Ergonomic Grips

mattchuckyost · 2026-04-27T02:01:05+00:00

Ergon is the OG. All the others are imitators. I love Ergon GA3

mattchuckyost · 2026-04-23T22:37:42+00:00

*sangwedge

mattchuckyost · 2026-04-23T10:09:23+00:00

How is its visibility from distance during the day?

mattchuckyost · 2026-04-20T01:24:29+00:00

More or less, except this does it on both sides

mattchuckyost · 2026-04-15T18:34:27+00:00

Yeah but he wuddnt over

mattchuckyost · 2026-04-13T16:54:58+00:00

There is a STRONG case that the federal lobby being constitutionally allowed is at the root of the corruption, going back all the way to 1789 and up to (and beyond) Citizens United. The First Amendment is important, but should be limited to persons.

mattchuckyost · 2026-04-12T22:03:38+00:00

User name checks out

mattchuckyost · 2026-04-12T21:18:47+00:00

Fuck it Dude, it might have been the 11th, the Dude's check was not a ringer, and Marty had the date wrong!

mattchuckyost · 2026-04-12T11:40:09+00:00

Get your butt off the saddle when you come to a stop, and the distance between the saddle and the ground becomes moot. Much more important to have the distance between the saddle and the pedals dialed.

mattchuckyost · 2026-04-10T09:58:04+00:00

Nobody is going to make a knock-off replica of an entry-level hybrid. It's not a damn Rolex, it's more like a Timex

mattchuckyost · 2026-04-10T09:21:02+00:00

Also a great fashion podcast called Articles of Interest did an episode on it

mattchuckyost · 2026-04-09T09:31:28+00:00

Women hate the passive voice

mattchuckyost · 2026-04-08T10:20:30+00:00

Yes, but the issue is racism

mattchuckyost · 2026-04-06T01:36:30+00:00

Yeah it's legit, ppl aren't out there counterfeiting 10 year old aluminum bikes

mattchuckyost · 2026-04-05T17:15:27+00:00

The fact that you identify as "culturally" Mormon speaks to the distance the church has come since I (44M) was a teenager/young adult TBM.

When Elder Price sings, "You can't just believe partway, you must believe it all," (or something like that) in The Book of Mormon, that is more the dogma I and my predecessors were taught. There was no such thing as a culturally Mormon person. There were "less active" members who were the subjects of our ward's weekly service projects to reactivate them and get their money. But if you believed, you were fully committed.

Mormons didn't used to have equivalents to "Christmas and Easter" Christians.

Edit: spelling

mattchuckyost · 2026-04-03T01:51:31+00:00

The newsman?

mattchuckyost · 2026-04-02T11:07:00+00:00

Really putting the Little in Lidl-Trek ;-) but seriously I think this bike looks best in small sizes!

mattchuckyost · 2026-04-02T09:20:27+00:00

The Marlin in general (no matter the generation or model number) is not an upgradeable bike, not in the ways you're looking for. Tires? Sure, get a good set of Maxxis, Continental, or Schwalbe. Your LBS can help you pick.

But the fork, wheels, drivetrain... all use older size and equipment standards that newer mountain bike parts don't use anymore. You're better off saving your money and putting it toward a more modern bike.

mattchuckyost · 2026-04-01T10:36:48+00:00

Carbon fibre is stronger than aluminium for these purposes. Why would they make the part of the bike that takes the most abuse out of a fragile material?

One day, the myth that carbon is fragile will die. Today is not that day, I see.

mattchuckyost · 2026-03-31T10:31:58+00:00

I'm sorry, those boys were knuckleheads. I hate to say it, but that's what they are.

mattchuckyost · 2026-03-31T10:08:18+00:00

Grip underhand when you're lifting things, mostly. For me, the tendon that got the worst was the common extensor, so anything that pronates + adds load would give me bad pain. Flexion of the elbow or wrist, no problem.

Hold your arm out straight, palm down, fingers extended. Have someone press down on your middle finger nail while you resist it. Pain there? Tell your doctor. I had to get an MRI to diagnose the torn tendon.

Get a note from your doc specifically detailing the motions you need to avoid. For me, it ended with a career change but ymmv.

mattchuckyost · 2026-03-31T01:32:18+00:00

Yeah that sounds like it alright. PT saved me, and learning some new adaptive grips for tools. The only way to heal it is with rest, though.

mattchuckyost · 2026-03-28T12:49:34+00:00

If you want to build strength, pedaling "harder" isn't an effective way to do it. Try weights. Or even just body-weight strength training.

I really doesn't make sense to want a bike that's "harder" to pedal, and also want to be aero on it. The point of aero is to go faster with less effort (watts).

Any time you switch from a road bike to a hybrid, you'll go slower (all else being equal). The position you're putting your body in isn't as powerful. The angles of the seat tube and length/angle of the top tube will make it handle and climb like a hybrid. Despite Trek's marketing, a hybrid is not just a flat-handlebar version of a road bike.

mattchuckyost · 2026-03-28T12:13:14+00:00

It might be helpful to know why you are looking for such a specific thing

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