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Click bait title (by the source not OP!)

Severe turbulence causes emergency landing, 25 injured.

This title is designed to make us go see “what corporate fuckup happened now” when this has nothing to do with the carrier.

The Littlest Hobo.

80s kids in Canada.

Link: https://youtu.be/0kabcD3r1Bs

Also: Today’s Special and The Polka Dot Door.

To build on that - despite bike companies trying their hardest to over complicate things - e-bikes are fairly straightforward to build, maintain and modify.

Tons of great (and safe but not cheap) DIY kits out there too which help make old bikes new again.

My e-bike is an old 90s MTB with a 220km range ( at the lowest assist level and 32km/hr top speed). That doesn’t include the benefits I get from regen braking when riding it in urban / suburban areas.

There was a really interesting podcast on the AP style and its entrenched biases - but only available to subscribers:

https://www.canadaland.com/podcast/bonus-who-writes-the-rules-of-news/

Won’t you be my Neighbor is a wonderful documentary whether you’re a fan or not.

Jones H-Bars for life.

Great ride, thanks for sharing.

As someone who loves bike tech I recently toyed with tyrewiz - but came to the conclusion it was one step too far (both in terms of installation and also surpassing any real world use case - as I have none).

I’m not saying people shouldn’t be into whatever they’re into but I think your sentiment is correct - there’s simply no need to have yet another piece of information fed to the average rider constantly.

Over the years I’ve slowly divested myself of most devices on my main bikes. No more head unit, no more cadence or speed sensors. I don’t and have never had a power meter fitted to any of my bikes (though my indoor winter trainers all them).

I do love me some electronic shifting but I don’t have it connected in realtime to anything. I just want to ride.

I check my pressures before every ride whether it’s road, gravel, bike packing or mountain biking (or almost every ride) - but that’s enough and more than most riders do.

One other thing a lot of these gadgets do, is make the setup to go ride often a little more annoying. “Oh today my front wheel tire pressure sensor is acting up.”

That said; if anyone wants this stuff go for it - I just think the market is small (albeit very very well off - and the fact this is Zipp wheels supports that.)

I’m often reminded of this satire piece: https://www.lavelocita.cc/opinion-page/data-disconnection

It reinforces, at least for me, that I love riding and everything else is just noise.

Something smells funny. Musky even.

Do it as an end user? Be part of the solution?

Documentation is one of the many ways to contribute that don’t involve coding.

Hot take: what most people call AI (large language and diffusion models) is, in fact, part of peak capitalism:

• relies on ill gotten gains (training data obtained without permission, payment or licensing)
• aims to remove human workers from the workforce within a system that (for many) requires them to work because capitalism has removed the bulk of social safety netting
• currently has no real route to profit at any reasonable price point
• speculative at best
• reinforces the concentration of power amongst a few tech firms
• will likely also result in regulatory capture with the large firms getting legislation passed that only they can provide “AI” safely

I could go on but hopefully that’s adequate as a PoV.

“AI” is just one of cherries on top of late stage capitalism that embodies the worst of all it.

So I don’t disagree - but felt compelled to share.

I’ve built many many bikes in my day. I have a full bike mechanic setup at home. I ride road, gravel, adventure, and regularly use both my dirt jumper and my full suspension mountain bike (which is a Norco).

For the life of me, I have no idea what a “rear brake insert” is. There’s a calliper, a disc, some pads, some hydraulic hose. WTF is a rear-brake insert?

Halp. ;)