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ChrisW wrote: Fri May 16, 2025 6:37 pm Also got one Oxford's new-ish Kriega-style tail packs. I was thinking of getting a Kriega pack in my current 'no more tank bag' mood but this was *significantly* less money and was well reviewed.

Having had a look at it today it seems to be a genuine alternative to the Kriega stuff, depending on how well it lasts of course.

Great bag on the just-finished trip. Top & side pockets all became useful, I had a second inner-bag which was handy and, on the last day riding to the ferry, it got near to three solid hours of proper rain. Not a single leak, not even the external pockets.

Well recommended. As are their over-mitts, 100% dry and only cost me a tenner...

A tint kit for the Civic from https://solarplexius.co.uk/uk/?gad_sour ... faEALw_wcB after seeing a random advert for it.

Surprisingly it turned up, super easy to fit and looks 'da bomb' which is handy as it works out cheaper than a real tint and less agro too.

The in-laws have just turned up with one of these....

https://suncast.com/suncast-cabana-shed

Semi disassembled, it was the display one from the local Costco.

Guess what I'm doing this weekend.

KungFooBob wrote: Wed Jul 09, 2025 7:58 pm Guess what I'm doing this weekend.

Out on a bike, right?

KungFooBob wrote: Wed Jul 09, 2025 7:58 pm The in-laws have just turned up with one of these....

https://suncast.com/suncast-cabana-shed

Semi disassembled, it was the display one from the local Costco.

Guess what I'm doing this weekend.

Hiding from the good-taste police?

Adult Lego innit.

12yo me made a purchase...

https://dicklazers.com/products/dick-lazer

KungFooBob wrote: Wed Jul 09, 2025 7:58 pm The in-laws have just turned up with one of these....

https://suncast.com/suncast-cabana-shed

Semi disassembled, it was the display one from the local Costco.

Guess what I'm doing this weekend.

That looks like cheap crap?

ZRX61 wrote: Thu Jul 10, 2025 4:30 pm

KungFooBob wrote: Wed Jul 09, 2025 7:58 pm The in-laws have just turned up with one of these....

https://suncast.com/suncast-cabana-shed

Semi disassembled, it was the display one from the local Costco.

Guess what I'm doing this weekend.

That looks like cheap crap?

Yup, made in the USA.

Baby Ds first snowboard of her own.

She's getting pretty good now, can link her turns confidently, control speed, generally go where she wants to go on the slope etc. She's been moved up to the next group and will start learning basic Freestyle (i.e. small jumps and similar) next term.

This was the last thing to get her, the only thing she was still borrowing from SnoZone.


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Mr. Dazzle wrote: Mon Jul 21, 2025 9:48 am Baby Ds first snowboard of her own.

She's getting pretty good now, can link her turns confidently, control speed, generally go where she wants to go on the slope etc. She's been moved up to the next group and will start learning basic Freestyle (i.e. small jumps and similar) next term.

This was the last thing to get her, the only thing she was still borrowing from SnoZone.


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They've printed it upside down.....

It's so it looks totally rad when you do a gnarly 180 on the half pipe.

Mr. Dazzle wrote: Mon Jul 21, 2025 9:56 am when you do a gnarly 180 on the half pipe.

30 seconds with the bog brush and a splosh of bleach and you'll never be able to tell.

After leaving my mates memorial deal on Saturday, where roomie had a few too many sherberts, she mentioned stopping at some plant nurseries on the way home. She found a small plant that she took a liking to & bought it...

Exhibit A:

It's going to be a 20ft palm tree...

ZRX61 wrote: Tue Jul 22, 2025 1:16 am After leaving my mates memorial deal on Saturday, where roomie had a few too many sherberts, she mentioned stopping at some plant nurseries on the way home. She found a small plant that she took a liking to & bought it...

Exhibit A:

Cabbage.JPEG


It's going to be a 20ft palm tree...

It'll be top heavy and fall over in that pot!

An Insta360 camera- one of these, an X4 (one model back from the latest, but still current) , £349 from Amazon inc lens guards and a soft case.


https://www.insta360.com/product/insta360-x4

Anyone who's read the latest update to my racing thread will have already have heard me bang on about it, but the functionality and relative ease of use has blown me away- for anyone who's never seen one before, it's a camera with two x near 180 degree vision lenses, and some clever firmware/software that stitches the images together and removes selfie sticks etc if you're using one, meaning that you really do film all around you, which to my mind, if you are using it on a bike, largely negates having both a front and rearward facing camera, you just need one of these , pointing in pretty much any direction you like.
It captures everything and you then choose which direction you want shown in your film from the editing app, by simply either turning your phone/tablet around to the angle you want, or if you don't want to walk around the room/ move your arm to do it, just by moving your finger on the screen in the direction you want to show, it really couldn't be a lot simpler .

I used for the first time on my Bandit at the weekend, just screwing it on to this cheapo ( £10 ) eBay handlebar mount, I've also got a combined selfie stick/tripod that I'll use it on when it's not on a bike.




This is my very first attempt with it ,I recorded it in the default setting of 5.7k/60fps, and when I watch it back on the ipad or laptop from the edited file ( which is ~2G in size for a 20 min vid) , the quality is , to me, stunning. and it's still pretty good IMO from this massively compressed (to 60Mb) and reduced quality for YouTube





Anyway, is early days for me with it yet, time will tell how robust it is, but so far, I am very impressed - highly recommended

They are bloody good... Side ons are good aswel, coner exit battling with matey. Are you going walking with the stick bit, holding it in the air like the odd folk do. ?

You need to work out how to do the bullet time swing it around your head thing, while you have someone on the brakes.

A stupid sharp knife

Could I kill someone with it. ?