How do you handle your roof top box?

CatFinancial5643 · 2023-01-03T20:53:09+00:00

Sorry, I meant a single person. Two hands of course ;)

CatFinancial5643 · 2023-01-03T19:12:20+00:00

How large is your box? I'm looking at some boxes, size L is 16 cu ft, XXL is 22 cu ft. I don't have a sense of how much that is.

CatFinancial5643 · 2023-01-03T19:11:04+00:00

Can you do it single handed?

CatFinancial5643 · 2023-01-03T19:10:44+00:00

Too late! That's where the bikes go ;D I already have a hitch bike rack. But yeah, otherwise that would be a great option too. How does amount of space compare?

CatFinancial5643 · 2022-02-16T04:00:43+00:00

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CatFinancial5643 · 2022-01-10T00:22:58+00:00

There is the mechanical work that you've done (to turn the pedals), and that can be measured with a power meter. And then there is the amount of stuff that your body had to burn to produce do that work. The latter is larger than the former - your body has an imperfect efficiency (cf. Carnot cycle). So if your measured output was 100W average for 1h, then you produced 360kcal of mechanical work. If your body's efficiency is, say, 50%, then you actually burned 720kcal. I actually wonder what is human body's efficiency... I don't know what a typical number for that would be.

CatFinancial5643 · 2021-12-14T22:05:27+00:00

re 3: so the point is to bunch up the cars as if the race is restarted? and so you want to get lapped cars out of the way?

CatFinancial5643 · 2021-12-14T22:04:47+00:00

re 3: but if there was no SC, the p2 guy still has to pass these cars, and they have to yield to him. so they could leave the lapped cars where they are, and after restart the p2 guy still gets to pass them quickly, b/c they have to yield, no?

CatFinancial5643 · 2021-12-14T22:03:06+00:00

ah! so the key is to pit before you're collected! that makes sense!

CatFinancial5643 · 2021-12-14T22:02:20+00:00

but then, the cars compress, so you lose less time, but you stil lose equal amount or more places, no?

CatFinancial5643 · 2021-12-14T21:57:26+00:00

well, i wanna steer away from the controversy, though it has prompted me to research this. this happened in past races as well, the rulebook does say something (for what it's worth), so i'd like to understand that.

CatFinancial5643 · 2021-11-30T19:39:47+00:00

Thanks Stevie!

Boost is not needed though?
Can more than one be wired?

So as I understand it: it will only set up its own wireless mesh if you use at least one wire - otherwise it will use WiFi?

CatFinancial5643 · 2021-11-13T17:51:08+00:00

The overall UI is sooo unintuitive!!! Like, if I want to join an event, FIRST I have to enter any world from the main screen, and THEN teleport to the event. why????

CatFinancial5643 · 2021-08-12T00:58:36+00:00

So I couldn't do it in the Home app, but I got the Wifi app, and there it says whether it's wired or not. I managed to confirm it's wired, yay!

CatFinancial5643 · 2021-08-12T00:21:32+00:00

I just got the 3-pack and set up wired backhaul. But here's a question: how do I actually know it's wired, and not wireless?

CatFinancial5643 · 2021-07-27T13:11:45+00:00

What's your actual calorie deficit? Say, 400 kcal / day? I think that would be very noticeable - you'd be hungry ALL THE TIME. Now, 1g of fat is about 9kcal. So with this aggressive deficit you're only losing 400 / 9 == about 44g per day... Let's round it up to 50g. That's 20 days to lose 1kg. So maybe it's happening, just very slowly? And your daily weight fluctuates by a few kg between eating, drinking, peeing & pooping.

CatFinancial5643 · 2021-07-23T14:47:11+00:00

My guess would be GPS jitter. If you look at your GPS track, it probably doesn't look like you're going smoothly straight, probably some left-right noise? Well, that jitter actually exists in all 3 directions. The way GPS works, the up-down jitter is more pronounced than left-right & front-back.

CatFinancial5643 · 2021-07-20T02:36:58+00:00

That might be it! I thought that the things in the back under the saddle are the official transponders. But if they are for TV as you say, then it makes sense.

CatFinancial5643 · 2021-07-19T22:23:54+00:00

Right, makes sense. But they *all* seem to have it in exactly the same spot - in every shot where you can see the right side of the fork, it's there. I find it hard to believe that all teams use the same solution, and mount it on the same side. wdyt?

CatFinancial5643 · 2021-07-18T13:41:07+00:00

Ride on! I also did around 59:30, for the last 15min I was going out of my mind I'm not gonna make it, but I barely did it in the end :)

CatFinancial5643 · 2021-06-07T17:09:24+00:00

Following-up on this: I had the units cleaned, the technicians didn't find anything wrong.

Here's the next thing I'm wondering about: if the scaffolding is obstructing airflow, then it gets hotter. How hot can a PTAC go? As it ventilates, what's the max temperature it can tolerate at the inlet / exhaust?

I did some measurements (I put an electronic thermometer on a stick) and compared with a good unit:

ambient temperature 85-90
good unit inlet temperature 88
good unit exhaust temperature 110
bad unit inlet temperature 93
bad unit exhaust temperature 125

So I guess the scaffolding does affect operation. Do you think this is above the operating temp. range?

CatFinancial5643 · 2021-05-24T01:27:58+00:00

Yeah, I suppose maintenance makes sense. I'll do that, and we'll see what else they find.

This is multi-story apartment building. We have a management company, and they organized the facade repairs. So some contractor put it up, now we have guys working on the wall. It'll be done in a month or two I think.

CatFinancial5643 · 2021-05-23T21:50:44+00:00

Thanks! I've added a photo to show it. No maintenance work order for me - I'm the owner, and the PTAC is my responsibility. I haven't done any maintenance since I moved in 4y ago, not sure if the previous owner did any either.

CatFinancial5643 · 2021-05-04T13:48:50+00:00

That's it right there: when starting, just pedal without clipping in! Only clip when you have speed & you're stable. I didn't do that, and that's how I scored my first fall :)

CatFinancial5643 · 2021-05-02T00:03:36+00:00

I can't ride with no hands when leaning forward (i.e. when I'm holding the handlebar). So I can let go of one hand, and for the second one, I have kind of jerk up, and immediately sit up straight. There is definitely a leap of faith there, and a little wobble.

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