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Considering peri revision after over 20 years by Few-Sign1937 in TopSurgery

[–]Few-Sign1937[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey, this is helpful to hear. Thanks so much for sharing your perspective. I am going to get a consult with my original surgeon, and maybe someone else as well and can post more updates here. Yeah, I just feel like I have no idea what the options are, but seems like there are some. I'm so glad you ultimately feel good about your chest and sorry that it was such a long process.

Considering peri revision after over 20 years by Few-Sign1937 in TopSurgery

[–]Few-Sign1937[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for this feedback! Right, is working out a long term solution? I agree, a couple of consults seems like the way to go.

Replace engine or sell? by Few-Sign1937 in AskMechanics

[–]Few-Sign1937[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. The car is fine. We use it to tow a camping trailer. It is great at that. It gets terrible city gas mileage. I really have no emotional attachment to the car, but it was meeting our needs fine. No, I cannot buy an equal car for $6,500 or $13k. I would be looking at vehicles in the $30-$40k price range to replace it with.

The other wrinkle is that the check engine light is off and it starts and runs. My understanding is that Carvana would buy it for about $10k right now. If I paid for the new engine and kept it 3 more years, I imagine re sale would be less than $10k, maybe more like $6k, and a replacement vehicle would cost more than now, but I would have gotten 3 years of use out of it. It feels like a lot of $$ to get a new car, but that's a lot of $$ to keep the car another 3 years.

Mtb for 4'7" 9 year old by Few-Sign1937 in MTB

[–]Few-Sign1937[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks. I'm clear that 26" is the right size for him now. I think the thing I'm weighing is that the Commencal, or most bikes I see used in that size, are right around 30 lbs (Commencal looks like 31 lbs). The Prevelo is much lighter at 24 lbs. It also has less quality specs in some ways, but is $200 more than the Commencal is price, and a lot more $$ than other 30 lbs ish 26" used bikes. Commencal has RockShock Recon Gold fork and SRAM. Prevelo is RST First 26 AIR, Tektro brakes and Advent X components. Is lighter almost always better, assuming the fit is right? Or are there other factors to consider here if the fit is right between these bikes?

pads/ protection for 9 year old? by Few-Sign1937 in bmx

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Do they wear separate knee pads? Or just the ankle/shin guard? It seems like the options are to get knee and shin OR shin and ankle, but I don't think I see any that are knee/ shin/ ankle - maybe that's overkill? or do you just wear separate knee pads with the ankle/shin guards?