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I'm looking for a cheap 9mm, but not $100 cheap... That said, i would pay $80 for a Hi-Point C9 just to see if their reputation is deserved. That's if I could get over the embarrassment of being seen with it at the range. But for real, i'm annoyed with myself for letting my coworker buy that SD9ve from Tony a couple years ago. I should have bought it myself...

this was the first organized ride I did in 2017, and will be the first I do in 2018. I just registered for the 40 mile route, which I'm told is pretty much identical to last year, except that the 15 miles that differentiate the 25 miler from the 40 miler will be run in the opposing direction. This was also one of the first rides i tracked with Strava, so I'm curious to see how this year's times compare. My moving time last year was just over 3.5 hours for a 12 mph average speed. That's MOVING time, so my bathroom and food break didn't count. I'd like to keep my moving time to under 3 hours, if possible, which will mean 14 mph average. We'll see what happens. I'll still be riding the fat tire bike, and I'm sure it will be a field of mostly gravel and CX bikes, with some XC mountain bikes intermixed. The only meaningful changes to the bike since last year are a rear fender, and SPD pedals. The high is 37, but it's supposed to be sunny. I'm optimistic. Ride starts at 10:00 in Garrettsville. I would advise arriving early to ensure ease of parking. See anyone there?

I honestly don't remember. We may have the 'base' trim package with the nicer mechanical options. No remote start on ours. It's my wife's car, so it's in the garage every night. My car gets pushed outside if i have any kind of project going on. We looked at two models at approximately the same price. One had leather and the nice stereo (the top trim level), but lacked third row seating and AWD. The one we bought has cloth seats, a real key (not just a fob and push-button), no sub-woofer, but it has 3rd row seating and AWD. Both had the V6, I believe. The model with leather had higher mileage as well. We bought the dealer demo, and paid a little extra to extend the factory warranty so that it covers 100,000 miles from our purchase date. We knew the salesman, so the warranty cost us almost nothing...

Our family hauler is a 2016 Sorento. We have the mid trim level. I wanted cooled seats and the nicer stereo, but I wanted the third row seating and AWD more. We have the 3.3 V6, and it is awesome.

I use whatever 1990's spin bike my gym has... did 50 mins of interval training last night at level 15 (I believe 20 is highest). My Garmin watch does not integrate with the spin bike, but it tracks my heart rate throughout the ride. I'm not convinced it's very accurate (the hand grips on the machine were giving me conflicting info on my pulse), but effort is effort. I also try to fat bike outside as often as possible. That is a lot more fun, and per the heart rate monitor, much more varied and intense. The problem is lack of daylight. My toes also got a little cold on my 80 minute ride on Saturday. (I wear leather work boots and platform pedals in the winter) I have a "primitive" spin bike in my basement as well. I haven't used that as much. the tension is a manual knob. It's high quality fixed-gear with a big-ass flywheel, and quality toe clips, but it's hard to stay motivated without the computer changing the resistance and counting out my timed intervals. I typically watch "The Grand Tour" on Amazon Prime, and turn up the resistance half a turn any time the episode buffers, then back it down to "regular" effort when it's playing again.

I also lubed the shit out of my chain and cassette after several recent snow rides. While good for my bike, this has wreaked havoc on my car ...which is parked below my bike, when I hang it in the garage. Chain lube does not wipe off of a windshield and hood nearly as easily as you would expect. I was using dish soap. May have to attack with something stronger.

I rode on Saturday. Not quite 10.5 miles of frozen singletrack. It was a little icy in some spots, but overall, quite rideable. Nice to be back outside. Royalview looks a bit different covered in snow. I actually almost got lost once. The trail doubles-back and nearly intersects itself, and some people had crossed over in a way that made it unclear which direction to continue. I managed to ride up an icy area where the water drains down the trail. The people behind me were heard yelling, "WALK THIS," which was a point of satisfaction. Planning to be back outside (somewhere) this weekend. Vulture's Knob has a winter race on Sunday at 1:00. I'll be preparing for "preschool prom" with my daughter. It's not a father/daughter dance, but I am expected to attend, and wear a suit.

