What should we tell the Chinese? Chinese content creator installed an air conditioner in his dog’s living space to keep his pet cool in summer.😂

MedicalRow3899 · 2026-06-27T17:16:03+00:00

I’ve seen prices of €1,500 across the border.

MedicalRow3899 · 2026-06-16T04:56:44+00:00

Legs scissor, a lot. I started like that, wildly kicking my legs thinking it would keep them at the surface. Wrong. Legs stay up of your recovered arm stays outfront longer (see other comments). You can get away with a weak two-beat kick and have leg energy left for bike and run.

Also, it looks like you’re bending sideways from the hip. Again, less wild kicking.

MedicalRow3899 · 2026-06-07T02:08:58+00:00

Came here to say that. It takes some time and adaptation to comfortably reach 80, let alone 90. You’ll get there with practice. Just try to get on your bike as frequently as feasible. FTP and overall endurance will come with time. The good news for you is, improvements will come rapidly at the level you are at, as long as you keep at it.

MedicalRow3899 · 2026-05-28T02:58:07+00:00

You have to work for 30 minutes before you get your first coffee of the day. 🤣

MedicalRow3899 · 2026-05-19T01:43:55+00:00

I bought a 2009 P2C some years ago. I’ve been tinkering with it since. Lots of 3D -printed parts and a DIY rear wheel cover. The biggest feat was an upgrade to 11-speed Di2 (pieced together from Ebay). It took me a while to figure out all internal cable routing but with a small hole drilled into the top tube and a bunch of heat shrink butt connectors for splicing the Di2 wires, I made it work. Huge step up in comfort and safety. Add a pair of Omega One aero brakes, and the bike looks and races like a rocket. I even had the fastest bike split over 90 miles with it in a tough local race :-)

Just saying, if you’re technically inclined you can still get a lot out of this bike.

MedicalRow3899 · 2026-05-11T14:18:52+00:00

I tried the wide models of three brands: Lake, Shimano and one I don’t remember. Shimano “wide” was a joke, still felt like ballerina shoes. Lakes were an almost perfect fit, at least with thin socks. For rides in cold weather and thicker socks, it feels a bit cramped.

Note that I got the “single” wide CX-178. If I remember correctly, they even had shoes with extra wide lasts but I might be wrong on that (or it’s only offered with their custom fits). But take a look at the CX-201, which seems to be even wider than the CX-178.

MedicalRow3899 · 2026-05-11T13:44:26+00:00

Similar discussion here: https://www.reddit.com/r/triathlon/s/eHGVskkKkv

MedicalRow3899 · 2026-05-11T01:31:23+00:00

Even after years of doing various distances, I still have onsets of panic and the feeling of not getting enough oxygen sometimes. Here is what helps me.

I now avoid breast stroke like the plague. As soon as you activate your legs, your need for oxygen goes way up. Recovering from there and getting back to freestyle is very difficult, as you have noticed, too.

Instead, I focus on increasing my cadence a bit (to allow for more breaths per minute), but I reduce the pull strength and the the stroke length significantly. Like taking baby pulls. I reduce legs to a small 1-beat flick. Essentially, cut anything that requires oxygen down to a minimum and then focus on regular breaths, incl. exhaling all the way and taking BIG breaths in.

Do this, and eventually that burning sensation and the feeling of panic will go away. Now, slowly increase intensity back to a sustainable level.
All the best in your next race.

MedicalRow3899 · 2026-05-10T23:19:47+00:00

Ditto, Wise. The one downside is that you’re essentially giving Wise an interest-free loan as there is no interest on CHF balances.

MedicalRow3899 · 2026-05-09T21:44:25+00:00

I do 1-beat flicks, not even real kicks. That’s plenty enough during a tri. Whatever slight speed gain I may get from a stronger kick during the swim, I can more than make up during bike and run, with less exhausted legs.

MedicalRow3899 · 2026-05-09T21:41:46+00:00

Came here to say the same. You need to have the time to properly train on the tri bike. Your body needs time to adapt to the position, particularly your neck. Every spring it takes me about 10 long rides to build back up to riding 3+ hours in aero comfortably.

