We’ve entered an era of marginal losses. The industry is selling bikes that are heavier and slower than the ones from 5-6 years ago, and all that at a double price.
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You can do 8 days of Sweet Spot a week.
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Sweat pads in helmets are dumb and only cause more sweat to get on your glasses / face.
I have been riding in a Kask Utopia for 2 years, which doesn’t have a sweat pad. This year I got a Giro Eclipse, and despite pretty good ventilation overall, the sweat pouring onto my glasses is significantly more.
Went back to my Kask for my trail ride, and despite being more humid and a slower ride, the sweat was much more manageable.
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I can’t think of a helmet I’ve ever owned that did not have sweat pads, but I admit I have wondered before if they cause the sweat to drip over my eyes.
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The reality is that they can only hold so much sweat (and it isn’t very much)….once they are full, there is no option but to start dripping. And god forbid you move in a way that causes your forehead to push against them, unleashing a stream of sweat.
The Kask Utopia has two vertical pads that run the length of the helmet…but for the most part, the forehead area is clear from pads, allowing greater ventilation and the sweat to move in a less concentrated matter.
You still get drips, but it is nowhere near as constant.
Brow pads are a marketing gimmick designed to make consumers on a floor think they will avoid sweat in the eyes, but actually contribute to the problem.
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This is a good one. In my experience, humans arent capable of driving vehicles safely enough for them to be commonplace items.
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I have a giro helmet that if I as much as look up will unleash a stream onto my glasses. POC, Scott and a few others seem to have a minimal pad there just because you want some cushion on your forehead vs the mips frame or the firm foam of the helmet. But that thicker sweat pad is just the absolute worst.
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All of the memes about wives not letting you buy bikes are cringey and not funny.
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I ride, therefore I am a cyclist.
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I had a similar thought the other day, saying a gravel bike was just an expensive way to go slower
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At 1’08, we definely solve this problem 
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I mean the english speaking commentators are butchering a lot of names… but with the most they at least seem to try… (It’s not like my local german speaking commentators don’t butcher certain names).
I didn’t know that this was even a discussion it was always clear from where he is and how the name is spelled that this was the pronunciation.
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Gawd, Dutch is painful to listen to.
(Counts as an unpopular opinion too).
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You must have missed several posts above where different people are saying it is pronounced in different ways.
Didn’t it sound close to Matthew?
Mais non, mon ami, it is nothing at all like Matthew.
The phonetic transcription in an earlier post is the correct one, ma.tjø
The ø sound is similar, but not quite identical, to the sound in “sir” in english (the sound comes natural to scandinavians like myself as we have the letter in our alphabet). Even more frustrating when one norwegian cycling commentator spent the entire cyclocross season pronouncing it “mattew” (without the soft sound caused by the h). Gah!
Oh! And the “v” in “van” is pronounced “f”. If anybody was wondering.
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The TR-forum provides a lot of useful information, tips and entertainment.
But sometimes - for example when I see that a topic like “chain waxing tutorial” has 1447 (!!!) replies - I can’t help but think : you bunch of nitpicking cyclist-weirdo’s with your first world problems, get a life already 
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We’re not cyclists. We’re people who cycle.
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If it makes you feel better the memes and jokes is more than 5000 replies. Just please God don’t bring up metric vs. imperial… 
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