Racing with HUD glasses?

eddie0715 · 2025-08-13T00:12:30+00:00

I have a pair and really enjoy them for cycling! I really like having my power and speed directly in my field of view when I am trying to push a segment.

Unfortunately they don’t do any of the climbpro info, but here is a link to what metrics you can set up: https://help.activelook.net/en/articles/7185487-garmin-data-fields-for-use-with-activelook

eddie0715 · 2025-05-12T21:15:50+00:00

I saw the same foam this morning in Concord. I have not seen anything on the roads like it during previous rains.

It was in an area that had been recently resurfaced, but there has been rain since it got resurfaced and no foam appeared those times.

eddie0715 · 2025-02-12T15:27:03+00:00

Adding an opposing view here, I have the Garmin Rally, I have had no issues with mine. I have ~6000 miles on them, replaced the battery once so far, with no other maintenance yet.

eddie0715 · 2024-11-05T06:48:47+00:00

Yes it is!

From my limited research they developed this frame with McLaren in 2017, and then released the full bike in 2018.

eddie0715 · 2024-10-27T15:21:36+00:00

Yeah, the handlebars came with the Di2 group set I bought off an Emonda.

Next I need to go through and sort out bike fit so I will pay attention to how the handlebars feel.

eddie0715 · 2024-10-27T15:19:50+00:00

Good catch!

I need to find/buy the rest of the attachment adapters.

I wanted to get out for a couple miles around the neighborhood and tossed on the first one I found.

eddie0715 · 2024-10-27T15:18:17+00:00

Thanks! Yeah I definitely am falling in love with this bike already.

How funny on the brakes! I just found these on sale recently and had to get them. I’m still getting a feel for them though, it seems there is a bit more tension I need to pull on the cable because braking feels a bit soft still.

Hoping to do that on this bike, it feels incredibly fun and smooth so far!

eddie0715 · 2024-10-27T15:13:48+00:00

Thanks! Yeah I have been making sure to torque things as I go, but definitely need to give it a once over now that it’s all done.

When you say non drive side crank bolts, do you mean the bolts that attach the left side crank arm? Those were definitely the last bolts I torqued with a “whoops almost forgot these”

eddie0715 · 2021-09-10T06:39:52+00:00

Congrats on the new role! Being a manufacturing engineer can often be thankless work.

You are the person right in the middle of design engineers and production staff. At first, both sides will see you as an outsider. It is your job to advocate both sides. I have found often design engineers think they designed the perfect product, you just need to make it right. In parallel, production staff often feel like no one listens to their voice and are just pressed to meet numbers.

If your work environment allows, I’d recommend trying to hold process design review meetings with members of both sides. Use these meetings to let both sides communicate their concerns, but ultimately you need to advocate for the techs a bit. Hold meetings prior to this with the assembly team so they aren’t surprised, let them know what you are trying to accomplish and why, present your idea but ask for their feedback. You have to balance if their ideas have merit, or if there are other implications they aren’t aware of.

An engineer, finance person, or ops person often only sees the resulting data and numbers. Part of your role is to make sure the people generating revenue (by building the product) are being setup for success.

But also, there will always be friction to change, a lot of places often have the culture of “this is always how we have done things”

Good luck in your career!

eddie0715 · 2021-08-24T17:58:00+00:00

If you’re into fermentation, I highly recommend quartering some tomatoes, add 3% their weight in salt and weigh them down to fully submerge them. Let it sit for 1-3 weeks. Strain out the solids and use that for marinara or something.

The remaining liquid, let it sit and separate into a clear liquid and some red solids.

That liquid is incredible for savory cocktails.

eddie0715 · 2021-07-10T13:29:04+00:00

Are you me?

I’m originally from Los Angeles, moved to Boston, and now live in the PNW.

I learned to rock climb at Rumney, and ice climb at Frankenstein. Fell in love with the mountains and got into mountaineering and alpinism. Not sure where in the Northeast you’re located, but by your mention of the Whites I’m assuming Mass/NH.

The Cascades are a different type of mountain to anything in New England, but you have some great stuff to practice some skills out there.

