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In your opinion. You don’t have to agree with me for me to respect your choice. There are a lot of cyclists who can’t live without a gel pad. They’re not “wrong.” I know a lot of septuagenarians who insist on carbon frames and aero wheels and never crack 20 mph. I don’t argue with them. All that...

Looks great!

Put a Fram in my daughter’s 22 Tucson Hybrid. Old one was quite dirty. Super easy intuitive job didn’t even need to look it up. Unlike my QX60 which, like many Nissans, requires a contortionist.

No the original poster suggested it.

Not all. Most, certainly. But consider this: Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon was a remake. There are a few other examples as well. While no classic, the Nicole Kidman/Alec Baldwin thriller Malice was an almost duplicate of a made for TV movie that was much, much worse. And I...

Waiting with interest to see how you like it. It’s been consistently near 100 where I live and I worry about my tuber in stop and go traffic. Considering a temp gauge but I do change oil frequently.

Robot from Scooter West. But it’s only scooters. There are a handful of great mechanic channels, but an unlimited number of laughably useless posters with dangerous practices, horrible camera quality, terrible background noise from the other room, never ending swearing, animals and kids running...

What kind of motorcycle is it?

Dennis Kirk sells straight 50w Klotz full synthetic for V twins. For what it’s worth.

So what? If you’re riding over 200 miles a day of incredibly mountainous terrain fully loaded with the kitchen sink you will need a spare battery IF you use SRAM (which, I would never do but you do what you want). I’ve been a professional bicycle mechanic at the highest levels of the sport for...

A week? If he used Shimano he could do it on a single charge no problem. SRAM gets you about, IIRC about 25 hours so charging it once for an hour is in order. But let’s face it if you’re going off grid and living like Matt Graham you should probably do away with as much modern technology as...

Agreed. These things need to be taught. Not just the social requirement, which is a real thing. But the more important actual appreciation, which is generally lost upon a child.

Absolutely not acceptable. I too lament declining standards. It saddens me that f bombs on bumper stickers are an acceptable thing. But gifts such as these still require a thank you. That’s the still current standard. A wedding gift requires a card. The PT gift should receive a card but an email...

It all depends on what’s acceptable to you. You can grease it up and put it back together and see if you can live with it. On the other hand you could face and chase the BB and replace the cups with Wheels of Boulder cups with Enduro bearings. That would fix it for good.

As a person who has been in the bike industry since the Ultra 6 freewheel was a big deal I feel qualified to comment. Most of what’s happened in cycling since the 90s isn’t good. Today the expectation is that you’ll spend 10 to 20 thousand dollars on a bicycle that you’ll replace in five years...

I notice the opposite. They add an ly when unnecessary. “Most importantly.” That and replacing effect with impact (“How will this Water Pick impact my molars?”) grinds my gears.

Ditto

Probably. But if you do you should also replace the cassette.

I’m referring to Silca.

It’s nice that you can ride with your son. I used to ride with my father and I miss him every day.