Rodsterlings_cig

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Flats vs Clip less for long distance.

I've been riding clip less all last season and until last week I decided to switch to flats. Last week I decided to switch to flats to see if I can improve ride comfort. I was surprised during my first ride. It felt weird and I maintain the same technique as if I was in clip less minus the pulling up the pedal. I noticed that...

Rodsterlings_cig,

Clipless is only better for longer rides if your position/setup is good. Locking yourself into a bad position will probably be much worse than the gained efficiency from clipless over flat pedals, though whether it is noticed by the end of the ride or the end of the week is the hard part.

Rodsterlings_cig,

Hi! VTI or VOO?

Rodsterlings_cig,

In general, any bike!

More specifically, depends on your needs/desires.

If only for riding on roads/paved paths any used road bike with at least 7/8 gears in the rear with brifters will do.

If roads are a bit harsher or you want to also use it for commuting/grocery runs, something like a mountain bike would work.

Take a look at craigslist/marketplace for your area to see whats available, definitely try used bikes to get a feel for your needs.

When i started biking in my older adult life i bought a used road bike that i could ride for long distances on the weekends as well as use for commuting to work. After a few years i bought myself a more modern road bike for the long rides and converted the old road bike with flat bars and rear panniers for a more relaxed commuting and grocery hopper experience.

Rodsterlings_cig,

When you find a bike, just make sure the gears arent all chewed up and that shifting through the gears is fine. You can also take it to a bike shop for a tune up, but look for a local bike store as the big bike stores will charge a single, large fee just for tune ups, though they will still be throughout.

Rodsterlings_cig,

I still think used is the way to go. It does lower the bar of entry and if you get a certain style of bike thst doesn't fit your needs, you won't be in the hole as much financially.

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"Annual profits at UPS in the past two years are close to three times what they were before the pandemic. The Atlanta company returned about $8.6 billion to shareholders in the form of dividends and stock buybacks in 2022, and forecasts another $8.4 billion for shareholders this year."

Why this is stated in the middle of the article, with the title and beginning paragraphs seemly pointing the finger at people ordering things tells you everything you need to know.

Rodsterlings_cig,

Suffering from success - DJ Khaled

Rodsterlings_cig,

Do svidaniya

/kbin update - upvotes, boosts, languages...

Hi everyone, You may have noticed a small change on the website. From now on, upvotes work just like on Lemmy - they are equivalent to Mastodon's "favourite." You can boost a post using the button that replaced "favourite." Another change is that you can now rate and boost your own posts. Boosting has a one-time effect - it...

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Keep up the good work!

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Do svidaniya

Rodsterlings_cig,

Shut up baby, I know it!

In all seriousness, I am also cautious as I haven't seen any indication that the original writers are on board. I don't think they need to revitalize it, they just need to retain the same energy of the previous seasons.

Rodsterlings_cig,

Besides the voice actors, who are all amazing, what is most memorable about the show to me is all the silly one-liners or science references. The one that lives rent free in my mind for multiple reasons:

"
The horse says 'doctorate denied'
"

malte, to random
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Trying to revive one of my old laptops because I got nothing better to do.
Of course it's a Thinkpad, X230 to be precise. I used this one ... for roughly the second half of my university time and, if memory serves, likely the computer I have disassembled/reassembled the most & spent the most time doing stupid linux & software stuff.

Lets see how this goes...

Rodsterlings_cig,

@malte I have definitely extended the life of my previous laptops doing this. The worst part easily is finding new batteries.

Rodsterlings_cig,

@malte and when you do find batteries they are from third party vendors, which makes you feel like you are plantimg A in cs:go

Rodsterlings_cig,

"Hey its me, Videogamedunkey!"

Rodsterlings_cig,

Also +1 for digital foundry. Great hosts who look at both console/pc games, old and new, with technical or general analysis

Rodsterlings_cig,

BigMoist =? Dunkey

Rodsterlings_cig,

If you haven't already, you should check out hollow knight or Celeste

Rodsterlings_cig,

Thats awesome, i like the idea of gravel bikes as commuters since you can ride them for long distances as well as put wider tires on them for comfort.

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