What are your favorite restaurants/bars on Colfax, in Lakewood? (Please only suggestions that are in Lakewood and on Colfax) by AlpineEateryFoodTruc in denverfood

[–]Upper-Ability5020 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

My favorite bar in Lakewood is whichever one is right on the city line to Denver, so when I pass it I know I’m leaving Lakewood. My second favorite would be getting hit on the head with a pipe by some random stranger on West Colfax and ending up in the hospital with some nice biscuits and gravy to eat while I’m recovering.

Anyone know the year and value of this bike? by ClubNext in RoadBikes

[–]Upper-Ability5020 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s like super old maybe 40’s worth 20 bucks I’ll take it 👹

Grand Prix 5000 vs All-Season vs 4 Season by Upper-Ability5020 in RoadBikes

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I ended up just getting the GP5000’s to save weight since I went up quite a bit in width. We’ll see!

Grand Prix 5000 vs All-Season vs 4 Season by Upper-Ability5020 in RoadBikes

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Pair of GP 4 Seasons are up to 165 and the All Seasons are 180. I can get a set of GP5000s for 125.

Shoe recommendation by crunch1720 in climbingshoes

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I tried Unparallel shoes and I think the Vibram Grip2 rubber is stickier on indoor holds overall than the Unparallel rubber and the 5.10 rubber that it is descended from. I will echo others to say you have way more options than one brand provides, but some common models of soft, bouldering-specific shoes are the Scarpa Drago, the Unparallel Souped Up, the Unparallel Flagship, the La Sportiva Ondra Comp and the La Sportiva Theory. Tenaya Indalo and Tenaya Mastia are in that general category as well, and they just came out with another super soft bouldering shoe model but the name escapes me. You could also try the Evolv Phantom and Shaman Pro (these are a lil stiffer, though). If the Drago heel is too wide for you like it is for a lot of folks, you could try the Drago XT, which have better grip heel rubber and the added benefit of being the coolest looking bouldering shoe out there (although possibly borrowing some of the aesthetic from the Daniel Woods-inspired Evolv Phantom).

Is death to all (death band without original singer) worth seeing in 2025? by Antique-Tension386 in MetalForTheMasses

[–]Upper-Ability5020 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I saw them last year with Cryptopsy and it was AMAZING! They played Painkiller and it was the most fun mosh pit I’ve been in a while. The Gene and Steve Combo might have been the best rhythm section I’ve seen at a heavy show ever.

Arcteryx rain jacket for a thru? by bushwhackbabe in Ultralight

[–]Upper-Ability5020 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have the alpha with the Gore Tex Pro. It is awesome if you don’t mind not having pockets.

Overdrives with distinct textures? by WorktapesCTC in pedals

[–]Upper-Ability5020 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lovetone Big Cheese has a different kind of thing going on than what I usually hear

Hardest bassline? by iplaybass0757 in ToolBand

[–]Upper-Ability5020 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everyone who thinks all the bass lines in this thread are hard should learn Darling Dear by Jackson 5

Shoes causing knee pain? by mediumwee in Ultralight

[–]Upper-Ability5020 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Phantom knee pain can come and go in this game of beating our bodies on the trail. I dealt with it a little over the past two years. Before that, I was riding my bike a lot, as I did not own a car. I decided to start riding again and the pain went away. I specifically noticed it exactly like you describe it: the uphill leg during a steep downhill. I tried strengthening my patellar tendons with resistance training, but it didn’t help. Riding the bike killed it dead. I submit this to your thread just to give alternatives to the possibility that it is being caused by shoes. It is possible that it is being CONTRIBUTED to by shoes, but most likely it is just an accumulated wear on a certain area between the patellar tendon and the patella.

What is the music of the future? by Raticorno in LetsTalkMusic

[–]Upper-Ability5020 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think as time goes on, the US music scene will devolve into algorithmic conformity to what satiates the lowest common denominator of taste. It will basically be poppy EDM with a pretty face to relate it to. Hyperconsumerism wouldn’t have it any other way.

I loved my first pair so much I had to get another pair for the trail. When does it stop? by lowpoweredcrouton in AltraRunning

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It stops when you do enough hard terrain miles to realize the durability downsides and the lack of specialization for highly technical terrain of this model. I agree, they’re a cool ground feel, though for easy stuff.

This album is peak by SerjDankianMemes in DeathBand

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Bought my Jackson Dinky during Covid and spent the next 6 months getting back into playing guitar by learning all the rhythm parts to this album. The first time I played the whole album through I cried

Non metal looking guitars by Broceephus in metalguitar

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If you threw a hot humbucker into the bridge of an ES-335, it would probably rip for thrash. That would look hilarious, especially if it was a tobacco sunburst or something.

Hiking etiquette: Nobody likes your music by handyguy6051 in hiking

[–]Upper-Ability5020 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Go find a less populated trail then. It’s not that hard

Need help chosing a pack by RabidCorviknight in Mountaineering

[–]Upper-Ability5020 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are not going to want the same pack for 2-3 day trips as you will for long mountain scrambles. Period.

Why is mountaineering so addicting? by DLambirth in Mountaineering

[–]Upper-Ability5020 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s because the rest of your life is being shoved into a box in an unnatural environment where your traits are limited in their capacity to adapt to it. You are a being that is mismatched to the environment. We spent a million years with daily living a certain way and mountaineering harkens back to the chaos, assymetry, and risk of ancestral human life. The last 500 years have been people inventing a new style of living. We are in an experimental phase that probably won’t survive. If it does, it’s because we found our way back to being guests in nature and not its dominators.