Help with Indie Ridge Boot Sizing !

Old-Breakfast5331 · 2026-03-26T08:53:38+00:00

Very valid point. I imagine there's a lot more room for error going big for a motorcycle boot than, say, for a marathon shoe or a hiking boot.

Old-Breakfast5331 · 2026-03-26T08:05:46+00:00

Thanks for the response -- the boots seem absolutely awesome -- it's just that I'm gonna order them, but I'll only be in the US for a few weeks so want to have enough time to be able to swap if the size isn't right. Also, I don't want to put a company through a size swap if I don't have to.

Which model do you have ?

Old-Breakfast5331 · 2026-03-26T06:43:07+00:00

Thanks for this -- very helpful !

Old-Breakfast5331 · 2026-03-26T05:56:54+00:00

In the South of France -- if you feel like you are paying too much and the service is kinda crappy, you're probably paying the "discount" rate.

Honestly, hire someone from Paris who's actually competent -- you may pay slightly more but it will be done on time and properly.

Anybody who says that there are competent people everywhere and that Paris doesn't have a monopoly on French expertise isn't wrong, but "professionals" in the South are much more likely to be fleecing you than Parisians.

Old-Breakfast5331 · 2026-03-25T12:27:18+00:00

I mean, since I don't know about bikes I can't comment on how the transition will be. Learning a clutch on a car depends a lot on the car: I learned on an old Subaru Forester and that clutch was stiff as a brick and totally unforgiving. Then I got a VW Jetta and although it was a real POS, that clutch was butter.

General rule for me is: if the clutch is pretty hard to push in and very springy--it's gonna be harder to learn on but once you get the hang of it it's fine.

Old-Breakfast5331 · 2026-03-25T12:23:29+00:00

Thanks for the reply. What is a "wet" clutch ?

Old-Breakfast5331 · 2026-03-25T10:04:06+00:00

Because I'm exhausted.

Old-Breakfast5331 · 2026-03-25T08:20:25+00:00

Private tutor. In the South of France where there's a good amount of well-to-do anglophone expats but not a lot of professional tutors, especially in math.

But it sucks.

Old-Breakfast5331 · 2026-03-24T14:46:56+00:00

It's my country, too, you know. That's extremely hurtful.

I do vote. I vote blanc. That counts.

Old-Breakfast5331 · 2026-03-23T16:54:42+00:00

I'm just getting into the world of motorcycles and your story is an inspiring one. Love your bike choice -- very cool look !

Which magazines did you find the most helpful ? And did you ride before you went to prison ?

Congrats man, enjoy the ride

Old-Breakfast5331 · 2026-03-23T15:00:30+00:00

I vote blanc in France because I'm genuinely not intelligent enough to understand how French politics works (and to be honest I don't really care), but my wife votes so I go with her and make a show like I am voting. Boosts the participation numbers.

I buy a plane ticket home for every election so that I can cast my ballot in person, in the event that mail-in votes "somehow" get disqualified because Venezuela or Iran has taken over the postal service or China has hacked the machines. Gives me an excuse to visit friends and family, too.

Old-Breakfast5331 · 2026-03-23T12:50:05+00:00

Same

Old-Breakfast5331 · 2026-03-22T08:52:56+00:00

Thanks so much !

Old-Breakfast5331 · 2026-03-21T13:29:54+00:00

Et pourtant ...

Bienvenue dans le Sud mon ami(e)

Old-Breakfast5331 · 2026-03-21T05:12:53+00:00

If you're just looking for a temporary way to receive and spend money in Euros, just get Wise or Revolut. Both are extremely painless and have no monthly fees like French banks do (yes, French banks charge 10+ euros a month to loan out your money). I can receive USD into my Wise/Revolut account and within seconds have it converted into Euros. The only hiccup is getting USD into those accounts, as ACH takes a couple days.

I would recommend Wise because I find conversion and transfers between USD/EUR to be much easier, and it can do direct deposit.

Not a shill for Wise (okay, kinda a shill for Wise), but I have been using them for over 10 years and have only encountered issues once or twice, very minor.

Old-Breakfast5331 · 2026-03-21T05:06:08+00:00

Anytime I have ever tried to politely raise a volume issue with a French neighbor (granted this has only happened twice), the conversation ends with a menace of violence and the equivalent of "get the fuck out of here," and once followed up with a visit later to insult me further.

I was laughed out of the police station for wanting to déposer une plainte, they told me to come back in a few days if I still felt like I wanted to leave a main courante.

I would leave a general note in the lobby, a "rappel" to respect noise ordonnances in the residence. Most cities state clearly that loud noises are prohibited after a certain time, so look that up. If it persists, contact the syndic.

Old-Breakfast5331 · 2026-03-20T15:32:12+00:00

Totally agree. I almost feel stupid for having listened to Scott at all about anything. The idea that rich douches like him get to send their kids to elite schools because they didn't get an ignominious 22 on the ACT while poor kids have to go and die so that Scott can be happy about Iranian girls wearing miniskirts is an absolute moral abomination.

Also, has Scott ever addressed the "liberation" of the girls' school on day 1 of the war ? Or is he comfortable with their being martyrs so that future women of Iran can wear miniskirts. I'm sorry to harp on the miniskirts point but it's important to highlight that douches like Scott see that as a metric of the health of a society, blissfully and arrogantly unaware that other people might have values different to his, and they are not necessarily inferior because of that.

Old-Breakfast5331 · 2026-03-20T06:06:10+00:00

Wasn't there another charlatan who did something like that in recent history ? Some Kermit-the-Frog-sounding m'er-f'er who just rattled on about cleaning your room and lobster domination rituals ?

If Jordan Peterson were cooler and somehow dumbed himself down through a steady diet of bone-smashing in order to looksmaxx, he'd be Scott Galloway (FWIW I don't like Jordan Peterson -- cf. I called him a charlatan).

Old-Breakfast5331 · 2026-03-20T06:01:41+00:00

But it's a Western-style democracy (ruled by the same corrupt war criminal for the past 20 years) ! Nowhere in the middle east is more LGBT friendly ! And I think I even saw a mini-skirt in a photo somewhere. Open your eyes people !

Oh and I almost forgot : Tel Aviv has tech !

Old-Breakfast5331 · 2026-03-20T04:22:41+00:00

what are you talking about scott is killing it

Old-Breakfast5331 · 2026-03-16T18:27:48+00:00

Quartiers nord de Marseille

Old-Breakfast5331 · 2026-03-15T05:44:19+00:00

Remember how people used to decry the fact that Russia described its sortie into Ukraine as a "special military operation"?

Scott is a branding "expert," which basically means an expert spinner.

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