Can’t wait to see what interesting aero designs they would come up with for knee and elbow pads.

But also I could see this increasing the aggressiveness in the peloton similar to how american football impacts are harder and more injury prone than rugby impacts because american football players wear much more protective gear than rugby players.

I love a good polearm. Those two voulges are beautiful. I think the guy with the halberd is pretty fucked.

It’s not zero for Antarctica, just nearly zero. 11 people have been born in Antarctica. Mostly argentinians but also a couple chileans.

SciShow just did a decent video on this yesterday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0wVcFXNXLw

I’m not a historian or anything just a history nerd. The Greeks put those eyes on their ships to ward off evil. They’re called apotropaic eyes.

Definitely don’t change the title because I absolutely could be wrong.

This looks more like two greeks fighting. I don’t think the persians used the eyes on the front of their ship. That was a greek thing.

You can see a lot of these in Kingdom Come Deliverance 1&2 which are set in the early 15th century.

The Gambia

Not enough fuck you in those lines. You need to have the borders cut off historical populations from each other or put a bunch of clashing ethnic groups in the same state. Like make a border running right through paris or smash all the balkans back together.

If he had the Hapsburg jaw/lip like Marie Antoinette he’d have been perfect. Oh well. C’est la vie.

Ah, yes. That cleared it up completely.

I would bet on different rubber being the culprit. My downhill and trail tires are super soft in order to grab the rocks and roots better. They wear out quicker than road tires because of this. Still takes a few years in with me riding every day but it’s noticeably faster than the roadies.

I’ve learned all sorts of polish and czech swear words in kingdom come deliverance 2. They say kurwa more than i say fuck and i cuss like a sailor. I really like “do prdele” too. It means go to the ass like how we say go to hell lol.

Stephen King isn’t more famous than Patrick Dempsey?

You don’t put the bolt on the rail until after it’s cocked.

I’m 42 and learned downhill biking during the pandemic. This guy sounds like he didn’t have a clue how to ride technical steep terrain and he paid the price. Age has nothing to do with it. Proper descending technique and knowing the trail are how you remain uninjured.

Also he’s ok with throwing himself down a mountain on a bike but he hesitates on going down a zip line? Those aren’t really the same level of danger.

They aren’t super heavy. A few dozen grams tops.

They’re really great for preventing pinch flats when you’re riding lower pressure which is what gravel bikers ride.

Most downhill bikers use them to save on rims and inner tube costs.

Well I meant all competitors. And by cyclist I mean do you currently cycle on the regular. I don’t wear lycra either since I ride downhill.

Downhill and Enduro racers use wireless groupsets pretty much 100% of the time now. A few grams means a lot to guys where 1st and 2nd place are separated by a few hundredths of a second.

Since everyone uses it and it comes on higher end bikes it has and will start to filter down to the lower end bikes and eventually everything will be wireless. Same thing happened with disc brakes and single chainring groupsets.

Are you a current cyclist? Because quite a bit of modern bikes have electronic and wireless parts now.

If something is lighter in weight racers will use it. And since racers will use them then so will hobbyists because roadie dorks always follow the peloton.

Right? That’s not a threat. Lol