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@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org Coincidently, political reporter but also #cycling author, Peter Walker has just posted a piece related to this. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/15/ebike-powerful-illegal-engine-roads-cyclist
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Well these were the easiest inserts I’ve fitted. Like a 10 minute job. They don’t have the structure of a Rimpact or Cushcore-type but ought to help.
I am kinda left thinking that I could just have cut strips from a sleeping mat though. 🤷♂️ #cycling
A smiles before miles kinda ride today. It’s been a long week but life is good. So good. 😊 #mtb #cycling #yorkshireDales
I missed that Mason are giving the 32" thing a go. https://mailchi.mp/masoncycles/new-macro #cycling
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@mmiasma@mastodon.sdf.org Kinda similar, an old guy in a museum in Wisconsin once told me ‘the difference between you [Brits] and us is that we think a hundred years is a long time whereas you think a hundred miles is a long way’. I always liked that.
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@ascentale@sfba.social @bikenite@fedigroups.social A8 #BikeNite Went for a little ride along the coast and ended up stopping for a while, transfixed watching these two kites being flown by one guy. I used to fly kites a lot, although never anything like this, and thought I really ought to have another go at it.
Perhaps #TMI but it may give someone else strength: A big day today. I’m moving out on separating with K after 30+ years together and 20 years married. Amicably, and we each know it’s the right thing to do. Mentally and emotionally we split up years ago, but now practically too.
It’s never too late to take a positive step and make a fresh start. Look forward with hope, not backwards with regret.
❤️✌️😊
I knew it’d wind me up so don’t know why I ever clicked on it, so am not gonna link to it either, but the latest Grauniad buyers guide includes a ‘best stove for wild campers’ that uses charcoal briquettes. And weighs 6kg. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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@ascentale@sfba.social @sheromon@hachyderm.io @bikenite@fedigroups.social A4 #BikeNite. Wherever: I’ve no loyalty or real preference and just buy however suits at the time.
Related, an acquaintance yesterday told me of buying a tyre, cheap, online and then taking it to their LBS to be fitted. No. Just no!
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@gcvsa@mstdn.plus 🙂 Dating again for the first time in 30+ years and the first question any of my friends ask is ‘does she cycle?’
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@ascentale@sfba.social @bikenite@fedigroups.social A4 #BikeNite Yes, just using a soft, as opposed to hardshell, bike bag (an Evoc one). That rolls up when not in use so is perhaps easier to store at the other end while you're off riding.
I'm not sure a Brommie would fit within many carriers overhead bin size restrictions, but happy to be proved wrong.
And is it worth it? Depends how much you want or need _your_ bike at the destination.
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@ascentale@sfba.social @edd@freeradical.zone @bikenite@fedigroups.social A4 #BikeNite It depends sometimes on where and what terrain I’m riding but usually nothing different from a shorter ride kit-wise. If I’m heading into the wilds I’ll look to make myself as self-sufficient as possible with enough calories to see me through and be more prepared for any changes in the weather with layers and/or waterproofs.
What fresh hell is this?
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@v_perjorative@mastodon.org.uk @ascentale@sfba.social @bikenite@fedigroups.social Give it a go. I mean, Ryanair are reknowned for their generosity. ;-)
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@ascentale@sfba.social @geonz@mathstodon.xyz @bikenite@fedigroups.social #BikeNite A1 Posting from Cumbria, UK, and A1b These have long since been fully consumed by nature, but my mother has a couple of old bikes acting as trellis in her garden. I don't think I ever got to travel on these, but my kid brother will have been carried about on the first one, 40+ years back.
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@ascentale@sfba.social @bikenite@fedigroups.social A8 #BikeNite Here's a snap of some of our motley crew, shortly before the bloke on the left came off and broke his collarbone. Devine retribution for riding a 'cheeky' route we shouldn't have been on, perhaps? 🤫️
There don’t seem many signets on the local canal this time round compared to recent years, but rode past a few this evening. #ukBirds
Been asked to act as a pallbearer tomorrow which I’m proud to be, but they’re playing Golden Slumbers to accompany the coffin’s arrival. I’m not crying; You’re crying. 😭 https://youtu.be/AcQjM7gV6mI
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@ascentale@sfba.social @oheso@ieji.de @bikenite@fedigroups.social A6 #BikeNite I have a Bosch one, which is pretty good. I wish the (6ltr) water capacity were a bit greater, but it does the job. And the battery pack fits a moka pot too, so there’s that!
🎶️ Fernally it has happened to me right in front of my house …
With the election results overnight and this morning I'm reminded once again that all this is fake. You're alright, you lot: That's why I follow you. Even back on Xitter I'd managed to curate my feed so as to live in blissful ignorance of too many's true feelings and intentions. But then just like the Brexit vote, the 2017 GE, and the 'green wave' now, every so often reality smacks you down.
✊🏼️ Go punch a nazi.
