Posts made by RobeOfTheMagi

Interestingly, I found the statue in Riga, Latvia:

21oz denim and a slingshot to protect me from the many Latvian horse flies.

Sorry for not really interacting/responding here. I’m off grid and offline most of the time.

Somewhere in Latvia

@DeeDee85 I thought exactly the same! Even though I don’t have one .

@pechelman

I love that Cowboy Bebop Shirt ️! Cool look with the lefty!

I've just started packing for our upcoming trip to Latvia:

The death of the mechanical bicycle makes me sad.

@goosehd said in Stuff you want to buy/dreaming of:

As a kid, I watched Magnum PI driving around the island in a Ferrari and dreamt of owning one. As I grew older, tastes changed to Porsche as I liked the lines of the car better. Seeing @Marc2706 posing the other day in front of his, only reinforces it. When a car from 1957 still looks 1000 times better than 99% of cars made today, you realize that maybe they are doing something right…

I absolutely see your point. Some things are just beautifully made.

I'm not a car person (I have a VW Caddy ...). However I am sympathetic with your desire for a beautiful car.

I am contemplating the idea of buying a lugged steel bicycle frame that is far too heavy and doesn't even allow for contemporary breaks. Importing such a frame from the US to Germany is economically a silly idea.

But at the end of the day it's all about beauty.

@goosehd said in Stuff you want to buy/dreaming of:

@Tago-Mago I don’t know about that. Our speed limit on the local 401 is 110km/h, everyone travels 120-130km/h ...

Yeah, but that's the point. What do you do with the other 3 gears?

I dream of buying a Rivendell bike frame one day.

Bicycle Zen, coffee and nice shorts of Seoul:

Don't know if this has already been shared; just just can't deliver jokes any better:

Is there any chance for this to drop next week? From the 11th on I’ll be travelling Latvia and I don’t plan on being online.

Is it a normal part of a consumer's IH journey that at one point the 634 becomes their favourite cut?

@pechelman I also love the return you get when investing in higher quality tea. You can really get a lot of tea out of higher grade leaves, since you can brew the same leaves many times over and taste all the different nuances.

@Seul That's a great investment! Does it work with pu'er?

I just cold-infuse my green tea for about 15-20 minutes. By then the tea has a rather sweet flavour, since the bittern does not really get released much at low temperatures. I love Fukamushi for cold brews, because the deep steamed tea reales its flavours quite generously.

@pechelman said in + TEA. THAT'S IT: TEA. THE END. +:

Did a little tariff panic buying and enjoying a free sample that came with the order. None of it was hit yet with one thankfully.

That looks tasty ad! I really need to dive into Chinese teas.

@Seul said in + TEA. THAT'S IT: TEA. THE END. +:

Anyhow... It's summer... It's been fucking HOT (up to 38C°), so I decided against buying expensive tea... Just cheap shit to drink at work and whilst hiking...

I'd recommend buying a high quality Fukamushi and using the cold brew method. It'll change your summer life <3.

@Denimhead-0 said in Bicycles:

Gilles Berthoud

Oui ️!

That saddle even has an id number. It’s probably worth more the my bike frame .