I shot a G19 and G43 back-to-back on Friday. My grouping with the 19 was 3-4" circle on a full magazine. My grouping with the 43 was more like a dinner plate... and that's with a much smaller magazine. I did decide that I want to shoot a handgun a lot more often though. Saving pennies for an SR22 now. I had my 10/22 out while everyone else was shooting 9mm on Friday, and I put 3-4 times as many rounds down range as them. We traded the rifle around, which is why I was 'testing' the 19 and the 43 for a bit.

Very cool. I think you should give the yammy a chance at back-road glory. Those tires aren't going to be much help if the 1098 is your basis for comparison!

$60 nitrous kit. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Motorcycle-Mini-Nitrous-Oxide-Kit-Pocketbike-Gas-Bike-50-250-cc-w-5-NOS-Bottles/331958844152?epid=1155287364&hash=item4d4a49faf8:g:hSwAAOSwuAVWzdZK:sc:USPSPriorityMailSmallFlatRateBox!44136!US!-1&vxp=mtr

I understand the basics of nitrous. I also understand that a 'dry' kit causes the engine to run lean, and can damage things. That said, I am curious as to how much abuse well-built engines can take. Is a 'dry' kit certain death with moderate use? Like, could I buy a shitty EX250 or EX500 and get away with the occasional small shot of nitrous? a 15 hp shot, maybe? even 10 would be significant on a lower horsepower bike. Is nitrous expensive to fill? "wet" kits seem to be substantially more expensive and involved, but obviously have a reduced risk of leaning out, and breaking things. Would i be utterly stupid to put a wet kit on my corolla, assuming I have another car in the garage already as its replacement? Would the 1.8 liter toyota I-4 tolerate a 50-shot of nitrous? The engine will have over 200k on it by the time this becomes a reality. I'm really tempted to try an eBay nitrous kit with a $500 "january special" motorcycle from craigslist. This can't be any more abusive to a motorcycle than Todd jumping that pit-bike into the lake (which I think we all agree was hilarious and awesome).

I don't have a make and model, but this came out of our kitchen because my wife wanted a side-by-side fridge instead. The shelf inside the freezer is missing. I made a shitty wood shelf so I could fit more freezer pizzas... I've been using it as a garage fridge for the last year. It works fine, and maybe I'll regret this decision when my garage isn't 50 degrees anymore, but I just don't keep i full enough to justify keeping it around. I will follow-up with: - exact dimensions - make/model information - a couple of pics, including some with a thermometer inside the freezer and fridge to confirm that it's actually working (which may be difficult while it's cold out...) I've stored the fridge with the doors propped slightly open, so there is no funky smell. There may be a couple of cosmetic imperfections. I'm trying to remember what it looked like when it was in our house... I feel like there was one small dent or scratch that my wife didn't like, but was always covered by a magnet or a toddler's drawing, or some bill we had to mail or check we had to cash. Would make a great garage fridge, or keggerator conversion, with working freezer above it. Fridges kind of suck to transport. I can help get it to your garage or driveway, transported safely and upright on my trailer. $100 for OR members, or friends of OR members. I'm posting it elsewhere for $200...

Is that just to make wheel changes quicker? I've not seen that before, but I've also never looked for it...

Apartment/condo life can suck. A friend of mine had a neighbor with something like the product I linked above. I visited 10 or 15 times before I ever saw what kind of bike it was, and when I did, it wasn't one I'd have been interested in taking. That's half the point of a cover - it keeps eyes off the bike. My wife never even noticed that it was a motorcycle 'shed' to begin with. win. I would still find an anchor point to lock it to. Hell, if you're in the apartment for more than a few weeks, I would screw/drill an anchor into the surface of the parking lot. When you do find a house (i'm assuming the apartment is a month-to-month deal until you find a house, right?) it's probably $50 in lumber to build a little shed for the bike. That would actually be a fun little project.

you want a hardshell one of these http://www.cycleshell.com/

If it doesn't have knobby tires, and it doesn't leak, it's track-ready ;-)

i have 1 doll crib assembled, and i already see ways I could save time and costs on future builds. with that said, the heart cutouts in the headboards took a lot more sanding and dremel work than I had anticipated. I could shave a lot of time and aggravation with a jig saw and a proper router though. still not sure it's worth the time and effort. Assembling them is fun. painting them isn't.

