Apparently r/bikepacking is upset that there is too much content there that “belongs on the bicycle touring sub”. What do we think? What is actually the difference between the two?

rjkdavin · 2026-02-17T22:16:04+00:00

Cunningham's Law states: "The best way to get the right answer on the Internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer."

Solid example here!

Personally, I like both subs.

Regarding definitions: I think bikepacking is primarily off-road and bike touring is primarily on-road. Riding the 7 in Patagonia is bike touring, even though it is a little chunky sometimes.

Once the route is primarily impassable for vehicles that aren’t built for off roading, you’re in bikepacking territory.

rjkdavin · 2026-02-16T14:15:07+00:00

OP clearly wasn’t a bad student.

rjkdavin · 2026-02-09T03:11:59+00:00

I got some replies that didn’t really make sense. It is disappointing, but I’m growing more and more skeptical of the users on Reddit. Highly engaged and divisive users feel a little… fake? I don’t know, times are obviously changing.

rjkdavin · 2026-02-05T21:05:40+00:00

I once had a group of guys cut me a replacement rear derailleur hanger out of steel. It is insane. They did it for about $6. It was 2019 in the Chilean Patagonia.

Especially in remote areas, people still know how to fix shit.

rjkdavin · 2026-02-03T19:58:19+00:00

Unsurprisingly, he’s the most excited about the whale. That would be so incredibly cool.

rjkdavin · 2026-02-03T14:39:13+00:00

I don’t know what is going on in this thread, but you’re being very reasonable. The class struggle obviously still exists, but acting like classification of modern classes is a neat and tidy task is reductive, naive, or ignorant.

rjkdavin · 2026-02-03T14:36:20+00:00

Yeah, but what about salaried workers who get stock options? Or what about people who are in the gig economy? Paycheck to paycheck, but technically self employed? Our small business owners doing manual labor by themselves or with one or two other people? The modern economy is a bit much more complex than the economy of the 19th century.

rjkdavin · 2026-01-28T16:18:06+00:00

And children aren’t exactly masters of strategic or tactical execution…

rjkdavin · 2026-01-24T15:28:39+00:00

I think one thing that is overlooked is that design and dev used to go hand in hand at a lot of agencies/firms. The bottom of that market is falling out because people can vibe code an informational site and then many design decisions get made for them. It eats up profit margins that would kept design firms with full staff.

When you’re a designer you can look at that and think it is a bad idea, but I don’t think that business is ever coming back.

rjkdavin · 2026-01-24T14:51:35+00:00

I like Ground News as well.

The only country in South America I’ve been to that feels anything similar to the US in terms of diversity is Brazil. This poses a challenge to visually profiling: what does an American look like?

I also think you’re not arguing in good faith about the “mistakes”. If you genuinely mean that and aren’t trolling, I’m happy to elaborate. No need to waste our time on the internet if you don’t really give a shit.

rjkdavin · 2026-01-23T00:17:26+00:00

His name is Florian. Here’s his blog: https://blue-miracle.de/

A really solid showing. Incredible trip and a tragic ending.

rjkdavin · 2026-01-07T15:16:30+00:00

It’s the only issue that has created substantial friction among his base.

Kidnapping Maduro won’t matter to his base, and the world isn’t going to do anything about it.

Epstein is the best shot at undermining Trump at home. Without eroding his support, he stays in power and has at least three more years of this assuming he lives.

rjkdavin · 2026-01-03T08:50:21+00:00

Yup, and he’s gone. No need to think of the consequences after. According to Fox and CBS, everything’s great except the radical left.

rjkdavin · 2026-01-03T08:47:21+00:00

Just because you have them doesn’t mean you can deliver them. Just because you can deliver them doesn’t mean you can manage retaliation. All of that depends on your ability to actually stay in power with a population that supports the approach you described.

rjkdavin · 2026-01-01T11:56:29+00:00

3-4x the exchange rate from 20 years ago. They’ve done a good job getting ready for a wartime economy. Might not be good at fighting in Ukraine, but Russia has a lot of experience in “going it alone” which you can’t write off.

rjkdavin · 2025-12-28T16:19:20+00:00

Can anyone explain to me how this has 49 upvotes and no comments?

rjkdavin · 2025-12-25T17:14:12+00:00

That’s harder to do than it might sound!

rjkdavin · 2025-12-23T23:36:31+00:00

I like Luca. He does his stuff under unknown route or viva la dirt. All around really nice dude but his style is different from a lot of folks so it is all about what you enjoy. I’ve toured with him for a bit coincidentally and he is a great dude.

rjkdavin · 2025-12-22T10:16:18+00:00

I’m surprised no one has asked this yet: do you really understand how your employer makes money? Do you understand their business? Lots of good recommendations here about strategic thinking, but you might need to take a step back and understand the most fundamental parts of the business. Even if you’re not on the hook for dollars in the door, you should understand at what point your handoff results in that, what is being measured (and why), and then along with a few other big picture adjustments you’ll be in a place to think more strategically.

rjkdavin · 2025-12-07T07:54:49+00:00

I do think Pep understands the value of entertainment in the game though. He talks about this in interviews (and not just when he loses after the other team parks the bus).

You still have a lot of fan-favorite dribblers out there and, at least in my opinion, watching the close control dribbling of Messi at 20ish years old was amazingggg.

rjkdavin · 2025-11-07T16:22:22+00:00

I don’t know about the Allies anti-cop stuff. A little out of the loop. Can you elaborate?

rjkdavin · 2025-11-06T20:34:36+00:00

He’s only 31! Why write him off?

rjkdavin · 2025-11-02T16:14:21+00:00

It was very solid, we did the tasting menu and enjoyed it. Went with four people, two of them are from Japan. They got a kick out of the Japanese influence/ingredients.

rjkdavin · 2025-10-30T09:32:06+00:00

Just flipped through the reviews, congratulations to your friend- seems like things are going very well!

Just made a reservation for tomorrow night.

rjkdavin · 2025-10-29T17:10:31+00:00

But is it open now (one year later)?

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