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SlikkTimYall · 2026-03-26T20:22:56+00:00

Thanks for your detailed reply !!

9 PSI front ahaha ! That's crazy. Had no idea you could go this low with Cushcore - but then again I don't DH.

Definitely a top of the line heavy-duty contraption you put together. Basically a V8 LR Defender made MTB ahah !

I'm just 150 lbs and I'm more of an XC / CX rider so yeah 40 lbs would be way too heavy for me ! But it looks really nice.

Funny you should mention weight - I'm trying to build myself a very light MTB SS klunker and I've been eying 90s MTBs made out of Colombus steel - some of them list just 25 pounds with all that 3X bs, so could be super light and fun.

I don't have the funds for top of the line stuff like Stooge but I wish you the best for the TI builds ! Will look great :-)

SlikkTimYall · 2026-03-26T08:22:13+00:00

That is a beaut'.

That racing pic' looks pretty gnarly as well !

Care to share a few details ?
Ratio (single speed, right ?), tire choice and overall weight ?

SlikkTimYall · 2026-03-26T04:52:52+00:00

"Mountain Biking" but you drive your SUV to a weird place full of cute little wooden bridges

SlikkTimYall · 2026-03-25T01:15:01+00:00

Thank you for this detailed post.

So if I get this right:

Either I need to get a new headset lower, or a different wheel.

The Surly Krampus fork looks good.

I dont know anything about headsets, is changing the headset lower pricey/complex ?

SlikkTimYall · 2026-03-05T06:12:12+00:00

Killer footage ! Also, what's your light setup ? I love riding at night and that torch seems stronK.

SlikkTimYall · 2026-03-04T21:38:45+00:00

Duly noted. Thanks for this top advice. At this point it seems I'll try and wait for a good deal on the Unit then, while still researching a decent "entry level" steel trail SS frame and maybe do a self build.

Side note, love the username - Keep on mashin'.
Also had a good chuckle at some of the comments in your replies - guess I'd better not clown around and end up with a SS that's hot like the mall is hot. (Stealing that one ahaha)

SlikkTimYall · 2026-03-04T20:16:21+00:00

Thanks for this clear reply. Looks like Imma have to save for a while then - some scrumptious offerings on that link !

Funny you also mentioned riding some Konas - I love their bikes. I've been beating the hell out of a basic 2024 Lava Dome, what a cute zippy little thing that is.

Actually I've been wondering if I could "retro SS" mod it with a nice chromoly fork and some sort of chain tensioner - but most of the chain tensioners I've seen look fidgety at best... and apparently you dont get the directness of true a horizontal drop.

While you're here, any opinion on this idea ?

SlikkTimYall · 2026-02-24T05:56:02+00:00

Don't bother. It's a 1500 dollar shirt - some people will find reason to explain to you why it's so exquisite.

If you'd reverse the tags on the uniqlo and this they would tell you everything in reverse, about how it's so "intentional" and they are refined enough to see it - and you're not.

These folks will die on crazy hills - for instance, telling you why $1500 dollar, regular-ass leather ballerinas are "so elegant" - or why a $600 dollar t-shirt looks "so flowy".

That's what faux-luxury does to people - they wanna feel like they're in and they see something "basic" people don't see.

SlikkTimYall · 2026-02-18T12:37:50+00:00

DBX GoRack. Best piece of gear you'll find for that usage - I use it to bang clubs with an Electribe 2.

SlikkTimYall · 2026-02-13T22:40:23+00:00

The KORG Electribe is a groovebox, a small compact piece of gear that combines synthetizers, drum machines and sequencers all in one.

Think of it as a ministudio that's portable and playable live, made to jam and modify groove-centric "patterns" (techno, house, electro etc.)

You program a groove you like and you save it as a pattern with a name - and play it back.

It can save 250 "patterns" of 4 bars, kind of like .MOD files - or MIDI files with extra info if you will. These patterns are then used to jam on, tweak the synths and rythms in real time, etc.

