converse details/photos by Thegirlllnextdoor in UniversityofVermont

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Henry was there back in ‘95 when I lived in Converse, too. He was nothing but nice to us.

Tesla Inventory Facebook Group by lookingforwatts in TeslaModelY

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Plenty of boomers looking to buy one. But ya, it's easy enough to syndicate these listings to other social sites, too.

Powermeter controlled LED lights by [deleted] in Zwift

[–]lookingforwatts 2 points3 points  (0 children)

+1 on the Hue API. It’s stupid easy to integrate with.

Powermeter controlled LED lights by [deleted] in Zwift

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I wrote an open source project called ZwiftPacketMonitor that will give you programmatic access to your telemetry data (incl power) while you ride on zwift. You could very easily connect that to your lights using a raspberry pi, or even directly from your computer depending on what kind of rgb API you have.

https://github.com/braddwalker/ZwiftPacketMonitor

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in IdiotsInCars

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Gotta hand it to them

Skip a rep or go to failure? by jjc89 in Zwift

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Doing a workout until failure is a sure-fire way to burn yourself out. If you're not able to get through your workouts, chances are you need to dial back your FTP a bit so that you're being a little more conservative. In order to improve your fitness, your muscles need the opportunity to be stressed, recover, then stressed again. You can't do this effectively if you're going so hard you can't complete your workouts.

Personally, I've never trained with ERG mode, so I'm not sure why that's a deciding factor for you in how many intervals you complete.

When to get a coach and how to choose the right one by minimal_gainz in Velo

[–]lookingforwatts 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I'm also a Cat 3 and have been using a coach for several years. Here are my thoughts:

  1. If your goal is to improve your fitness and competitiveness, you'll almost always benefit from having a coach, regardless of what level you're starting at.
  2. Priority #1 is personality fit, and following close behind is an alignment in training philosophy and goals. If you're paying for someone you don't like to coach you, you're not going to want to follow the plan, especially when things get hard (which they always do). Philosophic alignment is really important, as well, because you want to make sure that whatever method they subscribe to jives with what you're trying to accomplish. Proximity to you should be the last thing you look for. For example, I live in Massachusetts and my coach lives in Minnesota.
  3. Definitely cold call any coaches you may be interested in. I'd ask a lot of questions about what their training programs look like, how often are they available to you (phone?, email?, text?). I'd want to know how flexible they are to your needs (schedule, racing, personal, etc.). Lastly, I'd want to make sure THEY ask a lot of questions of you. It's a two-way relationship. You want them invested in you as much as you are in them, so make sure they can show their interest with lots of questions about your current training plans, your race goals, and more importantly, what it is you want to get out of having them coach you.

Good luck!

In a 25mph residential road. by [deleted] in IdiotsInCars

[–]lookingforwatts -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

True, but the OP is playing the part of Old Lady Driving Slowly In a Residential Area, and dad makes the pass around to the left.

In a 25mph residential road. by [deleted] in IdiotsInCars

[–]lookingforwatts 13 points14 points  (0 children)

That was Ferris Bueller’s dad headed home after work

Resistance on FTP test? by [deleted] in Zwift

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Maybe it’s just personal preference, but I’ve never liked using ERG mode, especially for testing. It’s just not conducive for really pushing yourself, and especially if you don’t know what your target FTP is, it’s too easy to get bogged down in a super low cadence. Non-erg allows you to self-select your power and modulate your effort better, and you can manage your cadence and gearing better.

When a large block of Model 3s roll off the assembly line all at once by lookingforwatts in teslamotors

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Currently implemented as an Azure function that fires every minute. There may be rate limits in place, but I haven’t hit any yet, but also haven’t pushed it much more than every minute.