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sethimus

neu bizutch
Feb 5, 2006
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not in Whistler anymore :/
when did rm get so soft?

also, get schooled:

 

SylentK

Turbo Monkey
Feb 25, 2004
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coloRADo
Ha Budweiser. I see you've done your homework. I could do the same for Coors.

You know what's kinda sad? I can't verify, but heard they no longer do tours or the tasting tap room/restaurant, or the Clydesdale horses anymore. That was like the only thing they had going for them. Beautiful grounds tho. In college we'd play golf by them and then hit them up for the free tour, beer and pretzels. Ahhh good times

But anyways I was referring more to New Belgium and Odell's and the many other breweries in the area. Or whatever. Way too many options. You can do a 20 some mile lap around Loveland (mostly on a bike path) and hit a handful of breweries if so inclined. Granted it's no "Pint to Pint" social event. But still....Hmmm....Now you've got me thinking... :)
 
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rideit

Bob the Builder
Aug 24, 2004
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In the cleavage of the Tetons
OMG, at first I thought you meant an O’Doul’s Brewery tour.
Oh, man, what a joyless, sad tour that would be, unless they made up for it with outrageously good corned beef sandwiches.
Might as well do an Ultra 64 tasting room tour.
 

SylentK

Turbo Monkey
Feb 25, 2004
2,287
854
coloRADo
OMG, at first I thought you meant an O’Doul’s Brewery tour.
Oh, man, what a joyless, sad tour that would be, unless they made up for it with outrageously good corned beef sandwiches.
Might as well do an Ultra 64 tasting room tour.
Ha yeah. Odells, O'doules. Too similar. But probably the best brewery in Colorado IMO. And that's saying a lot as there are plenty. Helps that it's here in Fort Collins. Good people, good brews. Always a good food truck too.

I wouldn't mind a road trip to Melvin Brewing. I guess they're up in the Teton's. Wilson? Ski/Ride/Beer repeat. Can't beat that with a stick!

I guess I should give props to New Belgium. They have a cyclocross course on their property. And regular races. Haven't done one yet cuz CC is like 45min of pure pain. I've been there, done that! But still cool that they have that.
 
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OGRipper

back alley ripper
Feb 3, 2004
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NORCAL is the hizzle
Reminds me of Mat Hoffman's BMX with an engine he slapped together when he couldn't get enough speed for his massive quarter pipe airs. As I recall it worked pretty good for speed but wasn't great in the air so he went back to getting towed in by a moto. Can't find a pic of that rig but here's another one that never fails to blow my mind.

Hoffman Big Air.jpg
 

HardtailHack

used an iron once
Jan 20, 2009
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Went in to a hardware store yesterday and a lady had a staff member tied up as she wanted the correct size single Allen wrench for her E-Bike that she did not have with her.
The staffer suggested that she bring it in, she then informed the staffer that her bike was flat so she wouldn't be able to bring it in.

Have E-Bikes amplified the number of stupid people that bike mechs see? I'd like to think so going off some of the behavior I see from E-bikers on the road.
If you don't have any spatial awareness an E-Bike is not what you need, you need khaki pants, a floppy hat and some hiking poles.
 

Gary

"S" is for "neo-luddite"
Aug 27, 2002
7,535
5,470
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Have E-Bikes amplified the number of stupid people that bike mechs see?
No. You're looking through the eyes of a stuck up, cynical, clueless to what actually goes on around you cycling nerd .
Bike shops/mechanics should be there to help normal people who ride bikes but have little mechanical knowledge.
People like you've described walk into bike shops every day looking for help to fix whatever bike they have. Be that a POS bought online, a relic from their shed or something decent. Ordinary people don't all hang out on specialist websites moaning about the hobby they obsess about
 
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Flo33

Turbo Monkey
Mar 3, 2015
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Styria
No. You're looking through the eyes of a stuck up, cynical, clueless to what actually goes on around you cycling nerd .
Bike shops/mechanics should be there to help normal people who ride bikes but have little mechanical knowledge.
People like you've described walk into bike shops every day looking for help to fix whatever bike they have. Be that a POS bought online, a relic from their shed or something decent. Ordinary people don't all hang out on specialist websites moaning about the hobby they obsess about
This. And if you act friendly and politely they even may come back and buy stuff from you. That's my experience at least, YMMV
 

HardtailHack

used an iron once
Jan 20, 2009
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No. You're looking through the eyes of a stuck up, cynical, clueless to what actually goes on around you cycling nerd .
Bike shops/mechanics should be there to help normal people who ride bikes but have little mechanical knowledge.
People like you've described walk into bike shops every day looking for help to fix whatever bike they have. Be that a POS bought online, a relic from their shed or something decent. Ordinary people don't all hang out on specialist websites moaning about the hobby they obsess about
Nah I get it, I just find it funny that people choose to be so useless.

