Shad0z Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 1 hour ago, Scouts Honor said: I'm dealing with a partially dislocated shoulder myself, from my first EUC crash, keeping to the same speeds you are. how long time does it take to heal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esper Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 (edited) Because most of the images my phone took are larger than the allowed attachment size, I created a Imgur post. Edit: Apparently I don't know how to use Imgur or its causing issues with uploading so many files without a solid connection. I'll try again later. Edit 2: I fixed it. But I don't know how to remove the ones I messed up.. The albums are just sitting there with no images and I can't delete them. Here is the link!! https://imgur.com/gallery/ijA1dPN Edited June 20, 2018 by Esper I'm a failure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunka Hunka Burning Love Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 (edited) 14 hours ago, Marty Backe said: Wow, this is very cool @Hunka Hunka Burning Love. It would be so cool to have a shirt like that except for, as you point out, it would be weird to wear a shirt with a picture of me on it. My wife thinks what you did looks great too. You have to tell me how you got the shirt done. You've given me some ideas, and I assume it's not too difficult. Looks like whomever did the work captured the imagery perfectly. Looks like a quality t-shirt too. Your wife is a talented painter! When you work with gold to start with, everything turns out perfectly! You can Google "Custom T-shirts," and find a bunch available. I used Vistaprint which has a factory in Canada and in the States. Usually they have 50% deals or other coupons on the net. I think the T-Shirt was $18 and the mousepad $7. Shipping was $8. During checkout they usually offer cheaper add-ons, and I could have gotten another T-shirt for $15. I wasn't sure how good the print would turn out so I declined that, or I would have mailed you one. It actually worked out pretty good I thought. The colours were a little muted, but in the right lighting it looks great. If I had a larger image and tweaked the colours a bit I think it would have popped more, but I'm quite happy with it. I'm going to wear it when I'm riding and hitting on the ladies. People were wondering who the heck is the guy on the T-shirt, but I'm keeping it one of those "inside secrets." I got me some Marty MerchTM !!! Edited June 20, 2018 by Hunka Hunka Burning Love Corrected pricing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mezzanine Posted June 20, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 20, 2018 (edited) 13 hours ago, Hunka Hunka Burning Love said: Did I cry wolf one too many times? This ain't Westworld, Marty. It's all real. It still has the fold creases from the package. I think it turned out pretty good considering the image size wasn't ideal. I was going to order you one too so you could stop wearing that InMotion T-shirt (smart move InMotion, smart move), but I thought it might be a little weird wearing your own image. Gotta build the brand! This is up there with "dollforum" as one of the most disturbing things I've seen on the internet. If you see a mental health professional, please bring this with you to your next meeting. Social media is going to be the end of us all. Edited June 20, 2018 by mezzanine 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Marty Backe Posted June 20, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 20, 2018 10 minutes ago, mezzanine said: This is up there with "dollforum" as one of the most disturbing things I've seen on the internet. If you see a mental health professional, please bring this with you to your next meeting. Social media is going to be the end of us all. Hey @Hunka Hunka Burning Love, maybe @mezzanine would like one of those shirts. I know he's a big fan of mine Cut him a deal. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Backe Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 1 hour ago, Hunka Hunka Burning Love said: Your wife is a talented painter! When you work with gold to start with, everything turns out perfectly! You can Google "Custom T-shirts," and find a bunch available. I used Vistaprint which has a factory in Canada and in the States. Usually they have 50% deals or other coupons on the net. I think the T-Shirt was $24 and the mousepad $7. During checkout they usually offer cheaper add-ons, and I could have gotten another T-shirt for $15. I wasn't sure how good the print would turn out so I declined that, or I would have mailed you one. It actually worked out pretty good I thought. The colours were a little muted, but in the right lighting it looks great. If I had a larger image and tweaked the colours a bit I think it would have popped more, but I'm quite happy with it. I'm going to wear it when I'm riding and hitting on the ladies. People were wondering who the heck is the guy on the T-shirt, but I'm keeping it one of those "inside secrets." I got me some Marty MerchTM !!! Thanks for the info Hunka. It's great that you can do a single order for that price range. I have some ideas for EUC t-shirts, so I need to get going. I still can't believe you did this though 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mezzanine Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 I didn't mean to come across as trying to be critical with my post, I just fear a bit for the psychological well-being about some folks when they seem like good dudes like Hunka does. Didn't intend to get too personal, but also think sometimes it helps to have someone on the outside make one aware if maybe they're unaware of particular social boundaries that could stop them from having a better life in the real world. I know it's walking on thin ice to bring it up. I don't have anything personal against you, Marty. Just try to keep you somewhat honest in case this place fully turns into your own personal blog. