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"What is that other pie plate for? A spare? Aerodynamics? Ironic?" to which you can just answer "Yes."
Also congrats to you and @berrytwo.
That's totally something I'd say!mountainFrugal wrote: ↑Wed Feb 07, 2024 6:09 pm
"What is that other pie plate for? A spare? Aerodynamics? Ironic?" to which you can just answer "Yes."
I do not have a specific answer so here are some things that I might consider.Bicycle7 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2024 1:07 pmAlso, I'm considering taking the professional repair and shop operation course at UBI. My goals with it would be to get a job in a bike shop as a mechanic, besides just increasing my ability with fixing my own bikes.
Where I'm uncertain, is whether or not it's worth $2700 to me right now.
Methinks it's comparable to @theanimal taking an intensive woodworking course over the course of weeks vs @jacob bootstrapping and autodidacting the---IMHO same skill set---over a period of years. The course is faster and it gets you the credentials. I have no idea how much credentials are worth though when the work more or less speaks for itself. I don't know the hiring process for a bike shop, but I could imagine the conversation going something like:Bicycle7 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2024 1:07 pmAlso, I'm considering taking the professional repair and shop operation course at UBI. My goals with it would be to get a job in a bike shop as a mechanic, besides just increasing my ability with fixing my own bikes.
Where I'm uncertain, is whether or not it's worth $2700 to me right now.
It's like a specialism I sometimes think. Vast majority of people are specialised in being rooted somewhere, and even that rather badly. @Ego is a good example of keeping foot in the door in both being rooted and being mobile. Permanently mobile, guess it would be looking towards digital nomads, Irish travellers, retired FIRE folk undergoing 'traveling phase' or Paul Erdos (all of these being of a different flavour).
I'm also experiencing this first hand. I think it is easy to underestimate the effort and bandwidth a nomadic lifestyle requires. Even those who do it for years and have systems in place have to manage this to a certain extent.
Would you have any vague idea on:
I'm on a fat bike that probably weighs in at around 35 pounds, with probably another 20-35 pounds of gear, food and water right now. It has 2.8 inch tires. Off road, I'm not going very fast, like around 5-8 mph (I'm slow though and kinda guessing). With out all of the gear, it'd be a little faster.guitarplayer wrote: ↑Sat May 04, 2024 2:59 am
Would you have any vague idea on:
- the speed of travel on such a bike off road
- if taking a bike with such tyres on a tarmac road occasionally is with great detriment to the tyres?
Bicycle is up there at the peak of human invention, among a few other ones.