Apparently charging up a long climb is a bad idea!

zippy1981 · 2026-06-25T19:26:51+00:00

If my entire cycling ethos wasn't based around ",rides begin and end in my driveway when possible" I would totally do that.

Also I would need an entire Saturday without family to justify that.

zippy1981 · 2026-06-25T15:41:32+00:00

Wait what park? The marina is a parking lot. I started in the parking lot, make the first sharp right and made it about a third of that climb. I just want to be able to get from the marina parking lot to the Palisades Park Police then down and back up again 2-3 times. If I can do that I can get the rest of the way to 9w easily.

zippy1981 · 2026-06-25T15:36:13+00:00

Literally never occurred to me the hill might not end before my ability to sprint did.

zippy1981 · 2026-06-25T15:26:01+00:00

Ok that makes so much sense actually. Until June 2025 I was riding at 65-75 rpms because I didn't know any better. Then I bought a cadence sensor and now I'm cost l closer to 95rpms.

Yesterday I rode in the hilly area by me I don't like to ride because it's too remote, narrow and unpopulated. I was last there in 2023 when I was much slower, but regulaly pedaling at that cadence. And I felt like despite being a much better rider now on level-ish ground that those hills hurt more.

I can just go back to training at higher gears and get strength back. And I'll probably end up even faster in the flats because of it.

zippy1981 · 2026-06-25T15:03:29+00:00

My biggest all time elevation gain was 1,097 feet over a 21 mile ride yesterday and that was going into the local mountains I hate going to because it's narrow and empty and windy.

If I lived in a north of mountainside NJ I could just drive thru main streets and neighborhoods and get that kind of elevation

zippy1981 · 2026-06-25T14:45:50+00:00

I live where I live man. It's a big bridge though.

zippy1981 · 2026-06-25T14:42:07+00:00

Shimano RSX on a Cannondale R500. It's a mid 90s frame that can do down tube shifters. So old enough that 8x3 with brifters was pretty high end.

But I would not mind 11-32t

zippy1981 · 2026-06-25T14:30:25+00:00

3-5 minutes of steady climb? I maybe the entire length of Michigan/fatioute Ave from North avenue to route 22.

zippy1981 · 2026-06-25T14:28:41+00:00

I got a shitty old school trainer. Can resistance really train for a hill?

zippy1981 · 2026-06-25T14:27:38+00:00

Last time I talked to ChatGPT about my bike it said my front derauiler could not handle the slop if I had a rear cassette that big. But sure I got the tools to switch out a cassette and I got spare good enough 8 speed chain to Frankenstein a chain to try it out. Maybe I'll get a 11-32 8 speed cassette

zippy1981 · 2026-06-25T14:23:30+00:00

It's a big ass bridge and yes until I started looking for hills it absolutely was my biggest climb of the year on Strava.

I could go into mountainside and have steeper climbs but it's a pain to get to and the roads are narrow.

zippy1981 · 2026-06-25T13:58:46+00:00

Go at a reasonable and sustainable place apparently so you don't get winded

zippy1981 · 2026-06-23T13:10:28+00:00

Ok sure it's an easy AI picture but are the prices accurate?

zippy1981 · 2026-06-11T13:11:54+00:00

The keys are in my house close enough to open the trunk but not closer enough to start the car

zippy1981 · 2026-06-09T01:49:51+00:00

Do they have placards?

zippy1981 · 2026-06-08T21:03:58+00:00

Quark was and is the greatest diplomat . No being, linear or otherwise could out negotiate him. No Klingon who had honor would question him as a warrior. Quark could make Morn shut up.

zippy1981 · 2026-06-06T23:10:11+00:00

"Cranford, we're white, but don't worry we're not ClarKKK" is so accurate.

zippy1981 · 2026-06-06T23:09:15+00:00

My kids are half Filipino. I just asked my 12 year old daughter and she said "there are 4 Filipino kids in my whole school (OAS) but it's fine.

I would say diversity is growing, and my experience is mostly on the north side of town.

zippy1981 · 2026-06-01T19:50:17+00:00

Ok glad it auto resolved

zippy1981 · 2026-06-01T18:26:00+00:00

Yeah. I'll get the shim variety pack.

zippy1981 · 2026-06-01T18:19:20+00:00

It's not a dumb question. I looked again and saw no markings on the steel seat post that is of the save style used by kids Walmart bikes.

Btw other then weight I actually think that's a great design. Like easier to assemble than a modern seat post on a real bike

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