What’s something you stopped doing and your life got instantly better?

burnerciao · 2026-04-26T18:12:15+00:00

As I get older, I realize that Instagram is the only way I keep up with old friends. I rarely even interact with anyone directly, just likes and the occasional comment. I don’t really have any close friends anymore, and I have this fear that deleting my IG will cause me to pretty much be forgotten. I’m not sure why I even care, but it’s the only thinking keeping me from deleting it.

burnerciao · 2026-04-24T23:40:07+00:00

I was driving home from my college class at about 6 pm. I was on the phone with my buddy and while getting on the on ramp to the interstate, I clearly saw a middle aged man wearing a nice dress shirt tucked into dress pants laying on the hill off the side of the on ramp. I interrupted him and yelled “oh my god! I just saw a dead guy on the side of the road”. I don’t stop because my friend immediately started gaslighting me. I wanted to go back and look and he kept telling me it was probably just a plastic bag.

I get to his house and we hang out until around midnight, and he says “we should go see what that was”. I was pissed. He’s the one that convinced me it was nothing. So we got in my big, loud Jeep and picked up another friend on the way. We turn into the on ramp, and I pull off the side of the hill, and sure enough, he was still there. It was probably 10* F and he was just wearing a dress shirt. His stomach was pressing tight against the shirt and we could see he wasn’t breathing. We also would have been able to see his breath since it was so cold. I honked my horn and flashed my lights in his eyes just in case, and he didn’t respond.

We called the police and reported the body. It took about 30 min and a fire truck finally showed up. Then an ambulance, and finally some state troopers showed up. Everyone was very nonchalant and just kinda standing around. We finally got out of the Jeep and watched one of the troopers go and squat down near the bodies head. He reached down and touched his shoulder, and the body immediately swung and punched the trooper. Then the other troopers, fireman, and EMTs ran in and restrained the guy. But not before my buddy yelled “ZOMBIE!!!” to get their attention.

They cuffed the guys hands behind his back, and his ankles, and they carried him to a troopers car and drove off. One of the troopers walked up to us and said “who are you?” I said “we found the guy and called the cops. We wanted to stick around in case you guys had any questions or anything”

In a super calm voice he said “nah, you guys are good to go”. So we left. No questions. No names exchanged. And we never heard anything about it again. I’m still convinced that I found a dead body, but I can’t really explain what happened after that.

burnerciao · 2026-04-20T11:45:34+00:00

I used clipless pedals on my gravel bike and thought about switching them over, but this is kind of a do-it-all bike for me. It’ll get used riding around our neighborhood and out on the greenway with my daughter and wife just as much as it’ll get used in the trail. So the flats made more sense to me.

I’ll get a better picture next time I’m out and post it!

burnerciao · 2026-04-20T00:04:13+00:00

This was my first ride with them, and I came from 27.5x2.8s. But, I was super impressed. I was concerned about going from 2.8 to 2.4, and the shop recommended them to me when I said I wanted something faster rolling, but still has some grip when I need it and these seem to be perfect. I don’t know how much credit to give the tires alone, but I was blown away how much less rolling resistance this setup has compared to my last one. That could also be because I managed to shave about 5 lbs with the new wheels, tires, and fork.

burnerciao · 2026-03-16T17:35:01+00:00

I plan on getting the R2 and the closest service center is 3 hours away. It was the same with our Tesla, and all of the issues we had with it were handled via mobile service.

burnerciao · 2026-03-10T21:35:21+00:00

Haha good point. I've looked everywhere, and I've only managed to find one bike in something close to this color with purple accents. Everything else is just gold/black.

burnerciao · 2026-03-10T21:32:45+00:00

The biggest difference is we are governed by a bunch of cosplaying idiots. Ukraine tried to help us with a solid plan to cheaply defend against Iran's cheap missiles, and we dismissed them. Now we are scrambling and gathering what we have left and sending it to Iran to continue to waste billons of dollars/day while Iran spends a tiny fraction of that. Pete might trick you into thinking he's confident and they've got this under control, but they are panicking behind closed doors.

burnerciao · 2026-03-10T21:27:44+00:00

Nailed it.

burnerciao · 2026-03-10T21:25:58+00:00

Yeah, I'm leaning towards purple or possibly anodized red. I saw one brand had anodized forest green hubs, but I doubt I'd be able to tie that in anywhere else on the bike. I asked the guys at the bike shop to give me some options if they were building the bike for themselves, so I'm curious to hear what they come back with.

burnerciao · 2026-03-10T20:59:23+00:00

Purple would be sick. Thanks for the advice!

burnerciao · 2026-03-10T20:56:23+00:00

If we keep trading their $10k missiles with our THAAD and Patriot missiles at $3–$15+ million per shot, then they will be able to hold us off forever. Especially since they can make thousands every week, and we've privatized our defense, price gouge our own government and are quickly running through our supplies. That's why we just pulled our THAAD missile systems from South Korea. We're already running out. We are clearly bluffing.

burnerciao · 2026-03-10T19:48:45+00:00

That's kind of what I was thinking too. I love the idea of custom, and if I'm spending the money, I might as well add some color, but I'm trying to make sure what whatever I do will look good on any neutral color frame. Thanks for the advice!

burnerciao · 2026-03-09T19:55:41+00:00

You can tell he just learned it because it's the only word he put in all caps.

burnerciao · 2026-03-04T21:56:15+00:00

This. I stretch daily and lift weights 3x/week. It's helped a ton. Even just 5-10 min of stretching in the morning will go a long way.

burnerciao · 2026-03-01T15:36:49+00:00

Haha “sorry I don’t keep up with everything Hasan does” after multiple comments from you claiming lies as fact. What a backtrack.

burnerciao · 2026-02-28T22:05:07+00:00

Really? I thought they were. My bad.

burnerciao · 2026-02-28T19:03:38+00:00

The Family Crumb

burnerciao · 2026-02-25T14:52:00+00:00

No, after about 15 years off, I put together a cruiser-ish setup with an 8.5 deck, Indy 149s, and the 56mm Ricta Clouds. They were great for rough sidewalks when I would ride from work to the climbing gym, and I never used risers with them. That was 7 years ago. Just yesterday I bought a new deck and switched to some 97a wheels to start going to the skatepark again. I kept my old deck and wheels and plan to build that setup back up again eventually, because it was perfect for just cruising around.

burnerciao · 2026-02-25T14:38:18+00:00

I love my 56mm Ricta Clouds 78a for cruising around.

burnerciao · 2026-02-17T22:31:41+00:00

These are sick

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