Author: paschmann

List: Helmets

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A list of my past motocross helmets which I kept for nostalgic reasons 🙂

YearHelmetNote
1995BieffeDidnt keep it 🙁
1996Axo RX-5
2003Fox – RC ReplicaKate bought this one for me 🙂
2004Troy Lee Designs – Ryno Blue
2007Troy Lee Designs – SE-2 – Limited Edition – Doug Henry
2004 Troy Lee Designs Helmets | Tony Blazier | Flickr

Apple Vision Pro – Quick Take

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I recently got an Apple Vision Pro from work since we are currently doing some POC’s and innovation using the device. Overall, I am really impressed with the device. The eye tracking is definitively amazing and accurate, the experience is polished and the content is impressive. The “Guest” experience is solid (being able to turn it on, and pas the device to some else and get it setup).

There are a couple downsides, the weight is unbearable – I did a 30 minute fit at the Apple Store, and none of the cushions felt great for my narrow face. The other smaller downside, the app ecosystem just has not evolved sufficiently yet. The Apple Immersive Experiences are excellent, the Djay app is seriously awesome, but beyond that, we need to gain a bit more adoption before more killer consumer experiences emerge. read more

2024 Race: Boone Gran Fondo

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Year 2 of doing the Suarez Gran Fondo National Race in Boone. In 2023 I was prepping for IM WC in Nice, so I decided to use this race as some climbing prep and pretty much treated it like a 100 mile ride on my TT bike, versus a gran fondo of racing the timed segments. This year, I used my gravel bike, put on my TT bike wheels and raced it a little more traditionally. Overall, it such a beautiful Course (lots of it is on the Blueridge Parkway) and some fun climbing in the NC mountains.

Race wise it went reasonably well with 10th in my category.