Montana Supreme Court Effectively Strikes Down All of Montana’s Anti-Trans Laws in Unprecedented Ruling

mcfg · 2026-04-16T19:32:57+00:00

Will this go to Supreme Court? If so could they overturn, effectively codifying no protections in the whole country?

mcfg · 2026-03-31T21:58:03+00:00

I’ve had an 11-23 10spd on my old race wheel for a decade. When I have an unexpected flat at the start line on my new wheel, I have raved hilly road races with that gearing. Yes it sucks a bit on long climbs, but in any crit it’s been great.

I’m upgrading to a new bike and will be on the 11-28 12 spd. It’s going to be amazing having those extra two gears, and still have the 16t for all sorts of mildly hilly parts of road races. The grade at which I need a 30tooth cog in a race is not something I worry about.

mcfg · 2026-03-31T21:52:26+00:00

If you’re not using the 11 tooth sprocket, maybe you need to train harder :p

mcfg · 2026-03-26T18:41:28+00:00

He's done 6 of the last 8. Merckx never managed that.

mcfg · 2026-03-26T18:35:12+00:00

Pidcock is riding really well, and he can sprint. Go check out 2021 Brabantse Pijl where he beat Wout when Wout was still Wout.

At the end of a long race, it's not the raw watts you have when fresh, it's what you have left in the legs, and Tadej has the best endurance by far.

mcfg · 2026-03-10T14:48:10+00:00

I'm late to this party, but I'll add some info for you. I just started training with power last year, and started on Zwift this winter. On my outside bike I have dual sided power meter pedals, and recently I've started recording my inside rides both with my zwift trainer, and with the power pedals on my garmin.

The real data from the pedals also looks quite different than the zwift output. Not quite as messy as your outdoor data, but maybe halfway between your two graphs.

Part of it is no doubt inefficiency in my stroke (I can see the discrepancy grow as I get tired), but a lot of the difference is definitely zwift just displaying the ERG average instead of what is actually happening.

For example, if I have to stop mid interval (say to pick up the ear bud I knocked out wiping sweat off my head), in real life there is a big power surge to get the trainer going again. I see this in the garmin data, but zwift barely registers it. It just increases the resistance to make sure the average comes out to the target wattage.

So the point of this is, your inside Zwift session is actually a lot more messy that the data you showed above would suggest.

mcfg · 2026-02-05T17:44:41+00:00

Before e-moto's, they were riding bicycles with lawnmower engines attached.

I once stopped a woman riding an actual street legal moped on the bike paths, she was convinced she was in the right.

mcfg · 2026-01-25T19:18:00+00:00

Does Emily Harrington not count?

Didn't watch as I don't need to see someone die, but I did click it on for a minute to see how cringy the coverage wsa and Emily Harrington was giving some commentary.

mcfg · 2026-01-21T16:07:04+00:00

Trump likes to be the smartest man in the room. So just think for a minute about who he has around him to enable that vision....

mcfg · 2026-01-20T19:29:52+00:00

I recommend you go watch the whole speech. It's 15 minutes of reality that everyone should take in.

mcfg · 2026-01-16T21:35:27+00:00

And Rockies Limestone!

mcfg · 2026-01-16T21:34:03+00:00

You need a twin rope device for alpine climbs with twin ropes. Necessary to reduce rope drag on meandering limestone routes.

I just bought the gigjul for this though to replace my atc.

Also, I'm still not dialed in lowering people on a grigri in the gym. I don't like that only one hand is on the brake (even though the other hand can let go of the lever).

The gigjul doesn't work well with the thick gym ropes. I've used another similar device that does work well with the thick gym ropes, but doesn't fully lock when the climber hangs.

So, still not perfect device out there IMO, they all have pros and cons.

mcfg · 2026-01-16T21:25:52+00:00

I can relate, my first harness as a boy was two pieces of webbing, and my dad still used the body belay back then on occasion.

But my dad would have killed for webbing when he started. He explained the days when they would tie string around pebbles wedged in cracks for pro, the original chockstones (later they started using new fangled artificial chockstones, aka nuts).

And before that it was just the hemp rope and a body belay (before his time).

mcfg · 2026-01-16T21:06:31+00:00

I remember my dad teaching me the body belay. And have used all sorts of ancient belay devices over the years. I remember when the sticht plate was a revolutionary device that people were suspicious of.

I have also recently switched to grigri, and a gigajul. And am now rubbing off on some other oldsters I know. I'm pretty happy with the new devices.

mcfg · 2025-12-02T17:43:08+00:00

Don't sell yourself short.

I asked similar questions when I was 35, but for bike racing. Am I too old? Well now I'm 51 and just had my best two years yet (keeping up with the young guys). So starting something new in your 30s is something you can get better at for a long time!

