Nicola Kerrison
@nicolakerrison.bsky.social
Cambridge-based biology geek
Certainly less private motor vehicle dependence is a laudible goal.
September 1, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Certainly less private motor vehicle dependence is a laudible goal.
Really very normal. Only a problem if there's overgrowth or overreaction to them.
September 1, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Really very normal. Only a problem if there's overgrowth or overreaction to them.
Yeah I don't get it. I appreciate "don't use the street to store a fleet of vehicles for your business", but if they're working on a site with insufficient parking or they are somebody's primary vehicle outside their home, who cares as long as they're parked legally and not causing safety issues.
September 1, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Yeah I don't get it. I appreciate "don't use the street to store a fleet of vehicles for your business", but if they're working on a site with insufficient parking or they are somebody's primary vehicle outside their home, who cares as long as they're parked legally and not causing safety issues.
Demodex mites
September 1, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Demodex mites
I'm interested but can you please say which country you need the squares to be shipped to please? I'm in the UK and trying to work out what the cost of participating would be and when the shipping deadline is.
August 3, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I'm interested but can you please say which country you need the squares to be shipped to please? I'm in the UK and trying to work out what the cost of participating would be and when the shipping deadline is.
@cantabkitty.bsky.social (failed to tag properly first time)
June 20, 2025 at 1:28 AM
@cantabkitty.bsky.social (failed to tag properly first time)
You just intend to buy one before it gets hot, then it gets hot and they're sold out. Cycle repeats. (Have owned at least one fan since undergrad though). We store our big one under a tea towel dust cloth over winter, can't say I've ever cleaned one 🙈
June 19, 2025 at 9:40 PM
You just intend to buy one before it gets hot, then it gets hot and they're sold out. Cycle repeats. (Have owned at least one fan since undergrad though). We store our big one under a tea towel dust cloth over winter, can't say I've ever cleaned one 🙈
This was great for lazy miles but the lag on starting meant I had to accelerate the whole heavy bike from every traffic light and made nuanced control in heavy bike traffic a skill to learn. My Felix has a Bosch mid drive and it just matches pedal input like magic, with extra when you're overgeared.
May 27, 2025 at 12:19 PM
This was great for lazy miles but the lag on starting meant I had to accelerate the whole heavy bike from every traffic light and made nuanced control in heavy bike traffic a skill to learn. My Felix has a Bosch mid drive and it just matches pedal input like magic, with extra when you're overgeared.
Yes. Not helped by some bike sellers being misleading. My first ebike was a rear wheel drive rebranded by a local business. It claimed to match pedal input but actually just dragged you at one of three powers provided the pedals were turning
May 27, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Yes. Not helped by some bike sellers being misleading. My first ebike was a rear wheel drive rebranded by a local business. It claimed to match pedal input but actually just dragged you at one of three powers provided the pedals were turning
Oh, and log it with bikeregister and put their stickers or etching on it. It makes it provably yours, enables return if the police or kind strangers get it and might deter theft. My local force run free marking days if the price or process worries you.
May 27, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Oh, and log it with bikeregister and put their stickers or etching on it. It makes it provably yours, enables return if the police or kind strangers get it and might deter theft. My local force run free marking days if the price or process worries you.
Also: if you'll be charging it in your home, consider buying a reputable brand. These are big batteries and a lithium battery fire in your home is a really bad thing.
May 27, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Also: if you'll be charging it in your home, consider buying a reputable brand. These are big batteries and a lithium battery fire in your home is a really bad thing.
With any desirable bike a good locking strategy helps: sold secure gold or better d-lock through the rear triangle to something solid to immobilise and guard against twist attacks. Consider angle grinder resistant lock eg litelock.
May 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
With any desirable bike a good locking strategy helps: sold secure gold or better d-lock through the rear triangle to something solid to immobilise and guard against twist attacks. Consider angle grinder resistant lock eg litelock.
Other features: built in lights and mudguards are good quality of life for me
Can it take a rack or are you happy with a backpack
Do you need to carry it up steps and onto trains, or are you leaving it at the station? Top tubes make carrying handy aren't skirt friendly and need hip mobility to mount
Can it take a rack or are you happy with a backpack
Do you need to carry it up steps and onto trains, or are you leaving it at the station? Top tubes make carrying handy aren't skirt friendly and need hip mobility to mount
May 27, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Other features: built in lights and mudguards are good quality of life for me
Can it take a rack or are you happy with a backpack
Do you need to carry it up steps and onto trains, or are you leaving it at the station? Top tubes make carrying handy aren't skirt friendly and need hip mobility to mount
Can it take a rack or are you happy with a backpack
Do you need to carry it up steps and onto trains, or are you leaving it at the station? Top tubes make carrying handy aren't skirt friendly and need hip mobility to mount
Things to ask yourself:
price range
what drive type? (Mid drive is much nicer IMO)
what range (at least 2x your daily miles so you have room for the battery to degrade but more than that is just heavier IMO)
do you want a removable battery or not (can you take it to work for less theft risk?)
price range
what drive type? (Mid drive is much nicer IMO)
what range (at least 2x your daily miles so you have room for the battery to degrade but more than that is just heavier IMO)
do you want a removable battery or not (can you take it to work for less theft risk?)
May 27, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Things to ask yourself:
price range
what drive type? (Mid drive is much nicer IMO)
what range (at least 2x your daily miles so you have room for the battery to degrade but more than that is just heavier IMO)
do you want a removable battery or not (can you take it to work for less theft risk?)
price range
what drive type? (Mid drive is much nicer IMO)
what range (at least 2x your daily miles so you have room for the battery to degrade but more than that is just heavier IMO)
do you want a removable battery or not (can you take it to work for less theft risk?)
Following @cantabkitty. First: I'm very happy with my "Raleigh Felix plus" from Halfords, the non-plus version would have been fine too. It was worth it even through my employer doesn't do Halfords on their bike to work scheme.
May 27, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Following @cantabkitty. First: I'm very happy with my "Raleigh Felix plus" from Halfords, the non-plus version would have been fine too. It was worth it even through my employer doesn't do Halfords on their bike to work scheme.
Today I learned. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_ni... for the interested and lazy
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May 26, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Today I learned. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_ni... for the interested and lazy
Can it be used without streak tracking? "Not Amazon" makes it worth considering making the move from Goodreads, I just need to track what I want to read and what I have read.
May 23, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Can it be used without streak tracking? "Not Amazon" makes it worth considering making the move from Goodreads, I just need to track what I want to read and what I have read.
Just realised that my work lunchroom works on a rolling basis. People arrive and leave at different times but each time you get to talk to a selection of people and have different dinner companions through your meal. Maybe still isolating for ppl not on the group meal though.
April 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Just realised that my work lunchroom works on a rolling basis. People arrive and leave at different times but each time you get to talk to a selection of people and have different dinner companions through your meal. Maybe still isolating for ppl not on the group meal though.
I feel kinda guilty for not doing this because my parents did. But I think my car tracks it for me if I care to look
April 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I feel kinda guilty for not doing this because my parents did. But I think my car tracks it for me if I care to look
Ocado own brand hummus still comes with lids
March 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Ocado own brand hummus still comes with lids
A fair few drinks marketed as "alcohol free" are 0.5%, eg Punk AF
March 15, 2025 at 11:59 AM
A fair few drinks marketed as "alcohol free" are 0.5%, eg Punk AF
You have much more experience of work vans than me!
March 12, 2025 at 11:56 PM
You have much more experience of work vans than me!