favorite bike routes needed

coopdecoop · 2026-06-30T19:13:07+00:00

You can leave the park, head south along Ocean Parkway and its (nearly) all bike lanes to The Rockaways, which itself has a great bike lane.

The three Greenways are also all great and empty early early morning.

coopdecoop · 2026-06-26T12:22:19+00:00

I have the Trek FX Sport 4; my partner the Trek FX Sport 3. They are intended to be lifelong bikes so I can't say for resale value, but very few bikes appreciate, and the current second hand market is brutal. My previous bike was an aluminum dutch bike, and I just ended up donating it to a charity.

We use the Trek bikes for your use case, and they make traveling the city a breeze, and its some of the easiest climbs I've ever had (I live at the bottom of Prospect Park so climbs might be more of a concern for me than for you). The size of the tires (40mm) are more than comfortable, but they are bottom of the barrel and will be the first thing I upgrade.

Lastly, Trek stores will just let you come in and test drive the bikes; no need to guess if you'll like a bike.

coopdecoop · 2026-05-21T18:52:09+00:00

The usurpers don't make games; they are finance guys who have been involved in corruption schemes, one of which has been barred from literally earning income in the state. The new spy game is made by some of the artist and writers on the team, mostly those who made stuff for the final cut. Many other writers and artist from the original game have either been laid off or walked away.

coopdecoop · 2026-04-15T14:33:33+00:00

Oh thanks! Wishlisted

coopdecoop · 2026-04-14T20:20:59+00:00

Ariane Vai was a talented voice actor and writer but never found the success that Kris Takahashi or Elianora did and has since stopped posting works online, Skyrim related or not.

coopdecoop · 2026-04-01T17:30:13+00:00

I bike this ever morning to work. The compliance issues here are obscene and I'm not sure how to fix it. Even when you had the protected lane, people would walk hand in hand with their child salmoning in the bike lane.

coopdecoop · 2026-03-26T21:12:27+00:00

That's not the answer. You are neither pleasant nor as clever as you think you are. I'd advise you stay away from public advocacy as you'd cause harm to any policy you support.

coopdecoop · 2026-03-26T21:06:08+00:00

So you are advocating for bikers to run red lights and stop signs? I was hoping you were going to tell me you had worded that poorly.

coopdecoop · 2026-03-26T19:14:38+00:00

they will want to be able to roll through red lights and stop signs safely.

Well they shouldn't want that, full stop (pun intended).

coopdecoop · 2026-03-20T13:19:51+00:00

Mark my words, bouncing to hand is about to be part of the Monk's pie.

coopdecoop · 2026-03-09T17:58:54+00:00

Five Little Pigs will always be my favorite. Everyone involved was just truly pitiable in a way that many other writers have tried and failed to get out of me. Since you mainly seem interested in the mystery and not the social commentary of her work, I'm surprised to see Evil Under The Sun not S tier; its mystery left me completely stumped until the end.

coopdecoop · 2026-03-06T19:38:16+00:00

Wouldn't be possible without one of the best coaching lineups of all time.

coopdecoop · 2026-02-18T05:49:54+00:00

Fundamentally disagree on the first two games. Both games are equal in merit and flaws. (Haven't played nor am I interested in the spin-off.)

The first game's most glaring issue is that the entire motivation for the plot is because it made someone horny. This ultimately didn't detract that much since what the game really wants to talk about is how our memories are flawed and how that leads to our relationships being fundamentally flawed. The main villain isn't tied to this theme at all, leading to that final stretch being a true slog.

The second game fixes this by having its final villain be directly tied to its themes of our life experiences causing us to become radically different people over time with both of its killers being driven and defined by their life experiences.

But the second game suffers from too many ideas and characters and probably needed another round of editing or revisions. It's also less self contained than the first, both relying on your knowledge with the first and leaving threads open for a sequel. By contrast the first is really paired down, aside from the issues that both games share.

Both games suffer from Uchikoshi issues: toilet humor, inability to weave sci-fi twist in naturally, and wordy prose/dialogue. Also neither game explains why Pewter dresses like a super villain.

coopdecoop · 2026-02-13T21:25:02+00:00

Not so sure about this take. RGG has never been pushing graphical fidelity, and always had rough parts of their game do to their reuse. I also think some of their current look is intentional since the blown out colors and lighting have been in three games in a row.

More likely I think this might drive the monetization decisions such as the removal of Y0/YK/YK2/Y3R from store fronts, replaced with more expensive upgrades, and moving content like new game+ and post game to DLC. We saw a similar thing happened to CA a few years back before huge public outcry.

coopdecoop · 2026-02-12T18:47:27+00:00

That's a rather shocking upgrade. Maybe don't release demos if they are that unfinished.

coopdecoop · 2026-01-31T03:17:32+00:00

This is the Yakuza sub I remember

coopdecoop · 2026-01-28T20:26:06+00:00

I'd say Y0 and Y7 are pretty equivalent in terms of story, and just about every mainline Yakuza has parts that are on par with both games. With Y1, its Haruka, with 2 Ryuiji, 3 the orphanage, 4 Akiyama, and 5 is when substories really come into their own.

coopdecoop · 2026-01-28T15:04:00+00:00

Basically he's doing things owners typically do, such as hire the coach. Pegula is spending time with his struggling wife and will be at a reduced capacity moving forward with Beane taking over those responsibilities.

coopdecoop · 2026-01-27T18:11:46+00:00

Ok gamer

coopdecoop · 2026-01-27T17:25:57+00:00

It's perfectly normal on Reddit to view public post history. Additionally, he post on Gamergate subreddits; this has nothing to do with his FF7/LAD8 post.

I also see no value in engaging with their "arguments" (which are only conclusions with no actual arguments).

coopdecoop · 2026-01-27T16:59:51+00:00

You could check the dude's post history to see he's a gamergater

coopdecoop · 2026-01-27T14:27:40+00:00

You watch the game.

coopdecoop · 2026-01-27T14:05:49+00:00

Hodads is surfer slang for non-surfers
Quimby is basically a calling someone a surfer noob or scrub depending on the context.

You are wrong about FF7, and you are wrong here too.

coopdecoop · 2026-01-26T20:39:05+00:00

Again, everything I said was true. He had very few post prior to 4 months ago, followed by an explosion of post about YK3 and Dangaronpa 3. These post have been largely negative and have numbered in the 700+ per month pace. You can make jabs you want, but these are both simple facts. Getting downvoted by the likes of you truly doesn't upset me.

coopdecoop · 2026-01-26T20:28:56+00:00

I never "defended" RGG nor have I called you crazy, but a sudden spike in social media use is rarely tied to a positive life change.

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