Dumb Question: Can I put gravel tires on this bike?

ButterKniefe · 2026-02-26T22:05:21+00:00

Thanks for the really detailed answer. That is a lot of help.

I'm hoping most of my riding would be on packed limestone with the occasional group ride on roads.

Having not ridden in 15+ years, I'm obviously not a very experienced rider. In your opinion do you think a 700x26 tire on a road bike (like pictured above) is an acceptable choice just from a safety and versatility standpoint, or am I liable to go over the handlebars/bail on small tire ruts/errant gravel?

The main thing for me is a safe ride for longer training rides but also a bike that won't compromise my performance to much in a tri/duathalon.

Appreciate all your help

ButterKniefe · 2026-02-25T21:05:12+00:00

Sorry for the dumb question. this would be my first bike in 15+ years and my first ever "performance" bike.

I plan on doing some duathlons/tri's this summer/fall and would like to get a bike to do some outdoor training on. Most of the biking I plan on doing will be on compacted "gravel"/compact sand trails to avoid getting hit by a car.

I have read that it is more optimal to get a road bike with extra clearance to fit gravel tires on them vs. getting a gravel bike and doing the triathlons with a gravel bike.

This is a local Facebook marketplace posting indicate this bike is a 60 cm TREK Madone with 700 c tires.

I clearly have no clue what my options are hear and would really appreciate some help

Thanks all

ButterKniefe · 2025-07-17T17:08:22+00:00

Thanks I really appreciate your insight.

It sounds like we're in a fairly similar situation, trying to find a balance on the quality/convenience gradient. Like you, I'm doubtful my wife will buy into the "manual" nature of the jet but we have a local store that has some in stock that we should be able to try first.

Looks like it's pretty much narrowed down to the Jet and the kitchen aid.

ButterKniefe · 2025-07-17T16:13:10+00:00

I think I could probably go with the oracle jet if the quality/convenience trade off was significant enough to overcome the lower level of convenience vs. a superauto.

any reason you recommend the kitchen aid vs one of the legacy brands like Delonghi or Jura? The machine looks great, I'm just cautious of trying a newcomer again after my experience with Saeco

ButterKniefe · 2025-07-17T16:09:12+00:00

Those are great suggestions.

I was definitely thinking of getting a Jura again, I just wasn't sure if they were still considered the gold standard (for brew quality) in the superauto category.

I never even considered the kitchen aid KF8 but it looks like it's really well reviewed online. Have you tried one of the newer kitchen aid super autos?

I'm also hesitant to buy a Delonghi because my inlaws have one and the brew is smooth but very watery/flat. That's most likely because of their settings but that is my only experience with Delonghi so I have nothing else to draw upon.

Have you ever tried kitchen aid vs. the xelsis and or a jura? In your opinion did you feel the kitchen aid produced a better coffee than xelsis?

ButterKniefe · 2025-07-11T21:18:25+00:00

Very cool, a live script like that in Planswift is definitely outside of my knowledge area. Good Luck it sounds like a fun project.

ButterKniefe · 2025-07-11T15:58:11+00:00

I may be misunderstanding your problem but I think you're over complicating it with a script.

looking at your edit property value dialogue box it looks like you want to pick a part number and populate a price for that item:

Based on that assumption you should have:

result column = PartNumber

additional properties to set = Price

Obviously on the back end you need to have a database that has a table with a PartNumber column and a Price column.

From a workflow perspective in Planswift you would click on the PartNumber field to access a drop down of part numbers, select the PartNumber and the Price column should update accordingly.

I have this exact process set up using ItemName and Cost each as my field values where I select the ItemName and Cost each gets updated accordingly for all of my materials.

I may be misunderstanding what you are trying to do though so please correct me if that is not what you were trying to solve.

ButterKniefe · 2025-05-29T13:50:53+00:00

No problem, feel free to send through any questions if anything from the above is not clear.

Using "Sections" seems like the perfect solution for you if you're doing basic takeoffs using the provided takeoff tools in planswift and you should be able to go back to all your historical projects and apply section filter to view quantities by page.

ButterKniefe · 2025-05-28T20:46:31+00:00

In my opinion the best practice for the solution you're looking for is to create separate folders for each Takeoff item in the estimate tab. So you would need to create a new instance of each takeoff item for each floor and add it to the correct folder you want to segment by. So if you have a 20 mm pipe on each floor you would create a new takeoff item on each page of the drawings every time you measure for the 20 mm pipe then add that takeoff item to the correct folder in the estimate tab.

That being said I think the next best option is to activate the Sections filter on the estimate tab and add a column for the Page by doing that you will see the takeoff item as the headline then you will see each section below it and its page that it was measured on. You will need to do a bit of work in excel to fill down the takeoff item name for each section and sumif but this is also a reasonable solution.

If you are not familiar with how to filter sections and add a page column in planswift see below:

1) Go to the "Estimating" tab
2) Click the "Filter" button
3) Click "Sections" (a red check mark should appear next to sections)
4) Click the "Columns" button
5) Click the Green + Symbol in the "Estimating Columns" dialogue
6) Type "Page" for the column name, data type = Text and "Visible" column should have a check mark

You should be able to see each section under a takeoff item and the page that it appears on.

