I just don’t understand. I’ve flown in a helicopter a handful of times and each time I am incredibly careful getting in/out and listening to instructions from the pilot and other staff. How can one be so cavalier around an extremely dangerous heavy machine? 

That’s some quick compassion on the part of the pilot. Nobody needs to see that.

No, a helicopter did not cost a man his life. Police officers in the helicopter who were NOT called but decided they were bored and wanted a looky-loo created a situation where police officers cost a man his life.  Changing how helicopters respond to calls would not change this situation because the helicopter was not…

The man charging after two cops with a knife in his hand is responsible for his own death.

Yep those soft ass Europeans riding bikes 30mph for 120 miles in a hundred degree weather while you sit in an air conditioned office...

looking forward to going back. My mother in law is norwegian so my wife still has family there. It was nice.

There is no amount of money I wouldn’t sacrifice to not be on a bus for 42 hours. I would sell plasma before I took a bus ride that long. The last time I did that was because my choices to get to my location was either a 10k chartered heli, or a 12 hour mountain pass bus ride to my destination in the Himalayas. 

Did the truck try to overtake you? Here in Alabama and next door in Mississippi, these guys are fools. They think they own the road, and they will try to eliminate you if you’re getting in their way of making their loads. Seriously, it’s like the chase scenes in Duel.

I learned to ride on an early-70s three-speed bike. Then I got my own BMX bike, which I rode a lot on one wheel.

Exactly this. Racing in Europe, where the road in the Alps and Dolomites are much steeper that what we have state side, we see these speeds all the time. Having raced over there personally, we would see 100kph on nearly every descent. If you’re on a good bike and have good skills then what this guy is doing is nothing…

Big nope from me. I’ve descended more than a few canyon roads on the road bike and I’ve for sure been in the high 40's low 50's and it’s utterly terrifying. Cornering especially. At those speeds it feels like the bike is actively trying to steer you off into the weeds (cliff), because it is. The relative strength of…

It’s really the shitty behavior that ruins luggage carousels. If everyone just stood a decent bit back, it wouldn’t be a problem. But everyone crowds right at the drop chute. Just stand the fuck back and wait till you see your god damn bag. Then walk up and grab it.

I might regret pulling you out of the grays but...

You can ask me too. I ordered mine in June 2020 and received it in September 2020. They had not yet ramped up production so there was a wait. It’s a black S3. Back then it was $2199 for the bike, $590 for the 3 year full maintenance/theft plan, and I also got a rear rack and large pannier. All that with shipping my…

28" may be a misstatement of 700C assuming a roughly road bike sized tire 700x40 or so. Which leads to the question of hom much tire clearance since 700x45 would soften the ride and 29" MTB tires might be an option.  

No joke, bikes be expensive. I recently spent $2300 on a gravel bike and it's very middle of the lineup.  And I have to do all the pedaling myself!

After you’ve had actual experience with the bike, what are your thoughts on their theft prevention claims?

The battery is removeable and serviceable.

They can still find clean looking cars from that era for way less than that.

I wasn't aware the An 225 was a Russian plane...