Went to an antique place to look for a gift for my mother’s 80th. Tempted, so so tempted by this … purely as
I know she’d be too polite to say she didn’t like it. 😬
I reckon ~90% of all I own is USB cables.
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@ascentale@sfba.social @gbargoud@masto.nyc @bikenite@fedigroups.social A5a #bikeNite yeah, 10+ bikes with loads of crossover, more so off-road than road. And A5b, usually yeah I’ll know which and why but often who I’m riding with can dictate the style of the ride and so the most appropriate bike: big gravel or regular gravel, speedy hardtail or gnar hardtail, endurance road or racey road … my buddies all have their style.
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@oheso@ieji.de @edd@freeradical.zone @ascentale@sfba.social @uxMark@cosocial.ca @bikenite@fedigroups.social I’ve a Hook EXT which is the same frame as the Audax. Like the Surlys I’ve had, they really are well designed and IMO ride way nicer than other brands with similar low end tubing. See also Genesis bikes.
Ooft! That’s a kicker. I’ve a real soft spot for the Blind Date feature each week. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/jul/18/blind-date-hugh-edie
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@ajft@aus.social @ascentale@sfba.social @bikenite@fedigroups.social That's brilliant and I think what all of us hope for when we gift a bike. I'm not sure if it's spreading the love or fostering an addiction, mind: Here you go, your first fix is free!
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@ChrisMayLA6@mastodon.me.uk From chatting to anaesthetists lately I’ve learned they’re not being recruited due to hiring freezes (same with radiologists) and/or are being replaced by Anaesthesia Associates. Much like Nurse Practitioners in place of doctors.
I’ve no doubt some of these are dedicated and to a level skilled too, but still …
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@otfrom@functional.cafe Interesting. Wonder if Decathlon's recent investment is somehow related … Brommies for the masses?
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@ascentale@sfba.social @BongoTwisty@social.vivaldi.net @bikenite@fedigroups.social A6 #BikeNite I have riding buddies who, in their own words, will hoof their bike up a climb by the handlebars. Whatever works for you …
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@NatureMC@mastodon.online That'd have been this one, spotted on the same morning walk. :)
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@Alice@beige.party Sounds like something from 'The Framley Examiner' https://www.framleyexaminer.com/pages/anno005
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@odoruhako@mastodon.social Possibly bad luck. Possibly a little of the latter: We do kinda forget what us regulars accept as gravel and it can catch newbies off-guard, but he is an experienced strong rider.
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@Documentally@mastodon.social I have an account using a burner number/PAYG sim so use that when there’s no practical alternative for comms and I don’t give meta access to my contacts. Too many events and orgs are wed to using it these days to do fully without.
I don’t use it for family, although have friends made through the aforementioned groups where it does now get used, albeit only by faux-me.
Listened to #WardleyDubois last night then watched this morning. Absolutely ridiculous. Wardley is a beast. How the feck did he survive that while staying standing? #boxing
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@FourT4@mastodonapp.uk @ascentale@sfba.social @bikenite@fedigroups.social My first thought too, Jon!
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@ketan@climatejustice.social And beyond gas, I replied to another post recently to say that our local engineering company, Gilkes, is apparently doing big business at the mo working on diesel generators for data centres.
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@Fishd@infosec.exchange It all kinda went to shit when they were taken over by Halewood, subsequently laying off most their staff including the brewers themselves (rumour is they had to take some back on as nobody left knew the recipes). Anyway they closed up shop there blaming parking charges and moved out. They then sat on the lease which they could have done for another 20 years, until the Millyard owner apparently forced their hand to release it as he wanted a pub on site.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn7l0585v11o
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@Fishd@infosec.exchange The new place has some good beers on (no Hawkshead, obv!) and More and Wilf's each still seem to be doing ok but are undeniably quieter. I don't think so many folk park there to go off and ride/walk as used to. The Mill Yard used to be used as a park and ride place for those with free bus passes to get to Windermere. I can see why that pissed off the yard owner and the businesses there too.
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@neurothing@metalhead.club #ThursdayFiveList #SeeYouPeople
'Hit the Road Jack' - Ray Charles
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'Too Late for Goodbyes' - Julian Lennon
https://musiccloud.io/r8-Hv
'American Pie' - Don McLean
https://musiccloud.io/VbqJE
'Say Hello Wave Goodbye' - Soft Cell
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'Go Now' - The Moody Blues
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@elliek@zeroes.ca @ascentale@sfba.social @StevenKennard@zeroes.ca Perhaps kinda related, I donated a couple of bikes to The Bike Project in Lancaster, UK. At the time I was a little miffed when they said the bikes were too good for their intended recipients and asked if they could sell them instead. In hindsight, it was naive of me to think that all folk care about having and/or looking after 'a nice bike' when just getting efficiently from A to B is the aim.
https://lancasterandmorecambe.cityofsanctuary.org/bikes-for-lancaster