I always seem to get pain in between my shoulder blades and particularly my right shoulder/neck. I chalked it up to poor posture and continued to work on proper form and core strength, but then I came across a Francis Cade video that featured Bike Fit James discussing handlebar choice and how to measure for […]
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Stems, Handlebars and Spacers
Bike Check: Gravel Race Bike for 2020
Welcome to my 2020 gravel bike build. This started as “budget” build but quickly escalated to a ridiculously costly build. I have moved the post with all of the current specs to this post Andrew’s Custom 2020 Gravel Race Bike.
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NASBerry Pi
Adventures with a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B, some hard drives and some Chinese circuit boards. The Raspberry Pi 4 Model B contains two USB 3.0 ports, something that previous versions did not. This upgrade finally opens up storage array possibilities as the RPi still has no SATA connections. USB 3.0 has a theoretical max […]
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Mini-ITX Home Linux Server
This is just a general server build write up. I am only listing prices to show what is possible because it is unlikely you may find the same deals on these components that I did. You could also go with standard heat sink and fan. I opted for the radiator because of my case situation. […]
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Cheap pH Meter for Raspberry Pi with ADS1115 and PH4502C
If you search for “raspberry pi ph meter” you’ll quickly learn that there are very few affordable options when it comes to digitally monitoring the pH of your nutrient solution. For a while Atlas Scientific dominated the search results, but I believe their kit was around $200 at the time. The kit has since come […]
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2018 Specialized Rockhopper 29″
Sold After a few years of good use and a few mountain bike races I’ve decided to sell my 2018 Specialized Rockhopper. I have another 5 months of indoor trainer confinement due to certain medicines that thin blood. I had planned on upgrading my XC race bike over the holidays anyway, but I didn’t expect […]
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NFT Hydroponic Lettuce
This is my 5th or 6th lettuce grow using hydroponic methods. I haven’t done an nutrient film technique (NFT) as of yet, but I just built simple system that you can read about in my post a quick and sloppy NFT system from PVC. Captains Log October 3, 2019 I started with the standard procedure […]
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