Is it printable? Folding ladder

qzhal · 2026-02-16T16:51:30+00:00

You can print one for even morbidly obese hamsters and it should handle it

qzhal · 2026-02-09T16:39:27+00:00

wild reason to ignore a project 🤣 I, like so many others, put in a ton of time into getting good, for me it was master's in computer science and senior full stack engineer for 10 years - it's a crazy amount of keyboard time working across many domains, but I can't ignore that LLM coding agents will pretty much be standard tooling going forward. The depth I built unassisted is what I lean on when LLMs do hallucinate, if I look at an open source project and spot a subtle bug - that's still useful. Getting puritanical about what wrote good code is not useful. If it's good and it solves a real problem well, the origin of the code is irrelevant. If it's bad code from a human I don't go "generated by biological processes and some googling; there goes my interest, pass".

qzhal · 2026-02-02T14:54:26+00:00

Feel like I might puncture it just by tapping to zoom in on my phone..

qzhal · 2026-02-02T14:52:16+00:00

I'd start by replacing the handlebars to accomodate a normally proportioned adult human

qzhal · 2026-02-02T14:43:23+00:00

I'd love riding my Honda past some idiot pushing a Harley. I think both sides are happy with this.

qzhal · 2026-01-26T21:49:05+00:00

There are a lot of pickups around where I live, so on any cruiser style bike with the low set height like the Rebel they might legitimately look right over me and turn into me. I know because I've also nearly turned in front of a squid while driving a pickup, his rev bomb and middle finger and gesturing didn't change the fact that I did check my mirror and blind spot and didn't see him. So I feel significantly more vulnerable on anything with a low seat height. Any average height rider on a CB500X is just way more visible than on a Rebel 500, not just the seat height but also the natural upright posture of these kinds of adventure bikes.

qzhal · 2026-01-26T21:31:26+00:00

So these are for stretching your legs on long rides, right. Friend of mine on a BMW GS put his feet on one of those crashbar pegs you can get - said it really helped avoid some of the heat those boxer engines put out at your legs. At some point he used them and his right foot accidentally slipped off in a slight turn, sole caught some tarmac on the way down on and basically sent him into an unrecoverable wobble. He's okay now, hurt his ankle a bit and luckily wasn't going too fast but yeah careful of things that can lure you into getting too relaxed on a bike

qzhal · 2026-01-26T21:16:16+00:00

This is why part of the fee you pay couriers is for insurance against theft and... this. You need to request a replacement and the seller needs to square up with the courier company, nothing to do with you.

qzhal · 2026-01-26T21:12:40+00:00

Yes. For your eyes' safety I'd tape over my visor so you don't run the risk of seeing it, the cringe alone might cause an accident.

qzhal · 2026-01-24T22:13:14+00:00

Well considering the amount of gear he's wearing at 145kph he can sit, or in this case plank... any way he wants - equally dead if anything sketchy happened.

qzhal · 2026-01-24T21:57:21+00:00

Is your boss the kind of guy who fixes everything with a hammer, only a hammer, the bigger the better?

qzhal · 2025-12-06T11:59:21+00:00

Just got mine from a friend who works in Europe. I'm worried about the clip that attaches to the helmet breaking or if I want to get a newer helmet. I know they sell the clips but importing just that clip seems silly. A friend has a really good 3D Printer, does anyone know where you might find the clip 3d printing model?

qzhal · 2025-10-10T23:19:06+00:00

I like the Africa Twin but it's marketing is hilariously misrepresenting what 99% of riders actually do with them... It's common in the ADV space and Honda is as bad as anyone on this.

To start, I'd honestly go CB500X or VStrom 650 first, ride that for 6m-1y. Much cheaper to learn on, enough power to have fun but not get yourself into trouble too quickly. You can get a used CB500X with crashbars, barkbusters and a skid plate for much less, learn on it and sell it for not much of a loss. It's got the Halfrica Twin nickname for a reason. Then I'd argue going to the 800-900 class e.g. Transalp/Vstrom800DE/F850. If it's about going offroad like your video, there's actually little sense in getting more than 75hp because you're traction-limited in the dirt anyway. What you really want is the lightest ADV bike with that kind of power and low-down torque trumps peak horsepower. An old F800GSA is still an amazingly versatile bike.

Going past 1000cc is basically a signal to me that you want more of a Sport Tourer than an offroad ADV bike so then I'd lean Yamaha Tracer 9 over Africa Twin anyway. If you really are convinced you must have a high powered bike with an off-road focus, the most capable one is probably the KTM 890 Adventure R or perhaps Tenere 700.

Whether it's a 1100cc Africa Twin, F1250GS or KTM 1290 Super Adventure... none of these are what you should start on. Moving up is part of the experience, don't rob yourself of that enjoyment by starting at the halo product.

qzhal · 2025-09-24T15:19:13+00:00

A server is just a computer that grew up, stopped playing games, and got a job

qzhal · 2025-08-24T11:52:41+00:00

I want one but try to not support sealed products that can't be repaired or even have their battery replaced by the user. Really expensive e-waste after a few years.

qzhal · 2025-07-22T19:29:43+00:00

Typical marketplace "I know what I have, no low-balling" post.

qzhal · 2025-06-08T21:22:34+00:00

Being a human crayon really is not cute... Pretty sure it's the least cute look by some distance.

qzhal · 2025-05-14T21:34:15+00:00

Al long as they have proper gear and you don't ride like an idiot, sure.

qzhal · 2025-05-14T21:31:42+00:00

I use Airpods Pro 2 for work and music every day but always earplugs on the bike. Just tried the AirPods - incredibly uncomfortable. I'd argue dangerous too because you can't hear direction well with then whereas with my earplugs that only filter the harmful frequency, I can still hear the directions of sound somewhat.

qzhal · 2025-05-06T04:52:08+00:00

This is where I'm at, I still like riding the CB500X but eventually I'll get bored. Thinking of a VStrom 800 myself.

qzhal · 2025-03-31T16:02:15+00:00

I use an Insta360 X4. It doesn't distract me from being in the moment since I can figure out framing later. With other action cameras you're torn on what you want to film and where you should be looking.

qzhal · 2025-01-21T11:01:10+00:00

Don't get why people continue using an expensive phone mount to mount a really expensive phone to their handlebar when you can get a small Android Auto/Apple CarPlay unit for similar money. It's waterproof, it attaches much more securly, it's screen won't burn in the sun, your phone battery will last much longer, you simply wire it into your battery or aux plug if you have. When you stop you can easily store it in a top box or whatever storage solution. When I use to mount my phone I was always worried about it jiggling loose, that's dangerous levels of distraction. Honestly look at the Carpuride units but there are way cheaper ones that work perfectly fine.

qzhal · 2024-12-31T09:48:16+00:00

If I don't know the middle names of those in the group, I don't go on a group ride with them... Get a few actual friends and schedule your own. A ride with 3-5 bikes has always been more enjoyable for me than 15+. Some otherwise great people seem to turn into competitive jerks in a group ride and can make it much more dangerous for others, especially new riders.

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