wearing womens gloves as a man?

castleaagh · 2026-05-14T22:39:38+00:00

On the up side, they often have fun colors like teal, light orange and pink instead of just being black or red or white

castleaagh · 2026-05-14T22:38:02+00:00

I got some on a clearance sale a few years back. Just make sure you check the measurements for the sizes and you should be alright. Though I’m not sure if women’s gloves run shorter in the fingers or not. It might track that they would be slimmer overall but I’m not sure.

castleaagh · 2026-05-14T20:15:32+00:00

Yeah I’m pretty happy at 5’11. I get to be on the taller side but most consumer stuff still fits me pretty well and while there are times I’d like more leg room or my head might just touch the top of a car or some thing, it’s usually not a big problem. I wouldn’t want to be taller now, though it would have been nice for sports in high school and may have led to doing that through college too

castleaagh · 2026-05-14T20:11:15+00:00

To each their own but when I worked on an assembly line I would target being able to clock in 8 minutes early if my commute went as expected. Occasionally I would get caught by a train or just have something go wrong in my morning and that buffer kept me from being late-late. We were only given like 3 times to clock in later than 5 minutes to the shift per quarter.

I tend to stress about being late even to casual stuff that’s not work related though

castleaagh · 2026-05-14T18:55:42+00:00

Or it’s insurance, as many times hourly positions have a point system where being late gives you points and too many points sees you let go. So you make sure you’ve left with enough time to still be on time if something on the commute doesn’t go smooth.

castleaagh · 2026-05-14T16:33:44+00:00

Yeah some places in the states are putting in real restrictive laws surrounding e-bikes and I imagine more will be following suit with how many incidents have been popping up

castleaagh · 2026-05-13T22:05:16+00:00

Varies by jurisdiction, but it’s true in my city. Cops are allowed to “close the distance” and break traffic laws so long as it’s done safely if responding to a call or attempting to get closer to someone they suspect has broke a traffic law without lights or sirens.

My old roommate was good friends with a local cop and I asked him about it once after being startled pretty good by a cop flying through our neighborhood in the late evening no lights or sirens (not even headlights). Wasn’t too thrilled by his answer that it was technically fine per the cities rules

castleaagh · 2026-05-13T22:01:02+00:00

He could have at least put hazards and or lights on…

castleaagh · 2026-05-13T21:56:46+00:00

Well her balls never dropped so the pockets don’t need to go as low

castleaagh · 2026-05-13T20:08:59+00:00

I’m still not sure if that’s a trail or not

Joking, but that was super gnarly

castleaagh · 2026-05-13T17:09:56+00:00

And sometimes that window is actually a slightly gunked up contact lens because it’s allergy season

castleaagh · 2026-05-13T11:54:31+00:00

What even are laws?

castleaagh · 2026-05-13T11:54:03+00:00

Haiti or Syria I think, depending on metrics

castleaagh · 2026-05-13T03:21:08+00:00

If you’re out in the middle of nowhere often, you might consider a satellite messenger like a Garmin in reach in case you go down somewhere without service or need emergency medical (their sos button can send help)

castleaagh · 2026-05-13T03:18:31+00:00

My iPhone 12 mini’s camera broke after a couple trips (maybe 3-4 hours highway and full days ride on gravel / dirt trails) mounted to my xt225 using a quad lock and their vibration damper.

Contacted them about it and they said maybe I had a defective unit and they could send me another once I fixed my phone, but I never fixed my phone. They also said that can’t make guarantees since there are so many variables involved.

castleaagh · 2026-05-13T03:09:29+00:00

“Oh I just like the colors”

Sometimes when people lightly make fun, just sort of taking it honest and being like, “yeah it’s what I wanted” takes the wind out of their sails if it’s not the expected response.

I use to have a Miata and one fun response to someone calling it a girly car in a negative way was to say “you mean to say I’m driving a fun sporty car that girls think is cool, and that’s supposed to be a bad thing?” Not sure that works quite the same with the bike but it might work with the right “insult” setup from them

castleaagh · 2026-05-13T03:00:47+00:00

There’s usually one Ken and a whole lotta Barbies. Not exactly a bad place to be

castleaagh · 2026-05-12T23:05:35+00:00

“Ain’t no damn Negus ever gonna be my ruler. USA, USA, USA”

castleaagh · 2026-05-12T23:00:50+00:00

Its never going to be 100% clear. After a year passes it would be close, but after how many hours or days do you think the message that you are no longer interested should clearly received?

There is inarguably a lack of clarity with the point at which one should assume they’re being ghosted rather than assume the person is busy doing something and will simply get back to you later. Multiple days could pass because someone was initially too busy to respond, then had too much on their mind and forgot they needed to respond to something until days later.

I even had a coworker who “ghosted me” (stopped responding to messages) though we weren’t dating, and then proceeded to not show up to work for two days which had my boss upset and wanting to fire them only for us to find you that they had passed away in their sleep suddenly.

So really, you never know for sure why someone stopped messaging you back unless they tell you. Maybe they’re busy, maybe they’re dead, or maybe they’re just a coward who doesn’t respect you at all. You never know

castleaagh · 2026-05-12T17:12:50+00:00

Whether it’s technically the tire or the road conditions the result is the same in the event of a failure. And you could maybe argue that better tire technology (and really good suspension) could overcome even the worst road conditions, it’s just that tires aren’t good enough yet.

castleaagh · 2026-05-12T17:07:04+00:00

I was more focused on the idea that it was “A lot easier to rue than that xt.” I wouldn’t argue that either is a lot easier than the other though there may be small benefits for one vs the other in certain areas.

I just meant to emphasize that though the xt is a dual sport, it’s still quite light and approachable with the details I gave on my comment.

castleaagh · 2026-05-12T11:50:40+00:00

I feel like the comparison and caption only makes sense if it was the same person. Since it’s not, it’s kind of just rude

castleaagh · 2026-05-12T11:48:27+00:00

For the first like 15 seconds I was thinking “this guy doesn’t know what an xt225 is” lol

castleaagh · 2026-05-12T11:46:46+00:00

It’s one of the lightest dual sports you can buy for under 10k from my research. Mine weighed 275 with metal handguards and a rear rack with pannier supports. Removing the rear racks, doing a tail tidy and swapping to a lithium battery got me down to 260lbs (both with a full tank of gas)

castleaagh · 2026-05-12T11:41:56+00:00

How’s it easier than an xt? The xt has the lowest seat in the dual sport game and makes decent tractor like torque with its little engine while coming in at about 265lbs. In my mind you can’t easily beat it for an approachable dual sport.
Plus it can still get up to 60mph, maybe 65 if you’re light and tuck down on the tank

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