TenX Bikes // Senzatii Tari Bucuresti

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New year, new restart. Same space yet not the same density as last year. If a bike you could compare with an outfit, multiple bikes compare better with a dressing. More bikes, more clothes, bigger dressing. Then it became equally optional and important what it contain and also how do you arrange everything. First of all, there's an order. What you keep, why, when you used that thing and if you do not manage infinite space, at some point elements in the present can enter in contradiction with our curent being, more so with our future requirements from the same space. Simplifying everything so that both storage space and our internal memory goes smoother, with less energy involved so that we can focus on other tasks, more important let's say and satisfying, is a way to apply for the job. Also, finding new ways to keep the heavy boat floating is a way to go for what you have now, whatever that may be. You autogarage. Clothes. Kid's toys. Your company. Crypto..

Now, another better comparison, for men, women and even the rest...
A bike you can change daily. Also the outfit. Also the entire dressing. Or the car. Your house with a bigger one. How about your hairstyle?! If you have a wig collection, ofcourse, shape, length, color is not a problem. Change them daily. Maybe only a bit of maintainance for multiple pieces. In that regard, if everything goes about the profit in life, we should all be bald, because it's the easiest method, to still take constant care of, almost free, with no adjustments in the mirror. No change needed, no problems on board. How about if everything goes for changing and consumerism?! If you're not a barber, nor a hairstylist, you have only one single toy, to play each day, multiple days, years in a row. Only one! Is it a cursed life to be so limited, even as a rich human? :))))
We also could live very well with only a bed and a desk in only one room, having only one tshirt and a pair of pants. Hair is a good example to show that even a billionaire in general have only one set which he takes care of, depending on wish or event, on mood or healt. He can't collect multiple heads like he does with cars. Or boats. (at least legally :D )
Maybe is a temporary illusion, to put energy into such a things, a superficial one, which only look nice for a while and give back some pleasure, but not getting back any of that energy input, not even like a mediocre investment would do. Somehow it is not that strange that people take care to do all kind of haistyles from a young age, constantly, and even when they grow older but in my defence, not doing my hair, only cleaning and cutting it.

What I meant to point out was that when the space (or any limited asset, like the head between your shoulders, hair on it or what you selected to absorb inside it) is a limited resource, there's still joy, satisfaction and there are reasons to keep moving things, adjusting the density in some areas or the oposite way around it. There's not a best way to do it, and also, from a year to another, it is very hard to get the same outcome, except if you go for minimalism, simplicity and consistency as I mentioned in the beginning, following a schedule. Somehow little to no space, or a high pressure environment, forces you to think different, but this doesn't mean it is not possible to still find some space if this is what you're looking for, or because of the density (lack of space between the elements from a space unit) increased, aestethically the result is compromised. Watch how mircochips evolved, with insanely small levels each years, in a constant chase for performance. Under the microscope they are almost beautiful, I would say. As humans we appreciate art and also we are able to appreciate the effort (with mind and hearth, not with the 5 senses ), even if it's a success (profit) or a failure, not even that pleasant to the eye.

The highschool I finished was mate-info, named after a big poet, named Nichita Stanescu. So contrasting... Even further on in life, on bike saddle or not, I chased to be in touch with logic and emotions, very well mixed together. There's no key without equilibrium; more so close to the limits. Exclusion is meant to fail sooner or later ;)

Nichita Stanescu said about Immanuel Kant:

''Kant made an affirmation long time ago, that the form is the sublime case of thought and that perfect form attracts content. I do not dare to contradict this wonderful philosopher, but I suspect that a wonderful, mysterious and revealed content attracts a wonderful and revealed form.''

They didn't asked/answered why this happens... They gave no explanation... I don't know if it does worth to put the effort for your hairstyle, or if it does worth for me to clean, wipe alot of dust, try, try again, again, arrange, rearrange bikes and components, so they fit in somehow in the beginning, and very well in the end. More so because there are no rules or many players at this strange game, to take a look and copy their style, otherwords there's no perfection at the end of the tunnel, if it's pleasant or disgraceful, who knows and who can judge?! (rhetoric) As an ingineer I know to count and measure so I can confirm there are alot of them and it always take alot of time and effort to keep living on the edge, with storage.