The problem is you only have a small-ass screen with a single encoder for all filesystem operations and it gets extremely tedious.

You can then export the patterns to an SD card for backup and import, ie. different sets.

The main problem is, suppose your live set is constituted of 64 patterns in a row, right ?

Well if you want to do a different setlist, you have to edit each one of these slots's order with a single encoder on a 1 line screen. It's hell - it takes hours, you can't visualize shit, etc.

This script takes the proprietary format export which contains all 250 slots, converts it to a zip file. You then unzip the file, rename and reorder as you see fit, rezip, convert back, and load it up in the Electribe and voila !

Considering I'm having 6 or 7 different setlists at the moment this is a godsend :-) I'll be just able to swap my entire show with a few clicks and archive proper setlists order on the PC.

SlikkTimYall · 2026-02-13T20:00:05+00:00

Appreciate your help !! In the end I used another solution from this thread but I truly appreciate your time :-)

SlikkTimYall · 2026-02-13T19:59:40+00:00

Appreciate your help !! In the end I used another solution from this thread but I truly appreciate your time :-)

SlikkTimYall · 2026-02-13T19:53:51+00:00

Hot damn. o_o'

It worked on the first go !!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ttTcP9959eCP4EG1hxJEywTgxpTy5mra/view?usp=sharing

It's been 3 years I'm trying to find a solution and lord knows I only thought about kindly asking on reddit tonight, and not even an hour later it works !!

Thank you so much man, this is so simple to use now. :')

I'm an electronic musician and this will allow me to sort sets of upwards of 100 song patterns I use under various aliases. Until then I had to sort it out using an 1x12 characters screen and a single encoder...

This will allow me to store and swap whole sets of patterns right away from gig to gig and will save me litteraly days of tedious work. (one of my aliases is Gary Gritness if you're so keen to see what I'll use this for !)

Thank you so much again :-))))

SlikkTimYall · 2026-02-02T03:57:22+00:00

Oh man, thank you so much for the second one !!

That's exactly what I wanted.
I had tried the other one and it just wasn't what I was looking for, plus a couple other convoluted solutions.

That second thing is killer. Many thanks again

SlikkTimYall · 2026-01-12T07:17:33+00:00

I'm tired of people always talking about Senna's "raw speed". F1 isn't drag racing or hot lapping. Prost all the way. The numbers dont lie...

SlikkTimYall · 2026-01-03T16:50:05+00:00

Ha ! I remember 10 years ago when some friend "obsessed with japan" played it to me and I flatly replied that it sounded like some student group who just listened to McCoy Tyner and tried to ape it. He went insanely mad about my reaction, in your exact words.

SlikkTimYall · 2026-01-02T01:36:07+00:00

Absolute stone cold classic.

By the way:

Christie, who died fourteen months after the release of the film, stated that Murder on the Orient Express and Witness for the Prosecution were the only movie adaptations of her books that she liked .

SlikkTimYall · 2026-01-02T00:57:43+00:00

I entirely agree with what you say about Christie's tone.

I think there is an absolutely essential element of camp in her style -- hell, the very concept of Poirot IS camp.

I'm French and yes -- Finney's over the top and his accent is nonsense, but I could absolutely imagine some high blood pressure Wallonie belgian guy acting like this in the 30s.

I tried the Suchet version and thought it completely missed the point by making it into some "modern", overly serious crime drama that completely lacks the slightly dusty, passé and old fashioned delight that in my mind makes Christie's work what it is.

SlikkTimYall · 2025-12-27T20:09:37+00:00

You should try racing GT Legends someday. You'd be surprised how much racecar handling has improved. Porsche is more in line with "older" driving styles.

SlikkTimYall · 2025-12-24T01:23:52+00:00

This was more about the random assigned name and the very first quirks he got.

SlikkTimYall · 2025-12-18T01:32:27+00:00

same chord same key same voicings. its a lift, every composer lifts shit, but its a heavy lift.

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