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My Great grandfather's wrench set. The 5/8 - 3/4 one is a Billings and Spencer from that same time period. The oddball on the left is a Ford T-1917. It's not engraved with his initials, P M, like the others so it wasn't part of his regular tool kit.

Playground squatches

I've been a little behind on posting henry pics - so here's a squatch dump! Hmm maybe I could have phrased that better... Three Squatch Night tiny house Squatch couple Secret door squatch Bigfoot and Graybeard. What's in the pipe Gandalf? There be dragons too (I think his name is...

Jeremy, This has come up in a few recent posts. Can you share the Apple guidance against phones on bicycles? All I can find is this statement from 2023 which doesn't mention bikes or ebikes and reads like a CAA(cover Apple's A$$) recommendation as far as scooters, mopeds, etc. Thanks!

Stefan, does the Wahoo perform its own voice nav using a limited pre-loaded dictionary? Or does it generate custom spoken cues through the connection to the Wahoo app (using the phone's cpu and battery) like some other bike computers? Not a fan of voice nav myself so I was surprised on my...

Mer-squatch: might be a distant cousin of the Grinch...

I should end up a little over 5200 miles this year. Probably 90% of that commuting, very little in the way of recreational rides the last year or so. Average over the last 5.5 years looks to be about 3500/yr.

To @Catalyzt 's point, suspension on gravel bikes is generally geared towards compliance and to help with smaller, high frequency bumps/holes. The compliance allows you to go faster and further over poor surfaces. Gravel bikes aren't rated for jumps or drops. A trail bike, and I think All...

Canadian pedestrian didn't like me passing him on the bike path. They get weirdly possessive of the tiniest puddles this time of year.

I feel you, Dave. Glad the beer(and you) made it home safe! It has definitely been a wet and windy week.

Given that this is a RWGPS thread, maybe some actual information regarding battery usage of the app while riding would be useful to see if it lives down to the definition of 'eating' battery. Here are 2 data points from me: 1) logged my morning commute today with RWGPS. Usual RWGPS settings...

Sure, Komoot's new owners laid off 85% of the staff and are better known for extracting profit than investing in groundbreaking new features. They don't run stuff into the ground but paywalling features with minimal effort to sustain the product and maximum profit seems to be their m.o. Then...

I'm not sure what your nav computer has to do with RWGPS, but you can do what you want with RWGPS and a phone on your handlebar. It can be set to display your personal routes as a visible layer on the map, then you just record a ride and try to follow the line on your own without any cues or...

Unseasonably warm here. We've had a break between storm systems the last few days and no flooding in my immediate area, so I've still been able to bike in to work. Friday evening down in Seattle. Unfortunately, I wasn't free to head to the waterfront so this was the best I could get. You can...