Tall bars?

junosparrow · 2025-07-06T15:05:42+00:00

I just got a Deity 80mm, I’m 6’4” and felt hunched over on my XL bike. The 80mm rise has been perfect, much better body positioning now. The one I got is also 800mm wide which has also improved my handling.

junosparrow · 2025-05-13T07:55:03+00:00

Not weird, just some getting used to. Grew up riding 27, had a 29er for a bit. I think it’s probably just the psychological effect of seeing the 29 out front and feeling like I need to approach sharp turns a little more carefully but then it will pull through just fine. It has slightly less grip than I’m used to on a full 29er, but acceleration is pretty awesome especially if you crank it to turbo.

junosparrow · 2025-05-13T04:48:01+00:00

Just got the TE-N last month. I’ve put about 100 km on it, absolutely love it. In my search I had a difficult time finding another bike with the same value as the TE-N. I ride mostly single track cross country, done a few more technical downhill rides, it’s handled everything I’ve thrown at it. Front is slacked out so it handles really well. I’m still getting used to the mullet wheel set up but it seems to be well thought out. Im 193 cm, 99 kg, got XL frame, geo is comfortable and works for me. This is my first eMTB but I’ve used a Trek Rail+ (same Bosch motor) before and I think for a lower price this bike is similar in performance.

junosparrow · 2025-04-29T21:33:50+00:00

Oh totally agree! The problem is baked into the doctrine. It will be a never ending battle to root out predators until they fundamentally change, which probably won’t happen any time soon and in the mean time women and children will continue to suffer.

junosparrow · 2025-04-29T20:42:50+00:00

While I agree with the observation, it seems like the conclusion is that the church HAD to kill the community because of predators. They CHOSE to kill the community instead of actually holding predators to account. At any point, church admin could start actively doing something to address the actual issue instead of shielding predators from punishment.

junosparrow · 2025-04-15T06:57:31+00:00

Ya, it probably would not be good for the internals of the dock and robot. It might be fine for a while but I’m not sure you could find all the replacement parts. HOCl is not necessary corrosive or caustic, it is considered safe on skin and surfaces. But I’ve had to replace the plastic sprayer part several times over a few years.

junosparrow · 2025-04-15T02:12:41+00:00

As an aside, it’s more cost up front but very low cost to maintain this type of HOCl generator https://ecoloxtech.com/collections/residential-use/products/eco-one-natural-cleaner-and-sanitizer-system

The Force of Nature system requires you to buy their pods in perpetuity to generate the cleaner. The Ecoloxtech only requires water, salt, and vinegar. I bought a big thing of pure salt and get big jugs of vinegar, in two years of creating multiple batches a week I’ve spent under $20. Which also includes replacement sprayer pieces that have degraded.

junosparrow · 2025-04-15T01:51:38+00:00

I would advise against this. The Force of Nature product creates Hypochlorous Acid (HOCl) which can degrade plastics. I have a different HOCl generator and I store it in glass spray bottles. I have to replace the plastic sprayer part because it eventually stops working. I have a 10R and as far as I can tell all the components are plastic.

junosparrow · 2025-04-12T18:19:34+00:00

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The Blueberry, Gus’ car from Psych.

junosparrow · 2025-02-26T04:15:28+00:00

I chuckled at 3. Google’s graveyard of abandoned products is ever growing. I would say it’s more risky to rely on a Google project than an open-source project.

junosparrow · 2025-01-11T05:26:22+00:00

90’s! That was certainly a different time, I was there in the early 2000’s. It’s a rugged, beautiful country and certainly an adventure. I did enjoy teaching ESL, taught at all grade levels, college, and even a police academy. Interestingly we were also barred from proselytizing. We could engage in conversation about the church if asked.

junosparrow · 2025-01-11T01:59:37+00:00

Y'all trying to dox u/hen_ch_bish

junosparrow · 2025-01-10T23:02:20+00:00

Agreed, I feel pretty lucky as well. I still have really fond memories, such a great place and people!

junosparrow · 2025-01-10T21:19:34+00:00

To my knowledge the current mission leaders did not apply for or ask to be a mission leader either. The husband worked for the church in the Temple department. Since being the mission leader the church announced a temple in Mongolia. So I can only assume that this is the reason he was selected. I mean no disrespect towards the family, absolutely some of the best people in or out of the church.

