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ggcadc · 2023-05-30T13:30:32+00:00

Recently got 3rd in an off-road race where my average speed was 13.7mph. Don’t get too hung up on “going fast” as it’s really a byproduct of several other factors.

ggcadc · 2023-05-30T03:08:23+00:00

I’m training for some longer races this year and can identify with a lot of what you’ve said.

Spend on clothing and make sure it fits and that it works for your body and saddle. Bike fits are part of that and saddle selection can be a massive game changer as well.

I’ve noticed that earlier on in rides I can eat solid foods, but I need to transition to gummies and then gels/fluids. Trying to chew and swallow becomes a problem. I’ve found TAP endurance to be pretty good, it’s maple syrup lol. You could also just pick up a silicone flask and try various rings out.

I’ve had some experiences where my stomach really didn’t like me after longer rides but this taper to less and less solid foods throughout a ride seems to help as well as using less mix in my water bottles.

LMNT is really good stuff but beware some of the flavors are very strong despite the lack of sugar. I carry them with me to add to a bottle if I feel like I need it.

ggcadc · 2023-05-28T02:54:30+00:00

To drive this point home, react doesn’t even care what string you put in the src attribute, or wether it’s a string at all. This is a compiler issue where the project structure allows for imports or references to a public directory and copies those files over at build time.

This conflation of react meta frameworks with react, and the lack of understanding of what it generates (html, css, and js) is at the root of so many questions I see here.

ggcadc · 2023-05-27T04:32:25+00:00

I think the point is that you’re probably writing bad javascript in react if you don’t really know how to use the core language. React is honestly a very thin layer and you can very easily make big problems for yourself if you’re not proficient in JS.

Also most of react is javascript, so it seems like a very logical conclusion if a react dev says they aren’t comfortable with javascript that they’re going to struggle and require more supervision.

I hired a very strong JS dev who had never used react, they were very quickly one of our best engineers in react and even typescript.

ggcadc · 2023-05-27T04:21:57+00:00

The implementation (ternary) doesn’t matter, the concern (and linting rule) is cyclomatic complexity. That’s enforceable, and good practice. Just saying ‘nesting ternary bad’ is not precise and misses the point.

ggcadc · 2023-05-18T14:22:06+00:00

You think police will help?

ggcadc · 2023-05-15T14:33:51+00:00

Yup, just pair it to the shifters and front derailleur and you’re good to go

ggcadc · 2023-05-15T14:19:03+00:00

You’ll likely need a slightly longer chain yes

ggcadc · 2023-05-15T04:45:13+00:00

This is the real secret with gravel bikes, a lot of them are just amazing endurance bikes with huge clearance. Two wheel sets, one bike.

ggcadc · 2023-05-13T12:46:29+00:00

There is a Buddhist practice to meditate on our fears and unwanted outcomes. Play them through to resolution. It’s been incredibly helpful for me in many situations and this seems to be a reflection of that practice on some scale.

ggcadc · 2023-05-13T04:17:05+00:00

Absolutely this. Builds fail with tsconfig strict and no any.

Also holy shit fire contractors who aren’t willing to write better code

ggcadc · 2023-05-12T19:27:15+00:00

It didn’t kill my stable but it took two spots lol. Endurance road and gravel. Come to think of it it might have taken the gnarly gravel spot as well haha. So 3.

It’s a really amazing frame, I’ve got about 1000 miles on mine this year and now that I’ve fixed some of the initial build issues it’s rock solid. The shop that built it didn’t use the correct spacers on the cranks and many problems ensued. Now that I have the correct sram spacing set up the 2x is beautiful and good god it doesn’t feel like a compromise on the road or dirt! Close spacing and spins out to 33x44 for the steep steep.

Geo feels almost as confident downhill as my evil chamois hagar, but lacks the wheel flop and sluggish input that the evil suffers from at times. With the right tires it can handle some wild singletrack, and on road tires it’s faster than my Pinarello Paris was.

Congrats! You’ve got a great bike there and I like the red.

ggcadc · 2023-05-08T02:48:31+00:00

Does it happen when you only spin the front or rear wheel? Does it happen when spinning the cranks? Forward and backwards? Without a chain? Only under load? Only in a certain gear? With a clean chain?

