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Another vote for Cycliqs

Another vote for Cycliqs front and rear. What I find essential is that they delete the oldest the recordings to make room for new ones, so you don’t have to manually clear them down – just keep them charged up before rides.

I wish there was some decent competition for Cycliq as they’re not so good in low light conditions and they’re quite expensive, but at the moment they seem to be the best bet.

I do love the 360 footage that Jeremy Vines gets from his Insta360 camera, but I heard from someone here that it’s not that great as a bike cam. I’d like to see a decent review of one for use as a bike cam.

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andystow wrote:

Thanks for the warning.

You can upload photos, one per comment, you just can’t have photos in the original post.

If you’re prepared to host the file externally (e.g. on Imgur) then you can put a link to the JPG between a couple of IMG tags and that way you can put images into the original post and comments. Slightly more work than just uploading it, though.

I’m amazed at the Decathlon chain “checker” – how could they have got it that wrong?

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I don’t see that all disabled

I don’t see that all disabled needs would be taken care of by UBI as some equipment can be ridiculously expensive, so I could see that some kind of disability benefit would be needed or maybe have the NHS provide extra equipment (not sure how that would work with building front door ramps or wheelchair lifts for vehicles).

What grinds my gears is how it’s more expensive to live as a poor person – electricity key meters cost more to run; small portions of food are more expensive than buying in bulk; rent costs more than a mortgage etc. I think this is known as the Captain Samuel Vimes ‘Boots’ theory of socioeconomic unfairness: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/72745-the-reason-that-the-rich-were-so-rich-vimes-reasoned

The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money.

Take boots, for example. He earned thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowances. A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars. Those were the kind of boots Vimes always bought, and wore until the soles were so thin that he could tell where he was in Ankh-Morpork on a foggy night by the feel of the cobbles.

But the thing was that good boots lasted for years and years. A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that’d still be keeping his feet dry in ten years’ time, while the poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet.

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Rich_cb wrote:

Rich_cb wrote:

I would advocate a universal basic income but in conjunction with a flat rate of taxation and a small or non existent tax free threshold. The idea being that UBI would replace all other benefits for the majority of people and that regardless of your circumstance you’d always be better off working.

Sounds like communism to me!

(I like the idea of UBI – far easier to administer than the UK’s current system though of course that’s designed to prevent as many people from claiming as possible)

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Or that they wear out quicker

Or that they wear out quicker if you don’t tighten them enough and Hunt have no control as to how they’re fitted.

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I thought 40-50Nm was pretty

I thought 40-50Nm was pretty standard for cassettes. In lieu of a torque wrench, 50Nm is about as tight as you can comfortably get it.

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…and here’s one in Belgium:

…and here’s one in Belgium: http://draisines.ovh/index.php/en/parcours-en/

Bonus fact – they’re named “Draisines” after Karl Drais the inventor of the original dandy/hobby-horse (precursor to bicycles).

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David9694 wrote:

how do you get photos into the original post?  
Also you’ve crashed the internet or at least that little corner.

More likely it was Hacker News where I came across it ([url]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27500787[/url]).

I’ve changed the link now to use the web.archive version so you can have a look.

It’s easy enough to put an image into a forum post (and/or comments) by hosting the image somewhere (e.g. Imgur) and grabbing the link to the JPG/PNG and putting that in between a couple of IMG tags with square brackets.

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…and here’s one in the U.S.

…and here’s one in the U.S. https://www.railexplorers.net/

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Here’s a Polish tourist cycle

Here’s a Polish tourist cycle-rail-bus: https://poland.pl/tourism/active-leisure/draisine-trips-through-bieszczady-mountains/

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I’m loving this design – bike

I’m loving this design – bike and picnic table by the look of things:

Here’s a link to more info on that if you speak Swedish: [url]https://hemomkringvandring.se/2020/06/21/cykla-dressin-familjeutflykt-till-amal/[/url]

(some lovely photos on that site)

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I may have fallen down a

I may have fallen down a rabbit-hole.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/shweeb-how-new-zealands-hyperloop-contender-became-a-theme-park-attraction/DVUF34W3EM3HHXWML2INVE6GVU/

(Dagnammit – I’ve been to Rotorua and had no idea that this existed)

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Captain Badger wrote:

hirsute wrote:

Got one of these recently https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/accessories/cateye-bm45-bar-end-mirror/

HP also has one

Thanks for the recommendation. How have you found it to use? 

I think it’s great. Been using it for IIRC a couple of years and once you’ve got it in just the right place, a quick glance down can give you an idea of what’s behind you. I use it for general situational awareness and more specifically for when I’m planning a rightwards maneouvre – if it looks clear, you can then do a shoulder check to make sure.

What I’ve found with handlebar mirrors is that you really need to get the position absolutely correct for them to be effective and the Cateye allows easy adjustment (tap/bump it to move it a little bit) whilst riding. As it’s on the end of the handlebar, I often inadvertently move it whilst locking up the bike etc. so it’s great to be able to notice that it’s not right whilst riding and get it back in the most useful position within a few seconds.

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I’d say that the US culture

I’d say that the US culture is far more anti-cycling than the UK, or at least it’s almost violently pro-car.

I’ve only ever been to the U.S. on holiday and certainly the places I’ve been (Arizona, Utah, Nevada, California and Florida) have very few cyclists and regard walking as what you do if your car breaks down. Even walking from one shop/restaurant to the one next to it typically involves stepping over a barrier or finding a gap in a hedge as they’re designed around cars.

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David9694 wrote:

Bit harsh.  Your post had NO hi viz, how was he supposed to see it? 

Touché!

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