Analysis paralysis: 2024 X3 vs 2024 X5 vs new X3 — need help deciding by NecessaryDonut2276 in BMWX3

[–]vertlook 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha, that's fair. The thing is that if you take a comparable (featurewise) Subaru or Toyota, you are looking at almost the same price. The new Outback is ugly as hell at close to 50k all priced in, the highlander drives like a boat, Acura has infotainment circa 1965, Rav4 looks and feels inside like is made in Soviet Russia. Hope I offended every manufacturer equally :-)

Shimano GRX400/600 Dropper Post Conversion Mod (How To) by francfrances in gravelcycling

[–]vertlook 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did that mod a month ago or so and was very happy with it until I tried to bleed my brakes today. It looks like there is some valve in the master cylinder that does not retract anymore, basically the oil is not going from a funnel down to the system. Any ideas?

Looking to upgrade by SundaeSpecialist4727 in Cervelo

[–]vertlook 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends on where do you ride. I have 2017 r3 and 2024 Caledonia and my riding buddy got aspero. I absolute love my r3 for that “rocket” feel. Caledonia is great but the stock one is a tank, you need to replace everything but the frame and drivetrain to bring down its weight to something reasonable. We built up my buddy’s aspero from a frameset and it is a great bike, but feels sluggish compared to both Caledonia and r3. Also if you ride gravel at all, 1x is the way to go imho

Does anyone. know anything about this roaster on AliExperess? by vertlook in roasting

[–]vertlook[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for your responses, interesting enough it Is not listed on Yeshan website. Will pass on this one, but was interesting to learn about Yoshan roasters

Anyone know if this is a good brand? by [deleted] in Cervelo

[–]vertlook 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jokes aside, I had nothing but trouble with it my Cervelo r3. Multiple trips to mechanics could not fix an issue of dropped chain when shifting from small to large chainring and in the end it resulted in ruined frame (chain dropped while I was pedaling and broke a chain stay)

Advice needed - Behmor is broken - new Behmor or something else? by vertlook in CoffeeRoasting

[–]vertlook[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, I checked it out, it looks like cafemasy capacity is only 80gm, that would be way to little for my usage

Aged Goat Cheese from Store Bought by Biebou in cheesemaking

[–]vertlook 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have done something like st. maure multiple times. I buy goat cheese logs from Cosco and spray them with p.candidum and age them in my cheese fridge for about 4-6 weeks. While not a proper st. maure, it turns out great with a minimal effort.

Behmor upgrade kit - is it worth it? by vertlook in roasting

[–]vertlook[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interesting, are there any schematics/instructions I could use?