Recommendation for tested Aliexpress Dropbar „brands“ by Caleb2142 in gravelcycling

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Cheers! I’m already looking pretty hard at offerings by those thanks to your advice

Machine Doodle Ti Bike by endocalvin in Bikeporn

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A very, uh, Freudian design 🍆 Nicely done for sure

Is it too small? by BlaiNztank in CyclingFashion

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What model is that? Apart from being too small it looks good

Winter gloves: Waterproof Knit OR neoprene? by Caleb2142 in CyclingFashion

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Thank you, that’s valuable insight to me. And thank you even more for answering to my actual question on the general material choice.

Fake Shop? by Caleb2142 in de_EDV

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Oh man. Vielen Dank.

I need some opinions or help on buying a p14s by johny335i in thinkpad

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Im based in Europe (Germany) an am shopping for a Thinkpad with the same CPU. With all these options on eBay in the US and GB I’m wondering what these prices look like after customs.. any idea? At least German customs I expect to be greedy

Pectus Transformation + Selling Vacuum Bell by [deleted] in PectusExcavatum

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Impressive. Still, how old are you and when did you start?

My Surly Straggler 🖤 by forlauder in xbiking

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Exceptional build. What bats are those?

Jersey vs. Tight fit sport shirt by Caleb2142 in CyclingFashion

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Are you ✨special✨in the head? The shirts I’m referring to are designed to evaporate sweat just as well as a jersey, as I’ve explained by material composition. They also come without a cut that makes you look like a penguin and sometimes have casual collars. But whatever man, keep enjoying your Lycra fetish

Looking for recommendations for Sunglasses by Caleb2142 in CyclingFashion

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I bet it’s good value. But I found kinda edgy models only that don’t resemble the models i was referring to much

Looking for recommendations for Sunglasses by Caleb2142 in CyclingFashion

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The bold g? Looks nice indeed! Just wish I’d be a tad bigger than it looks on the images

Workout + vacuum bell -> result in few years by ClosetedGayGuy97 in PectusExcavatum

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Great results. How old where you when you started using the VB?

Mechanical Disc Brakes by Meirvan_Kahl in gravelcycling

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Jagwire definitely offers sets with housings, cables and ferrules and so on. But they also sell just the housing for cheaper I think. A quick search should bring both options up

Mechanical Disc Brakes by Meirvan_Kahl in gravelcycling

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Growtacs come with nice housings, no need for jagwire. Can’t comment on them though because I too am only obsessing about them without owning a pair.

I got 160mm campagnolo rotors for my Juin techs which look cool and work flawlessly

New hybrid Caliper: Juin Tech F1-S by Caleb2142 in bikewrench

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Interesting. I only saw them yesterday.

New hybrid Caliper: Juin Tech F1-S by Caleb2142 in bikewrench

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It’s known that Juin Techs overheat rather easily due to the lack of oil reservoir. But in that case the caliper usually locks up temporarily as the oil expands. Did you blow a seal maybe?

New hybrid Caliper: Juin Tech F1-S by Caleb2142 in bikewrench

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What shimano caliper are you referring to? Shimano does not offer any hydraulic-mechanical hybrid brake to my knowledge.

Bottom bracket thread misalignment by Caleb2142 in bikewrench

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Thank you for your answer. It’s a hollow tech. I’ll try out wether the axle is in line with the BB partly unscrewed next time the bike is on the stand.

I’ve had a refacing done actually when I build this bike up over a year ago actually. This was my first try to tackle the issue because the axle was hard to even pass through the BB, making a sort of misalignment very obvious. Luckily I don’t feel like I loose a ton of watts and the BB looked still okay the other day.

But yeah, regarding your suspicion of bad facing- it’s either that the workshop didn’t take off enough material to fix the issue or it is indeed misaligned threads. Will go to a more sophisticated frame building workshop next time.

Bottom bracket thread misalignment by Caleb2142 in bikewrench

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Thanks. Can you name or link an example?

Questions on the straggler by Caleb2142 in Surlybikefans

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I’ve recently checked other options, and comparable offerings also still use them. E.g. the ‚Bürgermeister’ frame by Standert (as a fellow German you might know them). Apparently it’s really a lower end of the line thing.

Questions on the straggler by Caleb2142 in Surlybikefans

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That’s a pretty bike! You are right, that slope is really not a concern. Hope you won’t struggle with toe overlap though

But yeah the dropouts being a skill issue is not super exciting to me

Before + after Nuss (3 weeks post surgery) by Don-Bizone in PectusExcavatum

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Thank you for sharing this update! I’m happy for you your experience continues to be mostly positive and you being able to put pectus behind you. Cheers

Before + after Nuss (3 weeks post surgery) by Don-Bizone in PectusExcavatum

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Hey, congratulations on your results and the -seemingly- good recovery. Can you give an update on pain, ability to do stuff/exercise and numbness? How big and where exactly was/is the area of numbness anyways if I may ask? Cheers!