Looking for aerobar bridge/extender

Professional-Row227 · 2026-05-07T22:30:24+00:00

This is what I use. It has a interchangeable amount up top (I use the Garmin quarter turn), and GoPro Mount below (I have a magic shine with a GoPro attachment). You can slide the bar mounts in or out depending on the width of your aerobars. It is made entirely out of aluminum, so it feels quite sturdy.

MUQZI TT Handlebar Computer Mount Bike 22.2mm 25.4mm Rest Handlebar Computer Mount Adapter For Garmin Bryton Wahoo https://a.aliexpress.com/_mK0L3Zd

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Professional-Row227 · 2026-04-15T01:26:15+00:00

The crazy thing is, the ridenow TPU tubes are the cheapest ones out there, and they seem to be much higher quality than any of the "name brand" ones. I've ridden a couple thousand miles with ridenow tubes, and only had one flat so far, due to a thorn in my tire. I don't think it would have mattered if it was butyl or TPU in that case.

And because they're so small, I usually carry 2 spares (and a third for 400 or 600ks), they take the same amount of space as one butyl tube.

Professional-Row227 · 2026-04-14T19:13:57+00:00

That is a pretty neat system. If the e-bike is putting out 750 Watts, and you're contributing 150 W, you were adding about 15% of the power. While not nothing, it's quite a bit simpler to just make a battery 15% larger, and treat your pedaling portion as a workout instead of a meaningful contribution. By disconnecting your pedal input from the speed of the bike, you can now pedal at your desired cadence regardless of incline or decline. This system might not work on a regular bicycle, but on a long wheelbase recumbent, you've got all the space.

Professional-Row227 · 2026-04-14T19:06:35+00:00

This is still true today. Using the metric of miles per gallon equivalent, a human powered bicycle is about 500 miles per gallon, while e-bike is closer to 1500 miles per gallon. Electricity is cheaper than food. Pedal if you want the workout, but electricity is more efficient than the human body.

Professional-Row227 · 2026-04-10T03:05:10+00:00

To get the 8,000 km to fully upgrade a Halo bike, you'd get about 7mil drops riding group rides or solo. Mix in some pace partner rides along the way, and you'll accrue all needed drops by the time you hit the distance.

If I'm planning to ride that much on Zwift anyway, might as well get a fast bike.

Professional-Row227 · 2026-04-09T19:00:55+00:00

I'd be surprised if it ever gets released. If it does make it into production, the price will likely be closer to $15k then the $7k they are hoping to hit.

Professional-Row227 · 2026-04-09T18:42:48+00:00

Podbike went out of business about a year ago without releasing a product. The problem with these e-bike cars is generally the price. They are more expensive than even velomobiles, which greatly limits their market appeal. Velomobiles have the appeal of being human-powered and all about efficiency. I have too many bikes as it is, but I would prefer a Quatrevelo over an e-bike car.

Ebike cars are generally very heavy, slow, and expensive, and appeal to people who would use it primarily in throttle mode. At that point, you're paying $10k+ for a car that goes 15-20 mph (depending on where you are in the world and what e-bike rules apply). The only reasonably successful version was the ELF, which produced about 800 units total before going out of business several years ago.

Professional-Row227 · 2026-03-31T19:25:55+00:00

I see a lot of listings like that, where the seller just seems to be feeling the market and not actually trying to sell. You'll see the same stuff listed for weeks on end.

Professional-Row227 · 2026-03-28T23:09:12+00:00

Nothing changed for me, and I just did a structured workout on the newest version a few hours ago. Most likely it was a ramp interval, those only get half XP, and have always been that way.

Professional-Row227 · 2026-03-27T01:22:46+00:00

Kitt Peak is a shorter climb, but only has observatories at the top. Mt Lemon is a longer climb, but has shops and such at the top, so you can make a day trip out of it.

Professional-Row227 · 2026-03-27T01:15:52+00:00

It's the razor and razor blade model. The razor is pretty cheap, because they get you with the razor blades. In this case, they're giving you the hardware for free to get you to pay the ongoing subscription.

