u/Ok_Volume9271

Bought a brand-new wheelset and have since gotten this weird rattle when I'm cornering, and especially when I'm cornering. It sometimes happens when I'm going over rougher surfaces, but it's especially prominent when turning or just cornering. Thru-axle wheels.

Things I've checked:

Spoke tension: nothing loose, wheel is as true as can be

Hubs: spin smoothly, no resistance or gritty noise, 0 play in the hub axle when on or off the bike.

Valve stems are completely tight and nothing is loose.

I've heard and read way too many horror stories in Vancouver from friends, family, fb posts, and on this subreddit of people getting their bikes stolen in broad daylight while locked in the streets or at home. This city has instilled an anxiety induced franticness in me that my bike could be stolen at literally any second, and this sentiment not solely myself, my other cycling friends and bike commuters share this sentiment as well.

I love riding around Vancouver and I really want to start running errands with my bike this summer; however, just locking my bike anywhere in this city causes me way too much anxiety than I'd like and makes the entire process no longer fun or enjoyable. The whole point of biking and using your bike to do things is that it's more enjoyable than dealing with traffic on the bus or driving. I'll often use my bike to grab groceries very quickly or if I'm grabbing a coffee, it has to be in plain view. Before anyone says to ride a cheaper bike or spray paint your bike a crappy colour or to mark it all up, or just ride a crappy bike: well, I'm already riding a pretty crappy bike and it's my main source of transportation. How do you guys overcome this innate anxiety of constantly fearing that your bike is going to get stolen?

I'm sure we all know how important wearing sunglasses is in general, especially for people with RP. I was told by my doctor to wear them pretty much whenever I'm outdoors because on even cloudy days, most UV gets past cloud cover. UV radiation is especially more damaging for our eyes because our retinas are already under a lot of oxidative and toxic stress. I was never a sunglasses person prior to my diagnosis. Whenever I wore them, I found it very difficult to see. I never understood how people were able to navigate so easily and play sports while wearing sunglasses. Now I understand why: it's because I have RP.

I just find it very ironic that most people with RP have difficulty seeing at night or in dim-lighting in general, and wearing sunglasses basically dims everything around you, making things even harder to see. This disease is really a big F-U in my opinion, for a lack of a better term... For example, I myself try to wear my sunglasses whenever I'm outside, regardless of lighting conditions. I only don't wear them when the sun has pretty much fully set. I find my visual acuity and FOV is at its absolute best when it's a clear sunny day outside; my vision is sharper and I can see much more. However, now I have to put on sunglasses which dims everything and my eyes suck in dim lighting. It's like we're perpetually in a state of just crappy vision, no matter if the conditions outside are at its most optimal.