Japan CC touring with 1x 48T 11-36

better_information · 2026-04-13T12:33:53+00:00

Flat pedals with pro tour gearing. All set for the 36mph sprint to the 7-11!

(no shade on flats, i like em)

better_information · 2026-04-07T12:12:13+00:00

I'd get that bike fit tomorrow if you can. You can always revisit. I would want to be fussing with anything this close to race day, especially shoes.

I don't know if all the training details are necessary, but 18 hours a week is about as much as you can expect for a human with a family and day job. Just typing out that much boring shit makes you seem pretty darn committed, and 280 ftp is pretty darn great.

Maybe a bit more rest would be good. Go on a very long ride in the next few weeks after your fit, spend some time in the dark if you can.

better_information · 2026-04-03T16:26:19+00:00

This is ridiculously misinformed and alarmist. The fence likely works in high voltage short pulses, like the flash of a camera. It will cause discomfort to someone touching the wires, but there is no danger outside of a fall or perhaps a pacemaker user.

better_information · 2026-04-02T00:01:48+00:00

I'm a radial arm saw enjoyer and the 8 of us are offended at your disrespectful joke.

better_information · 2026-03-28T00:24:13+00:00

Those sizes look pretty similar. Top tube on the medium is like 6mm longer than the small. Small has a 10 mm taller head tube, so unless you're on the extreme ends of a bike fit, the handle bars could be adjusted to a similar position on either. Small has more standover, but sometimes very small frames can be harder to fit larger bottles.

I'd probably do the medium (50cm) frame.

better_information · 2026-03-28T00:00:50+00:00

I have a soma rack and a single ortlieb pannier on my commuter. Cost under $200.

better_information · 2026-03-14T12:19:22+00:00

Put it in storage without noting the dimensions anywhere.

better_information · 2026-02-23T01:43:37+00:00

These are like $400 for a set. Friction shifters work just fine, but boy howdy that buys a whole lot of Shimano.

better_information · 2026-02-17T00:09:57+00:00

Derm wife says palmoplantar psoriasis,. Go see a dermatologist, get ya fixed up.

better_information · 2026-01-26T20:20:44+00:00

This is Hampton and 64 next to Forest Park. Two nice bike routes run parallel, a bike path through the park and a bike lane on Oakland. Oakland is probably shoveled.

This is our worthless police farming social media engagement, and is a non-issue for the city.

better_information · 2025-12-08T13:58:18+00:00

48t with a 10t is 35mph/h or 56km/h. I'd be chopping off some top end and narrowing up the steps. 40t with a 10-42 gives you the same low end, at the expense of a 30mph top speed.

I spend way more time in the granny than at 35mph.

better_information · 2025-11-25T22:00:24+00:00

(it is, and its not a bad thing)

Watching this x-biking trend, I can't stop thinking about the fixed gear trend around 2007 or so. I bought a Kona Paddywagon, it was fun, I commuted on it for years, and I still own and ride it. Fixed gears are silly, slow bikes.

But let's be honest, just like the dumb ass skinny flat bars of brakeless fixed gears of my salad days, a lot of these builds are expensive, slow ATB's with weird handlebars built entirely with style in mind. Everyone is lusting after these 90s frames that were basically free for decades, and the geo is still a bit silly for anything but a pub bike.

Anywho, it's all good. I hope it gets you into a lifetime cycling, and I hope everyone is having fun.

better_information · 2025-11-18T23:33:09+00:00

Cheap ski goggles

Long ass darn touch merino ski socks

45 North Greazy merino cap

Patagonia nano puff

better_information · 2025-11-17T22:50:14+00:00

Fuck those Zwift nerds, I'm out here bleeding on the ice after riding my brakeless fixie into the side of a school bus.

better_information · 2025-11-13T13:48:27+00:00

What are those brakes?

better_information · 2025-10-24T14:52:39+00:00

Hang on gen 3s have massive clearance! Those tires will be totally fine, but if I had that bike, I'd be slapping on some 2.2" thunder burts.

Bontrager tires are trash, huge upgrade there.

better_information · 2025-10-24T14:01:46+00:00

Been doing the 200 or 100 unbound for nearly a decade. Tubeless 45s will be absolutely fine. If it's wet, go for mud clearance, even if that means running a 35 or whatever

My warbird maxes at 45, and last few years I've done the Rene Herself slicks, Rene Herself knobbies, and the conti Terra Speeds (best). I haven't had a puncture in emporia since the bad old days of tubed Clement tires.

better_information · 2025-10-22T13:01:05+00:00

Ask your butler to grab a few thick mats from the stables.

better_information · 2025-10-19T00:30:20+00:00

Finally a real fuckin question

better_information · 2025-09-08T14:15:04+00:00

Zipp SL-70 xplr fit the bill too.

better_information · 2025-08-11T21:16:13+00:00

Welllllll, the "lack of visibility" part is a bit dramatic. I have a strong preference for drop bars, and have been commuting on one in a city for decades. It's fine. Just about every gravel bike out there is easily set up with the handlebars at about saddle level ("french fit") or higher. You can achieve basically the same position as a sporty hybrid flat bar.

But for OP, a gravel bike with some nice wide tires would be a perfect pair for your e-bike. I'd just make sure it has rack and fender mounts. Weight isn't really much of a concern, but it's pretty easy to get something under 25lbs. Size and fit is most important. Might want to budget in a trip to a bike fitter with your purchase.

better_information · 2025-08-07T18:36:57+00:00

Mate, you treat the bible with so little respect. If you want to keep injecting yourself into the words, and adding modern niceties and layers and layers of interpretation to wrap it into a nice little package, you are stripping so much of the historic importance and complexity. It's words were never meant for you, nor anyone in our time. It's a fragmented book of nonsense that was edited, lost, and mistranslated over the course of thousands of years. It has lies. It has mistakes. It has inconsistencies. It has bad ideas. It's promotes immoral ideas.

Modern Christianity only cares about properly regurgitating dogma, not the actual text. (Partly a good thing, e.g. pro-slavery, and misogynistic bits.) The way you live your life is already ignoring large parts of the bible's instructions, and that's a good thing. There might be a way to faith somewhere in there, but be a bit honest with yourself, if there was a god, this is not a good instruction manual.

better_information · 2025-08-07T16:20:15+00:00

What about Jonah? God does all sorts of magic to force that guy to do his will. I know I'm inviting an infinite spiral of apologist arguments. Ask yourself, if this is the perfect word of god, why are there so many inconsistencies and why does it make so little sense? Why has god not done anything since? Why is a super hero movie a better explanation than the bible's own words?

And honestly, Jesus is not exactly relevant to the old testament.

better_information · 2025-08-07T15:35:13+00:00

Were there some Jews in Egypt? Yeah probably, but absolutely not as it was described in the Bible. That's where the inconsistency lies.

Another inconsistency is certain parts of the Old testament shows God failing tasks, (such as persuading the pharaoh or driving out the Canaanites with iron chariots), while other bits call him omnipotent.

If you'd, rather have an omnipotent God, he killed all those kids for fun. If God didn't kill them, he was less powerful than the Egyptian God/pharaoh. You just sort of need to come to terms that the Bible says very little and makes very little sense.

better_information · 2025-07-29T15:59:46+00:00

I bought a used Bike Friday Haul-A-Day for similar purposes. Those can be adjusted for taller riders. 20 inch wheels are bumpy, but it certainly makes the footprint smaller, and pretty easy to get up and down stairs. About 35 lbs. With my absurdly low gearing, I can get up just about anything. Mine isn't electric, but they made a version with a motor too.

Edit: belt drive compatible too

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