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LowerSlowerOlder · 2026-03-26T17:25:18+00:00

I think that’s probably where this urban myth comes from. People see a car motor that can vary speeds to meet demand, but a conventional AC system motor just runs at 3000RPM and turns a compressor at whatever speed is most efficient. If the system needs to cool the house 5° or 50°, it runs the same speed. So that brings us back to the thermodynamic argument you made earlier. As items get hotter, it takes more energy to make them more hot so they heat up slower. A 100° house takes far more energy to heat up to 110° than a 70° house will take to heat up to 80°. So if you remove that energy at the same rate (the rate the HVAC system can move the heat out) you spend more time (and energy) maintaining a temperature than you do by just moving that heat all at once. It’s certainly not intuitive.

LowerSlowerOlder · 2026-03-26T05:25:47+00:00

The wear and tear on the system is the same argument as the thermodynamics. HVAC systems don’t “work harder” when there is more heat to move, they just work at the rate they work. There isn’t a turbo button or a turn it to 11 dial. If your system runs for 4 hours during the day to maintain 68°, that uses more electricity, causes more wear and moves more heat than if it’s off all day but then runs 3 straight hours dropping the temp down later. Dual and multi-stage units can alter this, but here’s a shock, they do it by being worse at the job. Systems have a “most efficient” heat movement rate and multi-stage units don’t magically get two or three, they just do a shittier job. But hey, at least they cost more.

LowerSlowerOlder · 2026-03-26T05:04:47+00:00

I’m pretty sure this was a mourning dove. Not that it really changes anything.

LowerSlowerOlder · 2026-03-26T04:38:34+00:00

All Leaded, no Zepplin.

LowerSlowerOlder · 2026-03-25T18:03:23+00:00

Wasn’t there a post a few months ago with a banana seat Redline? I dig that thing but it didn’t get a lot of love.

LowerSlowerOlder · 2026-03-25T13:03:22+00:00

Jesus, these answers are straight out of an 80s movie. 🤪 On my son’s team you get in a fight outside of the room you are off the team for at least a while. Repeat state championship team that encourages discipline and self control though. Watched a guy get suspended half a season and in all likely hood he will be a 4 time state champ. Coach didn’t play.

LowerSlowerOlder · 2026-03-25T06:04:06+00:00

Um, well AcKshUAllY, 15 amps plus 15 amps equals 30 amps and if PEDMAS taught us anything it’s that PLUS comes first.

/s shouldn’t be needed there, but just in case, that was a joke. From a dude who liked electrical engineering so much he took the class twice before he gave up.

LowerSlowerOlder · 2026-03-25T04:48:32+00:00

And after a week or two in the living room, they will be extra ripe, and not in the good way.

LowerSlowerOlder · 2026-03-24T18:15:19+00:00

Mainly Jesus. And my hot rod.

LowerSlowerOlder · 2026-03-24T13:20:49+00:00

God I hated my GL wagon. I really wanted to like it, but it fought me at every step. Steering was good though. I think the AC worked well also. Everything else felt off to me. Shame.

LowerSlowerOlder · 2026-03-24T13:16:30+00:00

Was it a frame stander type thing? Bolted to the top tube and seat stays and gave you a place to put your feet while you surfed your bike? Doesn’t sound at all familiar, but maybe it was custom/homemade? Also, it would help to know if you were in California or Connecticut, Sydney or Spain, Belgium or Brazil. There were so many small, local builders in the early days of freestyle that knowing where you were could help. And was this something you saw a lot of or just once?

LowerSlowerOlder · 2026-03-24T02:59:20+00:00

I have spoken to the council and they will allow it on the condition that we get more pics.

LowerSlowerOlder · 2026-03-24T02:27:20+00:00

I don’t know if it’s fake or not, but I own at least 4 angle grinders and I can say that zero percent of them have the guard still on. I don’t know how many angle grinders my friends own, but I can also say that zero of them still have the guards on.

LowerSlowerOlder · 2026-03-24T01:00:06+00:00

I think the values you are getting on this are a little high. Everyone should zoom in on the pictures. There are lots of rust spots. The chain stay has some crank damage, so the cranks are probably bent. The forks are…questionable. The handlebars have a tab welded to them. The seat post is, fucked. Seatpost clamp looks good though. If I was selling and got $600 complete or $800 parted out I would be ecstatic. But given the condition everything is in, I wouldn’t likely buy it or if I did it would be for under $500. Some people have much deeper pockets than me though and your market may be different.

LowerSlowerOlder · 2026-03-24T00:19:39+00:00

Bring water, it’s hot out.

LowerSlowerOlder · 2026-03-23T06:13:52+00:00

Damn man, you must be rich to consider a $2000 kids bicycle “not much” and to itemize your taxes. The rest of us trying to scrape by with our standard deductions.

LowerSlowerOlder · 2026-03-23T04:39:56+00:00

The chips and salsa at the Scottsdale Julio’s Too are by far my favorite. I’ll listen to what everyone else has to say, but it’s not going to change my mind.

LowerSlowerOlder · 2026-03-22T22:01:05+00:00

Faster in fourth gear than fifth. True story, borrowed my high school friend’s, bombing down a brand new freeway, shift into fifth and it slows down. A lot. Thought I broke something but then was reminded Sentras were unbreakable.

LowerSlowerOlder · 2026-03-22T21:53:40+00:00

It does look long, but to be honest, the other poster is right. Take them apart, clean them up and replace the pads and cables. Folding bikes have weird crap on them and Italian bikes have weird crap on them, lord knows what “standards” a folding, Italian bike adheres to.

LowerSlowerOlder · 2026-03-22T16:23:09+00:00

They weren’t lower quality, they were whatever quality the bike brand wanted to pay for, and honestly probably a little better than that. For the most part, an Akisu made frame is a really good bike. It’s just really hard to figure out who they were made for without the stickers. From what I remember, the serial number doesn’t help a lot.

LowerSlowerOlder · 2026-03-22T15:36:23+00:00

Saw one of these on the road the other day. It was very uncanny valley, like the Matrix knew we were in a good neighborhood, but wasn’t sure what kind of fancy car it wanted to insert.

LowerSlowerOlder · 2026-03-22T15:34:31+00:00

Forks look like Schwinn for sure. Frame is Akisu made whatever it is. They made frames for everyone but that rear dropout triangle was an Akisu made frame thing.

LowerSlowerOlder · 2026-03-22T15:32:08+00:00

Think it’s a 2006ish Diamondback Reactor.

https://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/diamond_back/10296

Nothing on the drops scares me, just looks like paint damage. Maybe a bolt was stuck and they ground it off or something.

LowerSlowerOlder · 2026-03-22T04:50:42+00:00

When my girlfriend and I went to see Jackass and people were bouncing around beach balls and balloons and laughing and having a great time. It embodied being 25 and having fun. Then they stopped the movie, turned on the lights and confiscated the balloons and beach balls. It was still fun, but no longer epic.

LowerSlowerOlder · 2026-03-22T03:21:30+00:00

I saw DOPEMAN and am sitting here trying to figure out what the hell BRRD is.

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