u/helpamonkpls

I don't want to share exactly how many reps etc. Just how long I was in the gym strength training and pulse data.

Is it possible to change what it shows when it shares to strava?

I want to race against other beginners just for fitness really, I joined a race called evo sprint cc or something and I couldn't pick the lowest category since my race score was too high for some reason (I've never raced and only been on the bike twice).

I got smoked right out the gates, they were doing 300-400w for like 5 minutes and by then I was dropped and to make matters worse it was some map where you just ride in circles so as they could ride in a pelaton and I was alone they just lapped me again and again. I tried to hang on but they quickly dropped me, they were pushing 200-250w average and that was the lowest race I could find.

Did I pick the wrong kind of race or is this the lowest bar of entry?

Just got my zwift ride. I'm a bit disappointed on how sluggish the avatar moves. It's like starting a truck to start pedaling and even once you are at 80 rpm the avatar is slithering about at what feels like snails pace.

On a real bike when you sit on and start pedaling you immediately lunge forwards but in zwift it's like a tanker being pushed out of harbor.

Is this just me or?

Seems right now in my playthroughs it's about finding matches since i can't walk for more than 10 minutes before freezing to death and then I get eaten by a wolf with no counterplay if it's not scared of a rock.

Does it get more comfortable than this? Do I get ebough clothes to walk around at least lol?

I'm wondering how those of you with expensive bikes commute? I know one guy who owns a pretty expensive bike and he takes it into his office, but that's not possible where i work.

I don't own an expensive bike but i like the freedom of having a bike, but I'm often locking it for doctor appointments etc and i can't imagine I'd do that if it cost 10k, but if I had a 10k bike i imagine I'd want to ride that thing everywhere.

So how do you use your bike on the daily? Do you just run the risk?

There's a very nice path i can take to work which involves 95% concrete and a small patch of maybe 1 km of gravel road.

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Is it okay to use a racing bike with narrow tires on this patch or will it ruin the tires?

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I'm new to cycling, so sorry if it's a stupid question.

I had the great idea to get into cycling.

Found a nice but older Bianchi for 300 bucks.

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Thought I was ready to get into it.

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No.

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I realized I needed a helmet so I spent hours figuring out the most safe helmet for the least money and ended up ordering a specialized align II for 70 bucks.

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I then went to a store to get a lock for the bike but on the shelves was stuff I needed too like oil, tire changing kits, phone holder.

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I went to find a route and realized I would need strava with a subscription to see routes since I don't know any myself.

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Now I realize I need to drink while riding so I need to buy a holder and a can, I also need a saddle bag. Then my ass started hurting after the first ride and apparently cycling shorts can help with that.

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And I'm already eyeing the Shimano 105 system because I feel my gears are slow.

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I have had one ride with a total of about 5 km and it feels like if I start to enjoy this I will be poor.

Very mild spoiler alert.

Why did they decide to get cerebrospinal fluid through a transclival approach with a needle through the mouth rather than just doing a fucking lumbar puncture like normal human beings?

I bought a cheap rc plane (amewi a380) for my son and after binding the rudders go up and don't respond to input.

If i push them manually down and rebind the rudders just go up again the same way.

There is nothing that can help me in the manual and I was hoping someone here could give some advice.

I'm a 3rd year neurosurgery resident in western Europe.

When I was younger I thought of neurosurgeons as someone who really had it all figured out. They worked an extremely giving and important job, they were paid extremely well etc. They could pick and choose when and where to work, their expertise was almost mythical.

Now as I near the end of that dream it's becoming apparent that it was a pipe dream. There are so many neurosurgery residents in my country that it's unlikely I'll even have a job. The pay is the same as any other doctor which isn't really high to begin with, it affords you middle class life. I can't afford to travel and my pay won't take a huge bump when I'm done with residency, maybe 10% increase ish. So my life won't change much.

I have debt from school that is crushing me.

I'm living a pathetic life that is in no way anything like the life I imagined I would have.

I'm even working shitty side gigs to make ends meet.

I just needed to vent, I really feel like I fucked up. I worked so incredibly hard to get here and I have nothing to show for it other than being a slave of a system that apparently doesn't even need me.

Can you like my 8 year old sons movies on there? He really spent hours and hours for days to create a lot of different movies and he's sad because he only gets 2 likes and never more and i think that's him and his brother.

I would really appreciate it his handle is @craniotomi name is iloveiceland

I'm so fed up with my life.

My wife is a sahm but with the kids 6 and 8 there's little to do for her anymore other than drive them to school. I work graveyard shifts as a surgeon to provide for us and I've just been fed up with this setup for a while.

Mostly because she's not the typical trad wife you'd imagine, she can't cook, the house is a mess, sex is not something she even remotely enjoys...she's just

..there.

And recently I've realized that there is literally nothing that she knows that I don't know. There are no experiences, hobbies, knowledge or anything that she can bring to the table. If I were to ask her "what do you think of this" there's no reason to, I already know the answer. Date nights are just her and I looking at each other pretending to enjoy each other's company.

And tonight she broke the camels back when she proclaimed that she wanted more in life than this and that I had been keeping her from it. This came as a great surprise to me because when we met 13 years ago I agreed she could be a sahm but after we had kids and she was obviously not enjoying it, I kept telling her that she should do what she felt was right. There was no financial incentive since I make more than enough, she could choose to her heart's desire.

But nothing ever happened to any of her grand plans. And I never pushed not pouted, I simply asked that she did what felt right for her, this was a principle of mine. I was not going to be a controlling husband and I wanted her to live life as she wished.

That's how I knew that she was gas lighting me when she said I was keeping her from living a different life, simply because it was a principle for me. I'm quite sure she is confounding chores with a job, ie. She has suggested that I take on more of the chores in return for nothing which I have denied. Im not going to work 150% and do more chores when she doesn't work.

However taking on more chores if she goes to work is an entirely different story and I think she is confusing these two concepts as equal. Something for nothing vs something for something.

And after this conversation I'm just done, man. She brings nothing to the table but demands more and then accuses me of preventing her from bringing anything, when I've done nothing but enable her in every way possible to better herself.

As a side note that's been irking me she wants me to pay for plastic surgery to get breast reduction surgery, while I've told her to lose weight instead, this will reduce her breast size at least 30% but no, surgery is the only option. It's like there's no fucking way this woman can ever do anything that requires just an ounce of work and self discipline.