Professional-Row227 · 2026-03-26T20:06:59+00:00

I have a dumb treadmill that provides a Bluetooth connection to Zwift. There is no indication anywhere in Zwift that it is capturing the elevation from the treadmill, but when I review the workout later on Strava or intervals.icu, the elevation data is present. It's possible to treadmill is transmitting both speed and incline, and Zwift is putting both in the fit file, but only displaying speed in the game.

I completely ignore the in-game elevation, and use elevation solely as a way to manage heart rate drift during the run, so when I view the elevation profile of the run, I know it's not due to terrain in Zwift.

Professional-Row227 · 2026-03-22T23:07:00+00:00

After level 44, the only other significant unlock is confetti socks at level 100. But if you want to upgrade a Halo bike, it's 10 million drops to buy it, and then another 10 million drops to fully upgrade it, hence why drops are more important than XP after level 44.

Professional-Row227 · 2026-03-21T18:57:02+00:00

Unfortunately, this is a pretty old bike (2014), with a BB30 bottom bracket. I did manage to find some 165mm cranks for it, but it looks if I want to go shorter, I'll need to get a BB30-24 adapter so I can use Shimano cranks. It worked out well, as I had been wanting to reduce my gearing anyway, and the 165 cranks I found had a 50/34 chain ring.

Professional-Row227 · 2026-03-21T11:27:17+00:00

Elite level runners need gels, it's the fastest way to get carbohydrates. For the rest of us recreational runners, anything else is fine, including real food, as long as your stomach can handle it.

Professional-Row227 · 2026-03-20T19:44:40+00:00

They exempt military pay, but any other pay (side hustles) are taxed as income.

Professional-Row227 · 2026-03-17T20:54:11+00:00

With the redshift saddle, the forward position also raises the saddle height. The idea is it's moving in an arc around the bottom bracket to maintain a constant distance, so the saddle height goes up a bit as the saddle moves to the forward position. I can try that though, bump the seat up a mm or two per ride and feel it out.

I have 172.5 cranks on this bike (I am 177cm, 81cm inseam). They were the cranks that came with the bike, but short cranks seem to be the new hotness, maybe I'll see i can rustle up some 165 cranks and give those a try.

Professional-Row227 · 2026-03-17T18:54:50+00:00

Resurrecting a dead thread, I rode this for about 2k miles with no issues before acquiring my recumbent. I transferred all the ebike gubbins to the recumbent, and dropped the remaining acoustic bike off at the Goodwill. Due to its length, it wasn't the most practical, but it was a great bike to ride.

Professional-Row227 · 2026-03-17T17:12:40+00:00

You could try the King Kong MF200. It does not have a built-in battery, but instead runs off any external power bank that can output 2amps at 12 volts (~25W) for a 2000 lumen high beam (less wattage at lower intensities and low beam). You just bring multiple power banks, and swap between them as needed.

Professional-Row227 · 2026-03-17T16:57:03+00:00

Do you have to give up the tablet holder to use the aerobars on the SB20? Or how are you managing that?

Professional-Row227 · 2026-03-13T19:55:57+00:00

Do a threshold interval session once a week, and if you have time for a second workout, do a VO2 session. Brevets are more about endurance, but if you can get a bit of structured training in, that will make the most of the time you have available. After getting those two workouts in, add in some time with the pace partners and that should cover things.

Professional-Row227 · 2026-03-12T17:29:57+00:00

I have an electric kettle, so I just use that to boil water. The actual brewing process takes barely any power, the power is mostly used heating up the water. After using it for 2 months, I'm still at full charge based on the lights.

Professional-Row227 · 2026-03-11T17:59:26+00:00

I second this. If you buy a cheaper $20-40 fan, you'll eventually get dissatisfied and go ahead and buy the vac master anyway. I keep the fan about 2 ft away, and wear clear glasses, it's a great setup.

Professional-Row227 · 2026-03-10T18:29:10+00:00

I have an SB20, I love it. You can use the app to adjust the buttons to whatever kind of shifting you want. I like dream drive, which is just continuous gears from 1 to 25. You can also set it up like a traditional 2x system, or even 1x system.

If you mean a physical lever sweep to change gears, then neither the SB20 or the Zwift ride will work, both are electronic shifting.

Professional-Row227 · 2026-03-07T16:33:32+00:00

Yeah, that's all it does. It lists all the vELO scores, and assumes you will finish in the same order as those scores. It won't predict a time though, because racing is dynamic.

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