CalumOnWheels
@calumonwheels.com
Cycle mechanic and educator, cycle tour guide, courier. Read my blog if you like www.calumonwheels.com
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If you ever want to take a trip down memory lane of what it was like to use appallingly slow computers at school, go to any library in Islington and live it out in real life. I think I've been at a black screen after trying to log in to print stuff for about 5 minutes.
November 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
If you ever want to take a trip down memory lane of what it was like to use appallingly slow computers at school, go to any library in Islington and live it out in real life. I think I've been at a black screen after trying to log in to print stuff for about 5 minutes.
please it will be different this time it won't induce more demand there are different strains please finance it including the maintenance works costs
November 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
please it will be different this time it won't induce more demand there are different strains please finance it including the maintenance works costs
Every week specifically when I finish a tempo or interval run workout i look at the data. On one hand it would be great to faster. On the other - i didn't think this would be in a million years.
November 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Every week specifically when I finish a tempo or interval run workout i look at the data. On one hand it would be great to faster. On the other - i didn't think this would be in a million years.
Dont know what it is about me but when i do this woodwork malarkey i start using inches, which i dont feel like is normal and lowkey feels quite brexity.
Bonus video of my timber starting to set fire as I put it in the pillar drill
Bonus video of my timber starting to set fire as I put it in the pillar drill
November 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Dont know what it is about me but when i do this woodwork malarkey i start using inches, which i dont feel like is normal and lowkey feels quite brexity.
Bonus video of my timber starting to set fire as I put it in the pillar drill
Bonus video of my timber starting to set fire as I put it in the pillar drill
Did my first bit of dt today in a workshop since secondary school and it was terrific.
I forgot to note down what kind of wood I used but it made the pillar drill start smoking when I was going through it. Seems great though.
I forgot to note down what kind of wood I used but it made the pillar drill start smoking when I was going through it. Seems great though.
November 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Did my first bit of dt today in a workshop since secondary school and it was terrific.
I forgot to note down what kind of wood I used but it made the pillar drill start smoking when I was going through it. Seems great though.
I forgot to note down what kind of wood I used but it made the pillar drill start smoking when I was going through it. Seems great though.
bad news: I lost my shokz headphones. They were really good and I thought id put them safely away in my bum bag but theyre now gone
Good news: my slow runs at a sustainable rate are actually lowkey getting quite quick even after an evening in which I had 2 beers and 2 oily rags.
Good news: my slow runs at a sustainable rate are actually lowkey getting quite quick even after an evening in which I had 2 beers and 2 oily rags.
November 8, 2025 at 11:09 AM
bad news: I lost my shokz headphones. They were really good and I thought id put them safely away in my bum bag but theyre now gone
Good news: my slow runs at a sustainable rate are actually lowkey getting quite quick even after an evening in which I had 2 beers and 2 oily rags.
Good news: my slow runs at a sustainable rate are actually lowkey getting quite quick even after an evening in which I had 2 beers and 2 oily rags.
anyway did it.
Tempo sessions are really hard. I dont mind being the person who says they really find them difficult. The fact theyre only once weekly does help but theyre still hard.
Tempo sessions are really hard. I dont mind being the person who says they really find them difficult. The fact theyre only once weekly does help but theyre still hard.
November 3, 2025 at 1:53 PM
anyway did it.
Tempo sessions are really hard. I dont mind being the person who says they really find them difficult. The fact theyre only once weekly does help but theyre still hard.
Tempo sessions are really hard. I dont mind being the person who says they really find them difficult. The fact theyre only once weekly does help but theyre still hard.
Trying to hype myself up to go for a run by reading about 'porosity' which explains small pinholes in welds on cheap bicycle frames, so interesting.
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www.twi-global.com/technical-kn...
November 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Trying to hype myself up to go for a run by reading about 'porosity' which explains small pinholes in welds on cheap bicycle frames, so interesting.
www.twi-global.com/technical-kn...
www.twi-global.com/technical-kn...
Relatedly this was a practice of using a tourne-key on my down jacket. Amazing how tight it enables one to fit a tourniquet to stem severe bleeding.
Note the 'anti pinch card' fitted under the fabric to enable one to tighten it faster. It isnt essential but it is good.
Note the 'anti pinch card' fitted under the fabric to enable one to tighten it faster. It isnt essential but it is good.
November 3, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Relatedly this was a practice of using a tourne-key on my down jacket. Amazing how tight it enables one to fit a tourniquet to stem severe bleeding.
Note the 'anti pinch card' fitted under the fabric to enable one to tighten it faster. It isnt essential but it is good.
Note the 'anti pinch card' fitted under the fabric to enable one to tighten it faster. It isnt essential but it is good.