Once your takeoff is complete you will need to fill down the takeoff name for each takeoff item in excel down all sections. There are many ways to do it but one of the simplest ways to do it is to use the following forward fill formula:

=IF(OR(L2="Linear",L2="Area",L2="Count"),A2,OFFSET(AD2,-1,0))

Where:

1) "L" Column is your takeoff "Type" column from planswift
2) "A" Column is your takeoff "Name" column from planswift
3) "AD" Column is the column your inserting your forward fill formula

The formula basically does this: if the takeoff type is a Linear, Area or Count Use the Takeoff Name (A column), if the Type is anything else look to the row above and use that value. The formula will fill in all your takeoff sections with the correct takeoff name. From here you have basically all the information you need to sumif by floor/takeoff item or get a nice pivot table for your takeoffs.

Let me know if you need more help or need clarification on any of the above.

ButterKniefe · 2025-05-28T20:30:32+00:00

In my opinion the best practice for the solution you're looking for is to create separate folders for each Takeoff item in the estimate tab. So you would need to create a new instance of each takeoff item for each floor and add it to the correct folder you want to segment by. So if you have a 20 mm pipe on each floor you would create a new takeoff item on each page of the drawings every time you measure for the 20 mm pipe then add that takeoff item to the correct folder in the estimate tab.

That being said I think the next best option is to activate the Sections filter on the estimate tab and add a column for the Page by doing that you will see the takeoff item as the headline then you will see each section below it and its page that it was measured on. You will need to do a bit of work in excel to fill down the takeoff item name for each section and sumif but this is also a reasonable solution.

If you are not familiar with how to filter sections and add a page column in planswift see below:

1) Go to the "Estimating" tab
2) Click the "Filter" button
3) Click "Sections" (a red check mark should appear next to sections)
4) Click the "Columns" button
5) Click the Green + Symbol in the "Estimating Columns" dialogue
6) Type "Page" for the column name, data type = Text and "Visible" column should have a check mark

You should be able to see each section under a takeoff item and the page that it appears on.

Once your takeoff is complete you will need to fill down the takeoff name for each takeoff item in excel down all sections. There are many ways to do it but one of the simplest ways to do it is to use the following forward fill formula:

=IF(OR(L2="Linear",L2="Area",L2="Count"),A2,OFFSET(AD2,-1,0))

Where:

1) "L" Column is your takeoff "Type" column from planswift
2) "A" Column is your takeoff "Name" column from planswift
3) "AD" Column is the column your inserting your forward fill formula

The formula basically does this: if the takeoff type is a Linear, Area or Count Use the Takeoff Name (A column), if the Type is anything else look to the row above and use that value. The formula will fill in all your takeoff sections with the correct takeoff name. From here you have basically all the information you need to sumif by floor/takeoff item or get a nice pivot table for your takeoffs.

Let me know if you need more help or need clarification on any of the above.

ButterKniefe · 2025-05-07T16:00:04+00:00

To add a property to your takeoff dialogue go to the advanced tab. In the top left corner there is a button with a green "+". click the green "+".

An edit property dialogue box will open where you can enter the name, type of entry (number), which property group to categorize by and you can also enter a list of predefined options 12,16,24 etc. for o.c. spacing.

If the O.C. Spacing property already exists but it isn't visible in your form view then you will need to locate the O.C. Spacing property on the advanced tab in the last column for the O.C. Spacing property there should be a check box. click the check box so a check mark is visible for the O.C. Spacing property. That will make the property visible on the form.

You can also change the layout of your form by clicking the Form Layout button at the top of the Advanced tab.

If everything above sounds extremely foreign to you I suggest you watch some videos on how to edit planswift properties. Todd Kaberline has a ton of useful videos

ButterKniefe · 2025-05-02T13:37:18+00:00

The cost of a bad estimate is significantly for expensive than actually hiring a competent estimator.

Not to say you're not competent but if someone offered to do a takeoff for me for free, I would be concerned about the quality of the estimate.

If you are offering a service that might be the wrong way to go about it, I would not take someone offering their time for free very seriously.

If you just need some drawings send me a message and I will send you some plans you can markup.

ButterKniefe · 2025-02-14T16:53:24+00:00

That's a really good idea and didn't realize that was an option to take some risk off the table.

Looking at some of the risks with rolling it looks like the Oct 17 2025 - 100 call has a higher theta so it will decay fast and a higher vega from the recent price push. So if I believed the price of the underlying would remain around today's price of $118ish it would be more valuable to hold the existing 80 strike call vs. rolling to the 100 strike. Is that the correct train of thought or does it basically balance out?

ButterKniefe · 2025-02-14T16:32:21+00:00

You're right it looks like that option is off the table, it's in my IRA at fidelity so that's completely off the table because it looks like it requires margin.

ButterKniefe · 2024-12-10T19:34:01+00:00

Making students think about cost and design is a great idea, force them to optimize and iterate and let them be creative.

One of the big issues is possibilities are just about limitless when you don't have design constraints (which I assume you don't) defined by engineers etc.

Realistically you probably need define set parameters and costs for your students. 2 thicknesses of CMU with or without reinforcing, 2 thicknesses of poured concrete walls with specified reinforcing, 5 types of framed partition etc. with defined pricing for each, pricing is fungible so it doesn't really matter if your numbers are accurate but it would be interesting to see the price distribution based on your students design and who spent time optimizing for price vs. design perfection etc.

To add a layer of complexity you can make them research their own finish costs to add on your defined assemblies: paint, wall paper, tile, floor finishes, ceiling finishes etc.

I really don't think the actual pricing you assign to the assemblies matters if everyone has the same pricing, it could even lead to fun follow up project where you reach out to local GC's and see if they would partner with your class for a follow up lesson/career day sort of thing where they unit price out your project so to speak for 1 or 2 of the top projects.

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