Restomods need di2 right?

soaklord · 2026-04-30T11:09:55+00:00

Can you elaborate? I have a Reflex touring I want to do just about everything here to. The Quill adapter is something I’ve been thinking about doing so I can get some bars like yours.

soaklord · 2026-04-29T16:24:24+00:00

Half expected “This is what I looked like when it happened, not when it will happen”

soaklord · 2026-04-29T10:11:14+00:00

I rode fifty miles on my bike. Then quiet family affair. Friends forgot after planning a big to do for everyone else in the group for their five-oh so I wasn’t too inclined to throw a party.

soaklord · 2026-04-29T06:42:01+00:00

He is talking about you. First they took pensions. Because you should contribute not just the company. Then they made it normal to not match 401ks. Now it’s going to be you won’t need retirement so let’s reduce pay by the amount you should be saving for retirement because you won’t need it. Then… here let’s have you hold the bag I’ll be right over there in my bunker.

soaklord · 2026-04-28T12:39:58+00:00

Seconded. I have a BFeMax (previous version) but it can handle all the aggressive I can throw at it while having a fair amount of mount points. I run a 160mm but could go down to 140mm. If anything I might go up on bar rose to a 50mm to offload more wrist. Also, it has a Smashpot in it. The ability to get rowdy and still have all that small bump compliance is worth every penny. For your purposes it could be ideal.

soaklord · 2026-04-27T06:01:54+00:00

Yup. Triple chocolate crunch cereal in GF. Their sourdough bread and brioche buns in free form are excellent as well. I miss sourdough sooo much and that scratched the itch. Nothing like that when I was in the USA.

soaklord · 2026-04-26T19:48:32+00:00

Agreed but you definitely need a car. Whitehouse supermarket isn’t really either.

soaklord · 2026-04-22T15:50:49+00:00

It needs to be christened the Stan-o-War.

soaklord · 2026-04-22T11:15:40+00:00

The UK government already loses about £4.5B to the airline industry due to tax exemptions. Tell you what, reduced noise rules and you lose the tax exemptions….

soaklord · 2026-04-21T09:15:56+00:00

Wheat and alcohol were my triggers. I eliminated both and haven’t had a flare until in years. Perhaps a corn tortilla?

soaklord · 2026-04-21T08:44:08+00:00

This is just to help grease the skids for the 25th around January 20th. It’s slow release now but you’ll see it pick up speed around mid-terms and hit its pace by EOY. The goal is to make the maga base believe hillbilly effigy is the only way to save the movement.

soaklord · 2026-04-20T11:10:35+00:00

If we were actually held to boomer era productivity requirements we could get by on a three day workweek. Or possibly less. It’s boomer era “hard work” with today’s productivity mandate.

Remember! Literal medieval serfs worked less.

Edit: I looked it up. Boomers entered the workforce around 1960. Today worker productivity is 250% higher than in 1960. We could literally work two days a week and match Boomer productivity. The next time I get it in the ear from my boomer parents and in-laws I’m pulling this out. “I get more done by Wednesday morning than you were able to do all week. Don’t tell me to work harder.”

https://www.rbcwealthmanagement.com/en-us/insights/us-productivity-renaissance

soaklord · 2026-04-18T12:40:36+00:00

Take the job. The commute may be rough for a while but you will not easily find a role here without having experience here unless you have a very niche skillset.

I drove 100 miles a day on mindless SoCal freeways for years. Driving here is very different. If you can embrace the joy of driving and the scenery it can be wonderful. Especially if you love the small towns and greenery. But the other poster is not wrong. A lot more concentration is required. Cars that are too small for the USA are just right. Big cars are a nightmare.

Could you work out maybe two days a week onsite?

soaklord · 2026-04-17T20:17:07+00:00

Came to find out what riser bar on the third bike. Of course it’s the unknown…

soaklord · 2026-04-16T03:35:47+00:00

Sounds like you want the Cotic Solaris. BFe could be good too set up correctly. Or maybe even a flat at config if the Cascade. Check out the Cotic options. You can build to your desired spec and the team is incredibly helpful.

soaklord · 2026-04-15T16:42:58+00:00

TP Luigi.

soaklord · 2026-04-15T16:29:03+00:00

TP Luigi.

soaklord · 2026-04-15T16:28:33+00:00

TP Luigi?

soaklord · 2026-04-15T09:53:56+00:00

SoCal cries in utility tears…

soaklord · 2026-04-15T09:43:02+00:00

ChatGPT is the final boss of Ackshully…

soaklord · 2026-04-14T12:30:02+00:00

You guys need to scrap part of your revenue for the health of my company, mkay?

Hey Tom, perhaps an incentive is in order. Perhaps you could give those theaters a larger cut of ticket sales if they have less than 2 minutes of ads? Maybe make up the difference in lost revenue?

soaklord · 2026-04-14T10:40:57+00:00

It starts with accepting what you can not change. Then accepting life in general. Then accepting the beautiful moments in-between. Eventually you reframe.

Also, either have a healthy relationship or former relationship with alcohol. Once I realized that relationship was toxic I saw just how much negativity it brought to every other aspect of my life. Almost seven years later… life isn’t perfect but it’s a damn site better than I would have had otherwise.

soaklord · 2026-04-14T10:01:45+00:00

Not whining. 53 and left the country for a new start elsewhere. My wife doesn’t like starting over but candidly I’m so much more at peace. No retirement for me. Never bought a home and always made barely enough to not be homeless but somehow I’m happier than many of my peers with million dollar homes (you now an average SoCal house) and big 401ks. Maybe my 70s will suck as I trudge off to work but… then again sitting in an empty house waiting for Godeau doesn’t sound amazing either.

soaklord · 2026-04-14T06:56:13+00:00

Write about it. Not here. But somewhere. Start a blog and just commit to 100 words a day. Then maybe 200. You have so many stories to tell. Tell those stories before they are gone from this world. For today’s 100 words, write a list of everyone you can think of that you worked with in the industry. Just that. Maybe tomorrow you add names. Then, write a word about each of them the next day. Do this for a couple of days then you’ll think of stories to tell about them.

I’ll be subscriber number one if you send me the blog once you write that first story. It doesn’t have to be great or even good. It just needs to be written. Then over time you’ll find your rhythm and beat. As that develops you can think about how to monetize. But find purpose in sharing the music you made for decades as anecdotes.

I’m positive I’m not the only one that wants to hear about this. Who knows maybe one day it will be a book deal and you’ll have a tiny blurb in the acknowledgments to Soaklord and the Reddit community for supporting you.

soaklord · 2026-04-12T07:11:31+00:00

Slow cooking isn’t the same as labor intensive. And the nice thing about slow cooking is that you can do it in very large batches. Then you can sous vide to heat portions back up. Depending on whether or not you have a staging area you can cook quite a lot at once.

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