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    Dopers suck

    shaper replied to fandacious's topic in Pro Cycling

    UCI have requested it be stopped and requesting WADA to get involved https://www.idlprocycling.com/cycling/uci-concerned-about-carbon-monoxide-use-among-riders-wada-must-also-take-a-position
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    Give it a TRI

    shaper replied to Beesrib's topic in Multisport

    Shimano of the same speed is cross-compatible, so the guy is giving you bad advice! Dura-ace is lighter and better than 105. You could probably pick up DA front and rear derailleur fairly cheaply if you want to make it all the same. If after a service it does not work as should, then the guy's ability to service a bike is the same as his advice!
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    Look for a treadmill that has bluetooth connectivity for Zwift. You can also set up this app https://github.com/cagnulein/qdomyos-zwift as a bridge which will control the incline. Look on FB for the QZ group about set-up and intereaction with the developer As for second hand, look on FB marketplace, or maybe a few fitness machine suppliers will have good black Friday deals
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    Tough, hot and humid and unfortunately, I heard there was a fatality in the car park area after the run, cardiac. Another who almost had a cardiac crossing the line, but they managed to get him into an ambulance. Hopefully he will be ok.
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    It's more to do with the watches like samsung, amazefit, google etc and then onwards to other platforms via strava rather than the major players of Garmin, Apple, Suunto & Polar that can go directly to the likes of Trainingpeaks etc. Trainingpeaks you can see the list of devices https://www.trainingpeaks.com/upload/
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    It is a running watch with basic cycling mode, so will pair with a separate speed and cadence sensor, like this https://www.sportsmanswarehouse.co.za/product/garmin-speed-sensor-2-and-cadence-sensor-2/ You can try this, done on other garmin watches that don't have the ability to connect a power meter similar to your F45 https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2021/05/cycling-power-vivoactive.html. It might work.
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    It doesn't have the feature to connect a power meter, see the specs https://www.garmin.com/en-ZA/p/641121#specs, it will only do speed and cadence sensors for cycling
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    There a few other apps like fitnesssyncer https://www.fitnesssyncer.com/about/ or Tapiriik https://tapiriik.com/, else you can set up free accounts on Trainingpeaks, Final Surge or intervals.icu to have all your data as they work with most fitness devices and have the potential to sync to other platforms
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    Maybe buy a cheap HR strap, Magene one works well
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    Dumb move really. It is your data being uploaded to strava, so stopping you linking to sync it to alternative platforms is not doing them any favours. It's not as if strava have great analysis backend. They should stick to being the social media platform for people who work out and work on enhancing it rather than throwing spanners in the works that will likely get the major fitness trackers / partners develop their own API's to get your data to other platforms.... which will mean less and less need for strava
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    They now selling at sportsmans waewhouse https://www.sportsmanswarehouse.co.za/products/?keyword=tailwind
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    For Info There are often a lot of discount codes floating around the web on forums for TP membership. Reddit often have in their forums. So do some hunting before you look to sign up. Also if you know any coaches on TP, they often get sent codes by TP to use to offer upgrades to Premium for their athletes and it is usually around 20% discount. So if you are thinking of going to Trainingpeaks Membership in March 2025, if and when IV/TPV is no longer free, go looking for discount codes else ask on this thread if anyone has a code and get a discount of the annual, before upgrading to paid.
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    It has been openly discussed on Reddit and other forums for the last 3-4yr 🤷‍♂️
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    Another alternative If you take a bit of time to work out how to configure it, you can run Zwift Offline for Free https://github.com/zoffline/zwift-offline, You ride solo as it acts as a server on your own machine, but you can add bots as well as your past self to add a few more people on the route. Personally I use this with structured workouts only as I am not into racing or free riding with lots of people/bots, IDT is for me is just for my structured workouts that are on the Trainingpeaks platform, but could just be the same if using Intervals.icu or another platform. If you have a training plan and do structured workouts, you can download the workouts (ZWO format) to a folder and then they can automatically sync to Zwift. Also takes a bit of configuring https://zwiftinsider.com/backing-up-and-syncing-zwift-workouts/ All the zwift workouts and plans are available on Zwiftofline
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    https://www.triptychresources.co.za/
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    Bike Box

    shaper replied to meparak's topic in The Bike Room

    You just rotate the fork 90° if the box is wide enough, then you don't have to do anything to the handlebars. Else you loosen the handlebar bolts and rotate the bars down, if the box is not wide enough. Then it is easy enough once arrived at your destination to rotate the bars back up and tighten the bolts. So you will be only removing the front wheel, and at worse loosening the handlebar bolts and rotating the bars.
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    If you follow mywoosh on Facebook, whenever anyone asks about a wheel on trainer, they state they do not support it and only recommend direct drive. But often say they may be getting a wheel on trainer in the office to test, however never add wheel on trainers to their list. Whilst a wheel on might work, if for any reason cadence/speed/power is off on a wheel on trainer or not working they will point you to the recommended list, which is all direct drive smart trainers or the smart bikes. There are no wheel on trainers on the list of recommended. I didn't say a wheel on doesn't work, only that mywoosh do not support them and recommend you to go with a direct drive.
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    If you are wanting a spin bike rather than a smart trainer with a normal bike on it, then maybe look at this app as a bridge to using other software like mywoosh https://www.qzfitness.com/ I would suggest that you look at the specifications on the mywoosh website with regard to trainers as they do not support wheel on smart trainers or spin bikes, only direct drive smart trainers. I would suggest that you consider looking for a smart trainer and putting a cheap road bike on it, if wanting to use mywoosh, rather than a spin bike. Edit, there are quite a few direct drive smart trainers in the classifieds for less than R10k
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    Thanks but not a PB, GPS was way off with the high rise buildings and many under passes/tunnels we went through, hard work as the legs were not feeling great from the start even though conditions were great when we started, until around 25km and the sun came out and the humidity seemed to ramp up. The last 4km were a real struggle, but what a great race. The crowds through downtown city was fantastic and loud!! Have never run a race where the crowd seemed 10 deep. They say there are about 1.7 million who come out to support on the route and I can well believe it. Great race and well worth the hype. Am looking forward to running Boston next year.
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    Probably money
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    It's a lottery system, I don't think it is being elitist? Same as many big races where the numbers who want to run are too great and a lottery system is used.
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    During commentary they said Nino is doing a press conference next week sometime, I presume it will be about his future
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    Still with original name since joining in 2012
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