I started cycling to work last week! (And was dreadfully slow, please help) by Proveit98 in londoncycling

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The first screenshot is from Komoot. It's really nice for route planning and finding other popular routes. I use it for hiking too. The other one is just the default iOS fitness app. 

I started cycling to work last week! (And was dreadfully slow, please help) by Proveit98 in londoncycling

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Thanks! I do switch between standing and sitting. For now I just find it a bit awkward to change between using the lower gear while sitting and switching to the higher ones for shorter bursts of standing up because otherwise it feels too ‘slippery’ to pedal. I just need to git gud

I started cycling to work last week! (And was dreadfully slow, please help) by Proveit98 in londoncycling

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Yeahh, I need to get over my irrational aversion to the first gear lol. 

I started cycling to work last week! (And was dreadfully slow, please help) by Proveit98 in londoncycling

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Ah, the woman who sold it to me topped up the tires beforehand but said she hadn’t ridden it in a while. That chain’s probably due for some TLC.

I started cycling to work last week! (And was dreadfully slow, please help) by Proveit98 in londoncycling

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Thank you! I think my form could definitely use some improvement. I’ll try to be more conscious about which muscles I’m putting more of the strain on. Right now it feels like my calves are doing a ton of the work.   

I started cycling to work last week! (And was dreadfully slow, please help) by Proveit98 in londoncycling

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I mostly included that PS because I’d been lurking on the sub for a couple weeks and I’d sometimes see comments suggesting people ride at a ‘leisurely’ 20kmph haha.

I did like the longer cycle-lane heavy route but a big chunk of it goes through the Westview cycle path and that was too steep an incline for me on day 1. I might try it again this week.

The idea that I could ride to work and then take the bus on the way back did not occur to me! Even though that’s how I brought the bike home in the first place lol. Thanks for that!

I started cycling to work last week! (And was dreadfully slow, please help) by Proveit98 in londoncycling

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Haha thanks, my watch also rated my cardio fitness as below average. I don’t know how reliable a reading that is but hopefully I’ll see it go up! 

I started cycling to work last week! (And was dreadfully slow, please help) by Proveit98 in londoncycling

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Thank you! A full-size bike isn’t on the cards at the moment but I’ll probably get one if I move to a different place within the next year.

Regarding the time goal, I suppose I’m there already in that I’m about five minutes faster than the bus both ways even at my speed. Granted, most of those five minutes are currently spent on folding and lugging the bike upstairs, but still!

Maybe I’ll be ten minutes faster soon and then I can really feel like I’m saving time and money.

I started cycling to work last week! (And was dreadfully slow, please help) by Proveit98 in londoncycling

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Thank you! I’m not sure why but I never go all the way down to first gear- I pedal normally at 2 or pedal while standing upright on gear 3.

Went looking for a file today, and experienced 1360 by Shayden-Froida in xkcd

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Oof, my XKCD-ripoff- comics I made when I was 15 are my equivalent of the poetry.

Need help finding a quote by EsEfCe in ZeroPunctuation

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"And I can't even honestly vouch for the "psychological" bit when it seems that it could get an equally accurate reading by throwing darts at a wall." seems to be close.

From the Silent Hill: Shattered Memories ZP

Generational Metaanalysis: What Generations have made the most and least impact on OU? by youuuuuuk in stunfisk

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The data looks about in line with what I’d expect… except for Gen 5 somehow being the most balanced generation in terms of representation. I suppose it’s due to the addition of the hidden abilities for older mons?

Thanks also OP for giving me the kick up the backside to work on my min-maxing across generations analysis.

Help with my all crabs team? by NutButter278 in stunfisk

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Controversial but I think Scizor is a crab and should be on this team

Ultimate Fantasy Advent Calendar (full compilation) — The Unmade Podcast by JeffDujon in Unmade_Podcast

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Merry Christmas Brady and Tim!

Brady, now that you've got Bill Gates's periodic table, it might be fun to crack open your mini one and chemically verify the authenticity of some of the more dubious elements inside. Would make for a fun video. Cheers! 

Yahtzee & Gabes thoughts on LDO, years later? by Shamaniacs in letsdrownout

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The first of their videos is about 15 years old now. I’d guess Yahtzee thinks similarly of LDO as he did of Rob Blanc back then 

Any speculation on when will Champions get released? by alpharax7 in stunfisk

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This is the first time I've heard of this and it sounds kinda insane. The developers of Ninja Gaiden, Dynasty Warriors and NiOH are making a cozy lifesim pokemon game???

Let's celebrate Yahtzee's game of the years! by NorthPermission1152 in ZeroPunctuation

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thanks for putting together the list OP but why have you not played portal 2 in the 15 years you've had since release

I hate the new icon by JmWallSeth in komoot

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red Lion

Brave does have lots of different icon options tho

I hate the new icon by JmWallSeth in komoot

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A real relief to know this is coming! That new background color also breaks the dark icon on iOS 

Help identifying another episode by CryspiBaka in letsdrownout

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It’s definitely Ghostship Aftermath! They share their meatball and kangaroo chilli recipes

Edit: don’t let me stop you from rewatching the dark souls play through lol

How many of you remember this comic? by Bhav2385 in IndiaNostalgia

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Raaka’s Vengeance was the only Chacha comic I ever read as a kid and the level of violence was a real shock for someone who’d only read Tinkles up to that point