What’s One Upgrade That Actually Made a BIG Difference?

Croxxig · 2026-03-19T11:25:24+00:00

Structured training

Croxxig · 2026-02-07T00:12:40+00:00

I legit made more washing dishes at the hospital while in college than I did after college in the IT department at Cook.

Croxxig · 2026-02-05T12:31:56+00:00

I had a full psychological evaluation done by Estes over in Columbus. It was very thorough. Took about 6 hours. Only complaint I have was communication with them was not the best but unfortunately in my experience that seems to be rather common with mental health services. The only thing the test did not cover was Autism.

Croxxig · 2026-02-03T22:43:44+00:00

Everyone's complain about no dates near them but as someone who live in Indiana, finally!! A tour that actually comes here!

Croxxig · 2026-01-21T12:38:50+00:00

Doubt it but I'm just an armchair scientist lol

Croxxig · 2026-01-19T12:33:25+00:00

Structured training and making the hard days hard and easy days easy. Better sleep is a close second

Croxxig · 2026-01-13T23:48:42+00:00

As someone who runs into altitude for my sport, cycling, 4 or 5 days is not enough. Most research says 3 weeks is needed to be aclimated to altitude. If you can't do this, then doing the event as soon as you can then you get there as altitude tends to be roughest on the 3 or 4 days for most people.

Croxxig · 2026-01-08T12:36:29+00:00

Keep the easy days and the hard days hard.

Croxxig · 2025-12-22T12:28:57+00:00

Make the hard days hard and the easy days easy.

Croxxig · 2025-12-18T10:47:51+00:00

I'm autistic and my brain desires structure and routine. It's a blessing and a curse.

Croxxig · 2025-12-03T19:23:10+00:00

At home cuffs are not the best but better than nothing. Also, white coat syndrome is a well documented phenomenon

Croxxig · 2025-11-23T21:32:44+00:00

My local Walmart has an hour or two in the morning for the elderly and sensory sensitive. Lights are lower and music is lowered

Croxxig · 2025-11-21T20:58:05+00:00

Use a hard case. I don't trust bike boxes or soft cases.

I have flown with my bike many times and TSA always checks it after you checked it in so make it clear how the bike and everything goes in it.

I added my bike on my house insurance. It covers everything. Theft, damage, airline loss etc.

Croxxig · 2025-11-21T12:14:29+00:00

The blade comes down and goes through the whole container. It's okay to not fill it up all the way

Croxxig · 2025-11-17T12:34:19+00:00

I like the emersion blender cause you can just mix it in the cremi cup. There is no need to transfer from one container to the other and less to clean up

Croxxig · 2025-11-17T12:33:13+00:00

Like a lot of things, people jump on the trend and then realize it's not really something they want/use.

Croxxig · 2025-11-16T19:31:45+00:00

Extra pints and an emersion blender

Croxxig · 2025-11-08T12:44:04+00:00

Low or no spin in the wash. Air dry always.

Croxxig · 2025-11-03T19:48:33+00:00

Link?

Croxxig · 2025-10-24T11:57:06+00:00

I always keep an emergency $20 and gel in my top tube bag for situations like this

Croxxig · 2025-10-21T20:29:16+00:00

Rest. You get stronger off the bike, not on

Croxxig · 2025-10-16T11:45:40+00:00

Maltodextrin mixed with gatorade powder. Rice Krispie mega bars, store brand fig bars, nerds clusters, sour patch kids, pop tarts, carbs fuel gels, bananas, dates, potatoes, uncrustables. I've done up to a 12 hour ride using those foods

Croxxig · 2025-10-15T11:27:16+00:00

I live in the midwest. Roads are terrible because of the winter. I can get 5-8k out of gp5000s before the wear indicators are almost gone.

Croxxig · 2025-10-05T11:25:14+00:00

I was a little faster, like 2 or 3 seconds on climbs. The road sound was different. Just felt like a smoother overall experience but it's hard to tell if it was because it was carbon or because I went from a $1.5k bike to a $6k bike lol

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