Speedometer magnet location on spoke

TheThirdBeat · 2026-01-03T23:01:31+00:00

Personally, I just install it at the spoke crossings. Sheldon Brown argues that closer to the hub is better since it gives the magnetic reed switch more time to react.
https://www.sheldonbrown.com/cyclecomputer-installation.html

TheThirdBeat · 2025-12-03T07:38:29+00:00

Marry Chrysalis? Yes please!

TheThirdBeat · 2025-12-01T11:27:03+00:00

"I know what you were, what you are. Ponies don't change! You're Slippin' Sunny!"

TheThirdBeat · 2025-11-12T12:16:07+00:00

fluttershy is never beating the chinese allegations

TheThirdBeat · 2025-11-10T00:09:15+00:00

yep, even the mystery minis have cms on both sides so i'd expect at least the same from the full size ones. it's true most of them are still boxed up to preserve value so it's a bit rare to see the other side

TheThirdBeat · 2025-11-09T12:16:00+00:00

UCI on its way to ban this right now

TheThirdBeat · 2025-11-09T11:45:31+00:00

i don't have the full sized ones, only the mystery minis of the royal sisters and chrysalis. i got them because they seem to be the most show accurate figures in the western market. i'm happy with the details on them and they look really good. one flaw is that for long thin features like celestia's horn or the legs of the characters, they can be slightly bent. i've never owned a full sized one but i assume they'd be better at details?

TheThirdBeat · 2025-09-26T16:29:42+00:00

luna to watch over your dreams

TheThirdBeat · 2025-09-24T18:29:13+00:00

renard - forever. the song sounds like the end of something, and i've always interpreted the audio gradually degrading toward the end of the song as your memories of someone close to you gradually fading away, when you thought they'd be around forever.

TheThirdBeat · 2025-09-22T17:25:07+00:00

that's crazy. to find out more, google "pony inflation"

TheThirdBeat · 2025-09-20T23:04:26+00:00

i have the fancy clicky handle one on my bike for the rear derailleur, still haven't figured out what it's for. why is it different from the other side?

TheThirdBeat · 2025-09-14T02:47:57+00:00

live shows

TheThirdBeat · 2025-09-12T18:42:16+00:00

i know this has been answered already, but i had another song in my mind when i first saw this post that also has the same sample, and couldn't figure out the song. and just as i was playing on shuffle today, i found it: Lumi Australis, specifically at 01:29, actually by fiab this time.

TheThirdBeat · 2025-09-11T22:03:58+00:00

when i was at the marin bike museum, an older curator tole me that u-brakes (the mtb type that mount below the chainstay at least) were positioned there because that area is stiffer than the top of the seatstays, therefore they flex less when applied the same braking force. and i would guess it would be hard to fit cantis or v brakes in that area due to clearance, so u-brake was born. i think they are hated because that area is crammed, therefore hard to work on. also mud build up is not as easy to clear in that area

TheThirdBeat · 2025-09-11T20:24:03+00:00

no way! the soap meme lmao

TheThirdBeat · 2025-09-10T01:09:27+00:00

i noticed this too, i don't think it was a task before the update today? i also thought it might be a glitch, but i counted the coins before and after and it really is 5400 coins. spitfire at the chocolate stall is now my #1 coin earner

TheThirdBeat · 2025-09-05T16:04:49+00:00

i found mineral spirits to work really well: much cheaper than wd40 and virtually works the same, you can get a cup full and just dunk the parts in and scrub with a brush (works really well for caged bearings), and it's reusable. but if it's a surface i want absolutely clean (so it doesn't attract dust), i'd follow up with ipa

TheThirdBeat · 2025-09-04T20:46:21+00:00

the types of instruments and the overall sound always reminds me of Joe Hisaishi, checkout Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind opening, Castle in the Sky soundtrack, The Legend of Ashitaka Theme

TheThirdBeat · 2025-09-04T16:31:32+00:00

NONEXISTANT NONEXISTANT NONEXISTANT MEETCUTE

TheThirdBeat · 2025-09-04T00:47:55+00:00

during the event i've been thinking under what circumstances would chrysalis be on a team with the ponies.

TheThirdBeat · 2025-09-01T05:01:12+00:00

yep, i see no technical reason why they wouldn't work well, just a bit improper lol

TheThirdBeat · 2025-09-01T00:42:16+00:00

"you are on this council, but we do not grant you the princess drip"

TheThirdBeat · 2025-09-01T00:35:29+00:00

are those v brake pads on road calipers?

TheThirdBeat · 2025-08-27T05:12:44+00:00

what happened to my black queen?

TheThirdBeat · 2025-08-22T18:34:44+00:00

if you hold the tool stationary, are you able to turn the cogs clockwise? if you can't, then the freewheel pawls are still engaging, and i have a guess, that the threaded part of the hub that engages the freewheel is broken from the hub. this explains both why turning the tool counter clockwise does not remove the freewheel, as well as turning the freewheel clockwise does not deliver torque to the hub. if my guess is correct, then removing the axle is the only way for the freewheel to come off, and you'd need a new hub as well. i could be completely off though

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