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I love speeed. James is hilarious.

Good luck! Let us know how it works out for you. And if you need help with restraint - we try to be the non enabling part of the forum 😅

I’ve been really intrigued by fixed gear tbh (mostly because of terry b’s youtube channel though haha). And tracklocross (if I spelled it correctly) really seems like a good bit of fun. it seems like I will need an aluminum bike for commute and wider tires than the trek emonda. Contemplating whether to go fixed or not.

Thanks! I did find out that the hard way sadly hehe. I’m used to working out mostly fasted, be it climbing or weight or even some mild running. So I was going for 2-3 hours rides without really packing anything to eat and was very close to fainting after about 30 km about a two month ago. Luckily I found a banana from a few days before the ride in my backpack and that helped me up and I got back home. Ever since then I’ve been packing dates where I remove the seed and put peanut butter or chocolate instead. I find that having one every 30 mins or so really boost the ride. regarding the cycling culture thing - here it very middle aged people in very expensive gear. Roadies, gravel, XC, enduro, downhill and all. Fully decked in kits (not that it’s a problem) and the latest technologies. People look at me funny when they see me on the trails riding a full rigid in vans (well, indigo Doeks, but it’s vans as far as they’re concerned 😅). I live in a pretty small town so commuter culture is somewhat present here and drivers a fairly tolerating. But in general outside of town drivers are not very tolerant. I’ve a friend that did Iron Man and said drivers used to try to shove him off the road all the time while training. Sometimes to the point of opening a window and literally try to shove him off the bike. A few times a gun was involved as well.

Nice! A lot of fun reading about everybody’s bikes and experience. Im new to cycling. I’ve been commuting around town with my wife’s old beat up cruiser for about two years, and then around March 26 I came to the conclusion that cycling places is indeed kinda fun. Naturally I wrote to @Double 0 Soul who very kindly saved me from some very bad decisions regarding building my own bike with absolutely zero experience or tools. I soon started to search the second hand market, and lo and behold a friend had an old Trek Emonda laying around unused that he gifted to me. They are much faster and more fun to ride than any bike I previously owned. However, I soon found out that the payved road and carbon fiber life is not for me. So after some research I bought a Kona unit x around June. Rigid MTB, great for adventures, ATB rides, some light single track, gravel and more. Most days it’s serving as a dad mobile where I run some errands and see my daughter off to kindergarten and then when I pick her up we take the long road home through some dirt and farm land. On the weekends I usually manage a longer ride, currently trying to get in shape towards a specific 110 km route I found.

Previous question was my subtle way of saying I can’t wait for a bike and denim (or not denim) thread

So…who’s gonna start the bicycle channel?

I fucking hate that term…… don’t get me wrong - I love my dog. But treating them as ‘fur babies’ is a mis service to the owners and dogs (imo). And to actual babies. it was a different time for sure. When I was in elementary school my dog would walk me to school, see me off, wander around the neighborhood until I finished and than would come and get me 😅

It’s mostly instinct driven, not calculated thought or aware decision making. Most dogs have a pretty strong hunting instinct regardless of hunger, and fast moving targets usually trigger chasing (as part of the hunting behavioral pattern). If the behavioral pattern is eft unattended it’s usually a lot of internal reward for the dog so it persists. Discipline on and off lead is key here, and of course - actually caring for the dog rather than stuffing them with food and going to the park off lead with the owners face glued to their phones screen is probably significant as well. this pattern is much much more intense in rural dogs that live in packs because they actually do hunt and the reward for this behavior (both internal and external) is huge. In fact, rural dogs are to blame for pushing a lot of endangered species into extinction. Probably only seconded by rural/house cats. There’s also the possibility of chasing to chase you off territory for protection. That too is much of an instinct, but is much more specific.

I there are a few Japanese brands that do rugby but from a trad/ivy perspective, so it didn’t really cross into our neck of the Japanese-brands-woods. this is indeed really cool, but if I may add a casual advise - it’s much easier not to buy when you don’t look to see what you’re missing 🙃

Happy to see folks have done well here and are making the best out of their current items. Personally I had no slip ups thus far, but summer is too easy. When not in the office I generally wear shorts, sandals and a light t shirt/ aloha/madras. I suspect the harder months are yet to come. Though I did kind of splurge on other (mostly bicycle) things. as for mentioned above parenthood perspective i agree that there is a need for some niche items, but i also agree about priorities. It seems to me that this is somewhat of a trade off. I also think these fresh perspectives and opinions come and go as we grow together with our kids, and different stages call for different priorities.

Yes. That’s the updated version. I think he mostly updated and corrected for inflation and exchange rates. Got mine about 3-4 years ago. Very good reading. I think it should be mandatory for every subscriber here lol.

I’ll probably be in as well. Depending on timing mostly.

Had a nice little ride this weekend on a circular route around the town. Summer’s heavy grip has already taken hold on most of everything. Most vegetation is now dry and yellow, with the exclusion of some thorny bushes and some trees that do not aestivate. I started at around 6:30 am and when finished about 90 mins later its was already 30 degrees Celsius. The dog was not too pleased. At 12 years old he seems to grow tired of my shit. Sweet potato fields forever Finished the weekend with a fifth of Lagavulin 16. With this weather there’s no denim is sight, I did however wear a whitesville t for good measure.

Beautiful! Congrats @julian-wolf