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Half a decade sounds pretty swift to me! Looks pretty decent too. 😁 (Mostly) due to possible noise complaints it took some guy over a decade to be allowed to build the local bowl. Under the railway bridge into the main station. Right next to an alternative centre/venue/general party location. noise complaints... 🙄

It seems like a small and petty thing in the grand scheme of things, but: Google changing stuff. Whatsapp backups used not to count towards gdrive storage and since sometime this year it does.. Gave me a hell of a time swapping phones recently and now it's full again (because the whatsapp backup obviously is getting larger). Feels like they really are shoving a subscription down your throat. 😐

"Found" my email I used here again :D (...I need to stay consistent with using a dot or not on gmail.. 🙄)

Haven't been to a concert in ages and semi spontaneously got tickets for Skinny Lister. Just on my way home and it was a blast, can fully recommend. Someone I know one called going to gigs like therapy, I think I'm starting to understand him 😄

Had a brilliant snow day on Monday Snow was so grippy too, was a blast. Sadly cut short by my brakes freezing. Didn't mix enough antifreeze in with them. Beginner's mistake.

I'll need to dig it out again and see if I can still get it to work I remember it being an accidental buy on amazon (1click buy button or whatever it was called) and I had no idea it was coming - my mum wasn't that amused.

Thought this was 100% some odd bot. I remember enjoying the trials discipline in Moto Racer 3. It somehow felt nice (but I can't tell how it'd feel to play it now, mind).

The vape thread reminded me of something that made me happy (and still does). Walked through Bristol 3 weeks ago and found a ton of trials spots that I just knew from vids (most memorably courtesy of @manuel and Matt). May have geeked out. My girlfriend may possibly have questioned my sanity. Walked through the bit with the shops towards castle park and, these walls in front of me somehow ringing a distant bell, said 'I think I've seen someone riding these walls'. Walked through the park past the church and - picture a small kid entering a toy shop - exclaimed 'we're [i]here[/i]!' excitedly pointing to what in her eyes must've been a bunch of walls with some scuff marks on them. Skip to two mins later and we past the sloped wall up to the 'bridge' (repeat my exclamation) and then past the wine st. spot where I sort of managed to suppress another exclamation for her sake.. I never realised that all those spots were so close together! Bit jealous, I admit. Pretty sure she did think I lost my marbles for a bit, but I showed her a couple of vids since and I think she understands now

Was in the UK a few weeks ago and noticed a ton of people vaping. I didn't realise that it got so big, there's way more people on regular cigs back home and the vaping somehow never took off. And then I found out how much a pack of cigs costs in the UK, which probably partly explains it..

Trying to do some weight saving and looking at crank options for my arcade (2015) and came across the Middleburn RS7 cranks. Compared to the RS8 these have a kinked arm to clear chainstays. The Q factor appears to be "approx. 182mm", so they should/could/might work? I have no clue what specs I need in general, from this thread I gather 68/73 and the length of my choice, correct? Also, any disadvantages of square taper? I don't think I've ever had square taper cranks before.. But the price difference looks quite beckoning.

Okay, that's a very nice thing to have.

One part of me is most surprised that this worked out cheaper. Looks brilliant!

I'd go for the hex or similar personally. Comp bikes can feel very odd and feel at home on the rear wheel more than on both. If I'd want to over exaggerate I'd say that riding on both wheels on a comp bike is like doing a constant push up. :p Something like the hex is ridable through town too if you take your time and doesn't feel too sketchy if you want to ride down a hill fast or try a tiny bit of a trail. To me the general riding is more fun on street bikes. I frequently take my arcade from a to b* and have had fun by popping a manual and bunny hop or two along the way. I doubt I'd take a comp bike out to do the same. * I know, depending on where you are in the US that won't be on the cards with your longer distances

I've been using a basic bbb chain tool for a while and never really had any issues that occasional brain farts. As long as you don't push the pin all the way out of the linkage it's not too hard on the tool to get it back in again. (I don't know if it's possible to push it back in after its all the way out, I always gave up if that happened. )

That pedal mount looks nifty!