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Thanks! So writing an HPR assist mode as A/B, A = the mode's max (presumably mechanical) motor power in watts. B specifies the saturation rider power Prs as a percentage of A. Hence, Prs = A B /100 is the rider power Pr needed to saturate motor power Pm at A. I like that. The current mode's Prs...

Yes, a pencil's generally more effective. ;^}

What do these numbers refer to in HPR motors? Interesting to see how other people set and use their own assist modes — and how those choices evolve over time. I had a phase like that and could well again. You said once that you like to go fast. So do I at times. Took me a while to figure out...

Hard to avoid — when I'm not on the bike, I have a poop bag in my hand. This is my life now.

Commentator: "This is the most bonkers Grand Tour stage I've ever seen!"

Proof, if we needed any, that the human brain is hard-wired for bathroom humor.

Fun to listen to the commentators, all accomplished pro riders, trying to puzzle out what the hell the teams are thinking. Matt Stephens: "I love the chaos we're faced with here."

Giro Stage 5, just started the Montagna Grande de Viggiano climb, 6.3 km, 9.9% average grade, currently doing 29 km/h up an 8% pitch at 52 km out. Sorry, none of these guys are human.

Roxie bugging me to check this post for likes. ;^}

Fun cafe ride with pro cycling superstar Demi Vollering...

Thought about naming my Vado SL 1 several times but have yet to come up with a keeper. First inclination was to give it a woman's name like a boat — maybe Bobbi Jo for how fun it is, or Lana for how beautiful a design it is, or Serena for the mental state it puts me in. Nah, it's not at all...

Thanks, makes some sense to disrupt other teams' leadouts. Why don't we see that tactic more often? Did the tricky turns in the last km make it a better bet this time?

The commentators said something similar, but I still don't get it. How did the planned attack by UAE's Jan Christen help UAE's Narvaez win the sprint?

Just used my evil twin's name. I'm the better-looking one.

If you need another reason not to crash... This from an interesting discussion of the Giro thus far (thru stage 3). Really like Dan Lloyd's race coverage.

I've been there! Very cool piece of sidewalk art right on a major bikeway in north Portland. As I recall, that's not the only piece of bike-related sidewalk art in the area.

Wonderfully creative! Skillful, too. Love the bike coming out of the wall. Your toilet paper (TP) holder could revolutionize TP dispensing. In addition to the old way of grabbing the end and pulling a length of TP off a roll that only spins in place in a wall fixture, you could also grab the...

After Stage 3 today, the coverage featured a light-haired middle-aged guy with a slight Germanish accent doing random interviews and showing the bikes being boxed up among other things. Jens?

Jens?

Bike upgrades seem to be a way of life on EBR. Done anything interesting with the old parts? Never got over my childhood love of spinning tops. And now that I make my own, always on the lookout for found objects to turn into working tops. LEGO's a good source for any additional parts needed...