My buddy came up from Durham area for a ride on the Parkway in VA. He brought "the great pumpkin", his Diverge E5 Base he's had for 5ish years. I left my Diverge at home and took my Felt... But, we noticed that his right side seat stay had a "line".... A bit of cleaning and it's very clear it's a crack, about 3/4 of the way through/around the seat stay.
It was a little hot and sweaty.... But not awful
"I just rode 25 miles today for the first time and, to be honest, I wonder why I can't get it up? I have a grävêl bice"
I've got an Edge 1050 that I use on a bike with Di2, and a bike with SRAM Red. Lately, any top button push on Di2 makes the bell ring; single tap, double tap, long press... All makes the bell ring. It's set to have the single and long press on both sides go forward/backward a screen. Long press is set to activate the bell.
For my SRAM setup, I just have it set for the hood button to activate the bell. ...That seems to work fine.
Is the SRAM setting messing up the Di2 setting?
Out on the road, you see a brand new Corvette or Hellcat driving by, it's almost always a retiree driving it.
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At the local group rides, it's the same with S-Works and $12k carbon with electronic everything.
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Is the common thread --> "Because they can afford it"?
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There's the common thought of "those who 'need' that level of bike aren't buying it, their sponsor is" .... For the rest of us ... Is it our mid-life crisis sports car? I'm not going to lie, I've got a bike much faster than me, but I love it, and enjoy the hell out of riding it.... But do I 'need' it? Absolutely not.
https://www.youtube.com/live/dnESmu2LqjI?si=-UdMpQpYm61nKf4w
"Entertainment baseball," popularized by exhibition teams like the Savannah Bananas under their proprietary "Banana Ball" rules, speeds up traditional play with strict time limits, fan involvement, and high-energy showmanship.
The core ruleset includes:
Inning-Based Scoring: Each inning is worth one point to the team that scores the most runs. Traditional run tallies don't stack up until the final inning, where every run counts.
Two-Hour Time Limit: No new inning can start after 120 minutes.
The "Ball-Four Sprint": Walks are replaced with a sprint. On ball four, the batter can advance as many bases as possible while the catcher sequentially throws the ball to every position player on the field.
No Stepping Out & No Bunting: Batters cannot step out of the box (doing so is an automatic strike) or attempt to bunt (bunting results in immediate ejection).
Stealing First: Batters can attempt to steal first base on any pitch, wild pitch, or passed ball.
Fans Make the Outs: Any foul ball caught by a fan in the stands counts as an out.
No Mound Visits: Pitchers are not allowed any mound visits to speed up gameplay.
Showdown Tiebreaker: If the game is tied at the end of time or nine innings, it goes to a 1-on-1 "showdown" where a pitcher duels a batter with limited fielders.