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  • Bike computers are much smaller than phones. They also have mounting backs so they can be secured with a bike mount in what requires a 90° turn meaning that even if you crash going 30 mph your bike computer probably is still going to be attached to the bike AND not broken unlike a larger phone. Also they can record in a fairly universal file format that you can take your data anywhere rather than being locked into a particular app.

    Over the past 10 years it’s definitely gotten easier to use a phone and there’s nothing super wrong with it, but if youre serious about riding then getting a dedicated bike computer is nice since it’s going to be more specialized.

    Kind of like you can get a multi-tool to do a lot of stuff but if you want a really good tool you might want to get the one specifically made for it.




  • Second paragraph is an easy one on my bingo card. Parents are so predictable always thinking they are more tired or more stressed than any non-parent. It doesn’t work like that.

    Parents do have a lot of reasons to be tired or stressed but it is self elected. Non-parents (and Parents!) Can also have self elected things that are stressful or tiring. Worse even is when someone has a non- elected thing that is stressful or tiring-- parent or not.

    Being a parent is just a low level way to group people, but it doesn’t mean anything other than they just decided to procreate. I certainly have empathy when my coworkers are telling me about how they are tired because of a kid. But empathy should go both ways. Listening to conversations thinking that you have the trump card on stress is a shitty way to approach conversations.