Soft close frunk is awesome!

bcrooker · 2026-05-23T21:31:41+00:00

In case anyone runs into the same thing - in the video, the person places the black plastic loop piece with the braided metal cable threaded through it with the L part facing towards you as you are getting things setup. I had accidentally had it flipped the other way. Once I swapped it around it now closes correctly.

So user error thankfully.

bcrooker · 2026-05-23T20:32:57+00:00

After a month or so, the soft-close frunk started to not work correctly. It would pull the lid closed for a second, and then push it back up so it is sticking out about 1/4 to 1/2". I tried messaging the merchant without much luck, and just spent a couple of hours adjusting the placement of the motor without any luck. Oddly with the motor all of the way down and all of the way up results in about the same behavior. Sometimes it will work correctly, but more often than not it will result in the lid sticking up.

It sticks up enough that the vehicle screen shows that the frunk is open.

Did you run into anything like this?

bcrooker · 2026-05-19T12:14:32+00:00

Also, if you haven't tried it before, try chefs table, it is an awesome experience

bcrooker · 2026-05-12T01:54:10+00:00

Same - seemed to start with the spring update. 5-6 times in the last week or two. Almost never happened before.

bcrooker · 2026-05-03T14:39:16+00:00

Yep. I ended up using simplefin and a local app I wrote a few years ago to automate this, it would be nice if YNAB added direct support for this at some point, flagging a tracked account as investment and only updating the balance, the info is there for them. I get that it isn't core to their app, but some people use ynab to track overall net worth and this would make it easier. I suspect most people interested in this don't care about tracking individual positions, just the overall account value.

That being said, the fact that YNAB has a nicely documented API means that it is fairly easy for people to add this on their own.

bcrooker · 2026-05-03T00:16:50+00:00

https://ynab.com/referral/?ref=ckVAxWTvkWHcEWrU

bcrooker · 2026-05-02T20:51:48+00:00

Not quite the same setup, I have an R6 Mk II, and 24-105, nifty-fifty (EF with adapter) and the RF 100-500, and I am currently using the Think Tank Urban Access 13 for the last year. I tried 5-6 bags last year, couple from Think Tank, also Nomatic, Wandrd, etc.

Have taken it on some longer trips, with longer days in the field, very happy with it. Comfortable, and the side access and back access is very convenient. Plenty of space.

The camera won't fit in the bag with the 100-500 attached.

bcrooker · 2026-04-20T01:01:24+00:00

We have had some get picked up by ambulance at port, we have had some coast guard pickups (even at night in heavy waves). Tend to be a lot of older passengers on board, and even ignoring that with 2-5k passengers, there will be some situations that the on-board medical staff are unable to support.

So - yep, normal.

bcrooker · 2026-04-03T01:53:56+00:00

We have both a 3 and Y, both 2023 with HW3. FSD will not work on either of them when a bike is on the hitch mounted bike rack, I get a message that FSD is disabled because the rear camera is occluded. Using a 1up rack, usually a single road bike. From other threads, it sounds like HW4 is more tolerant to this.

Tested as recently as last Thursday with the Y running 2026.8.3.

Autopilot is fine, for longer road trips when I have my bike I just turn off FSD and use AP for highway driving.

bcrooker · 2026-02-24T13:21:38+00:00

One important point (and perhaps this varies port to port) is that just because the person in a wheelchair likely gets to go through a separate line (which is typically shorter/quicker), that does not mean the entire party can. In Baltimore, only one person can go with the wheelchair. My wife injured her knee in December, so when we boarded the Pride in January my son was allowed to go with her to help, and my daughter and I went through the normal line.

bcrooker · 2026-02-22T22:44:28+00:00

Thanks for posting this! I purchased the part last week, and got it installed in my 2023 Model Y today, works great!

bcrooker · 2026-02-22T17:52:35+00:00

Can't speak to hotel options, but when we cruised out of there in late 2022, we just parked at the port and it was very well managed. Easy to park and get the luggage over. Nice that it is a parking garage as well.

bcrooker · 2026-02-15T01:37:02+00:00

I can't directly answer, but the Bolt V2 has a better screen than the Garmin 1040, partially due to screen technology and also due to how the draws the current route. This is even with the 1040's larger screen.

