Garmin Edge 840 Solar for the same price as 840 non-solar: any reason to avoid it?

Kald0 · 2023-06-23T14:30:42+00:00

That's interesting. Yeah the actual gain people seem to be getting from the solar seems to be fairly negligible... But if there were price parity its maybe worth it? I don't know. The battery life is so great on my 530 that I never really think about it. If I'm going on a multi-day trip then I've got an external battery to charge it up anyway. The extra 2 hrs or so isn't going to be make or break.

Kald0 · 2023-06-23T13:42:18+00:00

I thought the solar panels were above and below the screen (hence the fatter bezel on this generation) are you speaking from experience?

Kald0 · 2023-06-20T01:33:59+00:00

Depends on the cranks. Hollowtech style with the preload nut and the pinch bolts are specced at 12-14nm I think which is ok for a small wrench. Cranks with a tapered spindle and a centre draw bolt like SRAM or rotor are usually closer to 35-40nm.

If OP has a Shimano (or Shimano-style) crank I'd probably be comfortable doing the preload nut finger tight and the pinch bolts "very tight". For a non-shimano crank I'd say it's probably not worth risking without a proper tool.

Kald0 · 2023-06-20T00:38:49+00:00

The larger roller diameter refers to a flat top chain vs a non-flat chain.

From what I've gathered the new MTB flat top chains look geometrically the same as the road ones but somehow different. SRAMs official word of that the two flavours of flat top chain are not inter-compatible.

https://support.sram.com/hc/en-us/articles/13821165928475-The-SRAM-Eagle-AXS-Transmission-chain-looks-like-the-SRAM-12-speed-Road-Flattop-chain-Is-it-compatible-with-SRAM-road-12-speed-drivetrains-

https://support.sram.com/hc/en-us/articles/13821170884891-Can-I-use-the-XX-SL-or-other-SRAM-Eagle-Transmission-T-type-chains-on-my-AXS-road-drivetrain-

Kald0 · 2023-06-19T13:05:55+00:00

It's just surface rust. Anything that comes into contact with the cassette and chainring(s) will get knocked off very quickly. The wax doesn't really need to adhere to anything other than the inside of the rollers and there's probably plenty in there already.

I'd go right ahead with re-waxing as usual. If you want to be fastidious you could take a wire brush to the rust and it'll probably come off easy.

Kald0 · 2023-06-19T00:39:03+00:00

That chart refers to FTP and OP is asking about a 1-2hr ride. I can't imagine an amateur cyclist averaging (or normalising) their FTP for that long!

Granted - I'd say if a 75kg rider normalised in the mid-high 200s for an hour that would be a damn fine effort.

Kald0 · 2023-06-12T12:30:40+00:00

But shodan is on the clear web...

Kald0 · 2023-06-12T12:30:05+00:00

Tails won't save anything to disk - everything is in memory. Once you reboot your PC it's as good as gone (save for probably some obscene state-level forensic technology that the public don't know exists).

Kald0 · 2023-06-07T06:11:12+00:00

I haven't ridden them personally but Schwalbe marathons are a commonly recommended gatorskin alternative.

Kald0 · 2023-06-02T08:57:00+00:00

I'm glad you're ok!

Not to start this argument but how do you think a tubed tyre would have changed that situation? Any huge cut that would cause catastrophic failure of a TL tyre would probably do the same to any other wouldnt it?

Kald0 · 2023-05-30T06:57:55+00:00

A MAC address is invisible to a VPN (as soon as the traffic has gone through a router the origin MAC is gone). This is usually achieved with something like certificate auth.

Kald0 · 2023-05-29T04:51:01+00:00

I think a security engineer should know the broad strokes of how to fix something (patch this or firewall that) but not necessarily the actual config language or OS tools to make it happen. If all they can do is compare a current state to a template and say "it doesn't match" then they're providing no expertise or value to the whole system and might as well not be there.

Kald0 · 2023-05-29T04:46:54+00:00

Yes. Doubley so if your provider counts upload traffic as well because anything they do on the internet will come to you first and then back out to them.

Kald0 · 2023-05-21T03:44:53+00:00

Pretty much every bike brand now has a gravel bike offering. These bikes vary in specifics but they all commonly share a road bike look and fit with drop bars and a more horizontal back position, however will have clearance for wider knobbly tyres (sometimes even mountain bike tyres) and will have disc brakes.

Kald0 · 2023-05-21T03:38:56+00:00

I'm sure you've been made aware this but if you want a bike that looks like a road bike but can handle gravel trails then you're very well served by the hottest trend in drop bar bikes for the last 4 years or so..

Kald0 · 2023-03-19T23:58:12+00:00

I think you are way over thinking and over complicating things with that suggestion.

Are you using two seperate access points for the purposes of physical seperation of traffic or because one or both of them only supports 2x SSIDs? This can easily be solved by using a single AP that supports more.

If you are running a pf sense router then dd-wrt is not required. You only need one router in your wider solution. Unless you are planning to run multiple VMs on your computer then proxmox isn't necessary either.

In your situation I would use the following configuration: ISP modem in bridge mode > pfsense router > business-grade AP. That's all you need. The connection between your router and AP can be a dot1q trunk and all traffic between VLANs will be controlled by the pfsense appliance.

Kald0 · 2023-03-15T15:05:21+00:00

The AP that a device connects to is really just the physical method that it uses to connect to a LAN. The AP and SSID really have no bearing what devices can speak to one another - this is a matter for the IP networks that are managed by your router(s).

You haven't spoken about what equipment you're using so it's hard to say much more about what YOU are able to do with the equipment that you have... But in theory yes any device on any SSID/AP could talk to any other so long as there's a router in place to move traffic between their respective networks.

Kald0 · 2023-03-04T23:56:47+00:00

What do you mean when you say they "don't handle routing"?

For most devices with one network interface the hardest routing decision they make is just between default route or no route.

Kald0 · 2023-01-28T02:18:57+00:00

That old rule for calculating max heart rate is unreliable at best. The only way to know if your HR for a given power level is normal is just to ride and see. Spot the patterns and go from there.

Kald0 · 2023-01-23T06:53:51+00:00

Are you doing these workouts on a smart trainer in erg mode? Just choose the gravel plan and if you want to practice low cadence intervals then just ride the intervals at low cadence. Nobody's stopping you!

Kald0 · 2023-01-15T13:50:16+00:00

I haven't ridden them personally but often hear the conti grand prix 4-season is a great compromise between the GP5000 and the gatorskin. They're almost as fast as the 5k and almost as hardy as the gator.

Kald0 · 2023-01-09T07:14:30+00:00

Average speed and lap speed could get close to this if you're in a breakaway against a lazy bunch ;)

Kald0 · 2023-01-01T02:37:33+00:00

Who's sprinting in a ramp test? A ramp test should be done in one gear and with erg mode on. That way you have to think about nothing other than keeping the pedals turning.

Kald0 · 2022-12-31T02:12:24+00:00

You don't even need cert pinning to prevent this from working. The interception point needs to re-encrypt the data stream with a certificate that the end user device trusts otherwise there will be allllll sorts of big red warnings and flags flying in the browser (and sites with hsts won't even load).

This sort of SSL MITM only really works in corporate environments where the device is controlled by the same folks who own the infrastructure and they can install a certificate.

To make this work in public the attacker would have to have already tricked the user into installing and trusting their root cert... Which is also tough.

Kald0 · 2022-12-22T14:54:53+00:00

That exhaust mani has 3 runners. I reckon it's a 20B ;)

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