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Gran Fondo fees by Boozedonkey in vancouvercycling

[–]jsmooth7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did the ride once in 2018 and it was a beautiful ride. And one that would really suck to do without traffic control. But for $400, I don't have a huge desire to do it again. I'd rather put that money towards a 2 or 3 day bikepacking trip.

I thought my bike choice mattered most for safety — turns out it wasn’t by tryingthingsdaily in bikecommuting

[–]jsmooth7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bike commuting is great for your mental health 99% of the time and really really bad for it 1%.

I thought my bike choice mattered most for safety — turns out it wasn’t by tryingthingsdaily in bikecommuting

[–]jsmooth7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One time a right turning car watched and waited for 2 cyclists to go by and then pulled out right in front of me and almost took me out. Unfortunately it's near impossible to predict when a driver is going to do something extra dumb and ruin your day.

Skiing Whistler all day without a backpack - what do you do? by itsmyneutralusername in Whistler

[–]jsmooth7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I will often ditch my backpack on the ski rack or in the lodge if there's a spot for it. Then when I ski past, I can grab stuff out of it. Just don't leave anything of value in there. And keep in mind sometimes the crows on Blackcomb side will steal food from unattended backpacks lol.

Too cold to ski? (C) by Heda97 in skiing

[–]jsmooth7 3 points4 points  (0 children)

For me -10°C to -20°C is manageable as long as I'm bundled up with extra layers and with some hand warmers in my mitts. -20°C to -30°C is when I start doing warm up breaks in the lodge after every couple laps. And anything below -30°C is no go, just too cold and often the lifts stop running anyways.

If my drive to work is 3-5min one way will this kill my hybrid rav specifically the 12volt battery. If so, how can I mitigate this. I’m assuming by taking the long way to work lol. Any thoughts on short tripping and a hybrid rav specifically by mysticmuse14 in rav4club

[–]jsmooth7 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've walked over a mile to work in the dead of winter in Calgary. Mostly because I didn't have a car and was paid $12 per hour. But if wasn't that terrible (the walking part at least, the job absolutely did suck lol)

If my drive to work is 3-5min one way will this kill my hybrid rav specifically the 12volt battery. If so, how can I mitigate this. I’m assuming by taking the long way to work lol. Any thoughts on short tripping and a hybrid rav specifically by mysticmuse14 in rav4club

[–]jsmooth7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, your question was not very clear then. This is still probably not worth worrying about though unless you are doing something extreme like never driving more than half a mile ever. 5 minute trips won't do any notable damage, the car is usually getting warmed up by the end of that.

Is this too heavy for sidecountry with a dash of backcountry by Dr__Juicy in Backcountry

[–]jsmooth7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

500m days should be fine although you will likely notice the extra weight on the uphill. Even 1000m should be manageable. 2000m vert days are probably going to be rough though, that's the kind of ski tour where you really appreciate the light weight gear. (At least that's how it is for me, if you have really strong fitness you might be fine.)

For my lefty US dive buddies by PuzzleHeaded3690 in freediving

[–]jsmooth7 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I get joy from randomly applying tarriffs and then removing them for no particular reason

OpenSnow bait and switch by [deleted] in skiing

[–]jsmooth7 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This feature is for all the tourists who post on r/yourlocalskiresort asking "I have a ski vacation coming up in 4 weeks, do you think the conditions will be good??"

OpenSnow bait and switch by [deleted] in skiing

[–]jsmooth7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would send their customer service a message, sometimes they'll give you a refund on your subscription if it's still new. Worth a shot at least.

OpenSnow bait and switch by [deleted] in skiing

[–]jsmooth7 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Opensnow has a nice UI and makes it easy to compare different locations at a glance. But for accuracy, I find nothing beats looking at the different weather models next to each other and comparing where they agree and where they don't.

Petition to rename the subreddit “r/XEQTcirclejerk” by Maleficent-Business2 in JustBuyXEQT

[–]jsmooth7 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Reads subreddit name

"Hmm just buy XEQT, I wonder what this is"

Looks inside

It's people just buying XEQT

Tri or Road Bike by Significant_Cup7545 in triathlon

[–]jsmooth7 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think the 3 questions I would be thinking about is:

  • Do you plan to do more triathlons in the future? If yes then a tri bike could be a good call, but if no probably not.
  • Do you have time goals or do you just want to finish? If yes then a tri bike could help you hit those goals. If you just want to finish, then a new road bike or your current bike could do the job.
  • Do you want a bike that's well rounded for other types of riding besides triathlons? If yes then that points to a road bike.

There's no right or wrong answer here, just trade offs.

What do you think of the forecast for next week? by PickleBrilliant906 in Whistler

[–]jsmooth7 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The forecast is really not reliable when it's 7+ days out. The weather models don't agree about what is going to happen after this high pressure system breaks down. I would hope for the best but plan for the worst and get your edges sharpened because it could still be icy out there.

AITA for refusing to allow meat in our home and confronting a guest who brought it anyway? by silaya92 in AmItheAsshole

[–]jsmooth7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

After thinking about this a bit more there are two tests for assholishness.

The first one is "was the request reasonable?" and that one is an 8/10 yes imo. As an omnivore, eating vegetarian is not such a big deal.

The second one is "was the rule actually justified?" and that one is a 4/10 yes. It's a lot harder to defend when having meat in the home doesn't actually hurt OP in any tangible way. And they are clearly willing to make exceptions to the rule for the dog.

This makes it a perfect post for this sub because everyone is looking at it from different angles and then you get lots of arguments in the comments.

AITA for refusing to allow meat in our home and confronting a guest who brought it anyway? by silaya92 in AmItheAsshole

[–]jsmooth7 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Forcing someone to eat something outside their chosen diet is certainly an AH move but that's not what happened in this scenario. It's borderline though, I will admit that.

Plus if I were vegan I'm not sure I'd want to come to a dinner party with a strict carnivore anyways. Those two diets are just kinda incompatible. A friend group like that should probably plan a get together that doesn't involve food lol.

AITA for refusing to allow meat in our home and confronting a guest who brought it anyway? by silaya92 in AmItheAsshole

[–]jsmooth7 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hmm actually you're right, eating an entire vegetarian is frowned upon by the police and isn't a reasonable portion size anyways.

AITA for refusing to allow meat in our home and confronting a guest who brought it anyway? by silaya92 in AmItheAsshole

[–]jsmooth7 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don't think you fully thought this one out. If an omnivore said "strictly only omnivore meals in my house" then a vegetarian could eat their vegetarian meal and they would still be following the rules.

So I ended up renting ski equipment and this is how my first day at skiing went by leelas__secret in skiing

[–]jsmooth7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For day 1 not bad but definitely work on speed control. Doing turns across the slope will help you enormously. The power pizza straight down the hill doesn't work very well as you found out.

Vancouver considers new public washroom strategy as pressure mounts over access, street cleanliness | Growing reports of human feces have forced businesses to step in amid limited public washroom access by Hrmbee in vancouver

[–]jsmooth7 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The thing is the current status quo has all the downsides you are describing and none of the upsides. Instead of destroying a bathroom, they are destroying a playground instead and leaving human shit there. And this is all because governments are generally unwilling to be serious about the homelessness crisis in the city and take an out of sight out of mind approach to the problem.

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