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Liam M

@liamm82

Cycling enthusiast and occasional (poor) racer. Engineer professionally

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there's so much bad in the world but there's also people who lift up and carry an elderly bat around every day so he can pretend he's flying again, and that's the part of the world I think is worth fighting for

07.03.2026 15:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 21546 ๐Ÿ” 6460 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 89 ๐Ÿ“Œ 158

I have found some that way, but maybe I'm fortunate for my experience of it to be rare irrespective of what bike I'm on.

07.03.2026 19:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I was thinking a week ago that we were introducing our club youngsters to the sport with the right level of seriousness when one of them told me off for turning up to race training without my little plastic duck on the bars!

Sorry you seem to have found some snobby arses.

07.03.2026 19:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sliding doors would be better for passing riders (or indeed pedestrians - I've had near doorings on the pavement) than either.

05.03.2026 17:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There are a few little things i want to make less manual and repetitive that I could do with a bit of coding.

However, I think the fun in them lies in working out how. So AI would probably kill any motivation to even bother.

04.03.2026 18:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I was definitely thinking it looked like something out the TDF caravan!

01.03.2026 20:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wielerflits posted yesterday evening an update from his team that he should be OK to start.

01.03.2026 08:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Further twist. Some were solvable to try and identify latent Eulers visiting!

25.02.2026 16:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I've found mine useful when policing local cats trying to chase birds and squirrels in the garden! ๐Ÿ˜

24.02.2026 11:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's probably not far off that.

Validation and uncertainty quantification are difficult activities and tricky to put on a marketing poster. There may be optima, but they're likely to be complex functions of the parameter space with wide error bands and lots of noise.

23.02.2026 13:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If you're just at a steady state, hybrid just seems like carrying heavy redundant equipment.

I'm also not sure if EV range has now surpassed the case for hybrid for most part.

22.02.2026 14:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

ICE has a narrower range of optimum efficiency, whilst electric motors have a flatter curve. So if for weight, endurance or other reasons a full EV wouldn't work, use cases like buses could make sense - keep ICE near optimum for charging, and electric when demand highly variable.

22.02.2026 14:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm in UK not US, but for as long as I can recall, work have mandated reverse parking.

It's essentially akin to the Highway Code rules on reversing around corners/into drives - reverse busier to quieter space, drive forward quieter to busier.

21.02.2026 16:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A bike with a yellow three wheel trailer attached to rear. A second bike propped against it

A bike with a yellow three wheel trailer attached to rear. A second bike propped against it

I love this set up for getting bikes to cycle training at a local park. Had four bikes on the trailer when it arrived!

21.02.2026 12:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Indeed. Including both observation and positioning, when driving (and in a different way when riding), you should be prepared for almost anything.

I make the slightly silly suggestion you should act like an over-caffeinated meerkat - continously alert for threats and how to evade/escape them!

21.02.2026 11:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This has lead me down the convoluted clashing of etymologies of orange thd colour, William of Orange, and the Dutch adoption of the former due to the somewhat separate latter!

20.02.2026 18:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think the chosen stock image is interesting.

My perception from riding and driving in low light is I can pick out a clean crisp human-like silhouette, especially if it's moving, well before I can tell the detail of what is worn.

19.02.2026 10:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It often pops into discussion when you see cycle race photo finish images, as they produce weird illusions of very deformed wheels.

As you say, it's a series of narrow strips recordes in turn, and essentially the horizontal axis is time rather than space

18.02.2026 15:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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16.02.2026 21:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 41 ๐Ÿ” 21 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Happy pancake day to all who celebrate!

17.02.2026 09:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Rotes Eichhรถrnchen auf einem Sst im Baum, hat den Kopf etwas zur Seite gelegt, und kratzt sich mit der bildseitig rechten Hinterpfote am Hals.
Der Schwanz hรคngt nach vorn รผber den Ast. Im Hintergrund blauer Himmel.

Rotes Eichhรถrnchen auf einem Sst im Baum, hat den Kopf etwas zur Seite gelegt, und kratzt sich mit der bildseitig rechten Hinterpfote am Hals. Der Schwanz hรคngt nach vorn รผber den Ast. Im Hintergrund blauer Himmel.

Das Eichhรถrnchen sitzt ausgerichtet zur rechten Bildseite, den Kopf zur Seite, in Richtung des Betrachtenden gedreht, und kratzt sich mit der Hinterpfote am Vorderlauf. Der Schwanz hรคngt hinter dem Ast nach unten.
Es trรคgt lange Ohrpinsel. Im Hintergrund weiรŸe Lichtpunkte.

Das Eichhรถrnchen sitzt ausgerichtet zur rechten Bildseite, den Kopf zur Seite, in Richtung des Betrachtenden gedreht, und kratzt sich mit der Hinterpfote am Vorderlauf. Der Schwanz hรคngt hinter dem Ast nach unten. Es trรคgt lange Ohrpinsel. Im Hintergrund weiรŸe Lichtpunkte.

Das Eichhรถrnchen jatbden Vorderkรถrper zur Seite gedreht, stรผtzt sich mit beiden Vorderlรคufen auf den Ast, und kratzt sich mit der Hinterpfote am Rรผcken.

Das Eichhรถrnchen jatbden Vorderkรถrper zur Seite gedreht, stรผtzt sich mit beiden Vorderlรคufen auf den Ast, und kratzt sich mit der Hinterpfote am Rรผcken.

Das Eichhรถrnchen liegt lรคngs auf einem Asr, den Schwanz nach vorn, in Richtung des Betrachtenden gestreckt, und kratzt sich mit der Hinterpfote am Kopf. Im Hintergrund blauer Himmel.

Das Eichhรถrnchen liegt lรคngs auf einem Asr, den Schwanz nach vorn, in Richtung des Betrachtenden gestreckt, und kratzt sich mit der Hinterpfote am Kopf. Im Hintergrund blauer Himmel.

Erst mal ordentlich kratzen.
#squirrel

17.02.2026 08:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 138 ๐Ÿ” 26 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

When was it last BPost? It's been DVV before X2O since then!

15.02.2026 15:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hang on, was the stove pipe hat just to throw off the sense of scale! ๐Ÿ˜„

13.02.2026 07:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Try '6 Day'.

Let's shrink the track, and give each rider their own moto to chase.

Or,

You know that madison where we hand sling each other? And the Devil Take the Hindmost. What if we combine them? ๐Ÿ˜

12.02.2026 18:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This popped up in my memories. Was a great way to get to us to the bike shop!

11.02.2026 16:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A couple of days ago walking down the street, a kid was on a balance bike on the opposite pavement, but the mum was panicking if they rode much beyond arms reach, and honestly it broke me that a residential street could illicit such feeling.

09.02.2026 14:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

To be fair, that much bullshit, appropriately located, may form the foundation for a dyke linking Ireland to GB!

09.02.2026 11:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sure

08.02.2026 21:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That's great. Thank you ๐Ÿ˜Š

08.02.2026 21:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Request for the cyclocross crowd. Has anyone got a photo of Felipe Orts' helmet? It looks like it has some quite ornate detailing, but couldn't catch it properly on the coverage.

08.02.2026 20:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0