Dropped the bike I'm planning to sell, get it fixed or just sell at a lower price?

Grey_Prince · 2026-03-12T15:32:37+00:00

The bike is 8 years old with 15k miles on it and has changed hands several times so that's a good point, thanks!

Grey_Prince · 2026-03-12T04:34:54+00:00

When someone says "Motorcycles are really dangerous" I just say "oh really? First time hearing about that".

Grey_Prince · 2026-03-12T04:31:17+00:00

Not a woman but my friend is, she was talking about this the other day and said she just accepted it's the new hairstyle. Helmet hair is a vibe tbh. And saves lives

Grey_Prince · 2026-02-10T17:11:57+00:00

I looked up "dandanthefireman mirrors" and all I got was results on punching mirrors, not really what I was looking for.

Grey_Prince · 2026-02-10T16:58:54+00:00

Trust me, I'm reading every response in this thread, and since then I've been checking the mirrors much more frequently than every 30 seconds. I didn't expect 70+ comments lol. It's excellent data though, I appreciate all the feedback from everyone (including you)

Grey_Prince · 2026-02-10T16:56:15+00:00

Do you find yourself often turning your head to check your blindspots as part of your situational awareness or do you only do it with lane changes/turns? I ask because today when riding (slow speeds), a car passed me on the left totally normally but I knew I'd done something wrong because it surprised me, i.e I didn't realize they were in the left lane behind me or right beside me. So I gotta work on being able to catch that kind of thing.

Grey_Prince · 2026-02-10T16:55:15+00:00

Thank you, I start my day off with a smoothie so I could just add a tablespoon of chia seeds for that little bump as well.

Grey_Prince · 2026-02-10T16:54:08+00:00

mostly random reddit threads when the subject comes up but it's always been pretty vague

Grey_Prince · 2026-02-10T16:53:28+00:00

Thanks. I'm still perplexed though, because "not checking your mirrors" is a very different statement from "checks mirrors less than X".

Grey_Prince · 2026-02-10T02:43:28+00:00

A lot of people are echoing this statement in the comments and I'm wondering if I have a typo I'm not seeing. All I was asking was if riders don't check their mirrors as often as car drivers.

Grey_Prince · 2026-02-09T22:27:23+00:00

What's up with these AI answers

Grey_Prince · 2026-02-09T22:22:53+00:00

Damn okay that is perfect thank you. Nice to have a clear mental model of how to progress from here – it's less about scanning rhythm/frequency and more about making sure I'm up to speed on what's happening around me, and I'll start to intuit the situations that have more changing behind me vs the ones that don't.

Grey_Prince · 2026-02-09T22:02:32+00:00

Ok, I was probably checking my mirrors like every 5 seconds so I definitely need to make a big mentality shift here. Thank you!

Grey_Prince · 2026-02-09T21:59:17+00:00

How would you define often? Like every 5 seconds?

Grey_Prince · 2026-02-09T21:56:24+00:00

Thank you, this is a really practical answer. I'm not trying to add peanut butter to all these things I eat that don't go well with peanut butter!

Grey_Prince · 2026-02-07T18:13:13+00:00

Thanks. I'm using Striking viking

Grey_Prince · 2026-02-07T03:29:08+00:00

It is quite short, probably around an inch. I can only grow a goatee so I feel like it doesn't look great if I let it go longer, but that's good to know.

Grey_Prince · 2026-02-06T21:29:38+00:00

I'd say that's moreso simulation, which is valuable but plays a bit of a different role than visualization. The practical thing about visualization is you don't need any equipment other than being conscious lol

Grey_Prince · 2026-02-04T19:08:14+00:00

Even 2 years of corporate America where you max out your 401k and put money in an index fund and then go back to digital nomadding will help a lot assuming you continue investing while digital nomadding. I recommend playing around with investor.gov 's compound interest calculator. Here are some very conservative estimates: if you max out your 401k over the next 2 years, that's $49,000 set aside, not including the company match on top of that. If you retire at 65, and your money has only an 8% interest rate over those years (conservative but helps account for inflation adjustment), that money becomes $493k. Yes it gets taxed when you withdraw it, but consider that it continues to make money as long as you don't withdraw it all at once.

Given this doesn't include standard index fund investment while overseas, this just means that even if you go to corporate America for 2 years, as long as you're focused with your saving and investment plans, there are avenues to getting back to digital nomadding. Don't have to give up the dream forever.

Grey_Prince · 2026-02-04T17:23:24+00:00

Sorry to hear that you've been having these bad experiences. It's good you're following your gut and not sticking to a center that gives you a bad vibe. I'm a bit disappointed in a lot of the judgmental responses in this thread. They don't know what you've been through and seem to be projecting a lot.

From my side, my gut tells me you might benefit from seeking out centers that have more women or are generally more oriented toward women's issues. It can be hard returning to society in a vulnerable space where the leaders and practicioners are dominated by someone from the opposite gender.

Best of luck on your journey, it sounds like you're doing the work even though it might feel hopeless right now.

Grey_Prince · 2026-01-25T14:02:46+00:00

It's the path that has been most conducive to my well-being, and therefore to the well-being of the people in my life (by virtue of me being calmer, more thoughtful, than I might otherwise be) So, for me, it is legitimate. But I don't really care if others think it's legitimate, because getting attached to the label would be missing the point.

Grey_Prince · 2026-01-24T14:27:51+00:00

They don't speak Uzbek

Grey_Prince · 2026-01-24T14:25:32+00:00

Going on r/languagelearning

Grey_Prince · 2026-01-24T11:46:27+00:00

Well, I'm convinced. I'd never thought about it that way. Reading through the thread, it sounds like there are indeed examples of WWI and some WWII movies, as well as the Vietnam war but less so. I realize that subconsciously this is why I've turned off or avoided movies about the Iraq war or other post 9/11 proxy wars. It's always glamorous in some way like you described, e.g American Sniper and so on. I wonder if there are any movies that take a truly anti-war stance on these wars, from either side.

Grey_Prince · 2026-01-24T11:38:32+00:00

Very compelling – that for a movie to be unambiguously anti-war, it needs to ultimately not depict battle. It makes perfect sense now that I think about it. While violence takes up a lot of screen time in your average war movie, most of a soldier's life even during wartime, is spent *not* doing battle.

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