A Literal Cabbage. What do you want from me?
They exist minutes from my front door.
I like a few but after a while they feel a bit much...
Give me good old chippy chips with vinegar and salt and I'm a happy man.
Fair enough - I suppose it's a caution borne out of experience of the awful roads by me - I've had a lot of unsealable punctures on the roads near me (from gashes to a bit of glass that wiggled around just enough to not seal).
As a result I always caveat advice to go tubeless - for "proper" punctures (anything more serious than a pin prick or snakebite) tubeless can be a can of worms, and give people a sense of confidence that inner tube users don't have (wisely).
Granted it's also down to tyre choice (you can pry my patched panaracers from my cold dead hands) but a tyre pissing sealant and air is much more of a hassle to deal with than an inner tube in my experience.
The TL;DW is that bike gears are often not low enough.
If you give me a lever long enough, and all that.
The assumption here, though, is that climbing is all you care about, and not an average speed across a ride.
I'm by no means fast but I certainly won't make it to the pub for lunch if my gearing was as low as it would need to be for me to make it up a hill using the same amount of effort if expend to travel moderately on the flat...
I think it's more to do with standardising the frames, right? Avoids weird funky stuff like the lotus bikes providing an "unsporting" advantage - much like with O'Bree's bikes?
My loyalty was to the truth, not to political tribes
And a liar!
Aus or NZ?
Tubeless is great for small piddly punctures. Anything bigger and a spare inner tube and tyre boot are a necessity (esp. on longer rides).
Are they not? I've read various things stating that they almost already meet most requirements (being ex. EU anyway).
Okay, all of those are amazing.
I have lots of weird little "widgets" I love and would probably hold close to my heart forever (Mr Toad, Quar, etc.) so I suppose a mishmash of things is as good as something "meaningful". And I guess those things are more likely to stay dear to me over something "big"!
I remember getting a hand written letter from my MP when I hit 18 - I loathe the party he represented but he was a proper gent. His seat was taken over by the current leader of the opposition party who is undeniably mental too, so I doubt she writes to her constituents to welcome them to the democratic process!
I've wanted a tattoo since I was about 15 (and I'm 35 now) but I never pulled the trigger on it.
I never found an artist who was just right or a design I would be happy having on my body forever!
They're awesome though, and I love seeing other people's.
This is true. You don't find out if you don't try!
I suppose so! I guess the big issues would be the deficit (and the exact methodology accepted to calculate this, timelines to resolve, etc), and the possibility of a veto by another member state not wishing to encourage the splitting up of larger nations.
I know that Spain have previously said they won't block, provided a vote of independence is constitutional, but that would also rely on UK Gov. recognising it, I guess?
What's the likelihood of Scotland being allowed EU membership though?
The only time the "crush" at a bar has been acceptable to me is in small pubs. Anything bigger than a neighbourhood/village scale battle and it's oppressive.
Long live the queue.
Is it like the celery in a bloody Mary, or you swig your beer then pop in a little pepperami afterwards?
It's a pretty common combo too - I see it on menus a lot!
Branston is a pretty mild one, but I love a harsh, vinegary pickle with peanut butter. A sweat inducing Piccalilli is the bees knees too.
I bought cheap earbuds today
Today I went to the supermarket, and spotted a deal on cheap earbuds.
I've been 50/50 on them, but a £40 pair for £20 was good enough for me to take a punt.
Are they great? No. Are they good enough? Yeah, sure, why not. They play music they take calls, and they act like earplugs when it's noisy out. And they don't get tangled up. Plus, if I like using them I'll consider getting a pair which aren't objectively e-waste when these inevitably die.
ProtoArc EM05 NL
Full disclosure - this is the first trackball mouse I've used for quite a while (since the early 2000s), so I'm not exactly an enthusiast, but i wanted to share some thoughts on this thing after a few months of consistent daily use in an office environment.
Firstly for the money it's great. I paid about £42 for it and it's been a significant improvement for my postuerenif nothing else (and way better than my traditional mouse) Reading some reviews about it I was a little concerned about:
Size wise I've found it comfortable. I have average sized hands and my pinkie rests on the desk, though not to the detriment of using the mouse.
The "skirt" did take some getting used to, and I don't really think it adds much to the device - though it does stop the hand slipping (as it's a smooth plastic without rubberisation), so I understand it's purpose.
The mouse buttons fe
Cool Tool Tuesday vol 2
Not enough space for machine screws or conventional tools? Almost everyone experiences this problem. The ratchet had to become smaller. The solution is our delicate and yet robust Zyklop Mini ratchets - either with direct bit holder or with special sockets that can be screwed particularly fast in ti...
Greetings fellow fediverse bike-wrenchers; I want to talk about the Zyklop Mini today.
I love it and it's the best tool I've ever bought, bar none. With the (optional) bit check it stows nicely in a trousers pocket, apron, or ride bag/jersey pocket. It makes tightening up almost every bolt on most bikes trivial even when they're tucked nicely in some bullshit aero location. It lives in my 'everynday' bag, and it sees use almost every day. On rides I've adjusted almost every contact point on my bike with it. It even manages to deal with my brifter bolts in their almost stripped state.
Bonus points because it's also a great fidget.
Is it cheap? No. Is it worthwhile? Yes, very. I used generic 1/4" bits and bought the bit check case on eBay for pennies to save myself some pain.
What are your well-worth-the-money/never-leave-home-without cool tools?
Cool Tool Tuesday
Dave Rome's stuff is great anyway - but the Wheels MFG mat with bearing sizer is especially nice; it's a pretty affordable quality of life upgrade for a workshop. Certainly easier than a ruler or whatever shoddy calipers your boss has bought you...
What are your vices or guilty pleasures?
So, as we begin another week: what are your little vices or guilty pleasures that help you get through the day?
a practice, behaviour, or habit generally considered morally wrong in the associated society. In more minor usage, vice can refer to a fault, a negative character trait, a defect, an infirmity, or a bad or unhealthy habit
Small Distro Concerns
I have an old notebook which I've been toying with a few smaller distros on (typically easy to install, liveCD types), and while I enjoy the tinkering aspects of this, I had a thought that I've been mulling.
In the past I've run distributions based on larger, better supported, systems (Ubuntu, Debian, Arch, etc.) and if or when they have folded, like crunchbang did, or PeppermintOS (however briefly), I just changed them out.
However, if I were to go back to peppermintOS, say, would it be feasible to 'convert' the system to the parent distribution? So, could I force peppermintOS to 'become' Debian, for example? Or is this overly simplistic? It's a level of engagement with my operating systems that I just haven't had!