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richwicks says

If you're not using your bike for long periods of time, I think it's better to release the air

I have a Cannondale trail bike with tubeless kevlar tires, they go flat on their own if you do not ride for a long time. I also have a Cannondale road bike from the aluminum frame days. Very fast, but the 20mm 110 psi gumwall tires that came with went flat on every ride, "snakebite" style where you get those little double punctures all around the hoop. Thankfully today's tubes are much sturdier. About a month ago, I got a flat about 4 miles from home on my British "Blue Mountain" bike. While I was walking it home, the other tire went flat. I bought those green slime filled tubes to replace the flats. I am not worried about rolling friction or weight on that bike, since it weighs 36 pounds anyway and I use it for cargo. That British bike has the front sprockets slightly egg shaped. That gives the effect of a slightly higher gear on the down stroke where you have more leg strength. I am surprised that other bikes have not adopted that idea.

HeadSet says

I have a Cannondale trail bike with tubeless kevlar tires, they go flat on their own if you do not ride for a long time. I also have a Cannondale road bike from the aluminum frame days.

I have a Cannondale too, all aluminum, mid 1990's, it looks awesome, but that frame is so fucking stiff, that biking 10 miles on it is like biking 30 on my Specialized. I swear I can feel it when I run over a grain of sand in the road. It was fine when I was 30 and still had some cartilage in my frame, now I'm 50, and I swear my entire nose is made of bone.

Fuck tubeless - yes, seems real neat and cool, yes they are lighter, I'm no Lance Armstrong. I know my capability. I can ride Ultregra without being a poser, but not Dura-Ace. 105 is probably a superior groupset than what I have on my bike now, which is 2005 (or so) Dura-Ace. I have Easton Wheels - they USED to be good.. The reality is that the really high end shit breaks down constantly, and you're trading reliability for weight, which you really don't need or want. Shimano makes some junk like Sora or Tiagra, but Campagnolo does NOT make crap, anything they sell is quality. I don't know about SRAM.

With regard to quality - do not buy wheels from anybody that specializes in making groupsets.

There are a couple of Kevlar tires (for roadbikes anyhow) - they last a good long time for me. I've worn them down to the fabric under the rubber before I had to replace them. There's a distinct difference in wear depending on how fucking fat I am too. When I was 180, I made them threadbare - now.. I ought to lose 40 lbs.

You have an elliptical crank - I had that on my first (real) road bike. I know the theory, but it's said it damages your knees. Don't know if it's true or not. I prefer round crank sprockets though. Elliptical cranks were a thing in the 1990's for road bikes. It did seem to hurt my knees before I got my first Cannondale, but then again, everything changed on that bike, including the pedals. Hard to know what is actually hurting you in a repetitive injury.

If you like biking, I strongly suggest you look up Sheldon Brown - he's dead (been dead for 15 years or so), but boasted being the world's best bike mechanic. His page is still maintained, and fuck it, he was goddamned good. Got a problem with your bike, you'll find out how you should fix it.

https://www.sheldonbrown.com/

It's frankly amazing advice. Ever have problems with your chain for example? It's because your rear cassette is worn down. Replace your cassette and have your chain snag? It's because your chain is worn down. Shit I couldn't figure out when I was young, he's got an explanation for everything. When you replace your chain, you should consider replacing your cassette. If your chain "rides high" on the sprockets of your cassette, you certainly should replace the cassette. He'll show you how to properly fit your chain. Wonderful resource. I'm a qualified bike mechanic - except for building a wheel.

Leave building a wheel to the experts. Fuck up there, and you can get the person riding it killed - I know this because I rebuilt one of my front wheels being cheap and "being smart" - I was certain I could do it - rode on it for 1000's of miles, and one day, it tacoed - collapsed. Destroyed my frame, gave me a concussion, and broke 3 of my ribs. I was just on the flats accelerating when it happened, laid me out, left me unconscious for who knows how long. If I was going down a hill at speed, I would have been dead, no question, and I had taken that down multiple hills. I'm very fortunate to be alive. Don't fuck with your wheels, and if you're constantly popping spokes, get a heftier wheel until you can drop some weight.

Ceffer says

I don't think Venezuela is that easily explained.

Lift sanctions on that nation and stop attacking them, and see what they can do?

