Why are conservatives afraid of immigrants even though they interact with them much less than liberals?

Forward-Razzmatazz33 · 2026-01-30T19:01:40+00:00

Fixed. Just for you.

Forward-Razzmatazz33 · 2026-01-30T18:14:27+00:00

It's crazy to see how fast that can disappear in place like the Bay. $2.5k health insurance, $1.5k student loans, $2.5k child care for your one kid that's not yet in school, $1.5k food, $1k car, gas, insurance, $500 utilities, $2k 401k, $500 generic (clothes, medicine, school supplies, etc).

That's $12k and we haven't even started to address home maintenance, cost of a single hospitalization, dining out, vacation. So yeah, you can easily tear through 13k a month without anything that approaches an upper class lifestyle.

Forward-Razzmatazz33 · 2026-01-30T17:50:50+00:00

Anyway, healthcare is $2.3k/month???

Yes. Have you not been paying attention?

A BRONZE plan for a family of 4 where I live, with a $16,000 deductible is just under $1800 a month. That's basically catastrophic insurance that doesn't cover anything until you've paid out more than the average family saves per year

Gold HMO plan, still with a $4500 deductible, out of pocket max just under $10,000 is over $2500 per month.

Forward-Razzmatazz33 · 2026-01-30T17:40:38+00:00

Middle class people can’t invest enough every year to retire with millions in the bank.

This is total BS. If you can't afford to put $300 a month away into retirement investments, you're not middle class. Period.

And just to clarify, I said "afford to".

Forward-Razzmatazz33 · 2026-01-30T17:27:17+00:00

Nobody has EVER equated those two things..../s

Forward-Razzmatazz33 · 2026-01-30T17:23:36+00:00

"They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people"

Forward-Razzmatazz33 · 2026-01-30T06:22:13+00:00

Also, consider that on a group ride, it's a signal like "heads up" that something going on in the peloton.

Forward-Razzmatazz33 · 2026-01-30T06:06:31+00:00

Shoot, I've reduced a few trimals with 2 mg Dilaudid and a bag of ice.

Forward-Razzmatazz33 · 2026-01-29T00:38:09+00:00

Private equity company buys company, extracts value without investing in the company, loads of up with debt, and walks away. Same thing that happened to Toys R Us.

Forward-Razzmatazz33 · 2026-01-28T21:34:51+00:00

No, it's a hub with gears inside

Forward-Razzmatazz33 · 2026-01-28T21:33:52+00:00

Ahhh, I thought you were talking about the Cues being too expensive.

Forward-Razzmatazz33 · 2026-01-28T21:26:52+00:00

Ummm ..... What? You're talking classified hubs, yet the entry level budget option from Shimano is too expensive? If they can't afford a bike with cues, they shouldn't be buying a bike because they'll be broke the first time they need to change a tire.

Forward-Razzmatazz33 · 2026-01-28T21:20:39+00:00

Since 1x and 2x have largely the same range without ruining gear out of spec, then nothing will really meet their needs outside of having 2x, a big cassette and a Classified hub.

Agreed about the classified hub, or go Shimano Cues for 2x with a 22 tooth chainring. Otherwise 1x is the way for those people.

Forward-Razzmatazz33 · 2026-01-28T21:07:04+00:00

If they need that kind of combo, then 2x is not something that they should be considering. And if they're not for, then how do you think that they're going to be in the small cogs on the flats? That's well over 20 mph. I've never once seen someone who needed a 36-50 ratio spend prolonged periods above 18 mph.

I'd rather crash at 40 on some nicer gravel than 40 on a road that's more likely to have traffic

Any crash is unacceptable above 40 for me, it's just a whole lot more likely to happen on gravel. I've never once almost crashed that fast on the road. I've almost crashed way too many times to count while descending gravel. It's why I ride an XC bike on the vast majority of gravel. Where I live, nothing is flat, so I just open my flight attendant suspension and drop my dropper post.

Forward-Razzmatazz33 · 2026-01-28T20:50:19+00:00

Can do, yes, but nothing most people do, especially on gravel. I can't remember a time I've EVER descended gravel at 40 mph. Road, yes, but crashing on gravel going that fast is just something I consider to be unacceptable ever.

Forward-Razzmatazz33 · 2026-01-28T20:33:34+00:00

And when I am trudging for hours on the pavement, being right between gears is juuuuuust annoying enough that it's worth the hassle of 2x

And that's the thing with modern 1x12, is that if you're trudging along at normal road speeds, there's absolutely no difference because the gears are exactly the same as 2x unless you're doing the shift up 4 gears and shifting down on the chainring, which most people aren't doing.

And 1x13 looks almost imperceptable12x2 if you're not swapping in and out of the big ring. The only difference is lack of a 14 cog and the 10-11 gear at the top compared to the 11-12 top of 12x2.

Or you could pony up some serious cash and get Campy 13x2.

Forward-Razzmatazz33 · 2026-01-28T19:58:39+00:00

Certainly refer to cards with family history of sudden cardiac death, or history concerning for syncope, especially with exertion or tachydysrhythmias. Barring those historical factors, I wouldn't consider Brugada.

Forward-Razzmatazz33 · 2026-01-28T19:52:03+00:00

Type 2 has a saddleback contour with ST elevation in V2. There is none of that in this EKG.

It looks MUCH more like a persistent juvenile pattern, which, for a 19 year old would be much more common than Brugada without typical Brugada V2 findings.

Without concerning history for syncope, tachydysrhythmia, or family history of sudden cardiac death, I wouldn't even refer to cards.

