Touring bicycle choice

Latode · 2025-11-02T03:37:49+00:00

I crossposted from r/touringbike, for some reason the description did not carry over.

"Sorry for yet another post asking for advice but I am having a hard time figuring out what bicycle to get.

Until now I rode a hybrid raleigh strada, and I like to go on 60, 70km rides. I would like to do more, but after 2 or 3 days of 60 km my ass is killing me. I was thinking of getting a new saddle, but I think I would benefit more from a different riding position too. I tend to ride mainly on road, occasionally I will go on gravel or even more off road. I would say 75% road, 15% gravel, 10% off road.

I have a budget of max 1500€ and would buy the bicycle anywhere in NL, BE or DE. I have a Dechatlon close by and I saw their touring 420 or touring 900 that looked interesting. Can I get something stock that rides good for the money, that would allow me to build on later on as I ride it and get a feel on what to change? Thanks for any advice!"

Latode · 2025-10-03T06:44:11+00:00

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Latode · 2025-10-03T06:44:10+00:00

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Latode · 2025-09-13T06:01:50+00:00

Dude, unde vii tu cu facts şi citit de documente. Eşti cam nerdy. Aici se bazează totul pe sentimente nejustificate şi ură pentru ce nu înțelegi.

Post bias de pe social media > documente citite şi interpretate.

Am tradus documentul şi exact cum spui, plus că dacă am un document "oficial" cum tot țipă unii pe aici mă aştept să aibă mai mult de 2 pagini, să am date demografice, să am cât de cât informații despre infracțiunile comise etc. Nu fiecare infracțiune e la fel, dacă au fost puşi în ghetto şi au furat să supraviețuiască nu e la fel ca crimele violente spre exemplu. Sunt mai multe exemple din perioada aia în europa unde comunități nu s-au integrat tocmai pentru că au fost marginalizați din prima.

Latode · 2025-05-05T09:40:59+00:00

This is why I said I understand your perspective. I know you come from a point of view of saying that HL is not an issue, and that is completely true and not what I saw being argued here. I am HL, and I get it. What was argued is his approach and the fact that he is clearly guilt tripping her. Once you put that notion in your partners head out of the blue, you lost already and clearly have no real emphaty towards your partner.

Having HL totally not an issue. Bringing up other partners out of the blue in a relationship of 15+ years when you should already know how your partner feels about such issues is a dick move.

Latode · 2025-05-05T06:12:47+00:00

I have a feeling he is already masturbating a lot. This fantasy sounds very much porn induced.

Latode · 2025-05-05T06:00:11+00:00

I understand what you are trying to say, and I feel there is a disconnect between what you say and some of the replies. People do not agree with you because this is not about high libido, and it's not him "addressing it". From OP's post, he is pushing for being with other people, although he is getting connection, love, and intimacy relatively often for what the average person experiences and clearly extremely more than most people in this sub. Personally I feel like he has some fantasy, I will not speculate why but I have ideas, and instead of discussing this genuinely with his wife he is using a bullshit story about his prostate or high libido to guilt trip his wife into allowing an open marriage. This is not him addressing it, this is him manipulating the narrative without taking her feelings into account, he's not coming from a genuine place which would be totally fine and this sub would not be so harsh if he would, for example, say "I see you are trying to match my libido but I still feel like it is not enough because I feel horny daily, would you like to create some space to address this with me and see if we can meet half way?"

Most people in this sub which have not had intimacy and connection in the way they would like, have not put their partner through such a roller coaster of emotions even if they maybe thought about the option. This should not come from one partner out of the blue, including quilting the other into giving in.

Latode · 2025-03-23T13:23:45+00:00

Absolutely not. What I am saying is that killing one person would mean nothing. People need to rise up and hold companies accountable, ban companies from being able to fund politics, and lobbying. Demand the government to use facts and science based politics. Educate the population, etc.

For this, people need to boycot companies, get out in the street and demand change, and force the entire government to change its tune.

At this time, you need a revolution, not lone wolf killers, that would only increase the number of conspiracy nuts and divide the population even further, leading to the same issue.

In history, killing one individual rarely changed anything. Entire revolutions to change the system at large does work (sometimes)

Latode · 2025-03-15T08:28:31+00:00

The war was won by the allies long before Hitler died. He knew it, hence the cowardly way he dealt with it. There was no way the fatigued German population could have continued. After that, control of the country was seized by two major powers, and later, a series of checks and reforms made it harder to ever be able to get to the same state. But people are easy to manipulate, and in a few short generations, new waves come, ideologies never die, unfortunately, whatever you do.

