Sky’s out, thigh’s out!
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That’s not how they are designed to work, and all that demonstrates is that the helmet failed.
??? That is exactly how they are designed to work…they are essentially “single use / crash” products that are designed to absorb the energy of a crash through compression and cracking.
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They don’t do anything for the culture of the sport, they just sell basic, expensive kit, stole my friends videography work and just market for ‘the dedicated road cyclist’
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Not really, the same way a barrier on the side of the road is not meant to split in half. they are designed to compress to absorb impact, but not split in two.
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Nope, cracking just shows the forces exceeded its design and tested speck which is forces generated at 12 mph or less onto a flat surface with no other vehicles involved.
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Most yellow bikes are ugly.
Bright yellow and red - to be ridden only if your name is Ronald McDonald.
Bright yellow and green - take your John Deere bike out to the back field and shoot it.
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Yeah, when I bought a red bike, it didn’t occur to me that I was eliminating both green (Christmas) and yellow (ketchup and mustard) from my kit. I know people get bored with black, white, and blue, but there’s something to be said for colors that work with everything.
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True, until you do MTB…
I was a runner, cycling is definately much much harder than running but its the knees/body that limit you from being a good runner whereas with cycling its volume/time!
You could be a decent runner at 6 hours a week or a medicore cyclist at 6 hours a week!
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Again, this is incorrect….while helmets are not designed to always crack, that is part of the the design function once they reach a high enough load. That is why the original soft shell helmets had Lycra covers and current helmets have the micro shell (And now internal roll cages)
Helmet design carries a balance between protect and weight / size. There will always be impact forces that are too great for a helmet to sustain intact. No one wants to ride around in a motorcycle helmet, so secondary design considerations are implemented.
The first line of defense is the compression of the styrofoam….but eventually, cracking is inevitable.
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Full Rapha and S-Works makes you look slow and inexperienced… A simple kit like DHB and a GOOD/decent bike with a PM and I’ll assume you know what you’re doing…
Ofcourse if you’re a pro and it gets given to you its a different story…
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Those without a current or recent active TrainerRoad subscription shouldn’t have such strong opinions on AiFTP and other TR software features.
Questions, concerns; sure.
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Instead of being upset that someone slower than you has a nicer bike than you you could spend less time cycling and more time working so you could have the bike you are so salty about.
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Absolutely correct. And by cycling less, you too could be slower!
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Exactly!
I like seeing nice bikes, there is a couple that I see at a local group ride and they both have s-works bikes and I love it. For the record I’m not fast and I have a bike that I love but it certainly didn’t cost 10k.
I love seeing nice bikes and nice gear. I’ve found $3k to be good value for the money for bikes but would love a $10k bike.
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People cycling in jorts and tshirts bragging about passing someone wearing comfortable cycling clothing on a nice bike aren’t sending the message they think they are.
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Or work less, get faster and save your money? Seems like a win to me.
Cycling Marketeers really got us in a twist, selling us slower bikes for more money… I think relatively experienced cyclist would recognize this and buy a bike that actually performs well rather than has an expensive price tag but no taste or performance…
I wish people that wanted to start cycling didn’t feel obligated to enroll themselves in having to ‘look’ the part and abide by the velominati rules…
I am not salty, I just think it enforces cycling’s elitist principals…
The Velominati Rules are chuffing ridiculous.
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