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2 Weeks Ago
It looks like I'm lucky enough to inherit a turntable, which is going to put me back in the record game after years away.
I'm a child of the 70s...
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5 Days Ago
Does the size (diameter) of a downtube affect frame stiffness or comfort in a meaningful way?
I have a custom steel bike with 853 OS tubing that has...
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1 Week Ago
Have you noticed, how could you not, how often the people you meet while camping share very similar interests? Their professions, schooling etc....
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1 Week Ago
My camp chef everest lost it's mojo, broken beyond any reasonable fix.
What's my move? Camp Chef has been faithful until it was not, I'm inclined...
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3 Weeks Ago
I learned to fillet braze from a frame builder 20 years ago and have built a few bikes since. I'd like to brush up on my fillet brazing technique...
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4 Weeks Ago
I only watch the NBA professional basketball when the playoffs begin.
It's an excuse to ride less in our lousy weather.
I did notice and appreciate...
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2 Weeks Ago
To determine if I may post again.
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4 Weeks Ago
Anyone else listening to these guys right now? It's pretty wild. First time I heard them was 13 years ago, last time they came out, in Augusta, GA....
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2 Hours Ago
This older gentleman always drives his BelAir ragtop in the local parades, proudly displaying his 101st Airborne plate on the front bumper.
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4 Hours Ago
Loving your passion Mr Pants. Heck of a quest to find your dream car.
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14 Hours Ago
I like the long nose/LWB models. I was also looking at a rather nice 912E too but kept coming back to this car. I wanted a 4 cylinder car, no...
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17 Hours Ago
Black Radish salad with cucumbers and scallions and cedar plank sockeye with a dry rub. Nothing like the taste of Fresh Sockeye early in the season.
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18 Hours Ago
Fetching color to be sure. Appreciate this.
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22 Hours Ago
Unfortunately, there were so many early CDs that were poorly made, I think it forever poisoned the idea of digital audio for some.
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22 Hours Ago
I mentioned track order on purpose, of course, because I still remember my first “oh no” moment with digital music (via Apple) when an album I loved...
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23 Hours Ago
https://www.collectorsgarage.com/vehicles/2400035/1974-mercedes-benz-la-1113-b-variomobil-motor-home
Apologies for the link as this thread is...
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1 Day Ago
Maybe, maybe not. I'm learning how to play the piano in my retirement and my teacher is a young fellow with a graduate degree in music education. ...
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1 Day Ago
I will go to my grave vehemently insisting that the only recordings which are "better" on vinyl in terms of sound quality are those that were...
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1 Day Ago
Freshly washed and working on clearing space so I can park it in the garage.
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2 Days Ago
Update on the lightning strike. That rascal ran down the wire 200 yards and fried the Franklin Electronics protection for our well pump. Good news...
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2 Days Ago
Another thng to keep in mind is that the downtube the O.P. is referencing (reynolds .65 x .45mm ) is a specification that often does not come close...
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2 Days Ago
Every season I implore my soccer team to do no coach’s gifts, and they ignore me. Credit to my wife for shifting them away from local beer/bar cards...
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2 Days Ago
We had a close strike two years ago in Wyoming. It split a limb off a tree about 200 feet away. Of course, we had the trailer under a huge...
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2 Days Ago
How you say 911 in German, Überwindungfragwürdigerkonstruktionen
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2 Days Ago
If your builder is qualified to use the thinnest tubes you can buy on the planet, I'd trust their take on tubing, but a 140lb person is right in the...
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3 Days Ago
I see this kind of question come up quite a lot and I always think it's only half a question without context. As Steve says a bigger tube will make...
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3 Days Ago
True story that I never gave a thought to until seeing your pics. When I was in HS some clown ran into my mom's 68 SS Impala. Apparently, the man...
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3 Days Ago
If history tells us anything about Tudor and the Black Bay Line: Red/Black, Black/Black-Gilt, and then Blue/Blue seems to be the order except for the...
