airline collapse fiasco. So if you are a vitality member you can create an account for free in the app, and access the miles, discounts etc that way. Another hoop to jump through, but not using the account for anything else, and not costing me anything.

AI generated images still struggling with too many hands, 😅

Nothing on the official site yet, but on procyclingstats and highlights it does say he DNF.

They said in the commentary that on Friday it was still bright out till after Quickstep were set to finish. The cloud cover must have made it much more dark than usual. But with the horrible conditions, glad there were not withdrawals, hopefully no DNS either today.

Last time I asked this there were some very angry people 😅. So my 5c is that there are people that clearly enjoy the event and vibe etc. Not my cup of tea. 🥸

Yes 😁

Very nice if you rent and cant get something more permanent. But quite expensive per unit of backup power. Not sure if this specific one can do solar panels eventually, so adding a bitt to your bill.

Tighten the bolt until it breaks, then half a turn back method? Definitely works, but might cost you a tyre or rim in the process. You did not mention your tyre width, mine are very narrow, 2.1 and 2.15. With just over 90kg I have not had any problems Just under 2 bar at the back, 1.8 at the front. Feels quite rough so might eeven be able to drop it a bit. But I am only doing light trails/gravel. Disclaimer, mostly roadie, so add the required amount of salt to the answer.

There was an anouncement years ago by Wahoo SA that they are working with vitality and it should be working soon. This was in 2019 I think, and radio silence since. I would not hold my breath. Got a cheap Garmin watch just for vitality, eventually replaced Wahoo with Garmin when it died.

I have this article strangely sticking on my feed even if I "read" it. Should just be showing latest unread threads.

If you have a smart trainer, and using it with erg mode mostly, then either will work. Mag trainers are usually dumb, so you will need gears to change your effort, as they get harder the faster you ride.

Do you have latex tubes? They are known to lose pressure quikly. Butyl tubes should not be losing pressure that quickly.

Start of last year I could not get to 1km without stopping to catch my breath. Now a chilled 10 km seems like a fun run over the weekend. Slowly stepping up trying to see if there is a limit, so far so good. Just learned that jumping from 12 km to 21 km was a bad idea. That hurt the next week. Hopefully getting to comfortable 21 km by December.

Ah lovely, good luck with that. Do you perhaps have the tyre clearance for the valerian bikes nearby? The only thing my current road bike is missing is clearance for more than 25mm tyres. Will even put up with disk brakes for a bit more comfort...

@Titan Racing Bikes Just checking if this is indeed accurate? Seems like all you valerian road models have 100mm travel and clearance for 2,35 tyres?

Yeah, if you are not using the extra features of the SunSynk it is a waste to pay more for it. I am a bit of a tinkerer, so will be using this with smart geyser switch to use excess solar to power my geyser (and oven sometimes). The extra the inverter cost is still less than a geyser retrofit. And I get more toys to play with.

This is the Sunsynk 5,5kw. This specific view is only available if you have the CT clamp in the right position, before the main switch. So it monitors what is used before the inverter, and sends power back to power it if there is excess. The main reason I went for this inverter instead of the LuxPower/Growatt some others I know have.

Got panels last week and with a short google and a few settings even the geyser is being supplied when I have enough battery and solar going. Next step is more bettery to maximise the panels I have, potentially more panel if I need after that. Currently already fully charged and running only on solar by lunch time.

On their podcast they did mention that taking unstructured rides into account (and adjusting your plan, FTP etc) is currently being worked on. Just not ready for public release yet. So if that is the killer feature, you might want to wait a bit until that is released. I have a really hectic schedule and do not want to spend the extra mental energy making sure the training I get is good for the time I can spend on it. For that Trainer Road is perfect for me. I set up the plan, do the workouts that are prescribed, adjusting to longer or shorter (alternate workouts) as I have time. No faffing with FTP, TSS, periodisation etc, all done in the background taking my goal events into account. I have Youtube or Spotify playing anyway in my workouts, the avatar thing never clicked for me.

What an effort, almost unbelieveble 😅

Best advise so far, why even use a helmet at that point. But seriously, replace even if it has been dropped. Helmet prices are cheap compared to cracked skull, concussion etc.

Thanks for the extra viewpoint. As I said, my wrong assumption was that the kind of people that do these distances, especially gravel and bikepacking, do not need an event to go out and ride with a group of mates without getting an org involved. I have since been educated that is not always the case. So having something official on the calender as a goal makes perfect sense to me, that is part of the reason I got my (half) Ironman entry as well, so can fully understand it. Getting friends to commit to something unofficial is like herding cats, so an event makes it official for everyone. And lastly this caught my eye as it was in the scammers thread, but there is clearly a lot of value for the people that do line up on the day, so happy that there is not some ripoff going on. Not my cup of tea, but all the best to the ones lining up. I will not be lining up as I just do not have the time or motivation to train for such distances currently, but I have the biggest respect for anyone that takes this on, if you could complete it or not.