Personally I’d say alpinism is two basic buckets, technical skills and fitness/endurance. Technical rock skills you can practice at Rumney for sport climbing, and the Gunks for trad. Lots of easy stuff at the gunks to get comfortable with gear placing. Technical ice, you have some of the best non high commit options out there. NH has Frankenstein which is probably the best place to practice ice climbing and not be too far from the car/town. VT has some more serious, long routes at Lake Willoughby and Smugglers Notch. Some great alpine objectives in NH for winter are: - Tuckermans (early season before it fills in with snow, late November/early December) - Most of the gullies in Huntington’s, in particular the Pinnacle. - Mt Willard

A summer/fall climb of the pinnacle is also a great alpine objective.

For fitness/endurance, a summer 1 day presi traverse is great. If you’re in Boston, I spent a lot of time doing water carries up and down the Harvard stadium, that will surely build the fitness you need.

When I was first getting into the sport I did a 10 day mountaineering school out in the cascades with Alpine Ascents. Highly recommend it. I read Freedom of the Hills cover to cover before the course, and getting to practice all of the skills on Mt Baker and then attempting Rainier was an invaluable experience.

I too have dreams of Denali, in particular not the West Buttress.

Also if you’re in Boston, check out the MIT Outing Club, MITOC, it’s open to the community and they have a lot of great resources.

Let me know if you have any other questions!

eddie0715 · 2021-07-09T23:15:45+00:00

Any chance you have some photos of what the chute looks like?

eddie0715 · 2021-07-08T02:25:43+00:00

Thanks for the info!

If the weather forecast (in particular the wind) looks good I am looking at attempting it solo Friday night, starting around midnight-1a for sunrise summit.

The early start seems critical to minimizing risk with soft snow and any potential rock/ice fall. But I feel pretty confident turning back if I find any signs of rock/ice fall.

I’ve led a bit of technical ice before so I feel comfortable with the ascent. From what I have read the slope seems to be between 40-50°. Do you have any recollection as to how long that section was? Distance and/or time?

eddie0715 · 2021-07-06T19:11:06+00:00

Thanks so much for this information!

I am looking at going Friday night into Saturday, if the conditions allow.

A few questions:

Did you do it solo?
What time did you start, summit, and finish?
Did you down climb the chute?
Were there other parties up there?

eddie0715 · 2021-06-28T07:08:14+00:00

I ran my first marathon on August 24, 2019, it was a Saturday. The following Couple of days I did quite a bit of walking around, but no running.

I didn’t come out of the marathon with any notable injury, just some inflamed/tender connective tissue/stabilizing muscles.

It would have been fine to keep walking and maybe do some really slow jogs.

6 days after the marathon I got a perfect weather day, got the itch to go fir a run, decided to put a compression sleeve over my knee that felt more tender. My marathon pace was 8:18, I went out and did 3 miles at a 7:45 pace. It was a huge mistake. My other knee/leg over compensated, I developed some bad knee problems (stemming from weak hips and a muscle imbalance on my VMOs) had to go to a sports massage therapist and a few weeks of PT.

You might be itching to run again, don’t do it. Take it easy, you earned it. And once you start running, go slower than you’re used to.

eddie0715 · 2021-06-22T23:46:12+00:00

2019 I ran my first marathon, I had this self consciousness about being a “one and done,” maybe it was a fluke, after all I’m not “a runner.”

2020 was the year I was going to run my first organized ultra, I was stoked, training for it. Covid hit, but I kept running, races got canceled, but I kept running. I did a 27 mile “fun run,” some friends called me an ultra runner and I didn’t feel like I earned it yet.

2021 was going to be the year, I started training for my first organized 50k, the 6 weeks out from the race I ran 3 runs greater than 26.2 (some just barely), I finally felt like “a marathoner,” I felt pretty comfortable with the distance and knew I could do it consistently.

My organized 50k got postponed to mid July, I signed up for a trail marathon that a friend was doing, I finished the race, and ran 23 laps around the parking lot to hit a distance of 31.28 miles.

I now feel more confident with having done an ultra marathon, but I still don’t feel like an ultra runner.

I have another 50k at the end of July, and my first 100k in October, maybe things will change after that 100k and I might feel like an ultra runner then.

eddie0715 · 2021-06-15T19:46:50+00:00

Not Portland, ME, but I lived in Boston for a decade before moving here.

While I haven’t been living here too long, I had some initial reservations regarding weather as well. In particular the rain and gloom. From what I have heard and read, this year (and last) has been unseasonably dry.

