@Criggie no, there's a cost transfer from other motorists because many bus passengers would otherwise drive, and some of the congestion/extra road cost saving is reasonably used to fund the cause of the saving.

hmmm point.

Also, doesn't Chch switch to taxi-vans for the low-use routes? I thought that was a new thing about 10 years ago when I was last in Chch.

heheh it was freshly announced a couple months ago.

red 12 seater vans that look like baby busses

Never seen one yet.

pretty quiet, no one got anything thrilling going on?

no, sorry. Just working. Got an order from wiggle and the new rear light comes pre-broken, which is annoying

On the plus side, new cassette and chain == less crappy climbing (hopefully)

11-24 replace with a 12-28

there was no 11-28

that extra 4 on the back will make climbing a joy!

I still use my 32 on the back once it goes above 8-9% gradient

the fact you've had a 24 on the back and climbed as much as you have done is great!

Ahh I have a triple

so its 26/24 on the climbs, which is still a slog.

there's one segment which I have a PR on my old MTB from two years ago

can't get near that time on the road bike.

Pissed off at wiggle though - they want me to freight a $7.70 item back to the UK for replacement. Freight will be $25

I could buy three more lights for the freight price!

:(

that's pretty poor on their part

are they going to refund you the freight?

I think they've refunded me the freight before but it was a few years ago

It wasn't said so i assume not

let me check my email, 1 min

so, I returned some overshoes last year and they refunded my freight which was 3.40 euro

I'd contact their customer service

Wow

OK will do

Seems ludicris to expect a $7.70 item back at all

I'd outline that the freight will be X times the cost of the item

its clearly broken though, poor soldering.

it's likely all automated so when you get talking to a human they may see sense

I might be able to haul the board out and resolder it

but its a lithium battery right there, doesn't strike me as a safe plan

they're usually about 1-2 euro cheaper than CRC but I get items much quicker from CRC so will pay that little premium

crc ?

chain reaction cycles

chainreactioncycles.com/ie/en

saying that, they've merged this year

ahh ok

so not sure how that is going to unfold

Wiggle seem to be all about their wiggle/dhb clothing

whereas CRC has a good selection across manufacturers

yeah - theres fat profit margin in clothes.

between the 2, it'd be hard not to find what you're looking for

I do have some DHB stuff

some very cheap bib shorts which are fine for commuting

hehe I bought some bibs last week - haven't worn them yet.

Nice!

and then I got some clearance DHB wind proof jerseys which were about 20 euro each and I really like them

5 more months of the year. looks like I'll be ~300 km short on my distance target.

assuming I bike the long way to/from work every day

you can make that up easily over a few weeks

take an even longer route once or twice a week

yeah - its assuming a 70 km weekend ride.

I could do 2x 50 km rides, one per day.

Its not the effort, its the time taken that's hard to find.

yup, 1 for climbs and 1 for flat

yeah, I agree with you there

I like the detours in the morning

prior to work

yeah - nah. I like sleep, so mornings tend to be a little... rushed.

:D

We can do the odd occasional group ride at lunchtimes, but not every day.

Its kinda sad - there's some racer types who want to cruise at 30-35 km/h and there's a keen smoker who wants to do 15 km/h

even then he can't do more than ~5 km

but he "rides" an ebike 40 km each way to/from work.

...well anyway, I'm for bed

Night all!

have a good one

I'm stuck with Evans here

:(

They're fine, but the selection is a bit poor

I emailed all the retailers I usually use, and they were not keen on shipping to bhutan

oh, wow, I'm north of 8k rep

@SuspendedUser - does the giant cabbage taste different?

Not that I noticed. Admittedly, I am not a cabbage fan. I would be more apt to notice the difference if someone grew a giant chicken or broccoli. Mine broccoli is coming in nicely right now.

well, we regularly eat giant chickens these days anyway, so i think id notice a smaller chicken.

BATMAN

yes?

:/ sorry I fell in love with your profile name

yeah, i was surprised it wasnt taken.

Surprised mine wasn't taken? :P

not really. i didn't see Turbo.

Bye bye batman ;)

bye.

Ummm, that was odder that the chicken experience I had in the shower yesterday.

seems like theres a lot of excitement about margot robbie's harley quinn.

what

There need's to be. Few with any taste will get excited by a joker again after Ledger.

So I was in the shower yesterday, and a bit sore from lifting and I grabbed my pec. And I realized it was roughly a handful of meat. It then occurred to me that the average chicken breast I eat is roughly the same size on an animal 1/10th my size (or smaller). I have no idea why there are not more chickens in Bodybuilding competitions.

I have a lot of doubts about Suicide Squad. If it's 3/4ths as good as Deadpool, I won't be disappointed.

yeah. but DC aside from nolan has been consistently dissapointing

part of it is that DC aside from batman is less interesting than marvel

but theyve just done a bad job with movies

It's because they keep writing the characters SOO terrible.

All of their movies are as poorly written as the Raimi Spidermans.

I think Marvel does a better job making sure their characters end up having the correct feel. That way you are not watching a movie going, "WTF, why is Batman just mowing people down with a chaingun?"

yeah

@ynnekkram Round here, DHB means District Health Board.

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