GrindingGears

Early days COVID it was kind of entertaining but you are right, it got weird super fast

Well hmmm gee, I wonder why!?

Those damn mountain rains that come out of nowhere. That looks like a great ride!!

I'm pretty lucky for sure. Between this and the mountain bike, I definitely have a lot of mountains in my life.

Really? That sub went from being legit to being a global beacon for a failing platform in less than 30 seconds.

The XTR was it though. I had an m8000 xt setup for awhile too, but that m9000 XTR setup, holy fuck. I actually had the m9000 setup first, and sold the bike with it on it, and regretted it ever since.

Even the m8000 xt, which my next bike had and honestly it was a pretty good setup too, but it never quite lived up to that m9 XTR setup. It cost me a fortune, like 1x11 was not even really a thing yet it was just coming out, but I ate shit and needed a new derailleur, and got my shop to pull some strings and get their hands on one. I'm not kidding I think the setup was well over a thousand bucks. But you have to trust me on this, it literally felt like butter. I've yet to witness another drive train since that was a smooth as that one. I laughed like a little school girl that first ride, I still remember it vividly (and that's over a decade ago now).

Thank you. I'm blessed to live in a beautiful place.

I was in the same boat as you, for a very very long time. There's always some excuse or some obstacle. It's almost better that way, because you'll appreciate it more when you get yours, trust me on that.

Yeah it's kind of a cool feeling when you get some flow right?

I really like those KLX's especially the newest ones. I was considering a KLX300 or the new CRF300L for the longest time, but ended up with this. It''s a '24 Husqvarna FE350s, it's pendulum is swung harder towards the off-road, but it's still a fun little ripper on the road too, as long as you minimize the higher speed freeways as much as possible. If it's more than an hour away, it goes on the trailer.

I think the first iteration of 1x11 XTR was it. Man that thing shifted like butter, didn't spit the chain off backpedalling in the 42t cog. Everything since has just been a massive disappointment. I've got SRAM on my current bikes, and it's nice having no wires or cables, but it sucks engagement wise.

I've barely played it, but I've had enough of this crap. I'm not biting.

Especially if you have a goaltender you want to pin everything on.

Players got this guy fired for his press conference shenanigans. You don't want that in your locker room.

I mean in his shoes, why not? What does he have to lose? It's not like he'll ever have to pay for anything here, and he's obviously someone who has no empathy for others. It won't go anywhere.