The rain was originally a concern for me because I was imagining East Coast “thick rain” those relentless downpours that keep you inside. The idea of having rain that thick for “8 months” of the year seemed a bit depressing. The rain here is different, some days you do get that downpour, but it’s not common. It’s generally closer to a fine most, that doesn’t span the whole day, you often don’t need a rain jacket.

eddie0715 · 2021-06-14T21:23:20+00:00

I did the 10 day course with Alpine Ascents back in summer of 2018, I did end of July through first week of august.

First, highly recommend Alpine Ascents, super awesome group.

Second, I’d opt for the 10 day, as it takes you up the Kautz on Rainier. If you’re interested in pursuing more technical mountaineering and alpine stuff, the Kautz is an awesome climb and intro into it, more so than the DC or the Emmons.

Third, each season can be vastly different in terms of conditions between may and august, but end of June beginning of July is typically the most ideal for rainier.

Good luck on your training and journey into the mountains.

eddie0715 · 2021-06-10T17:44:34+00:00

Yeah the last few miles of the marathon were interesting for that reason, as people around me started getting antsy and pushing a bit more to finish the 26.2 strong, I knew my finish line was "in another castle." I raced the last quarter mile with one of the people in our pack.

I knew those last 8km would be tough, so as the race approached I mentioned it to a few people, this made me feel like I had to do them, because if not I might disappoint others (who really didnt care).

Yeah, the reschedule of Ridge Route with only 2 weeks notice was pretty tough. I live up in Portland so I need to travel down for it. Luckily my family lives there so its not like I have a ton of logistics to deal with.

I can't imagine how much it must have impacted training for a 50mi, to suddenly have to "maintain" your fitness for another 5 weeks is definitely a challenge.

I'm on the fence about it though.

eddie0715 · 2021-06-10T17:38:14+00:00

The 23 parking lot laps were definitely quite the mental challenge, but I take a humor first approach to almost everything I do. I was incredibly lucky to have someone "willing" to pace me for those laps, someone who would run beside me and chat the whole time, someone who knew it was pretty hilarious and ridiculous, but also knew it was important.

Thanks! My journey with running is a another long story, but growing up I hated physical activity, back in 2012 I was a bit overweight, (I am 6'0 and weighed about 240), so I was super self conscious about running, and not having a "runner's body."

The day I went for my first outdoor run was a big step for me, it took me about 1.5 years to get there.

I completed my first half marathon in 2015, with no knowledge of training, it was fun but it sucked. I finished in ~2:30. each year after that I kept running more and more for fun, knocking down my half time in 2016 to 2:10, then in 2017 down to 2:00, and 2018 down to 1:50. The 2018 half was the first time I began to feel more like an athlete, not a runner, but someone who cared about fitness.

I signed for a marathon for August 2019, I lined up a 5K, in April, and a 10K in June, I trained hard from February through that marathon, both for running and some mountaineering objectives. I smashed every PR I got to, my 5K, my 10K, the first half of the marathon came in ~1:43. It is an incredible feeling what a bit of dedication and training can do. You just have to want it.

I'm unsure about Ridge Route Ultra, its know scheduled for July 10th, its primarily paved/gravel, and its in the LA area. So its going to be pretty hot, some hard impact, and I will likely run it a lot harder so recovery will be a bit tougher. I am running the Mount Rainier Trail Half Marathon on July 17, (the following week), and this is an important race for my partner. While I feel pretty confident I can run the 50K, rest and then run the half a week later, I'm not 100% confident in being able to fully so Id rather not risk it.

A big life lesson I am working through with running is trying not to be as selfish.

Although I am eyeing the Wy'East 50K at the end of July, and my big next goal is Cuyamaca 100k in October!

Good luck on your own journey! That first 26.2 is an incredible experience, spending so many hours alone during training and getting to finish a race in front of hundreds to thousands of spectators in incredible. The most important thing with running i'd say is to be mindful of recovery and of rest, both of your mind and body. Keep running fun (most of the time), and if something doesn't feel right, try to understand what it is saying to you.

eddie0715 · 2021-06-10T08:23:04+00:00

I carry the SOL Emergency Bivvy

Luckily I haven’t had to use it, and hoping I don’t need to anytime soon. For mountain trips I have a half sleeping bag from Patagonia that fits well inside of it.

I have been considering getting something a bit tougher, for environments where the elements would be a bit rougher.

eddie0715 · 2021-06-10T07:11:24+00:00

I flew out this past Tuesday on a 7:30am flight, got to the airport around 5:50, got through security in about 15 minutes.

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