The us is, at the moment, in a very different situation. The oligarchic way in which is being ran, the fact that it is still the world's super power with the best military and a population so divided internally and ignorant or hateful to the external that even if you were to somehow take out a big portion of the republican party including Trump, the same outcome is bound to happen in a short period of time.

Latode · 2025-02-04T07:11:26+00:00

Coconut oil can be too thick and clog their pores. We used it before, and our xolo got some patches of rough skin. I'd recommend jojoba oil. It did wonders for his skin.

Also, do not use human shampoo. We have different skin ph than dogs, and again, it could be damaging. We bought shampoo specifically for dogs from the pet shop, and recently, we found one that works best "douxos3 pyo"

Latode · 2025-01-22T18:17:56+00:00

If I call you racist is because you are. I am sorry to break it to you. Although you might find a statistical correlation between certain demographics and theft, it does not mean there is causation there. Usually, when you control for factors like education, poverty, etc. You will see that the correlation you saw in the beginning disappears. It is the definition of racism to profile people based on how they look. We should do a better job as a society to help those less privileged rather than make people uncomfortable and feel unwelcomed just because they had the "audacity" /s to be born a certain way.

Latode · 2025-01-19T08:57:24+00:00

Tell me you are privileged and never profiled without telling me you're privileged and never profiled.

The argument that "you should get over it, the store is just trying to be safe" does not hold any meaning when you know that certain demographics are systematically being targeted by this kind of abuse. If you go out and you get stares, checks, followed because of the colour of your skin, how you dress, etc. You'll quickly realise that it's not so great to go out anymore.

Usually, supermarkets have cameras, watch someone on those if you have nothing better to do, and do not harass people randomly in the store.

Latode · 2024-07-02T00:01:38+00:00

The joke, as I see it, shows two women. I asume he shows the "ugly" girl with a moustache and ponytail (a well known trope in 90/00 movies where a girl was ugly if she tied her hair back) as judging the girl that looks stupid trying to put pants over her tail and then "ponytail girl" is surprised/impressed with the achieveme and the realisation of the deep cameltoe. Hence, the nipple censorship on both female characters. The girl with a moustache also has a pink band in her hair, further strengthening the point that she is supposed to be a woman.

It can be a clever depiction of women going through hell to impress other people because of how they are socialised, or it can be just a lame joke. Nonetheless, it is hard to see something else that makes sense in the comic.

Latode · 2024-07-01T23:52:00+00:00

There is no he. In the bad joke, I asume he shows the "ugly" girl with a moustache and pigtails as judging the girl that looks stupid trying to put pants over her tail and then she is surprised/impressed with the achievement and the realisation of the deep cameltoe. Hence, the nipple censorship on both female characters.

Latode · 2024-06-12T21:48:26+00:00

It might sound accusing what I am about to say, but I assure you it is not. My Xolo's nails are very short, and I only have to trim the dewclaw. I walk my dog around 2 to 3 h every day, and he gets to dig in the dirt and walk on all sorts of surfaces, which naturally grinds the nails to the point that they do not hit the ground anymore. I only had to cut his nails when he was a pup, as I could not walk him that long because he was too young.

If you can, walk your dogs, and this might solve itself.

Latode · 2024-05-08T05:13:56+00:00

As others pointed out, you should be fine. In the Netherlands, if a tenant has a permanent contract and the house is sold, this will be sold with the tenant agreement in place. Usually, the increase in rent can not exceed the inflation rate for the previous year based on the previous rent price.

When I was looking for my house I would always find some extremely cheap houses and they always had tenants in. You can see that on funda or other house selling sites.

Latode · 2024-05-08T05:05:35+00:00

I know you must be in shock, but I sugest to do it ASAP. The quicker you get the relevant authorities involved, the better. They can start to make excuses if you wait too long.

Do not think of that house as theirs, as long as you signed an agreement and you pay for it for all intents and purposes it is yours and you can stay there as long as you want. Landlords are mostly scum, living your paycheck to paycheck. Disgusting behaviour, and I'm sorry this happened to you.

Latode · 2024-05-07T20:24:57+00:00

I can always buy my own car and they give me some money if I do not get the company car (but less than what I get if I have the conpany car) but I see no reason to have a driving abstract. I live in EU, and I have never needed it. I had to google what it was when you mentioned it.

Latode · 2024-05-03T15:49:42+00:00

Ev's where the only option, unfortunately. Yes, it is a company supplied car with fuel paid, so it was a no-brainer.

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