MexicanDragon

I'm always back of the pack, largely because fitbit doesn't pick up my indoor workouts. Took it outside yesterday and had some fun in the rain with Xavier. Now? Who knows. I am going to Universal Studios Friday/Saturday, so I expect things may get interesting. **BRENT**

Heh. I was in first place yesterday, but I'm pretty sure I'm smoked by now. I love the Fitbit ecosystem, but the build is lacking. I own two Flexes (each kid now has one, somewhere), and the old Charge HR (given away and used daily, albeit with a little duct tape) and the current one. If I got a week of battery, it would be fantastic. At 3 days (the old one got 5,) it's tough to give a full endorsement to as an only device. One nice thing about the Garmin is that it has media controls I can have the phone on the charger and do basic play/pause/skip in Tidal. If you're out walking/running with your phone hooked up to headphones in an arm band, the watch controls are fantastic. **BRENT**

I like the design of the Charge HR much more than the Charge, but I've had an HR delaminate, and the battery life just kills it for me as an only tracker. There is a newer watch-style Fitbit that I would be inclined to try called the Fitbit Blaze. On paper, at least, it would do what is desired, but I haven't seen one or heard of anyone getting one yet. This is HC, though, so I imagine 6 people will have them by end of business Thursday. **BRENT**

Garmin Vivosmart HR seems like a better Charge HR feature wise, but with more bulk. The Garmin Vivoactive I have is barely more $$$, is insanely thin/light, and fairly narrow (I think it's 38mm, which is much smaller than I like in a watch, but fitting in this.) Only a 40$ difference, but the Vivoactive doesn't do HR. I'm wondering if a newer model will come out. I'd also possibly consider one of the Garmin watches, but I'd talk to Nate about that, as he has some experience lately, IIRC. **BRENT**

I'm enjoying my Garmin Vivoactive. The screen isn't great, but the battery life is EASILY getting the 3 weeks it mentioned. I wear a Charge HR on the other wrist, and it gets maybe 3 days if I'm lucky (this was a new warranty replacement after the first lasted about 4-5 months.) I agree, love that they replaced it, hate that it needed it. The Garmin doesn't do HR, though, and I don't love the app relative to the Fitbit app, but that's just for what I want to do. This does have different options for tracking workouts such as indoor treadmill, indoor cycling, etc. It will hook up to other sensors (HR, various cycling ones), but not doing HR natively is a bit of a bummer, as it's something I really enjoy tracking. Are you open to more watch style, or sticking to bands? **BRENT**

So we spent too much time trying to get Xavier's bike set up this weekend, plus rain and busy-ness kept us from riding. Well, he was really wanting to ride so we loaded up and went out to play in the rain. It was a blast! We wound up on a busy road to start but we went exploring and found a large parking lot that was mostly empty. He seems to have the shifting in the rear down now, and he LOVES riding in the drops, after I told him it was an option. While we were drenched and a little cold, we had a fantastic time. It was also the first time my bike had been off the trainer all year. It is bloody amazing the difference I feel riding after having most over 30 pounds. I'm really excited to get out a lot more this year. **BRENT**

Happy 65th, Danny B! **BRENT**

Still have some adjusting to do on the shifters, but yeah, I think he's pretty happy. We also got our Tour de Cure jerseys in today, so he is SUPER excited. Our first real ride is tomorrrow, and really looking forward to it. **BRENT**

What's the best day of the year? New bike day! Some assembly required. Have to go finish the assembly when the LBS opens tomorrow, but the excitement level was the highest I have seen in years! We'll be taking a ride tomorrow, when it warms up a little. This is going to be an awesome year of riding. **BRENT**

Heh. I drive over this bridge 2x daily. I live just under a mile and a half from there. **BRENT**

I liked, but then I forgot how bad HD800s are, so I unliked. They should be decent for SWBF though. **BRENT**

It's been fun watching you slowly get old, though still not old enough to realize that you were dressed like the Fonz at Hunaphu's Day 2012, but you still don't know who that is. **BRENT**

Congrat on it not being too terribly bad, Knucks. Hope you Ubered to pick it up. **BRENT**

I expect Obama will appoint himself as a last minute appointment before he hands the reins to Bernie. **BRENT**

I meant it nationalistically and continentally. **BRENT**

9 fake dollars isn't bad to get a 700$ toy working again; glad it wasn't too bad. **BRENT**

SIM cards can mess up. Just go to the provider and they can give you a new one and switch it over for you. You may need to back it up and do a factory reset if the new SIM doesn't work. If you don't want to buy a new phone, then try those. If you're in the market for something, well, go for it. **BRENT**

I'm interested, Mike. Doing a lot more cooking for myself and want to get into S-V. Shoot me a message. **BRENT**

Doesn't come across that way. **BRENT**

CJ, I think what it boils down to is he was going to buy Google, and he was buying on the 2nd, and then it just happened to drop the following days. It happens. **BRENT**

Gun, cars, knives, bikes, cooking, drinking, etc are all boring. Happy buying shit day, Jeff! **BRENT**

RIP Dave Mirra, BMX star, age 41. http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/14717868/x-games-icon-dave-mirra-dead-41-apparent-suicide-greenville-north-carolina **BRENT**

Origin PC sale, up to 75% off. Star Wars Battlefront is 30$ for poor people version, 35$ for deluxe, and 80$ for ultimate. Chris, time to nab this one. http://slickdeals.net/f/8481255-pc-origin-sale-up-to-75-off-star-wars-battlefront-starting-at-30?src=pdw **BRENT**

I'm having two biscuits tomorrow. **BRENT**

This is after the haircut. If the competition was going to be close, I was prepared to shave head and beard to lose an extra 3-5 pounds. Gracias. I'm down 25-30 since I saw you last. I'm not sure if you were following the weight loss thread, but I did -26.2 pounds between Jan 2 and Jan 30. I still have a long way to go, but I'm feeling a bit better, so that's kosher. **BRENT**