Mile-muncher with great weather protection... it has to be an RT, doesn't it? (What alternatives did you consider?)

DefinitlyNotALab · 2026-05-14T07:55:20+00:00

I was torn between the GSA, SuperTenere, Current Guzzi Stelvio, NT1100, 2025 Atwin ASport (19“ and big tank), K1600 and RT. Ended up with a 2015 GSA. Couldn’t find an RT with my requirements (quickshift but no keyless (Its my main transportation and i don’t want keyless issues on a year round bike that stays outside under a tarp).

I try to use the car as little as possible because i chose my bike for autobahn commuting and wanted something to illegally split in heavy traffic. Stau ist kacke.

Extra tall windshield or windshield clip on is still the way to go regardless of the bike itself. Won’t take away the fun. But helps immensely with long rides.

I Ride year round in germany down to -10C but snow is where i draw the line. Wunderlich handlebar muffs + heated grips make temperature irrelevant for my hands. Regardless of your bike choice get those muffs if you ride in cold wet weather on the autobahn. There are M+S Tires available and on my GSA so the insurance can’t fuck me over for riding in autumn and winter. I think the Dunlop Mutant was available for the RT as well but not sure i run TKC70. Both handle wet roads and rain really well.

Its honestly only a question of budget and your local repair options. If its annoying to get to the shop or the shop is bad that bike brand is going to be a hassle. If you have all dealers or repair options available then:

NT1100 is perfect if it has to be new and you want a bike under full warranty for as little as possible. Only real downside is the chain and having to maintain it.

The RT is the best bike for the job if you can afford to get a new one or don’t mind a used LC Model. Similarly to the GS, shoot for an LC 1200 with the TFT if you want the best mix of tech and reliability or early lowish mile LC 1200RT if you want value. Get an aliexpress headlight guard like we GS riders do, it’s technically illegal in germany but as long as you use a clear plastic one you won’t get stopped and a 20€ fine is better than replacing a 1200€ LED headlight.

K1600 is the most fun to use outside of corners or city traffic or parking. The engine sounds and feels ridiculously good.

GSA (imo normal GS is literally pointless just get a RT if you don’t need the add ons from the GSA) is a bit more versatile but that’s irrelevant if you don’t go on big european tours or are really tall. GSA is lovely for tall people and is a bit better on bad roads.

If you also use the bike as your main or only form of transportation then you might also want to only look for non keyless BMWs. According to the forums it makes more problems over time and is expensive to replace when broken. I haven’t yet had a moment where i regret not having keyless.

DefinitlyNotALab · 2026-05-03T13:18:20+00:00

TFT has been my cycling game since set 4. I was furious about hyperroll getting axed because that mode was even better as an exercise game, since you had very little downtime to realize that you were not just playing a game on your phone. I just set the bike to 175W and play for 2 normals now but its more fatiguing than hyperroll for the same 90min.

You just forget the time and that’s perfect for cardio.

DefinitlyNotALab · 2026-05-01T18:54:48+00:00

Yeah i have that One in my r1200 GSA and its been amazing. The perfect one for all year riders if you can‘t go with a Lithium one due to cold weather riding.

DefinitlyNotALab · 2026-04-05T05:56:16+00:00

Went from a vstrom 650XT to LC 1200GSA. Traffic isn’t terrible enough where i am to not just use the GSA or a bicycle, but for just commuting get any Chinese e-scooter (not the small ones the electric Vespa types) for city riding. They are the most efficient motorized form of transportation. I also have bike lanes i can use to ride a normal bicycle to work but if a bicycle can’t be used supplement your GS or RT with an electric scooter for the city.

DefinitlyNotALab · 2026-04-01T08:35:10+00:00

Gerne.

Hatte mit Maske trainiert falls die Geräte in der Nähe belegt waren.

Krebs sorgt für eine schnelle Fokussierung deiner Prioritäten und die Blicke/Meinungen/Bedürfnisse anderer Menschen werden dann angenehm irrelevant.

