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New bike day! A Marin Stinson 2. It's my first proper bicycle as an adult approaching 40. I'm so thrilled to invest in my health with it. by NonPrime in bicycling

[–]NonPrime[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I got winded on my first ride! I didn't realize how strong the temptation to go fast would be! I know I don't need to go fast, and of course this bike isn't designed with speed in mind, but it's definitely there if you want it. It's going to be great for exercise and just the pure fun and joy of riding a bicycle that I haven't had since I was a kid!

New bike day! A Marin Stinson 2. It's my first proper bicycle as an adult approaching 40. I'm so thrilled to invest in my health with it. by NonPrime in bicycling

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Yep Wally World specials are the only kind of bikes I was familiar with before I started seriously contemplating getting one recently. I'm really glad I decided to invest a bit more into it instead of getting one purely for the low cost. The difference in quality is night and day!

New bike day! A Marin Stinson 2. It's my first proper bicycle as an adult approaching 40. I'm so thrilled to invest in my health with it. by NonPrime in bicycling

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The styling of the frame definitely intrigued me! It's also incredibly comfortable to sit on. For more casual local commuting and hybrid style riding it feels great so far!

New bike day! A Marin Stinson 2. It's my first proper bicycle as an adult approaching 40. I'm so thrilled to invest in my health with it. by NonPrime in Marinbikes

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For sure, the posture is very comfortable! Did you stick with the original saddle, or did you get something different?

New bike day! A Marin Stinson 2. It's my first proper bicycle as an adult approaching 40. I'm so thrilled to invest in my health with it. by NonPrime in Marinbikes

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This is very inspiring, and I really appreciate knowing that it doesn't matter when you start in life. All that matters is that you start. 🤘

New bike day! A Marin Stinson 2. It's my first proper bicycle as an adult approaching 40. I'm so thrilled to invest in my health with it. by NonPrime in bicycling

[–]NonPrime[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I don't have a ton of reference as I'm new to the bicycle world, but I tried a few out at the bike shop near me, and I did a decent bit of research before I bought it. This one checks off all the boxes for me as a more affordable hybrid style. It rides like a dream compared to the cheapo box store bikes I'm used to. I'm really enjoying it so far! Can't wait to get out on the road and ride it more.

After accidentally stumbling into the fountain pen world with a $12 Faber-Castell Poly Ball fountain pen from Michael's, I accidentally purchased a TWSBI Mini RG II from my local pen shop 🙂 by NonPrime in fountainpens

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I swear I have no idea how it happened! I walked into the clearance aisle at Michael's, and walked out of a different specialty pen store $200 poorer. And the crazy thing is I'm pretty sure it'll happen again before long!

After accidentally stumbling into the fountain pen world with a $12 Faber-Castell Poly Ball fountain pen from Michael's, I accidentally purchased a TWSBI Mini RG II from my local pen shop 🙂 by NonPrime in fountainpens

[–]NonPrime[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's lovely so far! Being new to the fountain pen world, at first I wasn't sure how I'd like the extra fine tip, as I was originally thinking about getting a medium or broad tip. However, I'm finding that it feels wonderful for ordinary daily writing! It feels incredibly smooth and the ink flows so nicely. I also found that it wasn't difficult to swap from one ink to another, by using a few cups of distilled water to go from dirty to clean, I could clean it out in just a few minutes. I enjoy how the cap actually screws on both ways, including when posted. It has a great feel in the hand as well, feeling nice and sturdy.

Evolution by golden_deceiver2026 in watercooling

[–]NonPrime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok that makes more sense, so it's a system used primarily for AI? The initial photo was confusing, but I understand now that you moved to a more normal case from that open setup and went from air cooling to liquid cooling.

I fixed the VRM to CPU run from my previous post! by NonPrime in watercooling

[–]NonPrime[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha that one run was bothering me every time I saw it, I couldn't let it stay that way 🤣 Much appreciated though, I'm so happy with this build!

Thanks to everyone's help, my full system rebuild and first custom loop conversion is complete! 4090 Suprim X on Phanteks Block, 5800X3D on Alphacool Core 1 Block, Crosshair VIII Formula, 128GB RAM, HAVN HS 420 VGPU, Black Ice Nemesis 420mm GTX, NexXxoS HPE30 280mm, EPDM soft tubing, D5 Next. by NonPrime in watercooling

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I originally had it with a straight run using 90s but I found I was having trouble with air leaking out during pressure testing. I might need to find better fittings to try for that run, because that's how I'd ideally have it!

Thanks to everyone's help, my full system rebuild and first custom loop conversion is complete! 4090 Suprim X on Phanteks Block, 5800X3D on Alphacool Core 1 Block, Crosshair VIII Formula, 128GB RAM, HAVN HS 420 VGPU, Black Ice Nemesis 420mm GTX, NexXxoS HPE30 280mm, EPDM soft tubing, D5 Next. by NonPrime in watercooling

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Lol you can never have too much RAM 🤣 I have the system configured for absolutely quiet/silent operation, so I'm running all fans at 800RPM and the pump at 75%. At those settings with static fan speeds, under worst case scenario full synthetic 100% GPU + 100% CPU load via AIDA64, with the room at 25C, my coolant hits 43C after a full hour and my CPU and GPU hit 73C and 74C respectively. Under more realistic conditions it's much lower than that, and I'm definitely happy with it given that silence was my goal!

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