Ancestors

Written by kf on 2025-01-11 at 19:01

tried to order a bike trainer from saris for my bike friday diamond llama that was supposed to have an adapter to make it compatible

except that a month later, they still hadn't shipped my order 🙃

so I had them cancel it and am now looking at alternatives

if you have guesses for trainers that would fit a 20" wheeled bike hmu! 🤙

[#]biketooter

EDIT: I may have found a solution! stay tuned for more 🤓

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Written by kf on 2025-01-13 at 03:15

I love that everything about me getting on a bike is a yak shave 😂

tl;dr there isn't an off-the-shelf trainer that does this and also is made for someone my size

but my PT makes semi-custom steel bike training stands, manufactured by the same people who make onyx hubs? I'm reeling

anyway I ordered one, but it doesn't come with a resistance module, so I'm now haggling on facebook marketplace with some guy in vancouver, WA to see if he'll deliver the specific one I want across the river🤣

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Written by kf on 2025-01-13 at 03:16

“why facebook marketplace?" you might ask

well they don't MAKE this specific resistance module anymore so you have to buy them second-hand

because of course you do

anyway put me out to pasture 😂

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Written by kf on 2025-01-13 at 22:14

important update

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Toot

Written by kf on 2025-01-15 at 03:21

another important update

~st johns bridge green~

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Descendants

Written by kf on 2025-01-16 at 01:30

dog is sniffing instead of barking which means I ordered the right part 🙏

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Written by kf on 2025-01-17 at 23:59

rearranging the ol’ living room like a middle-aged dad after a divorce

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Written by kf on 2025-01-18 at 17:46

moving the couch yesterday has been a boon for the dog since we finally discovered where all his missing bones were going

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Written by kf on 2025-01-18 at 20:42

quality inspection

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Written by kf on 2025-01-18 at 20:46

reeling at how overbuilt this bike trainer stand is 😂

it is easily the most well-built thing in my apartment

thicc

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Written by kf on 2025-01-18 at 22:07

okay well PLOT TWIST

there are different versions of the kinetic module and the one I found on marketplace doesn’t have the right hardware 😭

going to have to track down another one 😅

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Written by kf on 2025-01-19 at 00:53

so: do I trust the frame of the kinetic trainer?

no, if I try to pedal more than 20mph, much less for a long time, I will almost certainly break it

HOWEVER I have an injured shoulder so can't do that right now anyway 😭

decided to hook my bike up to it to validate the resistance unit works, and it does! 🌈

it also comically connects to zwift 😂

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Written by kf on 2025-01-19 at 00:55

though I can do little more than pedal around for 15 minutes until the handlebars bother my shoulder, follow me on strava for more trainer shenanigans 😂

https://www.strava.com/athletes/131880959

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Written by kf on 2025-01-20 at 01:03

UPDATE: I have discovered rouvy and hypothetically this feels much more my speed

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Written by Patrick Maddox on 2025-01-15 at 04:27

@kf you locate a resistance unit? (no bike stand for me, decided to buy skis)

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Written by kf on 2025-01-15 at 18:30

@iamabot so: I found a cheap resistance unit on marketplace

then I sent a pic to Kevin, and he said tl;dr oh you have to get this other version of that resistance unit for the mounting bracket to work

which led me to visually inspect the mounts for a bunch of resistance units online, and I’m thinking his stand might be more universal than he was thinking? 😂

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Written by kf on 2025-01-15 at 18:32

@iamabot all that to say: I am getting another resistance unit off marketplace that has the mount he described, but I have ordered a couple more that are returnable to see if they also fit in the bracket with the right screw 😂

because I love a good yak shave like this!!

I mentioned this to Kevin, he also thinks there’s a chance it could work, we are both now invested in the outcome 🤣

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Written by Patrick Maddox on 2025-01-15 at 18:35

@kf lol this is the kind of adventure i am here for

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Written by kf on 2025-01-15 at 18:38

@iamabot yeah, I heard on the forums that this one guy worked on resistance units for several companies that were all a part of various acquisitions, so I am thinking this one guy made a bunch of resistance units to fit the same frame 😂

we love a lazy dev and I love weird industry lore like this

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Written by Sean Porter on 2025-01-18 at 00:15

@kf YESSSSSS

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Written by Paddy on 2025-01-18 at 00:18

@kf kf will you ever stop reading me for filth

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Written by kf on 2025-01-18 at 01:18

@paddy do you also have a bike trainer at home? pics! pics!

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Written by Paddy on 2025-01-18 at 01:37

@kf I do not but I have a very middle-aged straight man obsession with projectors

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Written by kf on 2025-01-18 at 01:43

@paddy depends which direction you take it in tbh

could be very straight (technical specs, etc.) or very queer (projector-based art)

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Written by Paddy on 2025-01-18 at 02:22

@kf oh it will be neither it will just be very Projectors Are Cool

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Written by Paddy on 2025-01-18 at 02:27

@kf "paddy the image quality is so much worse than your TV why are you doing this" "but the ✨ v i b e s ✨"

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Written by kf on 2025-01-18 at 02:29

@paddy immaculate

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Written by Paddy on 2025-01-18 at 02:31

@kf kf I cannot believe you thought I was capable of understanding specs or doing an art that's the nicest thing anyone has wrongly assumed about me all year

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