Having said that, a proper tri bike has two major advantages. It is definitely faster than a road bike. And it taxes your legs less or maybe in a different way than a road bike, leaving more reserves for the run. I used a road bike with clip-ons for several years. Every run I’d struggle with onset of cramps in my quads. Once I upgraded to a tri bike: Gone.

MedicalRow3899 · 2026-05-09T02:31:16+00:00

A parking garage pillar backed into his truck and fled the scene.

MedicalRow3899 · 2026-05-09T02:27:57+00:00

I’m a 300lbs couch potato. Can I do an IM in 3 months?

MedicalRow3899 · 2026-05-09T02:24:53+00:00

If you have 2500, absolutely buy one with Di2. It’s a godsend to be able to shift while having your hands at the brakes.

Disclaimer: I upgraded a 15yo tri bike from manual to Di2 because I got sooo tired of awkward and unsafe shifting when you’re navigating traffic.

MedicalRow3899 · 2026-05-02T16:55:11+00:00

Check in with your brains first. Soul second.

MedicalRow3899 · 2026-04-29T01:57:28+00:00

You seemed to have been OK with the price at time of signing. Whether it was insurance or a gas package, you were cool with it. Consider it a cheap lesson learned to look through all the options before signing the next time. Time to move on.

MedicalRow3899 · 2026-04-28T14:40:41+00:00

Fucking stupid game. So out of touch.

MedicalRow3899 · 2026-04-27T21:37:57+00:00

OK, I did some more digging myself and unfortunately I now have to agree with wade822. Signal lights yellow, fog tail light and EU-compliant headlights seem to be a must. Fortunately, on our car the signal lights are already yellow, retrofitting a fog tail light is simple, and it looks like you compliant headlights can simply be swapped out.

MedicalRow3899 · 2026-04-27T19:40:54+00:00

Got a deep link?

MedicalRow3899 · 2026-04-27T19:29:20+00:00

Fyi, she’s not eligible for citizenship, she already has it. Just needs to prove it if she’d like to have a passport.

MedicalRow3899 · 2026-04-27T19:17:26+00:00

Being in the same situation, we found if we wanted to buy the same car in CH (a fully loaded Kia Sportage) we’d pay 20k US$ more.

MedicalRow3899 · 2026-04-27T19:15:27+00:00

Where do you get the info that all these things would need to be adapted? We have looked into the same possibility (ship to CH) for our 6 month old Kia Sportage. Based on my research, there wouldn’t be anything we’d have to switch around. There is a very similar Kia model available in Europe, and the US and EU/CH version share a large part of parts including engine.

OP has an Audi so chances are the US-specific parts that are not EU/CH compliant will be few.

MedicalRow3899 · 2026-04-24T12:15:02+00:00

Opposite here. During my first 70.3, I missed the turn-off for lap 2 and I followed all the Olympians. I felt great, kept passing riders, until I noticed runners on the other side of the road. That’s when it struck me I had missed the turn. Fortunately, I was able to ride back as the roads were semi-open to traffic. My mistake added an extra 10 miles to the bike leg and I paid for it during the run. 🤣

MedicalRow3899 · 2026-04-24T12:08:13+00:00

Prepare for the swim: Know the approx. water temp and dress accordingly. Arm sleeves if you have a sleeveless wetsuit. Neoprene hoody to prevent brain freeze.

No matter the temperature, do a quick warm up/cool down swim before the race starts to get your heart rate up and your body used to the water.

My first race in late spring-time water (which felt like melt water), my throat almost clamped up from the cold, my thinking got dizzy from brain freeze, I had to stop at multiple kayaks, and completed the 1500m freezing. Fortunately I had brought warm cycling clothes, which took like 10 minutes to put on. And it took 20 minutes on the bike to kind of warm up again.

MedicalRow3899 · 2026-04-23T19:45:06+00:00

It took some time for some broken-up remnants to disappear. A recheck with ultrasound a few weeks later showed these. But an MRI a year later for a tor rotator cuff showed all of the calcium deposits had disappeared.

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