It's Simon, yeah?
@coldwarcliff.bsky.social
Drinking beer, riding bikes and fixing stuff.
Post about active travel, music and a bit of tech and politics. And riding bikes. And drinking beer.
Post about active travel, music and a bit of tech and politics. And riding bikes. And drinking beer.
Post an image that will always make you laugh
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Post an image that will always make you laugh
Cars ruin cities, suburbia edition. Grass verges paved over for parking in Lewisham.
November 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Cars ruin cities, suburbia edition. Grass verges paved over for parking in Lewisham.
I strongly suspect that those were originally grass verges between road and pavement.
November 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I strongly suspect that those were originally grass verges between road and pavement.
November 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
November 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
November 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I’d dispute this is the correct answer - should be “motorised” not “vehicular” shouldn’t it? Bikes and horse drawn carts are surely vehicles.
November 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I’d dispute this is the correct answer - should be “motorised” not “vehicular” shouldn’t it? Bikes and horse drawn carts are surely vehicles.
@kickstarter.com has policies and supposedly monitors 'creators' delivery. That clearly isn't happening here.
Fraud from Sitpack basically - take the money from kickstarter backers, steal that, then sell the products again via their website.
Fraud from Sitpack basically - take the money from kickstarter backers, steal that, then sell the products again via their website.
November 10, 2025 at 10:57 AM
@kickstarter.com has policies and supposedly monitors 'creators' delivery. That clearly isn't happening here.
Fraud from Sitpack basically - take the money from kickstarter backers, steal that, then sell the products again via their website.
Fraud from Sitpack basically - take the money from kickstarter backers, steal that, then sell the products again via their website.
And they're doing the same on the Xen seat I backed - in stock for delivery in a few days on their website, but fobbing off kickstarter backers who paid over a year ago and have been promised 'any day now' for nearly 4 months.
November 10, 2025 at 10:57 AM
And they're doing the same on the Xen seat I backed - in stock for delivery in a few days on their website, but fobbing off kickstarter backers who paid over a year ago and have been promised 'any day now' for nearly 4 months.
There are still backers all over forums/trustpilot who've still not received their Campster2 chairs from a 2023! campaign yet Kickstarter have allowed Sitpack to run 2 more campaigns since.
I bought one myself from their store and it arrived in less than a week...
I bought one myself from their store and it arrived in less than a week...
November 10, 2025 at 10:57 AM
There are still backers all over forums/trustpilot who've still not received their Campster2 chairs from a 2023! campaign yet Kickstarter have allowed Sitpack to run 2 more campaigns since.
I bought one myself from their store and it arrived in less than a week...
I bought one myself from their store and it arrived in less than a week...
another @stephencollins.bsky.social classic
November 10, 2025 at 10:33 AM
another @stephencollins.bsky.social classic
The most wonderful time of the year.
Beer52 advent calendar has arrived
Beer52 advent calendar has arrived
November 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The most wonderful time of the year.
Beer52 advent calendar has arrived
Beer52 advent calendar has arrived
Actually, looking at this again I'm not clear how the whole headtube/bars/fork arrangement works on a Lime bike. Anyone?
November 8, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Actually, looking at this again I'm not clear how the whole headtube/bars/fork arrangement works on a Lime bike. Anyone?
I thought we were done with this victim blaming bullshit, at the very least in London from reasonably progressive boroughs, but here's Hackney telling pedestrians to dress like a construction worker to walk to the shops rather than making the environment safer.
November 7, 2025 at 10:54 AM
I thought we were done with this victim blaming bullshit, at the very least in London from reasonably progressive boroughs, but here's Hackney telling pedestrians to dress like a construction worker to walk to the shops rather than making the environment safer.
I hope no one was riding this when the fork steerer failed.
November 6, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I hope no one was riding this when the fork steerer failed.
Citation needed for “share of income remained basically flat at 13%”
That’s not what other sources are claiming.
That’s not what other sources are claiming.
November 6, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Citation needed for “share of income remained basically flat at 13%”
That’s not what other sources are claiming.
That’s not what other sources are claiming.
And SUVs are simply an avoidable and unnecessary danger to people outside them.
Their shape and proportions are fundamentally more dangerous.
They have no place in or cities or, really, on the road anywhere.
From the British Medical Journal:
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Their shape and proportions are fundamentally more dangerous.
They have no place in or cities or, really, on the road anywhere.
From the British Medical Journal:
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
November 6, 2025 at 10:25 AM
And SUVs are simply an avoidable and unnecessary danger to people outside them.
Their shape and proportions are fundamentally more dangerous.
They have no place in or cities or, really, on the road anywhere.
From the British Medical Journal:
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Their shape and proportions are fundamentally more dangerous.
They have no place in or cities or, really, on the road anywhere.
From the British Medical Journal:
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
That it’s still necessary to do more research on this is absurd but those fighting against safe space haven’t died off yet.
#obviousoutcomebackedbyevidence
#obviousoutcomebackedbyevidence
November 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
That it’s still necessary to do more research on this is absurd but those fighting against safe space haven’t died off yet.
#obviousoutcomebackedbyevidence
#obviousoutcomebackedbyevidence
There are things i love about where i live but being able to use St Thomas’s hospital is an odd upside to otherwise traumatic times.
Catching views like this from a window. 🤯
Catching views like this from a window. 🤯
October 30, 2025 at 11:41 AM
There are things i love about where i live but being able to use St Thomas’s hospital is an odd upside to otherwise traumatic times.
Catching views like this from a window. 🤯
Catching views like this from a window. 🤯
Loads of interesting views on Tolkien down this and associated threads.
But this PTerry quote on its impact on other fantasy lit. (Like all of them) is perfect.
But this PTerry quote on its impact on other fantasy lit. (Like all of them) is perfect.
October 30, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Loads of interesting views on Tolkien down this and associated threads.
But this PTerry quote on its impact on other fantasy lit. (Like all of them) is perfect.
But this PTerry quote on its impact on other fantasy lit. (Like all of them) is perfect.
Which would now be 24 years old. Fully repairable and have strong second hand value.
October 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Which would now be 24 years old. Fully repairable and have strong second hand value.
This scheme looks to be properly high quality, although I'm still dubious that 'uncontrolled crossings' have any place in a modern scheme. If theres a desire line should be ped priority
Awaiting usual incoming from charlatans who think one of these features is unacceptable but the others are fine
Awaiting usual incoming from charlatans who think one of these features is unacceptable but the others are fine
October 27, 2025 at 12:17 PM
This scheme looks to be properly high quality, although I'm still dubious that 'uncontrolled crossings' have any place in a modern scheme. If theres a desire line should be ped priority
Awaiting usual incoming from charlatans who think one of these features is unacceptable but the others are fine
Awaiting usual incoming from charlatans who think one of these features is unacceptable but the others are fine
Clearly should have followed The Times recommendations and spent far more.
October 27, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Clearly should have followed The Times recommendations and spent far more.
There are always receipts. £200 is the *cheapest* of the chairs the Times listed in their home working piece 5 years ago. Maybe the outrage is that he didn't buy anything decent?
October 27, 2025 at 11:32 AM
There are always receipts. £200 is the *cheapest* of the chairs the Times listed in their home working piece 5 years ago. Maybe the outrage is that he didn't buy anything decent?
the law deals specifically with crops overhanging a footpath in the country. That it doesn't deal with cars in the city would seem ludicrous.
October 26, 2025 at 10:22 AM
the law deals specifically with crops overhanging a footpath in the country. That it doesn't deal with cars in the city would seem ludicrous.