The BIG FEAR of our government is that, maybe, a nation can make a socialist system work - and if that happens, eyes turn inward... The US is sabotaging Venezuela as much as it possibly can. It does the same to Cuba. I'm not saying that I believe in a communist socialist system, I'm saying this nation does its damnedest to make certain neither work. As a result, we don't know if they CAN work or not.

But the fact that they can be attacked, that might be an indication they cannot work, but the fact that the US is now a failing nation - this might indicate these attacks are short lived and end up destroying the attacking nation. Time will tell.

richwicks says

Lift sanctions on that nation and stop attacking them, and see what they can do?

Nothing. They are completely FUBARd. Commie shit never worked anywhere. Because it can't.

richwicks says

The BIG FEAR of our government is that, maybe, a nation can make a socialist system work - and if that happens, eyes turn inward... The US is sabotaging Venezuela as much as it possibly can. It does the same to Cuba. I'm not saying that I believe in a communist socialist system, I'm saying this nation does its damnedest to make certain neither work. As a result, we don't know if they CAN work or not.

ChauvinsKnee says

Nothing. They are completely FUBARd. Commie shit never worked anywhere. Because it can't.

Yeah, the whole the "US keeps Cuba down" worked in the Cold War, maybe. It hasn't applied in about 25 years, and Venezuela it never applied. All those countries trade with Europe, Russia, China, Iran, the Middle East, etc.

I mean if John Deere won't sell Tractors to Cuba or Venezuela, Jinma will. Or Mahindra for that matter. Both are multi billion dollar enterprises, and there are many other manufacturers, some of them quite large. All those Ford F-150 parts are made in China, plenty of knock offs. China and Russia still need Sugar, and India and China needs oil. Cuban cigars really are something special that can't be readily imitated. Venezuela is a big beef producer, as well as the obvious oil.

Cuba and Venezuela have access to 75% of world trade and plenty of substitute goods and services. Cuba in particular gets a lot of tourism, both regular and medical, from Europe.

MisdemeanorRebellionNoCoupForYou says

Cuba and Venezuela have access to 75% of world trade and plenty of substitute goods and services. Cuba in particular gets a lot of tourism, both regular and medical, from Europe.

Let me be very clear.

I'm not drawing a conclusion. Perhaps Cuba is fucked no matter if we have sanctions on them or not. If they are fucked regardless, what is the point of sanctions?

The US engages in trade with China after all - THEY are communist.

I have a inherent distrust of my government, a healthy one, so healthy it may be unhealthy. All I see is hypocrisy. The reason the US has sanctions on Cuba, in my opinion, is a bunch of criminal families that are in our government got fucked over by the revolution there. I don't believe it's over an ideological divide and frankly, the people that got fucked over who want sanctions - they are just mafia assholes anyhow. We, ourselves, are dealing with that shit now.

That's a true statement.

The government promotes virus fear via the media to keep power.

richwicks says

The US engages in trade with China after all - THEY are communist.

And China is an asshoe 10x worse than Cuba. Cubans don't harvest Uighur organs.
BUT: I don't see how a communist system can work. So let them self-destruct, no need for sanctions. Or if there are sanctions, there should be some logic as in if China behaves worse than Cuba, then sanction China.

We should have sanctions on China too. The Uighurs, Hong Kong, violating Montreal Agreement on CFCs, etc.

MisdemeanorRebellionNoCoupForYou says

We should have sanctions on China too. The Uighurs, Hong Kong, violating Montreal Agreement on CFCs, etc.

Sanctions on China make 10000000 times more sense. Cuba is not an economic competitor to US.

https://babylonbee.com/news/janet-yellen-pops-out-of-childs-birthday-cake-to-take-his-birthday-money

CONWAY, AR—Ten-year-old Billy Smurth’s birthday party went from fun to frightening when U.S. Secretary of Treasury Janet Yellen burst out of his birthday cake to take his birthday money.

“No! Don’t take off your—” Billy’s dad yelled before realizing with overwhelming relief that Yellen was only there as part of her efforts to tax Billy's unrealized birthday money.

"EQUITY!!!!" screeched the frosting-covered Yellen as she rummaged through birthday cards and pocketed the cash while Billy and his friends screamed in terror. Billy’s mom confronted Yellen and demanded she leave, but was forced to back away after Yellen tried gnawing off her finger to get to her diamond wedding ring.

Janet Yellen finally crashed out a window and disappeared after Billy’s dad convinced her there was a libertarian with a walk-in safe living next door.

