Cyclopaat, an alter ego with a twist
Or how I got a Giant Revolt with my new tires…
With the mileage I’m clocking, it is to be expected that you will need to buy new tires every now and then.
More tubes for sure, but the tires will eventually wear out to the point where you’ll need 3 tubes every ride…
Last Saturday, before going to the movies, I entered the LBS for a pair of tires.
No, the “Z” is not for Zorro but for Zwift.
Exactly 6 years and 10 days after my last visit, I returned to the realm of Zwift.
As I’ve written in my previous post, Zwift reached out and it looks like they successfully did so 😎
If just 1 out of 5 of the “lost souls” out there – probably on Rouvy, since they’ve added cartoon characters to their RLV videos – bites, a campaign like that is a success…
Is that even a question?
I mean, I said goodbye to Zwift a few years back as I grew weary of perpetually riding “in” a cartoon world.
Coincidently, I returned to riding cartoon worlds this year when RGT clearly was out of beta and gaining traction.
But in RGT’s realm, you can hardly speak of worlds, or anything even close to Zwift – other than the… cartoons – as it has but a few options.
However, that trial was short-lived, as Wahoo acquired RGT and dubbed/integrated it into SYSTM (along with the Sufferfest they required earlier – nothing is sacred anymore).
And Wahoo (SYSTM) is a hard pass for me, but I can see why it’s a great ecosystem for many.
Today, Zwift reached out…
While I would have liked a Trek Deamon, I was allowed to buy a Trek Émonda.
This post is about how I got away with that…
In 2020, I traded my Sensa for a Trek.
I got the Domane SL 5, which is just above entry level for Trek 😂
(It wasn’t even € 3,000 at the time, they are more expensive now…)
When I got my SpeedMax CF8 a year later, which came with Sram eTap AXS electronic shifting – and “wireless” at that – I was sure I’d never go back to mechanical shifting.
Okay, yes, I got my Sonora MTB this year and it has mechanical shifting, but that was just an extra “fun bike”, costing less than the fork for my SpeedMax…
A while ago, I was recording a round-trip through my backyard with my GoPro HERO 9, to be shared with those of you who would like to create a Real Life Video (RLV).
If you are on an indoor cycling platform that supports using your own, like Rouvy or BigRingVR that is.
I had a route in mind that would be just under two hours, which would be more than enough for most indoor sessions.
