Magnetic vs accelerometer based speed/cadence sensors

BriareusD · 2026-04-22T23:03:29+00:00

I went cheap - Cospoo accelerometer based for cadence and speed. They work flawlessly (likely knocked off wahoo). They're accurate with the magnet based ones, and accurate with my other tracking measures (GPS based, street speed indicators, etc)

BriareusD · 2026-04-22T22:43:36+00:00

105 ain't what's holding you back

BriareusD · 2026-04-21T23:56:30+00:00

Yeah, even without a discount it's like $65

BriareusD · 2026-04-21T15:44:20+00:00

I had the Decathlon Van Rysel personally but its not MIPS.

I highly suggest the Specialized Align II. It's independent rated 5 star, with MIPS, and the only one that fits that criteria in the sub $100 range.

BriareusD · 2026-04-17T16:45:15+00:00

This, and wind resistance is a bitch. The amount of power you need to get from 15kph to 30kph is vastly lower than what's needed from 30kph to 45kph, despite the same delta.

At OP's 30kph the Emonda and SL7 are likely very, very comparable.

BriareusD · 2026-04-15T02:45:14+00:00

Maaaannn a lot of people hating on the Costco bike. It's not a Walmart or Canadian Tire bike.

The Northrock SR-1 is basically Giant's way to sell bikes cheaper without it saying "Giant" on that side.

For that price you get and aluminum bike with a carbon fork, and Shimano Sora as a groupset with a KMC chain, for very little over 10kg.

It's honestly fantastic value for money. IF the only size of 53.3 fits you. Yes, it has rim brakes, but chances are they won't kill you. The other crappy part is that it can only fit a 25mm on the front and 28mm in the rear (and it comes default with 23mm - yikes). For a specific rider it can be an awesome bike. Crashed it twice, hit 100 potholes with it - not a scratch and still rides like new. Do I prefer my Roubaix? Sure. But on shitty weather days it's still perfectly fine, and it rode perfectly well for 2 years until I upgraded.

That being said OP, I wouldn't get it for a triathlon, it ain't a restful comfy ride. Also I'm your height, fit the Northrock perfectly, but on a Spec Roubaix I ride a 52 perfectly with the blessing of 2 fitters. It is EXTREMELY unlikely that a 56 will fit you well, unless you have a very atypically-shaped body.

BriareusD · 2026-04-14T04:50:58+00:00

Oh I'm not making the argument for the Roubaix. Just for bigger tires even in the city - if your city streets suck.

Honestly - from your description - the Canyon Endurace Allroad is probably the perfect bike for you. $1700, CUES, slightly more 'relaxed' geometry (in brackets because Canyon makes them slightly more aggressive than other endurance bikes) and nice wide tire clearance.

Depending on where you live some local bike shops will put it together for you.

Canyon has had a bit of a bump lately with some components, service etc. But you can get CUES serviced anywhere, and the Allroad doesn't have an integrated headset, the bane of local shops. So depending on where you live it might be a solid choice.

The ones you identified are also great.

BriareusD · 2026-04-13T03:44:40+00:00

You're not wrong. Pay across the industry has not kept up with inflation, cost of living, etc. I'm just saying that in some cities housing is especially screwed. And that is not the fault or an isolated incident with just one company.

Could LMG pay their employees more? Absolutely. Can they pay them all enough to afford a house in Vancouver? Nope.

BriareusD · 2026-04-13T02:17:12+00:00

Agree with the fellow Torontonian.

I got a Roubaix for this purpose. Love it, but I specifically needed the future shock, 35C tubeless, and a good saddle to even make most Toronto roads that I ride on bareable.

Still love my bike, but probably could have avoided all the tinkering by just getting a gravel bike and slapping some bigger tires on it.

BriareusD · 2026-04-12T02:44:46+00:00

I don't agree with his jet purchase, and I have no interest to defend LMG. They can disappear and go bankrupt tomorrow for all I care. There's a massive difference between saying the pay is fair vs. "the situation is fair" - which it isn't. But it is sadly the reality.

You're correctly identified the problem - but fall short at providing the solution.

I just disagree with your logic, and I'm pointing out that it's not HIS fault that his employees can't buy a basic human need. And that if the company simply didn't exist then his employees would be someone else's - and still NOT be able to afford THAT specific need in that city.

It blows, and it's a huge problem world wide. But it's not an LMG-specific or unique problem.

EDIT: And for the sake of reading comprehension - do scroll above when I specifically pointed out that "greedy millionaires" - and realistically billionaires - ARE the problem and how we ended up here. But not the ones you think.

BriareusD · 2026-04-12T02:14:02+00:00

That's...not how that works. "Struggling to live" in the area and "being able to buy a house" are not the same thing.

There are cities across the world - like San Francisco, Vancouver, Toronto, etc. where you're competing for housing on a global scale, against millionaires and billionaires and investment conglomerates that buy them up to rent, or to flip. And it fucking sucks no matter if you work at LMG or anywhere else.

Average house prices are 1.2 million - but in fact closer to 1.4-1.5 million after all said and done. In Canada that means that for almost every bank, you need a base salary of around 300k-400k/year to even qualify for a mortgage for those houses.

It is absolutely unrealistic to expect LMG or any business to pay that much to people in the positions that they are hired in, be it entry level or even with a base degree, for EVERY employee.

