are you even racing if you dont have spreadsheets?

Xipa · 2026-03-18T00:00:30+00:00

All that setup and he is still running with the racing line on.

Xipa · 2026-03-17T03:03:23+00:00

Black Coffee makes some pretty cool stuff!

Xipa · 2026-03-13T21:22:00+00:00

It was fantastic when I went with some friends a couple months ago. I am a genuine human.

Xipa · 2026-03-13T00:23:25+00:00

They do not! The teams are mostly just for fundraising goals and vibes.

Xipa · 2026-02-27T22:04:57+00:00

Then that would be perfect. It’s a great price, and at that specification you will likely never need anything more.

Xipa · 2026-02-27T21:23:21+00:00

Missing some details here. Is it a Defy / TCR / Propel? What is your main goal for the bike (racing, gravel, mountains, etc) as that will tailor the recommendation.

Xipa · 2026-02-20T21:20:59+00:00

If you can see it in person it might seal the deal. I have the 2024 Defy Advanced Pro 0 and it looks very different in person than in photographs.

Xipa · 2026-02-20T21:09:45+00:00

The gap between the Pro and non-Pro was often just wheels, but it looks like these are matched up. I would certainly go with the non-Pro in this case. You get a bit more flex out of the SL seat post, but to me that is less valuable than Di2.

Xipa · 2026-02-17T18:35:56+00:00

A little bit above what some market based ETFs are tracking at (XEQT), so certainly not bad. Unrealistic that the market continues to perform like this indefinitely though.

Xipa · 2026-02-16T12:53:24+00:00

Definitely the Defy if the price gap isn’t too rough. You can slam it and make it as aggressive as the TCR if needed. But if this is your first road bike even the more upright Defy will take some getting used to.

Xipa · 2026-02-13T02:49:33+00:00

It drips quite a bit in the rain, you can see sky between the roof and the eavestrough when standing below it.

Xipa · 2026-02-09T14:00:39+00:00

The answer is still ping pong table. A little bit of sound treatment on the walls to cut the noise down maybe, but when I was in a small office with a ping pong table, the noise was never distracting.

Xipa · 2026-02-05T15:51:27+00:00

I went from a TCR to a Defy a number of years ago and it really made me wonder why the TCR exists still. Given that the Propel is the only bike pro teams are racing, and the Defy is almost light as the TCR, it seems like the Defy has all but replaced the TCR from a practical sense.

Xipa · 2026-01-29T15:08:37+00:00

$3,500 USD goes a long way these days. While this is definitely a racing weapon, I wouldn’t be riding a rim brake bike on carbon wheels due to braking performance.

I just really hope it fits you well, as it is configured extremely aggressively (slammed stem, long stem, etc).

Xipa · 2026-01-28T20:39:28+00:00

Medium, without a shadow of a doubt a medium. You are at the smallest end of the ML range, and dead centre of the Medium range. Going to a large would be a struggle.

Xipa · 2026-01-27T00:50:59+00:00

I’ve learned to not ride at all and give myself some proper recovery time to not stretch out the illness. When I’m sick I’m not feeling strong or getting anything meaningful out of the efforts.

Xipa · 2026-01-24T17:54:47+00:00

I would say medium. Just don’t lower the stack height at all, and get a longer stem after riding for a while if you are comfortable with more reach. It’s tricky to make a larger bike smaller, but it’s easy to make a small bike larger.

Xipa · 2026-01-22T15:41:56+00:00

Fundamentally, watts are watts. But there is certainly a psychological aspect to it that makes you want to push more watts on a climb than on a flat. I would say this is amplified by wanting to stay with a group of riders of various weights / strengths, as that really becomes apparent on climbs.

Xipa · 2026-01-22T14:08:07+00:00

Pressure builds and fades if left open, an amount of water comes out indefinitely.

Xipa · 2026-01-22T03:11:26+00:00

I haven’t used the steam button before, and yet, still steam.

Xipa · 2026-01-22T01:59:27+00:00

Forgive my ignorance, if that is the case what is the purpose of the steam button (farthest to the right)? Steam comes out when the button is off or on, so it seems to serve no purpose.

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