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JayleneSlide

@ JayleneSlide @lemmy.world

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  • What's the weirdest thing you're upset about?

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  • Wait, you said a 1x can have a similar range, and then immediately followed up with:

    you do have to sacrifice either a bit of top end speed or climbing ability

    It is impossible for both statements to be true at the same time.

  • Man killed, several people injured, after SUV plows into Planet Fitness

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  • No, no, no. It was riding a bicycle. Duh!

  • What's the weirdest thing you're upset about?

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  • superior due to the narrow-wide chainring

    Fully agreed. Narrow-wide rings are absolutely a boon to mountain biking as are derailleur clutches. And 1x is superlative for hard trail riding on that factor alone.

    A factor in the issue I take is the proprietary nature of modern bike drivetrains. With older drivetrains, we could mix and match to our hearts' content. But now, even within a component line, e.g. Deore XT or SRAM X[n], specs such as pull rates can be different even for the same cog count. "These are the only combinations of components we think you should use, and we will do everything we can to block you from customizing." Shimano is especially egregious about this expensive mess, and they know it, which is why they tried to un-hash things with CUES.

    Pretty much everything 3x9 all works together. Road derailleur and cassette with mountain crank and bar-end shifters? Sure! Gear range for days. I sincerely believe this is to sell more bikes. Want to climb hard pack and mixed surface? You need a gravel bike! Want to get groceries? You need a commuter or loaded tourer! Want to go on a fast road ride? You need a road bike!

    It used to be really easy to build up a bike that could perform most bicycle functions well. Mixed-surface, loaded, commuter/grocery-getter, randonneuring, snow, rain, club rides... one bike with maybe a wheel change*. Good luck with that now. Gravel bikes are kinda filling that niche now, but the components and frame manufacturers are again trying to fracture that even further. The gravel drivetrain won't have the range to cover all the use cases without a cassette or crank change.

    Moar rant, moar example: my partner works in an LBS. We can literally afford to buy any bicycle we could want. She wants a general-purpose gravel bike, and it's not even a case of "just spend more money to get these additional features." Component selection on a pre-built, geometry, wheel selection... all tightly engineered to cover as few use cases as possible. Okay, we'll build from a naked frame. Oh, the more racy geometry frames lack braze-ons and can't fit a 50mm tire.

    *It makes complete sense to have a full-squish mountain bike for the aggressive off-road stuff, and those bikes are necessarily different. Even for that case, I can hang with the LBS trail/flow rides on my do-almost-everything bike. My current do-everything took me more than six months to source compatible parts and troubleshoot. This used to be a matter of just pulling the trigger on the parts I wanted.

  • The STUPID Laws That Make THIS a ‘Bicycle'

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  • Did you even watch the video? He even addressed the point about which you're asking. Repeatedly.

  • What's the weirdest thing you're upset about?

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  • The root cause of what you describe is a build or maintenance issue. Properly built, tuned, and maintained bikes don't drop chains.

  • What's the weirdest thing you're upset about?

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  • Bicycle drivetrains keep getting more complex and expensive. A 3x9 drivetrain is beyond adequate, bulletproof, and inexpensive. But NooOoOoOooo, it's nearly impossible to get a quality bike with 3x9 now, without a full custom, DIY build. Everything has to be 1x11/12, which is expensive, touchy, and very particular, all while still lacking the gear range of 3x9.

    It all seriously sticks in my craw.

  • 160mm to 180mm disc rotor upgrade query.

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  • Enjoy!

    I mentioned the increase in moment arm for anyone else thinking about increasing their rotor size. On my own bikes, I would have zero concerns about 160—>180. This is a super common modification, and it is for cooling purposes.

    But people being people, someone else would see "put on a larger adapter and rock out!" And then think they could put on a 203 rotor just because it fits. And THAT is absolutely getting into concerning, "you better know what you're doing" territory.

  • 160mm to 180mm disc rotor upgrade query.

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  • The text on the adapter indicates it is for rotors 160 OR 180mm in diameter, depending on the fork design. The flat mount on your fork was designed for 160mm, but there are also flat mounts on other bikes designed for other standard sizes. Contact your fork manufacturer to confirm whether you can fit a 180mm rotor.

