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PROTECT THE NHS. SAVE LIVES. RIDE BIKES. Fewer cars not newer cars! A Moulton and Brompton riding linux-loving cyclist geek. Cos small wheeled bikes rock!

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Real Gaz on a proper bike: [email protected] @gazza-d.bsky.social · Jul 26

To celebrate the completion of the Whitley Bay to Tynemouth seafront cycle route, there's going to be a couple of days of events on the 10th and 11th of August. Supported by @sustrans.bsky.social , @northtyneside.bsky.social and Active Travel England.
Get yourselves along.
Free ice cream*

*Limited

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Real Gaz on a proper bike: [email protected] @gazza-d.bsky.social · 20m

Agreed. A Brompton or Moulton makes much more sense.

Real Gaz on a proper bike: [email protected] @gazza-d.bsky.social · 21m

If loaded then the lower height of the luggage could help the CoG a tiny bit. It's all largely marginal though.
For me it misses an advantage of small wheels which is the opportunity for a lower step over height.
Oh and it looks a bit ungainly too.

Real Gaz on a proper bike: [email protected] @gazza-d.bsky.social · 26m

I'm not convinced this is the silver bullet needed for the economy or the hospitality trade.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Pubs to stay open until early hours in push for UK growth

Exclusive: Plans for England and Wales would help the ailing hospitality sector but have attracted criticism from health experts

www.theguardian.com

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Real Gaz on a proper bike: [email protected] @gazza-d.bsky.social · 12h

Bromptons and moultons have the advantage of a low step over unlike that. Just a no from me.

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Real Gaz on a proper bike: [email protected] @gazza-d.bsky.social · 12h

Yes we absolutely do. And we need to work together to do that and not scrap each over over the scraps

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Real Gaz on a proper bike: [email protected] @gazza-d.bsky.social · 12h

Peeps.
Let's not get into arguments between people on foot and cycling.
Yes some are nobs, but divide and conquer is exactly what the drivist lot want.
The problem is the shitty infra that non car users have to deal with. We should be allies not enemies.

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Real Gaz on a proper bike: [email protected] @gazza-d.bsky.social · 13h

What cycle lane? I see a crappy murderstrip which looks to be more level than the footway.
I'd use it as a reason to take the lane and give him a very wide berth.

Real Gaz on a proper bike: [email protected] @gazza-d.bsky.social · 13h

Looks quite nice, but *mutter mutter* Moulton would be better.

Seriously, a revamped lowish cost F frame Moulton would be smashing.

£1900 for an Alfine 8 equipped level though. A TSR with same hub is only an extra £200. And has full suspension too.
www.bikeradar.com/news/pashley...

The Pashley Skyline is a steel mini velo for everything from city riding to light gravel adventures | BikeRadar

20-inch wheel frameset offers a wide range of setup options

www.bikeradar.com

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Jon Owen @anotherjon.bsky.social · 21h

Droughts and floods, which have been exacerbated by climate breakdown, have created a deficit in wheat production in the UK of over 7 million tonnes.

Folk at the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) have calculated that this is enough wheat to bake more than 4 billion loaves of bread.

ECIU @eciu.net · 21h

One year’s worth of bread lost in UK to wrecked harvests since 2020

Worsening droughts and floods have destroyed wheat for 4bn loaves of bread and forced record levels of imports.
buff.ly/ckqTar2

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Real Gaz on a proper bike: [email protected] @gazza-d.bsky.social · 20h

Here's the link to the company's site
sync.energy/products/ev-...

EV chargers

Shop the full Sync Energy electric vehicle charger range! Our chargers are easy to install and packed with the latest smart technology. Shop online here!

sync.energy

Real Gaz on a proper bike: [email protected] @gazza-d.bsky.social · 21h

"home taping is killing music"
Using artists materials without permission is theft.
AI is a criminal activity.
Kill it now, and prosecute any companies stealing and using materials without permission.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 22h

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Real Gaz on a proper bike: [email protected] @gazza-d.bsky.social · 22h

Obvious things (which I expect you've done) is check for anything dangling and catching the spokes.

I would check spoke tension next as it sounds like loose spokes moving and rubbing slightly as you move forward.

Real Gaz on a proper bike: [email protected] @gazza-d.bsky.social · 23h

Isn't science great :-)

a man in a suit and tie is holding a pen and hammer .

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is holding a pen and hammer .

media.tenor.com

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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 1d

Tarzan strikes

BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 1d

“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”

“Because that’s what they are”

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.

#Newsnight

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Real Gaz on a proper bike: [email protected] @gazza-d.bsky.social · 23h

I blame the twats with woodburners and cars the size of houses

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Real Gaz on a proper bike: [email protected] @gazza-d.bsky.social · 23h

As autumn relentlessly drags on towards winter, and the days shorten, the land rises up slightly to try and hang on to the last of the warm sunshine, making the hills a tad steeper in the process.
The reverse happens in late spring.
It's like the tides really, but on a more epic scale.

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Real Gaz on a proper bike: [email protected] @gazza-d.bsky.social · 1d

He's crossed over.
I always knew he was at least curious. There is no going back now

Real Gaz on a proper bike: [email protected] @gazza-d.bsky.social · 1d

Probably going to be a sync energy charger.
Solar and battery compatible as well as octopus go and other smart tariffs.
The quote is likely to be approx £750 from a cramlington company called 0800rewire. Hopefully next week.

Real Gaz on a proper bike: [email protected] @gazza-d.bsky.social · 1d

Looks like mine will be straightforward and as early as next week.

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Jon Owen @anotherjon.bsky.social · 1d

See also: "children don't play outside anymore"

Pharmacist on a Pushbike @ppushbike.bsky.social · 1d

A play facility that was paid for by community fundraising has been demolished because residents complained about the noise.

They should be ashamed of themselves

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Council demolishes play area after noise complaints - BBC News

Parents in a Derbyshire town say their children are 'devastated' they have lost the facility.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Real Gaz on a proper bike: [email protected] @gazza-d.bsky.social · 1d

The article explains it better than the headline.
The locals don't want it because it may attract teenagers who may be anti-social and be loud or drink.
Which is awful anyway because where are they supposed to go?
It's NIMBYism at it's very worst.

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Real Gaz on a proper bike: [email protected] @gazza-d.bsky.social · 1d

*Sigh*

Carbrain in full flow in Oxford.

Owen Massey @bookllyfr.bsky.social · 1d

A parish council in Oxford has refused to install a bench on a quiet side street in case people sit on it and get hit by a car

www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/news/2552131...

#motonormativity

@apiln.bsky.social

Proposed 'eyesore' bench causes outrage among community

Plans for a new artistic bench that have been two years in the making have caused outrage among residents in Botley near an Oxford Brookes campus.

www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk

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Real Gaz on a proper bike: [email protected] @gazza-d.bsky.social · 1d

I'll let you know.
I'm wanting Solar/battery too, and it is one thing I'll be asking about. I'll see what they offer.

Real Gaz on a proper bike: [email protected] @gazza-d.bsky.social · 1d

That's a fun trick, but only when you're about to hand the little buggers back. bags of Haribo work too. So I am told