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Posts posted by TwiceHorn
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Commerce also occurred to me.
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Don't get me wrong, it sucks that you have to deal with this. But, like you, I kind of assume that it's kids who are acting like bullies or general purpose shitheads and trying to get a rise out of you. I tend to think of these types as impotent fools.
Thing is, that kind of racism is so juvenile by its nature that I suppose it could be adults. Which may be another kettle of fish. Or perhaps this town is so notoriously racist that adults is a good assumption.
Hope you are able to find out that it is teens and that they get bored with it/caught soon and no more comes of it.
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Just now, Al_4_ISU said:
I'm sure it's not. My buddy I bought it from is 20 lbs lighter than me.
I'll have to look into pressure adjustment. I would imagine there's a standard PSI to weight ratio?
Aha, yes that could be it. Not quite standard, sometimes marked on the left fork leg. Or you could look it up. You are kind of shooting to have it sag 20-30% of its travel when you are seated still on the bike.
If it's way too soft, it's stealing pedaling efficiency all the time. Could dive in a braking situation and be a little dangerous, too.
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2 minutes ago, Al_4_ISU said:
The bike was still climbing well, but it was taking more effort for me to do it. The day I first rode it, I climbed like I've never climbed before. When I climbed without a locked suspension, I wasn't doing much more than I could do with the fatty.
Well, that seems like your solution. Is your fork pressure adjusted for your weight?
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Hard to say, actually.
Suspension reduces pedaling efficiency as a general proposition. Thus you have lockouts on suspension components.
Shocks (as opposed to forks) on full suspension bikes used to really rob pedaling efficiency, so a lockout was a must for climbing. But they seem to have tweaked the kinematics such that lockouts are no longer needed or very effective on most bikes.
A lot of forks don't have lockouts anymore, either. But the highest low-speed-compression setting is probably pretty close to locked out. When you think about it, most people struggle to keep weight on their front wheel when climbing and probably aren't worried about fork compression stealing their stoke.
But, it's possible. Did you adjust the pressure in the fork for your weight/liking? If it's too soft, that would definitely be a problem.
One might thing your HT, by virtue of weight alone, would climb better than your fatbike.
How much lower is your seat? I will say that on my hardtail, I had my seat maybe an inch, not quite, lower than optimum pedaling position. That way, I could easily raise up just slightly off the seat to keep my ass from getting pounded without jacking up my pedaling too badly.
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What town is this?
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7 minutes ago, futureman said:
“ringmeat” kids? I guess I missed that term.
Don't read Steven King, do you?
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2 hours ago, YChang said:
Man... my perception is that minority sect are awfully loud and influential.
They're loud because they feel compelled to broadcast their politics and their religion at the same time. They're still a minority of Christians.
You don't know about the regular ol Catholics, Methodists, Presbyterians, Episcopalians and the like who don't feel compelled to tell you their religious beliefs while discoursing on politics or non-religious policy issues. The mainstream protestant view seems to be that we are stewards of the earth and should govern our personal and political lives accordingly.
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I find really fucking stupid people kind of amusing unless their stupidity extends to violence or significant property damage. Assuming this is one or two ringmeat kids and not a bunch of grown, violent men, I think my first instinct is to ignore it.
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I quite enjoyed Lisey's Story, Bag of Bones, and Duma Key, which I consider to be King's more "mature" (perhaps?) novels. Whatever they are, they are something of a departure from his prior work.
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8 minutes ago, cactusflinthead said:
Closest I could find on short notice. I wasn't thrilled with the wording of the question. See what else I can turn up.
Just sayin. But if 40 percent of squirmin evangelicals believe Green New Deal is a good idea, it is fair to assume that climate change is not incompatible with their beliefs. Add in mainstream Catholics and Prods and you probably have a good 75% of self-identified Christians that don't find incompatibility.
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3 minutes ago, cactusflinthead said:
According to the most recent poll I could find it's 40% that say the Green New Deal is a good idea.
So, a sizable number but not a majority. It's a Marist poll. 39 pages of data.
Thinking the Green New Deal is a good idea is far removed from believing climate change is incompatible with the Bible or Christianity.
One can think climate change is an urgent problem and still think the Green New Deal is a shitty idea. One can think that climate change is not a problem at all for reasons wholly unrelated to the Bible or Christianity.
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Most Christians find nothing in the Bible to contradict most science of any kind.
The type of evangelical Christian that uses the Bible to contradict science to which the Bible is not even directed, are a fairly recent, noisy, and minority view.
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Cool.
One thing you can do, if your bike still has a coil fork, Suntour has a program where you can upgrade your fork for $200 give or take. The Suntour forks are thought to be pretty good now. https://www.srsuntour.us/pages/upgrade-program
There's a guy named Nick that handles that program that's supposed to be super friendly and helpful. And it doesn't matter that your stock fork is Rockshox.
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That twitter is great.
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On 9/28/2019 at 12:04 AM, Bama Chick said:
Okay lawyer people and constitutional scholars-
We all know it takes a 2/3 vote in the senate to remove but does the below red circled portion mean a simple majority vote can be used to block Trump from running for re-election?
Unfortunately, no. AFTER voting to convict and removing him from office, the Senate may vote that the removed officer may never hold office again, by simple majority. Disqualification is an incident of conviction, or may be.
Not sure where the authority for that comes from though. EDIT: right there in Art I, s. 3, para. 7. As far as I can tell, that hasn't happened with any of the modern impeachments. See, e.g. Alcee Hastings, impeached federal judge and Florida Congressman.
What is that page image from? It looks like a law casebook from the Carolina Academic Press or whoever they are now.
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Yep, I left it out of my post, but the only concept of a higher power you need is "I don't run this shit."