Moments later, the front door burst open and two IRS agents entered to issue Billy an itemized tax bill for his birthday presents.

https://babylonbee.com/news/ag-garland-issues-memo-calling-for-investigation-of-terrorist-senators-who-harassed-and-intimidated-him-at-hearing

HunterTits says

Enabling Act of 1933

THE ENABLING ACT
The Enabling Act allowed the Reich government to issue laws without the consent of Germany’s parliament, laying the foundation for the complete Nazification of German society. The law was passed on March 23, 1933, and published the following day. Its full name was the “Law to Remedy the Distress of the People and the Reich.”

KEY FACTS
1 Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party used intimidation and persecution to ensure the passage of the law. They prevented all 81 Communists and 26 of the 120 Social Democrats from taking their seats, detaining them in Nazi-controlled camps.

2 German judges did not challenge the law. They viewed Hitler's government as legitimate and continued to regard themselves as state servants who owed him their allegiance and support.

3 The Enabling Act became the cornerstone of Hitler's dictatorship.

HunterTits says

People still do

Tenpoundbass says

HunterTits says

People still do

We do too. Makes perfect cooking fat.

"Patel Patriot
White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain just admitted there will be a second Trump Administration"

Not just vote, but SANE VOTE! Trump cracks me up.

In the future based parents will beat their kids ass for learning something in school, or getting a A in Social Science.

The Sun just cut a massive fart in our direction, which means that all conservative and anti Biden regime commentary will mysteriously disappear from the airwaves. The Sun is a KommieKunt Democrat!
https://t.me/realx22report/4704

ZuckFuck shape shifts for Halloween.

ZuckFuck deciding on politically correct Halloween date.

MisdemeanorRebellionNoCoupForYou says

is there a cut out of that guy on the right with the cardboard that can be used to paste over other pictures?

Lying journalist whore decides its time to cash in and become lying, bribed political whore.
https://t.me/The_Library_II/59325

Schiff says intelligence agencies have too many guys with photographic memories, multiple languages, and skills and are to be replaced by amoral, activist, printing press diploma diversity morons like the rest of the government.
https://t.me/The_Library_II/59326

Ceffer says

Schiff says guys with photographic memories, multiple languages, and skills to be replaced by amoral, activist, printing press diploma diversity morons like the rest of the government.

The intelligence community overthrew this nation last year. Maybe it's better if they become MORE incompetent.

This shit wouldn't be happening if they did their damned job and made certain that what we were voting for is what we were getting. The chickens are now coming home to roost on them. That's perfectly fine with me.

LOL! They're getting ready to go after Biden for his sexual assaults if he doesn't stop Durham. What did Q say? Watch Huma.

Ceffer says

LOL! They're getting ready to go after Biden for his sexual assaults if he doesn't stop Durham. What did Q say? Watch Huma.

Dude, I wish I could have your hope.

I've not seen a fucking thing done in accountability within government since the Savings & Loan scandal, and I was 17 at the time.

Barr was supposed to clean shit up, he didn't. I hope you're right, that Durham isn't just running out the clock, but I've seen this done so many fucking times. Clinton should have been prosecuted, but Comey and Lynch protected her. Seth Rich was probably murdered by the DNC. Bush Jr. should have been impeached for lying us into the Iraq War. I have no belief at all, whatsoever, in anybody that gets a paycheck from the government.

I really hope I'm wrong. If I am wrong - you write me and I'll make any atonement you wish, up to $1,000. 1 grand is well worth to see accountability again within my lifetime. Got a favorite charity? If YOU are wrong, give a $10 bill to some homeless guy - and if you want, just offer to have a meal with him that you pay for, and ask for his story. Some of them are just down on their luck and will give you an understanding of how life can fuck you over if you're unlucky.

You have no idea how much I want to lose 1K. More than 1/2 the fuckers in our government should be in prison. I only dimly remember the country this once was.

richwicks says

If you like biking, I strongly suggest you look up Sheldon Brown

I checked out that Sheldon Brown link. I went to the section on drum brakes. I need to replace my rear Sturmey- Archer drum insert on the back wheel of my Blue Mountain bike, but I cannot find anyone anywhere who has the 70mm version in stock. Lots of 90mm, but I cannot use that. Drum brakes are great because they still work when it is raining or riding through some water.