At the end of the day, I am satisfied, inspired, curious and still in search for a better experience, a better form.
At least until I need something from the back and I need to get everything aside so I can reach there withouth all crumbling down on me 😂🤣
Another subject, another party, another effort which come with more experience and better ways to do it faster/less time consuming/more beautiful for next year, but even then I wouldn't chase perfection (because ''perfection does not attract attention'', mine in the first place, and I would get bored very fast and I can't allow such thing)! 😎😍😃

https://youtu.be/QaCeIhDgH_o?si=KIn1wW4GJHpjcnC2

To really make a point! _ 14:00 _ I can't compete in terms of time in a pro race, with the pro athletes, so, I want to compete with them by focusing on delicate construction and fine operations for real battles on the streets in Bucharest, in daily traffic, for life rather than cups or sponsors.
I also can't compete with big factories, with big bike shops, renowned retailers, of new average crap or top tech highly priced cool modern stuff, always with new models in stock for us to buy, dealers and flippers looking always just for the maximum profit. I accepted the losses, I know so well the affirmation which says that those money spent for cars and bikes you never get back, to be able to focus more on what money can't buy or develop (skill and understanding), on what is not made or fine tuned already (because does not bring a profit) for this environment I spend most of my time, to grow my experience and my own collection, on my own way, inclined rather for the japanese way of doing things, by improvement through evolution, including a very small workspace or no space to live at all, because too many parts, ''in stock''. I'd choose with little to 0 hesitation, in any day or night, the quality, the ''delicate construction'', even if is not that fast, over the cheaper, equally priced or even the more expensive alternative, buying fastest sh*t on planet, out of the box. 🇹🇩 🇯🇵

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What's the story behing this, like how long has he been developing? A bit more different in approach compared to our transatlantical standard: 'Is this 2025 or 2024?' or 'how much you paid?'.
_ 20:00 _ I wouldn't call the final boss the one who owns the most cars, the one with the fastest time on track, or the most time on track, the biggest shop or garage. In this way, hopefully I exclude a hierarchy, which automatically put some people below somebody else, to not express inadequate about a master like the one presented in this video, to not decrease his value, comparing him to another master. Compared to me, with my bike hobby, let's reactivate the hierarchy to loose myself 1000+ levels below, atleast ;)
I want to focus on their way of playing and living compared to the occidental one, on their similarities as japanese tuners, to respect the work of those who built before them and to even continue the legacy. Something is not right in the West, in Europe, in my opinion, and so often being old, speaking about an object or a person, is meaning that you could be thrown away very soon and easy, to be replaced with joy by something new, implicitly better. I see this as respect to your tradition, to value old toys, made by the old boys, to retrofit, maintain, upgrade and collect them, and I share with you my appreciation towards all of these, here, not in the YT comment section, to help with algoritms even if I love what I read right there.

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O Imagine Cat O Mie De Cuvinte!
Coperta de album, de Bucuresti, cu si pentru biciclisti!
(chiar si pentru restul societatii)
Imagine de ansamblu, cu accent in detaliu.