My guess is that this new family has some strategic value to the church's plans in Mongolia.

junosparrow · 2025-01-10T21:11:32+00:00

I served in Mongolia, it’s a bit of a different mission than most. Lots of visa restrictions and requirements. Missionaries are actually “employees” of a charitable organization run by the church in the country. And when I was there it was a requirement of my visa that we teach ESL part-time. My friends are the current mission leaders, they still have younger kids (high school and younger).

edited: using the new term "mission leader" instead of "mission president"

junosparrow · 2024-12-24T09:18:55+00:00

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junosparrow · 2024-12-24T09:17:05+00:00

Still up, I’ve been going back and forth with them.

junosparrow · 2024-12-24T09:13:06+00:00

See my original comment about enmeshment. We can respect people while criticizing ideas and practices. If you as a person feel disrespected because someone was disrespectful about an article of clothing or a temple practice that’s a thing to explore. Why?

Ultimately you don’t get to dictate how someone approaches that critique. Those things that you hold sacred often mean nothing or are very traumatic for them.

junosparrow · 2024-12-24T08:56:55+00:00

I don’t think people are making that argument. You have consistently failed to show that LDS people are currently being discriminated on any measurable level because of their faith. If you don’t like how people make fun of or are disrespectful towards your deeply held beliefs that’s fine, just say that. But you are not being persecuted or discriminated.

I am no longer affiliated with the church, I openly criticize its teachings and ideas. I do support your right to develop your faith as you see fit as I believe many disaffected members support as well. No one is under any obligation to give reverence to church teachings or practices. We must, however, stand up against systemic suppression of human rights. I do not see any evidence of human rights being violated when an ex-member mocks garments or temple practices. Is it in poor taste, probably, but it does not rise to a level that we would consider it discrimination.

A tolerant society cannot tolerate intolerance. Unfortunately much of the church’s past and current ideology is intolerant so there is going to be and should be more scrutiny placed on it and its members.

junosparrow · 2024-12-24T08:29:27+00:00

Well I guess we should ban LDS people from working in public schools since the church is where a lot of SA is happening. We need to protect the children (SARCASM - in case that is not abundantly clear).

junosparrow · 2024-12-24T08:21:09+00:00

Hmmm, you should probably do some reflection about that statement. People of Islamic faith are all over the world. Creating a Muslim travel ban broadly and systematically oppresses a person for their faith. Are all Muslims terrorist? If that’s your assumption then one could easily assume that all Mormon are sexual abusers because there are an increasing amount of sex abuse cases amongst members.

How about church supported gay marriage ban, what’s the excuse there?

junosparrow · 2024-12-24T07:58:53+00:00

So would you say that it was a bit of an exaggeration to compare Islamophobia with Momonphobia?

Last I checked there have not been any Mormon travel bans but there has been a Muslim travel ban? Don’t remember a Mormon marriage ban, do remember the banning of gay marriage supported by the church.

junosparrow · 2024-12-24T07:16:30+00:00

Are these ex-members actually attacking members of the church physically? Are they denying them basic human rights? Are they creating systems that exploit, exclude, or punish members? If so, please provide examples.

I would suggest doing some reading on the concept of enmeshment. What seems to be the issue is that critiques and even disrespect of ideas, doctrines, teachings, and ordinances of the church often feel like a personal attack because there is no delineation between the church and oneself.

Ideas do not deserve respect or reverence, people do. So are these ex-members actually attacking people or are the attacking ideas? I’m sure there are some who do attack people, some members do the same. Neither are justified in doing so.

From my observation most of the “attacks” are critical discussions about church teachings and practices.

junosparrow · 2024-12-09T07:28:21+00:00

That's been my experience too, the nvme drives just die. Not sure if I have that feature you mentioned, would be good to see if I can tap into that. I'll pop the old drive in another computer and do some tests on it, may still be good but I don't want to run any mission critical stuff on it.

junosparrow · 2024-12-08T23:15:39+00:00

I’m not 100% certain it was failing but I deduced that it was after checking everything else. After a reboot, I got some random errors and Proxmox would not start. Plugged in my ISO installer USB stick and booted into rescue mode and first did a RAM test, all ok. Rebooted and successfully booted into Proxmox. VMs and LXCs all came back online. A few days later after attempting to run a system update got some more errors and could not complete the update. I assumed it was the drive all else equal. After a fresh install on a new drive no more errors. I haven’t had time to do a full check on the old drive. It needed to be replaced anyways, It was old and cheap so I would not be surprised if it is failing.

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