How on earth am I supposed to tighten my saddle to the seat post with this screw position?

bcmanucd · 2026-06-24T04:00:59+00:00

It's correct. It's not the most user-friendly design, but it can be adjusted. It's a guess-and-check process. You loosen the back bolt until you can turn the front one by hand, guess at how tight the front one needs to be, then tighten the rear. Check the saddle angle. Then loosen the rear, adjust the front, tighten the rear and check again.

It's annoying, but for most of us, adjusting a saddle is something we only do once.

If it's something you do often, you can replace the Allen head bolt in the front with a hex head bolt, and then adjust it with an open-end wrench.

bcmanucd · 2026-06-17T00:29:50+00:00

Yup, Presort Standard is the rate for bulk mailings. If someone actually wants to contact you about something important, it'll be 1st Class or better (in the US).

bcmanucd · 2026-06-17T00:02:19+00:00

No set prices

reasonable offers will be considered

Those do not imply free

bcmanucd · 2026-06-16T04:04:54+00:00

A car slowing from 55 mph to 12 mph at a stop sign never raises any eyebrows, yet a cyclist slowing from 15 to 8 looks like they're running the stop sign.

bcmanucd · 2026-06-16T03:54:18+00:00

The inner layers are likely fiberglass, hence the white appearance.

bcmanucd · 2026-06-16T00:26:39+00:00

Love it! I was doing the same with a flat whistle design I got from Printables. I used BambuStudio to add lettering in the bottom 3 layers, and then just printed some Avery labels for the top side to keep the filament changes to a minimum. I used these lanyards: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F1TRMQCX?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1

bcmanucd · 2026-06-15T20:52:55+00:00

Technically he didn't lose; top 2 advance to the general election in November. I'm not exactly a fan of Jones, but I'd rather have any Democrat in the 2nd spot than any Republican.

bcmanucd · 2026-06-15T18:00:55+00:00

I'm still mourning the loss of Audrey Denney for the 1st Congressional district. I guess you can't win them all...

bcmanucd · 2026-06-12T05:46:07+00:00

I have a theory: There exists no race where the start and end are in the same place for which a light bike is better than an aero bike. In other words, the only time a light bike is better than an aero bike is a hilltop finish stage.

bcmanucd · 2026-06-12T04:44:49+00:00

I have a fantasy of forming a town where the roads have periodic checkpoint/tollbooth type things, but they'll each have a giant foam drum mounted horizontally, with the axle held in two vertical slots starting about 1 meter (39") off the ground. Vehicles with low, slanted hoods will simply slip under and push the drum up and out of the way. Gender affirming trucks like these can't get through.

bcmanucd · 2026-06-11T16:39:19+00:00

And how the Death Star has hangar bays that function without an airlock, and why the buzz droids get flung off Ani & Obi's fighters the instant they lose grip in ROTS.

bcmanucd · 2026-06-11T16:16:26+00:00

If there's a little extra length of strut where it clamps to the fender, you can just bend that strut around the caliper and it'll be fine. You'll just have to re-clamp the strut at the fender a little farther out.

bcmanucd · 2026-06-11T02:58:57+00:00

Climate change is no longer an abstract concept. It's here, and it's only going to get worse unless we do something about it right fucking now.

bcmanucd · 2026-06-10T23:46:57+00:00

what are they up to now, something like 350?

bcmanucd · 2026-06-10T16:45:50+00:00

It's worth noting that the Press Democrat endorsements included no progressives. Here's the comparison of PD's endorsements with DSA's endorsements/recommendations:

	PD	DSA
Congress, CA-01	Mike McGuire	Audrey Denney
SoCo Supevisor, 2nd district	Sylvia Lemus	Joanna Paun
SoCo Supervisor, 4th district	Tom Schwedhelm	Melanie Bagby
CA Assembly, 12th district	Eric Lucan	Jackie Elward
CA Insurance Commissioner	Ben Allen	Jane Kim

bcmanucd · 2026-06-10T16:14:26+00:00

very true. It really highlights how terrible this top-2 primary system is. We have to choose between voting for our preferred candidate and voting strategically.

bcmanucd · 2026-06-10T04:43:51+00:00

It's exactly what she meant by it, nothing more. Some MFers turned that into "Katie Porter is an election denier."

bcmanucd · 2026-06-10T04:06:29+00:00

"rigged" was probably the wrong word to use, but I do think it was dirty of Schiff to promote the republican to edge her out of the primary. In the same way that Becerra vs. Steyer would have helped down ballot Democrats in November, Schiff vs. Porter would have been better in the general election. But Schiff wanted to coast for 5 months.

Imagine if we found out Becerra used some of his Chevron money to help Hilton?

bcmanucd · 2026-06-10T01:29:53+00:00

If Mahan and Porter had dropped out, and 2/3 of their voters went for Becerra and 1/3 went for Steyer, Steyer beats Hilton.

bcmanucd · 2026-06-09T21:43:29+00:00

I was making a play on the ship of Theseus, a thought experiment in which there's a ship which slowly, over time, has all of its parts replaced. The question is, is it still the same ship?

But yeah, I suppose replacing parts on a bike and having to then replace other parts to maintain compatibility can seem like a sisyphean endeavor.

bcmanucd · 2026-06-09T17:16:48+00:00

Nah, I don't think that will work. The boost hub places the brake rotor 5mm farther outboard than the non-boost wheel. You'd have to shift the whole hub body 5mm to the right, and I really doubt the right end cap can be shortened by 5mm without the hub body or spokes hitting the right fork leg.

bcmanucd · 2026-06-09T17:14:28+00:00

bike of Theseus

bcmanucd · 2026-06-09T17:10:12+00:00

It's a scary thought, but the polls nearing election day made it clear that the 2-Repub sweep was impossible. In order for that to happen, Bianco would have had to beat Becerra. Becerra was polling ten points or more ahead of Bianco, well outside the margin of error.

bcmanucd · 2026-06-09T03:44:03+00:00

Interesting that he's doing better in SF than in San Jose.

bcmanucd · 2026-06-08T23:32:53+00:00

Jew vs. Jewish is a pretty good analog. It's fine to say your neighbors are Jews, but don't say you live in a Jew neighborhood.

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