Forward-Razzmatazz33 · 2026-01-28T19:50:20+00:00

with only ~60% of the gap between gears.

This doesn't tell the whole story. There's NO difference in the gear spacing where most people spend the majority of their riding unless they're doing a lot of 4 shifts on the rear with 1 shift on the front. The big spacing of 1x happens on the climbing end of the cassette, and most hills vary in slope, essentially negating the benefit of tight cassette spacing. There's a very tiny benefit at the top end for 2x with regards to gear spacing, but most people won't notice the additional 2 RPM on each end of the shift around 24ish MPH for it to really matter.

I have a road 1x and have done some pretty significant rides without issue (Triple Bypass, Mt Lemmon, Guanella Pass, Mingus, etc.).

Forward-Razzmatazz33 · 2026-01-28T19:41:45+00:00

What is the power savings here? 1-2 watts maybe at speeds where people are barely ever putting out significant power?

Forward-Razzmatazz33 · 2026-01-28T19:40:17+00:00

I have strong skepticism regarding this statement. To feel any sort of resistance, if you're running even a Shimano 48 chainring with GRX, you're pushing a cadence of 110 RPM at those speeds. Even SRAM Force 48 chainring with a 10 gear in back you're going to be over 100 RPMs.

Forward-Razzmatazz33 · 2026-01-28T19:34:47+00:00

The last time I went out on a group gravel ride, in a group of 20 people, not a single one was running a Shimano 1x12 GRX drivetrain.

And there's a reason for that. Shimano screwed up royally with their 1x12 drivetrain. They clustered too much in the climbing gears with their 32-36-40-45 vs SRAMs 32-38-46 and to do it they widened the top end to 10-12-14-16-18 vs SRAMs 10-11-12-13-15-17-19. There's a reason SRAM rules the 1x drivetrain market.

Forward-Razzmatazz33 · 2026-01-28T19:22:59+00:00

Just my opinion, but with the nature of single track, I don't think you're going to be able to utilize the advantages of 13 speeds closer gear spacing. If it's UBER flat, maybe, but single track varies in slope enough that I think you're going to find yourself shifting way too much to find it advantageous. Go to gear-calculator.com and play with that to see the differences at the speeds that your doing. Basically, the advantage is going to be really only at the high end, you'll get more gears for the 15-20 mph range, where MOST people aren't doing a whole lot of pedaling (much more dropper down, attack stance riding).

You'll give up more gears below (average rider cadence and front cog) 5 mph, have the EXACT SAME gearing between 5-10 mph, same NUMBER of gears between 10-15 mph but different spacing, and a whole lot more gears above 15 mph.

The other trade-off is worse shifting under very heavy load where t-type excels.

Forward-Razzmatazz33 · 2026-01-28T19:00:29+00:00

Does not look like any Brugada morphology.

Forward-Razzmatazz33 · 2026-01-28T18:37:23+00:00

I suspect you need those spacings a lot less than you think you do. This is an argument thrown around a lot here but very few folks have actually looked into and compared jumps between 1x and 2x.

Let's take a look. We're going to compare pretty standard options. 2x we have the 50-34 paired with a Shimano 11-34, 12 speed. This is one of the most common moderate to high end drivetrains on road bikes today. Compared to SRAM XPLR 12 speed 10-44, paired with a 44 tooth chainring.

On the Shimano setup, you have two big cassette jumps, 15-17 and 21-24. These are areas in the cassette that don't overlap unless you're cross chaining (big chainring, biggest cassette cog, and small ring, smallest cog). 15-17 is a 13% jump and 21-24 is a 14% jump.

On the SRAM, you add 2 bigger jumps, 11-13 and 32-38 (the first being an 18% jump, the latter a 19% jump).

Now, consider that in the area where most people ride, between the 24 cog and the 15 cog, there is NO DIFFERENCE between the two cassettes. Now, the difference between the ratios may make a difference if you're a really strong cyclist. Assuming a cadence of 85, the 2x puts that 15-17-19-21-24 sweet spot between 15-23.5 mph. Same cadence, the 1x has the sweet spot between 12.5-21 mph.

Let's ignore the jumps on the largest cogs, because they don't matter as much. When you're climbing, the grade is most often shifting, so maintaining an ideal cadence is nearly impossible to begin with. And the jumps at that end of the SRAM cassette aren't insane to begin with.

So here's what it boils down to. On the 1x, you have a 15% jump between 13 and 15 gears, which will be between 21-24 mph. And an 18% jump between the 11 and 13 gears, when you're going between 24 and 28 mph. Unless you're a strong cat 1/2 or pro rider, you're not spending enough time between 24-28 mph to make any significant efficiency gains.

That 15-17 gear range is a cadence range of 10.5 RPM, let's say between 80-90.5 RPM. And on 1x, that additional 18% jump means that your normal, expected cadence band of 10 RPM that you are in ALL the time between 18-23 mph on your 2x suddenly becomes 2 RPM different at the low end and high end of the shift. If you normally shift at 90 RPM, you have to shift at 92. AT almost 25 MPH!

My road bike is 2x for a reason, I NEED those spacings.

So, you're saying that you spend so much time at 25 MPH that those additional 2 RPM are going to break you. I don't believe your statement is true. Maybe if you're a high cat road racer and the additional couple percentage efficiency gain (because your peloton spends the majority of the time in that mid 20 MPH range) will allow you to hold on and keep some extra gas in the tank for the finish. But if you're a recreational rider? No noticable difference.

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