Thrustvector

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• Make it in Massachusetts: Indy Fab, Fat Chance, Spooky, Seven, Royal H, Peter Mooney, & Geekhouse

  in Current Projects • 1 minute

  

  Bit of polyfilla should sort that right out...

  (Is it worth the tube replacement job?)

• Chat about Novel Coronavirus - 2019-nCoV - COVID-19

  in COVID-19 • 7 minutes

  

  It's unlikely you'll be able to choose which one you get; that will probably be determined by the logistics of where you get it. The overall efficiency for the Oxford vaccine is about the same as any of the other candidates, but requires two jabs for full effectiveness. The trade-off is that it doesn't need storing at -70°C.

• Chat about Novel Coronavirus - 2019-nCoV - COVID-19

  in COVID-19 • 36 minutes

  

  Doesn't sound great.

  Serious question: why not? Lots of vaccines have a protocol that calls for multiple doses and/or booster shots.

  (Edit: if we're talking about the one-shot efficacy not sounding great, then there's a logistics trade-off; the Oxford vaccine doesn't require extreme cold storage, so swings and roundabouts...)

• Chat about Novel Coronavirus - 2019-nCoV - COVID-19

  in COVID-19 • 1 hour, 11 minutes

  

  Fucked if I know; unfortunately, the one thing we do know is that ridiculing science deniers just makes them dig in. The pat answer is that you need to meet them where they are, understand their underlying concerns, and then lead them gently towards the light. Easier said than done, and hard to do at scale.

• Surly Bike Owners

  in Bikes & Bits • 17 hours, 42 minutes

  

  But flat bar only? I suppose drop-bar tourers are a UK (and to a lesser extent US) thing.

• Ale, Beer, Stout appreciation

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 17 hours, 45 minutes

  

  Cracked the Vocation Imperial Kirsch: pours like tar, rich, dark, and sweet, though not too sickly - balanced by a good whack of sour cherry coming through, then roasty coffee and chocolate. A boozy finish, but not overwhelmingly so - I wouldn't have said it was the 11+% ABV it comes in at.
  Definitely worth the fiver in Tesco IMO; will probably pick up another can or two for over th festive season.

• Surly Bike Owners

  in Bikes & Bits • 17 hours, 53 minutes

  

  So if the LHT's gone, are there still any mass-produced rim-brake tourers around? I mean you'll still be able to get them from niche players like Spa Cycles, but with the Dawes Galaxy gone, who else is left? Ridgeback maybe?

• Functional bikes. Not Porn not Anti

  in Bikes & Bits • 18 hours, 1 minute

  

  Pretty, but docked FBNPNA points for those lights. #dyno4lyfe

• Adult Fixie-skidders of LEGO

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 21 hours, 51 minutes

  

  My local big Tesco had some half price sets in the other day, but I didn't get a chance to investigate.

• Cargo Bikes

  in Bikes & Bits • 22 hours, 40 minutes

  

  Anything with an upright enough position should be fine. My Kr8 bakfiets worked well for me (6'5") and my OH (5'9") - it just had a QR on the seatpost for speedy adjustment.