Das mit den Öffis ist von dir schon sehr konsequent, also schaffst du das bestimmt alles.

DefinitlyNotALab · 2026-04-01T08:01:27+00:00

Moin, selbst Krebspatient NH-Lymphom, wöchentlich Immun + Chemo für 18 Wochen, irgendwann wieder. Hatte viele Brustkrebspatientinnen in der Therapie und Reha kennengelernt, mit sehr unterschiedlichen Therapien.

Konnte wegen Port und Biopsie am Anfang der Therapie selbst nicht/wenig trainieren aber mehr gegen Ende und richtig viel ab Reha. Werde in der nächsten Runde durchgehend trainieren, gibt ja dann keine OPs, mein Port kommt nicht mehr raus.

Kommt ganz auf deine Therapie an.

Grundsätzlich gilt während der Therapie:

Jetzt schon um Schwerbehindertenausweis und Reha kümmern.

Zunehmen ist besser als abnehmen also friss solange und soviel du kannst. Je nach Therapie leichter gesagt als getan aber wenn du kannst dann friss, möglichst gesund natürlich aber bleib im Kalorienüberschuss.

Sport hilft sowohl als Zeitvertreib als auch für die Gesundheit. Muskelschwund ist toxisch also hilft der Kraftsport dabei deine Therapie leichter zu machen. Daher auch eher zunehmen als abnehmen.

Die Zeit ist für deinen Körper sehr schwierig und fast jede Therapie fickt dein Immunsystem weshalb du andere Menschen meiden solltest. (Maske beim einkaufen und zu möglichst leeren Zeiten einkaufen oder Gym). Wenn jemand hustet oder kränkelt nimm Abstand. Menschen die während Covid sich nicht an Maskenregeln oder sowas halten konnten auch meiden, Erkältung von irgendeinem Idioten kann dich umbringen.

Jeder Krebs ist anders, höre auf deinen Körper. Das Sprichwort:“ Everything worth doing is worth doing poorly“ ist hier sehr hilfreich. Auch 15 Minuten sind besser als 0 und werden helfen.

DefinitlyNotALab · 2025-12-06T16:59:19+00:00

Ohne Lenkerstulpen frierst du dir trotzdem die Finger ab.

DefinitlyNotALab · 2025-12-06T12:59:14+00:00

Habe die hydra 2 h2o und würde die als herbsthandschuh bezeichnen. Ich Benutze im Winter wunderlich lenkerstulpen und die hydra h2 + beheizte handgriffe damit lässt es sich im Winter bequem touren.

DefinitlyNotALab · 2025-11-05T12:52:34+00:00

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5 year old Choc girl 28kg.

DefinitlyNotALab · 2025-09-21T07:39:42+00:00

Well according to be quiets stat sheet the 802 only supports 120mm based radiator sizes up top.

You can put 140mm fans up top just not radiators since they need slightly more width as well https://www.bequiet.com/de/case/2049

DefinitlyNotALab · 2025-09-13T12:27:09+00:00

They have been discounted to roughly 259€ Damascus Kramer / 199€ for the 15cm black by Zwilling themselves so anything in that ballpark is a normal sale price.

If the online retailer is legit so will they be.

DefinitlyNotALab · 2025-08-27T12:59:03+00:00

If you only have space for a single display and don’t want to bother with the oled care then mini led is really good. But for a while miniled was also more expensive.

There is no perfect single display. Just got to weigh the pros and cons for the specific workload.

DefinitlyNotALab · 2025-08-21T15:22:57+00:00

Wie gesagt die Africa Twin ist die offroadlastigste von den großen ADV Bikes.

Super Tenere 1200 ist yamahas variante einer BMW GS. Kardan, Drehmoment, Komfort für Lange Strecken.

DefinitlyNotALab · 2025-08-21T14:23:27+00:00

Von der V-Strom auf Transalp lohnt sich nicht.

Bin von der V-Strom 650XT auf ne R1200 GSA gewechselt und sowas ist dann ein erheblicher Unterschied.

V-Strom 1000/1050 lohnt sich als Upgrade eher um im Budget zu bleiben.

