u/DeadBy2050

I already finished BMW in NG+ on my standard PS5 on 4k TV. There are parts where there is pretty bad stuttering to the point where I'm sure some would say it's almost unplayable.

I'm toying with the idea of starting a fresh game and wondering if it would run noticeably better on my desktop system: i5-14400F (2.50 GHz); RTX 4060 8GB; 32GB ram; with 1440p monitor. What do you think?? And yes, I know I'd have to buy a new copy off of Steam.

Alternatively, is there a way to make it run smoother on the PS5? I already have the game set to favor performance over graphics (didn't look much different to me).

Looking to upgrade wheels for my budget gravel bike that I now use mainly as a road bike. Plan to install them with 35mm road clincher tires and TPU tubes. The criteria are as follows: 50mm deep carbon gravel rims, 23mm to 25mm inner width, hooked, 1300 grams or so? Preference is an inner rim bed without nipple access holes, but it's really not a big deal either way.

CSC sells a set of wheels on AliX that meet the above wish list for about $500 delivered. Any thoughts on CSC? Any other wheels I should be looking at?

I have a gravel bike with aluminum wheels in the 1700 gram range. Want to upgrade wheels to carbon wheels that are lighter (1300 to 1400 grams) and wider (23mm ito 25mm nternal).

Trying to decide on rim depth. The weight penalty going from 35mm deep to 50mm deep is negligible. Obviously, 50mm deep would be more aero/faster. I'm 190 pounds and have 50mm deep rims on my racing bike, so I'm fine with cross winds. I'm guessing that having deeper rims on rocky off road trails makes it more likely for the deeper rims to get damaged, but I'm just speculating.

So is there any reason to get a 35mm deep rim vs a 50mm deep rim?

Trying to decide what online service or software to use on laptop/PC for running scenarios and projections 30 years into the future for retirement. Want to ideally account for the big ticket items like tax, RMDs, spouse death, whether and how much to convert to Roth, etc. For me, I think my situation is relatively straightforward in that I'm 60 and already retired with a pension and 401k.

I hear Boldin being mentioned a lot so I might get that. But if there are others I should look at, please let me know.

For decades, all the hardcore roadies (the ones who raced or who rode a lot with those who raced) were on frames, groupsets, and wheels, made the by the traditional big name western manufacturers. Then about 10 years ago, some random chinese parts started appearing on these bikes.

Five years ago, several chinese manufacturers had a good reputation because they put a consistent name on their product, as oppossed to the bottom feeder stuff on AliX. So that's when I bought my first set of chinsese carbon wheels for $1,000. They were excellent, and simply the best wheels I ever owned at the time.

Then, in the last few months I just started noticing a severl riders were on Chinese branded frames with chinese carbon wheels. E.g., Quick Pro; Yoeleo; and Winspace. No clue what groupsets they installed. [Edit: I forgot to mention a crucial detail. This is in Los Angeles which has a very high population of Chinese immigrants and their progeny. Almost all those Chinese frames were ridden by what presumeably were people of chinese descent (I'm also Chinese). And these are not budget Fred riders. All seemed to be on the younger side, rocking the latest cycling kits emblazoned with Rapha, MAAP, and PAS Normal.]

For the last couple months, I've been looking at used 3 to 5 year old carbon gravel bikes in the $1,5000+ range, knowing that I'll also spend another $1,000+ in upgraded carbon wheels.

Then I watched a short youtube video where the entire cost of buidling up a lightweight state of the art chinese gravel bike for $1,500. It was a $600 carbon Light Carbon frameset complete with fully hidden cabling, one-piece carbon stem+bar, carbon seatpost, and a bunch of other hardware. Wheels were carbon, made I think by Ryet. Groupset was chinese wireless. I'm pretty sure this is the direction I'll go. I enjoy building up complete bikes from bare parts and this is something completely different from the bikes I've built up over the past 25 years.

I think the local peletons are going to look substantially different in 5 years.