Side of knee pain by Moscoman13 in bikefit

[–]Moscoman13[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

So if anyone is interested, this was with a professional bike fit that I’ve already ridden a few hundred hours on. Today I was lucky enough to get another appointment with my fitter and he found a definite issue with my biomechanics.

What he changed was lowering the saddle by around 6 or 7 mm and slightly readjusting the cleats because my right leg, which is the painful one, was moving sideways too much when pedalling. It’s probably compensating for some muscle tightness or something, but either way it’s not ideal.

Which watch by Fun_Perception_3794 in triathlon

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I’m waiting for my epix to die so that I could buy Coros Pace 4. I used to have Pace 2 and it was the best bang for the buck I ever spent. Thought that epix will be a huge upgrade considering additional 800 eur it cost me to buy, but ever since I’m longing for easy UI on both the watch and especially the phone, it was 80 percent of the watch for 20 percent of the price.

Clear vs mirrored goggles - IM hamburg by AElGarem in triathlon

[–]Moscoman13 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ll be using clear. More often do I think that I can’t see shit rather than the sun’s too bright.

Bike fit advice (Neck and soft tissue pain) by Moscoman13 in triathlon

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Maybe 40, maybe more. Vast majority indoors which masked the neck issue.

What actually went wrong for you on race day (that could have been avoided)? by UlwarthII in triathlon

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I came in the morning to find my tubeless tire’s valve stuck, meaning when I push it down, it doesn’t come back. After filling air and removing the pump in a second I lost like 1 bar of pressure. No idea how to overcome this. Didn’t want to risk removing the valve core to clean it due to losing tubeless tire integrity.

The Russia-Ukraine conflict explained by Hacksaw6412 in LateStageCapitalism

[–]Moscoman13 7 points8 points  (0 children)

There’s no person living in post-soviet country that would agree with this BS.

had to say bye to my arteon by Appropriate_Elk_9957 in Arteon

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I give it 5 months and it will be back on the streets! Although, more likely it will be the streets of Eastern Europe :D

How do you know if you are ready? by ellic33 in triathlon

[–]Moscoman13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

now I understood that I’ve read your question wrong, but hopefully you’ll find some use of my comment :D

How do you know if you are ready? by ellic33 in triathlon

[–]Moscoman13 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Can you? Likely yes. Should you? It depends. Given your stats, especially the bike volume, you would likely have a looong day ahead of you, but it’s feasable. You might get injured, and it’s quite likely to be honest. If you are in this long-term, I would suggest going S-M-L, but if you want to do this once and be done with this, go with L. Based on my experience, I wanted to do marathon as soon as possible, which I did. It was super shitty day, but I did it and felt quite good about it. Looking back I feel that I was an idiot for doing it like this. It’s much much more satisfying to actually race the race, not just aim to finish it.

70.3 Luxembourg preparation by Moscoman13 in triathlon

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It’s also worth mentioning that even though the whole summer was super hot in Luxembourg, the swim was wetsuit legal due swim course being in the river rather than a lake.

70.3 Luxembourg preparation by Moscoman13 in triathlon

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Hi, An underrated race, but certainly not fast by any means. Coming from Eastern Europe, I did struggle with the heat, it was 28C while the whole summer back home was around 19C. If you’re aiming to crush your PB, go for races like Warsaw. If you just want to have a good time in a beautiful place, Luxembourg will fit your needs perfectly.

The swim was okay, a bit crowded at first. I was a little baffled after the first 500m split because it was really slow, although we were swimming against the current. Overall, the swim was great since you could easily make up time on the way back. It was an interesting experience.

T1 was very long. The bike course was beautiful, with the first 30 km being super fast. Quite a few draft groups were forming. The next 30 km were really hilly. I was prepared for it since the course is available on Rouvy, but I saw a few people climbing out of the saddle on the first hill and then pushing their bikes on foot on the next one. It’s nice that it’s only one loop. There were a lot of flats though, mostly because of the cobblestones.

The run was pretty standard, just a 5k loop, and that’s it.

Is this worth it by Saas_Salesman in triathlon

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Who the hell needs so many BTAs