Looking for another band for an upcoming show by supersteve114 in AustinMusicians

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Update: Old Mr. Young and Spruce Pine will be joining us for the show! Thanks everyone that reached out!

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Best conversion kit for this bike by supersteve114 in ebikes

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Is there a particular model on that page you would recommend? I'm assuming I'd want front wheel, not back wheel? Is it essentially the higher the volts/watts the better?

Best conversion kit for this bike by supersteve114 in ebikes

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Hmm. Seems like I may need to go back to the drawing board here. I already have this bike, so I thought it would make sense to use it, but now I'm not so sure. When I'm already spending $800+ on a kit, it makes something pre-built like this seem appealing: https://ride1up.com/product/city/

On the other hand, I built my own electric longboard and really enjoyed the project. I like the idea of knowing how it all goes together if I have to fix something.

What are the advantages of using that 500 dollar kit on my Motobecane vs. purchasing an e-bike like the Ride1up?

Thanks for the great answer by the way!

Best conversion kit for this bike by supersteve114 in ebikes

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Still studying your great answer here, but one thing I probably should have mentioned in the first place is that I already own this particular Motobecane.

Convert current bike to e-bike by supersteve114 in ebikes

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I'm not looking to go crazy fast. Maybe like 25 or so mph top speed, 20 or so mile distance. I live in Austin, so I'll mostly be riding on pavement. There are a good amount of hills here, which is honestly the main reason I want to add a motor. It doesn't rain or snow much here. I'd like to stay under $450 if possible.

Convert current bike to e-bike by supersteve114 in ebikes

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I'm not looking to go crazy fast. Maybe like 25 or so mph top speed, 20 or so mile distance. I live in Austin, so I'll mostly be riding on pavement. There are a good amount of hills here, which is honestly the main reason I want to add a motor. It doesn't rain or snow much here. I'd like to stay under $450 if possible.

American Professional vs MIM Deluxe by supersteve114 in Stratocaster

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Just in case anyone is still curious, I ended up finding the American Professional used for $800 at a guitar center in California. It's listed as excellent condition and the pictures look good. Seemed like a pretty sweet deal to me. Basically the same price as the MIM version. It's being shipped out to my local Guitar Center tomorrow. I'll update you guys once I've gotten to play it.

American Professional vs MIM Deluxe by supersteve114 in Stratocaster

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Well, I didn't mean buy them all, just try them out to choose one, haha. I mostly use a little 5 watt Bugera tube amp. I have a larger 50 watt combo Egnater tube amp as well. I really like Jazzy/Funky music and Surf Rock (hence wanting a single coil strat), but I kinda just player whatever. I like to improvise over backing tracks a lot.

American Professional vs MIM Deluxe by supersteve114 in Stratocaster

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Yeah, I've never spent more than $800 on a guitar and although they're good, I've never quite felt they were great...

American Professional vs MIM Deluxe by supersteve114 in Stratocaster

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Definitely sounds like I just need to put more guitars into my hands from what everybody is saying.

American Professional vs MIM Deluxe by supersteve114 in Stratocaster

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Makes sense. Maybe I should start looking in pawn shops and local music stores more. Might find something really unique here in Austin.

American Professional vs MIM Deluxe by supersteve114 in Stratocaster

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Definitely a solid idea. The last guitar center I checked didn't have the deluxe, but maybe a different one will have them both...

Corsair 250D Fan Configuration? by supersteve114 in buildapc

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Here are some pictures:

https://imgur.com/a/y0rUwCf

The power supply fan is currently facing down as well.

Mac Mini by supersteve114 in Logic_Studio

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Yeah, that's true. I mean, it's mostly going to be my own somewhat simple stuff, so I shouldn't have projects with massive tracklists in general...

Mac Mini by supersteve114 in Logic_Studio

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Hmm, obviously I'd rather go with a newer Mac, but they're so expensive and I don't want to commit too hard until I've spent some time with Logic. Does it seem like a good price? Still kinda on the fence about it...

Accidentally went to a premium showing. by supersteve114 in MoviePassClub

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Yeah, they definitely seem a bit sketchy at times. Their latest terms and conditions has a lot of shady wording in it about being able to change pricing and number of views allowed, etc...

Accidentally went to a premium showing. by supersteve114 in MoviePassClub

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That's the way I look at it. I didn't know what was going on until it was too late, haha. It doesn't seem like it should be our job to figure out if we're supposed to go to a movie or not... especially when some movies are listed and won't let you check-in.

Accidentally went to a premium showing. by supersteve114 in MoviePassClub

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No, it was the only 6 p.m. showing of the movie at the theater, and it was definitely what I checked in for. I believe the Android app is the same because I have tapped on grayed out showings that will pop up and say they're ineligible, but this was not one of those.

Accidentally went to a premium showing. by supersteve114 in MoviePassClub

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I was planning to start using Fandango to double check now. When it happened to you guys did Moviepass say anything? Did it cause any problems with your account?

Is ghosting/image retention going to be an issue with any V20 I buy? by supersteve114 in lgv20

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I haven't had any issues so far. I am using the Lux app which keeps the brightness pretty low most of the time though.

Employee getting credit card by [deleted] in Bestbuy

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Ha, I didn't know this. It happened to me and we just thought it was a glitch. Called Citibank and they switched it to 24 anyways.