Captain Fastbastard Mayhem

Take a crayon, Odie...

Yeah, IMO strong casings & proper pressure >>>>>> inserts. Same weight at the end of the day as well. The 2.5 aggressor is a lekker tyre. Haven't run it at the back yet, but wouldn't mind trying when the time comes. Have had reports of it being better than a DHR for the rear. If I don't just move my mary to the back when she's finished her duties up front. As for riding with us endurbros - you're still gonna blitz us, man.

Doubledown aggressor 2.5 is cool. Definitely not Exo! Put one or 2 bands in the shock. Test. See what happens (should be more progressive and prevent going through the travel too fast) Foamo. Meh. Taken mine out.

pedal strikes happen. There are 3 ways to address them 1 - shorter cranks 2 - keep your pedals level and don't pedal through technical sections / rocky sections or time your pedal strokes carefully 3 - get a bike with a higher BB, and see pt. 1 Next time I buy cranks I'm getting 165's purely to address pedal strikes.

You first. Then your kids. You can't take care of them if you don't take care of you.

Combine light and efficient with big balls.... Winner

This, too. XCO courses aren't manicured, chocolate icing-like bermed pieces of art. They're nitty, gritty, rutted tracks of pain, which are continually eroded and changed and ripped up over the span of a race weekend. The racers here need to know what that's like.

Trail builders are there to build and maintain trails. It's part of the job. Braking bumps, loose corners ruts and gaps between damage and maintenance are a constant the world over. Also - races KLAP trails, cos they're literally racing and they need to go as fast as they're able to. Over a closed lap-style course, that's going to take a toll.

Nice brille, man. If I may make a suggestion... If the budget extends to it, see if you can get another pair with a yellow / red tint to the lens. I personally find that the yellow or red tint makes a helluva difference to how your eyes filter the colours on the trail, and the colours become a lot more vibrant than normal tinted lenses. They allow you to pick up variances in the trail far more easily than you'd normally be able to.

Was like watching a grade 8 drama production...

I know. I just wanted to spam his request...

Umbrella Academy was great! Loved it. Nobody is into that sorta thing...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJz0J8gbhVw

LOL!

it's separate organisms, that have a symbiotic relationship. they go with the wind and current... Edit: Was wrong about the number of separate types of organisms. Habitat[edit]The Atlantic Portuguese man o' war lives at the surface of the ocean. The gas-filled bladder, or pneumatophore, remains at the surface, while the remainder is submerged.[6] As the Portuguese man o' war has no means of propulsion, they move according to the winds, currents, and tides. Although they are most commonly found in the open ocean in tropical and subtropical regions, they have been found as far north as the Bay of Fundy, Cape Bretonand the Hebrides.[7] Strong winds may drive them into bays or onto beaches. Often, finding a single Portuguese man o' war is followed by finding many others in the vicinity.[8] They can sting while beached; the discovery of a man o' war washed up on a beach may lead to the closure of the beach.[9][10] Structure[edit] Illustration of Physalia physalis, 1807Being a colonial siphonophore, the Portuguese man o' war is composed of three types of medusoids (gonophores, siphosomal nectophores, and vestigial siphosomal nectophores) and four types of polypoids (free gastrozooids, gastrozooids with tentacles, gonozooids, and gonopalpons), grouped into cormidia beneath the pneumatophore, a sail-shaped structure filled with gas.[8][11] The pneumatophore develops from the planula, unlike the other polyps.[12]This sail is bilaterally symmetrical, with the tentacles at one end. It is translucent, and is tinged blue, purple, pink, or mauve. It may be 9 to 30 cm (3.5 to 11.8 in) long and may extend as much as 15 cm (5.9 in) above the water. The Portuguese man o' war fills its gas bladder with up to 14% carbon monoxide. The remainder is nitrogen, oxygen, and argon—atmospheric gases that diffuse into the gas bladder. Carbon dioxide also occurs at trace levels.[13] The sail is equipped with a siphon. In the event of a surface attack, the sail can be deflated, allowing the colony to temporarily submerge.[14] The other three polyp types are known as dactylozooid (defense), gonozooid (reproduction), and gastrozooid (feeding).[15] These polyps are clustered. The dactylozooids make up the tentacles that are typically 10 m (33 ft) in length, but can reach over 30 m (98 ft).[8][16] The long tentacles "fish" continuously through the water, and each tentacle bears stinging, venom-filled nematocysts (coiled, thread-like structures), which sting, paralyze, and kill adult or larval squids and fishes. Large groups of Portuguese man o' war, sometimes over 1,000 individuals, may deplete fisheries.[11][14] Contractile cells in each tentacle drag the prey into range of the digestive polyps, the gastrozooids, which surround and digest the food by secreting enzymes that break down proteins, carbohydrates, and fats, while the gonozooids are responsible for reproduction.

Welllll.... The name Bluebottle used to refer to the ones found in the indian ocean, going by the name Physalia Utriculus, and the PMoW was the Physalia Physalis, which is bigger & has more tentacles. Now, the species have been lumped together as one under the Physalia Physalis, and the names (bluebottle and PMoW) are interchangeable. PMoW below. Yes, yes. I know. I was very interested in them as a kid. My old man's warnings were well adhered to, and they were all over the place in Durbs at certain times.

Alec Steele, Unbox Therapy, Linus Tech Tips, Samurai Carpenter etc etc etc...

https://waitbutwhy.com https://waitbutwhy.com/2013/10/why-procrastinators-procrastinate.html EVERYTHING there is good. More than good. Excellent. Extremely well thought out and formulated. His series on Elon Musk is fantastic.

LOL ja. Their bracketry is also next level....

Oh - I know this is OT, but it's in the realm of youtube holes that you never get out of. Prepare to be amazed, enthralled, gobsmacked and entirely devoted to watching this to the end. The level of engineering, planning and attention to detail is frankly ridiculous. I love it. Spoiler - 6 years on and it's still not finished. But the episodes come out about once every 2 months now.

duuuuude. Wait But Why is amazing. Have you read the blog post that this vid is based on? Just disappointed that there hasn't been another blog post for a while.

looks like a flaming octopus cobra on the back, there....

Bosch blue / Makita / Metabo. One with an adjustable clutch torque setting, so that you can adjust the torque way down and then finish tightening with a torque wrench. A basic drill / driver should do the job nicely. If Bosch, go with the GSB instead of the GSR as it has a hammer function.

He's flexing.