@MarthaCrimson These are generally more race-oriented but here are some I follow:

https://www.youtube.com/@mindy_cycling/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@benjaminlechappers/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@bennyb00mb00m/videos (Benny hasn't posted in a while but you can find him in Cade Media videos and related, like Benjamin above)

https://www.youtube.com/@NomadsTrails/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@dwaynepedals/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@victoriacedillo_/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@joshkwan/videos

I know there are more but youtube doesn't make it easy to filter your channel subscriptions so these are the ones I remembered enough of the name to search for.

@tek I found a huge difference between not just Hoka models but different versions of the same model. Love my clifton 9s but hated the Clifton before it (probably 8?). I also find the 9 waterproofed one (GRX maybe?) even more comfortable than the regular 9. My SO swears by Hoka but she does triathlons and ironmans and shit and I walk the dogs on a good day so I didn't think they were for me. Tried on a few different pairs at REI and hated them all. Went back months or a year later and tried the Clifton 9s and have loved them since.

I also loved their sister brand/project that had almost zero branding on them and not the obnoxious Hoka labels but it looks like they killed that project off a couple of years ago. Just plain, boring, super comfortable shoes. Loved these in green. https://kicksaddict.com/post/713778467590782976/deckers-x-lab-the-x-scape-rdstr

All that to say it might be worth trying different number/version Cliftons.

@ewen As a follow up to my Resolve issues -- it was a "me" issue. According to their support, Resolve doesn't play nice with a program called RivaTuner Statistics Server (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RivaTuner) running which is used to display hardware performance stats as an overlay. Closed that program and Resolve appears to no longer be crashing.

An error about the conflict would have been appreciated but I'm super happy it was an easy fix.

@ewen I'm surprised Fedora worked at all. I was under the impression there was only one specialty distro that worked with ARM Macs but I haven't been following it too closely.

When I installed Arch on my MBP it required essentially nothing. The only thing I had to do was uninstall the driver for the wireless card. Once I did that, it did and continues to work without issue, currently with Debian on it. A lot of my ill will towards Apple and MacOS is that same wireless card stopped working. Apple support insisted it was hardware and my only option was to buy a new laptop. No matter how many times I explained that booting a linux thumb drive got it working, hardware hardware hardware. Installed Linux and haven't had a problem with it since.

Supposedly Resolve only works under one specific linux distro? That might, again, be me misunderstanding. I figure when the time comes to switch back to linux I'll do the install (probably Arch again) and see how if Resolve works. Keep my Windows SSD around and dual-boot if needed since I assume Resolve isn't going to be super happy in a virtual machine lol.

Same goes for C1. It's a shame they seem to have no interest in a linux version. They have a FAQ or something where I read that they would like to but it's not being worked on at all and isn't on their roadmap. Hopefully Microsoft pushes more people to linux and that in turn motivates some of these companies to work on Linux versions. Though I guess fingers crossed I won't even need C1 with these new Resolve updates.

@ewen I bet! I have a MacBook Pro from 2015 or 2016 that has been running Linux for about half of that time. I would love a new MacBook but I don't tend to get on well with the OS and Linux options for the ARM chips are limited. Already having a desktop with a 7900 XTX and 64 GB of memory also makes it hard to justify the cost of a MacBook when this is all hobby stuff for me.

Editing 3k frames per day is insane, especially daily for weeks. I only got a fraction of that the first few days when I bought my Canon R6 mark III before I figured out how to turn down the burst rate lol.

Makes sense on the Mac vs Windows experience in Resolve and the drivers with how GPU dependent it is. I'm kind of hoping my issues aren't GPU driver related because there isn't much I can do about that beyond the uninstall/reinstall I've already done.

It really is crazy how strong these newer MacBooks are. Especially the combination of power and battery life. I think if I needed or could justify a laptop, I'd probably just deal with my OS issues and get one. My job isn't at all in the creative space but if I could just find a way to convince my boss I needed one for work. :)

@ewen

Yes on Windows. Likely moving back to Linux later this year so that'll be its own can of worms with Resolve. Was worried about a C1 replacement but maybe that'll just be Resolve with the new photo handling.

Yeah, I really think/hope this is a "me" issue in that something is creating a silent conflict with Resolve. Their support just got back to me today asking for more info so hopefully that'll be confirmed soon. There are enough instances of people talking about Resolve crashing online that I know this isn't completely random but there's also enough people without issues that I know this isn't super common. As someone who isn't in the industry and doesn't frequent conversations about Resolve, it's hard to tell when software crashing is because it's buggy or because of something specific to my environment.

I agree on the value. When Resolve has worked for me I think I get more value out of it than I do from my yearly C1 subscription. I don't work with either of these in any professional capacity and the videos I'm working on are just videos of my dogs and stuff around our farm to send to family. I used Resolve casually for a few years before buying Studio earlier this year. I bought it because I "needed" Studio to handle some bitrate or codec (don't remember now) that the free version didn't do. Happily paid it.

Good to know on the update hesitation. Assuming I get my current issues sorted, I'll keep that in mind going forward.

@ewen Oh 100% agree on being more complex software as far as what it's doing/capable of doing and drivers/gpu usage.

My biggest issue with Resolve lately is that it crashes with no error or indication as to why it crashed. It just disappears. I want to say it's a "me" issue but the program doesn't give me any insight into what the problem is and I haven't had luck looking through logs to see what's causing it.

Resolve opens in a fraction of the amount of time it takes C1 to open so if it's stable for me I wouldn't complain about it also handling photos. I've paid for Studio and wouldn't mind not paying the C1 subscription going forward.