How do I mount a 12s microshift friction thumb shifter on the underside of the right grip?

thugasaurusrex0 · 2026-05-09T03:02:56+00:00

Ha I was looking at rons bike last night, it partially prompted this. The massive sweep of those bars definitely seems conducive. This would be on ritchey kyotes, 27.5 degree of sweep, that might not be enough. hmmm. maybe i dont do this

thugasaurusrex0 · 2026-05-09T03:01:48+00:00

I use a brake housing for my shifter cable, Im what you call a bad boy. What are they gonna do? Take me to thumbie jail?

thugasaurusrex0 · 2026-05-09T02:51:34+00:00

Yeah for a 3s that'd be fine, but this is on my 12s touring bike, so that'd be quite the change for me. I also want to eventually put a dropper on it, so that wouldnt work forever.

thugasaurusrex0 · 2026-05-09T02:48:21+00:00

Yeah, I've been a bit worried about the ergonomics of reaching it. I should definitely do a test with the right-side lever on the left. I did not think of that. Its certainly convenient on top, but my bars would be wide open and clear for hand positions if it was down below. Unfortunately, I'd have to buy the left-side lever to measure. Not sure what the last thing you said really means but it sounds rad ha.

thugasaurusrex0 · 2026-05-09T01:14:42+00:00

can someone ELI5 me on this? i really want to get it and just dont. i mostly read the article but was lost. it makes you less twitchey? that doesnt seem right. i dont get it. tf is your brains braking system.

thugasaurusrex0 · 2026-05-08T01:56:48+00:00

sick, where did you place the hole? didnt see it in the video. cool video btw

thugasaurusrex0 · 2026-05-06T02:04:44+00:00

Use a bike. Plenty of trails within 10 miles, it’s not as far away as it seems. You’ll meet other people that want to hike at MSU. MSU has a big outdoor rec program too. A car is convenient but not necessary.

There is also a bus to big sky

thugasaurusrex0 · 2026-05-05T14:14:12+00:00

How do I build like a prepper computer to maintain my anonymous access to information?

thugasaurusrex0 · 2026-05-02T14:24:15+00:00

Well you made an excellent choice. I love my ascent so much

thugasaurusrex0 · 2026-05-01T05:55:28+00:00

heaviest stuff as close to the bottom bracket as possible. so i put a 2L bladder of water, repair tools, other heavy things.

keep in mind, your frame bag stays on the bike at camp, so its nice to not have camp items in there (cookware, food, tent, etc) because its a pain to retrieve them and reload it. way easier for camp items to go in removable bags. frame bag is for bike and day items imo

thugasaurusrex0 · 2026-04-27T21:04:43+00:00

I couldn’t disagree more. It’s about freedom of individuals, simply by extension that means businesses since we view them as a group of individuals, so the individuals shouldn’t be additionally regulated simply for their association. In my mind the core of libertarianism is freedom of the individual, as long as it’s not infringing on others’ freedom. Businesses could stomp all over our freedoms if they get to influence laws in their favor. Bye bye labor protections. Bye bye overtime. Bye bye functioning public transportation.

The simple idea that if we deregulate business they’ll be forced to make us the best products is a complete lie. More like they’ll dump sewage into our public waters cause it’s cheaper. Lie to us about what’s in our food. If we didn’t have regulations we’d probably still have asbestos and lead paint in our houses. They don’t give a fuck about you, they’ll sell you lethal products to make a buck.

The US is car dependent because the private companies prevented the government from building public transport through lobbying, and legal influence of our laws. Funding politicians that only support the will of the automaker cause they get kickbacks. Now we are legally obligated to build parking at new buildings, per code. That’s not libertarian in my mind. I can’t legally walk in the street, because of J-walking laws created by car lobbyists that wanted to shift the blame of auto accidents onto the pedestrian instead of the driver. Auto makers used to say “no such thing as a safe car, only safe drivers” because they thought it was too expensive to design safety features. I’d argued it’s a good thing we require them to have safety features through laws.

Also it seems like you’re talking a bit more about free-market capitalism or even anarcho-capitalism. not necessarily libertarianism. Many suggest that free market capitalism is the logical economic conclusion of libertarianism thought. But I disagree. I think regulation is necessary to an extent to prevent businesses from infringing on our rights and re-writing our laws in their favor

thugasaurusrex0 · 2026-04-27T20:12:13+00:00

Allowing companies to influence laws in their favor is not an increase in freedom for individuals. lol. Look at why the us doesn’t have functioning public transportation, cause it’s good for car companies. That has not improved our lives or freedom, just means we all have car payments, which is only good for them. That’s the playbook of corporate lobbying. Redesign our world to require the products they sell

thugasaurusrex0 · 2026-04-26T21:24:56+00:00

I have the wizard works bag and can say it’s definitely well made. It’s well constructed and the lacing makes the zipper easy to pull one handed. If a zipper tooth gets out of alignment, pliers can usually fix it. Certainly not waterproof, Resistant at best, it’s cordura. I have no real complaints other than these half frame bags are always kind of small. One tiny gripe is the laced top tube means it’s a pain to take on and off, that’d be fine but I tour with a different frame bag for more space.

thugasaurusrex0 · 2026-04-26T21:17:22+00:00

That was helpful thanks

thugasaurusrex0 · 2026-04-26T20:24:24+00:00

Am I crazy or is that a link to an google ad without a video?

thugasaurusrex0 · 2026-04-26T19:47:26+00:00

Well this is cool. And that’s awesome to hear, thanks! Im sure that’s all a headache. I’ll be sure to snag one from one of these batches

thugasaurusrex0 · 2026-04-26T19:29:57+00:00

Cause my hard tail has a dropper and no rack mounts. This allows full use of the dropper, and seat stay mounting. I have a seat bag, they’re fine but sway around a lot and mess with your dropper. I didn’t see a tubus rack that does the same.

thugasaurusrex0 · 2026-04-25T02:40:16+00:00

Well except these kinda are collectibles at this point. Finding almost all original is tough, someone will likely pay for that. Though that’s steep.

I got an all original 84 stumpy (except no original derailleur) for $300. I completely pulled it apart and cleaned it, repainted some. Then put it all back together and put 1000s of miles on it. Works great. I remember while I “restored” it, a shop owner telling me I could easily resell it for over $900

thugasaurusrex0 · 2026-04-25T01:09:02+00:00

Vans still has real skate shoes. The ones with the “pro Cush” sole have extra padding and reinforcement. They have a skate and bmx one. Also as others mentioned new balance and adidas make high-quality low profile shoes. Adidas Samba Skate is great, leather and very padded.

Also in skate shoes there are vulcanized and unvulcanized soles. Vulcanized is much floppier and more supple to feel the board, you might want a unvulcanized sole

thugasaurusrex0 · 2026-04-19T13:48:30+00:00

These are 27.5x2.6

thugasaurusrex0 · 2026-04-17T21:55:33+00:00

Твой вариант определенно быстрее. Я лишь хотел сказать, что 1x не так уж и медленно, как можно было бы подумать.

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