Because at some level you have decided that you do in fact run shit, or a whole lot of shit that you do not, in fact, run. As a result. you have been effectively at war with the world for most of your life.
And that's why life sucks, because you are constantly fighting battles you cannot win and ignoring or mishandling the few that you can. Your drinking is but a symptom of that more fundamental problem. You battle your feelings with booze, and for a while it gave you the illusion that you were winning. Until it didn't.
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Also, db, IIRC you are a little older, as am I. An air fork on a mountain bike is a really important feature. Most or many of the bikes you're looking at have forks with coil springs. The coil spring is "one size fits all," while an air sprung fork uses an adjustable air spring that can be dialed in for your weight using a "shock pump."
This means the fork functions quite a bit better. Which means it's going to smooth out chatter quite a bit better. I rode an entry level hardtail for 4-5 years and at the end of rides, my wrists hurt and I was generally fatigued without necessarily having gotten much of a workout. The coil fork still moved and went over big obstacles, but its "small bump compliance" just wasn't much good.
I upgraded to a bike with an air fork and a couple other things (1x among them), but the suspension improvement means I ride twice as long and more than twice as far and enjoy it more. The price difference is on the order of substantially under $1000, to $1000-1200. Salsa Timberjack NX, Marin Nail Trail 6 (I believe), and DIamondback Sync'r are mid-level hardtails in this range.
I can understand if you don't want to spend that extra few hundred for something you aren't sure you'll stick with, but it will make your riding a more pleasant and rewarding experience.
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Assuming that it's "religious" is your first mistake.
“There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments, and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance—that principle is contempt prior to investigation.”
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Nice ride at collarbone park. Still don't do any of those drops that I broke myself on. I need to inspect the runouts and it's just not easily done.
I rode that friggin skinny! First attempt. It's just tall enough (12-18" and in the trees) to fuck you up if you have to go off it or you fall off it, so I dropped my seat a couple of inches to make it easier to bail without completely fucking up my pedaling.
Bush league psych out stuff, man.
Also, since putting more sealant in and re-seating my valves (thought that might have wallowed out the hole), my tubeless set up has been holding air really well, better than at first. Odd, but pleasing.
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Shitt on Pitt.
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26 minutes ago, Pam Cummings said:
Defenses are being used that would be laughed out of the courtroom if the defendant wasn't a cop with lawyers paid for by the cop union.
Not true. Granted, an appointed lawyer may not be putting up this defense (heh) and certainly not the experts (heh heh), but the mistake of fact/self defense isn't rocket surgery. It's there for you and for me.
And, in a lot of ways, it appears that maybe a different set of lawyers might have put up a better defense.
Also, a plea might have been offered.
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1 hour ago, Dbeasy said:
Really appreciate all of the posts on here. Being new to mountain bikes, I read this thread start to finish and did a ton of research to figure out what to buy as a beginner.
My main use is to just get exercise either on the road or on trails like Brushy Creek trail. I didn’t want a road bike. I like the bigger tires.
My criteria was to have a relatively reliable bike, so I started leaning towards a 1x drivetrain. I liked the idea of a simpler drivetrain rather than 2x or 3x. Plus I don’t see myself needing extra gears. I also wanted below $1000, preferably between $450-750.
With that as criteria, I evaluated several bikes: Cannondale Trail (not 1x), Marin Bobcat, Ghost Kato, Co-op Cycles, Specialized Rockhopper, Diamondback Line, Giant Talon 2, Trek Marlin, and Kona Mahuna.
Giant seemed to be the best value for the dollars but for some reason I didn’t like the ride as much as the Cannondale. Diamondback was also a good value but I didn’t want to order online. I want bike shop support because I’m a bike idiot. The Trek’s had 3x drivetrains which I didn’t like. If I wasn’t going to get 1x, I wanted 2x. Kona and Co-op was too expensive. I didn’t like the lack of local dealers for Marin (only a few).
So I was down to Cannondale Trail 5 or 6 and Specialized Rockhopper. I’m buying Rockhopper tomorrow unless you guys think I’m making a mistake because it rode well and was 1x. It has a Microshift rear derailleur so I’m a little concerned about that, but the Cannondale Trail was 2x9.
Don't worry about local dealers. Anyone can work on any bike. The issue there is simply some local service, which you won't have from a pure mail order bike. For major service, you are likely going to want to settle on one shop, preferably the one you bought it from as they would be the most invested in keeping you happy and coming back.
I don't know about microshift, it's new. I will tell you that Specialized, unless on some kind of sale, tend to be less bike for your money than some. Trek, too. I would tend to throw Cannondale in that basket as well. Marin currently sells the most bike for the money at the entry level. Diamondback, too, but order only. It's not just the best set of components for the dollar, but the whole exceeds the sum of the parts by a considerable margin.
1x is a good thing. An air fork is better. Specialized is ok, they piss me off a lot. For example, I cannot make their website cough up the specs on the Rockhopper Sport. For another, periodically, they come out with some proprietary BS (the Brain shock, for example) and fairly abruptly quit supporting it.
How much is it costing you?
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5-0 for the first time since I hated them so fucking much. Now I'm actually happy for them.
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The Surly Mountain Biking Thread
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Niiice ride this morning. Little overcast, thought it might be humid, but it wasn't. Nice breeze, stayed in lower 80s whole ride. Actually felt a little like fall. Rode Harry Moss. I always do a light loop to start, a little over a mile and then decide if I want to tackle that loop that gets my goat every time. I did not this time, I didn't want it to harsh my mellow.
Flowin n carvin, but it was a little too dry for good carving. Had the first front wheel washout I've had in a while.