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Derailleur hangers are the solution or a common problem?
Let's think about it. As you can argue about it, it is possible, no doubt about that, to bend it and to have your derailleur twisted around, between spokes and frame, with serious damage, but how? Just from a rock strike, or with alot more required into this equation, more than we expect with our first thought, including the operator and his multiple faults?
First of all, in a stable position to ride harsh on straight our right food, no matter if is the leading foot or the rear one, is way more outside than the mech, and in this balanced position, is at the level of the chainstay, more or less. Also in mid corner, the angle is not near close to 90 degrees, with one foot low to the ground and the other high.
With this first thing in mind, to strike a rock at the level of the right foot which is somehow the same with derailleur in the general optimum interval of positions, you would firstly hit it with your foot, and secondly with the derailleur. Now it becomes important if you lead with left or right, because if you have your right in the back, closer to the rear wheel and derailleur, by pure physics and biomecanics, you should orient the tip of the shoe downwards, to the ground, at a slight angle. That can lead to a trap for that foot, getting stuck, with a front flip or atleast serious trouble. If you lead with the right foot (as I do 😎), atleast, in case of a big shock of that rock, my right foot is not trapped but the strike happens in the lower part of the pedal, bouncing off, thanks to the angle of the tip oriented upwards with the heel down. In theory, because it happend to me in urban style with a small pillar I didn't saw that threw me over the bars in a blink of an eye... 😄
Big mistake and have nothing to do with the hanger and more so, no action to want to keep it on repeat but rather to keep avoiding!
Further, even if your foot is out of the way, highest possible with the rock on the right at the perfect level to strike the derailleur but still goes under your right pedal, what do you do so close to that rock, basically next to your center of gravity (laterally speeking). Even further, touching the derailleur is not a problem, because it moves inside a bit, and also slides back a bit. Even more, the hanger bends, and you have a chance to bend it enough but not that much to actually touch the spinning spokes.. Even more.. If it touches, maybe, you have a split of a second to react and to lock that rear wheel to don't get it twisted between the frame and wheel.
If not, and it just snapped and got twisted, anyways you as a rider did something very bad by accident or your technique lacks the fundamentals skills, both in bodypositioning and also in choosing a safe line, to protect your foot and your riding gear.

To me it is really funny (as an example of the absurdity in this situation) how some people try to blame the handlebars, or the brake levers which get snapped/bent/breaked in a frontal collision between a rider with a tree. How can those twist, without breaking, or bending in a safe way, or an economical ($$$) way, or to not bend or twist at all?! How?!
Also why?!
So you can ride in forest straight through the secular trees and stone walls without any problem at all, chopping them clean, with a laser cut?! How is this a thing, a serious requirement to asked?!
That's the goal for a happy rider in term of derailleurs and if yes since when?! When everything changed from avoiding stuff around, to hit it so strong, the only thing shatter is the nature around us?!

Are we building a tank, in the most american way, for the best movie series ever, able to take any hit and still go on, crushing toughest things in the universe with no hesitation, and still asking for more? 😂
The Black HoleXTerminator - Throw into it whatever you can think of and all of it will perish until the last fundamental particle. Let's see what you've got now! Come on! Show me how tough you are! Not even the light can escape! Not even time and gravity! Muuhaahaahhahhahaaa !!! 👿

Isn't it the most american approach ever, like they usually make it ''bigger and better''? To create everything around you bulletproof, rocketproof, nukeproof, asteroidproof, aliensproof and yet to not make the effort to move their fat a$$ of those couches, except to the fridge and back?!

I see the same process even into how building cars evolved over the years, under restrictive laws and intense research. From chromed iron bumpers, strongest possible structures, so that you can go through the other vehicle (like a train does with a small sedan) with as little deformations as possible for the heavyer and tougher one, to modern ages, with Euro NCAP tests and evaluations, with active (by avoiding the collisions like we need to do with rocks and bikes!!!) and passive methods (by absorbing and dissipating the shock), damaging a much larger portion of the plastic components and the modular vehicle in general, than 50 years ago. Different mentality!

