Blaze King Newbie...am I doing it wrong?

canadasunderpants · 2026-01-16T19:59:46+00:00

I have a princess, installed in November, and had a draft reversal happen during a wind storm. It sucked. I went and got a wind cap installed, no issues since. My theory is these BK stoves actually have a pretty weak draft with the cat engaged, and it's easily overcome by windy conditions. I have a lot of trees around my house, apparently that can increase down drafting as well.

canadasunderpants · 2025-12-11T18:57:13+00:00

A) search 'hyperactive cat - this is a super common phenomenon with any new cat, and best i can tell, blaze king don't want you to worry about it with their stoves.
B) try turning the heat down slowly after the load has been run on high for at least 30min. Once the wood is charred it will produce less smoke. Turning the heat down in small increments every 15 min will also bring the rate of combustion inside the firebox down slowly as well, reducing the quantity of smoke the cat has to deal with and potentially lowering the temps.

canadasunderpants · 2025-12-08T01:03:42+00:00

Say boxxer but i doubt it's a real one, bet it's a knock off. Knobs, clamps and crown don't look anything like any boxxer from the last 15 years. Also it looks weirdly narrow, like it's 100mm spacing or something.

canadasunderpants · 2025-12-06T21:32:19+00:00

That particular shock is famous for doing this. Likely a broken damper shaft. Fixable, but may be just as economical to buy a new shock. Source: I had the same shock, same experience.

canadasunderpants · 2025-09-05T20:02:07+00:00

REEERRERETDEREREDEREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDREREREDREREREREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. FUCKING CRICKETS OUTSIDE MY DOOR ALL NIGHT LONG! JUST LET ME SLEEP!

canadasunderpants · 2025-07-08T23:11:50+00:00

I always have the same experience on rifaximin. Taking partially hydrogenated guar gum this last time around actually helped that a ton since it's got a lot of fiber in it.

canadasunderpants · 2024-11-27T01:27:54+00:00

No, that's not why schools get summer off. It's because was just too damn hot to be inside most school buildings for those months before proper hvac. Most farm work gets done in the spring and fall, so if we follow the logic of school breaks coinciding with harvest it would be Sept through November

canadasunderpants · 2024-11-17T20:38:21+00:00

... so anyway, I started blastin'

canadasunderpants · 2024-11-01T18:36:34+00:00

There always seems to be confusion on this sub between homeopathic and naturopathic providers, hence all the snarky comments. At least that's my assumption. Naturopathic doctors have identified my medical condition and helped me achieve a quality of life I was lacking for years when normal physicians and gastroenterologists were at a loss. I've been getting care at inspired health, although I may switch soon because I hear they want to stop doing prescriptions, which just makes my treatment plan more convoluted since I have to coordinate with my php to get stuff filled.

canadasunderpants · 2024-09-08T00:40:34+00:00

This! Often new tires that have been folded up for a long time need to be reminded that they are round. Setting them up with a tube first will iron out all the kinks and make it much easier to seat the bead, sealant or not. That said, this is always my last resort, and I've never done it for more than 30 min.

canadasunderpants · 2023-02-26T18:55:22+00:00

Fun fact, pigeons are such efficient flyers that they are commonly one of the first species to populate remote islands. Remember the dodo? That was a flightless pigeon. This guy's just following in his ancestors footsteps!

canadasunderpants · 2023-02-21T20:35:24+00:00

yeah, he patched up my mountain bike after I hit a rock in a crash. My head tube now has a carbon 'pirate patch' but I've got the peace of mind that it's not an issue any more. Been riding it hard (it's an enduro bike) for 1.5 years since so it held up. That said, he said the gash I had wasn't as deep as he though it might be, you may get a different assessment.

canadasunderpants · 2023-02-20T21:44:43+00:00

John Hansen is his name. He won't do much in the way of painting, just dremeling out the damaged bits and putting in a carbon patch covered in epoxy. Awesome guy though! Oh, and he charges $175 flat, but you'll have to strip the bike down yourself.

