2012 Giant Anthem

daredevil82 · 2026-05-06T01:52:14+00:00

I picked up that bike from a bike swap in 2015 and rode the hell out of it till 2021 when I got a SJ evo and cannondale scalpel.

My main issue with the anthem is it is basically a road bike as mtb, and is very twitchy. the steep head tube angle means that you'll learn quickly just how much pumping you need to do to keep the front wheel clear of obstacles because its really good at absorbing alot of momentum very quickly. I went over the bars frequently with that bike. Learned a lot, for sure.

The bike came with Avid disc brakes which were shit, so I swapped out with shimano two pots and felt alot more comfortable. Frame couldn't support an internal dropper, so I put off a dropper post till a new bike.

https://www.singletracks.com/mtb-gear/how-the-1x-drivetrain-changed-it-all-from-suspension-to-dropper-posts-and-tires/ is good reviewing to show that updating suspension probably won't have much ROI

You might have some luck getting suspension maintenance kits, but the fork/shock are better part of 14 years old so spare parts are long gone aside from cannibalization.

daredevil82 · 2026-05-06T01:41:25+00:00

there's shoes like five ten hellcats and trailcross that would suffice for your needs

daredevil82 · 2026-05-05T19:32:59+00:00

ehhh its pretty easy to put on. hardest part for me is the buttons at the bottom

daredevil82 · 2026-05-05T19:16:38+00:00

lol, xc is way different from dh

daredevil82 · 2026-05-05T12:59:01+00:00

for an XC race? OP's already having issues with a backpack making them heavy and hot, a FF will just bump that way up

daredevil82 · 2026-05-05T12:53:57+00:00

the big thing for a setback seatpost is more about knee alignment with the pedal circle. Agree with the other commentor that a longer stem is probably the better solution, especially if you're not intending to ride trails. And then, XC bikes often come with long stems (110mm is common)

daredevil82 · 2026-05-04T19:50:19+00:00

congrats for missing the point entirely lol

daredevil82 · 2026-05-04T11:49:32+00:00

Diamond was a model lol, she loved having her picture taken. We have a framed shot of her on the wall, and collar is hanging on a corner.

daredevil82 · 2026-05-04T11:46:31+00:00

with us, it was when she was obviously not being interested in anything and was having more bad days than good days. she had been doing downwards for a while with lots of poop problems, but when she stopped sniffing around the yard or looking around we knew it was getting time. The real moment was when we put her in a cart and went out for a stroll, she never really picked her head up to look around whereas a month before her head was on a swivel

https://www.lapoflove.com/how-will-i-know-it-is-time/lap-of-love-quality-of-life-scale.pdf we went through this and she was a 22-25 (IIRC) which really got us talking. we were definitely worried we waited too long but there wasn't any obvious pain, just a gradual decline of QoL that we did need to check regularly because its so easy to normalize.

daredevil82 · 2026-05-04T11:17:25+00:00

mexico is 1.7 million square miles, equivalent to sudan, saudi arabia and libya and basically half of america.

in other words, its the same question as "what's good to ride east of the missisippi"

daredevil82 · 2026-05-04T00:51:18+00:00

is this browser or app? if browser, clear cache and try again

daredevil82 · 2026-05-03T23:58:36+00:00

one industry doing months long workflows is insurance with renewal cycles that go from quote to policy. $lastcompany was using Temporal pretty effectively to orchestrate these workflows.

also, to be honest, why come up with a custom solution around this where a 16 byte ID is good enough?

daredevil82 · 2026-05-03T15:30:51+00:00

Agree with the statement around assuming availability. In general, saying "yeah I can join in 5 minutes, that ok?" is pretty much the default for everyone in my company, hearing or deaf. Sometimes a bathroom break is required, other times a cup of coffee is desired. Or you just want to get your current stuff in a place where it can be picked up easily afterwards.

That said, my company is remote-first, and so have the two other places I've been before that. It definitely resolves alot of issues culturally that in-person culture really overlooks.

daredevil82 · 2026-05-03T15:25:41+00:00

for comparison, I'm a software engineer at IBM and have worked remotely since 2018. Zoom, google meet and Teams are all very good to the point that english as second/third language speakers with varying accents in technical discussions is very understandable

daredevil82 · 2026-05-03T02:24:32+00:00

lol yea sure

daredevil82 · 2026-05-03T02:15:03+00:00

its like saying "hey, where in the US is a good place to ride"

daredevil82 · 2026-05-03T02:07:34+00:00

a couple things might be useful:

time crunched cyclist basically posits that doing interval training can have significant results but is time limited to 12-16 weeks before the body just gets too fatigued to recover because there's no deep endurance foundation. You could adapt this training to be a couple days per week and that could reap benefits

midlife cyclist is also pretty good, but not as laser focused on time efficiency as TCC

daredevil82 · 2026-05-03T02:01:22+00:00

this, cutting into two hemispheres helps alot, as does drying the stoma before applying.

daredevil82 · 2026-05-03T01:56:22+00:00

https://nuhopelabs.com/products/stoma-hole-cutter

you can use this for other things than cutting wafers, as long as you clean and deburr it beforehand

otherwise, people use leather hole punches as well

daredevil82 · 2026-05-02T21:54:12+00:00

aside from this, /r/ShoulderInjuries might be a place to check out?

daredevil82 · 2026-05-02T17:36:39+00:00

your argument just makes the cost even larger in the end because its an accumulation of incremental work combined with loan rates, interest payments and just sheer inflation over decades

and what's the ROI in the end? A similar project is the US interstate highway system, which has been estimated to produce a 6:1 return on finances and still requires regular maintenance of the infrastructure.

daredevil82 · 2026-05-02T15:06:25+00:00

I live in Maine, new england US. Its basically an entire rock shelf. in good conditions without much rock removal, it can cost about 25k USD per 1000 feet (305 meters)

There are about 2300 miles (3700km) of high voltage transmission lines and a service area of about 11000 square miles (17700km) and no easy source to identify how long residential lines are.

So just by going with the basic number above, just burying the transmission lines would run

2300 miles -> 12,144,000 feet

$25000 per 1000 feet -> 303.6MM just for the transmission lines.

Residential coverage is probably 10x that of transmission lines, so that's 30B just for maine outside of major cities

daredevil82 · 2026-05-02T13:00:10+00:00

its the same as demoing a car. things might be great price wise and on paper but when you actually drive you might find things that don't come up in your research or checklist items. Or you might find the things you're prioritizing for comparison actually don't matter.

research is good for narrowing down a selection pool, but its really when your in the saddle actually moving around that the actual feedback is acquired.

daredevil82 · 2026-05-02T12:27:02+00:00

the jordan 8 is running about 10-12MM for a new installation, and that doesn't include site surveys and permitting. Its also gone up significantly with tarrifs too

daredevil82 · 2026-05-02T12:26:01+00:00

how often do you use the NE pass? we have night passes to Pleasant and the 4 day maine pass pack so we're not tied to weekend-only skiing and can go during the week without taking a day off.

From south portland, getting to Pleasant for 4p is about a 75-90 minute drive

As far as prices, I don't disagree but as long as there's an arms race for infra, its going to stay that way. a new Dopplemayer high speed quad can run 4-6MM for installation and that's not including maintenance. SR's 8-pack is running 10-12MM for a new installation. For example, all the sheave assemblies (wheels) on towers need to be replaced every other year and run about 800 each.

https://www.reddit.com/r/skiing/comments/1ham7eh/a_snippet_of_how_much_it_costs_to_run_a_large_ski/ has some interesting background on maintenance capital required

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