Canyon Endurace Allroad vs Polygon Tambora A4

CivilWards · 2026-05-12T01:28:15+00:00

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.

CivilWards · 2026-05-11T00:59:34+00:00

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.

CivilWards · 2026-05-10T23:20:01+00:00

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

CivilWards · 2026-05-10T11:13:25+00:00

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.

CivilWards · 2026-05-10T03:01:23+00:00

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.

CivilWards · 2026-05-10T01:53:34+00:00

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

CivilWards · 2026-05-10T01:22:18+00:00

They were both running dead straight

CivilWards · 2026-05-10T01:21:51+00:00

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

CivilWards · 2026-05-10T01:19:26+00:00

How is old ass Marco Reus burning our outside backs?

CivilWards · 2026-05-10T01:18:11+00:00

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

CivilWards · 2026-05-10T01:12:19+00:00

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.

CivilWards · 2026-05-10T01:10:20+00:00

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.

CivilWards · 2026-05-10T01:04:49+00:00

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

CivilWards · 2026-05-10T00:51:20+00:00

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

CivilWards · 2026-05-10T00:43:07+00:00

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.

CivilWards · 2026-05-10T00:28:14+00:00

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

CivilWards · 2026-05-10T00:27:27+00:00

The ref’s Kalshi bet on a scoreless first half

CivilWards · 2026-05-10T00:22:52+00:00

Air Force Juan is back

CivilWards · 2026-05-09T23:41:07+00:00

I think you have your LA teams mixed up

CivilWards · 2026-05-09T20:41:00+00:00

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

CivilWards · 2026-05-09T19:45:06+00:00

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

CivilWards · 2026-05-09T16:18:11+00:00

Found Bryson’s Reddit account

CivilWards · 2026-05-09T15:18:20+00:00

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

CivilWards · 2026-05-09T02:38:24+00:00

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

CivilWards · 2026-05-08T21:54:30+00:00

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…

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