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Kids and I are out and about in Richmond and I just got word that my FIL finally passed.
Sad, obviously, but I think there's some relief being felt, too. He'd been bedridden and incoherent for days. I know that the long, mostly sleepless overnights were taking a toll on my wife, too, and she was growing resentful towards her mother and brother because of the division of duties, etc.
I suppose we'll be here at least a few more days to help my mother in law navigate this new stage.
Sad, obviously, but I think there's some relief being felt, too. He'd been bedridden and incoherent for days. I know that the long, mostly sleepless overnights were taking a toll on my wife, too, and she was growing resentful towards her mother and brother because of the division of duties, etc.
I suppose we'll be here at least a few more days to help my mother in law navigate this new stage.
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do you guys take y’all’s cassettes completely off to clean them? if so how many miles? I have a cassette cleaning brush with degreaser but I never can get it perfectly clean. I didn’t know if taking it off and soaking it in gasoline is a good idea..... if i sound like an idiot please let me know.
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Kids and I are out and about in Richmond and I just got word that my FIL finally passed.
Sad, obviously, but I think there's some relief being felt, too. He'd been bedridden and incoherent for days. I know that the long, mostly sleepless overnights were taking a toll on my wife, too, and she was growing resentful towards her mother and brother because of the division of duties, etc.
I suppose we'll be here at least a few more days to help my mother in law navigate this new stage.
Sad, obviously, but I think there's some relief being felt, too. He'd been bedridden and incoherent for days. I know that the long, mostly sleepless overnights were taking a toll on my wife, too, and she was growing resentful towards her mother and brother because of the division of duties, etc.
I suppose we'll be here at least a few more days to help my mother in law navigate this new stage.
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Kids and I are out and about in Richmond and I just got word that my FIL finally passed.
Sad, obviously, but I think there's some relief being felt, too. He'd been bedridden and incoherent for days. I know that the long, mostly sleepless overnights were taking a toll on my wife, too, and she was growing resentful towards her mother and brother because of the division of duties, etc.
I suppose we'll be here at least a few more days to help my mother in law navigate this new stage.
Sad, obviously, but I think there's some relief being felt, too. He'd been bedridden and incoherent for days. I know that the long, mostly sleepless overnights were taking a toll on my wife, too, and she was growing resentful towards her mother and brother because of the division of duties, etc.
I suppose we'll be here at least a few more days to help my mother in law navigate this new stage.
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Regarding cables and housing, I've had the inside of housing rust and would generally change the housing every spring on whatever bike(s) that I rode through the winter.
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@WhyFi Sorry to hear.
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do you guys take y’all’s cassettes completely off to clean them? if so how many miles? I have a cassette cleaning brush with degreaser but I never can get it perfectly clean. I didn’t know if taking it off and soaking it in gasoline is a good idea..... if i sound like an idiot please let me know.
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I'm just now reading a book about our connections with other people. It turns out that those who have good and strong connections or friendships to others are happier and have fewer health issues and actually live longer. The other side of the coin is that caregivers of friends or family can begin to experience greater levels of stress which in turn causes increased heart rate, in increase in numerous stress hormones that over time affects the caregivers health.
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Kids and I are out and about in Richmond and I just got word that my FIL finally passed.
Sad, obviously, but I think there's some relief being felt, too. He'd been bedridden and incoherent for days. I know that the long, mostly sleepless overnights were taking a toll on my wife, too, and she was growing resentful towards her mother and brother because of the division of duties, etc.
I suppose we'll be here at least a few more days to help my mother in law navigate this new stage.
Sad, obviously, but I think there's some relief being felt, too. He'd been bedridden and incoherent for days. I know that the long, mostly sleepless overnights were taking a toll on my wife, too, and she was growing resentful towards her mother and brother because of the division of duties, etc.
I suppose we'll be here at least a few more days to help my mother in law navigate this new stage.
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I’ve done the flossing method, I couldn’t reach the back of it, didn’t know the extremes people would go through to keep a cassette clean. I clean my chain with the brush and the degreaser, the lube it and after about 50 miles its really bad. Not using the best product. I was gifted white lightening or christmas, figured I would use the until it’s all gone.
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Meh it's coming down and will come down more when shimano goes wireless. I have 1750 in the new bike for components. Contadore was around 1600 for 11 speed whifi, with rim brakes.
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Kids and I are out and about in Richmond and I just got word that my FIL finally passed.
Sad, obviously, but I think there's some relief being felt, too. He'd been bedridden and incoherent for days. I know that the long, mostly sleepless overnights were taking a toll on my wife, too, and she was growing resentful towards her mother and brother because of the division of duties, etc.
I suppose we'll be here at least a few more days to help my mother in law navigate this new stage.
Sad, obviously, but I think there's some relief being felt, too. He'd been bedridden and incoherent for days. I know that the long, mostly sleepless overnights were taking a toll on my wife, too, and she was growing resentful towards her mother and brother because of the division of duties, etc.
I suppose we'll be here at least a few more days to help my mother in law navigate this new stage.
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do you guys take y’all’s cassettes completely off to clean them? if so how many miles? I have a cassette cleaning brush with degreaser but I never can get it perfectly clean. I didn’t know if taking it off and soaking it in gasoline is a good idea..... if i sound like an idiot please let me know.
The problem with cleaning it on the bike is that the degreaser can get into the bearings on a non sealed hub and degrade the grease.
I try to not let it get that bad , clean it more frequently.
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Kids and I are out and about in Richmond and I just got word that my FIL finally passed.
Sad, obviously, but I think there's some relief being felt, too. He'd been bedridden and incoherent for days. I know that the long, mostly sleepless overnights were taking a toll on my wife, too, and she was growing resentful towards her mother and brother because of the division of duties, etc.
I suppose we'll be here at least a few more days to help my mother in law navigate this new stage.
Sad, obviously, but I think there's some relief being felt, too. He'd been bedridden and incoherent for days. I know that the long, mostly sleepless overnights were taking a toll on my wife, too, and she was growing resentful towards her mother and brother because of the division of duties, etc.
I suppose we'll be here at least a few more days to help my mother in law navigate this new stage.