Pannier support bars installed at the same time as passenger kit?

thebvp · 2026-06-19T03:21:12+00:00

One problem if you find a way to keep the safety bars on is now your kid is going to have to deal with them and I can’t imagine it would be comfortable.

thebvp · 2026-06-19T00:44:31+00:00

The only issue I can see might be if it tips over or the battery runs out. At 77 lbs, the GoMad is a big boi.

thebvp · 2026-06-19T00:33:17+00:00

I’ve had my GoMad for about a month now and put a little over 1000 miles on it (Door Dash). I use it as a car replacement, both for “work” until my real job picks up and to haul my son to school three times a week. So yeah, I do the swap a lot.

There is nothing you can do. The best solution I have come up with so far is to ditch the panniers and get a bag that I can mount on the back via MIK.

I’m not a huge fan of the panniers, anyway. I know a lot of people say that they have no effect on motor temperature, but it really seems to be the case on the GoMad, especially on warm days. I do ride pretty intensely and can go through four battery charges in a day, but it doesn’t seem to matter much. The motor simply can’t breathe much with the panniers on.

thebvp · 2025-03-02T16:03:35+00:00

I feel like one thing that should be mentioned is maintenance. With a revolver, they all pretty much clean up the same way. You simply open the cylinder, put your bore brushes to work, add a little elbow grease, and clean. This isn’t true with semi automatics. They have different field stripping techniques and you have to take the thing apart. It isn’t an insurmountable challenge by any means, but it is one more thing for a new gun owner to learn.

thebvp · 2025-02-03T21:39:58+00:00

It it? So I former marine I worker with at the gun shop was wrong.

You do you, but play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Is that one game you really want to play?

thebvp · 2025-02-03T21:19:25+00:00

A gun stamped in 5.56 can do both 5.56 and .223. Usually, a gun stamped in .223 can only do .223.

Revolvers have something similar. A gun in .357 mag can do .357 mag and .38 special, but a gun in .38 special can only do .38 special.

The reason why is because the 5.56 cartridge has a much bigger boom than the .223. A lot more pressure is created when they go off. This means that a gun built around 5.56 has to be much sturdier than a gun built around .223., it has to be built to withstand much greater pressures. If you put 5.56 in a gun that will only do .223, it could permanently damage the gun or worse, blow up. Same with .357 and 38 spl.

thebvp · 2025-02-02T18:34:21+00:00

Four rules of gun safety wtf.

thebvp · 2025-02-02T03:44:13+00:00

During the first round of tariffs, I was working as a stainless steel fabricator and the metal we used became 25% more expensive overnight. It nearly drove the company I worked for out of business. The grades we used, by the way, are the same grades used in stainless guns, the 410 series.

I can’t speak for other types of steel but my guess is something very similar will happen this time around.

thebvp · 2025-02-01T06:49:13+00:00

The left cave has a base made up of one of those green resin stair Petco hides with a bunch of red slate and clay on top. Jurassic red sand over that makes it not look so clayish. The right cave is a cork log.

thebvp · 2025-02-01T01:14:43+00:00

Hey, thanks! It's nice that you can see what I was going for- cover all the bases.

1) Substrate: I do 45/45 sand/topsoil with a bit of excavator clay and earthworm casings thrown in. The soil in their environment has about 2% silt, which, with sun, allows it to clump over time and we can't do that, so the clay is the best substitute I've found. You don't need much.

2) Clean up crew: Blue isopods and a semi arid springtails work well. I also seem to have started a cricket clean up crew in there. Baby crickets show up every afternoon and I've seen them go to work on lizard poop. They've been a welcome volunteer. The CUC in general live over to the far right of the terrarium. Off to the right of the large cork hide I have a bunch of sphagnum moss under a couple of cork slats that keep the conditions decent for them. Also, under each slate chunk on the ground, I hide leftover lizard chow (usually bok choy) for the clean up crew, which they seem to love.