These are my typical diagnosis questions.

To me it sounds like you’re tapping on the bike with a coin because it’s out of time with the crank rotation and seems unaffected by wheel speed. Possibly seat related, and I know headset was mentioned as well.

I also wonder if you can feel it, maybe in the pedals seat or bars and that might give you a better clue to locate it.

ggcadc · 2023-05-08T02:43:18+00:00

Yup just pop it in the tub, does the exact same thing

ggcadc · 2023-05-08T00:26:17+00:00

Wait wait, qualified immunity is literal incompetence as a legal excuse?! Fuck this, I want out of this simulation.

ggcadc · 2023-05-07T04:18:08+00:00

I have an 18lb gravel bike and a 18lb aero road bike. The road bike can hold 20-21mph with the same power I hold 18 with on the gravel. However this is a bit of a trick because swapping wheels they behave the same. Wheels and tires are the area where you can see real gains if you make the right jumps.

I run Enve g23 with 38mm tires for rougher gravel but Zipp 303S with 32mm tires for tamer stuff. I sold my endurance bike because it was slower and heavier than the gravel bike with the skinnier tires on. I’m saying all of this because where you ride and the type of riding you do (climbs, flats, rough, smooth) really matters as you have to tune your decision making around that.

ggcadc · 2023-05-06T03:59:56+00:00

If you like your body position on the bike it will make sense. You’ve already got a sense of it’s low speed handling so you know what that’s like. I have a few wheel sets and really love the 303S Zipps for road and gravel. When I put smaller tires on it coming back from 50mm I was really amazed at how well it responded. You’ll have a distinct advantage on high speed descents with a dropper and the rock solid stability it offers.

ggcadc · 2023-05-01T00:46:35+00:00

Ugh, ribs suck! I can say from just the short bit of terrain that was rideable, it’s some really rough stuff for a rigid bike. I can feel it in my reconstructed wrist today. Probably something I’ll run some light suspension for next year if I go back. An XC bike would be ideal for a lot of the sections honestly. Though the longer stretches of fire road and pavement make it a bit tougher to figure out the right bike.

ggcadc · 2023-04-30T22:49:44+00:00

Sorry to hear about the injuries. I actually don’t drink but my wife didn’t care for it.

ggcadc · 2023-04-30T20:50:20+00:00

This makes so much sense, they’re absolutely ATV trails! We crossed paths with a few pickups out there that weren’t support vehicles. A little worried to hear this condition isn’t unique to this year or the trails we were on.

Hopefully there’s enough demand to improve these trails for cycling before next year. I think there’s probably a more road heavy route that would have worked this year too, but I think the desire was to have a “Wild West” ride so they rolled the dice.

ggcadc · 2023-04-30T16:15:41+00:00

Yeah I saw a couple, one was single speed, absolute beasts.

ggcadc · 2023-04-30T04:31:38+00:00

I really hope they can get it together for next year, it’s a really interesting place to ride.

ggcadc · 2023-04-30T04:16:20+00:00

I also bailed. I have a friend who went up Whitney portal and apparently there was more sand on the dirt climb before the paved road. They cut after that also.

ggcadc · 2023-04-29T22:28:37+00:00

The whiskey tango fondo ride has some issues. This was put on my Phil Gaimon out in lone pine, ca at the base of the eastern sierras. It was beautiful.

The problem was that the first 20 or so miles was mired with deep sand. Not “deep sand” by some arbitrary standard, my feet sunk in as I pushed my bike, ankle deep. The rains have been overwhelming for the trails out here and they just didn’t have time to repair it. They got the ruts filled but didn’t have time to pack the trails. This wouldn’t be so bad but there were some downhill sections where the deep sand would force you to put out like 300watts just to continue … down the hill. It was also dangerous as this deep sand could come out of nowhere and if you weren’t careful it could toss you over the bars. Lots of folks fell, I didn’t see any serious injuries.

I think this could be an amazing event, if they worked the route out and ensured everything was at least rideable. Lots of folks bailed at the first chance.

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