u/No_Actuary9100

I have a savings account paying 4.5% a year.

I‘ve started putting / moving money into T212 … mainly the VWRP fund (Vanguard FTSE All-world)

But I’m wondering if there are safer options that significantly outperform 4.5% … currently VWRP is heavily weighted towards US and Tech stocks … which makes me slightly uneasy despite the 20%+ annual returns in recent history at least

Thoughts / alternatives?

thanks!

Posties: Does anyone use Strava or similar on their phone to track their speed, distance, and moving vs stopped time ?

I really struggle to do more than 50% of second class mail (assuming 100% first class and approx 60-65 tracked packets) on my 4.5h round

This is a new round for me admittedly but after 2 days of doing it my stats (based on doing 50% mail and all first class and parcels) are

- Distance: 13km (8mi), approx. 18000 steps

- Max delivery points: about 800. But I'd guess on an average day with 50% mail it's probably around 300 (?)

- Average walking speed: 4.3kph (~2.5mph)

- Moving Time: 3 hours

- Stopped time: 1h 40m

- Total: 4h 40m (I'm on a 6 hour day which includes 1h or so on redirects, scanning, bundling, and loading up in the DO and probably 20-30 mins at the end doing any reframing etc

What are the thoughts / comparisons ... especially on walking pace and any tips on getting the stopping time down (parking/locking/opening the HCT, preparing the loop parcels, loading the bag, delivering parcels, delivering mail, ...) ?

Short version:

Is there anyone on here with experience of creating software app that integrates with TacX Neo 2 smart trainer?

Longer:

I've been laid up with a bad back for 3 weeks.

Meanwhile I've been playing about with writing software to integrate with indoor trainers, over Bluetooth to combat cabin fever

I've run into a stumbling block. Which is I struggle to find the spacebar on a keyboard. Just kidding ... it is in fact that ...

I can get it to read the power coming from the trainer (I have a TacX Neo 2 Smart) but can't get it to read the cadence properly.

Aside: also my AI assistant tells me the Neo 2 Smart doesn't support receiving requests for ERG and resistance changes using the standard Bluetooth protocol ... that's another issue I need to investigate further down the line

Is there anyone on here with creating software app that integrates with TacX Neo 2 smart trainer that may have advice or willing to chat in the comments?