That looks amazing. Especially the heatmap, which I have to do manually right now.

I’m going to try that out some time this week 😀

I subscribed to an organic CSA years ago, and it was amazing.

But I did recently look for other CSA boxes, and they just don’t offer enough value. The amount of stuff you get is listed to feed 4 adults, but I’d probably use it all up in two meals.

I’m hoping that local farmers markets will be more reasonably priced this year, especially if farmers aren’t selling as much to the states.

Yeah, it can get tough depending on which direction I want to take for these long rides.

But we’re talking about those numbers when the distance is 200km+.

For example, one ride that was 240km had around 1600m of elevation. Another that was 220km has 2600m. For rides around town you might only have a few small hills here and there. But our country roads are long and hilly! Makes for some great training rides, but those hill can be punishing if you aren’t pacing right.

I remember one route I did, in an area I’ve never ridden in, where I relied on Garmin to tell me where (and how many) the hills would be. Man, it said there’d be like 4 big climbes, but in really, there were like 15 long, medium grade hills. That day was challenging, but I’m so glad I had my gravel bike and not my foldie! 😂

the world now has more billionaires than ever. For the first time, the number of billionaires has crossed the 3,000 threshold, and currently, there are 3,028 billionaires globally — up by 247 compared to last year. Combined, their wealth totals US$$16.1 trillion, an increase of US$2 trillion compared to 2024.

This fucking turns my stomach. 3000 people hoarding wealth at a time when billions are struggling. And the richer they are, the faster they are able to hoard even more wealth.

There’s no reason to allow anyone to hoard enough wealth to last 10,000 lifetimes. We need to have caps on personal wealth.

This just keeps getting better and better. Keep an eye out for attack ads against Carney, because it’s likely they’ll be projecting whatever other crimes and big no-nos they’ve been doing themselves.

Resynthesizer, a plugin that replicates most of the functionality of Photoshop’s Context Aware Fill.

It’s a real shame that gems like that don’t even have screenshots on the project page! Nice find. Looks really nice!

Yeah, I’ve got three bikes in total: a steel mountain bike set up as a beast for “everything”, and I take that when I need to go offroad or to haul stuff.

Then I’ve got a folding bike. Even though I’ve used it for really long rides (150km+), it’s become my fair weather, local bike.

The RC520 is one that I got specifically for long rides. Our terrain… well, it’s not flat! That’s for sure! The elevation gain on most longer rides can be 2000m+. But we aren’t talking mountains, either. Lots of rolling hills, especially out in the rural areas.

I didn’t know how I’d like the feel of drop bars and “brifters”, but I got used to everything pretty quickly. It’s a comfortable bike, and the gearing they went with is a little lower than a pure road bike, so climbs are “easier”. Not sure if I’ll be riding gravel with this bike, but we do have some nice rail trails around.

This is awesome!!

I’m in Canada, but support as many EU brands as I can. I was worried that I wouldn’t be able to replace Garmin products down the road, and this website listed SIGMA as an alternative - made in Germany bike computers (and more)! I can’t wait to explore this list further!

I think one of the guys in our ride group has the RC120! Really good value from Decathlon on pretty much all their bikes.

I haven’t upgraded any of the components other than the saddle and tires. This bike is my “budget bike”, despite it being the one that I ride for hundreds of KM at a time. 😆

I’ve hauled more with my bike. 😂 What a fucking waste of space.

Decathlon RC520 Gravel. I got it late summer, but put 2000km on it (not my main bike) before it got too cold to keep it out.

It’s crazy how much space 17 cars need!

Oof. Correcting that now! 😵

Fair enough. I still don’t think that being open about their self-hosted option would hurt them.

You implied that it would hurt business, and that really doesn’t seem to be the case for other projects using a self-hosted/subscription business model.

If you meant something else, then I guess I misunderstood. No harm, no foul.

Acer Palmatum

Japanese Maple is still the wrong maple 😂

Jesus Christ, I was reading it as “Führerwear” 🫢 But “Feuer” means “fire” in German, so it’s totally appropriate!

I’m loving the repurposing of fire hoses.

In case they didn’t get the memo: That’s the plan.

Also, if they have a problem with it, they can blame their Dear Leader. Better yet, they can do something about their Dear Leader.

I have a 1.5k ebike with torque sensor, good tires, 2years warranty, built in lights, and made in the EU.

I’m really glad to hear that, actually! I didn’t look long enough to see what else justifies the cost, but you’d be surprised how some components can really bring up the price. When I was looking for a road/gravel bike, I came across some with SRAM 1x systems that had cassettes that cost $400+. LOL Yeah, if it’s more than $40, it’s too much for me. 😂

They do make more affordable bikes with the A-line and C-line.

I checked my local dealer: A line starts at $1900 (Canadian) and $2700 for the C-line. That prices them way out of most people’s budgets who are looking for a commuter bike.

They aren’t competing with Cervelo, they are competing with brands like Tern, Dahon, or even Decathlon, so they are priced at least $1000 too high. I’m suggesting they have an actual affordable model.

Tons of bike companies are charging really high prices that seem too high

No doubt, but the majority if bikes you’ll see regular people riding are not high-end. I’ve met one cyclist in my life with a titanium bike, so why is Brompton throwing away resources even developing and manufacturing this thing?? How many do they possibly expect to sell, and does it help lift them out of near bankrupsy?