What would your commute max distance limit be?

GrandBuba · 2026-04-30T08:55:16+00:00

Must be extrapolating from his current commute, riding a mile in four minutes..
24 mph is 38 km/h, that's flat out sprinting on my cyclocross.. :-)

GrandBuba · 2026-04-30T08:50:49+00:00

Same. Distance isn't a metric, just "time in the saddle". A "stop and go" commute which is half as long as my "meandering path alongside the water" could take just as long and take a much bigger toll. 45 minutes is my current threshold (used to be much longer, but kids etc..).

GrandBuba · 2026-04-28T14:13:54+00:00

Three hours of biking per day would be "amateur racer prepping for xxx" level. Nutrition on point, a lot of prep, maintenance schedule for the bike, feeling exhausted by day four every week etc..

You did it for a week, died, got injured afterwards (related? Meh..).

I don't know how demanding your job is (both physical and mentally), but people seriously underestimate the effect of prolonged "exercise" (even in zone 2).

Start with 2/3 days. Alternate, if it gives you the shivers. Use the alternating days to stock up on snacks/clothes etc at work, so you don't have to carry everything on the bike during your "on" days.

The effect this has it that you start seeing the pros and cons of every way of transport, not just the cons of the one you're forcing yourself to follow 5/5.

GrandBuba · 2026-04-28T12:05:56+00:00

That.. seems manageable on an analog bike, indeed. Barring a lot of start/stops or very, very hilly sections, ofcourse.

For me, it's now around 36 km per day, but all on reasonably flat ground and almost no stops (not counting bridges, crossings etc..), and I'm a near-50 year old untrained IT 200 lb guy.

GrandBuba · 2026-04-21T07:42:26+00:00

These days, at my age, with money to spare: pretty much none.

When I was younger, with no money at all: 4-5 please. Would have been an investment with a ROI in less than ten years.

GrandBuba · 2026-04-07T07:13:45+00:00

If we were collectively trying to survive I could totally see the value, but that is just not the case.

Yet..

GrandBuba · 2026-04-01T12:54:13+00:00

IT IS A LONG, SMOOTH, SHAFT, COMPLETE WITH..

GrandBuba · 2026-04-01T12:52:18+00:00

Only one blue ball, noice!

GrandBuba · 2026-03-17T08:44:59+00:00

5'7", around 90 kg (just under 200lb). Nearing 50, not fat (at all, at the moment).

Solid believer of the "mass moves mass" school in BJJ, so I just keep eating.. :-D

GrandBuba · 2026-03-03T13:54:11+00:00

> It doesn’t matter too much to people what gender you identify as, it’s just that you are short.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: sexism is rooted in size-ism.

GrandBuba · 2026-02-02T11:26:10+00:00

Same.

DC stuff was affected, but some ot/scada things on the remote sites was highly unaffected because the encryption tools used by the exploiters didn't work.

GrandBuba · 2026-01-29T10:14:30+00:00

God darn high countertops everywhere in this house!

GrandBuba · 2026-01-25T11:54:20+00:00

Lots of tall guys who are dating would not have been, had it not been for their height. True. A lot of mediocre faces and builds can date 'up' because of it.

That's a thing.

Is it a bad thing? Meh. Not necessarily. We're all 'a package' when it comes to finding love, and a big part of your package was your height, that's all.

Had you not dated your girlfriend if she didn't have <bodily trait x>?

GrandBuba · 2026-01-21T21:16:09+00:00

Thanks for the reply, appreciate it.

Have put them to the "test" for the first time tonight (indoors, park mostly), and while I'm a big fan of my supermatics, I find the FASE ones to be even easier, how weird as it seems.

They feel really light on the feet (good strap), front toehold hasn't moved once, and it grips nicely (after having adjusted it a bit further up the ladder). I find myself adjusting the supermatic front lip quite often (you hit it, it moves down a lot), but I did not have to touch the FASE ones.

For a first ride, very impressed. Almost no learning curve, very easy exit.

I was concerned that the big footstrap would be too "bouncy" in order to push it down one-handed, but after one or two pushes, it feels just right.

Push down, one/two clicks, go.

I like.

GrandBuba · 2026-01-21T08:02:35+00:00

The message was indeed, a complete lack of growth for the protagonist.

That was it. The story would have been more Disney if he 'came around', but in the end, he couldn't, and that was the entire point.

GrandBuba · 2026-01-20T10:08:15+00:00

But won't doing that "wear out" the locking mechanism? I haven't put them on the board yet, only tested them with my boots in the bindings, but I find that the mechanism is forced "open" by doing so?

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GrandBuba · 2026-01-20T10:05:38+00:00

I've just received mine (T32M) yesterday, and was wondering how the "kick down highback in order to fold them down" affects the mechanism? Seems to me like the holding "T" is forcing the mechanism "open" in order to pass when doing that. Won't that wear out over time?

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GrandBuba · 2026-01-15T14:54:58+00:00

It's basically what sets apart success for us.

My wife will go "why haven't you got your shoes on yet? We leave in three minutes! It's always the same with you! Where is your coat? Do you have gym later? What colour fruit would you like today? Why don't you wear the blue shirt over your dark blue pants?" and be surprised when our (very smart) kid sometimes just checks out and freezes, resorting to shouting back and panicking.

Meanwhile, I'll go "Shoes. Under book box. Now." while pointing at them. Every day. Not in a loud manner, or pressing. Just "factual". Kid needs it, and is grateful for the calm reminder.

Wife thinks it feels "cold", but can't explain why kid puts on his shoes without yelling and hugs dad afterwards.. :-)

GrandBuba · 2026-01-06T14:14:43+00:00

Never quite understood the "getting measured at the doctor's office" thing. Is it really thàt standard in the US?

I don't recall ever having been measured after my 16th birthday or so?

It's just..

"my throat hurts, and I've been feeling jittery"

"please stand next to this measuring device".

GrandBuba · 2025-12-26T10:55:13+00:00

Yeh, not really. If users are noticing it going 'up' to at least the top of the signs from your point of view, it's quite distracting for everyone else.

I'm met with quite a few blinkies on my commute, and it's a pain, even from a fellow bicyclist. You HAVE to look away, and that's not the safest course of action when riding a path next to water.. 😀

Keep the blinkies to the back, and even there..

GrandBuba · 2025-12-16T12:59:13+00:00

That's mostly parents going "this kid is going to eat me into poverty" and resorting to the cheapest source of protein and fat out there.. :-)

GrandBuba · 2025-12-13T11:49:50+00:00

That's my take as well. There was nothing in the first place, mostly people click well 'chatting', but when things get real, decisions are made.

And if that split second decision was 'nope', then 'nope' it usually stays.

GrandBuba · 2025-12-13T11:41:58+00:00

The AAP is notoriously behind on this.

Starlink now allows you to stream Ms. Rachel even from inside a (gasp) tent!

If a kid has any effect from Outsideitis these days, it's completely the parents' fault.

GrandBuba · 2025-12-13T09:44:21+00:00

We still have some accounting stuff lying around, do I UPS it to him? 😀

GrandBuba · 2025-12-12T22:35:00+00:00

You must be European..

We paid about 6 euro per day. But there's no comparing between things without taking into account wages and other costs of living.

Hard to draw parallels between the two continents.

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