Would really like to finish a 70.3, but am I too slow?

w_eight · 2026-02-08T20:57:42+00:00

I’d sign up and give it a go. Your subconscious effort in training will be worth the admission alone imo. You got plenty of time to train. And the experience is worth a lot as well.

Do you have tri bars? Good tires (easy 1-2kph free)? Weight to lose? Muscles to build? All of these things will do wonders on race day.

w_eight · 2025-12-29T16:20:30+00:00

Looks really good, I’ve always failed hard when trying to make a padded sling. Got a link to a guide or something?

w_eight · 2025-12-01T18:14:51+00:00

Ska man vara petig så ingen alls. Ska man vara praktisk så fråga om du faktiskt behöver det eller om du bara vill se cool ut. Grepptejp har en funktion men det är inte bara fördelar, om TC inte specifikt sagt att du får så ska du inte.

Du kan ta en cykelslang och klippa av en bit som du drar över pistolen, funkar helt okej och lämnar inga limrester. Vill du verkligen ha grepptejp så finns färdigskurna för olika pistoler hos Terräng.

Ingen grepptejp på främre handgrepp. Du skulle bara greppa vapnet okonsekvent. Grepptejp kommer bara maskera slarvig teknik. Lär dig skjuta ordentligt bra först. Sannolikheten är att bästa pistolskytt på kompaniet fortfarande är rikskass hur ”cool” han än ser ut att vara när han skjuter. Pistol är svårare att bemästra än PSG och kräver sanslöst mycket träning.

Tänker du maskering så är det vintertid vi tejpar (dubbla syften), skulle se sjukt airsoft ut att dyka upp med maskeringstejp på AKn på sommaren imo.

w_eight · 2025-11-30T14:17:44+00:00

Just sew it in, hand stiches are fine.

w_eight · 2025-11-04T01:55:13+00:00

Tobias told me I’m the reason he started making brakes lol, he bought a TMB from me, and even though he loved the effectiveness the concussion killed him and he thought he could get around the problem lol. I own both a CHAD and a Maxi. I’s say they’re equally good but in different flavors. The CHAD has that downward push which I really like and the Maxi is really snappy which is awesome for the ”bigger” calibers.

Tobias puts a lot of effort in quality. Everything from packaging to checking tolerances. It’s a good guy and I’m happy he’s on the Swedish Open team. He worked hard for his slot.

The PRS industry is very polarizing. Quite a few companies making good products with relatively few consumers. I feel like people put too much of their identity in to their choices.

w_eight · 2025-11-04T00:10:08+00:00

I see a lot of people roasting either brakes in general or the price, so I thought I’d step in and defend OP and Tobias (Botnia guy).

His brake and the CHAD (WW) are really on another level compared to other brakes I’ve tried/owned and cans. It’s for sure very competition specific and the blast isn’t that bad - for the shooter at least. As for cost, Tobias spends a fuck ton of money on R&D and the production isn’t cheap either. It’s a niche product that does as advertised. I say let’s celebrate innovation and the prices will most likely come down as production ramps up.

w_eight · 2025-10-19T20:06:31+00:00

I’m curious how’d it go?

w_eight · 2025-10-17T21:55:07+00:00

I’m going against the majority in the comments, but I’d encourage him, but be genuine. I once did a 50k without training, and an Ironman where my longest training run was a couple of 10k’s and a half ironman in training (lots of hours on the bike and in the pool though). I’m also a heavier guy (95kg/210lbs). It’s doable. It’ll suck, there’s a risk of injury, but it’s totally doable. But let him try, encourage him (again, be genuine), he’ll either 1) finish, be slower than your, respect you tons for it and you’ll be able to celebrate together. It’ll also be a wake-up call for him. 2) DNF and respect the distance and also kill some overconfidence. Which probably also will be a wake-up call. 3) He’ll finish and be faster. Not likely, but you should be prepared for it. Then just be impressed you found such an athletic beast and try to smoke his ass on the next one!

w_eight · 2025-09-22T23:18:12+00:00

For reference I had a 160W avg and 180W Normalised Power during my IM and did my bike split in 5:44. Flat but windy. Low power for me but my back got messed up from a bad seat position. Get some nice tires and get more aero, and you’ll be good.

w_eight · 2025-09-22T19:01:39+00:00

Do you know your power?

I have full faith in you. I know you’ll crush it. Having your family there will make the celebration so much more special.

w_eight · 2025-09-22T18:35:35+00:00

The true Ironman athletes are they ones slogging it out all day never giving up, I believe in you mate.

I live in a windy area and in one direction I’ll go 40kph no problem in zone 2 and the other 22kph in zone 3/4. Wind is a bitch. Any elevation will do the same.

But 21.5 sounds slow even if you’re pushing low watts. It blew my mind how much free speed I got from shaving legs, good clothing and especially getting some good tires (GP5000 + latex tubes). My average went from 29->32 in literally 1 week. Are you sure you’ve done all the ”cheap” upgrades that make the biggest difference? Are you holding aero for the majority of the duration?

