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by matt_twam_asi
12 Mar 2024, 3:40pm
Forum: On the road
Topic: Downslink Closure - March 2024
Replies: 3
Views: 339

Re: Downslink Closure - March 2024

Thanks Squeaker.
Just by coincidence I rode the section from Bramber to Shoreham for the first time yesterday. I didn't notice any obvious problems with the riverbank as I was more focussed on how high the Adur had risen.
by matt_twam_asi
29 Feb 2024, 1:35pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Are there any modern cranksets that aren't goppingly awful?
Replies: 41
Views: 3496

Re: Are there any modern cranksets that aren't goppingly awful?

Brucey wrote: 29 Feb 2024, 1:20pm define 'modern'....
Not discontinued.
by matt_twam_asi
23 Feb 2024, 11:40am
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Are there any modern cranksets that aren't goppingly awful?
Replies: 41
Views: 3496

Re: Are there any modern cranksets that aren't goppingly awful?

Thanks for the suggestions everyone, there's some great options. :D
by matt_twam_asi
21 Feb 2024, 7:03pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Are there any modern cranksets that aren't goppingly awful?
Replies: 41
Views: 3496

Are there any modern cranksets that aren't goppingly awful?

Chunky crank arms. Blobby crank spiders. Even Campy cranks aren't immune. What happened to all the minimal, elegant cranksets?
by matt_twam_asi
7 Dec 2023, 9:59pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Apple Mac Help!
Replies: 82
Views: 18540

Re: Apple Mac Help!

Jdsk wrote: 7 Dec 2023, 8:49pm
matt_twam_asi wrote: 7 Dec 2023, 8:42pm You have an iThing.

One of the selling points of iThings is that there are 'geniuses' who can help you if you take the hardware in to them.

Take the hardware in to an Apple store.
From what we've been told the device with the problem is a PNY SSD. Unless it was bought from an Apple Store I wouldn't expect them to touch it. it's possible to check that with the Apple chat service.

Jonathan
Jdsk wrote: 7 Dec 2023, 2:41pm I strongly recommend not connecting it to anything again, and taking it to a professional.

Jonathan
(My emphasis) ;-)
by matt_twam_asi
7 Dec 2023, 8:42pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Apple Mac Help!
Replies: 82
Views: 18540

Re: Apple Mac Help!

You have an iThing.

One of the selling points of iThings is that there are 'geniuses' who can help you if you take the hardware in to them.

Take the hardware in to an Apple store.
by matt_twam_asi
20 Nov 2023, 10:30am
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Kilometers or Miles?
Replies: 311
Views: 22724

Re: Kilometers or Miles?

Cugel wrote: 20 Nov 2023, 10:15am Is it, I wonder, going to be possible to go backwards into the next century?
The Tories are giving it a damn good try.
by matt_twam_asi
3 Nov 2023, 6:48pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Does anyone have this lock hiplok
Replies: 39
Views: 3112

Re: Does anyone have this lock hiplok

Brucey wrote: 3 Nov 2023, 5:19pm
mjr wrote: 3 Nov 2023, 5:00pm .......As some e bikes are used due to disabilities, it seems likely to be discriminatory to ban them all.
my electric wheelchair is a similar fire hazard [when on charge] too.
Ditto all mobile phones, laptops, cameras, etc.etc. It's safety theatre and should be challenged.
by matt_twam_asi
21 Oct 2023, 8:43pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Social housing
Replies: 37
Views: 5402

Re: Social housing

Squirrel chaser wrote: 20 Oct 2023, 7:04pm What we need is a good old war to reduce the population...
Seriously now why not? It feeds industry and puts significant places on the map for future growth and yet at the same time reduction on the need for social housing is gained...
The population that is putting the most strain on housing and public finances is well past fighting age.
by matt_twam_asi
20 Oct 2023, 3:38pm
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: Atlantic to Med tour.
Replies: 20
Views: 7035

Re: Atlantic to Med tour.

If you're looking for some upland cycling without the massive hills, the Véloccitanie/Passa Païs may interest you. https://cycle.travel/route/passa_pais

The CdG/CdM is great, but the trail itself can get a bit monotonous for some. MrsHJ has provided a cracking list of towns that are on or near the canal, I'd add Béziers to the list. If you are a foodie tourer then an itinerary of those places wouldn't go far wrong.
by matt_twam_asi
3 Oct 2023, 10:39pm
Forum: Campaigning & Public Policy
Topic: Debate on 15 minute cities on Radio 4 now.
Replies: 229
Views: 34132

Re: Debate on 15 minute cities on Radio 4 now.

toontra wrote: 3 Oct 2023, 7:28pm
iandusud wrote: 3 Oct 2023, 6:37pm https://twitter.com/BBCPM/status/170890 ... 023-304247

Some good comments, in particular the one by "Putin"

Not great to be posting links to twatter or whatever it's called without at least outlining the content. I'm sure I'm not the only one that refuses to use it and I understand you now need to register to even view content.
Here's a working version: https://nitter.net/BBCPM/status/1708900199177838859
by matt_twam_asi
3 Sep 2023, 12:10am
Forum: Campaigning & Public Policy
Topic: Daytime running lights
Replies: 112
Views: 24873

Re: Daytime running lights

Mick F wrote: 2 Sep 2023, 7:26pm PS:

Just checked in my OED book, and "day time" is hyphenated into day-time.
As is night-time.

Daytime is not an English word.
hæðen! se cyst Englisc þæt ealdian Englisc! :wink:
by matt_twam_asi
16 Aug 2023, 9:42am
Forum: On the road
Topic: Is it acceptable to ride in poor light on unlit roads
Replies: 98
Views: 8774

Re: Is it acceptable to ride in poor light on unlit roads

I voted yes because I read "poor light" as during the daytime, but overcast. This is because I am fortunate enough to have decent eyesight, so don't need any help seeing where I am going in such conditions.

If the OP meant "during the night" then I'd change my vote to no. Because despite my decent eyesight, I can't see in the dark.

Clothing is irrelevant in either case.
by matt_twam_asi
12 Aug 2023, 10:02pm
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: Cycle Travel Question
Replies: 1604
Views: 210842

Re: Cycle Travel Question

I'll defer to your local knowledge, but the culture of OSM is that if it exists on the ground then it gets added. So presumably there's some evidence of pathway that exists there? If there isn't anything then it it should probably be removed.
by matt_twam_asi
11 Aug 2023, 3:30pm
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: Cycle Travel Question
Replies: 1604
Views: 210842

Re: Cycle Travel Question

Hmm, it looks like the last change to that path made it private, but with foot=yes. The mapper even states in the changeset that there is a sign.
https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset ... 75/1.33379

Changing foot=yes to foot=private should fix it.