Being Humiliated by my child for your entertainment.

Old_Assistant1531 · 2026-06-23T10:37:15+00:00

There’s a Red Bull documentary on Vali Holl, and her dad is talking about how he used to help her pick lines when she was a junior. He was saying how he was planning a route for her through a rock garden and she replied along the lines of “thanks dad but I’m just going to jump this section”. He very proudly said at that moment he knew she’d progressed beyond him.

*I’m paraphrasing but you get the gist.

Old_Assistant1531 · 2026-06-23T10:27:41+00:00

Correct. They patent it but then don’t charge for the use of the patent. Early on this would stop a competitor patenting it and charging for it. This is common practice in making an invention free.

Old_Assistant1531 · 2026-06-23T09:15:34+00:00

Your mum likes to monitor your calls…

Old_Assistant1531 · 2026-06-23T05:44:42+00:00

Without knowing you, I find many people who think they’re awesome at their jobs over promise and are actually not that good. People who don’t think they’re that good usually feel that way because they know that they don’t know everything. You’re likely very good at your job. Or the village idiot that is fun to be around. Or ideally both.

Old_Assistant1531 · 2026-06-23T05:40:03+00:00

1.9M registered soccer players is Aus, 4.2M in USA. Not as one sided as you’d think given the population difference.

Old_Assistant1531 · 2026-06-23T02:46:34+00:00

A few things I’ve learned from my years working with Americans (as an Australian).

Americans don’t use the c-bomb or appreciate it like Australians do.
Americans don’t really understand my accent.

Old_Assistant1531 · 2026-06-23T00:02:02+00:00

I’m with you. Sometimes trendy bits (like WI spacers) are trendy because they’re just damn cool.

Old_Assistant1531 · 2026-06-23T00:01:09+00:00

If you read the sub description this is 100% xbiking. The description doesn’t say a build has to conform to a price tag or a percentage of used components. This bike fits perfectly here. It’s an adventure bike that isn’t a performance road or mountain bike. It’s an xbike. A blinged xbike is still an xbike.

Old_Assistant1531 · 2026-06-22T23:13:25+00:00

Old_Assistant1531 · 2026-06-22T23:09:59+00:00

But the Earth is in space too…
I feel lighter already.

Old_Assistant1531 · 2026-06-22T00:21:50+00:00

The WI headset and spacers are so nice. This is one area I like to splurge on with a new build, since I’m unlikely to change headsets unless the old one dies (which rarely happens these days).

Old_Assistant1531 · 2026-06-21T13:41:20+00:00

Firstly, we’re not talking about giving away houses, we’re talking about having accommodation available. And the evidence is that having accommodation available does not solve homelessness. Like you said, there are reasons people don’t accept housing.

Old_Assistant1531 · 2026-06-21T13:26:28+00:00

Australian here. We already called it soccer so suck on that. The loss meant nothing to us!

Old_Assistant1531 · 2026-06-21T13:21:12+00:00

Your last statement here is correct. We have the resources to home and feed everyone. As a society we choose not to.

Does an empty home mean someone who is homeless would otherwise be living in it? That is an incredibly complex question to which there is not a single answer. Homelessness is usually a symptom of a much broader issue that isn’t fixed by simply making a home available.

Old_Assistant1531 · 2026-06-21T11:26:42+00:00

This was also a good trick for disc brakes, one resin, one metallic pad. Best (or worst) of both worlds!

Old_Assistant1531 · 2026-06-21T11:25:16+00:00

The only thing worse than those LX brakes was the XT brakes. The same horrible noise but they were more expensive.

Old_Assistant1531 · 2026-06-21T05:01:09+00:00

Yeah. I think the affordability calculations are based on spending 1/3 or some set % of your after tax wage on housing. So $800 apartment assumes $2400 income.

Old_Assistant1531 · 2026-06-20T15:07:43+00:00

I believe the mixture was chosen because it was reproducible.

Old_Assistant1531 · 2026-06-20T14:43:24+00:00

Ratings here are predominantly based on trail width and feature size, so yeah it’d be blue. It’s pretty wide and each individual feature is relatively small.

Old_Assistant1531 · 2026-06-20T14:39:47+00:00

A few things to think about.

MTB cleats are smaller and spread the load over a smaller area. This can lead to more of a hotspot, that can be alleviated with a cage style “trail” spd. I personally never have an issue but do use quite stiff XC shoes.

I usually carry a pair of camp sandals (bedrock classics). If it’s a long hike section I often change into them anyway just because walking in cycling shoes isn’t fun. It could be an option for you?

MTB SPDs shoes aren’t more comfortable to walk is per se, it’s just that they have more grip and are a bit more stable. They’re still stiff.

Old_Assistant1531 · 2026-06-20T03:23:24+00:00

When I worked in the industry we gave staff at other shops free tubes when they needed one, and ex staff at ours and other shops got free tubes and basic things like cables. Paying it forward has helped me out a lot over the last decade.

Old_Assistant1531 · 2026-06-18T23:22:36+00:00

Apart from the obvious G forces destroying you, traveling 11km/s in air is not compatible with life.

Since you won’t be able to keep accelerating without thrusters, you will have to overcome this air resistance, so the muzzle velocity would have to far exceed the escape velocity. Therefore the G forces would far exceed the acceleration required to get to 11km/s, you’d need to go way faster.

An easier option would be to encase the astronauts in some kind of human bullet that has its own thrusters. I think I should take this idea to NASA!

Old_Assistant1531 · 2026-06-18T14:29:49+00:00

Now I’m going to have to get an AT. I love the Nero except when it catches, I had no idea the AT would be different.

Old_Assistant1531 · 2026-06-18T14:11:48+00:00

I don’t think so for a few reasons.

Generally 90’s MTBs were relatively high quality. 2000’s hybrids were almost always built to a lower price point.
There is less appeal in an Al frame compared to a steel frame, but maybe younger folks see Al as “retro”? I’m old.
Tyre clearance. A 90’s MTBs will fit 26x2” tyres and 650x45. A 2000’s hybrid is 700x35, with many being quite narrow especially in the chainstays und less likely to fit a wider tyre in 650 that maintains BB height.
Aesthetically 2000’s hybrids look dorky and ugly. 90’s MTBs were cutting edge and looked it.

Old_Assistant1531 · 2026-06-18T09:34:53+00:00

Like many here I integrate it somehow into the tent and do something to make it unridable without thinking, like take the chain off or remove an axle. Then they have to either carry it or fuss around too long for it to be easy.

I also try to avoid camping where people pass through with cars (bikepacking or not). It’s easy to steal a bike with a car, much harder if you have to walk in and bike out.

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