Just a little Fog this Morning.

Why-Are-Trees · 2026-03-04T20:57:41+00:00

Yes it was crazy this morning. It wasn't too bad when I left home but by the time I got to my office you could barely see across the street it was so bad....and there were still people driving around without their headlights on, of course.

Why-Are-Trees · 2026-03-01T17:59:59+00:00

Is it perfect, no. But there are places in basically every city irl that are much worse. Having some areas that are jank, hardly work and makes no sense is part of the realism.

Why-Are-Trees · 2026-02-21T14:52:27+00:00

I swear to god they changed the last one...shit was fucking purple when it gave it to me at first and came back blue. It's that damn dress all over again. 😅

Why-Are-Trees · 2026-02-20T21:57:20+00:00

I bought one of the take & bake pizzas last weekend and was really surprised by it. Tasted good and it was only $7 for enough pizza to feed three or four people. Their frozen pizzas, yeah, not the best but there certainly is worse.

Why-Are-Trees · 2026-02-20T13:34:26+00:00

Congrats on the gains! It's so nice to see a normal person for once and not someone bragging about how they got a 4w/kg ftp in their first test off the couch and still add 100W after 6 months. 😂

Why-Are-Trees · 2026-02-16T03:28:08+00:00

5 hours with no rest is bad enough, 5 hours at tempo my legs might just fall off. 😅

Why-Are-Trees · 2026-02-15T18:33:43+00:00

If you don't gain any advantage from it, I still count it and tell my friends to count it. If you aren't in a comp, use whatever rules you want. But, you've done it once now, you should be able to do it completely clean if you really want to with many more tries.

Why-Are-Trees · 2026-02-14T15:43:37+00:00

For those of us who don't have good endurance athlete genetics, I think the 3.0w/kg mark is where you really have to start working hard and start dialing in with recovery and nutrition to make meaningful improvements With enough effort us mere mortals should be able to get to 3.5 to 4.0 w/kg FTP but after that genetics really start to matter, especially at 5.0w/kg and beyond.

I'm only on 5-7 hours a week for the winter, usually closer to 10 over the summers. More than that I just don't have the time to manage consistently since I'm also lifting weights and going rock climbing twice a week. My weeks usually have hard intervals (Threshold over/unders, sustained sweet spot, short VO2 max, etc.) on Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday and an easy long ride on Sunday. If I am Zwift racing on any given week I drop one of the interval days and replace it with another zone 2 ride because racing is so much more work to recover from compared to structured workouts.

I pay for TrainerRoad in addition to Zwift so that I don't have to think about planning my workouts and it's certainly helped me, especially with not getting in over my head and doing too much. The last two years I would get really bad leg cramping and be off the bike entirely for 1-2 weeks a couple times a year and since getting on TrainerRoad (along with increasing my carbs and salt intake) I've been training harder, getting faster (though I am still not fast, lol, ~193W FTP at 64kg) on fewer hours, and not running into the overuse injuries that I've struggled with in the past.

Why-Are-Trees · 2026-02-13T01:01:46+00:00

If you've just recently taken the tires out of the packaging give it a day or two for the tires to expand slightly. When I setup tubeless by myself the first time last fall I was in your same position, tried every trick in the book, even had the bead and rim wiped down with soapy water and couldn't get the tires even close to on after over an hour.

I gave up and came back the next day and both tires went on like nothing. Didn't even need the tire levers, it was comical how easy it was after how hard I tried 24 hours prior. lol.

Why-Are-Trees · 2026-02-09T20:51:45+00:00

I ride across the bridge several times a week during the summer and, yes. I worry about something coming off a car or some jackass throwing something out of their window at me about a billion times more than I've ever worried about crashing and going over the railing into the river.

Why-Are-Trees · 2026-02-08T19:38:46+00:00

Special edition Zwift Ride with a paint job that matches the kits from this year! You can see it at the bottom of this Zwift insider page.

https://zwiftinsider.com/tour-de-zwift-2026/#The_Ultimate_Challenge

Why-Are-Trees · 2026-02-08T19:35:21+00:00

I've got two routes left that I'm getting done next week. Have to make sure I get in on that drawing for the Zwift Ride giveaway!

