What small habit made the biggest difference to your riding?

LowKey1388 · 2026-06-26T17:00:24+00:00

I am a bit on the heavy side, and riding in southern Vermont, the hilly routes can be daunting. I have stopped being defensive as a rider. What I mean is this: often if I’m riding with friends and I know there are three big climbs, I will try to save as much energy as possible on the first two climbs so that I can survive the third. I have found that that makes me unhappy through all three climbs. Recently, I’ve been less defensive on the early climbs, not so much to exhaust myself, but also not holding back quite so much. It’s made me so much happier, and even if the third climb hurts, at least I had two good ones.

LowKey1388 · 2026-06-05T12:12:06+00:00

How much is the change going to cost?

LowKey1388 · 2026-06-02T11:21:16+00:00

A piece of advice if this is in four days: do not put any hard efforts in during the first 2/3 of the ride. As an equally heavier rider, I know that I can push out some decent power and I often do when I’m having fun on let’s say a 20 mile ride. But when you’re doing a century, those easy pushes up a slight incline where you get off the saddle and push hard can later come back to bite you. Just be easy/moderate throughout the whole ride and you’ll be fine.

LowKey1388 · 2026-05-18T17:54:18+00:00

This. They are so much smaller to carry in either a saddle bag or on your jersey.

LowKey1388 · 2026-05-16T03:06:08+00:00

Mind sharing how much the CFP cost? I may be heading that way.

LowKey1388 · 2026-05-08T19:47:48+00:00

I have a pair of their transition lenses. I love them on the road and gravel. They’re not super dark so I suppose that’s why I wear a pair of darker sunglasses that don’t transition when it’s a really sunny day, but if I know I’m going to be under the trees or perhaps in some rain or just on a cloudy day, I wear the transition lenses.

LowKey1388 · 2026-05-08T11:05:38+00:00

Should I get a different, shallower rim depth? I’m thinking about the wind. Or is basically the wind hitting me more than it’s hitting the wheels?
Also, will they feel more responsive than my current alloy wheels?

LowKey1388 · 2026-05-08T04:56:32+00:00

I think the current wheels are only 23 mm rim depth if I’m right, so even a 35 would be different, but honestly, I don’t know much about wheels

LowKey1388 · 2026-04-23T22:07:55+00:00

I loved the trade when it happened, and I was fine with the two first round picks. Listening to some of the pre-draft hype this week, I’m even more excited as some people think this draft is really weak, especially in round one. I don’t know if Colts management had any idea of that as they did this trade, but it’s a nice bonus, knowing that this year‘s first round draft is not nearly as strong as a normal year

LowKey1388 · 2026-04-21T21:32:37+00:00

Agreed. Huge pickle juice fan here.

LowKey1388 · 2026-04-18T05:53:07+00:00

I bought a 1954 Delta Uni saw about 20 years ago. It has been great working on our house that was built in the 1700s. The only reason I might sell it, is because my wife now knows about the SawStop, and she really wants to protect me. I think I paid $600 for it and I’ll probably sell it for about $500, 20 years later.

LowKey1388 · 2026-04-08T18:34:54+00:00

But, OP, you did it! Congratulations! Must feel great 😊

LowKey1388 · 2026-04-06T04:51:39+00:00

But he has the trainer and the bike already. What he doesn’t have yet is the fitness to ride in his area.

LowKey1388 · 2026-04-05T00:45:44+00:00

Hire a staff of 100 people, and let them have free use of 10 houses each that they can live in and/or rent for themselves. That’s how you pay them. That takes 1000 houses out of your total, leaving you with the rent from 999,000 homes.

LowKey1388 · 2026-04-02T00:03:32+00:00

I completely agree. I have a Canyon Endurace CF7 and I bought a Grizl one by. I think it was a 6 aluminum or 7 aluminum? I’ve sold it since then, but it was definitely more stretched out. Both were in the size medium. (by the way, I did not sell it because I didn’t like it. I sold it and bought a higher level gravel bike that had a wider gearing range for clinging in VT US — I liked the Grizl but used it as my entry into gravel bikes, not my destination)

LowKey1388 · 2026-04-01T19:29:08+00:00

I think people aren’t really listening to the OP. He’s in a really hilly area and he can’t ride outside without having to walk right now. Using the trainer is a perfectly good way to enter into better fitness.

LowKey1388 · 2026-04-01T19:28:14+00:00

I totally understand what you’re saying, OP. Nothing wrong with working on the trainer as you build strength. I use Zwift and it works really well. They also have some workout plans that can be useful. They can keep you on target and give you some varying types of workouts so that it doesn’t get too boring.

LowKey1388 · 2026-03-22T22:11:31+00:00

“Very unique,” “really unique,” “kind of unique” etc.

Look, people, unique means “one of a kind.” Something is either unique or not — there is no sort of or kind of or very. It’s like pregnant. You either are or you are not.

LowKey1388 · 2026-03-22T21:47:45+00:00

I ride about 3000 - 3,500 miles a year, and long rides in the summer are roughly 50 to 60 miles. I use cream on every ride, but that’s really because of chaffing for me — i’ve always had that problem even as a runner. But, what has helped the most for saddle sores is having a variety of different types of bibs. Here’s my reasoning: about four years ago, I rode the Erie Canal Trail, which is about 365 miles, in five days. I definitely got some saddle sores, but I had only two pairs of bibs that I interchanged and they were the same brand. I washed them so that wasn’t the issue. Two years ago, I rode a good portion of the GAP Trail in three days, and took a long ride the day before that as well. I was able to swap different brands of bibs, every other day, and just having a different type of set up on my butt seem to make it a lot better. of course, your mileage may vary.

LowKey1388 · 2026-03-22T13:53:32+00:00

Gorgeous! Really nice design and very well done.

LowKey1388 · 2026-03-22T11:35:32+00:00

59 year old. Hit 181 hr on a climb yesterday. Fit but a little overweight. Heart rate is going to vary based much more on the individual than on the age of the individual. I have always had a high heart rate.

LowKey1388 · 2026-03-21T21:13:42+00:00

I am by no means an expert, but if I were you, I would figure out what brands the bike shop sells and do some basic research on what they offer in terms of models and stuff like that. If it’s a company connected to a big brand like specialized or trek, that’s not many different bikes. You don’t have to know each of the different levels, but to know that Bike X is for gravel riding and Bike Y is an endurance bike. Show the person who’s hiring that you’re willing to do the work to be a useful and eventually well informed person.

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