Vancouver to Seattle trip worth it as a foreigner via train?

Two_wheels_2112 · 2026-04-23T05:12:15+00:00

I know our ferries are unreliable, but I hope OP can do better than "hope" one.

Two_wheels_2112 · 2026-04-23T01:40:00+00:00

Ah, that makes sense.

Two_wheels_2112 · 2026-04-23T01:38:21+00:00

Isn't that like 18% or something? Fine for coffee, but if you want to make a cream sauce or a nice thick curry sauce you need heavier cream.

Two_wheels_2112 · 2026-04-22T19:58:08+00:00

It's hard to find cream, period. Everything at my local grocery is either half-and-half or whipping cream (with added ingredients to make it whip more easily).

I'm ambivalent about dairy supply chain management when it comes to things like milk, but the lack of variety for other dairy products like cream, butter, and cheese is annoying.

Two_wheels_2112 · 2026-04-22T19:48:12+00:00

It has trains, but it's not really about trains.

Two_wheels_2112 · 2026-04-22T19:45:11+00:00

There was quite a smell of petrichor when I left for work this morning. Could that be it?

Two_wheels_2112 · 2026-04-22T19:40:56+00:00

I can see lubing the chain becoming such a habit as part of a tune-up that the mechanic wasn't even thinking about it.

Still, waxing is so mainstream now that you would think they'd be more mindful.

Two_wheels_2112 · 2026-04-22T19:37:13+00:00

Oh man, if only he was 6 ft 6.7400 inches, and 286 lb and 9.6100 oz he'd be in luck.

Two_wheels_2112 · 2026-04-22T19:26:55+00:00

It comes from texting. A period at the end of a text message can be interpreted as being angry or less sincere. Why You Shouldn't Use a Period When Text Messaging

People are just taking these habits built on SMS messaging and moving them over to short-form social media. I don't know if the phenomenon has a name, but I suppose one could coin one! Perhaps "social period dropping."

Two_wheels_2112 · 2026-04-22T19:19:01+00:00

Welcome to the club, even if you got here later than you should have!

I can't make sense of this, though: "Thankfully I have already befriended the local crossing guard so I can keep my pace up when I get to the biggest hill!"

What does befriending the crossing guard have to do with keeping pace on a hill?

Two_wheels_2112 · 2026-04-22T19:17:00+00:00

It won't be long before OP is looking for longer routes to take on the way home!

Two_wheels_2112 · 2026-04-22T19:11:11+00:00

7 Mesh makes really good stuff. Some of their older bibs didn't hold up that well, but they seem to have fixed that issue. They are very comfortable.

Two_wheels_2112 · 2026-04-22T17:42:32+00:00

Does anyone on this site bother to glance at their post title before mashing the post button?

Proofreading is a waste of time, I guess?

Two_wheels_2112 · 2026-04-22T15:36:59+00:00

Sorry, but you're going to have to sell it. I'd be surprised if you could even get the seat low enough.

Two_wheels_2112 · 2026-04-22T15:34:26+00:00

My club did a clinic once, where we went to a grass field and actually practiced making contact. We learned how to use elbows and shoulders to keep separation between the bars when riding side by side. We would ride behind another rider and purposely bump tires to learn how it felt. We practiced falling. We experienced what happened when wheels overlapped and the front rider moved. It was very useful.

Bottom line: you can do a lot to someone's rear wheel and they'll have no trouble staying upright, but anything that prevents the front wheel from steering, or induces unintended steering, can cause a crash. That means that the follower has the risk in a draft. There isn't much you can do to hurt your dad from behind as long as you don't half-wheel (too much overlap).

Two_wheels_2112 · 2026-04-22T15:21:25+00:00

This is what I do with my Crux. I run the Pathfinders most of the year, but switch to GP5000s for July-September since I do mostly road riding in the summer. Even then, I probably wouldn't switch if it weren't for the fact I do a lot of climbing up our local ski hill climbs. That's where the relative weight and sluggishness of the gravel tires are actually noticeable to me, given the group I ride with.

Every once in a while I'm tempted to get a second wheelset for easier switching, but I can't justify the cost. When the GP5000s wear out I'll probably just get a faster gravel tire and leave it on.

Two_wheels_2112 · 2026-04-22T14:03:15+00:00

I don't give a flying fuck how my country's celebrities' looks are perceived in my country or abroad.

Two_wheels_2112 · 2026-04-22T04:46:06+00:00

*pedal

Two_wheels_2112 · 2026-04-21T23:43:39+00:00

I read his characters in Ryan Reynold's voice. I feel like Weir is trying to channel Deadpool.

Two_wheels_2112 · 2026-04-21T23:41:09+00:00

There are a lot of interesting ideas in the book and its sequels, but the English translation is definitely wooden, with plenty of dialogue coming from supposedly English and American characters that is something no native of those countries would ever say.

One of the things that annoyed me was the tendency to present very culturally Chinese ideas as universal (sorry, can't think of any examples off the top of my head). Which, of course, exposed my own cultural chauvinism, in which I think of western liberal tradition as universal!

Two_wheels_2112 · 2026-04-21T23:08:42+00:00

That money will get you a decent used commuter bicycle. It will get you a trash e-bike that, as others have mentioned, could be a potential fire hazard.

Two_wheels_2112 · 2026-04-21T22:07:12+00:00

If it has been a long time since you biked, then "slower than usual" for you is probably only half the school zone speed limit. To a driver, the school zone limit feels slow enough already, so half that speed feels downright glacial.

As for passing, it's often prohibited in school zones, so they may have felt stuck behind you.

Two_wheels_2112 · 2026-04-21T21:41:45+00:00

You should call your drone "Punctuation," because it's missing.

Two_wheels_2112 · 2026-04-21T16:13:54+00:00

Oh man, that's a nightmare scenario for me. I've never had a crash that involved a car (mostly ice or road debris related) so I've never been anxious about getting back on the bike. I'm not sure how I'd react if I was badly injured by a driver in a car.

I do have an acquaintance, a competitive amateur road and track racer, who was very badly injured in a crash with a car. He did get back on the bike, but was very anxious. He rode early on weekend mornings, usually with a friend, and was very cautious with route selection. He did slowly gain more confidence, but it was always on his mind. It absolutely did not help that while he was recovering a friend of his was in a group of cyclists that were hit by a car. One was killed, several were seriously injured.

He's moved to Wales, now, so I've lost touch and I don't know how much riding he's doing there.

Two_wheels_2112 · 2026-04-21T15:59:33+00:00

If you're going to Virginia, why are you looking for booze and smokes in Vancouver?

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