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Hunka Hunka Burning Love Posted June 20, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 20, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, mezzanine said: This is up there with "dollforum" as one of the most disturbing things I've seen on the internet. If you see a mental health professional, please bring this with you to your next meeting. Social media is going to be the end of us all. Laughter is the best medicine! I read that once in the "Reader's Digest" in a psychiatrist's office. Haven't been back since! 52 minutes ago, mezzanine said: I didn't mean to come across as trying to be critical with my post, I just fear a bit for the psychological well-being about some folks when they seem like good dudes like Hunka does. Didn't intend to get too personal, but also think sometimes it helps to have someone on the outside make one aware if maybe they're unaware of particular social boundaries that could stop them from having a better life in the real world. I know it's walking on thin ice to bring it up. I don't have anything personal against you, Marty. Just try to keep you somewhat honest in case this place fully turns into your own personal blog. The voices inside my head tell me it's all okay. They also tell me not to listen to the voices outside my head because they don't really exist. Social boundaries, smocial confoundries. I have a great life in the internet world. The real world is over-rated. If we can't laugh at ourselves just a little bit, there's always other people we can laugh at. Besides, for $33, it was well worth the laughs and to see the reactions. Money well spent! Plus I got a pretty cool T-shirt and mousepad out of it. Who's crazy now? Edited June 20, 2018 by Hunka Hunka Burning Love 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kael Posted June 20, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 20, 2018 Went out as moral support for the other half on a run in the Lake District. Unfortunately that meant I had to take my own photos! The V8’s not much of a climber but we made it up this short hill eventually! 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankFilmer Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 42 minutes ago, Hunka Hunka Burning Love said: Laughter is the best medicine! I read that once in the "Reader's Digest" in a psychiatrist's office. Haven't been back since! The voices inside my head tell me it's all okay. They also tell me not to listen to the voices outside my head because they don't really exist. Social boundaries, smocial confoundries. I have a great life in the internet world. The real world is over-rated. If we can't laugh at ourselves just a little bit, there's always other people we can laugh at. Besides, for $33, it was well worth the laughs and to see the reactions. Money well spent! Plus I got a pretty cool T-shirt and mousepad out of it. Who's crazy now? You give me hope for humanity Hunka... simply beautiful. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED209 Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Kael said: I had to take my own photos! Very nice clear crisp photos of the Lake district! Makes me want to escape London city and explore the country side more. I wonder what camera you used... Edited June 20, 2018 by Edddeus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WARPed1701D Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 23 minutes ago, Kael said: Went out as moral support for the other half on a run in the Lake District. Unfortunately that meant I had to take my own photos! The V8’s not much of a climber but we made it up this short hill eventually! Wonderful. This is where the Mrs. and I want to eventually settle. Right now I'd be happy with anywhere in the UK with a job so I could get her a residency visa but the ultimate goal is a cottage in the Lake District well away from as many people as possible. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kael Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 25 minutes ago, WARPed1701D said: Wonderful. This is where the Mrs. and I want to eventually settle. Right now I'd be happy with anywhere in the UK with a job so I could get her a residency visa but the ultimate goal is a cottage in the Lake District well away from as many people as possible. It’s really lovely this time of year. We’ve been lucky as it’s raining only at night and the water in the Lake Windamere has been a warm 18°C (great for kayaking) but the low flyovers by the RAF certainly aren’t quiet! 35 minutes ago, Edddeus said: Very nice clear crisp photos of the Lake district! Makes me want to escape London city and explore the country side more. I wonder what camera you used... Thanks! Just an iPhone X. For the convenience, the pictures aren’t bad at all. