The problem with back stuff is everyone will tell you what worked for them and it’s always different.

Constants are make sure your desk and chair is correct and move more and with more variety.

How far are we from VR graphics looking more like/using something such as Unreal 5?

You can use UE for VR today.

The issue is you don’t just need to render a small number of pixels filling a small rectangle in front of you (the screen) but rather your entire field of view.

didn’t have any pliers out on the trail to pull out the split pin!

You can use a small Allen key thru the loop to pull/lever it out. Or a zip tie. Or a shoelace. Or nearly anything to get a bit of grip on it. Or take the wheel out and tap it thru from the back with something.

Same as sliding dropouts in many singlespeeds or hub gear bikes.

As you say is correct, you generally don’t need to threadlock the clamping bolts but it’ll do no harm and if you’re rarely adjusting them you may as well.

Not done it on a broken road but my old SS that I rode for 10 years had similar sliders. You can notice the difference but it’s slight, I can imagine many people might not even notice.

can only be used for a house deposit.

Unless you want to take the 6% hit…

Via USB transfers the lot but without albums.

I think this is the best you’ll get. iCloud shared albums as above limit the max number of photos and aren’t full quality.

There’s an app called PhotoSync I use to sync from iOS to a NAS, it could sync to a shared folder (network share) on the mac, it _might_ do albums.

Turn handlebars 180 degrees?

+1 to this, makes a big difference.

easy to follow trail about two hours long

Well, that very much depends how fast you are!

That said, Leigh woods/Ashton court probably not two hours even if a casual pace if you’re just on the way marked stuff. If you’re prepared to explore then two hours easy.

I’d maybe consider a mendips loop though? Or session the Rowberrow trails if descents are more your thing? Not far from the airport.

Riding across open grassland, not a building in sight:

“You urban terrorists!”

???

Ah yeah there’s an Allen key in the adjuster for sure (I have a pair) and if it’s not, you’ll need to pull it out.

Needle nose mole grips FTW.

They’re easy enough to service and take apart. As above the sram site has guides.

Mine, just now.

4:3 monitors for that “vintage” touch? ;-)

When I say LiDAR, I mean proper survey kit, a reigl/Leica/faro etc.

Either just a FaceTime call, or if you need more than that pay someone that knows how to LiDAR scan it for you, then the engineer can explore that, take measurements etc.

(Source: I was in the subsea survey tech/services space which is all about engineers needing a good look at places they can’t go!)

Need to get fitter/stronger

See, you know what will sort that? Riding a SS ;-)

To be fair, flat is the most annoying terrain on a SS. Hills, you just ride them quickly or pedal harder. Keeps you fit.

Downhill, you learn to coast and carry speed more.

Flat, if you’re going a decent distance or with geared people is a pain, holding very high RPM hurts a lot more than winching up most hill!

SS makes things _simple_ not difficult. Sounds silly, but there’s less mental load. You just pedal. The bike is quieter, the lighter rear wheel improves handling. The inability to just click to an easier gear to get going, or higher gear to crank faster means you have to carry speed more, be smoother, “flow” more. I find it a “purer” experience. It’s also most of the time not the disadvantage you’d think it’d be vs. gears.

There are some maintenance and reliability advantages too, but this is why I have a SS commuter not the MTB. Though there’s a lot to be said for SS on muddy winter night rides.

Still single speeding, started about 2003 and never stopped though always had geared bikes too. Just love the simplicity and the ride quality of the lighter wheel weights.

Anyway, finally lived the dream of getting something bespoke made this year:

BLE on Flickr

Thanks, the wood slightly longer than the room scenario did cross my mind!

You just need to remember you need to be able to slide it in at an angle above then lower it down, or to the side.

The structural integrity thing was why I did the whole joists, I didn’t want to be having to fix it again! Whole new joist you can rest a lot happier than if it’s jointed somewhere (even though I’m sure there are good ways to do it).

To not quite answer your question but maybe provide some helpful info…

I replaced a couple of floor joists sorting out some damp issues. It wasn’t that bad, the most time consuming part was getting enough floor boards up to get at them properly (I tried to lift as few as possible but in hindsight just pulling lots up to get a bit more room to work would’ve helped a lot). It’s a bit of a faff manoeuvring a length of wood slightly longer than a room is wide into place, for obvious reasons.

So if you can easily pull the whole floor up, and depending what’s attached to/through the joists in question and how, consider just replacing them rather than faffing with extending.

Aye trail boss on the front? Eeek. Rear it’s ok.

I use a buzz rack e-scorpion which is only 2 bikes but excellent. Folding is handy too.

However, I have massive bikes due to being very tall, pro tip is spin the bars 180 degrees as it shortens the wheelbase a fair bit.

