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I suggested a bike very close to his wish list. Oddly, no reply.

what garmin device are you referring to?

i’ve heard good things about those pedals! i’m a speedplay guy and wasn’t as excited about their power pedal. the 100g weight difference was meaningful on my aethos and i wanted the two bikes to have the same setup, even though the weight wouldn’t matter as much on the e-ride. the good thing...

yep! they have a couple variants now that are a little heavier / cheaper.

Riese and Mueller homage is one of the few full suspension, step through, reputable bikes. Stock tires are 27.5 x 2.25, not sure about a throttle. There are no-name step through FS bikes that surely have throttles, but i wouldn’t trust my body on them at 20+ mph. Rear suspensions are complicated...

the old specialized app was just a little cranky, occasionally disconnecting for almost any user. i did hundreds of rides with the old one and it happened twice or maybe three times. screen on, off, focus, motor assist on or off, nothing really mattered or mattered enough to discern a pattern...

that’s crazy - threatening students, or a school, across state lines no less isn’t illegal?

hopefully the superintendent calls both DHS and FBI, and hopefully those morons make at least one more call while those agencies are still able to do something.

its $18.07/hr here - and still a significant shortage of service industry workers.

i’m guessing not. from what i gather it wasn’t a strong seller (great bike, small niche?) and they’re focusing on the solace.

the “uneducated” native born are not willing to work at the rates that the jobs they’re qualified for pay. there are huge labor shortages across service industry and other sectors. we *do* need people to do those jobs, at least for the next 10 years or so. at some point it’ll all be automated...

didn’t they get subtitles in trainspotting? 🤣

there was a bit of discussion about that article on another cycling forum. with mostly recreational/sport riders who still drive everywhere else, i suppose i shouldn’t have been surprised how many agreed with that premise. i do not think it’s true - or at least almost never true - but it is...

of the 1b+ global speakers of english, my experience (globally) is that about 95% understand each other. then again, my experience only includes most of the united states, the UK, continental europe, chile, peru, india, china, australia, new zealand…. the only regional variations of english...

nice!! i’ve really liked the syncros one piece cockpit. really cleans up the lines of the bike, saves a little weight, and has the right amount of flex for road riding. i have an alpinist one piece on my non-e road bike, and i actually prefer the flat top on the syncros piece. of course the...

it’s a great bike! i just replaced the seatpost and sold the unused one it came with. can’t recall if at the time the clamp was sold out or i couldn’t find it, or it was going to take too long to get. it’s the duncan sl d-shape post, and the specs clearly indicate it works with 7x7 or 7x9...

Standing on the pedals with your hand on the brakes and the front tire up against a wall will usually close a fussy quick link - but most of the time, if they’re that hard to close, they aren’t quite aligned right. as to all the shenanigans to get those links open, probably time to switch...

there are some signs that at least 2 or 3 senators will oppose things that are just beyond the pale, e.g. matt gaetz. i mean, wtf. the question now is simply how bad things will get in the short term before the need for more change is obvious to at least another couple percent of americans in 7...

do you think the people who are claiming to cut $2T from the federal budget know this? the ENTIRE discretionary budget (after social security, medicare/medicaid and a few smaller income security programs, pensions) is only $1.7t. half is defense. it’s just so patently stupid for anyone to claim...