Still, some guys, keep asking today in this conditions, for some indestructible rear derailleurs and hangers, to cover up most of their mistakes...
Free country, the mother of all possibilities.. How can you don't enjoy such a debate, about the ''american dream''? 😌🙃

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At the same level of performance/quality intersected with the prices, there's nothing to debate about Shimano and the others.
All of those work fine, but we consider the 'best bang for the buck', most of the time https://youtu.be/OG5UgwXiSVo?si=4hpSCwpyGVJ3q5m3

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What we decide. Why and how we think about it. is the best for the most (people / time) even tough I could go just fine with the Deore or Alivio. To buy new stuff in a while, or to keep in touch with latest tech, always upgrading to most recent generations does not bring on the table a moon landing for those $$... so in the end, if whoever rider replaces his gear that often, why to bother that much about a geeky small thing, for a substantial margin payd, if, looking back, 10 years ago let's asume, we already think old technology is outdated, no longer good, crap. Why not to stick with what runs forever, as long as possible or can do before we get bored, with what fits for our riding style, for less money possible, until we make an upgrade and really feel some differences, again, for less money, 10 years later, again let's say?! We know there are people doing steroids, drugs, other substances, but please, with all respect, keep that ''this is awesome stuff'', ''the best on market, it make you fly'', ''the most hardcore thing ever'' for you. I also went fast and I still give gas from time to time but is a big error to expect from everybody else they wish to be that sharp, that fast, to spend that much on things they don't need, use or care about. (like shifting under load, like not having a derailleur hanger for few more years etc.) 😃
Long story short is that anyways I do short storys long, so I responded that long because I practice and exercise in detail, the details, anyways, even if I share comments with others or not. There are advantages bothways and if there's a small mistake somewhere, in the small details, we can discover and work it under the microscope, which bring me a big satisfaction, or even more than discovering the moon or America, but if not, why not to share it with others, if they care to adopt this opinion or to counter it and to make use of our lessons learned with empirical experience next to research in theory. https://youtu.be/34xNSRNQgKs?si=AtML5f-ygTNH0uq9