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3 Days Ago
I really really REALLY hope they introduce a black GMT. Or blue. But I have too many blue watches (recently added a Santos to go along with my blue...
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3 Days Ago
I believe this is the down tube on my current bike:
REYNOLDS BX2103 DOWN TUBE "853 PRO TEAM" 31.75X0.65/0.45/0.65X650
The new frame will be...
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3 Days Ago
Big fan of Waxahatchee. Hope to see them this fall in VA.
Been on a deep dub kick lately, picking up some old Lee Perry/Upsetters/Wailers etc on...
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3 Days Ago
Every song on the new Waxahatchee is excellent
- Garro.
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3 Days Ago
Define "Responsive."
It WILL make it stiffer and more resistant to torsion by the pure fact that it's of larger diameter, it really ramps up.
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3 Days Ago
https://youtu.be/cIfFyIlVZLc?si=kbHBJnnMTMYQyg25&t=1184
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3 Days Ago
Well...I think I have my favorite/perfect Tudor. It is the perfect watch (I do sometimes wish it had a date, but, I also appreciate the cleaner look...
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3 Days Ago
Unfair question: If you were buying today, would you still go BB58 (39mm) "Black/Gilt" or would you get something else such as (and why):
- BB58...
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3 Days Ago
Prob my favorite 91X body style.
When I was starting to seriously think about a toy car (Z3, posted above) I went deep down the Porsche rabbit...
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3 Days Ago
First, I'd say this is a bit of an exaggeration, but even if it wasn't, drop the tailgate on the PU and load the bed but to load a roof rack the load...
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3 Days Ago
If I weighed 140 and rode mostly at a moderate pace I'd be thinking of downsizing rather than upsizing the DT. I'd drink all the Jan Heine Kool-Aid...
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3 Days Ago
Coming up on 2yrs with this one, it still rules.
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4 Days Ago
Yes indeed! 1969 Porsche 912. :cool:
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4 Days Ago
This arrived in my driveway last weekend.
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4 Days Ago
But a (not extremely either) low enough one because my bet is that most modern pickup truck bed are as high as that nissan march roof is.
Think...
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4 Days Ago
The way I think of responsive is that it instantly responds to power input being applied to the wheels. I know this sounds a little vague and is not...
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4 Days Ago
Damn, what a car, and that color!
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4 Days Ago
Saw in Santa Cruz last week when visiting my son, unfortunate washed out photo but its pretty clean.
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4 Days Ago
Row row row your Porsche.....
Oy ve.
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4 Days Ago
True fact: if you are in a trailer which is stuck by lightning the rubber tires are not going to save you.
This was my thinking when a ground...
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4 Days Ago
I would choose the 1.25" DT for myself (and have even on my touring bike) unless you were planning to carry sizeable loads routinely.
I feel...
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4 Days Ago
I don't know how much the down tube alone affects the ride, but I do know that at 70 years of age I'm done with oversized tubing. I've got a coupla...
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4 Days Ago
We have had off-and-on sleet since noon. I have the electric fireplace running to keep the place kind of warm. I have used the day to assemble more...
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4 Days Ago
The 356 is such a nice collection of shapes. Those front indicator lights look like little jam jars.
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4 Days Ago
Local lumber yard has free delivery so heavy stuff comes on their truck. You can get a bad board or three that needs exchanging but otherwise very...
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4 Days Ago
https://www.collectorsgarage.com/vehicles/2400045/1963-mercedes-benz-300-sl-roadster
Saw this 300SL in the flesh at the Saville Road concours...
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4 Days Ago
I almost wet myself this morning…cheers for black bibs.
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4 Days Ago
I believe he is saying DT has little effect on drivetrain stiffness. It most likely has an effect on over all frame stiffness.
Here is the article:...
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4 Days Ago
I was never comfortable with the "baby under 2 allowed to be in parent's lap" concept when I was a pilot. Once I had my own child, I was 100% against...
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4 Days Ago
Unfamiliar with the article but does he mean downtube size has no effect on frame stiffness or just that its drive train is not effected by dt size....
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