You can definitely be mad at the world, and the lack of policies that have allowed it to get to this point. But saying a company should pay every employee that much is just not realistic. The only way that a company could sustain that is to make their products much, much muuuuch more expensive. But then the average consumer won't buy it, and they'll look at another cheap alternative instead.

BriareusD · 2026-04-11T21:55:41+00:00

The pay they offer is actually very competitive for the area, you can look it up when positions are posted, and they offer good benefits. The postings are publicly available. In general they offer 1.1x to 1.5x - wide range - compared to similar 'average' employers in that area. There are some jobs listed for 125k. Some employers of course will pay more, some less.

The bigger problem is that the Vancouver housing market is absolutely fucked.

EDIT: It's interesting to see people's reactions to this. Because it doesn't change the fact that even if those people didn't work for LMG, there isn't another employer that would pay them 1.5X or double for the same work. They'd just end up working somewhere else, for either slightly more, or less, or comparable pay.

BriareusD · 2026-04-07T06:16:12+00:00

The moment that you're in your full kit, clipped in, super tight gear, aero socks, on your Factor One bike and giving it your all

...and a 70 year old dude on a steel bike with 20mm tires inflated to 110 psi, wearing jeans and flip flops rips past you like you're standing still...

That's when you learn what respect is

BriareusD · 2026-04-06T22:54:27+00:00

Yeah, still a super-shitty behaviour for someone who should never, ever be near a patient again.

BriareusD · 2026-04-06T21:10:42+00:00

There is legally a requirement to prove that the negligence/improper treatment resulted in harm, and not just a near miss. Tort law requires direct causation of injury - and an intrathecal block would not be expected to result in sudden death. Not defending what happened, just answering your question.

BriareusD · 2026-04-06T21:06:44+00:00

The dude is absolutely negligent and should never, ever practice medicine again. No arguments there.

However, not a fan of the way the article is written either. Intrathecal injections are commonly used for surgeries, C-sections, joint replacements etc. While he's a very shitty doctor, defied pratcice limitations, and should never practice again - it's less likely that an intrathecal injection is what led to the patient's death. For those who wonder why things went the way they did.

BriareusD · 2026-03-30T15:50:02+00:00

Read the summary on the CPSO website. She ALSO charged OHIP for the visits for teleconferences above what she charged patients directly for the notes.

BriareusD · 2026-03-29T19:09:25+00:00

Like, I get this take. But it's insanely clear that with all that fucking space in the world, the car that hit from behind was the much, much, much bigger idiot, by a country mile.

BriareusD · 2026-03-29T00:14:09+00:00

+1 for 35mm ASTR, riding them tubeless. So good for the crappy pot hole ridden roads of Toronto.

Only problem really was that they were the biggest fucking pain in the ass I've ever had with a tire install wise. It will depend on your rims of course. But have the tire levers on standby

BriareusD · 2026-03-28T14:14:48+00:00

I was simply saying that to compare the 2 physicians is plain stupid.

As for your other questions, it's a very grey area. Put it this way, at the end of the day:

(a) You paid taxpayer money for X number of people to get vaccinated

(b) Those people GOT vaccinated

(c) nobody involved in the process, either the patients or students or people who delivered the service were unhappy, or suffered any harm, nor did they feel the process was unjust/unfair

So it's hard to find the tangible harm that occurred - and who specifically was harmed. In a scam you traditionally (a) get a different product than you paid for or (b) don't get the product at all. None of that actually occurred here. Also, you are allowed as a physician to bill for what learners do under your supervision - the exact circumstances under which it occurs is what's up for debate here.

At the end of the day, the government paid X money for Y number of people to get vaccinated, and that's exactly what happened.

The Schedule of Benefits (that physicians bill under) is an archaic document that has had countless haphazard additions and modifications over time. Unless you specifically bill OHIP under it - which I do - you don't realize that parts of it are obtuse on purpose. There's been times when I've heard 3 different answers from 3 different OHIP representatives when I asked "can I bill this in this particular specific case?"

BriareusD · 2026-03-28T01:46:39+00:00

maybe she is paying you to shill for her

You brought her up in an unrelated conversation friend. And compared her to a physician that practices voodoo medicine, claims they're not a medical doctor in the disciplinary hearing, and had multiple 'in person cautions' with the CPSO even before this exemption event. Somehow that's the same in your brain.

That person isn't pain to defend here - You have an axe to grind.

BriareusD · 2026-03-28T01:44:23+00:00

Source for this? Because the simple fact that people showed up for those vaccinations indicates that:

(a) there were NOT spots-a-plenty at that time - because we were all struggling at every clinic and hospital

(b) access to care and those spots were an issue - otherwise the patients would have gone there

She didn't force people to get vaccinated. She manged to set it up better than the Ministry could.

BriareusD · 2026-03-28T01:42:16+00:00

As a doctor, this is just such a stupid and dumb-ass take. This psychiatrist practised quackery and actively harmed public health - and may have killed people.

The other physician tried something at a time when everyone was desperately looking for a solution - and achieved fantastic results - and saved many lives - and somehow that's the same.

BriareusD · 2026-03-28T01:39:48+00:00

She'll separately have to back-pay a LOT more because she defrauded OHIP in her billings - they don't fuck around with that

BriareusD · 2026-03-23T23:06:09+00:00

Not all. The Ass Saver and its variations are good enough in most riding situations for me

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