This thing better be heel strike resistant because there’s gonna be a lot
TD rig, courtesy bikepacking.com
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Definitely conflicted
I hear calliope music
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That bike sucks and needs to investigated for stolen valor because I don’t think that person ever intended to ride TDR
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I feel like that bike is a physical manifestation of a Decemberists song. Or maybe Mountain Goats. I can’t decide.
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“good things never last; bad things never die”
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how come the only thing anyone ever says about tentacle porn is ’ oh, my! I didn’t know that was a thing…’
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Apparently the front basket is for a small dog. I have some hunch the owner has never left the five boroughs and probably works for twitter , based on other people I know in the same position.
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I hear dan deacon
This thing is SO FUCKING TWEE but not in a riv way — more like a ring pop anime-shirt raver???
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Probably not a lot of chain slap with that dingle speed
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And what I believe to be a very nsfw photo of the cyclist in question:
(I’m going to bed but just add Instagram.com to the front of the below)
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They didn’t have to call search and rescue in recent days so that funky bike is clearly taking them places.
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Wow, they seem like they’re really living their best life and you know I think the bike reflects that in a way i appreciate.
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Dingles are great, shartmo.
Tried to find the tentacle shift lever cover;
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Yeah dingles are fine but you still don’t need a chainstay protector, unless you just need your colorful little flair
oh duh, yeah obviously.
Dingling with an EBB sounds pretty miserable in muddy conditions (EBB is always miserable, change my view). IME, with proper chain tension you still need to slack the chain a bit to switch chainlines, and even if you match tooth counts, the tension is still usually a bit different. I’ve been thinking a lot recently about the optimal dropout situation for dinglespeeding to allow quick switching of gears - sliders like paragon are great, but the tension screws tend to get weird when they’re gritty. Rockers are faffy without a tension adjuster, trackends need a tensioner with QR and bolt on is usually better than , but requires another tool.
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Looks like that might be an eno hub
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