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Cake day: June 27th, 2023

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  • Yeah, did it myself. Wasn’t too terrible of a job. Breaking the bead, and then getting the bead initially over the rim were the two hardest parts. I used a combination of a vice and large c-clamps to break the bead. Only thing I’d do different next time is to buy better rim protectors. The ones I used tore through and I ended up scratching the rim.

    Edit:

    The difficulty in getting the tire off may have been due to their age, or just the tire design. The new tires (Michelin Road 5) almost installed by hand without tools, they felt way more flexible than what came off.














  • I’m with you. I’m so completely and utterly over working in IT. The industry used to be full of companies founded by people who loved tech, and were staffed by kids who grew up on Lego and Logo. Today these same businesses are owned by investors who don’t know the first thing about technology, and staffed by grown up kids who were told by their guidance counselor that IT was a high paying field. Nobody knows their ass from a hole in the ground anymore, and getting anyone remotely competent on the phone is like pulling teeth. If I could bail on this industry tomorrow and build picnic tables I’d never look back.