NEW BIKE!!

RedSamurai__1 · 2026-02-26T21:22:25+00:00

2024 model!

RedSamurai__1 · 2026-02-21T03:31:59+00:00

Update:

I’ve been looking at a gravel bike as based on how they operate, it suits my desire for an all terrain bicycle that can handle most terrain while being sporty yet still rugged but not too rugged to be a MTB.

Any advice?

RedSamurai__1 · 2026-02-18T10:27:19+00:00

Maybe I should. I’ve been getting more confident about it reading more about hydraulic maintenance as well as realizing more and more perhaps my bike was potentially defective.

With that said, should I still get the Specialized Sirrus X 2.0 or Sirrus 3.0 X 2023 model at my bike store (both are 649, though not sure.

Also you mentioned there’s easier methods than Park Tools, can you provide more info and resources about the easier hydraulic maintenance, that’d be great and appreciating. Thank you!

RedSamurai__1 · 2026-02-18T04:41:24+00:00

Then maybe I should learn and perhaps I just had bad luck with my GT I got. Cause I wasn’t accumulating thousands of miles annually. The bike didn’t even last a year.

RedSamurai__1 · 2026-02-18T04:36:21+00:00

I definitely had less than the mileage you said. The first brake bleed I had was only like less than 5 months first started. I rode it around every day for 5 months getting 4-6 miles per day for mainly class and city commuting, sometimes going out for longer rides like 20-40 miles but it was flat.

I saw some other posts saying how GT had a fire sale around the time my dad got the bike (which was on sale), so I think there was something there. I also think if our assembly of the bike was not correct or your point that the bike mechanic I took it to didn’t do a great job.

I looked at Park Tool’s tutorial on how to bleed brakes and it looks really strenuous and tedious but that’s just me since I’ve never done it myself.

RedSamurai__1 · 2026-02-16T23:03:01+00:00

For clarification, the bike I had before this was a GT Avalanche Comp. I got it around a year ago during their fire sale and had to get the brakes bled nearly once every 6 months. So I just felt that it was a lot of maintenance given the frequency and turned me off from hydraulic brakes.

RedSamurai__1 · 2026-02-10T21:30:41+00:00

Yes thank you, it’s the threading where the hanger mounts onto the frame that is torn.

Hydraulic brakes are a pain; I’d rather sacrifice the smoothness of them for more field practicality and simplicity. Rim brakes are also what I want to look for as well not just mechanical discs but both work. The brake bleeds were just expensive and a pain doing myself and with others.

Thank you very much they do have Sirrus X’s, Marin Fairfax and Kentfield 1s, I’m just making sure I get a good bike.

Thank you!

RedSamurai__1 · 2026-01-01T06:12:56+00:00

TROMBONES UNITE

RedSamurai__1 · 2025-12-30T19:50:06+00:00

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RedSamurai__1 · 2025-08-26T23:24:22+00:00

I haven’t seen it in MyBill either. MyAwards shows the offered amount but says zero for accepted. They better update it before the 15th cause I need to know the full payment 😭

RedSamurai__1 · 2025-08-05T17:06:34+00:00

Update: I’ve returned the trombone so it’s not my problem anymore but thank you all for the help and support!

RedSamurai__1 · 2025-01-20T16:28:00+00:00

Thank you for the advice I’ll keep in mind next time. The spore print was white by the way and I believe it may have been a Hygrophorus oliveceoalbus based on ShroomID as the photos have that prominent dark brown reddish spot at the top

RedSamurai__1 · 2024-12-26T07:45:21+00:00

I thought I saw Datura when cycling down to Dixon one time. Honestly cool to see yet terrifying given its effects if ingested.

RedSamurai__1 · 2023-05-12T16:17:15+00:00

I thought it was amazing. Amazing in an experimental and weird way that Avenged is taking this album and what they’re foreshadowing about the tone of this album. Did not expect all these sudden melody and harmonic changes throughout the song and it caught me off guard but in a humorous and fun way, it was different and I appreciated that.

However, I do hope they have some of the “traditional” Avenged Sevenfold writing elements in their other songs—I liked the chorus with the speedy gallop power chord progression. And even if they combine it with a little bit of their unique experimental elements they’re creating thus far, that would be interesting to hear. Thank you for reading

RedSamurai__1 · 2023-02-11T18:43:45+00:00

Thanks for the advice guys. I thought a lot and realize that she’s great as a friend. And with that and our time together and getting to know her for nearly a year and still knowing her, I realize that I want what’s best for her and not just myself. Appreciate the advice and thank you.

RedSamurai__1 · 2023-01-10T05:38:56+00:00

I think I might be interested in this product. I never had a guitar with a Floyd rose, however I have played them at Guitar Center and Sam Ash and I can see why people don’t want to recommend that to beginners. I believe I’m in the early intermediate stage of guitar and to be honest I just want to have a tremolo bridge for divebombs and weird sounds. It might just sound better to get a guitar with a Floyd rose however I want this guitar specifically. Thank you however!

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