It broke. The ultimate tourer broke.
I was devastated when I realised that my Unit has a crack in the drive-side rear dropout. I was at the beach when it was spotted. I called half a dozen or so frame builders and welders, and so far only one has been willing to have a proper look at it, inside of 5-6...
Kona Unit 2-9, the ultimate tourer?
I've reached D-1. Most people omit half of the answer to the question "how many bikes do I need?", only saying that you need N+1 bikes, where N is the number of bikes you currently have. But the full answer is that you need N+1 bikes until N = D-1 where D is the...
Universal Harvester
I really enjoyed the book, but I don't think I understood what was going on while I was reading it, and probably not after I finished it either. But maybe now, a few weeks after, is it starting to congeal into something resembling an "aah...so that's what was going...
A most unexpected swim
When someone says "English beach" you don't really picture anything that great. Grey skies. Grey sand (at best). Grey water. A lot of people not really dressed for the beach at all. I'd been told that the Jurassic Coast was beautiful, and, along with my preconceived...
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Pre-Spotify Travel
When I was last in Europe music wasn't everywhere - especially not "my" music. We didn't have a stereo in the Volvo 940 we were driving around Europe. I didn't have an iPod. Spotify didn't exist, nor did the ubiquitous internet that's required for a streaming service....
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Reading Log – Universal Harvester
I enjoy playing songs by The Mountain Goats. I enjoy listening to songs by The Mountain Goats. The songs are often deep, and dark, and touch on subjects that most of us have faced, but don't talk about. Universal Harvester is by John Darnielle. The same John Darnielle...
Reading Log – Foundation – Unfinished
Foundation was slow. A lot of dull dialogue. Really not much happening. I'm hoping someone will set me straight, and explain to me what I was missing while reading this novel. Anyway - I didn't finish it. I don't often give up on books, but this one I had to.
Password Enterer
We're all told to have strong passwords for everything. Long, good, complicated passwords with symbols, numbers, capital letters. Passwords that are a pain to enter without a passwords manager, in essence. Because password managers exist, that's all good for nearly...
Dog walk after burn-off
At the end of April (2022) there was a burn-off in Gandy's Gully. A few weeks after, I walked through with Bear and took some photos. I was surprised to find some trees still smouldering. I heard that the burn-off got a bit hotter than expected thanks to a surprise...