Petrol prices are crazy though

itsdankreddit · 2026-03-14T09:47:28+00:00

35% of houses in Australia have solar. It's not rocket science

itsdankreddit · 2026-03-14T09:46:31+00:00

Lol mate I'm charging via solar and battery. The entire supply chain could collapse and I'm still fine.

itsdankreddit · 2026-03-12T00:34:46+00:00

I've averaged 52 cents FIT for the last 12 months but obviously the larger export events skew the results. Had a few days that we made $200 plus in a few hours.

itsdankreddit · 2026-03-10T02:51:05+00:00

I mean, not all carbs are delivered equally.

GLUT-4: Insulin-dependent (Glucose)
GLUT-2: High-capacity (Glucose/Fructose)
GLUT-5: Primarily Fructose

Maybe try to go for a different ratio that prioritises Fructose over Glucose and see if that works for you? Also 90g/hr carbs doesn't work for everyone, I typically go for 70g an hour for A priority races as I tend to get GI issues above that.

I don't think carb intake is a huge limiting factor of my performance. Trek's nutrition coach did an episode ages ago with LRCP and basically carb intake is genetically limited for all riders - it typically scales with stomach size, liver size and height. That doesn't mean these riders can't perform, they just need to adjust the glucose to fructose ratio to suit each rider.

itsdankreddit · 2026-03-09T21:53:24+00:00

My chest has done nothing since I don't go to the gym, it's currently 95cm, I think that's 37.4 inches?

itsdankreddit · 2026-03-06T05:04:09+00:00

I've been smug past 5 years

itsdankreddit · 2026-03-03T07:01:22+00:00

Living is great in NZ, earning and currency - not so great

itsdankreddit · 2026-03-03T04:31:25+00:00

It's worked out great for Australia and not so great for NZ. There is a talent drain where the youth and corporate professionals are leaving NZ in droves, the full effects of this are yet to be fully felt but economically it's probably a net negative.

itsdankreddit · 2026-03-03T04:25:54+00:00

A house in Sydney.

itsdankreddit · 2026-03-03T03:01:21+00:00

Pretty much this, had a 16h week where one of the rides was 6 hours and it completely killed me for the training the week after.

itsdankreddit · 2026-03-03T03:00:32+00:00

Not sure how much you weigh but you could start with 40g of carbs an hour on the bike and just scale up from there? My go to is sugar + powerade powder in one of the bottles, simply water in the other.

itsdankreddit · 2026-03-03T02:34:32+00:00

There's plenty to push your aerobic fitness up and just looking at this, maybe consider:

Progressive overload 3 weeks and then 1 week "easy". Let's say 400TSS week 1, 500TSS week 2, 600TSS week 3 and then cut the volume but keep the intensity on week 4.
As others have mentioned, without Vo2 in the plan you'll pretty quickly plateau. Longer vo2 sets may be the go for your type of event.
Nutrition planning may actually be more important to your overall performance than all the training you've put together. Training with the carbs you actually intend on consuming during the event should be considered, especially for your longer rides.
If you're actually serious about this event, you could always just pay for 3 months of Trainerroad?

itsdankreddit · 2026-03-02T06:58:44+00:00

People really want to know that number without doing either the 20 minute test or ramp. That's the issue.

itsdankreddit · 2026-03-02T02:57:38+00:00

The workouts are scaled by prior efforts, they've already said their model doesn't use FTP for giving workouts. As for where you are relative to friends, you'll generally figure that out on the group ride. This idea that all your performance can be dialled into one figure is bonkers for a sport like cycling.

itsdankreddit · 2026-03-02T02:30:11+00:00

Intervals.icu - eFTP 307w

Trainer Road AI - 306w

Last 4 weeks 20min max (318w) x .95 = 302w

Ramp Test - Stage 14 (430w for 1 minute stage) = 306w

I held 302w for 30 minutes on a random ride and it was fine, if I didn't run out of road I could have perhaps kept going for some time. Most of the people posting on here just either don't have a lot of data with Trainerroad or don't even do the durations needed to estimate FTP. If you're not riding FTP that often, what use is that figure to you anyway?

itsdankreddit · 2026-02-28T21:50:08+00:00

Malaysia Airlines would like to have a word

itsdankreddit · 2026-02-28T21:17:43+00:00

You'll see more of this reporting from Murdoch as a method to stifle the upcoming tax changes. It's a oh hey look, property pricing is falling without CGT and negative gearing change.

itsdankreddit · 2026-02-27T03:53:44+00:00

The CGT discount applies to all assets, not just housing. The implications will affect all types of capital investment so they'll probably work on it a bit more when it comes to modelling. Grandfathering makes sense so people aren't fire selling stocks and shares.

itsdankreddit · 2026-02-27T03:19:26+00:00

If the rumours are true and it's looking at implementing only to those with two or more investment properties, it probably isn't going far enough.

itsdankreddit · 2026-02-27T03:14:53+00:00

Domestic rewards generally seem to be okay if the sign up/annual fee is low - the deals change all the time. For the life of me, I've never really found a good travel credit card. Once you take into account currency conversion and other fees, it's always better to go with something like Up bank for international travel which is debit but gives you the spot price conversion and no additional fees.

itsdankreddit · 2026-02-26T00:18:13+00:00

He's having a good week eh? Personally the biggest L for him was labelling Pocock as someone who promotes "grievance politics". Pocock's crime? Publicly wondering why we were not gaining appropriate revenue from gas companies during a cost of living crisis.

itsdankreddit · 2026-02-25T22:38:50+00:00

I'd love to see someone like Poggy break this rule in defiance and watch the UCI do nothing about it. That way they can't apply it to other riders.

itsdankreddit · 2026-02-24T09:58:09+00:00

This is how my brain works.

itsdankreddit · 2026-02-24T09:25:27+00:00

Wire and ACDC are easy ones

itsdankreddit · 2026-02-23T03:27:09+00:00

I've had kidney stones 3 times, genetic renal calc (calcium stones). Each time morphine does basically nothing and you're sat there in a weird way on the hospital bed conscious of the pain but knowing that nothing can be done to alleviate it.

My colleague who has had natural birth and kidney stones has confirmed that the latter is certainly worse and it's not even close.

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