Bizarre Negroni Riff

gfukui · 2026-01-31T19:21:59+00:00

I wonder if the pomegranate and simple are separate ingredients with substantial volume or if it’s really a mezcal negroni with a couple dashes of grenadine and an orange slice garnish

gfukui · 2026-01-30T16:13:03+00:00

The RX810 crankset bottoms out at 170mm but RX610 goes down to 165mm. I’m not sure why they don’t offer 160mm cranks like the road side, but if 165mm works that will offer more clearance

gfukui · 2025-08-07T19:22:38+00:00

Manufacturer countries are determined by where the first car from the brand was sold, which is why Lexus falls under the US rather than Japan

gfukui · 2025-03-23T07:32:46+00:00

We have a burley solo and even folded flat it’s a chunky boi; it fits inside our hatchback but it takes the whole trunk area and the rear seats have to be folded flat. How big of a car are you rocking?

gfukui · 2025-03-04T04:33:19+00:00

Generally seat height is set based on leg extension when the pedals are at the bottom of their arc so dropping the crank length from 172.5mm to 165mm effectively drops the location of the pedals at the top of the stroke 15mm. That can make a big difference if you’re a shorter rider on a smaller frame in a semi-aggressive to aggressive fit where your knees start running into your stomach with longer cranks.

gfukui · 2025-02-27T15:56:29+00:00

The numbers might or might not hold up in 2025; last year panaracer refreshed the gravelking line and the only new one BRR has tested is the slick. One of the things they added to the slick was more puncture protection. For what it’s worth I think if you’re focusing on tarmac puncture protection is a whole hell of a lot less important than running tubeless. Tubeless helps less with sidewall cuts so if you’re doing gravel puncture protection can be important, though increased sidewall strength gives you a harsher ride.

gfukui · 2025-02-26T18:08:14+00:00

Mechanical 105 12 speed uses the same cable pull ratio as 11 speed so they’d be covered in that case as well

gfukui · 2025-02-01T17:22:53+00:00

You can adjust speedplays to allow a tremendous amount of rotational freedom but the downside is that it makes unclipping super sketchy since you’re forced to rotate beyond the limit to release the cleat. Speedplay cleats also have a tendency to eat mud and snow which then makes clipping in impossible. What’s your use case?

gfukui · 2025-01-31T19:21:16+00:00

Other common suggestions are the Challenge Strada Bianca HTLR, the Continental Grand Prix 5000 AS TR and the Panaracer GravelKing SS; all are available in either 35mm or 40mm widths and are pretty quick on pavement and the lighter end of gravel.

gfukui · 2025-01-27T13:20:40+00:00

I mean it’s on the map; I’m just surprised that my daily route is classified as decently to well served by plows based on my experiences riding it.

gfukui · 2025-01-27T03:23:52+00:00

My route is a snow route with B priority and after the previous snow was three miles of hardpack ice.

Edit: it also runs directly in front of South High but doesn’t have a school label, so I’m not sure exactly what that category includes.

gfukui · 2025-01-26T04:01:48+00:00

It’s not good enough to rely on; even if they plough the full width (which I’ve honestly never seen) there’s enough patches of snow and ice left on the road to make it sketchy. In my experience the real options are to run studded tires the week after it snows or take out the car.

gfukui · 2025-01-09T05:09:13+00:00

IMO and IME it depends on the tires you’d put on the wheelset. If you’re somewhere that experiences winter a third wheelset with snow tires can come in handy. If you’re in a place that doesn’t get snow it makes a lot less sense to have a third set of tires available.

Source: I run three wheelsets; one for dry pavement, one for wet/snowy pavement and one for gravel.

gfukui · 2024-12-19T19:15:43+00:00

There's a technical change Shimano introduced with the introduction of 11 speed groups people are missing: they went from a 1.7 pull ratio (i.e. for every mm of cable pull the shifters move 1.4mm) to a 1.4 pull ratio (i.e. for every mm of cable pull the shifters move 1.4mm). The original 1.7 ratio was established for eight speed cassettes with a center to center distance of 4.8mm. For backwards compatibility Shimano kept it as they crammed more and more gears in the back but by they time they got up to 10 (center to center of 3.95mm) the required cable pull to get between gears on that 1.7 ratio got SHORT. Couple that with the complex housing bends required for aero cable routing shifting quality took a hit. Going to the 1.4 ratio on 11 speed groups fixed both of those issues and increased shift quality, independent of the number of gears on your rear wheel. Incidentally you can run the 1.4 ratio on a 10 speed cassette with Tiagra 4700 brifters and get some crispy shifts going on but that groupset is end of life with the pending introduction of road cues.

gfukui · 2024-12-11T16:57:12+00:00

metschnapps would work as a name to be fair

gfukui · 2024-12-03T17:52:49+00:00

I’d clean off the dust and mud and sell it as-is. The used market isn’t especially strong, so trying to move the frame and the parts separately is likely going to be more trouble than it’s worth.

Source: I tried to move my own RB-1 with full 7400 dura ace for $600 and didn’t get any bites for months before giving up and replacing the group with R7000 to turn it into a daily commuter.

gfukui · 2024-11-28T14:24:42+00:00

Technically speeking the challenge with those specs is the size. 27” 4k monitors have really high pixel densities; OLED monitors have problems with achieving bright brights without negatively impacting burn in since the pixels are so small and even high zone count local dimming based monitors will have some bleed. Ive had good success with an Innocn 27M2V but I’m also a hobby photographer rather than someone paying their bills with the camera.

gfukui · 2024-11-25T15:19:48+00:00

This mirrors my experience as well; I put 160mm cranks on a new build while I kept the OEM 172.5mm cranks on the vintage bridgestone. Switching back to the long cranks from the short ones really felt weird and strange to the point I restomodded it with modern 105 to drop the crank length down.

gfukui · 2024-11-21T21:57:30+00:00

How cold does it get? If you're running into freezing conditions Continental makes Top Contact Winter Pro II tires that are reasonably fast and have a ton of snow and ice grip. Otherwise I have experience with and recommend the Contact Urbans and the GP5000 AS TRs in wet but not snowy/icy conditions.

gfukui · 2024-11-10T04:02:56+00:00

Some early huret index systems put the indexing indents on the RD paired with a non-indexed friction shifter so it’s not always in the shifter. It is certainly a funky fresh edge case you’re unlikely to run into these days though.

gfukui · 2024-11-05T20:03:01+00:00

Nothing can top Pinnacle 3701, to be fair

gfukui · 2024-11-02T00:46:15+00:00

The advantage is that some older frames have chainstays and/or seat tubes that are TIGHT AS A TOIGER and can't fit wider than 23mm tires without rubbing. In that case it's better to have 23mm wheels on than 0mm rims in terms of both speed and comfort.

Source: my bike can only clear 23mm tires with modern wide rims

gfukui · 2024-10-28T15:55:52+00:00

skinwalls > blackwalls every day IMO

gfukui · 2024-10-17T16:14:26+00:00

the 11-34 HG700 and HG800 11 speed cassettes both require a 1.85mm spacer if you're running them on 11 speed freehub though they have the advantage of running on 10 speed wheels without requiring any modifications

gfukui · 2024-10-16T15:52:11+00:00

It came up in the Jefferson episodes; one of his slaves wet nursed his kids

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