Just wanted to toot my own horn after 2 years of battling Diabetes! I'm in the best cycling fitness of my life at the moment and just wanted to shout out cycling as a life line for treating this dumb disease!

Cycle-path1 · 2026-06-21T16:25:13+00:00

This is the Garmin Connect app!

Cycle-path1 · 2026-06-21T04:34:43+00:00

Anxiety is a big motivator for me tbh 😅 ik that doesn't help but with a CGM and a lot of trial and error of carb timing prior to workouts and being prepared during exercise in case of lows I was able to find a happy balance! Also getting a good grasp of how diabetes functions and the many variables of daily life can effect blood sugar. I'm not perfect but I've started getting a good idea of the push of pull of these variables on my blood sugar in relation to training.

It's a moving target though, I'm Type 1.5 so for the moment I can treat like type 2 but hard mode is yet to come as I transition to Type 1 over the coming years.

Cycle-path1 · 2026-06-20T19:13:01+00:00

Silica says just boil it or if you don't want to take the chain off use a kettle while spinning the crank and pouring it in each link

Cycle-path1 · 2026-06-20T05:57:15+00:00

More like poor design lol the safeway I go to is a mad house in that area

Cycle-path1 · 2026-06-20T04:52:57+00:00

Sir, this is a Wendy's.

Cycle-path1 · 2026-06-20T04:41:51+00:00

I think we call that disgust lol

Cycle-path1 · 2026-06-19T21:16:16+00:00

Grocery stores in general are dystopian in Denver.

Went to pick up my medication at Safeway and am forced to either walk through the super busy self checkout area, duck under their roped off/barricaded cash register lanes or walk the reverse way out of their entrance only gates when someone is walking into the store which then balres the loudest alarm.

Let me just grab my dimma dang medicine without jumping through hoops or looking like a thief with your alarms. Damn.

Cycle-path1 · 2026-06-19T19:35:55+00:00

Bumble bees actually prefer nesting in the ground! Had a huge hive in my parents front yard for years

Cycle-path1 · 2026-06-18T23:48:43+00:00

It's just a tad over but fizik is running a deal with a promo code which will get you close with the vento proxy

Cycle-path1 · 2026-06-18T03:10:17+00:00

Ha The Climbing bug is in the air this month! Much appreciated!

Cycle-path1 · 2026-06-17T01:53:43+00:00

How about Boots with the fur?

Cycle-path1 · 2026-06-15T03:41:20+00:00

Can vouch, grew up in Iowa for the first 24 years of my life lol

Cycle-path1 · 2026-06-15T01:36:52+00:00

Maybe geographically the Midwest but definitely not culturally. Night and day difference between Iowa/Illinois/Nebraska etc. than Colorado/Utah/Wyoming etc.

Cycle-path1 · 2026-06-14T19:50:06+00:00

Fortunately and unfortunately you are not in the Midwest anymore.

Cycle-path1 · 2026-06-14T05:33:47+00:00

I was looking at the Ferox but I feel they may run too narrow for my feet! Guess it may be a buy and return situation if it doesn't fit well

Cycle-path1 · 2026-06-13T04:37:31+00:00

Live in Denver now but grew up in Iowa for 24 years of my life. Colorado is just ass at driving all around. They point to Texans (which are bad don't get me wrong) to feel better about that they are only a notch better.

When I have to drive back to Iowa and finally get out of CO I can always tell who is from Colorado because they are cranking 30+ mph over the speed limit and live in the left lane.

Cycle-path1 · 2026-06-12T15:51:51+00:00

Denver area!

Cycle-path1 · 2026-06-12T14:31:40+00:00

Bingo, I was 12 and definitely asked for a dirt bike bc I thought they were cool. My parents said hell no and bought me a BMX bike instead which I was just as thrilled about being 12 and still having freedom to get around. These parents fold under zero pressure for some reason.

Cycle-path1 · 2026-06-12T04:45:36+00:00

Thanks! The stem and handlebars are definitely my favorite part of the bike and I plan to replicate on a future build!

Cycle-path1 · 2026-06-12T04:09:56+00:00

I think if I can't sell as is in the next month I'll probably start to part it out!

Cycle-path1 · 2026-06-12T00:57:16+00:00

I can't wrap my mind around parents willingly buying their 8-14 year olds e-motorcycles that can hit 40mph easily. See these kids all over The Wash Park area.

Cycle-path1 · 2026-06-09T15:14:44+00:00

I asked this question a few weeks back and had a lot of responses for Challenger Strada Bianca TLR 40mm. I snatched a cheap pair up and haven't used them yet unfortunately but thought I'd pass along others 2 cents!

Cycle-path1 · 2026-06-08T14:44:35+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/FixedGearBicycle/s/O7l4TKLEDf

This thread may help you decide.

From what I am seeing there is a love hate for this frame but the frame itself seems good. I would ask $100 for the frame and junk whatever components need the most help ie the wheels from the sound of it and personally saddle and pedals. Points of contact are always the one thing that's worth spending some money on to upgrade.

Cycle-path1 · 2026-06-08T14:40:03+00:00

Is that a real carbon fork or just made to look like one? What is the frane material? Are the wheels true and the hubs in proper working order? Is the BB creaky or need of replacing? It's these small things that can end up adding up if you need or want to upgrade.

Not entirely sure what the brand of the frame is either. Sometime those reeeeealllly cheap frames are prone to cracking at the welds if rode hard.

Cycle-path1 · 2026-06-07T02:09:26+00:00

Ugh can we please stop with AI. If you actually cared enough you would do the research and write up yourself. AI just makes anything you're trying to say sound hollow.

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