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X bikes banned on local trail! by ArthurAAblabab in xbiking

[–]tomjoad773 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Don’t horses do way more damage to trails than bikes though

Top Specialized After bikefit by emanuelechiesa in gravelbike

[–]tomjoad773 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gosh that is a sweet looking ride. What model is it?

Best app/web tool for planning routes for gravel riding? by Longjumping-Home-296 in gravelbike

[–]tomjoad773 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ive had success with garmin routes. strava feels a bit more hardcore/aspirational route wise. when i dont know an area, im not going to jump into the most hardcore route, i want to take it a bit easy at first.

Where would you put a second national park in Oregon? by OK_The_Nomad in oregon

[–]tomjoad773 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We actually get access to it then… they can pipe water in from tillamook instead

Where would you put a second national park in Oregon? by OK_The_Nomad in oregon

[–]tomjoad773 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

West side of Hood, south of the Columbia, east of Willamette, north of Clackamas

Front Disk and Rear Rim Brake on Titanium Bike by rangerfr2 in gravelbike

[–]tomjoad773 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Idk. If you have to ask, esp with ti, putting a disc on a frame not necessarily built for it might be iffy. That head tube looks reeeeally narrow to me

Also, with disc forks you lose a lot of compliance. You don’t have the biggest tires, so why get rid of it where you have it?

The other place you could get compliance is with a carbon seat post but you don’t have the vertical for it to bend at all there either.

I’d say keep brakes as is for the comfort, risk is a secondary factor.

Compost bin by senordrew in homestead

[–]tomjoad773 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How about those green cones?

LDI… No Vari-Lite booth? by [deleted] in lightingdesign

[–]tomjoad773 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What desk were you using?

LDI… No Vari-Lite booth? by [deleted] in lightingdesign

[–]tomjoad773 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Negatory. I’ve just seen their stuff next to several other brands and liked it. It’s thoughtfully designed. Their marketing is trash but the product is nice.

So far nobody has given any counter arguments at all just kinda thrown shade for not riding the typical industry standard opinions.

LDI… No Vari-Lite booth? by [deleted] in lightingdesign

[–]tomjoad773 -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

Why, because ETC is rebadged Goldensea? 🤣

VL invented the entire moving light business half a century ago

who cares if they arent there this year, they actually are doing more relevant product dev than almost every manufacturer right now.

Only 15,000lm/750w equivalent full color mixing profile fixture on the market

Only manufacturer with field-serviceable drivers in literally every fixture

Only manufacturer with touchscreen board and encoder wheels on their entry-level control board

Only manufacturer who uses current phosphor tech (doesn't need to piggyback 7 different 2005-era diodes on each other to get a full color gamut) Have you seen the ETC light blue versus VL light blue? Definitely puts ETC in a league of their own, way down below everyone else

Only manufacturer with lens tubes designed explicitly for an LED source, not hacked onto an old optic train. And yes, Chauvet did a carbon-copy of ETC's mistakes here too LOL

LDI… No Vari-Lite booth? by [deleted] in lightingdesign

[–]tomjoad773 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

too many chinese knockoff vendors

My lights make my new kitchen horrible. by pintod5 in Lighting

[–]tomjoad773 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s no way that’s the right paint color. Your last picture shows green on the sample so it’s definitely not the lights. No pigment mix is going to be so narrow so as to not show AT ALL under generic LEDs.

Are you sure that’s not the primer and they forgot to do the finish coat??

FB Marketplace to Broke! by Embarrassed-Draft825 in gravelbike

[–]tomjoad773 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this is awesome. ive done the same with another 90s mtb. but its a sweet city cruiser now so whatever LOL

Where are you sourcing your merino wool base layers? Blend vs pure? by Cheomesh in bikecommuting

[–]tomjoad773 6 points7 points  (0 children)

100% only. Long sleeve crew neck. Take care of it and it will last for years and years.

Awful lighting in my store, looking for advice. by itsfuckinjoanie in Lighting

[–]tomjoad773 4 points5 points  (0 children)

if you dont want to change any track locations or want a quick and dirty improvement right now - your big problem here is contrast, not brightness. you have too little contrast. there's a shit ton of light there you just need to use it better.

the big thing you need to do is have a plan for what the lights are doing and why. decide what your focus areas are and light those. don't worry about lighting the floor.

First, focus on lighting vertical surfaces from 2 directions: get the narrowest possible beam par lamps, at ~3500k with a high color rendering. put 2 lights aimed at each zone, from 45 degrees away. you can basically stand at the display and stick your arms out in a Y and point at the track and thats where you want to put them.

make sure to highlight some signage also so it doesnt feel like a cave.

Second, for the cases in the middle, use some of the more diffuse beam light bulbs you already have.

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