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meepmeepmayer Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 1 hour ago, Kael said: Mmmmmmh, these are the dreamy pictures I love. Some hills or mountains (or another nice landscape), a wheel, a path ahead (or behind) into the unknown Infinite promises Quote The Road goes ever on and on Down from the door where it began Now far ahead the Road has gone, And I must follow, if I can, Pursuing it with eager feet wheel, Until it joins some larger way Where many paths and errands meet. And whither then? I cannot say. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_Goes_Ever_On_(song)#In_The_Lord_of_the_Rings 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Backe Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 3 hours ago, Hunka Hunka Burning Love said: Laughter is the best medicine! I read that once in the "Reader's Digest" in a psychiatrist's office. Haven't been back since! The voices inside my head tell me it's all okay. They also tell me not to listen to the voices outside my head because they don't really exist. Social boundaries, smocial confoundries. I have a great life in the internet world. The real world is over-rated. If we can't laugh at ourselves just a little bit, there's always other people we can laugh at. Besides, for $33, it was well worth the laughs and to see the reactions. Money well spent! Plus I got a pretty cool T-shirt and mousepad out of it. Who's crazy now? You need to post another picture of you wearing that shirt and riding. Yes, you can blur your Lego face if you wish. But I just have to see that shirt in full context 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post meepmeepmayer Posted June 21, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 21, 2018 Inspired by yesterday's ride with a bit of a view (see previous page), I realized I could lollygag around the flat lands forever, but my heart is in the mountains So I did a modification of my usual mountain tour. Started late afternoon, wonderful hot and sunny hazy weather, ended up being almost 6.5 hours and I was home at 11 again (these rides always take longer than you think). -- This is only a few kilometers from home. The plan is to get to the mountains, follow a creek valley up there, at its end climb to a mountain ridge below a big rock face, follow the ridge, get down again at the other end, and have enough battery to get back home *knock on wheel*. View, almost there. The b*tch as* mountain to the left fried my first ACM dead Valley is behind it, and you see end of the ridge on the other side. Road up into the valley. The first of many cooling stops. And another stop. This was hilarious. I got out of the forest onto the open Alm meadow, but every single cow there decided to enjoy a tree's shadow in the sunny heat and block the road ahead. Completely block it. Felt like this, when they all look at at you... But I got through, slowly on the side. Didn't want to get kicked by a cow. And just when I got to the other side of the bovine blockade, a car came down and had the same problem. But the driver pushed slowly through.... ... and the cows closed their ranks again. Further up the valley, creek to the side. The road is a mixture of paved and gravel, open meadow and forest. The valley essentially ends here. The steeper climb to the ridge begins (right route). Looking back. Moon, highest peak in the area with an antenna, and the road. Gained height quite fast. Looking back, further up. One of many rock faces is looming behind the trees. Break at the last junction. The way up is a short but nice dead end. To the right, you follow the ridge. The end. Highest point for the trusty ACM. In a moment, I'd go on foot onto a small grass peak, up towards the right in this picture. Was curious about the view up there. But first, the ACM's view Walking () up, looking back. I briefly considered carrying the ACM with me for picture staging reasons, but nah. On the top: a bench, and a stone marker for the peak. On the left, you can see the flat lands at the foot of the mountains. Pretty nice view up there Looking into the mountains. Now it was time for the way down and back. The battery was at a cool 35% on the top here, so... well, the math didn't look too promising. But you gotta trust your wheel. Loving that little machine. On the way down along the ridge, the wheel-murdering mountain's upper part to the right. Also, nice view into the flat lands. Getting to that lake there, circling it, and back home again is a nice tour I've done a few times. Testing the portrait/focus thing on my phone along the way. Along the ridge... At the end of the ridge, a 90° right turn, descending half the mountain, and another right turn. Leavin the forest, ending up at this nice Alm hut. Great views of my entire route to and from the mountains. Looking down on the lands below. I decided to continue via the right path here, something I hadn't tried before. It's not the official bike route, and promised to be steeper. Looking back at the hut. Steep indeed. And lots of nasty big gravel, potentially pedal-catching rocks, steps, and deep ruts. It always is much worse than it looks in pictures. Nice route though, was a fun challenge, and pretty. Last look at the hut. Now it was through forest, and got darker fast (nearly 9pm). Yep... low light = my phone camera craps out. Pretend it's a sharp picture, then it's quite neat It was so steep, I needed