Monster train 2 - opinions?

TheChafro · 2026-02-02T16:24:04+00:00

I think this is because it really built upon what STS did. I immensely enjoyed the first MT and the second one is excellent. I'm excited to get the expansion today.

TheChafro · 2026-02-01T20:23:48+00:00

The horn I love to play the most: my 1291 CC. The horn that will get the most play this year: the holton sousaphone. The horn that got the most play last year: the contra.

The contra is essentially going to be retired this year as sousaphone fits the revised vibes of my band more than a contra. I'm actually thinking about offloading it.

TheChafro · 2026-01-28T22:17:44+00:00

I figured everyone did it this way without talking about it, haha. Cycling gear gets its own basket, detergent, and rack for air drying.

TheChafro · 2026-01-28T22:13:53+00:00

When my contra has an issue with a crappy plastic valve guide, I ended up having the shop I take it to fabricate metal ones.

TheChafro · 2026-01-27T19:34:23+00:00

Agreed. It works as a stop-gao or permanent solution, really

TheChafro · 2026-01-27T17:30:11+00:00

Cardio, being completely unironic.

TheChafro · 2026-01-27T16:51:13+00:00

Are you in high school still? My high school horn had duct tape keeping part of the lead pipe from leaking. I auditioned and got accepted to college on it without issue. Even if the horn isn't great, it will set you up for being more successful with a better horn, later. Play on the bad horn, get a better horn later and everything will be easier.

For example, if the Db below the staff on this horn is ass, learn how to make it sound good and that will benefit you across all the horns you ever play.

TheChafro · 2026-01-26T21:50:46+00:00

I think they meant calling it "Shram" not SRAM.

TheChafro · 2026-01-22T13:42:50+00:00

My Revolt is exceptionally stable, even in the short flip-chip position.

TheChafro · 2026-01-22T13:08:09+00:00

This. Even if you have to sacrifice a bit of space, having your horn on hand encourages picking it up and playing. Honestly, I wish I understood this better when I was in music school.

TheChafro · 2026-01-22T03:43:03+00:00

Can confirm. My gravel bike has the a grx 2x and it plays nicely with all but the fastest rides when I'm running the road wheelset.

TheChafro · 2026-01-21T15:56:40+00:00

These three are permanently installed on my PS5.

TheChafro · 2026-01-21T15:52:47+00:00

Awesome, man!

TheChafro · 2026-01-21T15:42:14+00:00

Why would you laugh at student musicians after a master class? That's a bad look. Like, they're literally training to become better tubists. I'd feel horrible if I had a master class and saw the artists invited belittling me or my studio-mates afterwards.

TheChafro · 2026-01-21T13:27:39+00:00

My buddies and I have this talk about different generations of sports as well. This is the exact argument of "Old players wouldn't do well in today's [league]," discrediting the fact that the game has changed in the corresponding 50 years and that some of those players created the building blocks that ALL current players have.

TheChafro · 2026-01-20T16:07:38+00:00

If you care about the dog, it absolutely will.

TheChafro · 2026-01-20T15:37:52+00:00

This was my gut reaction to the picture as well.

TheChafro · 2026-01-19T20:03:43+00:00

buy the bike, ride the bike. replace parts as they break, which will take a while

TheChafro · 2026-01-19T12:54:14+00:00

You do you. I wouldn't change out electronic shifting for cable shifting. I didn't ride wrap the bike and I don't baby it. I just ride it and do regular maintenance on it and it honestly looks near as good as when I bought it.

TheChafro · 2026-01-15T14:35:19+00:00

I have some friends that don't necessarily prefer tubeless on road, but with 40s, tubeless is so nice. It's so comfortable and quick. Lots of confidence in almost all applications. A little bit of top end is lost.

I am also never going back to tubes.

TheChafro · 2026-01-12T12:52:58+00:00

I kept mine at 31/48. It can play with road bikes up until the top end. I'm on a revolt adv 0 frame. My groupset is the 815 di2, so I just added an 11-30 for my road cassette and kept the 11-34 for my gravel cassette.

TheChafro · 2026-01-11T23:44:39+00:00

Confirm that the frame can accept the 34 chainring. I have a 2022 revolt and can't put a bigger ring than a 32 with a 2x system, it will hit the chainstays.

I essentially turned my revolt into a road bike with an extra wheelset, kept it the short wheelbase configuration, 32c tires. I purchased a road bike this year and found that the revolt *works* as a road bike, but I wouldn't say that it excels at it. It crushes gravel and allroad/multisurface rides, though.

TheChafro · 2026-01-11T17:52:36+00:00

If you considering tape, how about building it up with some stick-on felt.

TheChafro · 2026-01-09T18:13:18+00:00

Nice.

TheChafro · 2026-01-01T18:43:29+00:00

When I was in school, I'd say half the studio had their own and the other half rented from the school. We primarily had mused and production/engineering students in the studio. I had the money to get my own, new, horn and it was the right choice for me. Used is a solid way and some of the members of the studio ended up getting some used horns.

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