https://youtu.be/TfLHEbkOZgM?si=JxdTUZ5x7DwOtiar
I don't like much, bike compilations, shorts, montages... They somehow push the viewer to pay attention, to catch him like in the trap (biologically and psychologically) with the shiny images, to become excited very fast, for sure, scientifically to remain excited, and because he can't mentain attention for a very long time, you need to move fast and efficint (Tik-tok attention span, YT, Insta, doesn't matter). It's like a CV, where you list all of your qualities, so you can impress the reader in front of you very fast, to convince him that you are the real deal, in less than 5 minutes if possible, but you can basically be a no one. A big bluff! Also, in my humble opinion, there is alot of room for maneuver, for you to fill the gaps between the lines, with CRAP, BS, LIES.. to go under the radar because in the end, who will check each one of them, to actually make sure who is in front of them, or even more, to combat and correct you .?!. (No one, because that's the game) Seem to me a beg for credentials, for public acceptance, commonly used for a long time, especially to sell stuff or work labour. In the science, or physics world, of mass, gravity, energy, vectors, space, time, temperature, chemistry.., in the sport world, let's say on 2 wheels, more so for motorsport, bluff can be used only very few times, in competition, with success. Very very few ocasions. The rest, ... IS REAL! Without effort, clever mind, patience and desire, but only bluffs, you reach nothing.
How good can you be, for more than 15 seconds, is the question!
On the other hand, If I only give you (or how I used to do best, on my own) 10 minutes on the video, or a blank piece of paper, and I ask you to show us your creational power now, your present potential, now in the present moment, in those 10 minutes, things become interesting. Sky is the limit. With people being all different, in this game I can see truly what you start to create from scratch, from nothing how you can create something out of thin air and where you finish. From pure nothing, something. Blank page... In reality, with what you find in those moments, not in an editing program, with hours filmed away from one mouse click, only to select what's cool, out of them all, to rearange and insert effects.
That is an editing skill. Well done, if we talk about that. Thins is TenX Bikes // Senzatii Tari Bucuresti, so we talk about riding bikes..
That's the reason why I did mostly (until now let's say) raw sessions. I loved to freestyle for 10, 20, 30 minutes straight, solving as much equations as possible, as important as possible, maintaining awareness ass much possible for what's about to come as a challenge or just to simply not doing something stupid for the sake of the recording a video to crash like a dumb. Keeping composure!
Let me also see what are your weak points, how you deal with them, how you make transitions, how you react, how often you do it right, how many mistakes you do, where and how we can correct them...
In this modern paper/digital world, even if we say, ''theoretically is like this but in practice...'' and even if it apply today more than ever, and is truth, we don't extract the lessons to change, we think we solve things, adding from our fingers on the screen another 0, and everyone is happy😂. It may be working sometimes, somehow, for someone but... give me a break. Things don't happen by themselves and problems don't get solved by themselves. We generate the results. As a computer use hardware and electricity plus, software..
If you don't have the ''safety rope'', to cut at montage what goes wrong, what you don't like, how do you behave with no second chance? Who to call? Who to blame?
In this case, even if the net product is no near as strong as a poison, stimulating the receptors for pleasure, less exciting than a drug, the standard, with your vulnerabilities on the table, with the courage to show your true self, with the skin in the stick, the results are as real as possible, more beautiful, unexpectedly. Alright, all of us saw those movies from Hollywood. Why though, fans of actors, think those actors have something special, so they hunt them in restaurants, at shopping, everywhere?! Do you think they act badass or real, in real life?? 🤣Being cool and acting cool.. A new action movie, with stunts, explosions, effects, big budget, big marketing, atleast for me, is very boring compared to an entry level documentary or an average tutorial. Ilusion vs Evrika! Magic vs real!
Don't get me wrong. Everybody have bad days at the office.. In reality at least, we all do. Very often to mention. So in reality, most of the days, we are not the ones who present ourselves in that CV, first time, first day, at the new job, for a interview. In the rest of the days, we show character. My bad days, my motivation to push, each second of that bad day, bad month, bad year can't be edited at the montage. Or excused. Or covered. Or denyed. Same with the good ones. No extra beauty added at montage, even though I could've filmed and added alot more. The music on the background usually was designed for me to keep the pace constant, to make, possible and visible, some fast coordinated combined moves, plus to guide my feelings in the intense/nostalgic/aspirational etc roller coaster moments. More authentic than that it can't be, in a world of lies, of fakes, of masks, of marketing. When we promote energy drinks, or ourselves on social media, it seem that everybody is daily in the best shape of their life, but not to me. 😅😂 20 photos of which none is good enough to be uploaded. Or to like only one which we choose to upload, fully edited, fully filtered.
And still, I'm the arrogant one.. which allowed you to step into my nonedited, nonscripted world for 10 minutes, 20 minutes straight. Just 3,2,1 GO! Maybe a bit boring, and still, top notch! For real!!
Maybe you agree that that's intense/stupid as hell, and you wouldn't want to be in my shoes. Or if you would try, how arrogant can you be to argue that you could proove to be better?