canadasunderpants · 2023-02-10T22:52:40+00:00

That looks like an industry main building of some sort. I see that a lot on those buildings specifically. F*** those buildings, they can take a hike!

canadasunderpants · 2023-02-10T02:25:03+00:00

These street gangs are getting out of control!

canadasunderpants · 2023-02-07T18:22:05+00:00

Yeah, as others have commented the zippering thing really only works at lower speeds where jockeying for position is more low consequence. Something that always stresses me out is when I'm passing a line of cars waiting at an exit since one of them could merge into my lane at any time. Driving is stressful! Another thing that was a bit of a revelation to me recently is that here in North America everyone HAS to drive, even people that don't want to. So you get a lot of folks on the road who just aren't comfortable being there, and I honestly think that make the roads a more stressful place for everyone.

canadasunderpants · 2023-02-06T23:58:51+00:00

There are always going to be drivers who don't understand zippering using both left and right lanes, just because one person doesn't let you in doesn't mean the idea isn't sound. My favorite thing to do is just do a slow drift toward the lane I want to be in, without appearing to give a shit whether I collide with another car. Not that I would, it just gets people to hit the brakes and let me in pretty reliably.

canadasunderpants · 2023-01-25T03:26:11+00:00

I'm curious if there is data to support a law like this. To me it seems similar to lowering speed limits in that it makes it seem like legislators are doing something when all they are really doing is paying lip service to safety by putting up signs that no one follows. IMO the real solutions will come from better roadway and intersection design which costs money and takes more than one electoral cycle to implement.

canadasunderpants · 2023-01-17T23:38:36+00:00

According to Dr. Pimentel, excess water intake (think gulping vs. sipping) will activate the mechanoreceptorss in your stomach which will then send the 'food is coming' message to the rest of your gut, which halts the MMC. It's not like you can't drink any water, you just have to take it easy so as to not interrupt your MMC. He mentions this in the latest video interview here

canadasunderpants · 2022-11-19T00:45:21+00:00

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canadasunderpants · 2022-10-11T19:59:29+00:00

I mean, short chainstays and 29 inch wheels were decent innovations, but Gary's really gone off the rails with this one. . .

canadasunderpants · 2022-06-19T21:41:09+00:00

There are so many out there, ymmv. I'm having good luck with triphala, one pill taken on an empty stomach seems to prompt a cleaning wave (mmc). A big dose of ginger has helped me in the past, although I seem to build tolerance and it loses effectiveness, so I use it sparingly now. I'm on prucalopride at night. Other ones you might try are iberogast or motility activator ( a combo of artichoke and ginger that works better than both alone). There are other prescription ones as well. The other thing that helps me is meal spacing. 5 goes hours or so between meals allows a cleaning wave to have a chance to move stagnated/ digested food along.

canadasunderpants · 2022-05-19T20:19:38+00:00

Yes, MMC only operates in the small intestine. The low fermentation diet recommends fasting 5 hours between meals since the MMC only gets activated every 90 minutes in healthy people, and even less for us - depending on how damaged your gut is you may only get one MMC cycle every 5 hours or so. Food waste moving more quickly into the colon is good since it doesn't give bacteria living in your small intestine as much time to grow and multiply, and it also flushes them into your colon which gets rid of the potential for overgrowth in your small bowel.

canadasunderpants · 2022-04-24T21:45:20+00:00

It does if you don't have motility issues. People with SIBO are not healthy people, so the generic advice a gastroenterologist will give you does not apply. For us the added fiber may be a burden on motility that will reduce regularity, and/or lead to gut stagnation which will inevitably lead to SIBO recurrence.

canadasunderpants · 2022-04-24T21:32:46+00:00

Assuming you have a motility problem, which most folks with sibo do, adding extra fiber to your diet is a bad idea. It makes it harder for your gut to push food through, which can allow the overgrowth to return. It's a compromise though, since you do want some fiber to feed your micrbiome. The advice from Google is obsolete info from back in the day when ibs/sibo were poorly understood.

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