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I really didn't like Jesse Eisenberg in the first Now You See Me movie (didn't see the second one). I think Eisenberg is pretty good when he's playing a socially awkward loner (which he does in almost every other movie he's in), but when he's supposed to be a smooth and competent master magician he...

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I have 5 year old twins. All comments I made above apply to the new dad situation. I'm often operating in limited time windows, and getting some exercise is good. I don't feel like I get much exercise on a short-ish ebike ride. My favorite thing about the ebike is doing bigger rides that would be...

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^^^ I have fun on techy climbs on the ebike. It's kind of a new and different challenge. Gotta keep the pedals turning to keep the motor engaged. It's arguably more fun than the techy descents, where the moped just feels like a clumsier, shittier version of my real bike.

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Nice! Yeah, 4 tokens is a lot. I usually like 1 or 2 in the 38.

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X3 or whatever for ticket to ride. Europe is better than the U.S. version.

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I actually think they ride pretty well on flow trails, as long as the features aren't too big. If everything is rolly and bermy, you're not fighting the weight of the bike. It's janky technical stuff where I find the ebike to feel more noticeably cumbersome.

For the weight, I think...

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My wife got an ebike a while back to let her ride while she was recovering from an injury. It fits me well enough, so I ride it too.

These days, my wife rides it approximately never. I use it for a "real" ride very rarely (zero rides on it this year). I do use it for trail building...

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They got a cat track open so downloading is thankfully done. Hopefully the forecast produces. Feels like the mountain needs about 20" to cover up the bush and feel legitimately skiable off groomed.

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Yeah, open as in fast. I'm usually at most 2 clicks in from full fast on the HSR. Air pressure will affect that a bit - I'm usually around 85-90 psi in a 38. If you're at considerably higher pressures than that, you might want more HSR. It's easy to change though - try it full fast and see how you...

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Open that hsr up. That sounds like it's packing up.

Personally, I run my hsr pretty much wide open. Then add some lsr to keep it from topping out.

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Midwest is a broader region that has subregions within it. Great lakes region falls within the Midwest (or at least parts of it do). Same for the great plains region (which encompasses eastern MT, WY, and CO) - it's part of the Midwest.

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That's an insane deal.

And also why I'm not even bothering to try to sell used bikes right now.

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It's a civic duty to pay taxes too. Doesn't mean we can't complain about them.

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I've got a season on the viking contact 7's. They're good. Maybe a bit less traction in corners than I'd like, but they're good in a straight line. They also drive well on dry pavement - they're quieter and smoother than most other snow tires I've had.

We'll see how long they last....

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Had a similar experience in Whistler, albeit in the summer.

We were in les arcs in France this summer and had an English speaking (british) nanny lined up. Wasn't hard to find - they had a website. We didn't end up using her, but it seemed like it would've been easy enough. Wasn't...

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Yeah, I think the mountain picked up about 2 feet this week. Which was sorely needed, because prior to this week the whole mountain was snow-free. Sounds like they're on track to open next week as planned - I'll be interested to see what they have open to start with.

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semi intentionally vague to hide the jankiness.

I had a Roberts axle for putting a kid trailer on that bike. That axle basically basically allows for bolting stuff to it on both sides. I couldn't just bolt the trailer straight to the axle though - it needed a way to pivot vertically so...

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My house annoys me. Light outside the basement door wasnt working. I have a small cache of incandescent bulbs that I like to use in that fixture because they're less affected by the cold, and that light really only gets used in the winter because it shines on the path to my firewood pile.
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I have this trailer that I bought at veloswap ~20 years ago for like $10. Haven't used it in forever because it only fits on 135mm quick release hubs, which I don't really have anymore, and regardless I lost the special quick release for it. I made some very janky modifications to it and got it mounted...

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I've been turned around for not having chains on an F250 in California.

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