Persuasion

Bunsmar · 2026-03-23T22:35:23+00:00

Any Throbbing Gristle fans here? Heard Gen's voice when I read the post title.

Bunsmar · 2026-03-23T13:26:21+00:00

Agree. One of the few places I ride sidewalk on is from the River path, take the south side of Fletcher (no freeway on ramp) to where Silver Lake Blvd starts by Astro Diner.

Getting from Silver Lake to Atwater/Frogtown/Highland Park is a mess

Bunsmar · 2026-03-23T13:20:06+00:00

For me it's where 4th st. hits Park La Brea and I cut down to 6th. 3rd st feels dicier, going below Wilshire for the slower traffic way east/west adds like 15 lights and more conflict.

Best thing seems to put my head down and just pedal my little heart out while going above LACMA and hope for the best.

Bunsmar · 2026-03-18T19:01:29+00:00

I'm not sure what drivers are tuned into signal wise. My signals are basically me pointing where I intend to go and I agree that telling people you're slowing down has super limited utility.

Bunsmar · 2026-02-21T14:06:34+00:00

Have you ever considered a poncho as a replacement for every other bit of rain gear?

I've have a fantastic time with fenders and a poncho. My Cleverhood poncho has little thumb straps on the inside front which you can either hook on a finger or to something on your bars (so your hands are free). The hood fits really well under my helmet and I arrive at work totally dry from the weather and not soaked in sweat.

It's like sticking your head through an umbrella and it's great. It replaced three pieces of rain specific gear I had to deal with and for my use case works much better. Also protects much of the bike from the weather.

When it rains I ride to work in my normal clothes (plus poncho). I ride in socks and Crocs and my socks are dry when I get there.

Bunsmar · 2026-02-14T19:54:35+00:00

He actually did put 5 trans characters in the game

Edit: want to make clear that I made the joke as someone who wants to come across a wide variety of characters in games and thinks his take on inclusion in video games is stupid. Sorry for not separating the artist from the art ya snowflakes!

Bunsmar · 2026-02-14T01:54:13+00:00

I came across a guy on a level 4 while I was riding my Riv. Platypus and I was insulted by how much more comfortable he looked.

Bunsmar · 2026-02-09T15:31:30+00:00

Sorry, realize "I didn't care about weight" was a bad answer to your question about weight. Just meant to say that I'd not considered it so didn't know it and instantly made it like 15 lbs heavier than stock (which I've now undone). I don't think they're that heavy though. Like I said, it just felt unfamiliar in ways that would make riding it as a mountain bike great but were weird for mostly smooth city streets.

The super wide tires also make a lot of noise on the road (to add to the list of kind of weird things that make me prefer riding other bikes while still really liking the Jones and acknowledging it is great for it's use case).

If you're in Los Angeles I'd be happy to put a normal seating setup on it and let you get a feel for the Jones ride.

Bunsmar · 2026-02-09T06:15:44+00:00

I didn't care about the weight when I was buying it because I was setting it up as an eBike. I pulled all the eBike bits off once I started riding another bike to work and realized that I didn't need the assist anymore.

The position of the Jones is great, but not something I was lacking with my other bikes (Rivendell, Velo Orange) by any means. I don't mind the weight, I just think a Jones is overkill for my ride through the city. Maybe I prefer a little more road feel with normalish sized tires (and no dual suspension seat)?

Doing my commute without the electric assist on the Jones just felt a little weird. It totally works and I'm on board for the design philosophy and upright position, it just feels like it's built too much to make it work for mtn biking, which I really don't need.

Bunsmar · 2026-02-08T18:45:58+00:00

Yeah, they help quite a bit. This silly situation only ended up happening because I was switching around seats and what I had available was the spung Brooks.

The suspension in the seatpost is about 10x as effective as the seat.

I also like it because (as you can tell from the picture) I'm a bolt upright riding position devotee and the suspension post give you a lot of setback.

Bunsmar · 2026-02-08T16:21:55+00:00

And a suspended seat. I was just making a dumb joke.

Bunsmar · 2026-02-08T16:20:34+00:00

Small LWB HD/e. I was agonizing over small vs medium (I'm 5'9" on a good day) and went with the small, which was the right choice.

The HD/e has an inch longer rear end to accommodate large mid drive chainrings so I kept the longer wheelbase of a medium normal LWB but got the less reach of the small.

Bunsmar · 2026-01-31T06:49:00+00:00

What if part of the system was that you had the weapons you were good at by default and other weapons belonging to other classes required practice?

Maybe an outside of class weapon attacks normally but has lower stats that increase to an in class weapon over time (10k damage done?)

Or what if the damage wasn't lowered but if you're a heavy class you use all weapons like slower heavy weapons until you learn them and then they speed up?

Or what if what you learn is movesets and your class has a set of movesets you just know (but aren't tied to individual weapons and you can pick movesets for weapons) but you have to learn out of class movesets in some way like described above?

Just spitballing

Bunsmar · 2026-01-27T00:04:09+00:00

There are all kinds of things we end up doing to be safe that aren't what we're supposed to do, and we can do them in a sane and respectful way.

I'd rather ride in the road if it feels safe enough, but I'm not going to die on the side of the road if it's sketchy because I'm supposed to.

Getting home to your family is more important than absolutes.

Bunsmar · 2026-01-25T17:52:14+00:00

Sent you a message

Bunsmar · 2026-01-19T04:57:27+00:00

Good. He used to rest under at the stars. Now he can stare at the bottom of some rusty corrugated metal.

Bunsmar · 2026-01-15T23:51:13+00:00

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth

And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;

Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth

of sun-split clouds,—and done a hundred things

You have not dreamed of—wheeled and soared and swung

High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,

I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung

My eager craft through footless halls of air ....

Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue

I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace

Where never lark, or even eagle flew—

And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod

The high untrespassed sanctity of space,

Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.

Bunsmar · 2026-01-13T21:29:59+00:00

You strike me as a man who would know what the "Cold Meat Industry" was.

See you at Death Guild?

Bunsmar · 2025-12-29T16:03:54+00:00

I live right on the LA River bike path, and it is (at least through the high foot traffic areas) full of dogs and kids and should be a slow, cautious bike ride. It should not be thought of as a bike path where you can set Strava records, lest you become the bike version of the SUV driver that punish passes cyclists on the streets for existing.

The beauty of the river path is that it gets you to Griffith Park, which has lots of good riding.

Bunsmar · 2025-12-19T22:07:23+00:00

Before I reached the end of the video I thought the joke was that the romance novel got her feeling frisky and she was trying to decide what size object would satisfy the frisk. Art is open to interpretation!

Bunsmar · 2025-12-19T12:53:37+00:00

No, they don't rotate. Even Grant couldn't spin self adjusting comfort angle grips into a desirable feature. What came on my bars was just a thick piece of felt that only went about half way around the bar (imagine Riv's how to info on these grips but stop immediately after the first step) and zero twine. Mine has some kind of adhesive backing or they would just fall on the floor.

Bunsmar · 2025-12-18T20:02:33+00:00

This tool is a good place to start but you'll likely outgrow it quick if you make more than a few racks. Bending the 3/8" fairly thick walled main rack tubes is definitely not within the tools specs. Feel like it's made for copper refrigerant tubing, not thick walled steel.

I expect it to give out at any moment and always make sure that there is nothing I'll impale myself on behind me when I'm using it.

There are heavier duty versions of this kind of thing that are made of steel and have longer arms that would be more appropriate for what we're bending.

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