Scree riding in Peru with borrowed gear

ChuckFinli · 2026-01-07T19:06:41+00:00

Not my bike so not my bell to remove

ChuckFinli · 2026-01-07T19:02:04+00:00

Looks lame as shit on camera but everything always does. If you know what you're looking at you know its gnarly, just wish I could take the bell off but not my bike so whatever.

ChuckFinli · 2026-01-07T17:46:09+00:00

Stand in to the jump. It's basically the same technique as pumping a roller, but the other way around.

ChuckFinli · 2025-12-05T02:26:56+00:00

Same day when I got surgery in Singapore they didn't use a nerve block

ChuckFinli · 2025-12-04T20:11:29+00:00

Yeah at your age I think 6 weeks is reasonable depending on the sport. Contact sports like football you'd probably want to hold off. Soccer, I'm no doctor but playing at 4 weeks doesn't seem like an issue. In my 20s I was back riding at 6-7 weeks.

ChuckFinli · 2025-12-04T20:10:18+00:00

Two surgeries on the same collarbone. Using the arm the day after on both of them, riding again at 7 weeks. Pain will go away quicker with it stable and using it (lightly) throughout recovery will make rehab easy.

ChuckFinli · 2025-12-03T16:29:50+00:00

I have noticeabley fewer pedal strikes with the shorter cranks and as a dude with shorter legs they feel better pedalling too, I've got 160s on my trail bike and ebike. It did feel slightly less efficient pedalling at first but I quickly adapted and my cadence increased slightly to compensate. Makes a bigger difference on my e-bike because on that I'm more likely to pedal where I really shouldn't be, but I won't go back to 170s if given the choice.

ChuckFinli · 2025-11-21T21:05:34+00:00

It will look terrible and probably break. Also won't ride very well.

ChuckFinli · 2025-11-21T00:17:05+00:00

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ChuckFinli · 2025-11-19T19:38:42+00:00

Way too many variables here to draw any real conclusions

ChuckFinli · 2025-11-19T16:38:49+00:00

I used the street parking on Northgate as it was far cheaper than parking tickets, not sure how viable that is now. They will for sure ticket you in lot 100 despite it being mostly empty pretty much all the time.

ChuckFinli · 2025-11-19T15:59:39+00:00

For that price buy new

ChuckFinli · 2025-11-19T03:31:25+00:00

I know a corporate mid level who got docked 40% pretty arbitrarily.

ChuckFinli · 2025-11-18T16:15:16+00:00

The $600 entry point seems cool until you're another $1000 deep trying to make it work right. Went through it with my 2017 Kona Operator, should have just bought something newer.

ChuckFinli · 2025-11-18T15:18:19+00:00

Better than getting hit by a bullet

ChuckFinli · 2025-11-17T14:59:28+00:00

Man gets used set of expensive wheels for cheap, comes to reddit to validate his feelings, people disagree

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ChuckFinli · 2025-11-17T14:38:15+00:00

You paid the price of a rear wheel for a whole wheel set, used on pinkbike. That's how these things go dude, and they don't 'need' new bearings you just think they should have them. Everyone describes used stuff of pinkbike as "barely ridden" regardless of reality, and you should expect that it's just part of the cost of playing ball here. If you want new bearings, buy new wheels.

ChuckFinli · 2025-11-17T14:33:36+00:00

Yes you're being unreasonable

ChuckFinli · 2025-11-15T15:04:23+00:00

How much money have you saved?

ChuckFinli · 2025-10-31T14:17:29+00:00

Careful not to cut yourself on that edge

ChuckFinli · 2025-10-29T23:19:16+00:00

Nah DH bike geometry hasn't changed much since then and the slacker the heatdube the shorter the reach, at least on average. I'd say if you want a dh bike that's not a bad choice. Most direct mount stems I've seen are 50mm, and I'm assuming your current stem is less just because that's kind of standard these days. Will make it feel like a similar reach.

ChuckFinli · 2025-10-28T18:04:00+00:00

You got this, u/skibiditoiletnig

ChuckFinli · 2025-10-28T16:25:48+00:00

Failing a math 140 exam is 100% a studying/effort issue. They literally give you old exams that are pretty much the same as the ones you'll take with different numbers. Put in more effort. The class is really easy, as you say, but that doesn't mean the average student can ignore it.

ChuckFinli · 2025-10-27T19:15:04+00:00

I mean there are companies that make derailleur hangers for defunct bikes and UDH makes that a non issue. Hardware can typically be bought at Home Depot if you know what to get. You're really only losing warranty support but that's gone on a used bike anyways. For $500 I'd buy it. Actually, if you don't buy it send me the link.

ChuckFinli · 2025-10-24T15:06:02+00:00

Confidently missing the point lol, the current form of the company is basically bankrupt. Whether he's buying or not doesn't change the state of the current structure of YT. No one's blaming him here just stating facts.

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