    Even if a 180mm rotor physically fits, that's only part of the equation. Increasing rotor size increases the moment arm being applied to the fork leg. The fork needs to be designed for the potentially higher forces. YMMV, and be aware that snapping your fork/frame is a real possibility when increasing rotor size. That said, 160—>180 doesn't result in a major increase in moment, but primarily increases cooling area.

  • What is the strongest theory in science?

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  • Theories are just theories

    "Theory" is the strongest possible statement in science. To be considered a theory, an explanation is backed up by heretofore indisputable facts. One of the tenets of scientific method is falsifiability: something is the best known working explanation until overwhelming evidence demonstrates otherwise.

    Most people use "theory" when they really mean "hypothesis." In science, the two are not even close.

  • Corporations Want to Prevent Workers From Leaving Their Jobs

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  • Me, before I read the article: this is nothing unusual, and I don't see what the problem is. My employers have paid for some pretty advanced training over the years. In return, they asked me to agree to stay for six months. NBD...

    Me, after the article: HOLY FUCKING SHIT!

    This shift has also opened the door to a new industrial complex of employer-run, for-profit training sites and academies, which many workers are steered into when they’re hired for a job. Critics say employers now use these job training programs to force workers into debt and suppress wages, courtesy of TRAP contracts.

    This is heading into Company Town territory. Seriously predatory shit.

  • Ex-NSA Chief Paul Nakasone Has a Warning for the Tech World

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  • NSFW on Lemmy

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  • That's your example of softcore porn? There's much racier content on magazine covers in the grocery checkout line. Stop trying to impose your puritanical aesthetic on the rest of the world. It's called /all for a reason. What's wrong with you?!

  • Cheap drone for beginners/children, but open-source/DIY?

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  • Thanks for the insights and link! If I'm hearing you correctly, it sounds like some proprietary/closed bits are inevitable, but not necessarily a bad thing. This encourages me to explore DIY some more.

    fastish, dangerous Ship of Theseus

    😆

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  • Negative. I got mine at 23, but only because it took me five years to find a doctor who would perform it.

    Good luck. Also, the recovery times are very serious.

    And everyone is different (duh), but there has been a complete absence of regret. Added bonus: my partners have been very appreciative that the onus of birth control is not on them.

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    The Great Supply Chain Collapse: How Decades of Outsourcing Left the West Defensively Scrambled

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  • Accessible article that's worth the read. Lots of numbers and compelling narrative, but no sources cited for those numbers. Cite sources for those numbers.

  • Why do some companies like a utility put out ads?

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  • I see a lot of "For the PR" comments. This is only a fraction of why ads are purchased by utilities, large companies, and other entities with whom you never directly do business. The overarching reason they purchase ads is to have influence over narratives by those networks.

    Source: used to develop software in the energy sector for a multinational; my employer and their corporate customers regularly bought ads to help bolster energy efficiency initiatives. These initiatives and interventions are frequently countered and opposed by exactly the corporate dickwads you think would oppose reduced consumer energy consumption.

  • [DS9]Vulcan Love Slave? Why would that be someone's choice of porn?

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  • Don't yuck someone else's yum. :D

    My read on that was forbidden fruit/fetishization of the typically unavailable.

  • What's your dream bike like?

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  • Negative This VO bar is my go-to on almost all of my drop bar bikes, with few exceptions. Anything narrower causes me horrible shoulder pain after about 20 miles. I have broad shoulders, and 46 to 48cm bars are the sweet spot depending on flare, ramp length, etc.

  • What's your dream bike like?

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  • I own a Hase Pino Tour, and it's my daily utility bike. I used to own a Bilenky Viewpoint (both semi-recumbent). I'll spare re-writing my comments; I go into greater detail here: https://lemmy.world/post/32634328/18119635

    So if you're in the market for a Pino Tour, I'll make you a great deal on mine. I bought this while my partner was going through chemo, so that I could take her to doctor's appointments. I can't stand a bike that doesn't get used, so it's been pressed into service as my daily driver.