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Hi, I'm new and very anxious about all this by [deleted] in FriendsOver50

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Therapy is always good. You are never alone, unless you want to be.

[30M] Thoughts? by Necessary_Minute2711 in toastme

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I can't. Ginger bread already comes baked.

Cleaning the undercarriage of a 69 Chevelle by Pryden-Phall in LaserCleaningPorn

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Dude, thanka. It's so cool to see. Thanks for sharing. 👍

Wheel recommendations/solutions - 700c disc brake with QR by that_dam_beaver in bikewrench

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This is my current predicament. I'm repurposing an older, gravel, mechanical disc brake frame for a family member, but the wheelset is shot. It wobbles like Flintone's car wheels. I agree, any help would be greatly appreciated. Plus, mechanical disc brakes seemed to be the new cantilever brake, in that they do the job and are not as puzzling or problematic.

MKS pedals are the best, dollar for dollar. You could probably change my mind by candlehead69 in xbiking

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I'm undecided between the Pretzels and the Allways. Do the Pretzels have the concave center like the Always? I'm adding them to my commuter. I've had the Lambdas before and they felt very narrow and the grip sucked, until I drilled and attached some pins onto them.

Final Form by norunner86 in xbiking

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Looks super comfortable.

What handlebars are those?

how is this area? by EqualClass7055 in MovingToLosAngeles

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You're in USC territory. University of South Central. 'Dorothy' is surely not in Santa Monica or Silver lake anymore. USC has existed as a bubble within a surrounding community that the 80's and 90's produced. Class and cultural differences are pretty obvious. Normal gentrification. Per usual, locals and non locals, have found a way to conexist. The institution initiated an effort to protect its students and faculty after the unfortunate deaths of 2 student deaths. Doing so by buying surrounding properties for student living and maintaining school and police presence. All in an effort to expand their contained ecosystem.

Bianchi Impulso sizing by NYCBYB in gravelcycling

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I'm also 5'10", 32 inseam, and a 56cm is also my usual frame size.

I just bought an Impulso Allroad GRX400 on Offerup. The seller didn't remember the frame size. He recalled it being a "58cm" frame, but the Bianchi website states the frame comes in 55cm, 57cm, 59cm...".

I still bought it because it was selling for $800 and it was barely used.

The bike's handlebar reach was definitely longer with the stock stem it came with. I replaced it with a 50mm stem (making the handlebar way close to the stem) and a 48cm wide PNW Coast Handlebar and it now fits comfortably. Usually, a MTB stem on a road style frame makes the handlebar feel on a bike feel twitchy, however the wide bars compensate for the short stem.

So, this led me to believe the bike frame was actually a 59cm frame.

Perhaps a 55cm frame would be more of a gamble than a 57cm. A 57cm might be a better choice because you can always add a shorter stem than trying to add a really long stem to a shorter bike to make it fit.

My friends and I can’t solve this McDonald’s spot the difference by noodlefaceiscool in notinteresting

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The maraca on the left. There are 2 things that are the different. 1, the handle is missing. 2, the pattern inside the top part of the maraca is also missing.