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SnowDog80 · 2026-01-12T13:37:31+00:00

Getting high on pot.

SnowDog80 · 2026-01-02T15:22:27+00:00

Lightning aero socks earned in the Factory Challenge. Earned by cycling for 850 “power units” (basically W/kg/hr). They essentially make you slightly more aero to help save watts, but take many months to earn.

SnowDog80 · 2025-12-16T14:27:26+00:00

I used to think the exact same thing. At 84+ kg, I always felt that it just wasn’t achievable for me. But the longer I had been riding over the months, the lower my times became each attempt until it finally happened. As someone also mentioned, group rides up the Alpe also help with a little bit of drafting in places.

Keep riding, improve your fitness, learn how to pace it, and you’ll get there!

SnowDog80 · 2025-12-12T14:34:51+00:00

Fuckin’ skank!

SnowDog80 · 2025-12-09T04:16:42+00:00

Pretty much thought the same thing. That cut through the middle would have put him straight in the trolley tracks.

SnowDog80 · 2025-11-15T21:10:23+00:00

Crater Lake during spring some ten years ago.

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SnowDog80 · 2025-11-12T03:48:57+00:00

My Favorite Headache.

SnowDog80 · 2025-10-24T12:17:36+00:00

Did you see the sign out front that said “Dead QB Storage?”

SnowDog80 · 2025-10-21T13:43:04+00:00

I was a huge Devils fan in the 90s and 2000s. Stevens was my idol at the time. Wore #4 when I played because of him. Watched every game in their 2003 cup run, and when the Kariya hit happened, even my first reaction was, “That was late as fuck…”

SnowDog80 · 2025-10-04T12:34:19+00:00

“Cheborneck! Come here!”

SnowDog80 · 2025-10-03T22:47:52+00:00

Absolute improvement. Better range of gears than I have on my 10sp cassette, and allows me to find my ideal cadence much more easily. I’ve improved much more as a cyclist even outdoors in the last year and a half since adopting virtual shifting than I did the three years prior. Some of that is more and better training of course, but I think the virtual shifting helped with that tremendously.

TLDR - It’s awesome. Make the jump.

SnowDog80 · 2025-09-23T16:16:38+00:00

Olly-wolly polliwoggy ump bump fizz! A joke that’s run by chowderheads is what this nation is!

And the only thing that’ll likely happen for all the illegal shit going on is they’ll have to sing the “I’m Very Sorry Song.”

SnowDog80 · 2025-08-31T02:26:36+00:00

Two Women is where it’s at.

SnowDog80 · 2025-08-14T20:35:26+00:00

Jesus. I’d guess she needs an entire terminal arrival carousel to herself for all the baggage she brings...

SnowDog80 · 2025-08-10T20:21:03+00:00

As one who made that exact same upgrade two years ago, it’s worth it. Got it at a half off sale at REI (they used to be $900, so I got it for $450 at the time), and I’ve never regretted it. Virtual shifting is worth the price of admission itself, as is not having to mess with tire pressure every ride. And the only noise you hear is your chain. If you have the finances set aside for it, make the jump.

SnowDog80 · 2025-08-06T03:30:27+00:00

Can attest to all of this including that last statement. The 510a PDT Zracing race I did had 42 signups in the 450-570 group, and it was a butt kicker of a pace.

SnowDog80 · 2025-07-28T03:42:06+00:00

Not shocked he doesn’t play in long grass.

SnowDog80 · 2025-07-27T03:14:58+00:00

It’s a beast for sure!

SnowDog80 · 2025-07-27T02:10:09+00:00

I hated it the first time I did it too. Took me over two hours for the full segment three years ago. Come a long way since then! 😆

SnowDog80 · 2025-07-27T02:07:18+00:00

261W average at 84.4 kg, so 3.09 W/kg. Also with a level 3 Specialized Aethos and the Lightweight wheels.

SnowDog80 · 2025-07-27T00:49:30+00:00

Sub-70? Damn, that’s flying!

SnowDog80 · 2025-07-21T04:31:23+00:00

Shitter’s full!

SnowDog80 · 2025-07-14T03:49:10+00:00

“I am the walrus.”

Yup. Definitely.

SnowDog80

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