I’m still struggling with walking even on crutches. Weight bearing is OK for very short amounts of time, but any twisting motion sends overwhelming pain through my knee. Think hot sharp knee being waggled around inside.

This was me this time last year. Almost exactly. Including the description of the pain.

Take heart. Within a month I was doing 30mins a day casual on the turbo, by May I was doing as much road/gentle gravel miles as I wanted them by mid summer riding my SS mtb no bother.

I really think the turbo helped, as I was barely waking (300m to the park with my boy was too much) but the gentle turbo every day helped build strength gently.

Horizontal tear through mine, could barely walk a year ago tho with physio advise to change my gait is going better now.

Which is good. The surgery to fix mine that I’m on the list for requires cutting through my leg bone entirely to reset the knee joint at a different angle then repair the meniscus. Which is as much fun as it sounds :-( if my current remission post physio doesn’t stick I’m looking at being unable to walk properly for the best part of 3moz

Got gradually on the bike and onto the SS which as above helps, keeps everything strong. I’m medically advised to ride my bike often so it could be worse!

I have done exactly as the OP suggests, electric upstairs and fed off combi downstairs.

It’s good. If you really can’t stand the electric shower you can wait 10mins to get in the downstairs one…

Those mourning the loss of the beaver and XR mud get thee some Maxxis Forekasters.

Not as fast rolling on hard surfaces but like witchcraft on wet cambers.

FWIW I always leave bikes in the smallest rear cog to take the tension out the spring when they’re in the house unused.

A habit from old sram mechs which would go baggy in a year otherwise but I’m convinced it’s helpful for all mechs…

I’ve done this, the dealer just refunded me the entire cost of the car and didn’t get my trade in back (which was fine).

Actually not quite “rejecting” more “you’re taking this car back and giving me my money or I’ll see you in court”. Combined with Seat UK telling the dealer “give the man his money back”.

You could how ever ask what sort of person likes working here, and does well….

Had to contact HMRC the other day, very similar issue.

If you have an online account with them log on and do the online chat thing. Very helpful and it tells you the place in the queue and you can get on with other stuff rather than waiting on hold. They sorted my code Friday afternoon and work payroll got the update today.

Oh they’ll ask what you expect to be your total taxable income for the year, so work that out in advance.

As above it’s complicated but…

Newest bike is 515 for a trail/SS at 6’4”, I’d go longer on an enduro bike or XC bike ideally.

The suggestion to have stuff on GitHub is a good one. Almost anything at all he’s done, or does in his own time – it will stand out.

Oh, and meaningful commit messages. I always go peek under that particular rug, can be informative about how a person will work in a team.

Most people on the internet will probably suggest a gear too hard for most people’s needs as either a) they genuinely prefer it or b) the normal SS posturing comes out to play

I’ll come out and suggest 32:18 for 29er and probably ok 27+. I’m on 33:18 just now for parts availability reasons tho.

So maybe I’m posturing, but I’ve also been riding SS about 18 years now so the legs are probably used to it.

If you want definite posturing the only race I’ve ever won was 12hrs and I was on 32:18 so it’s obviously the best ratio ;-)

Buzzrack e scorpion 2? Just over budget, 2 bikes, folds, solid. Lots of space for long wheelbase bikes and very wide spacing between the bikes. Tilts too.

Plus one to this, as someone who’s very tall with very big bikes it’s good on big wheelbases. Though I also spin the bars 180 to shorten very long bikes.

Steel hangers on steel frames will take a lot of bending and re-straightening. It’ll be fine.

Glad you sorted it.

Now you have the tool, get it on every bike you own. I found most needed a slight tweak and even if I thought they were ok I saw the benefit.

By eye.

Get the tool on it, they’re cheap enough if you don’t have one. IME since getting one 9/10 mystery gear errors seem to resolve with a check and straighten of the hanger.

BMW 5 touring.

Not an m sport one, look for a SE in your budget. M sports tend to be firmer suspension.

All have air levelling rear sus, mine has sensible 225/55/17s on, proper comfort.

Having given the engine a wagfle it feels a bit more mobile than it was

I assume at that point you’ve double/tripled checked all the bolts are done up properly…

Not teaching specific but wanting to retreat from management is common in any profession.

Remember the person reading the application has probably trodden a similar path to management. Some days, they probably wish they were back teaching/on the tools/hands on/whatever. They’ll understand!

As a general comment, camera resolution is driven by lens quality as much as how many pixels on the sensors. I could well believe a GoPro has a better lens than a cheaper, lower volume alternative.

If you can turn off sharpening or turn up bit rate a bit that might help, otherwise not a lot to be done.