If I had a bike shop I'd be bankrupt in no time.

EDIT- I get funny customers too, I had to tell one that it's not wise to have three people smoking next to charging lead acid batteries and having a bag of chlorine blocking the vents on a 50A charger is also not wise.
The known illiterate people that I have met seem to be able to do stuff but people that can read choose not to read instruction manuals.
I hope we get overthrown by another race, we deserve it.
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Westy

the teste
Nov 22, 2002
54,225
20,003
Sleazattle
Went in to a hardware store yesterday and a lady had a staff member tied up as she wanted the correct size single Allen wrench for her E-Bike that she did not have with her.
The staffer suggested that she bring it in, she then informed the staffer that her bike was flat so she wouldn't be able to bring it in.

Have E-Bikes amplified the number of stupid people that bike mechs see? I'd like to think so going off some of the behavior I see from E-bikers on the road.
If you don't have any spatial awareness an E-Bike is not what you need, you need khaki pants, a floppy hat and some hiking poles.
This is my experience every time I walk into the little hardware store around the corner, though not necessarily bike related. Completely useless people asking about things I learned before I was ten. I guess a wealthy urbanite doesn't have to understand what a screwdriver is until they are in their 40s.
 

HardtailHack

used an iron once
Jan 20, 2009
6,628
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This is my experience every time I walk into the little hardware store around the corner, though not necessarily bike related. Completely useless people asking about things I learned before I was ten. I guess a wealthy urbanite doesn't have to understand what a screwdriver is until they are in their 40s.
Yeah I heard a "customer" at our race to the bottom version of Home Depot telling a staff member that they need to cut a star picket, they didn't want to make sparks and didn't want to have to put much effort in.
Paint stripper and a plasma cutter would have done it.

If we couldn't change a tire we weren't allowed to get our learner's permit.
 

slimshady

¡Mira, una ardilla!
Nah I get it, I just find it funny that people choose to be so useless.

If I had a bike shop I'd be bankrupt in no time.

EDIT- I get funny customers too, I had to tell one that it's not wise to have three people smoking next to charging lead acid batteries and having a bag of chlorine blocking the vents on a 50A charger is also not wise.
The known illiterate people that I have met seem to be able to do stuff but people that can read choose not to read instruction manuals.
I hope we get overthrown by another race, we deserve it.
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I had a little revenge at my main customer just yesterday.

Customer: "Hey, since we haven't upgraded the microcode in the POWER infrastructure for the past two years (COVID and company split prevented us from having proper on-site support) we wanted you to trace a plan to get all the physical frames updated to the latest microcode available. And we want to do it in the next month!". (We are talking about physical frames which host up to 256 virtual servers, coordinating a power down/power up cycle with all the application owners is a living nightmare).

Me *checks actual microcode in all the frames and administration consoles and also the online support matrix*: "Well, I have good news and bad news. The good news is we won't need to bother all the application owners to coordinate a full shutdown. We are running the latest microcode available!

The bad news is we won't need the upgrades because the frame model you have has gone out of support a couple of years ago."

I intentionally left my final rant ("Stop being so cheap and pour in some actual money for a hardware refresh. You're a Fortune 500 company after all!!!") out of the email...
 
I had a little revenge at my main customer just yesterday.

Customer: "Hey, since we haven't upgraded the microcode in the POWER infrastructure for the past two years (COVID and company split prevented us from having proper on-site support) we wanted you to trace a plan to get all the physical frames updated to the latest microcode available. And we want to do it in the next month!". (We are talking about physical frames which host up to 256 virtual servers, coordinating a power down/power up cycle with all the application owners is a living nightmare).

Me *checks actual microcode in all the frames and administration consoles and also the online support matrix*: "Well, I have good news and bad news. The good news is we won't need to bother all the application owners to coordinate a full shutdown. We are running the latest microcode available!

The bad news is we won't need the upgrades because the frame model you have has gone out of support a couple of years ago."

I intentionally left my final rant ("Stop being so cheap and pour in some actual money for a hardware refresh. You're a Fortune 500 company after all!!!") out of the email...
I'm glad that I retired from IT before virtuals proliferated.
 

slimshady

¡Mira, una ardilla!