u/ArmchairPancakeChef

The man goes to the dealership and starts the process.

The clerk says, "you have to pay in full upfront and there's a 10 year wait for you to come and get your new car. Exactly 10 years from today come back and get your car."

Man, "Should I come in the morning or the afternoon?"

The clerk says, "What's the difference? It's in 10 years!"

Man, "Well, I have the plumber coming in the morning."

I'm watching Ken Burns excellent documentary on this war.

My question is this: Is there a single strategic decision made by that General that was correct?

It's a serious question.

I cleaned my chain in an Ultrasonic Cleaner just 32 miles ago.

I lubed with Finish Line Dry according to instructions.

I run the chain through a rag after each ride. It's always dirty.

Today I took a 1 mile round trip and the rag came up dirty.

WTF?

I'm a 67 year old ebike owner. I got my first ebike, (Lectric Xpedition 2.0) about 19 weeks ago and I really enjoy it.

When I ride, the only time I don't peddle is when I need to get started after stopping at a busy intersection. Otherwise, I'm pedaling. I tap the throttle and start pedaling.

My observation: I see many young people on ebikes. They are NEVER pedaling. I've never seen one of them actually pedaling. They just get on, mash the throttle and sit.

If I fill the tank with hot/very warm water, and place a plastic container containing mineral spirits and my chain, will that work?

I don't want to contaminate the tank in case I want to use it to clean stuff I don't want to smell like mineral spirits, (White Spirits for our UK Friends)

Or is glass better? Is it ok for the glass to touch the bottom of the tank?

I'm not waxing. I'm using Finish Line Dry.

Thanks!

And after drying it with compressed air, wiping it several times and having a fan blow on it for 20 minutes.

I also cleaned the cassette, chain-ring and jockey wheels.

I was using one of those old-school Oumer's link breakers and one of the pins came out, which allowed me to see INSIDE of one of the rollers and it was STILL FILTHY.

BTW, I have a Missing Link on the way.

But what is the proper procedure for boiling your chain?

Or should I use Mineral spirits in a 28oz tomato can?

I cannot bring up my WiFi tab. Which means I can't change my password or monitor who's connecting. There's a mystery Apple device that keeps connecting and I'm not able to see info on that.

I switched recently from Muc-Off which is a great dirt magnet.

I removed my chain, put it in a jar with Mean Green and soaked and shook for about 2 hours.

I rinsed the chain fully and dried it (compressed air and numerous wiping with a dry rag).

I put the chain back on and applied the Finish Line Dry.

I let it sit for 10 minutes and ran the chain through a rag a few times as instructed.

Clean as a whistle!

After just 15 miles, my chain is dirty again. I ran it through a rag and had very black marks in the rag.

Can someone give a bit of advice here? I don't want to pay an arm and a leg for a decent chain lube.

If you have advice, I'd like to hear it!

APC

Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend.

Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.

A woman with a baby is riding the train.

An obviously drunk man across the isle turns to her and says, "Lady, I'm sorry. But that is one ugly baby."

The woman is taken aback.

The man continues, "I'll bet you save a ton of money on babysitters cause nobody's gonna mess with that kid!"

The woman hails the Conductor, "Sir, I ride this line regularly and this man, who reeks of strong drink, out of the blue has insulted me AND my baby. I'm not about to stand for this treatment and I'd like to know what the Railroad is prepared to do about it!"

The Conductor replies, "Ma'am, I've seen you ride this train on a weekly basis and we do value your patronage. And as a token of our appreciation for your continued ridership, I would like to extend to you a free dinner in the Club Car. And perhaps we can find a banana for your monkey."

Well, I finally bought an HP Prime G2. It's a beautiful machine and I have a lot to learn.

That include how the hell to register on their forums.

I haven't even started learning how to use the Prime G2 but during the registration process, I have 2 questions to prove I'm not a bot.

1. ∡π  tell what that symbol means. I answer : "Radians" Good enough.

2. In FIX 0, what is the result of 62 Enter Enter Enter − × 116 + 4 ÷ I have no idea what this means. Can someone help me out?

Google Maps or my Lectric Xpedition 2.0. They differ by almost 2 mph.

I forget which way but that's about the difference.

The both start off wet and wild but in the end, they take your house.

I check Reddit every day a few times. It's a good source of info.

When I see posts in this sub, EVERY DAY, multiple times I see a new ebike brand. Sometimes 2 or 3 that I've NEVER seen before.

That leads me to think, based on the golden rule that 70% of everything is crap, that there are several pretty solid choices and a VAST ARRAY of Chinese Garbage and other garbage in the ebike world.

Buyer beware. It's with Wild West Era of ebikes.

A front turn signal light that works along with the existing control on Lectric Xpedition 2.0.

The bike has a 48V 13Ah battery.

It's nearly constant each time I open my contacts. It asks me to merge contacts that have absolutely nothing to do with each other and interrupts my workflow.

I can't seem to find anyone who can help with stopping this sickening prompt.

I'm hoping someone here can!

A sheep.

I have a Lectric Xpedition 2.0 with a single 48V 13 Ah battery. I learned about the 80%-20% rule for Li-Ion batteries so I bought a Smart charger which lets me choose between charging to 100%, 80%, 50% and 20%.

I was getting about 40 miles out of a 100% charge but since I'm only doing 80%, I figured I should get about 30 miles on that.

Not so, I'm lucky if I get 15 and that's a stretch. Can anyone think of a possible reason for this?

My routes are between the same two points 85% of the time.

She was too Mennonite.

He stayed up all night wondering if there really was a dog.