Both of these triangle bandages are the same size. But one is an ex army compressed cube, and the other is in a more modern plastic sterile dressing. Interesting to note the difference. The cube is a bit more compact but then is somewhat less sterile and waterproof than the plastic one.
November 2, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Both of these triangle bandages are the same size. But one is an ex army compressed cube, and the other is in a more modern plastic sterile dressing. Interesting to note the difference. The cube is a bit more compact but then is somewhat less sterile and waterproof than the plastic one.
'I hope this email finds you well'
How the email finds me:
How the email finds me:
November 1, 2025 at 4:49 PM
'I hope this email finds you well'
How the email finds me:
How the email finds me:
You're next is a genuinely goated film and really worth watching, real kino.
October 30, 2025 at 10:34 PM
You're next is a genuinely goated film and really worth watching, real kino.
It seems like a pretty pro Mamdani article to me? What am I getting wrong?
October 30, 2025 at 8:14 AM
It seems like a pretty pro Mamdani article to me? What am I getting wrong?
I absolutely promise you, you have somewhere on your bicycle you could put a small first aid kit.
October 27, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I absolutely promise you, you have somewhere on your bicycle you could put a small first aid kit.
never not stopping to lean my bike up against some bs when I see a road sign arrangement like this in whitechapel.
October 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
never not stopping to lean my bike up against some bs when I see a road sign arrangement like this in whitechapel.
Firefighters training or testing on the turn ladder at the cutty sark today.
October 16, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Firefighters training or testing on the turn ladder at the cutty sark today.
London turns on the back of these relatively cheap singlespeed bikes. They're about £299 new from decathlon or less from other places, let alone second hand. They're made of the cheapest steel. But you can lock them up with two D locks practically anywhere and theyre still cheaper than 45 days TFL.
October 12, 2025 at 10:23 AM
London turns on the back of these relatively cheap singlespeed bikes. They're about £299 new from decathlon or less from other places, let alone second hand. They're made of the cheapest steel. But you can lock them up with two D locks practically anywhere and theyre still cheaper than 45 days TFL.
A headscarf style bandage (see pic) can be used to keep a dressing plus pressure applied to a forehead wound. This means the casualty can keep speaking which can be key for keeping them calm and also getting more info out of them. This is something I have to practice.
October 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
A headscarf style bandage (see pic) can be used to keep a dressing plus pressure applied to a forehead wound. This means the casualty can keep speaking which can be key for keeping them calm and also getting more info out of them. This is something I have to practice.
There is no emergency treatment per se for a stroke. However it is still essential to do the FACT test and inform 999 that symptoms are consistent with a stroke because trained paramedics and A and E can prevent further harm with specialist care. They will respond with urgency.
October 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
There is no emergency treatment per se for a stroke. However it is still essential to do the FACT test and inform 999 that symptoms are consistent with a stroke because trained paramedics and A and E can prevent further harm with specialist care. They will respond with urgency.
Learning 1: the AED (defibrillator) pads MUST be applied to the top left and bottom right of the body. And the correct pad must go to the correct place. The body's electrical pulses go in a specific way and the AED needs the pads to be set up correctly to monitor what's happening.
October 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Learning 1: the AED (defibrillator) pads MUST be applied to the top left and bottom right of the body. And the correct pad must go to the correct place. The body's electrical pulses go in a specific way and the AED needs the pads to be set up correctly to monitor what's happening.
The Kerry James Marshall exhibit at the Royal Academy is incredible and well worth your money and time.
September 21, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The Kerry James Marshall exhibit at the Royal Academy is incredible and well worth your money and time.
pump lmao
Anyway here's a bottle of copper grease/anti seize being emptied out using this tool from veolia for getting toothpaste out of tubes
Anyway here's a bottle of copper grease/anti seize being emptied out using this tool from veolia for getting toothpaste out of tubes
September 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
pump lmao
Anyway here's a bottle of copper grease/anti seize being emptied out using this tool from veolia for getting toothpaste out of tubes
Anyway here's a bottle of copper grease/anti seize being emptied out using this tool from veolia for getting toothpaste out of tubes
Photo of someone i lent my lump to. It turns out the one they had was much too straw and couldn't inflate the mtb 29er tyre up to full pressure.
September 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Photo of someone i lent my lump to. It turns out the one they had was much too straw and couldn't inflate the mtb 29er tyre up to full pressure.
A tandem bicycle in single speed. The two riders had ridden this in a race around greece where the derailleur broke so they single speeded it.
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www.facebook.com/groups/34323...
September 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
A tandem bicycle in single speed. The two riders had ridden this in a race around greece where the derailleur broke so they single speeded it.
www.facebook.com/groups/34323...
www.facebook.com/groups/34323...
A neat restored sinclair ebike think i saw at the brother big 'un ride in Kent
September 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
A neat restored sinclair ebike think i saw at the brother big 'un ride in Kent