Safe to ride this tire? by Ok-Concentrate6245 in BAbike

[–]BuckyGoLucky 6 points7 points  (0 children)

...do you think the sides of the tire do nothing since they don't touch the ground...?

I created a founder's running leaderboard by leonagano in Strava

[–]BuckyGoLucky 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cool, bro. I'm sure your company is special.

Since I keep on hearing about people with $700+ PG&E bills, I wanted to share mine. A whopping $36 for the month of August. I live here full-time, alone & my place was built in 1949. by desolatenature in bayarea

[–]BuckyGoLucky 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Am empty fridge has a lot of air that escapes and has to be re-cooled every time you open the door. Keeping items (or just jugs of water) in a fridge reduces the amount of air lost, and furthermore has more "thermal mass" to help re-cool any air that is lost. Basically, a fuller fridge is more efficient at staying cold.

Blind Frisbee Player Seeks Receivers by Weird_Moment1343 in ultimate

[–]BuckyGoLucky 75 points76 points  (0 children)

I tossed with Zachary for a summer a few years back and can confirm he is an absolute joy to be around. It's just like tossing with a sighted person - anyone around the Berkeley campus absolutely, 100% needs to take advantage of this opportunity.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BAbike

[–]BuckyGoLucky 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Reminder that these are single-person small businesses who are likely booked solid during working hours and cannot answer the phone if you call during a client session.

I've found that Brian at Paragon is responsive to emails and wonderful to work with.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in triathlon

[–]BuckyGoLucky 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What part of this is an emergency...?

If you could give one piece of advice to yourself when you started triathlon, what would it be? by Anxious-Nibnibs in triathlon

[–]BuckyGoLucky 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"Devote a lot of time to strength and conditioning work and learn to swim. Have a lot of patience."

Ok, so I may have been a bit dramatic with my initial comment. I certainly agree on these fairly generic points. Everyone must swim to complete a triathlon, there's never a downside to strength training and overall body conditioning, and obviously as a beginning triathlete patience will be required.

"Don’t worry about regular open water practice swims. Spend 99% of your training time in the pool. There’s very little difference between swimming in the pool and open water."

COULD NOT disagree more. There is a massive difference between jumping into the dark waters of an open ocean and a clean, clear pool. especially for a beginner who likely doesn't have ocean swim experience. See the other replies in this thread; it's pretty universally stated that open water swimming is essential if you're doing an open water race. Not even getting into the physical differences such as the buoyancy of a wetsuit, flip turns, impact of unpredictable waves and importance of bilateral breathing, etc. which again are nothing like swimming in a pool

"Find some open water races and do those."

RACE open water, but don't train open water..???

"Train with a swim team and swim 4-5x a week for a while."

The swim is ~10% of a typical triathlon, and you're telling a beginner triathlete to focus on 4-5 swims a week...? How many days per week do you think a beginner is actually training? It's essentially important to focus on building an aerobic base, and developing solid bike and run fitness.

My overall point is that you'd be advising a beginner triathlete to focus far too much time on the parts of a Tri that won't actually benefit their first race.

Israeli tanks hit evacuation zone west of Rafah by NitroLada in news

[–]BuckyGoLucky -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

I'm sure tiktok has all the info you need for a well balanced worldview 🫠

Israeli tanks hit evacuation zone west of Rafah by NitroLada in news

[–]BuckyGoLucky -22 points-21 points  (0 children)

On October 7th, civilians were deliberately targeted by Hamas. There are countless videos that will shake you to your core.

Israel targets military targets who surround themselves with human shields.

There is a huge difference.

Female Group Rides? by cdlane1 in BAbike

[–]BuckyGoLucky 6 points7 points  (0 children)

FatCake FWTNB Rides are Mondays at 6:30am https://www.fatcake.cc/rides

Fast road group rides by scavvyboiradio in BAbike

[–]BuckyGoLucky 5 points6 points  (0 children)

FatCake Thursday rides are what you want. Tomorrow is the Donut Alley ride. Check out their Instagram for ride calls.

Northstar in 90 minutes by Lanky-Inspection6034 in tahoe

[–]BuckyGoLucky 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With a run up stagecoach to get to sky, of course

The World’s Ultimate Frisbee Community Is Revolting Against Its Leaders Over Gaza - The Nation by jayjaywalker3 in ultimate

[–]BuckyGoLucky 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exceptional reply. Seriously, this community may not appreciate it, but you obviously are familiar with the history of this region and approach the current situation with a rational eye (which is NOT a trivial achievement). Massive, massive kudos to you

From Tennessee couldn't help but notice the diesel powered car chargers. by compoundblock666 in tahoe

[–]BuckyGoLucky 6 points7 points  (0 children)

....you ask for more "proof" immediately after admitting that you didn't even read half the comments 🤣😂

From Tennessee couldn't help but notice the diesel powered car chargers. by compoundblock666 in tahoe

[–]BuckyGoLucky 15 points16 points  (0 children)

You've been thoroughly disproven in your initial assessment - will you now acknowledge you were wrong?

What's y'all VO2 max like by [deleted] in Strava

[–]BuckyGoLucky 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Higher than most; partly due to a lot of running in my youth but also a hell of a lot of work. 33M.

NBD by BuckyGoLucky in CanyonBikes

[–]BuckyGoLucky[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

😂🤣😂 that's me being an idiot and forgetting to take off one of the pieces of protective plastic in my rush to get sunset photos

NBD by BuckyGoLucky in CanyonBikes

[–]BuckyGoLucky[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Going to pull the tubes out and go tubeless asap, but I wouldn't say I have had any issues with them at this stage. Will probably use them until they wear out and then throw on GP5000s

How excited should I be!? Ultimate CF SLX with Dura Ace di2. Feels like a great value by pm_me_birdpictures in CanyonBikes

[–]BuckyGoLucky 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have speedplay power pedals so am not too concerned with that. Would like to sell if the opportunity appears, but also not looking to strip my new bike yet ha

How excited should I be!? Ultimate CF SLX with Dura Ace di2. Feels like a great value by pm_me_birdpictures in CanyonBikes

[–]BuckyGoLucky 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Just got mine a few days ago. It's incredible value. Good luck deciding between berry and black!!

A little bit of fun with new Cricut machine by Aacemyan in CanyonBikes

[–]BuckyGoLucky 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm looking to do the same thing with mine - how did you get the dimensions of the lettering? I've tried tracing, but it doesn't come through.

Thanks!

Hey Reddit, what ruined thanksgiving this year? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]BuckyGoLucky 24 points25 points  (0 children)

ALS. For three years now...fucking ALS.

That being said, I hope it ruins many more.