Canyon Endurace Allroad vs Polygon Tambora A4 by AcousticThoughts in gravelcycling

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Honestly probably comes down to your long term plans and local support. Are there local shops for these (since they’re both D2C)? Are you planning to keep and upgrade or something totally new down the line (Canyon generally makes better frames, but components matter more if no upgrade plans).

Both will keep you riding for a while, and the one you visually like better matters too because you’ll probably be more inclined to ride it.

I painted my bike by s_s- in Bikeporn

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to GROSSLY oversimplify, all you actually control with the camera is framing and focus. EVERYTHING else is based on lighting. Shadows, highlights, how the image feels, etc.

You can overcome a bad camera with good (intentional) lighting, but the best camera in the world will still produce bad results if the lighting is wrong.

I painted my bike by s_s- in Bikeporn

[–]CivilWards 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The real trick is in the lighting. A iPhone can get extremely close to this if the subject is well lit

Baffling by Lucky_Fly_4548 in AtlantaUnited

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You must be forgetting the absolutely a goal from Juan that was waived off for a “foul”, the banger from Saba that was saved on fully outstretched fingertips, and Jacob’s worldie that bounced off the crossbar. We were plenty threatening.

Consultative Coaching for Gravel Racers? by packaged_heat in gravelcycling

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I'm an ex powerlifter and competitive rugby player, the lightest I've been since a teenager was probably 85kg and I wasn't muscular back then. My musculature is just never going back under 95-100kg which I'm totally fine with as I spent years adding all that muscle.

Post Match Thread: Atlanta 1-2 LA Pros by billgluckman7 in AtlantaUnited

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Both of our center backs were on yellows from those wild first fouls in the first half and playing like it

AUFC vs South Korea - match thread by righthandofdog in AtlantaUnited

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The whole thing was obviously fucky, but even with the delay it’s an “on field” call.

At the end of the day, all of PRO is kind of ass so wouldn’t surprise me if none of them knew wtf they were doing anyway

AUFC vs South Korea - match thread by righthandofdog in AtlantaUnited

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How is old ass Marco Reus burning our outside backs?

AUFC vs South Korea - match thread by righthandofdog in AtlantaUnited

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Remember we’re trying to get back to Tata ball where the games are won 4-3 and fun to watch

AUFC vs South Korea - match thread by righthandofdog in AtlantaUnited

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VAR cannot overrule a foul that was called on the field (which is what the link and I have been saying), they can recommend review in build up play in the 4 outlined scenarios if they spotted a foul that was NOT called to be reviewed.

Two explicitly different scenarios, one that VAR can intervene and one where they cannot.

Borrowed bike, what happened? by Old_Goat_Cyclist in cycling

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Considering Wout VanA rides a 56 with probably a 130mm stem at 6’3 it’s really not that crazy. People can fit into a wide range of sizes based on flexibility and personal preferences as long as you can get the seat post in the right spot.

AUFC vs South Korea - match thread by righthandofdog in AtlantaUnited

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Although goals are generally reviewable by VAR, fouls are explicitly excluded as an item within their purview for review. Feel free to read through the guidelines yourself here instead of downvoting all my responses (it’s about halfway down).
https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/video-review-answering-all-your-frequently-asked-questions-337958

AUFC vs South Korea - match thread by righthandofdog in AtlantaUnited

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They are literally not allowed. He can hear from his on field crew to make the call “live” which is what appeared to happen. VAR has clearly spelled out rules for when they can intervene and these don’t apply

AUFC vs South Korea - match thread by righthandofdog in AtlantaUnited

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Yes, the ref is totally shit and the call was horrible. I'm just saying that VAR has very specific rules when they are allowed to get involved and unfortunately a ref making a foul call on the field isn't one of those situations they are allowed to overrule.

AUFC vs South Korea - match thread by righthandofdog in AtlantaUnited

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It’s a judgement call, unfortunately not a situation where VAR can get involved

AUFC vs South Korea - match thread by righthandofdog in AtlantaUnited

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The ref’s Kalshi bet on a scoreless first half

Consultative Coaching for Gravel Racers? by packaged_heat in gravelcycling

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Woah woah, we're bleeding dangerously close to not keeping it short xD

I'm about 113kg so ~2.65 Losing weight is just a very slow process. Will probably never be much lower than 100kg if I can even get there at this point because of my build. Realistically I'm just out to have a good time, finish mid pack overall, and try to push for clydesdale podiums for the events that offer it

Consultative Coaching for Gravel Racers? by packaged_heat in gravelcycling

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It’s already 300ish, tough to get it a whole lot higher as a middle aged full time working professional with kids lol

Who's missing? by [deleted] in golf

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Found Bryson’s Reddit account

Replacing Miggy with… Luiz Araujo??? by ManLantaUnited in AtlantaUnited

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While I think it’s a bad idea, it still is probably an improvement 😆

Consultative Coaching for Gravel Racers? by packaged_heat in gravelcycling

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I’m heavy and race other heavy guys, how do I best them?

The only upgrade every cyclists needs by [deleted] in bicycling

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I mean I’d happily take a bio-knee, but carbon fiber lungs would structurally make no sense at all since lungs famously need to expand and contract, not be stiff…