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Would love to hear direct comparision between teh Hydra and the P321. Cost, weight, ease of use, and durability.

"There are 9 million people in California, mainly in the bay area, under a "shelter in place" order, meaning they too will have to forego cycling or any other outdoor activity."

This is not the info I have and I live here. I have been doing short road rides from home, and will continue to do so. Hiking trails also remain open, though I have not done that yet, I intend to. (short drive)

I have thru bolts without quick releases. I just tighten them down with a 6mm allen key. Again, this is on my road bike though. No biggy.

Well I'm actually talking about my road bike. But yes, after patching a tube for example, the discs often need to be adjusted even if it seems like they would be going back in the same place. There must be some amount of pinching that happens when tightening the through axel, and this pinching introduces some binding and changes the alignment just enough to cause irksome rubbing.

My road bike with 105 hubs is pitted in the front hub. I can feel the vibration through the bars. The wheels still spins just fine, by my bike shop is just telling me to replace the wheel which is quite disappointing. Another issue I have is that when I use the through axels when installing the wheels the discs never seems to line up the same. So wheel changes always have me fiddling with my disc brake adjustment. I'll be looking forward to the Shimano article you mentioned...

I agree with everything except the boobs. Ain't nothing wrong with that. ;-)

Great, thanks for the info.

Can't find the podcast on Google Podcast app. Bummer.

How do you hang your bikes? Just using cheap hooks?

Well I finally made the purchase. I got the 30X alloy bar with 16% sweep and 30mm rise. 780mm seems fine, and I'm lazy so I probably won't ever cut it unless I had a second one. I can't speak to them being very "forgiving", but Andrew says they are so I believe him. I can say that I love the feel and the positions it puts me in. Very pleased with this purchase. (FINALLY) I have a bike that came stock with a short stem, and I've always thought it was probably too short. Since that stem was 35mm clamp and 45mm length anyway, I put on a 60mm stem I had available from a different bike. I think I could go even longer, but for now I'm going to keep riding it the way it is.