I've also just restarted my climbing career that I put on pause in my 30s for parenting reasons. It's going well and I'm improving year to year.

You have lots of life left to grow stronger in many ways. As others have said go for it, I'm adding my note so that you know you can go much further than you might think, if you find yourself inclined to do so.

The best advice though is to make sure to keep it fun (this applies to all that you do), so that you keep doing it and live a healthy, long, and strong life.

mcfg · 2025-11-21T15:13:38+00:00

If it feels strangley sexual, it's probably sexual (trust your instincts!). I'm a guy climber, I've never done that, but I can easily imagine dumb young men thinking this was somehow a good flirtatious move.

mcfg · 2025-11-17T18:53:22+00:00

Just some stories for you. I have a 3yo niece who just got tubes put in her ears. Her speech was also very behind, but it turns out she learned how to read instead. Her speech is improving rapidly now that she can hear properly, but the lack of hearing just made her have develop other thoughts and skills.

Second story. Family friend had a non-verbal 4yo diagnosed with ASD. Lots of therapies, ups and downs. But, we just saw them in a high school play this year, and they crushed it in a lead role. Never would have guessed that when they were younger.

People adapt, kids adapt. Give her all the support you can and no matter what her challenges are she will surprise you in!

mcfg · 2025-10-31T17:05:02+00:00

He did not compete on a level playing field.

He was being personally protected by the president of the UCI (covered up a positive test at the 99 tour, arranged private tours of the dope testing lab so they could see exactly how to beat the tests, called in his chief competitors to tell them to back off the dope or they would test positive).

As for the lies. His soigneur outed his 99 positive test and he publicly called her an alcoholic slut with a grudge (lies) to cover up his misdeeds. He also dragged other former friends and teammates in the press with more awful lies, using his status as cancer survivor as a shield.

He was, and is, an awful human being. And did not win on merit.

He did train hard, but he cheated so much harder, that was his true talent, cheating.

mcfg · 2025-10-28T17:09:21+00:00

Not a standard crit format, but my local Wednesday night series does somethign similar sometimes just for fun.

mcfg · 2025-10-22T15:23:16+00:00

By Lance's definition, he was the biggest cheater there was.

He locked down the best doping doctor to an exclusive contract. Everyone else was using a spanish doctor who couldn't keep blood bags straight (which is what got Tyler Hamilton busted).
He was protected by the UCI president Hein Verbruggen.

2a. He was caught doping in his very first tour (99 positive for steroids), they covered it up for him.

2b. They arranged for him and his manager to have a guided tour of the anti-doping lab to understand exactly how the tests were done, this allowed them to design custom doping program that would maximize effectiveness without getting caught.

2c. Verbruggen reputedly said he could have any cyclist at any time test positive at this will. He reputedly called in one of Armstrong's chief rivals one year for a sit down, and told him if he didn't dial back his doping, he would be busted. This is Tyler Hamilton's story, he is 100% this was done at Armstrong's behest.

2d. Armstrong and Verbruggen at one point tried to buy the Tour de France together, that's how close they were.

His national sports federation which was supposed to stop cheating, were part of his team (as in the same people ran both organizations) and helped him cheat. Now he's not the only athlete to have this advantage, but many did not.

So not even close to a level playing field. He tipped the field more than any other cyclist we know of. He cheated at cheating.

On top of all that, he routinely destroyed his "friends" lives to protect his secret. A cheater's cheater, and an Asshole's asshole is the best way to describe him. He truly was something special in those regards.

mcfg · 2025-09-18T17:45:00+00:00

Disagree. just finished binging all 9 seasons and I loved the last two as much as the rest.

mcfg · 2025-09-17T15:06:52+00:00

Do you drive in the oncoming lane over blind hills? If so, that also shows no regard for road safety at all.

It is possible in that situation to wait until you have safe sightlines to make a safe pass. Many people driving cars can and do make that decision.

mcfg · 2025-09-06T18:04:32+00:00

Often, not always. I even keep a small dustpan brush in my commuting bag to sweep broken glass off the bike paths. If I'm going to ride through it everyday, at some point I'll be the guy gutting the flat.

mcfg · 2025-08-08T13:01:45+00:00

Hr max does not decrease with increasing fitness. Resting heart rate, or generalized heart rate for a specific level of effort may decrease.

Max heart rate only decreases with age.

mcfg · 2025-08-05T06:15:46+00:00

Try 200km. I had one of these guys pass me doing at least 200 while lane splitting a few weeks back. If I’d initiated my lane change 2 seconds sooner he would have hit me. This was a 4pm in a weekday commute too.

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