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I feel the same way. Electronic anything aside from a way to track miles takes the purity out of cycling. We don't need electronic shifting or electronic suspension or any other electronic device to enhance our riding experience. What enhances our riding experience is having a great day on the bike. Maybe you finally cleared a feature that you never have before, or maybe you rode more miles than you ever have before, or just enjoying a beautiful day not doing the normal day to day things. These are the things that enhance my riding not some electronic device that is supposed to make riding a bike more fun. If I want a motorcycle I'll buy one. On a side note self driving cars are right around the corner😂

Get a set of the Pedro's plastic levers they're strong AF.

Why'd you get her a sled? It rarely snows in Texas 🤣

I don't have any problems with IPA's aside from the fact that I don't like them. Drink what you like everybody is different😉

If you can ever find it I'd recommend Kasteel Tripel. 11% blond tripel malty yeasty goodness.

When talking beer I'm pretty sure everyone knows what I mean by AB. If that's a mark of shame, well let the shaming begin!

Firestone makes some good stuff. They were bought by Duvel Mortgaat a Belgian brand and it seems that they let them keep doing what they like instead of being bought by someone like AB were they only care about market share and want the brewery to fall in line with what sells. This unfortunately happened to Middleton brewing not that they were bought by a big conglomerate but Middleton used to do some good Belgian styles before the other investors steered them in the direction of the status quo. Boulevard is also owned by Duvel Mortgaat and they do some really good brews. I know I'm out of the norm for what people think is good beer, I don't like IPA's at all and IPA's were not brewed for any other reason than to preserve the beer for the journey from England to India when Great Britain was settling India. There is no such thing as an IPL or a dark IPA these are just brewers renaming a beer for the sake of "being different". On another note I just got back from a trip to LI and there's a brewery there that specializes in Belgian style beers. They do a Quadruple that is probably the best quad I've had, along with a fantastic dubbel. All of the breweries beers are brewed with locally sourced ingredients from Long Island farms. This brewery is also currently brewing beer with yeast from 130 years ago that was found in beer that was on a ship that sank off the coast of LI in the 1800's. https://www.bendbulletin.com/business/this-beer-started-with-131-year-old-yeast/article_c919ad5e-ca54-5035-998a-07134d5e208f.html

Sounds like Forbidden is in bed with the PDR tool companies🤣

I carry these.

A different saddle to bar height would be something that could cause back issues. The need to generate more power can also cause back problems. Different stack height could potentially cause you to be more weight forward on the bike causing back issues. Bar rise and stem length are also something to consider along with TT length a longer top tube will cause you to stretch out more putting stress on your lower back.

Ahh yes that's right Jeremiah. He was always a dick to me right from my first visit to Nelo's.

You had me at whiskey barrels!

Nelo's Jeremy?🤔 Wouldn't surprise me he was a POS.

Now you're finally drinking like a man!🤣

DT Swiss 350. Forget pawls if you produce any wattage.

Irish POS! That was my idea!🤣

Maybe so. But none of those are bikes I'd choose. That's probably why those are still available and Pinkbike is barren.

Repair process... order new bladder, install new bladder.

This is very true but unfortunately we have no control over this. We have very little control over the choices of others. I agree with you 100%. I didn't post this to start a discourse over right and wrong. All that I'm saying is everyone who can, now has the ability to be vaccinated and those who choose not to are an issue that is out of our control. You can lead a horse to water but you can't make them drink. I did my part the best I could but when given a choice of being bankrupt or dying your survival instinct is that you need to continue to survive and being penniless isn't an option for survival. I kept my distance, I masked up, I washed my hands and I had a great concern for not infecting others. I own my own business and put all of my accounts on call as needed basis. I did everything I was supposed to do to keep the spread down. Unfortunately I had no medical insurance due to it costing me more than my mortgage just for premiums, so my wife went back to work after fifteen years to get us medical insurance. She's a hospital worker and got it at her place of employment bringing it home and giving it to me and my youngest daughter who were both considered high risk due to "preexisting medical conditions". Obviously we both survived and we are now both vaccinated. This is the unfortunate nature of nature. Some of us won't survive and really weren't meant to. I know that this makes me seem like some callous prick that doesn't care about anyone but myself but anyone who knows me knows that that is not who I am. When something like this happens we can't all survive. If it weren't for the antiquated medical technology that was available in the early '60's I would not have survived being born and I'm OK with that.

It's been more than a year with this now. There are polarized opinions on both sides of whatever feelings we have about this. Everybody has their own beliefs about getting or not getting vaccinated. Neither party is right or wrong it's just what they believe. We'll never reach herd immunity with the vaccination due to some people not being able to get it for medical reasons and some people who refuse to get the vaccine. With that being said I think we're at the SOGOTP stage with this and we need to let nature choose the outcome at this point. If you're vaccinated good for you, you'll probably be ok moving forward if you're not vaccinated due to refusing to get it... well as far as I'm concerned you're on your own. We make life decisions everyday that could have potentially fatal outcomes this is really no different. Remember we ride MTB's for fun but there is an inherent risk to it. I have my own conspiracy theories about all of this but I'll keep those to myself.

It's the compression plug. I went through this on my last road bike. it seems not all compression plugs are the same. I have one you can try if you want to see if that's the problem.

I was really only referring to his statement from his book. Could care less about Star Wars.

interesting piece about Carl Sagan and how he sees where society is heading.

I think we can all thank the media sources for this schism. They've done nothing but sensationalize/politicize and scare the public.

Fixed it for you.