u/CrypticShadower

Are they doing something about it?

Eddie Bauer's gear had not been high end for a very long time. I've had plenty of their technical pants wear out within a year or so (zippers failing, stitching tearing out, material fraying.) The only reason I went back was their exchange policy didn't cost me any money.

amen

I want one of these so bad. I don't need it... but I want it.

Any chance you use CO2 regularly? I used to have issues getting my leaks to seal until I cleaned out my tires and replaced the sealant. Haven't had issues since I stopped using cannisters for air

If you're not concerned about the money, buy a bike that's better tailored to the task will almost always be the best option. When you go with swept back bars, you typically don't want to go with too short a stem as it changes the steering axis and can result in very twitchy/whippy handling.

If money is a concern, changing the the stem and bars is probably your best bet though. You may need to play with the the set-up a bit to dial it in. I'd try to find the handle bar you like the look of first, then ask your shop if they have used stems you can borrow to trial different set-ups. Make sure they cable housing is left long enough that you have room to try different set-ups.

I prefer a mostly upright position myself for all of the riding I do, I think it's a great idea.

Get it tested by your local vet

Sometimes the long game is the right move. Maybe it's not what you would have done but painting them out to be some awful person because you don't think they did the right thing fast enough is an excellent way to make sure no one ever does the right thing at all. You don't know them, you don't know what they've been through. In the end, it was still a win. They made an effort while employed to influence things and were able to do real damage after the fact with how much they learned. If they popped off early without enough information, it would have been their word against a shop that sounds like it had a good reputation.

It's a win.

I know the very Marathons well. I had them on my Long Haul Trucker for a period and they were some of the stiffest most uncomfortable tires I've ever had the pleasure of riding lol.

I'm not set-up tubeless on the LHT (rims aren't compatible) so I'm on Panaracer Pasela's in the summer and Conti Top Contact Winter for the cold season. I respect the impenetrable nature of the Marathons (they really are crazy flat resistant) but the ride feel just isn't worth it to me. They're what we use on our bike share bikes for that very reason.

It never occurred to me you could mix your own sealant, I'm gonna look into it just because that's pretty cool. ATM I still get industry pricing on it so I'm not concerned with the cost.

I couldn't disagree with you more on the lack of attraction for road riding. I live in a city with roads ravaged by winter and plenty of glass all over the place. My last set of tires I got over 3k miles out of and had one, maybe two flats that required a plug and the rest of my leaks sealed without doing anything other than adding more air.

The few things you really need are:

Good plugs (dynaplugs are flat out the best/easiest to use, I've tried 2 or 3 other brands and they were are awful)

Remembering to top up your sealant (1-2 months depending on how dry your climate is)

Knowing whether or not your sealant is compatible with CO2 or not.

I'm not arguing that everyone should be tubeless but the merits are there and it's been going great for me for years (once I learned that Stan's doesn't work with CO2... lol)

They're fantastic if you have a proper dense city without driveways over lapping it. The one we have in Buffalo has about 6 or 7 ingress points for parking lots. With cyclists having a big buffer, cars often fail to look before crossing over the track and the threat of being hooked is increased.

Tim Hortan's has been gargage since Yum Brands bought them and unless it's somehow better than the thing it's being compared against, it's not even worth mentioning.

Spot coffee has been mediocre with a menu that hasn't changed in 20 years. It kills me that they occupy some really nice locations that I'd rather a nice local place.

I had egregious lag that didn't go away until I deleted the button mapping app, everything started working properly again afterward and hasn't come back. My biggest issue was severe delay on raising and lowering the volume. Your claim that the article is wrong doesn't hold up in my experience.

Call your council members and give them a piece of your mind

Adding a brass washer in-between the shifter and the shifter mount + Blue loctite fixed my slipping issues entirely

I'm looking forward to Google's Gemini serving this up as an actual fact in search one day.

Shitting on whoever is the current upcoming generation is a tired trope that literally every single generation before it has done. You talk about creative writing but your mentality about Gen Z is anything but creative.

You also opened yourself up to discussion with a very long (and for the most part justified) criticism of Google but you are completely unwilling to let anyone challenge your criticism and it comes off as incredibly childish. The population doesn't have to agree with every point you make for a proper discussion to be had.

You're totally correct. Got ahead of myself

What it means (most importantly,) is a neighborhood being reconnected after being decimated by a highway forcibly being cut through it.

I was digging around on the Erie's website but I couldn't find much. Mind sharing the link?

I'm lead to believe this is supposed to happen this year. I really hope so, I ride that stretch of Elmwood daily.

Another vote for Velo Orange, I've got them on 3 of my bikes. Honjo (and Simworks xHonjo) are also gorgeous but you'll have to drill/punch the holes yourself. If you're having a shop do them, I would talk to them first and make sure they offer the installation service. Even the VO's take some time to get them setup nicely

Isopropyl alcohol works as well. It softens up the rubber temporarily and makes it more pliable till it evaporates. I also overinflate by 20-30 PSI if the bead is extra stubborn.

The "right" tire pressure is a moving target and will be very different depending on the tire size, the weight of the rider as well as well as the terrain itself. If the terrain is very rough/rocky, less pressure will be more efficient as it allows you to absorb and more easily roll over bumps. Tubeless lets you take that even further with even lower pressure, to the point where you would be at greater risk of puncturing a tube if you had one.

If the roads and trails are mild, you aren't a particularly heavy rider, and you have a decent size tire- I'd personally recommend at least 10-15PSI below the stated max pressure for comfort. I have 650b x 48 slick tires, the max pressure is 55psi but my personal sweet spot for daily riding is 30-35psi. My cities roads get wrecked by winter and I've found this gives me the best comfort to efficiency ratio. Preferences vary, of course.

You can have some fun with a tire pressure calculator if you like https://silca.cc/pages/pro-tire-pressure-calculator

Not so friendly tubeless set-ups? I have Cliffhangers and Blunt SS rims both of which set-up tubeless without issues.