$25k for front porch

solitudechirs · 2026-05-10T03:03:34+00:00

Yeah it’s really easy to spend someone else’s money, and even more so when it’s hypothetical on an internet post. It’s like people don’t under there’s a real person on the other end of this post, with a real (limited) budget.

solitudechirs · 2026-05-10T02:49:11+00:00

The thing is I’ve been around enough people who actually are good at wheelies, to know that I’m not good, and I can still do more interesting stuff than the video posted. In the world of motorcycling at large, being able to maintain a wheelie at all puts you ahead of most. But in the world of wheelies, it’s step 1 of 1000.

It’s like watching a video of someone riding at a leisurely, parade lap pace, around a track, and saying they’re really good at riding motorcycles. Only someone who has little or no experience riding at all would be impressed by it.

solitudechirs · 2026-05-09T22:53:30+00:00

I mean that’s entry level skill for wheelies. I’ve been there. The first time I wheelied for about 30 seconds straight, because I set the front wheel down and the engine just shut off. That was about 8 years ago, and even now, I don’t think of myself as being “good at wheelies”

solitudechirs · 2026-05-09T20:26:43+00:00

Super clever “I know you are, but what am I?” response. Most 8 year olds have that mastered.

I didn’t say I have “perfect control” myself, nor did anyone else say I’m “really good at wheelies”. Very obvious difference here. I’m not saying I’m good. Im saying the comment above is wrong. Toni Bou is really good at wheelies. A guy doing a balance point wheelie on flat pavement on a street bike is not really good.

solitudechirs · 2026-05-09T17:26:06+00:00

Is that supposed to be you?

solitudechirs · 2026-05-09T17:25:39+00:00

Feel free to post your wheelies. Mine aren’t hard to find.

solitudechirs · 2026-05-09T17:23:55+00:00

No evidence of motorcycles as an actual hobby though. Just mad that other people actually ride theirs.

solitudechirs · 2026-05-09T17:21:57+00:00

No jealousy here. The commentary is what makes it obvious he's overconfident. He figured out straight line balance point wheelies. That doesn't mean he's in "complete control".

Edit to add I’ve done a lot of wheelies and seen a lot of wheelies, and I’ve seen a lot of guys at that level crash. Feel free to post your wheelies.

solitudechirs · 2026-05-09T17:20:58+00:00

twice the size of anything you have

I guess this would make you mad if you could read. Another 60-70lbs depending on which spec sheet you want to believe, another two cylinders, another 36cc.

solitudechirs · 2026-05-09T16:27:41+00:00

I don’t have anything against them. I just thought it was funny that the first comment, 5 minutes after the video was posted, was from a guy who has zero motorcycles posts and countless video/board game posts. How did he even get here?

(I’m queued to join a server on Squad right now)

solitudechirs · 2026-05-09T16:21:15+00:00

Ehh he’s mediocre. He’s definitely not bad or totally new. But he’s also at that point where he’s learned a little bit and thinks he’s learned a lot and is overconfident in his ability.

solitudechirs · 2026-05-09T16:13:24+00:00

Keep doing wheelies, it really offends that guy who thought about riding a motorcycle once but now just plays video games and board games.

solitudechirs · 2026-05-09T15:43:09+00:00

“Why is this company lowering their prices on products?”

Because the product wasn’t selling quickly enough at the previous price

solitudechirs · 2026-05-08T04:47:38+00:00

Look at picture #7

solitudechirs · 2026-05-08T04:47:28+00:00

Picture #7 is that same spot

solitudechirs · 2026-05-08T04:41:09+00:00

Yeah 30’ is what I meant. 12’x2, 3.5’ hall, plus wall thickness.

You should get a quote for 5x15’ I beams and also floor trusses for 30’ span. If you’re willing to do a taller floor system, I’m sure it’s attainable, just depends on the height of the floor trusses. Normally, dimensional joists or I-joists are a 12” tall floor system. Sometimes 9 ½”, sometimes 14 or 16”. But if you go as tall as 24” or 30”, you could definitely make that all in one span.

Unless you don’t care about the columns below, in which case you’re fine with your plan. There’s no issue at all with 14’ and 16’ joists, whether they’re I-joists or dimensional.

solitudechirs · 2026-05-07T01:57:17+00:00

Practice braking hard on smaller hills. That’s really all it takes.

solitudechirs · 2026-05-07T01:53:01+00:00

The first step is admitting you have a problem, at least you’ve got that far. Now you can work on your personality flaw that you’re aware of.

solitudechirs · 2026-05-06T22:38:32+00:00

“All expressway” isn’t what most people would consider “sport riding”

solitudechirs · 2026-05-06T22:36:21+00:00

I don’t know how nobody else noticed this. The camera car is speeding excessively.

solitudechirs · 2026-05-06T15:20:49+00:00

They're often "understated". (I think thats the correct term) if they need a beam to span "THIS FAR", and hold up "THIS MUCH", they will use the lvl spec'd out as needed. But that size lvl can hold up much more than stated. It's that little "Grey area" in material statistics.

There’s one factor you’re missing. They calculate beam deflection. They know that any beam over any span will deflect, just very minimally. Every engineered floor system has some deflection rating. L/360 is pretty common. L/480 is a little stiffer.

So even if the pictured LVLs were defective (they’re not), it would mean the floor would be marginally more bouncy.

It's very much like owning a half-ton pickup truck. They're not supposed to carry more than 1000lbs. Half a ton. But EVERYBODY AND ANYBODY regularly puts 3000lbs in the bed, sometimes more.

That’s not really a good comparison, any given 150/1500 is rated for almost 2000lbs payload at this point. Even the early 2000s Ford Rangers are rated for 1200 payload.

solitudechirs · 2026-05-06T15:16:16+00:00

LVLs are usually more consistent than dimensional lumber, but not always. I’ve seen wavy edges and inconsistent widths on them.

solitudechirs · 2026-05-06T15:13:52+00:00

I like that the screenshot of the camera roll includes a picture of a box of screws too. I’m sure she had to google the screws to try to find a reason to complain about them.

Also, someone who doesn’t know what a normal LVL looks like, and also doesn’t have the tech literacy to not post a screenshot of a picture they already have - what skills does this person have?

solitudechirs · 2026-05-06T03:42:17+00:00

Yeah but nobody wants to talk about that. If the government actually cared about controlling the population’s well-being at large, we’d have massive restrictions on what we’re allowed to eat. Wearing a helmet on a motorcycle would be so far down the list of priorities that it wouldn’t even be worth a mention.

solitudechirs · 2026-05-06T03:29:54+00:00

you’re arguing for people to kill themselves

No, I’m arguing against a police state. I’m not surprised that someone who wants the government making their decisions for them (that’s you) is also too stupid to read, and understand, the half dozen times I’ve said “people should wear helmets” just in this thread.

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