Funny thing is, he's still a rapist who is partaking in a massive cover up to conceal the fact that he was involved in Epstein's child sex trafficking empire.
We shouldn't be doing business with him, regardless of whatever "deal" Canada expects to get from this unstable idiot.
We are six months in, with 3.5 years to go. This will not end, so we should stop "negotiating" with a madman, and continue to work with the rest of the world.
That's a great overview. I don't use CO2, and likely never will, so that's a few problems out of the way. LOL
Honestly, as long as these are as reliable as the butyl tubes have been, then I'll be happy. The performance gains are a bonus. The size/weight advantages are a huge plus, too.
Exactly. You don't hear about bikes crashing through buildings and store fronts. Or knocking down road signs. Or power lines. Or bus stop shelters.
Average overall speeds are up, but not by that amount since it's urban riding with lots of things bringing that number down (stop signs, red lights, pedestrians on shared paths, etc.)
But for segments where I can just go, speeds are considerably faster.
I don’t think so. I think they’re better but it’s a very small percentage in terms of times. Close to latex IIRC.
They are supposed to bring watt savings, which could mean faster speeds at the same effort, or the same speed with less effort. I have noticed it, especially at higher speed.
And the rotational weight savings seems to also make a difference in climbs. Easier to push up climbs, and still faster than before.
I do believe there is a solid benefit in comfort compared to typical butyl with supple tires but that’s pretty subjective.
Yes! Even with more pressure (they felt way too squishy at the same pressure I was running before), they are still more comfortable.
The only downside in my mind is they’re slightly loud. I’m very happy with them, and recently had a puncture and was happy that the patch seems to hold.
I love the sound! LOL It's different, and slightly unnerving, but pretty cool.
I'm not sure if I'll be putting TPU tubes in my old MTB, which I ride all year. If the ones in my gravel bike hold out well until November, I may just go for it!
The video rolls, almost uninterrupted, for the next 11 hours. At 6:30 a.m., corrections officers can be seen rushing across the frame. The Justice Department later disclosed that that's when Epstein's body was discovered.
Over the course of the night, the staff on duty failed to conduct the required 30-minute check-ins on Epstein while he spent the night alone in his cell.
How convenient! They missed 22 required check-ins on the night he was ~~murdered~~ died by suicide. Sure, sure, sure.
Strips metadata so that the public can't see it, isn't the same as stripping metadata after the corporation has already collected and linked it to your profile. 😫
Always clean the metadata BEFORE it touches their upload UI.
Our parents didn't ignore it.
Our Governments, and the corporations who bribed those governments, just didn't give a shit enough to listen.
On a side note: I wonder what the cost of all the bike-related crashes (caused by bikes) would add up.
A crash like the one in the video likely cost someone (insurance company, tax payers, other drivers, etc.) way more than hundreds of cyclist-caused crashes.
I'd be willing to bet that the administrative costs to have cycling insurance would likely be more than the insurance is worth.
Whereas with car insurance, you'd never be able to pay for the true cost of all the damage, lives lost, etc. That's why they cap liability to usually max $2,000,000.
Pro-level hack! Nice. 👌
The page in question.
Most of their casino ~~postings~~ ads are pretty blatant, but this one is so hilariously outrageous!
A bit of a rant, but my municipality is building a "community square" in their downtown, but I noticed that there are no safe ways to get there by bike (or e-scooter, since we partake in a shared e-mobility program).
I emailed my city to voice my concern, and they said to contact the Region, who manages the main North/South road that brings you to the footsteps of this planned square.
They said that since there were no plans in the Regional cycling plan to add infrastructure to that particular road, we should just ride with mixed traffic.
For context.... this road is one-way, and four lanes. Two (one on each side) is taken up by street parking, despite us having quite a few parking lots and a large parking garage close by.
Example (and yes, the black car on the far right is illegally parking... there's another car behind them illegally parking, too............. ):
I asked if they could at least remove one parking lane to make a bi-direction bike lane that would connect two (East/west) bike lanes, and they said not a chance.
To expand, removing one parking lane would only "take away" 12 spots. 12 spots for sitting vehicles that take up two blocks, is more important than providing a safe passage for vulnerable residents to get to a public, outdoor community space??
This is pretty unbelievable, since our local businesses are all hurting downtown, and it only seems alive when we block off vehicle traffic during special events.
Seems insane how we bend over backwards for cars.
Rant over.
"Yet" 😁
I was thinking that at first, but then I went out and did it again, then again. Most of these efforts are definitely not pushing it at all... I'm able to sing while breaking personal bests, and this is all in the hoods, not trying to be fast!
But I'm sure there is some psychological push, too. It's hard to control for everything when riding in the real world.
I'll see if this can be sustained over the next several months. I do have a 30km loop that I've specifically planned for benchmarking, so that would be nice to test on.