cooling breaks on the way down! Usually, this is completely unnecessary. Looking back at the ACM cooling down in the darkening forest. Side view when the forest opened up for a few meters. Almost down. Curious cows at a picnic table on the side of the path. Off the mountain and back in civilization. Down from the mountains, the battery was still at 35%, despite challenging riding for over 1.5 hours. Gotta love regenerative braking You never lose battery going down. I decided to go back home slooooooowly so I would still make the short-of-20km distance I needed. This is on the way back. Was quite dark then. You can see the valley I ascended to the left, the ridge starting at the highest peak right at its end, and the lights of the hut I've just been to in the center there. Good night, and good luck (getting home before the battery is empty). Spoiler: it worked I took it slow, and got home with (I guess) still a few km to spare. Wheellog summary. 66km as the wheel says (which is more accurate than GPS), and some notable heights were included as well. It's amazing how little energy climbing mountains costs - you can get 1000m up for the loss of a few km range (with continuous fast riding in flat terrain, the 1300Wh give me just under 70km range). The route. Read the circular part clockwise. The lower part of the circle is the mountain part, straight down the valley, turning around and up to and along the undulating ridge, and then down again. GeoTracker summary. Some cool numbers there. That's it, hoping you liked it Result: Mountains are nice, and so are electric unicycles. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunka Hunka Burning Love Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Nice nature, nature, rocks, cows... Hello ladies! Did you chitty chat a bit with them? Get some numbers? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Backe Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 3 hours ago, meepmeepmayer said: Inspired by yesterday's ride with a bit of a view (see previous page), I realized I could lollygag around the flat lands forever, but my heart is in the mountains So I did a modification of my usual mountain tour. Started late afternoon, wonderful hot and sunny hazy weather, ended up being almost 6.5 hours and I was home at 11 again (these rides always take longer than you think). <snip> Wow, I must say, that's some spectacular ride. I would love to do that It actually looks ideal for the Monster (nothing too steep), and you'd appreciated the 2400wh battery and super comfy ride. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meepmeepmayer Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 (edited) 7 hours ago, Marty Backe said: Wow, I must say, that's some spectacular ride. I would love to do that It actually looks ideal for the Monster (nothing too steep), and you'd appreciated the 2400wh battery and super comfy ride. It is very much. Minus the steep part down, but that's an outlier and the "normal" bike route down would work perfectly with the Monster. I don't like how the Monster rides, though, much too indirect for me. The ACM nimbly dances below your legs, while you kind of have to drag the Monster along with you. Even on the steepest parts down, I only used pedal pressure, no sidepad pinching at all. Edited June 21, 2018 by meepmeepmayer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Esper Posted June 21, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 21, 2018 (edited) In an effort to provide a little more ease of use for everyone. Here are my photos. I realized everyone posting pictures is using an image hosting website and not the attachment feature. Click this link for more. Edited June 21, 2018 by Esper Fixed the link 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meepmeepmayer Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Wow! These could only be better with a EUC in them Quite the place. Does it really look that purple in reality? Red soil + blue water and sky = nice! Your link does not work, goes to a 404 page for me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esper Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 11 minutes ago, meepmeepmayer said: Wow! These could only be better with a EUC in them Quite the place. Does it really look that purple in reality? Red soil + blue water and sky = nice! Your link does not work, goes to a 404 page for me. Fixed it! Sorry. I am new to this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunka Hunka Burning Love Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 (edited) Damn @Esper those are some friggin' Windows desktop backgrounds right there. Well except for this one which I kept trying to wipe the doodad off with my finger. I invision this would be @HEC's desktop background if she/he were still around. Quote Edited June 22, 2018 by Hunka Hunka Burning Love 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scatcat Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 Midsummer again... Well at least I actually like pickled herring... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shad0z Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 3 minutes ago, Scatcat said: Midsummer again... Well at least I actually like pickled herring... yay. gotta love summer the best swedish holiday of the year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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