I'm the arrogant one? From those real capabilities, I report back the truth, that I refused to do stupid videos of me, montages, like I call them, to promote myself in your eyes, to impress my audience, to convince you how good I am, to be liked by you. This doesn't mean I can't do sh*t.. Like an actor who act for you.. For your joy. For your dollar! For a dollar. For thousands upon thousands $$! I wasn't at work. Nothing to gain, everything to lose.. no business.. simple.. I was in hell, having an awesome time, hoping very strong for better.
I did everything for free! Unconditionally! I didn't sold for fame! For one dollar or for all the dollars federal reserve can print in a year! None! Strong will power as a rock to not copy the trends or crowds! Not for sale, again! I'm arrogant now to say that if you were in my shoes, you would've record each second, each step of the damn day?? Maybe, I'm old, to live also before social media, not arrogant.
''How to bunny hop! How to wheelie like a pro! Unboxing of my new RockShox! 10 stairs drop. Drop test DH bike. Do it stick?'' 😂
Showing off to other people, to gain their respect? Of course, the ones in the same branch, bikers.. Why?? I was unhappy with other things. Period. No opinion from this strangers could have changed that, and I remained real and humble. Maybe to show off for the average Joe, non-biker, coming back from the market with a bag... maybe to him I found reasons to show off! And is not arrogance, like most of the single minded try to paint my image. I did it both to make Joe happy and myself back, for him to see a move out of his touch, out of his field, out of his Youtube/Insta/TikTok ''sophisticated algorithm system that employs machine learning and artificial intelligence to analyze user behavior and deliver personalized content recommendations''. I shared with everybody, without boundaries. In the street, on the sidewalk, in the park, woods, mountains, Bucharest, Timisoara, Brasov, Cluj etc., rich or poor, old or young, without expecting respect back, or appreciation.
They say:'' The real character of people shows when you give them money or power''. At those real capabilities, with that skill level, I was still shy, humble, scared, aware...basically, the same introverted, me. I also destroyed such an awesome system, out of frustration, curiosity, inner desire for value to find out if I'm really that good, if I can relearn everything back, to retrain, if I'm really good or I'm only arrogant in my mind thinking I'm good.. Was it really that hard, or just basically anybody can jump today on a bike, and go crazy, like it appears to be, next day already being the best pilot in town..?
I doublechecked it, for myself, gentlemen! With alot of pain and effort, to strive for authenticity and value. Inner value. In 6 months you can lose all the muscle memory, plus the hemoglobin transport capacity/the capacity to create enough red blood cells, plus muscle mass, plus technique... plus... plus.. plus.. ..
Who to ask, to tell me back, if I'm good in what I do, if not myself? But at what cost?! Precision, quality, excellence is expensive. An expert report also does and cost alot. Not everybody afford that. Trustworthy, also, is gained very hard, in long time, with much involvement, but can be lost in a second if things are not done in the right way, cutting the corners.
So, am I arrogant, detailing the process, as it was/is, in which I only payd and payd and payd, and sacrificed, and worked, and failed, without any monthly salary, certainty, or sponsors, or emotional support, except from my family members?? Who are you to count? Sorry to be that blunt into your face, I like to be fast, on point.
I'm not a bad person because I let the door open, for free, for real, for those who want excellence in it's most authentic form, into this area of riding in town, to be inspired, to practice, to watch, to learn, to taste... Atleast if you could choose between my knowledge and somebody else, but, tell me please, who's that other one?
You're welcome to play in my league, to be the second one, to be my direct competition, to be better than I am or even to be the first one, leading the way! (even though I would recommend to not do the same, at home) 😉
Like I sayd, is very hard, it cost alot, and you need to do the efforts by yourself. Nobody can do it for you, no matter who you think you are and also; Money doesn't buy skill! 😎(but they can buy a 10k bike, to feel as cool as me. For me it's fine! No need for drama.)
Maybe I can only help by sharing my true experience, my mistakes and lessons, so you can learn the essentials, but not to put you down so I can look cooler than you. Fake rich do that, to feel better. Fancy doesn't help. If I would own a 10k$ bike, 100k$ car, a plane or a yacht, and I would post it on social media, with or without saying a word, you would also think I'm arrogant, with our without skills so.. excuse me, but the problems are not here, but there!
I'm not a good person too. All of us pretend to be, but looking more closely, we can see alot of problems at each one of us. I know I did some things in a specific way and for the kids, in general, they need to know that this is wrong. Don't do at home! I also present appologies for those! I'm also brave enough to be honest about it, and to admit it in first place. Still,.. please, don't blame me that hard and don't be that harsh, until you blamed yourself first, as hard, for what you do daily, or did, or the rules in traffic you entangle by mistake, or knowingly.
Let's judge less, to save some time to focus at what we do best, even if for alot of us that thing is only talking s&it all day(s) about someone else! I talk enough about me, with goods and bads, with the same precision put into riding and even if it seem not right, arrogance or whatever, atleast I don't spread dirt in left&right, around me, on everyone else, about everybody else!
So yeah, I'm arrogant! 🤣 (with this video of me, in a compilation with sweet moves, edited, showing you only the best riding, not that dangerous but pretty fast)
Haters gonna hate everyone and everything, even the top of the top, success product!
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