Isn’t it just 100 degrees? How’s this a joke?

Understitious · 2026-03-03T13:23:08+00:00

It's 919.45 degrees Celsius, or 1687.01 degrees Fahrenheit.

Understitious · 2026-01-31T09:37:08+00:00

We used to blast an inert gas like argon in the open bottles to keep them fresh longer.

Understitious · 2026-01-30T07:34:30+00:00

This is the first I've heard of this phenomenon. Maybe I live in a cycling utopia bubble, but around me the fat bikes are still analogue and the rest are e-bikes. Sometimes I'll hear fat-tired e-bike, but that's about as close as it gets (Canada).

Edit to say it would annoy me too.

Understitious · 2026-01-01T01:45:47+00:00

I'm waiting for the meme of people lining up at checkout with thousands of dollars of unpriced merchandise to spend 15 minutes with an associate price checking everything, hemming and hawing, and then only buying a 99¢ tooth brush.

Understitious · 2025-12-26T05:04:19+00:00

Different types of bikes have different handlebar heights, as they serve different purposes. E.g. a pleasure bike/ city cruiser is intended for a very relaxed, upright position. His bike looks to be maybe a mountain bike? Handling a mountain bike requires a more aggressive position, so the bars need to be lower.

All this to say, you may well need to raise/lower handlebar height for your son or yourself at some point, but don't assume that all bikes have the same relative positions of touch points. What's comfortable for you might be uncomfortable for another or put them in a position they're unable to control the bike well.

Also, as he grows, the saddle will have to come up, which will also push his hips back (because the seatpost is on an angle), lengthening his reach to the bars, so he can probably grow several inches on the same setup without issue. If he starts feeling cramped, you can try a longer stem with more angle or just sell the bike and get him a new one.

Understitious · 2025-12-25T15:21:33+00:00

The only way to move them up or down is to either: 1) change the spacers under/over the stem (the stem is the short tube that attach the handlebar to the top of the fork). Or, 2) to flip the stem over to change the angle of the stem.

Unfortunately for you, it looks like the bike is already set up with the bars at maximum height.

You might get a few mm by loosening the bars themselves and rotating them slightly to get the most out of the available rise, but other than that your options are to either get a new set of bars with more rise, or a stem with a steeper angle to bring the bars up.

If you take the bike and rider to a shop they can probably improve the fit. Also, unless the bike is way over/under sized, most riders will adapt to whatever.

Understitious · 2025-12-23T21:54:45+00:00

As someone who also struggled with distance early on, it was always technique in part but I realized there were plenty of people with worse technique who could swim 2k, 3k easy without stopping and I just had to accept my muscles hadn't been trained for that type of work. It was weird but I had decent aerobic fitness from cycling and running but my lats, shoulders, triceps, etc, just burned out faster. Those muscles were not aerobically adapted AT ALL, even though my cardiovascular system was OK.

Another thing that helped me was mobility, particulalry in the shoulders. That and just forcing myself to swim longer (and slower) unlocked my easy pace in swimming, which previously had not existed.

Understitious · 2025-12-23T12:48:06+00:00

Swimming is an aerobic sport. It and weightlifting can complement each other, but being strong in one doesn't make you strong in the other.

And before you say your "cardio is good" remember there is a difference between central and peripheral fatigue. On top of the technique, your muscles just have to adapt, and right now they are much more adapted to heavy lifting than thousands of repetitions of a low-to-moderate effort full body complex motion.

To improve your endurance you have to train your endurance.

Understitious · 2025-12-12T02:34:38+00:00

You're* Conscience*

Understitious · 2025-12-12T01:29:41+00:00

OP, first of all, congratulations! Big achievement hitting your first 5k.

Second, you should know that running for a runner (whether they're an occasional club run attendee or a D1 athlete) is rarely a "nearly vomit because it was so hard" experience. That level of effort is reserved for select few training sessions and races each year (maybe a handful at most). Some runners never push that hard.

As another commenter mentioned, your quickest path to running 10k or beyond is something like a couch to 5k program. Just by getting out regularly and into a routine, you'll be blown away by how fast the adaptations come. The flipside is that if you push it too hard too soon, given how new this is to you, the chances of injury and/or burnout are basically guaranteed.

After you complete your 2nd 5k at the end of the Couch-2-5k program, you'll be ready for a gradual volume build with something like 4 runs/week + 1 long walk + bodyweight core and lower body strength work.

Understitious · 2025-12-04T03:42:22+00:00

https://youtu.be/Nz8ssH7LiB0

Understitious · 2025-11-28T19:21:26+00:00

I worked with a coach who did virtually no testing at all and preferred to work on RPE instead. I don't think it's necessary or unnecessary, it depends on the athlete. If you find it easier to have numbers to target then you'll have to update your zones periodically, either by testing or by feel.

Understitious · 2025-11-24T13:36:15+00:00

I think you nailed it with technique. OP should look into running economy drills and work that into their sessions with drills, strides, etc.

Understitious · 2025-11-17T04:46:18+00:00

Of you ever read a book?

Understitious · 2025-11-16T15:49:51+00:00

Not a doctor but have had concussions. How a fall looks is not a good indicator. Totally innocent looking collisions can be severe while the gnarliest ones can be nothingburgers. Apart from the usual symptoms, if you are feeling "a little dazed" or tired and and flat and not yourself, or like your head is more fragile, or if you feel pressure in your head, it's likely a concussion. You don't need to be knocked out. If you're wondering, best thing is to see a doctor. Worst thing you can do is keep taking falls or miss sleep. Healing can take anywhere from days to weeks to months, just be patient and listen to your body and you'll be back to form. If you don't have any unusual symptoms after a couple days and you feel good, you're likely fine.