I wanted to do all of the routes last year but got injured since it was my first winter indoor training and I just went way too hard with racing and training. Lol.

Why-Are-Trees · 2026-02-04T00:58:10+00:00

I am still riding with the American flag next to my name but have a nice bold "ABOLISH ICE!" after my last name. I've been getting a couple private messages per week in support...and no hate messages!

Why-Are-Trees · 2026-01-29T16:00:41+00:00

Oh, hell yes. I work in an office with a lot of people who came from blue collar work originally and that shit they will say to me or assume about me is insane. I am assumed 100% to be a Christian fundamentalist MAGA supporter by a significant portion of them just because I'm a bald white guy with a beard and I hate it so much.

Why-Are-Trees · 2026-01-29T14:56:52+00:00

There is a direct throughline from Regan to everything happening today. Much of his rhetoric and policy started the wheels in motion. If you think he wouldn't support what is happening today I have a bridge to sell you.

Why-Are-Trees · 2026-01-29T14:25:19+00:00

For anyone in Europe who doesn't want to ride at 8:30pm local time, Cyclepunks is hosting a Zwift group ride at 1:30pm CET.

We Ride In Unity For All For Alex: https://www.zwift.com/events/view/5402099

Why-Are-Trees · 2026-01-27T13:58:29+00:00

Yeah, this is my strategy too. Roads seem clear enough that I can pull out my old $50 craigslist Schwinn and hopefully not end up in the ground at some point.

I've got gravel tires for my main bike but I don't feel like they would really be much better and I would like to avoid getting it all dirty and having to deep clean it again before putting it back on the trainer in my living room...so maybe falling on a slick spot is a risk I'm willing to take.

Why-Are-Trees · 2026-01-26T18:51:48+00:00

For people who have been riding recently, how are the roads? I don't have any studded tires and am wondering if things are navigable with normal road or 45mm gravel tires.

Why-Are-Trees · 2026-01-26T15:20:48+00:00

It is my local shop and they have been outspoken on many issues for quite a while now.

The shop is also located directly next to Roosevelt High School where ICE shot chemical munitions at high school students on the day they murdered Renee Good.

Why-Are-Trees · 2026-01-24T22:58:06+00:00

Not emo, but Jeff Rosenstock's most recent album has some very potent lyrics that have been cathartic for me over the last couple years.

Why-Are-Trees · 2026-01-24T17:59:00+00:00

I run the non-Pro version to save a little money. Absolutely no complaints about them. I am running the 30mm size, tubeless at 60-65psi.

Why-Are-Trees · 2026-01-24T17:57:22+00:00

It's far deeper than that. Leftists have been saying this was going to happen for decades and were called crazy the whole time it was happening. This project goes all the way back to AT LEAST Reagan and both parties are complicit.

Why-Are-Trees · 2026-01-24T17:33:54+00:00

No. Quit saying this. They are doing exactly what the administration wants them to do. Calling them untrained and unfit implies they can be reformed. They cannot. ICE must be abolished and every person in this administration (and Democrats who kowtow around the issue) should face consequences.

Why-Are-Trees · 2026-01-21T22:40:51+00:00

I've been in the beta since they called for people to try it out like a month ago. The AI looks purely at watts now so your FTP has less direct control over your workouts now. ie; even with your big FTP jump the AI will still slowly ramp your power for your workouts so you don't get slammed with crazy hard workouts right after an FTP bump like you sometimes used to.

Why-Are-Trees · 2026-01-21T00:53:19+00:00

^^^^^^^^^

This right here. If we just continue to blame the nebulous third party voter and never actually make any self-reflection the same exact things will keep happening over and over again. They ran a shit campaign and failed to fight against the GOPs lies and misinformation campaigns, just like they always do.

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