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Oldfatgit wrote:
Sooner someone invents cheap, personal teleportation, the better.That’d be all well and good until people realise that it’s not teleportation, but cloning to a remote location and destroying the original person.
I used an iPump Twist a
I used an iPump Twist a couple of times and it’s not exactly designed for pushing a lot of air but didn’t give me any issue apart from taking a while: https://www.ipump.jp/product/ipump-twist/
I’ve also used a Co2 inflator a couple of times without any problem either.
I hadn’t encountered that
I hadn’t encountered that issue, but I’ve given up using the Milkit valves as I kept getting issues on deep rims with the little plastic valve extender thing inside the valve getting stuck in the rubber flaps and/or falling off the valve inner.
However, the rubber flaps should open up easily enough when the external pressure exceeds the pressure inside the tyre, so maybe your flaps(!) have got covered in sealant. Probably worth popping the tyre off and cleaning any gunk from the valve.
There’s video of this floating around on X – the driver reverses into the shop for his three-point turn, then goes forward, hits the parked Mini and then into the back of the bus.Thanks, but I’ll give Xitter a miss. I never used Twitter back in the day (well apart from an account for automated alerts on servers), but I ensured that I block all Xitter links when it got taken over by Musk. Similarly, I block all FaceBook content too – I deleted my account there years ago.
Stoataly different…That kind of mistake is weasely made
I’ll see your Forbidden Planet and raise it to the Victoria Rooms. Everything from the Park Street – Queens Rd – Park Row junction to there needs reshaping.See my earlier comment that includes a pic of the changed road in front of the Victoria Rooms.
That bit at the top is horrible (from the traffic lights at the top of Park Street all along to the bend by Forbidden Planet).As far as I have been able to tell, motorists are allowed to get in the correct lane (eg. right hand lane for going right and off toward Whiteladies Road, left hand lane for Jacobs Wells Road) ahead of time and to freely move between lanes if they make a mistake, but cyclists are expected to stay far left no matter what
Yeah, I’m usually fairly bold with lane positioning, but I’d often stay to the left at those traffic lights as it’s slower to set off due to the uphill bit. I find it easier to move out after most of the cars have gone past, but you do need to keep a look out for drivers changing lane or overtaking and then trying to turn left.
I think changes there will be genuinely beneficial. I’m not so sure changes on Park St will benefit cycling – though they should reinvigorate the street as a destination.I agree.
I’ve not found Park St to be that bad for cycling (apart from the uphill bit) – I think where it goes into the Triangle is worse as that has the different lanes that require bold positioning to not get pushed in to the pavement and drivers often don’t know what lane they should use.
Jacob’s Wells Road for me. Similar gradient, fewer witnesses.I’m just glad that the cycle path towards the new Ashley Down station has re-opened as I was often going up Ashley Hill instead – guaranteed to have a car or two following you.
Bristol Park Street?That looks more like Gin Lane
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/live-bristol-road-cordoned-after-9876856
A road in the Fishponds area of Bristol is cordoned off this morning (Monday, January 20). Pictures show a section of Cassell Road taped off at the junction with Downend Road.
A car reportedly crashed into a wall at the junction opposite the Downend Tavern. The pictures show the damage caused to the wall with a number of fallen bricks on the pavement.
A witness said the collision took place at around 1.30pm yesterday (Sunday, January 19).
Now they just need to encourage shops on Park Street that aren’t artisan gin bars, barbers, or charity shops…
It’s what the people want, though
They’ve got some changes
They’ve got some changes planned for further along Queens Road too – that looks very different from the current roundabout. (https://maps.app.goo.gl/HbJ9b2SL2eHf1VXS6)
I think the changes are going
I think the changes are going to be of more benefit to pedestrians and the shops along Park St, but there’s usually a fair amount of two wheeled traffic up and down there. The hill won’t be so problematic for the e-bike/e-scooter riders.
