Velo Vol 

My animal content is underappreciated here. Why can't we like our own posts?

datlas 

Visiting my folks yesterday, I was struck by the absence of political signs in their development.

Turns out the HOA bans political signs.

I have mixed feelings about that. It keeps everything clean but kinda sterile.

MoAlpha

Saw a number of boats headed to a parade in support of a political candidate today. I won’t say which one, lest I offend, but there were no sailboats involved.

Bah Humbug

This'd be on a new bike. A steel bike, and so 1x would mean also mean no FD clamp.

And to me there's also something about arranging the gearing such that I actually use it. instead of doing what I do now which is live in the bottom 2/3s of my cassette and having useless gears above and below. Again, for a bike that is used on defined terrain.

Also I do have a few memorable, horrible chain drop and failed shift experiences that still haunt me occasionally.

WhyFi

No problem - they just have to log on to NextDoor if they want some ugliness with their neighbors.

DougRNS

I'm sorry, to serve you better i am now limiting questions to one with no follow-up. Have a nice day.

WhyFi

Did any sink?

Velo Vol 

You can't stop me from posting questions. You have no clout.

Trsnrtr

A case of excessive packaging:

A main wrapper containing three smaller packages that each five wrapped pieces.

WhyFi

They've been like that for decades. I loved Mambas when I was a kid; I thought they were way better than Starbursts. Haven't had any in forever, though.

big john

There is that. I'm curious about it but I don't know if it would work for me. People ride all over on fixed gear bikes and we used to ride 2x5 set ups. so it might work for a lot of people, a lot of the time.

Velo Vol 

FYI: The small ones are not labeled for individual sale.

big john

18.2 degrees is 32.8% slope. Some people could ride up it.

bampilot06

Got most of the move done today. Sleeping in the new house tonight, I am exhausted. Looking forward to exploring tomorrow morning, I have a basic idea of where I am going to ride. Leaving and coming to the neighborhood is going to be sketchy, but the rest should be good.

LAJ

Spot on. It is very cool.

Way back when, Mrs. LAJ took it upon herself to go get me a Toro because she was tired of watching me keep the old pos we had alive. I'm thinking 15-18 years ago. It's a wonderful machine, but it's getting to the point that I used hose clamps as lever stops, and has some slight noise on start up, etc. It looked good from a distance, but you get up close and you can see me handiwork. The last time I mowed, there was a new vibration, and I just thought it was time.

That Kobalt killed it. It's a 6ah 80 volt battery, and I feel like I'm picking up my truck battery when I load it in. I had half of a battery left, and that's after nearly an hour of mowing. Battery, charger and mower were basically half price, so I basically bought the battery, and got a lawn mower in the box with it.

They have snow blowers too, but I think I'll wait for the self propelled.

Velo Vol 

16 miles of walking? wut

MoAlpha

The seamanship of power boaters is generally poor to nonexistent, but this is the Chesapeake Bay, not a man-made lake, which comes and goes and is measured in “acres.”

Bah Humbug

Well right. You, again, with mountains have cause for both higher and lower gearing than I do. To me it's not a lot different from the move from a triple to a double (in theory; triples were already heavily declining when I started) - if increases in cassette speeds can give you enough range to simplify the front, why not do it? I wouldn't (at least now) do it on every bike, or my only bike. Heck, this time last year I didn't have the power needed to make it work anyway; it's only the heel injury and lockdown that gave me enough power to get it done.

Well, the power to get it done acceptably. My theory was to try Ekar, since it should be out in time for the new bike, but if all the cassettes are 9-up that may cancel that. It's just a thought at this point.

Bah Humbug

I know it sounds silly, but I have a dire case of the hiccups now. It sits in the back of my head that my grandfather once had to go to the ER for them.

MoAlpha

It happens.

Bah Humbug

And let me tell you it feels awesome when it does. Of the bad attacks this was not what it could have been - only 40 minutes, and not hard enough to have started hurting. Of course, these attacks often come in sets over days, so stay tuned for more exciting updates in "can Hummer breathe without honking".

DougRNS

Sorry, poor wording. Ask as many questions you like, i will limit my responses to one. Choose wisely, Grasshopper.

Velo Vol 

I can't remember the last time it did so to me. A phenomenon of my ute.

MoAlpha

Terrible. So sorry you have to live with that. I’ve never been taught anything useful for breaking attacks.

Velo Vol 

@DougRNS what makes you so awesome?