Tomorrow I’m planning to ride 177.5km (109mi). Further than I’ve ever cycled before. But only by a bit. It’s a local route that I’ve planned…
Fixing a broken monitor
I love fixing things! Well, I do when it works. A couple of years ago I tried in vain to mend our electric shower which…
Minor upgrades and tweaks
Having ridden the “new” bike for about 1000 kilometres now, I’ve made a few changes, mostly for comfort and convenience, whilst adding weight. I think…
Your passwords aren’t good enough
In 2009 a list of 32 million plain text passwords was exposed for the online games service RockYou.com. So what? You probably weren’t signed up to…
The dandy-horse has arrived
My long awaited sportive/audax road bike arrived on Friday. After a late night putting it all together (and hunting for a T25 Torx driver), here…
Making space in the stable
With the anticipated arrival now imminent, I need to make some space in the Bradbury bicycle stable. The n+1 rule assumes a sufficiently-large space in…
Bicycle ordered
I’ve ordered a new bike; my first in over thirteen years – the tandem doesn’t count, that’s Erica’s. 🙂 It will be the first bike…
Everyone is wrong about birthdays
It occurred to me about a year ago that the English-speaking world is counting birthdays wrongly. On the day that a person turns one year…