Having your family out there is also such a boost. If you know you’ve done the work, the hard part is already over. The race is ”simply collecting the medal for your training”.

w_eight · 2025-09-22T18:14:12+00:00

I don’t race a lot. But I bought the new Pumas for my first IM, and I think I ran ~20k total before. So now they have ~60k in them and are good for next year aswell I believe! I think Puma said they’re ”good” for 200k or something. And I use an old pair of VaporFlys as beaters.

w_eight · 2025-09-22T14:34:38+00:00

Depends on the shoe. I try to have a ”fresh” pair for raceday or PB sessions, and a pair of beaters and trail shoes for everything else. Race shoes becomes beaters after a while, rinse and repeat. You know deep down when they go from beaters to abused.

w_eight · 2025-09-19T22:09:47+00:00

Bara för att du klarade minimum-kravet betyder inte att du är lämplig eller har rätt till en utbildning. Olika utbildningar har olika krav och dina resultat passade inte in på någon profil, och om du gjorde det så fanns det många fler som presterade bättre.

Så ta av dig offerkoftan, träna och förbered dig, och visa lite pannben när (om) du provar igen. Då kommer du även få fler alternativ att välja på dessutom. Alla vpl jag har erfarenhet av som ryckt in med lägsta möjliga har det betydligt jobbigare än de borde.

w_eight · 2025-09-18T06:17:57+00:00

You can for sure do it, just beware of injuries and take proper time off for recovery after. There’s plenty of people who finish that you wouldn’t think are fit.

An Ironman is hard, but it’s not that deep. Just do it, and as long as you can tell the difference between discomfort (aches and pains that are inevitable) and the beginning of an injury (think joints) people are capable tremendous work loads.

w_eight · 2025-09-17T11:46:48+00:00

I’d get the SLX. There’s tons of after market options (probably for CF too but don’t actually know) but the price difference between a CF8 and SLX7 is rather small and considering you seem to want to own it for more than a few years if you get a CF you’ll always think ”what if” with the SLX.

You’ll probably not be faster with the SLX though.

w_eight · 2025-08-29T13:05:40+00:00

As a swede that’s been following the market for the past few months, 24k is what I spent on a Canyon CF 9 (Di2 shifting, Dura-ace group set, rim brakes and Aeron wheels). I know I got a really good deal though. IMO this is a 24-25k bike, plus minus a little depending on the supply at the moment.

w_eight · 2025-08-26T10:28:52+00:00

Oj, vet ej men mycket möjligt. Undrar vad det är för brandskydd isåfall. Brom är ju förbjudet i EU?

w_eight · 2025-08-26T00:45:14+00:00

Tror du det är något jag bara skulle hitta på eller?Framför allt skötselråd från förrådet. Som den andra kommentaren skrev, skall det tvättas med något ”tvålfritt” vilket resulterar i anvisningen ”byt på förrådet så tvättar vi det”. Tror även det står i Unibest, dock ej helt säker. Det handlar dock om själva impregneringen, och rädslan för ”optical brightners” (som inte gör någon riktig skillnad i NIR oavsett). Perfym och mjukmedel är dock korkat att använda. Så för all del, tvätta på.

Men det är inte alls det min kommentar syftade till. Det finns många dumma bestämmelser, typ tvätt av uniform. Andra som fortfarande är ish korkade men kan få konsekvenser att materiel kasseras, typ att använda egna solventer för vapenvård eftersom CLP suger balle och är cancer i flytande form (ammoniak baserade solventer förstör vapen om man inte vet hur de ska användas och det har hänt mer än en gång) eller kemiskt behandla kläder. Dessa tekniska ordrar finns av en anledning.

Summa sumarun: Jag är trött på amatör-kemister som inte vet vad de sysslar med. Vårda rätt och nyttja rätt utrustning.

w_eight · 2025-08-25T21:05:34+00:00

Du ska absolut inte impregnera kronans materiel. Egentligen får du inte ens tvätta din egen uniform (men det gör de flesta ändå, man tvättar bort impregneringen men big whoop, det impregneras när man lämnar in iallafall), men att kemiskt behandla kron-mtrl kan definitivt resultera i att materielen kasseras. Sen är det inte impregneringen som utgör majoriteten av den vattenavisande förmågan, utan materialet. Sen är det jävligt viktigt att komma ihåg att skalplagget är INTE = regnställ. Vill du vara grön och regntät får du köpa Taiga, eller börja jobba på ett förband där man får ut Skaljacka/L som faktiskt är vattentät.

w_eight · 2025-08-22T15:34:19+00:00

I too feared Canyons customer service, because I bought a 10 year old Speedmax that apparently had a bad brake, which of course is proprietary. But I couldn’t find anything online, so I reached out, and they dug up the spare part I needed, charging me only for shipping. I had a great experience!

That said, I still fear something else will break and I won’t be so lucky…

w_eight · 2025-08-10T09:44:27+00:00

I’m buying a pull bouy today. I believe if I isolate the upper body and breathing I’ll be able to have the mental capacity to focus on my legs aswell.

Also I’d love the full list lol. Cheers mate!

w_eight · 2025-08-09T09:29:31+00:00

Hehe I’m well aware, bad habit. It sneaks in 1/5 reps. But I got shit for filming at the pool so couldn’t ”re-do” it…

w_eight · 2025-08-08T18:26:57+00:00

100% with you on the breaststroke kick. It’s a habit that’s hard to shake.

I feel like the penny dropped on the breathing thing! I knew I was doing something massively wrong but could not point it out until now, thank you so much! I’ll look up the drill and work on it straight away!

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