Sweatypants

I was hyped because my wife had Discovery+ (TLC, etc...) to watch all her shit ass reality tv dating shows and I thought I was gifted a silver lining. They've said in previous threads that USA Discovery+ won't have it... unless that's super recently changed. Cause of course not...

@somebody-else: Potentially. and/or still probably temporary. Bike brands shifting from one to the other just to get stuff to customers and get bikes out the door was valid. Realistically though... MOST bike brands, big or boutique, offer builds with both. Customers demand both, and now that panic is over about getting ANYTHING, most people will revert to wanting what they like, or which they feel is better (performance, reliability, cost, etc...). Furthermore, that worked when demand was explosive. If demand is falling thru the floor, companies aren't moving units, then they won't be demanding more drivetrain/brake/suspension kits at heightened volume anymore either... so then yes, if you built a new factory based on that demand and now that demand has retracted and/or normalized against the competition again... you are in fact, a moron.

@justanotherusername: I sleep on top of a pile of money, with many beautiful ladies. And if people didn't want to utilize my company's service any more and I got laid off, I wouldn't blame the people for it or try to guilt them into gofundingme some money so I don't get fired. Do I hate that companies chase quarterly profits and have no employee loyalty? yes. Do I hate that golden parachutes get paid out even when everything else burns down around them? yes. Do I hate that nobody has a pension in the US any more and no safety net? yes. Is it my problem to worry about that for everyone? no.

@Tacodip420: Capitalism and greed hurt me (not really, but its annoying that somebody thinks I should care about a corporation's profit margin). Its not our job or obligation to keep somebody's lights on. If you get laid off by an irresponsible company, I feel bad for the individual, but that's not on the consumer's shoulders.

@Tacodip420: If anyone in any of the leadership positions at these companies went to ACTUAL school for business or economics, you would 100% know that you would NOT make future projection plans off outlier years and anomaly results (which even Buffett has recently said that some leadership at some of his companies had done so this isn't isolated). Anyone who had record sales and revenues for 2 years and then ran out and built more facilities/capacity, hired more people, increased orders and supply quantities, or projected volumes to continue... is a moron. That should have been seen as a windfall, or missed opportunity if unable to pivot, and nothing further. Transpo has fallen, energy has fallen, demand has fallen. This place has a sizeable segment of users that loves to high-horse guilt trip consumers about supporting brands and LBS and the like, as if 50% off winter sales hadn't been the norm for 2 decades before COVID. Every single year without fail on gear and frames and everything under the sun. Shedding tears for returns to normalcy is assinine.

@spaced: SRAM Red 9-speed was a good cassette range for DH with a short cage X.0 derailleur/shifter. I ran that setup for like 5 years on a DH bike from like 2013 to 2018. Those Gen 1 X.0 derailleurs with the carbon cage were bulletproof and so crisp. We've lost our way...

I've trying to find the pics/vid from that Vanderham jump at Retallack Lodge that went over that huge boulder to a blind landing. I can't remember what the hell its from. Any idea? I saw it in person, dude is straight bonkers. I love his riding.

@justinfoil: i've found this to be the case for myself over the years, and found that my "default" feeling of, "yea that feels pretty good" always tends to be: too much air pressure up front, and rebound too fast, and compression too hard. i still enjoy riding on it either way, its hard to make a bike flat out unrideable, but then when I actually take time to tune it... less forearm fatigue from chatter, more stability in turns, less bounce while landing a drop, etc... what's rideable/acceptable and what's "better" can have a wide range. for some reason my legs/butt feel for the rear always ends up real close to ideal, but the front i always seem to load up and make everything overly stiff out of a feelings for i don't even know why... more support? riding XC trails and DH on the same bike? but then have to back off on pretty much all settings and it'll still feel good pedalling around ups and downs.

@showmethemountains: fishing... for sport only. fish is practically a vegetable.

@hamncheez: the venn diagram of people who are into rigid single speeds, crossfit, being vegan, and crypto... and have to tell you about it every chance they get... is a perfect circle.