@DTM Brian - how difficult is it to tune a Nitrous setup with a fuel controller? I saw a video yesterday of a guy who has the controller set to spray at 4,000 RPM. That's pretty much what I want. I couldn't say specifically what vehicle this would be on just yet, but it will be a 4-door 4-cylinder with a manual transmission. Corolla or Civic are the most likely. Depending on costs though, I might just look at a Civic Si instead.

Resurrecting this thread to ask if anyone actually has experience with installing a nitrous kit. Not for towing.

Pit-Bull won't make them? that surprises me.

I need to learn to weld. I talk about learning to weld, and learning to speak Spanish pretty much weekly. Need to pull the trigger on at least one of those... I put off doll crib construction by 24 hours in order to obtain a miter saw. I need my headboard cuts to be exactly 90 degrees, because the legs of the bed need to be perfectly level, or it will wobble. That was why i considered making rockers instead of legs, but the cost of the 16" boardstock was oppressive compared to the 12" board stock. IF this becomes a larger scale operation, I could experiment with rounding the 12" base into a rocker. I've already thought up several ways to ramp-up production quite easily. The biggest would be having metal templates to trace, rather than measuring everything before cutting and/or drilling. I'd also want a drill press and a much better sander. All of those are things I'd use regardless of whether or not this "business" survives, so I'll probably buy them off FB marketplace now, and replace them with nicer stuff when/if they break. general ranting to follow: - i hate circular saws. keeping a straight line should not be so damn difficult. - drilling straight down is also difficult, although making a slightly larger hole, and allowing wood glue to take up any "wiggle" seems passable for doll furniture.

I'm just wondering if anyone else cashes in by reloading, making custom bike parts, etc. Over the years, I have encountered various people who have (with varying degrees of success) made gun and/or motorcycle parts for profit. There was a guy on EX-500.com who made mid-panels that filled the gap between the stock upper and lower. He made a one-off set for himself, got a lot of compliments, and then made a mold to produce fiberglass pieces. I think his process was flawed, and his inventory was never large enough to keep up with early demand, so he left a lot of people waiting, and got a bad reputation. Then he got sick of it and quit. I know another guy who makes kydex and leather holsters. He charged a premium price, but the quality was top-notch. There's even a guy on the Hi-Point facebook group who makes aluminum triggers. For hi-point firearms... I'm not sure why people would spend $50 for a cosmetic upgrade to a $100 handgun, he's probably running scraps of aluminum (from his employer?) through a small CNC machine at his house for that $50. I enjoy little projects like this, so the fact that it's probably not worth my time to make $20/hour is offset by the enjoyment I get from the process. If nothing else, I will have presents to give my friends' kids for the next few years. Best case, I will make a few hundred dollars and go shooting.

I just spent $65 on "Etsy" for custom rings for my wife for Christmas. Then I went to buy a doll crib for my daughter. $75 from the American Girl website, or $35 for a homemade copy on Etsy. Said "fuck that," and went out at lunch. Bought lumber to make 2 cribs (one for each of my girls) and it cost me $24, including sanding wheels for my dremel. I have some wood, paint, and wood glue at home, so round to $30 total in materials for 2 of these doll cribs. that's being generous... It quickly occurs to me that, unless shipping costs are prohibitive, I could profit $20/unit by making simple doll beds, cribs, chairs, etc... I expect tonight's build will be slow and tedious, but with proper tools (i.e. a drill press, a router, and a table saw), and a larger production-run of various parts, costs would come down (buying 12' lengths instead of 8'), along with reducing time (i.e. router and drill press works better than the drill and dremel I will be using). That's not a bad little side gig... Am I dreaming when it comes to demand?

had never even heard of the AEP sites. Looks badass! and they have a mountain bike trail!

This is where we went for our honeymoon. I recognize the giant pavilion near the main pool.