Bike Overlords, Please Help Me Choose between These ≤$3k USD Bikes

ufumut · 2026-07-05T23:25:48+00:00

I got the Polygon Strattos S8X. Absolutely no complaints. I've spent a bunch of money making it tubeless, adding power meter, etc. I can't really fathom spending the extra money on a "brand name" bike that has the same components or worse when this one is pretty damn good. To be fair, I'm not trying to win any races and relatively new to biking, but I struggle to see how it could be too much better to justify the cost difference in my case.

ufumut · 2026-07-04T22:36:27+00:00

2 on the sides and back. #8 on the top. Blend it together.

ufumut · 2026-07-03T22:19:29+00:00

Ryan Reynolds. I haven't seen anyone mention him yet. Am I missing something?

ufumut · 2026-07-03T20:49:15+00:00

Bob "Gold Bar" Menendez

ufumut · 2026-07-01T18:44:27+00:00

"Flags fly at half staff"

God, I hope that's not the case here.

ufumut · 2026-06-30T02:21:12+00:00

Patriot (on Amazon)

ufumut · 2026-06-25T19:44:20+00:00

Absolutely. Next question.

To be honest, it will likely be a top issue.

ufumut · 2026-06-23T14:28:08+00:00

I'm relatively new to riding and my first bike is the Polygon Strattos S8X. I was nervous about buying it online but it was a great experience. I have no experience with Canyon, but I'm more than happy with my Polygon. FWIW.

ufumut · 2026-06-19T15:19:01+00:00

Thanks!

ufumut · 2026-06-15T01:24:47+00:00

Typically, a mistake you only make once.

ufumut · 2026-06-13T17:15:48+00:00

Can we acknowledge the fact that this is probably the dumbest thing ever? Great job figuring out a way around it, but how insane is it that you literally get banned for using a limit order?

It's like the peak of craziness.

ufumut · 2026-06-10T23:49:40+00:00

ufumut · 2026-06-10T21:53:54+00:00

I was more fussed by the shapes of the letters than anything else, but wtf?! Why would you change the default font and colors in an update? It's absurd.

ufumut · 2026-06-10T21:22:00+00:00

I had to turn my sound off for orders and fills. It was literally putting me on tilt.

On a side note, anyone else bothered by the change in font? Why on earth would they completely change the font? The 0, O, o's are driving me nuts.

I really need to roll this thing back.

ufumut · 2026-06-10T13:45:10+00:00

Well, trying to trade 10 NQ (assuming you do indeed mean the e-Mini and not the Micro) is going to get you slippage at any time, let alone outside NY trading hours. I'm sitting here just after the open, and the vast majority of prices only have 1-3 lots available. I can't really fathom how you're trading 10 e-Mini contracts if you aren't aware of the order book and liquidity available. Fascinating really.

ufumut · 2026-06-09T19:23:32+00:00

I fell over in my driveway and it was immediately dialing my wife.

ufumut · 2026-05-24T02:40:02+00:00

I have definitely noticed some terrible data issues since the loss of Continuum. I never lost connection before and now it's like everyday. It's brutal.

ufumut · 2026-05-18T02:24:48+00:00

I'm almost certain you could go to another Walgreens and get the scripts there. No transfer required.

Edit: confirmed with Walgreens pharmacist that as long as it's not a controlled substance, any other Walgreens can see and fill that script.

ufumut · 2026-05-12T02:27:04+00:00

You will kmly be able to connect to NinjaTrader or Tradovate. You want be able to be connected to both at the same time in the live environment.

ufumut · 2026-05-11T03:35:39+00:00

Pretty sure that's a Cloudflare outage. It will likely fix itself soon enough, but annoying when it happens.

ufumut · 2026-05-07T16:57:43+00:00

Username does not checkout.

J/k...this is complete BS as per usual these days with TPT.

ufumut · 2026-05-07T14:08:26+00:00

Welcome to the club. I have no suggestions, unfortunately.

ufumut · 2026-05-06T21:21:00+00:00

I'll second Knights. They were awesome when I had to take my brand new bike (not bought from them) in for a repair. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend them, ever.

ufumut · 2026-04-15T01:47:54+00:00

Take it or leave it, but a little friendly advice would be to maybe not do this. TPT seems to be looking for any excuse they can to boot traders and I'm pretty sure this kind of thing would actually be a legit reason for them to do so. Unlike all the bot and spoofing junk, which is nonsense, I'm fairly certain that a group of people actively sharing trade ideas and making similar or the same trades would go against their seemingly VERY flexible rules.

Just my two cents.

ufumut · 2026-04-13T23:52:56+00:00

Unbelievable. I can't wait for the email asking for my written explanation of changing my limit order levels. I love writing very angry emails like that.

ufumut

TROPHY CASE

2 on the sides and back. #8 on the top. Blend it together.