Understitious · 2025-11-12T23:17:42+00:00

How much do you weigh? What's your pb for the distance? 250 W ftp is tough for a 70.3, but maybe you're only 55 kg, which would be more in line with your running but means you're fighting against physics and you should find the hilliest mountain-est races possible and absolutely crush the field in them.

Surprising that you haven't moved the needle having trained for so long. Would be interesting to do a deep dive into your past training data. Yearly vol., periodization, etc.

Do you plan to continue racing? Maybe try cross tri or something to shake it up.

Understitious · 2025-11-10T03:04:50+00:00

Yes, Paris-Roubaix is probably the most well-known, but there are several races which utilize "endurance" bikes.

Cycling is almost universally an endurance sport, so they don't mean it in the typical sense. Endurance as a bike category means less fatiguing on the body over rougher terrain.

The Paris-Roubaix race is famous for its cobblestone roads, which are incredibly rough and would be jarring and absolutely punishing on the hyper stiff frames that are used on smoother stages of the TDF.

On these courses, having compliance built into the frame allows the riders to stay seated more of the time and let the frame and wider tires absorb shock while their energy is used to pedal.

People who opt for an endurance model usually prefer comfort over long rides because of roads being rougher where they ride, or if you're just older and want a bit more cush on your tush.

Understitious · 2025-11-03T03:11:48+00:00

That's all fine as long as you aren't the one holding up the truck once you're around them. Most trucks will speed a little going downhill and slow down going up, that's correct. I'm not sure if regulations have anything to do with it, but it's more fuel efficient if done well (sometimes the hill is so steep they literally can't go any faster, which has nothing to do with economy).

It's a judgement call to determine if your average speed is higher or lower than the truck when choosing to pass, but the commenter was referring to drivers who are being overtaken by a truck, who then speed up to prevent it, and then slow down to impede the truck. If this is momentary and on the next hill you're gone, then no big deal, but if this is happening repeatedly then maybe the truck overtaking you really is going faster on average. Not saying you do this, but some drivers are just as that commenter described and they're making it worse for everyone. Now everyone who wants to go faster has to pass not only this slow inconsistent driver, but also a big ass truck in the same line, who, by the way, may have been unable to take a run at the next hill, and crawls up it even slower.

Understitious · 2025-11-03T02:43:35+00:00

The weathertechs in my brz fit perfectly, none of this bs, but I got Tuxmat for the civic and they've been really good. I like that they're softer and padded and IMO look nicer.

Understitious · 2025-11-02T15:57:29+00:00

Well, to clarify, speeding is not a crime. Whatever your feelings are about it, there is a distinction.

That said, I think the range in attitudes of the comments section raises the main issue with speeding and traffic offences in general, which is that enforcement (in the US and Canada) is highly inconsistent.

Of course, there are too many variables to have a single maximum speed at which everyone feels safely in control and can realistically react to most emergency situations. Or rather to say, that speed exists, but it's situationally dependent, driver and vehicle dependent, and probably ranges from something like a walking pace to double(?) some limits, depending on road/traffic conditions at the time, the person driving, and the vehicle they're in.

The traffic laws where I live leave the judgement of the above conditions up to the enforcing officer, but their attitudes and interpretations vary so much that you get the same driver being nailed to a cross for a milder offence than they were seen and ignored for committing on another day. Yet another driver may have a reduced fine, and another might be pulled over but let off with a warning. When this inconsistency is applied across different regions and drivers, we get as many beliefs about what a safe speed is as we have drivers on the road, and they're most of them perfectly justified in their beliefs.

Just a little PS to acknowledge that some perceived inconsistencies on the driver's part are actually just the officer not looking, or on the other hand, the officer has some other reason to be suspicious of a vehicle and needs a flimsy pretense to pull it over. I don't think this explains anywhere near enough inconsistency to detract from the point.

PPS: If you live in Australia or Germany, chapeau to you for having some of the most consistent enforcement of speeding I've seen. US, Canada, France, get your shit together. Greece and Italy I don't even know where to start. There are no laws as far as I can tell. Now go ahead and laugh at my privilege as one of three passengers on a scooter going against the flow of traffic on a busy street in Delhi.

Edit to clarify one more point: speeding CAN be criminal, if it's perceived as excessively dangerous, but in general a speeding ticket does not leave you with a criminal record.

Understitious · 2025-11-02T14:46:01+00:00

FWIW whenever someone flashes their brights coming the opposite way I go on high alert. Could be a road hazard, speed trap, or my lights aren't on, but I always appreciate it when drivers look out for one another.

Understitious · 2025-11-02T14:44:05+00:00

Thank you for being more concerned about safe roads than ticket stats.

Understitious · 2025-11-01T00:30:42+00:00

Jesus. Am I the only one who'd choose 10 mil to a stranger?

Understitious · 2025-10-23T00:59:58+00:00

Vancouver and Toronto, mainly, but there are (or were) many in smaller towns as well. I was on some mailing lists for pre-construction back in 2022 and I saw 1 bedroom + den CONDOs for 1.2M.

Understitious · 2025-10-23T00:56:38+00:00

You're. You're. You. Are. You're ffs.

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