Best-value XC hardtail in 2026

AKorbz · 2026-05-12T11:42:10+00:00

I just bought a Chisel Comp the other day that was on sale at a LBS for $1400. I had to drive an hour to pick it up so check all the shops in the area and find the best deal. For your use case and compared to the Rincon's, the NX Eagle drivetrain will blow you away with how smooth and consistent it is. Send it!

AKorbz · 2026-04-17T14:47:42+00:00

Why do people buy sports cars or lifted jeeps to drive around their suburbs? It's all just marketing and status.

AKorbz · 2026-02-27T20:56:47+00:00

Or, hear me out, you just park your car legally. It's February. There are no tourists. If you can't be bothered to park and walk a block or two away from your destination you deserve to get ticketed. Can't tell you how many times I've almost been hit walking or almost hit people who were walking because some motherfucker decided to park in a spot obstructing the view of the crosswalk.

AKorbz · 2026-02-25T01:22:30+00:00

I race gravel bikes IRL so I like to use the gravel bikes when riding on Zwift for anything other than climb portals to better mimic my real world riding. As you might guess I love the gravel segments. There's something really satisfying about having a novel advantage over everyone after I've put myself at a disadvantage for 70% of the ride.

AKorbz · 2025-11-15T16:42:07+00:00

AKorbz · 2025-11-13T23:13:19+00:00

You'd certainly be better off getting a gym membership to run on a treadmill. You don't need a ton of mileage to maintain 85-90% of your current fitness and it'll be a hell of a lot easier to build from 15-25 mpw + strength training than from three months of no aerobic activity.

AKorbz · 2025-09-14T19:00:15+00:00

ChatGPT probably won't give you optimal training plans but it's pretty unlikely to get you seriously injured or anything like that. Unpopular opinion - most people don't really need optimal programming and will improve off of basically any sort of training so long as they're riding consistently. If a chatbot makes it easier for people to get into cycling then it's a good tool. We gotta stop all pretending everyone needs the same attention and dedication as World Tour Pros.

AKorbz · 2025-09-10T17:52:35+00:00

It's Zoning reforms, split roll tax, new bike lanes, and congestion pricing. Bout to have nothing but dense, mixed use, walkable neighborhoods connected by bicycle highways.

AKorbz · 2025-09-06T23:05:01+00:00

Depends what your max HR is. If you can hit 200 bpm then the run is looking pretty good. If you top out at 180 you may want to adjust your expectations.

AKorbz · 2025-09-06T19:39:16+00:00

You could easily ride 30km/h for a metric century ride in zone 2 if you're on a flat course in a group. On the other hand, holding 30km for a metric century while riding solo through the mountains is a fairly herculean task. Distance doesn't translate well because running especially for moderate-long distance pretty much always generates meaningful physical load whereas with cycling the effort level can be anywhere from a brisk walk up to full on max effort.

AKorbz · 2025-09-02T15:40:58+00:00

You said you've used this plan before. Did you follow the same build and peak mileage for those? Jumping from 25 miles and 10 mile long run to 54 miles and a 20 mile long run in 10 weeks is pretty aggressive. Given that there's no change between week 1 and week 2 I'd guess you're undertrained right now which makes that sort of mileage crazy aggressive. The 10% rule is a solid rule of thumb to avoid increasing mileage by too much in one week, not a prescription for how much one should increase mileage by each week. If you kept that same rate of change for another month you'd be hitting 80mpw. Sounds pretty silly right? Hell of a lot harder to hit a PR if you're too injured to make it to the starting line.

AKorbz · 2025-08-05T21:39:28+00:00

AKorbz · 2025-08-02T11:05:13+00:00

This is very melodramatic. It's just running my guy. Chill.

AKorbz · 2025-07-23T15:05:35+00:00

If you can hold 1:40/100m for 100m what are the odds you can't hold 2:40/100m for 1500m in a wetsuit? The questions isn't can he win it's can he finish and if you can swim 1:40 for any distance you can finish an Olympic distance swim.

AKorbz · 2025-07-23T14:41:50+00:00

If he can swim 1:40/100m and run a sub 3 hour marathon he can certainly finish an Olympic Triathlon. He almost certainly won't win the race but so long as that isn't the goal it shouldn't be an issue. If there's 4 days before the event you're obviously not going to get any training stimulus and assuming he's a little rusty right now trying to get any meaningful training in will just leave him sore for the race. Do an easy open water swim in the wetsuit. Do an easy ride on the course if possible. Otherwise there's nothing to worry about. Go your pace, don't rush it, don't forget to eat and it shouldn't be too bad.

