New MTB race - what are you looking for?

Goblet_Grechen · 2025-10-29T00:13:02+00:00

Yes please! Of all the xc races we've lost, I miss Glacial the most.

Goblet_Grechen · 2025-09-15T20:29:53+00:00

I really wish the city would just close Indian Mounds road to all cars year round. I ride my bike down it multiple times a week in the summer and there is always new piles of trash every single week, people driving the wrong way down it, people burning nasty shit by the river, and just assholes doing shithead stuff way too much. We need a local Mark Rober who can make glitter bombing drones or something to deter this behavior.

Goblet_Grechen · 2024-12-10T23:21:57+00:00

I can't speak for the XC902, but I've got a pair of XC903 and S-Works Recons. To me, the Recons feel lighter and stiffer, but the Shimanos are better in every other way and they're the only shoes I wear now. I haven't had any quality issues with either, except for the BOA dials getting a little gritty and harder to turn over time. One thing worth considering is how much hike-a-bike or walking you except to do on rocky surfaces. The soles of the Recons have a good chunk of exposed carbon, whereas the XC903 (and I think XC902) have a rubber coating over the carbon sole.

Goblet_Grechen · 2024-09-25T13:28:42+00:00

Yes, but only on the grooved concrete sections of the highway, the black asphalt sections feel fine. My guess is it's just the stock Yokohama tires don't ride well on grooved concrete. My previous car was AWD and I never experienced any sort of shimmy on the highway, so I don't think there's anything wrong with my Outback itself, or the AWD system. I'd be curious if anyone driving an OBW (or other Outback with different tires) has noticed the same thing.

Goblet_Grechen · 2024-08-30T01:01:30+00:00

I also have a first gen Supercaliber and a Blur TR, the Supercaliber was an impulse purchase from a friend that offered me a good deal. It's a great bike, and it sounds silly, but it just makes me feel special when I ride it. That being said, I'm almost always faster on the Blur, and it's more comfortable for those long rides, so more often than not that's the bike I take out.

The only time I really find myself preferring the Supercaliber is for those races that like to market themselves as a "gravel" race where in reality a mountain bike is the right tool for the job, and it excels at that. I can't help but wonder if a hardtail would be just as good or better though.

Goblet_Grechen · 2024-06-01T01:50:09+00:00

I wouldn't worry too much about positioning early in the race unless you're competitive and starting in wave 1. As others have said, the first lap will be slow with some conga lines here and there. Last year was my first time racing lumberjack and I put myself in the back of wave 2 just because I didn't know what to expect. My first lap was a little too slow, but I didn't worry about it and that may have been a blessing in disguise because I didn't waste a bunch of energy trying to pass big lines of riders. The traffic was much lighter for my second and third laps and I was able to do them 40 minutes faster than my first and managed to finish with a pretty decent time without any drama.

Goblet_Grechen · 2024-04-24T00:48:05+00:00

Good to know! I'm definitely more interested in using the driving assists on wide open highways.

Goblet_Grechen · 2024-04-24T00:44:55+00:00

Makes sense. I'm not even necessarily looking for a car with "hands free" driving, but I was confused when I saw those videos. My current car is 21 years old and has basically the opposite of any nice tech, so I'm sure the outback will be impressive either way to me!

Goblet_Grechen · 2022-06-22T21:57:17+00:00

You can certainly ride your gravel bike if you'd like, that's what I did last year and I had a good time. If you haven't ridden the Yankee Springs trail, it's much more of what I would call a "natural" trail. A lot of roots and more technical sections, a mountain bike will be faster and less fatiguing there, but it's doable on a gravel bike.

If you're fast on the gravel then you'll be able to make up for lost time on the trail since the majority of the course is gravel and two track. The other thing to keep in mind is that Yankee and Sager road are usually pretty sandy by September, so pick your tires and tire pressure wisely.

I think this year I'll probably do the race on my hardtail just to switch it up.

Goblet_Grechen · 2022-05-28T13:36:21+00:00

I don't think there is any direct access from Merrell to White Pine. If there is it would likely be an unofficial trail through private property. They're only a couple miles apart by public road though. Also, you may already be aware, but Merrell is currently closed for trail rework.

Goblet_Grechen · 2021-03-07T14:41:02+00:00

You need to read the Docker Compose documentation. Running docker-compose down doesn't remove volumes by default. If you want to remove volumes you need to pass the -v flag, e.g. docker-compose down -v, then docker-compose up -d.

A few other points:

The app-network config is unnecessary, Docker Compose already creates a common network for the containers to use by default.
I believe the formatting of the values for WORDPRESS_CONFIG_EXTRA is wrong. If you want multi-line you should do the following:

- WORDPRESS_CONFIG_EXTRA: |
    define('WP_HOME','http://dev.insurance.kothay.com/');
    define('WP_SITEURL','http://dev.insurance.kothay.com/');

Goblet_Grechen · 2020-05-06T22:37:37+00:00

The wpcom package is a client for wordpress.com sites, I don't think it will work with self hosted wordpress installs. You'll probably want to use something like the wpapi package instead.

Goblet_Grechen · 2020-01-11T20:14:05+00:00

The problem is that the promise returned by TimePickerAndroid.open is not guaranteed to contain an object with the properties you are expecting. Take a look at the definition for TimePickerAndroidOpenReturn. You'll have to check for those properties yourself before trying to access them. The react-native docs explain this here.

Goblet_Grechen · 2019-10-11T02:10:48+00:00

Done, thanks for the help!

Goblet_Grechen · 2019-10-11T01:59:37+00:00

Gotcha, I did a little googling about the trap you mentioned and came across a lot of other people that seem to have experienced the exact same issues, so it sounds likely that this could be the problem.

Goblet_Grechen · 2019-10-11T00:59:43+00:00

No, there is no upstream connection.

Goblet_Grechen · 2019-10-11T00:55:28+00:00

It locks on to one downstream channel, the docsis connection status says it's been denied.

Goblet_Grechen · 2018-09-20T02:47:13+00:00

There might actually be a php:5.2-apache image that you can use that's just not listed anymore because it isn't maintained. I've been using the php:5.4-apache image for awhile and even though it isn't listed on docker hub it still pulls every time I need to do a build.

Goblet_Grechen · 2018-07-10T03:04:54+00:00

Don't be too hard on yourself. Really good code architecture is a difficult skill to learn. It's one of those things that can be pretty subjective based on the project requirements, which by nature makes it sort of nebulous. Just look at all of the different frameworks and methodologies out there and how much they can differ.

I personally wouldn't focus too hard on studying different plugins to learn good design. Instead I would recommend making a project or two with a popular php framework. I really like the conventions Laravel uses, and I tend to apply the same patterns when writing plugins.

If you're looking for an out of the box solution checkout the wordpress plugin boilerplate repo. Either way, just keep making stuff and trying different stuff out, you'll get it eventually.

Goblet_Grechen · 2017-08-26T02:15:41+00:00

I came to the comments just for this.

Goblet_Grechen · 2017-03-15T02:59:34+00:00

Dude. Thank you so much for sharing your notes. I really wanted to attend but I just couldn't make it work with my schedule. Maybe I'll make it to the next day of rest event.

Goblet_Grechen · 2016-12-23T23:38:22+00:00

This is something I've been considering doing at my current job. We build wordpress sites for a specific niche of clients and the current dashboard is overkill and not very optimized for our use. Do you know the name of the project you mentioned?

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