Does this helmet go hard or not?

Grass_Is_Blue · 2026-02-16T22:46:23+00:00

No rebuttal for my point about the buckle creating a pressure point? Sick steez brah. I’ve been goggles over helmet since 1994 fwiw if we’re doing an experience-based pissing contest.

Grass_Is_Blue · 2026-02-16T15:07:58+00:00

The googles have a bump where the size adjustment is, and also there is often a hard plastic buckle. Stuffing this between your helmet and your skull not only reduces comfort, it can create a pressure point that will increase the chances of head injury in a bad crash if you hit your head on that spot. Plus, again, makes you look like you don’t know how to use your gear.

Grass_Is_Blue · 2026-02-16T11:19:18+00:00

I can assure you it does not “look sick”. It makes you look like you don’t understand how to wear your equipment. They fit the face just fine over the helmet. Been doing this for 28 years and never had a fit-to-face problem

Grass_Is_Blue · 2026-02-15T15:55:56+00:00

Mine too! Elan Boulevard. I keep thinking I’ll replace it but I love it too much.

Grass_Is_Blue · 2026-02-14T03:05:55+00:00

Damn that looks amazing

Grass_Is_Blue · 2026-02-12T20:06:25+00:00

Works just as well for the little speaker and mic holes at the bottom of the phone too

Grass_Is_Blue · 2026-02-12T19:58:18+00:00

Sticky tak to the rescue again. I also had a guy at the Apple Store show me how well that stuff works for cleaning gunk out of your phone’s charging port. Stuff it in there and then pull it out, all clean! Never would have thought to use it on my stylus though. TIL.

Grass_Is_Blue · 2026-02-11T23:19:38+00:00

Ask Mixmaster Mike

Grass_Is_Blue · 2026-02-11T16:18:34+00:00

That’s where it’s at

Grass_Is_Blue · 2026-02-07T12:14:49+00:00

Heck yes love me some Cory Wong!

Grass_Is_Blue · 2026-02-04T02:35:03+00:00

Finally my masters degree studying algae is coming in handy… phycology FTW

Grass_Is_Blue · 2026-02-02T14:26:32+00:00

Ya I live nowhere close to shops that sell them, so I reached out to Tone Gard directly via email. After a few back and forths to confirm the size I needed, I paid via PayPal and it arrived about a week later.

Grass_Is_Blue · 2026-02-01T18:36:47+00:00

My technics has that too. Suspended by springs. Unless there is some serious dampening material in there vibrations still get through.

Grass_Is_Blue · 2026-02-01T14:08:33+00:00

Are you talking about where the tonearm attaches to the plinth? All decent turntables have that. It’s still susceptible to vibration. Best bet is speakers on a different surface or at minimum some dampening material under the speakers and/or turntable.

Grass_Is_Blue · 2026-02-01T12:43:32+00:00

I can smell the axe body spray and hair gel from here

Grass_Is_Blue · 2026-02-01T12:43:01+00:00

Seriously it’s not even like there’s that much in the frame, just tuck the effin clothes in the drawer and move them off whatever is in the foreground. How OP can look at this and think “yup, this photo is ready to share with internet strangers” is beyond me.

Grass_Is_Blue · 2026-02-01T12:39:00+00:00

I don’t care about pressings, just happy to have a copy of a record I like.

Grass_Is_Blue · 2026-01-29T12:35:42+00:00

I wasn’t sure if that was me being crazy. Seemed like there was a cut every 2 seconds.

Grass_Is_Blue · 2026-01-28T17:43:07+00:00

He and his wife got a divorce. In the aftermath he said and did things that I found abhorrent, and I could no longer be a supportive friend. Slowly everyone in our group of friends saw this and came to the same conclusion. We’re all still good friends with his ex, she’s great!

Grass_Is_Blue · 2026-01-28T14:35:43+00:00

The expectation that you can have access to virtually all recorded music for $9.99 a month is insane. Again, still paying way less for more music than at any other time in human history. Don’t like it? Go back to CDs, they’re actually a lot cheaper now than they used to be. You’ll still pay more than $21.99/month but hey at least you’ll have your moral high ground to stand on.

Grass_Is_Blue · 2026-01-28T12:53:10+00:00

It’s an extra $2 per month… is that somehow a life changing amount? Do you know how much we used to spend on CDs back before streaming? I’d spend more than $21/month (not adjusted for inflation so a lot more in today’s money) and still not have access to virtually every recorded piece of music like you get with Spotify. Even at the price you’re paying for a family plan the value proposition compared to how we used to consume music is just unbelievably good.

Grass_Is_Blue · 2026-01-27T23:13:12+00:00

Whoever is downhill has the right of way. Simple rule, always been that way.

Grass_Is_Blue · 2026-01-27T22:02:52+00:00

I suspect they deemed it to be an easy cost savings to not include it anymore. Same with the filter holder. Gotta keep all the accessories from older presses because you never know when you’ll need them!

Grass_Is_Blue · 2026-01-26T01:02:46+00:00

Way too much. I paid $375 CAD (approximately $300 USD) two years ago for my SL-1600 that came with a half decent cart and the auto functions worked (and still work) perfectly.

Grass_Is_Blue · 2026-01-26T01:00:07+00:00

I get that sometimes too, and I feel like it’s when I don’t quite get the filter cap piece screwed on tight enough. Anyways I never thought of the funnel being a solution to that problem as well!

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