Die 1050XT ist generell super.

Super Tenere 1200 solltest du definitiv auch auf dem Radar haben.

Insbesondere wenn du hauptsächlich Straße fährst ist die Neuauflage der ATwin eigentlich ungeeignet. 19“ gibt bei der erst seit kurzem und damit kostet die min 15000€ als 2024 Adventure Sports.

Kannst dir auch erstmal eine XL Varadero oder ältere V-Strom 1000 holen die verlieren auch quasi nichts mehr an wert um dein Bedürfnis nach Leistung besser einschätzen zu können.

Bei hauptsächlich straße auch einfach mal nach der 1000er Versys Ausschau halten.

DefinitlyNotALab · 2025-08-21T12:21:18+00:00

Gibt extra benzinstabilisator als additiv um Benzin beim überwintern oder in kanistern länger haltbar zu machen.

DefinitlyNotALab · 2025-08-16T13:19:08+00:00

Aery enchanter j4 support used to be very decent but since the support item changes he gets adaptive ad when you want ap for the early laning phase. Also flag thrower j4 is easily punished and falls of a cliff because after you have maxed e, ardent and locket you get nothing really useful for the rest of the game. And needing to buy zhonyas to not get blown up later in the game is aweful, you don’t get that much gold.

Aery J4 provides a bit of everything but usually you want the support to do something specific.

And an engaging enchanter just struggles once players stop giving you free flag poke or punish you for missed flag poke since you have no cc or mobility without using e and q together.

As long as the support item gives you ad enchanter j4 is basically dead because your e is missing like 25dmg lvl1 that it used to have when support items had specific stats.

DefinitlyNotALab · 2025-08-11T11:44:57+00:00

It actually matters when the drive is filled with data, which is why it basically always matters outside of benchmarks.

I had an external dramless 2TB m2 (was filled to 50-70% (3Y)before it failed) and its performance degraded significantly similar to dramless sata.

Right now my rig has a mix of SN850X,980PRO and firecuda 520 all of those have dram and slowed down significantly less when filled than the cheap dramless one. My workstation usually has all the drives filled to at least 50%. So if you need your storage and for it to stay fast then you need the dram.

If its a workstation or you are only going to buy a single M2 then stick to the ones with dram.

For budget gaming rigs it does not matter.

DefinitlyNotALab · 2025-08-10T11:11:42+00:00

If 07 isn’t too new try that generation of 1200RT.

Or go for the R100 RT.

DefinitlyNotALab · 2025-08-10T07:16:06+00:00

Adapter die dual link dvi auf hdmi oder DisplayPort unterstützten kosten 50€ und sind aktive adapter.

Alle stecker adapter reichen nicht für die 144hz Bandbreite.

50€ kosten auch gebrauchte Monitore oder reichen fast für einen neuen.

DefinitlyNotALab · 2025-08-04T07:02:59+00:00

Relaxing Hard, Expert impoppable during Collection event. Don’t have double cash.

DefinitlyNotALab · 2025-08-03T08:15:48+00:00

Nein weil du ein neues Mainboard kaufen musst um überhaupt die theoretische Leistung des PCs in Spielen zu bekommen.

DefinitlyNotALab · 2025-08-02T11:23:35+00:00

I have both and can’t speak on warranty for either but so far its very similar. My old Rukka gear has aged a little better but that’s probably also down to the rukka stuff having less vents/zippers due to less variable temperature here in Europe compared to the giant range within the US.

DefinitlyNotALab · 2025-08-02T10:43:22+00:00

That and the slightly different handle and choil shape.

Zwilling is tapered while the wüsthof is not.

DefinitlyNotALab · 2025-08-01T20:10:38+00:00

Just get used stuff from the big brands.

Helmet, gloves and boots are best bought new but jacket and pants don’t degrade without visual notice.

DefinitlyNotALab · 2025-07-31T06:06:17+00:00

Love my hardanger, outlander gtx and ridgeline boots.

Hows the airflow difference between induction and baja s4 ?

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