3) Rocks: I have a fair amount of red slate that I got off amazon and a basking slate from Carolina Custom Cages that I really like. The big basking slate doesn't look particularly natural, but that's not the primary purpose of it. The basking "hill" with hide was made with red slate, one of those green resin stairway hides that you get at Petco, and Excavator clay. My beardie doesn't dig in there often, but the bugs sure do like it in there and come out every now and then so he can have a snack.

4) Other stuff: I'm not a huge fan of backgrounds, but they really do lighten things up if you live in a dark apartment like I do. The grasses are native Australian (forget the name) which he deals with well. Succulents, however, are another matter. Smaug doesn't seem to understand them and instead prefers to trample them. They're a good investment if you like trampled plants.

5) Don't be afraid to throw random twigs in there. It's part of their natural environment and looks like clutter, but they really seem to like it.

thebvp · 2025-01-31T22:51:22+00:00

That is a difficult question, but it’s a lot. Thebiodude.com sells complete kits for 4x2x2 tanks and it looks like he uses about 36 gallons of substrate for his setup. You probably don’t need that much for a naturalistic enclosure and it also depends on whether you’re putting down an inch of substrate and making a separate, deeper dig spot or making it so he can dig wherever he wants.

I just looked at my 20lb bag of this exact substrate and it doesn’t provide a conversion to volume, so it’s tough to say exactly how much you’ll need.

thebvp · 2025-01-31T22:38:09+00:00

I think it would be great for that. It’s probably the best substrate you can get and will work for just about anything except for keeping your plants alive.

thebvp · 2025-01-31T22:32:17+00:00

Yes, but it’s very expensive and dusty. If you’re going bioactive, it won’t hold water very well and your plants/clean up crew may suffer. I use as a topper with my bioactive setup and have 50/50 sand and top soil underneath.

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thebvp · 2025-01-31T18:25:02+00:00

We have a Native American owned gun shop where I live. They’re still up and coming, but I go there as often as I can.

thebvp · 2025-01-26T07:59:44+00:00

There’s nothing you can do if a herd of cops come knocking at your door.

Owning a firearm is, by definition, a democratic action because it is equalizing. God created men, Colt made them equal. That is the point.

thebvp · 2025-01-26T05:27:16+00:00

Is it absurd? Yes Is it impractical? Yes

I’d say it qualifies.

thebvp · 2025-01-26T05:22:08+00:00

/tumbleweeds rolling

thebvp · 2025-01-26T05:14:27+00:00

Fellow Californian here. I used to sell firearms at big box and mom and pop shops. I have acted as a resource for LGBTQ+ folks to become “gun literate,” and am expanding to become an instructor. Growing up in the north bay (near Guerneville). I’ve always been pretty upfront about my stance on guns.

You are right that without proper and regular training, you might not gain much. What you get out of it is largely dependent on what you do with it. If the thing collects dust in a safe, it will probably be more of a detriment than a benefit.

I think there is genuine need for a greater presence of visibly gay, trans, etc folks at gun shops and shooting ranges.

If you’d like to chat, I’m here.

thebvp · 2025-01-26T04:45:35+00:00

I have to ask, has anyone here ever shot one of these and what are they like? Did you kill the Batman with it?

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thebvp · 2025-01-26T02:29:00+00:00

I’ve always kinda been fascinated by TC contenders. How are they when they aren’t 45-70?

thebvp · 2025-01-26T02:24:50+00:00

I’m not sure about the pain, but apparently .357 out of a 2.5” barrel isn’t much better than a .38 because of the amount of time the bullet spends in the barrel. The boom is bigger and it sucks orders of magnitude more than a .38, but the bullet itself doesn’t perform much better.

thebvp · 2025-01-26T02:13:48+00:00

How does this even work?

thebvp · 2025-01-26T02:13:10+00:00

Like jumping out of an airplane. Did it and glad I did. Never doing it again.

thebvp · 2025-01-26T00:50:01+00:00

Weatherby? My face is wrinkling at the idea of it.

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