never had anyone apart from lloyds Bank Head Office cause me any issues with taking in a Brompton. They let me in eventually after they’d ‘enacted the folding bike protocol’.

Think they are perfect for what your suggesting. Yeah, the hills can be a bit of a slog but it’s all good training for the weekend ride :)

I have a one mile uphill ride home from the station.  It’s no fun at all and I have to admit I’ve even walked it a couple of times after a couple of beers. But for all the other benefits and cost savings it’s easily worth it. Get one.

Messages not working – guessing Classifoeds not working for anyone then?.

sold my 1980 CB400 for £800 a few years back. I bought it for £600 a couple of years prior and only sold it because someone stuck a post note on it one night saying they’d like to buy it.  Needed the cash at the time. Wish I’d kept it now. Only had 25k miles on the clock!

I have one. And I love it.

I use it every day for note taking at work. I have a file for Daily to Do list (which means I can look back over weeks of to-do lists) A file for weekly notes (like the scribbles I’d normally have had in multiple notebooks, scraps of paper) and a file for ‘shit I’ve asked people to do’.  For me it has been a game changer. Searching it is useufl but tbh not essential anyway as you can’t do that with a notebook.

And it’s fine as a reader. Bit chunky compared to my old paper white but I can still use that – as they sync. So when on hols etc I take the paperwhite.

I’d get one if I were you.

Thanks for the link to the spares btw! Might try spending £35 first before binning it

I’m going to go with scam. He’s been on FB for a year and has 2 friends.

Pedal sensor and battery seems to run flat very quickly. I would be keen to try and get sore pedal sensor but cannot find where to buy spare parts which is annoying

Get someone else to do it and make sure they use concrete and don’t fob you off with sand for ‘drainage reasons’

speaking from experience with regret

Ah, ok. Watching films in the garden was the idea.

I have ALWAYS wanted one of those old twangy Explosifs. The kind of flex that’s illegal now…bring it back

just to offer the flip side. I do an hour’s commute each way and do it 2 or 3 times a week.  I really value it as downtime to get shit done I can’t do otherwise or even just to relax.  I tend to use the way in to prep for the day ahead and clear Slack/email. Then I use the way back to read my book/watch TV and unwind so I can then enjoy time with my family when I get home.

On days when I am at home it’s straight from work into childcare and that feels like a grind. Appreciate I could try and find time at home to take a break in between. But it doesn’t work. The commute forces my hand!

Post of the week won.

interesting. And where are you? Is there any way of checking the speeds before you commit?

thanks everyone – really helpful. I’ve gone for a Blue Bosch and will keep an eye out for a corded SDS for masonry later – less pressing right now. I have a boot fair next door to where I live so once that starts up again in the spring I’m sure I’ll be able to pick something up there

Given they are 11 they won’t be using SnapChat, WhatsApp or TikTok etc right?

my wife got me a Saker pruning saw from Amazon for Christmas. Made short work of some branches I needed tidying up and weighs 1kg

Plus one for Sandqvist – mine has a laptop sleeve as well as bottle holders on the sides. Perfect commuter bag. Coffee cup in one side, water bottle in the other. Plenty of space in the bag for assorted crap needed for a day at work but also doubles as a weekend bag if travelling light 

good point.  Could use those as the road types and my Hopes as the Gravel in that instance

Nice! They appear to be a fraction lighter too.

thanks!

Where are those?

I really like the smock, you can get it over a helmet and you don’t get that thing I sometimes find with zips when they bunch up. ANd you can open up the sides as vents if you run hot.  I wouldn’t wear it in the summer but for then a cheap windproof is stuffed at the bottom of my back that will keep me MOSTLY dry…

yeah, I’m with you but actually our sales team have requested it. We are only buying a few pieces, it’s not for the whoile biz. It’s for the sales team some of the leadership team and our partners (we’ve created a network with some other businesses and their bods have requested it too)

yeah, £250 is a lot for Paramo. Going to come clean and say I got mine for a LOT less.  They have an eBay shop and given they are bulletproof secondhand is not actually a bad option.

https://www.paramo-clothing.com/en-gb/explore-range/product/mens-velez-adventure-light-smock/

I’ve got the Pumpkin one. Bright enough for commute, as breathable as they get and bullet proof. If you rip it you can just sew it up. It might not be as ‘waterproof’ as a true hard shell but it’ll keep you comfortable. And that’s key.

Also, I often wear it out/to work and get compliments from people who think it looks great

not sure I know many primary school kids using VPNs…

people can already use deepfakes to extort money off me by pretending to be my kid. This bill won’t impact that.

Doing something will of course reduce content. It won’t stop it, anyone who thinks anything can entirely stop it is an idiot.  but doing nothing is not an option.

Whenever people slag off these kind of bills they rarely come up with an alternative. So I can only assume that means we all think nothing needs to be done. Maybe, but personally I’d rather do something. Bit like putting the recycling out and cutting down on meat…

There’s a few things going on in the bill.  @ravingdave from your perspective there will hopefully be some welcome changes. At least that is my view.

Most people have agreed for some time now that young kids should not be able to stumble across porn and other inappropriate content online. Yet despite this being VERY easy to solve nothing has been legislated for so only a few companies (OnlyFans is actually one of the responsible ones) have actually done anything.

Will it stop 15/16/17 year olds getting access to porn. No. They will find ways round it. Just like those of us in our 40s did when we wanted a porn mag.

Will it stop primary school aged kids seeing porn. It will make it a lot harder. That’s got to be worth it. Speaking as a parent of a 7 and 4 year old.

Will someone be able to read my whatsapp messages? Maybe?  And then try and sell me a new shed. Perhaps.  It won’t be legal but might happen.

Will we be able to reduce amount of abhorrent content shared online (even by a tiny fraction)? Yes.  Again, if the risks are someone knows a bit more about my mundane life and it reduces this shit then I’m game.

Sorry if I’m bucking the trend here and coming off all Tory.  I’m not, I’m a raging lefty. But I’m also a parent. And that’s my priority right now.

gave up. am back on tubes, really not sure the benefit is worth the pain

Thanks Crispin 🤩

Don’t suppose you want to sell them do you?

So smaller front ring vs bigger rear cog seems the consensus?

Plus one for Morocco – I did Surf Camp there a few years ago. Tagazhout was name of the town I think. Really affordable, with nice simple rooms and full board. It’s a dry town so if you are desperate for booze you have to bring it with you.

think they might be ‘miner bees’. We have them in the garden too. They don’t generally sting and are busy pollinating her plants :)

I’ve been getting calls from Bermuda which is fun…

edit: Sika Fast Fix – not Silka ;)

Yes, I’m using SilkaFast :)

So my concern is you dust silkafast on the wet patio slab it might stick to the slab. Appreciate I can brush it off, but when you brush something wet you don’t get all of it off easily do you? Or will it dry and then be easy to brush off still?

Do you definitley have to wet the patio before adding the SilkaFast?

Thanks @didnthurt very reassuring. Got bags of mental endurance (2 small kids and insane work helps build it too!) so it will just be the physical bits I suffer from.

what tyre would be fastest for this do you reckon? Currently have XR4s bit considering some narrower Ramblers I have in the shed

Thanks all. I think I’m all decided now. Going to go for 3 and a half days. Starting off at QECP (it’s a 5 mile ride from my folks place where I can park up) 3 x 100km rides with a 50km on the last day hopefully ending in a roast dinner back at the folks 👍

I’m going to stay in B&Bs and will be riding a 29er with Lauf forks for a bit of comfort. So hopefully travelling pretty light

Thanks @weeksy – that’s really kind of you. Might well take you up on the offer! The google map is super helpful too