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esnyder

@esnyder@mastodon.social

Many interests, little time. Unschooling parent. Long-term interest in bicycles; built a bamboo diamond frame bike years ago, learning TIG welding now to mess around more again. I would like to talk with more thoughtful and empathetic people with whom I don't agree. Periodically I am very sad. Wrassle computers for money.

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MLE_online, to random
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I spent way too much time today disassembling two bicycle wheels, so that I could begin the process of transplanting this Sturmey Archer 3 speed hub into a 27 inch rim that will fit my road bike.

While I had the hub free of a wheel, I ended up partially disassembling it so I could clean it and grease it, since it felt pretty gunky and sticky when spinning.

I was too scared to take it completely apart because there are a lot of little pieces inside, but I took it apart enough to get it working well again. It looks much nicer now too

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esnyder,
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@MLE_online How do you decide whether to thread the old spoke holes in the hub and have the bolts go through the new plate (like in this rendering), vs thread the holes in the new plate and have the bolts go through the old spoke holes into the new plate?

seachanger, to random
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if I were biden, I’d whip every single willing rep and senator into a full action plan to bring integrity to the supreme court, starting with the demand that judges whose households have documented partisan or ethics issues involving politicians must be recused from all decisions involving those leaders

https://www.theguardian.com/law/article/2024/may/18/samuel-alito-flag-supreme-court-ethics-election?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

esnyder,
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@seachanger the Merrick Garland thing just blew my fucking mind; the idea that any Democrat ever after that fiasco would allow a GOP justice nomination to go through... 🤬🤬🤬

ascentale, to random
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And the last question (hope it's okay that this ended up being a Q8, @trouble)

Q8. What's the most recent thing you bought/added to your bike? Or clothing, or any cycling related thing. Anything new or fun?

esnyder,
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@ascentale @trouble A8: Most recent new thing on the bike was replacing one of the runner boards with a board with a slot cut out so I can easily tow another bike.

Got to use it for real the first time yesterday returning a borrowed bicycle to a friend. Towed it about 8miles, was super easy/solid.

Here it is w/ my spouse's bike strapped on as a test:

MLE_online, to random
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The homemade dog bones I made for my bike lock sometimes fit really perfectly

esnyder,
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@MLE_online sorry, my google-fu is weak here: what are they for? To make it harder to put a leverage bar through to break the lock?

meganL, to random
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Community participation:

What are your favorite non-monopoly places to shop online? Bonus if they're actually also really cool businesses?

Help folks discover non-Amazon, non-Walmart stores!

Ones I use include:

American Science & Surplus: https://sciplus.com/

Stonemountain & Daughter https://stonemountainfabric.com/

Davis Food Co-op (not mail order, but you can still do "curbside" pick-up) https://davisfood.coop/

esnyder,
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@meganL I have no idea what the company politics are like (google tells me they are privately held, with ~3K employees), but I am grateful for the existence of https://www.mcmaster.com/ It's an interesting case where I don't even know how I would look for most of the things I want to find on it via amazon or whatever.

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