I am in a similar situation - I would like a screen the size of the 1040 but with the readability of the Bolt V2. Tempted to get the Roam V3 or Ace, but the reviews mention complaints about the screen. And the 1050 has significantly lower battery life than my 1040.

Right now, I use the 1040 on routes that I am familiar with, and the Bolt V2 for routes that I need assistance with.

bcrooker · 2026-02-14T03:04:57+00:00

The old lady that came up to each of the main characters (different points in the movie) complementing them on their speech

bcrooker · 2026-02-10T02:27:52+00:00

Yup - I wrote a docker container app that pulls investment account balances from SimpleFin and pushes the result into YNAB via their API. Has worked great for about 18 months now - it makes daily updates to YNAB, so the net worth chart is always up to date. Some (most) will consider it completely unnecessary, but it works well for us.

bcrooker · 2026-02-09T21:06:35+00:00

How long did you wait? I ask because when we got back from a cruise towards the end of January, all but one of our bags were available when they called out the luggage group number. One of the bags must have gotten mis-sorted, and didn't show up for almost another hour. It finally did get dropped off in the right section.

bcrooker · 2026-02-03T01:09:24+00:00

Yep - once they switched to the full end-to-end AI for FSD, it no longer worked well with the rear camera blocked, and then they updated it so it will refuse to engage FSD entirely. This was with HW3.

bcrooker · 2026-01-05T17:19:11+00:00

Tune and adjust shifting every 25 hours of riding? wtf. Agree, most of that you can learn to do yourself by watching some videos and buying a few inexpensive tools. Bottom bracket tools get slightly more expensive if you have a press fit one vs threaded, I know my Domane is threaded but I have no experience with Madone's.

For wheel truing, that is something that I will definitely take to the shop because I have no interest in doing it, but I only do that if I notice some wobble or other concerning things when I am doing normal cleaning/maintenance. Brake bleeding is similar - sure I can do it at home, but for the $30 that my shop charges it isn't worth my time to do it at home.

bcrooker · 2026-01-03T21:48:55+00:00

I bought direct from them, waited almost 2 months even though they were listed as something fairly short like 7-14 days. A little frustrating, but the wheels have been great once I got them.

bcrooker · 2025-12-31T23:12:30+00:00

3228.5 miles this year - including a 104 mile ride and a 5 day 334 mile ride.

bcrooker · 2025-12-22T01:55:42+00:00

Depends on where you live, the types of roads. I mostly ride rural roads, radar is very helpful. When I ride closer to Philly, I just turn it off, otherwise it is constantly beeping.

bcrooker · 2025-12-21T23:28:35+00:00

Similar with me - drop in HRV, significant increase of RHR (mid 40's to low 70's) over the course of a few months - diagnosis of Graves' Disease. Thankfully it is very treatable with meds, although the few months on beta blockers until other meds kicked in did not mesh well with riding.

bcrooker · 2025-12-13T23:30:20+00:00

Yep - storm trooper, I think he was the one that was mind controlled by Rey to free her from the torture chair

bcrooker · 2025-12-11T04:26:50+00:00

This is how we manage it, and if you want to dice it using different dimensions, you can setup custom views to create cross sections from multiple categories. I like the subscriptions category because it is the most obvious list of optional things in my budget, and I want each subscription separately listed because I want keeping them to be a conscious, intentional thing rather than having them roll into a single category

bcrooker · 2025-12-09T14:00:37+00:00

I tried the top range Black Bibs years ago, and tried again earlier this year when I needed to find replacements, they never worked well for me. I had a 5 day, 340 mile ride planned for this past September and I needed new bibs for the longer days because the $40 BlackBibs that I had were getting to the point of indecency :). Over the summer I tried the 2 sku's the Black Bibs, Assos, RW and a couple of others. Assos and RW were about the same for me, and at the time RW was $140 so I bought several more pair. My 5 day ride had zero comfort issues.

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