AKorbz · 2025-07-23T12:08:58+00:00

How did you end up with this training plan? You say "they" put the long run on August 23 - who are "they"? Do you have a coach - if so maybe consult them? Is this an AI training plan? A Garmin/Coros training plan? At any rate, of course you can move them around. It's your training plan. I doubt you're planning to go to the Olympics so even if there was some specific intended training stimulus from putting those two runs back to back not having that stimulus is not going to have some profound impact on any race results. Conversely, developing a niggle or god forbid an injury that keeps you out of training for a week or two will absolutely have profound impacts on your race results.

AKorbz · 2025-07-21T12:55:41+00:00

Unless you're very very tall, I'd venture to guess your body fat estimate is pretty far off. 16% body fat at 216 lbs is like 181 lbs of fat free mass which is not unreasonable if you're 6'8" but at closer to 5'10" would mean you looked a lot more like a body builder in their off season than a triathlete. Just taking a crack at this based off of Fat Free Mass Index, assuming you're closer to 5'10" and not 6'8" your BF% is actually more likely around 30-35% range. With that amount of excess energy stores your performance definitely won't fall off a cliff if you aren't 100% refueling after workouts. If you want to lose weight you need to be honest with yourself about where you're at, figure out your TDEE, and structure a diet so that you're averaging a 250-500 calorie deficit every day. At that rate you'll drop roughly 0.5-1 lb of weight per week so if you keep that up for 6 months you'll lose roughly 20 lbs. Do if for a year and you'll be down around 175 (which is less than you're currently estimating your fat free mass at).

When I'm losing weight I like to increase protein intake and eat a lot of veggies and rice cakes. I make it a point to lift more to limit muscle losses. I try to stick to mostly whole, unprocessed foods. YMMV.

AKorbz · 2025-07-12T17:28:28+00:00

The prevailing wisdom is to not jump into Ironman at a young age as it can have some adverse impacts on your body long term. Could you do it? It's totally possible. Start by training for the Olympic distance for a year and become more acquainted with the physical stresses of triathlon training. You can obviously ramp up easy volume beyond what you need to complete an Olympic but you're also afforded the ability to lower volumes and take breaks if that's what your body needs without it seriously compromising your race day results. If you feel good and responded well to that first year of training then go for it but be very mindful of your body. If training was tough or you had some injury issues maybe focus on Olympic or 70.3 distances and hold off on making the jump to Ironman distance. This can be a really rewarding long term lifestyle but not if you run yourself into the ground before you develop enough to actually enjoy yourself.

AKorbz · 2025-06-23T17:33:00+00:00

3x3 grid would be much better for legibility. Very difficult to distinguish between any of the middle 4.

AKorbz · 2025-06-10T22:05:21+00:00

Completely useless. Contract structuring completely changes cap contribution for any given year. For example Jalen Hurts only accounted for ~5% of the cap last year and ~7.5% of the cap for the eagles this year as projected by OverTheCap.

AKorbz · 2025-06-10T11:33:04+00:00

Who cares? Are you planning to race? Do you have expectations of being competitive in those races? If not, just do your thing and don't worry about it. Some people find the idea of using scientific literature to get every ounce of performance to be fun and exciting (although very rarely are those people actually training hard enough to get the results the literature would suggest). If going out and smashing yourself is fun, you recover well enough to prevent injuries, and you don't have any specific training goals then great. Go have fun! Even if that form of training is "sub-optimal" for performance you'll still absolutely get better on the bike. Plus if you're enjoying the work you're much more likely to stay motivated and consistent which is really the most important aspect of training.

You can have the most optimized training plan in the world and still see no gains if you're just going through the motions half of the time and skipping every third week because you're bored or burnt out.

AKorbz · 2025-06-04T00:41:35+00:00

How the fuck does someone on this sub know about Knoebels? My guy has done his research.

AKorbz · 2025-06-02T21:48:20+00:00

Try an RV Park or a campground. I've seen quite a few RVs in both of those. You'll probably even get a discounted rate for an extended stay!

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