while I'm sure it's fun, too much for me and not much original left.@Nick
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a bold color choice. Speed Yellow.
They're OEM wheels, just painted. That doesn't bug me.The body colour is fine.......................but those wheels
But, those turbo twist wheels are an iconic look on the 993, and they are to be silver. NO YELLOW!They're OEM wheels, just painted. That doesn't bug me.
No yellow tyres, no sale.@Nick
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a bold color choice. Speed Yellow.
a fair point, a fair pointBut, those turbo twist wheels are an iconic look on the 993, and they are to be silver. NO YELLOW!
Arguing about makeup...But, those turbo twist wheels are an iconic look on the 993, and they are to be silver. NO YELLOW!
I really would like to get out and demo some Dispatches and/or the new Mindbender 116Cs. But worst case, if I can't find 'em anywhere (@Nick do you have either of these in your library of skis?!) then I could always buy them from Powder7 +/- as a mounted demo and then resell to them if I don't like 'em, only eating the depreciation + transaction cost, if you will.- Rustler 11 is a great ski by all accounts but is too close to my 108 Tis to justify as a more powder-oriented option: at my 180 cm length it'd be 140/112/130 whereas my Mindbenders are 136/108/125.
- Dispatch 120 is very light! They brought out a pair in 178 cm and they are very light, stiff to bend, and very straight in sidecut as advertised. 139/120/130.
- one of the shop dudes said he skis Volkl Revolt 121s as do a few other techs, some with Cast. At 177 cm that'd be a 143/121/135 ski with a 17 m radius. At 2200 gm I'm not sure they're what I'm after but they look like a fun but odd tool.
- they didn't have any new-year Mindbender 116Cs in stock, only the old less stiff model that I'm not interested in.
so did you ever get this resolved?Speaking of HELOCs... still haven't gotten the "mystery lien" issue sorted. Sure glad I handed it over to an attorney so I don't need to spend time fucking with it.
did the math:too lazy to do the specific math but the interest rate spread between rates available now and what I have locked in (2.375% fixed x 30 yrs) is also huge
Updated my debt tab on my multi-spreadsheet-o'-things, and decided that rates are high enough on enough debt that it's time to make some changes and pay the high rate debt down and deleverage my situation a bit.Monthly expenses going away in the medium term:
- $1,600 for kid 3’s preschool, ending or going down radically via Denver Preschool Program subsidies May 2023, gone completely May 2024 as public kindergarten shall be up next for her by then
- $314 for the 0% interest 12 mo loan on the treadmill, January 2024. 0 interest is 0 interest.
- just under $2,700 for our combined student loans (fuzzy figure because they’re variable rate and rates have been floating up, thus they go up by a dollar or three each month as of late), Dec 2024.
- $941 for the 5 year self-loan from my 403(b) that I utilized in my financial shenanigans to swing the initial 10% down mountain house loan in May 2021 (since refinanced via magic increased appraised value after some improvements to a conventional jumbo @ 2.375%), April 2026.
Right now I'm holding about $1.3mm in debt,
prime rate at 8.00% as of today and a substantial part of this debt/credit line tied to that
I've zeroed out my 403(b), 457(b), and my wife's 403(b) monthly contributions
Toshi is comfortable juggling debt but has reached his mental limit
Yeah, I've got to clean up my balance sheet a bit. I'll report back in a year. Or you'll see me file and liquidate in the interim.
how hard could it be to build an induction range and dishwasher
I trust the Koreans. a bit. and since they're from Costco they'll be well supported, I imagine.
Looking back for my brake posts makes me realize I never did this. Got to source some plates and lag bolts.He also recommended adding some metal bolted plates on the facing towards and away from house interface of the outer beams as in this photo (so plates on all four sides ultimately):
I would like some 4 piston XT brakes with 203/180 rotors. Time to figure out the adapters.
Indeed it appears I picked the correct adapters. Went from quite shitty 180 mm rotor Logan brakes to pulled-off-a-new-build 4 pot XTs sourced on eBay + 203 mm rotors. Haven’t tested them, only installed them in the living room and squeezed them after lifting a wheel.The (cheap off brand "Logan" hydraulic) discs on my commuter indeed do suck for a heavy thing that can do 30 mph if pedaled briskly. It does have a throttle but that's only until 20 mph and I only use it to get off the line at intersections now and then. Thus my pending XT 4 pot swap.
So it is a cassette. Shimano’s options under that model designation:Also appears the geared hub motor has a freehub as this is a cassette per the inscription, I believe. (Some hub motors back during my prior e-bike build days only took screw on freewheels, quite awful.) At some point I might pop on a closer range cassette if such a thing exists in 9 speed. I only use gears 7-9 regularly, assuming the electric bits are working!
and the Sun Race listing says "2:1".Shimano
6, 7, 8 and 9 speeds
Rear shift ratio is 1.7, that is for 1 mm of cable pull/release, RD is moved left/right by 1.7 mm. Shimano calls this 2:1 ratio for marketing reasons.
All these RDs are compatible and any 6 to 9 speed RD will work perfectly with either 6, 7, 8 or 9 speed shifter.
Here’s the area. Note the power leads. 3 bolts up high secure the dropout plate on the far side of the frame’s plate (that actually doesn’t touch the axle at all on this side, all via the plate)Getting the drive side axle nut off will be quite the pain in the ass as it’s nestled within a recess in the removable dropout plate, and the power and torque sensor leads emanate from within said hollow axle. Not really sure how I’d do it, actually.
Your daughter sleeps in a pet anti-stress bed?
What's the point in having a giant ///deck if you can't make use of it in front of the entire neighborhood?Maybe it was mentioned elsewhere, but how come you didn't put the hot tub on the concrete surface under the deck? The view from higher elevation?
Under the deck you'd get some shelter from the weather, from the deck. And you wouldn't have to worry about shoveling snow out of the way in the winter? Less wet people tracking across the kitchen or whatever too.
Forgive me, I had not considered that. Excellent point, it will be a great spot to look down to all the plebs in the valley below.What's the point in having a giant ///deck if you can't make use of it in front of the entire neighborhood?
I, personally, can't believe the good doctor is not putting in an infinity pool.Forgive me, I had not considered that. Excellent point, it will be a great spot to look down to all the plebs in the valley below.
Next up is a glass railing, for that uninterrupted view.