Notices by Velocipede Rider (ruari@velocipederider.com)

Americans why are you still using the mag stripe on your debit and credit cards? What is wrong with you?

https://www.inc.com/bruce-crumley/is-this-end-of-credit-card-magnetic-strips.html

Many banks in Europe will have stopped issuing Mastercards with mag stripes before the year is out and I suspect the only reason they have lasted this long is that some of us still travel to the US, where we might have need them.

https://www.mastercard.com/news/perspectives/2021/magnetic-stripe/

So there is an article here in Norway about watches with an analogue style interface (non digital watches).

Apparently there is a growing trend driven by TikTok for more classic looking watches amongst young people

But… many of the people buying them cannot actually read a watch like this.

How do I feel about this? 🤔

https://www.nrk.no/ostfold/analoge-klokker-trender-pa-tiktok-1.17005560

@linnefaulk A sundial is just like a single handed watch (hour hand only) with the shadow being the hand.

The first clocks were basically emulating this. They were effectively mechanical sundials. They also had the advantage of being able to show the hours at night.

Later the minute had was added to clocks for more precision and later the second hand for even further precision.

@linnefaulk This is also why a clock goes "clockwise" or more perhaps more correctly we should call this rotation as it was known previously in English… "sunwise".

It also shows you that clocks were first invented in the northern hemisphere, since they mimic sundials in that part of the world.

Had clocks first been invented in somewhere like Austrialia then the normal rotation would have been the other way.

A little evening cruise around, giving the local teens something to laugh about. 😂

#Unicycle #UnicycleLife #Enhjulssykkel

I'm just trying out my little baby cranks again after a couple of years. These things are only 75mm long. On my penny farthing I use 150mm cranks. Normal bike cranks are usually in the 165-170mm range.

Ok today I shall lend this unicycle to someone who has decided to learn this crazy sport, so I am reconfiguring this to be a bit more newbie friendly. Switching to a 150mm crank length, i.e twice the length.

Note also that I have to drop the seat post height to account for the difference. 😉

#Unicycle #UnicycleLife #Enhjulssykkel

If anyone out there is thinking of learning to #unicycle themselves this is a great video to help you get going. Keep in mind it takes a while

https://youtu.be/LUNv6B6JBJ8

Today I shall attempt to ride 100km (62 miles) on this. Wish me luck!🤞

#unicycle #UnicycleLife #unicyclist #Enhjulssykkel

For anyone on #Strava who are curious I suspect this love becon link should work https://www.strava.com/beacon/0pfZJaaoZzE

I have made it 42.67% of the way but this is as far from home as I'll cycle today. I'm stopping for a break, some food and some coffee. On the way back I will vary my route a bit (particularly at the end) to make up those extra kilometres to take me to 💯

Just a little update so you know what song I am currently shouting out as I unicycle along…

🎶 Whoa, we're half way there
Oh-oh, livin' on a prayer
Take my hand, we'll make it, I swear
Oh-oh, livin' on a prayer 🎵

It is raining a lot, so having an ice cream break

After two weeks with lots of trains (and hence some precision for times being needed) it is nice to go back to the single handed #DecimalWatch

#DecimalTime

It's such a nice way to travel

This sign translates to, "Here you will be served by a young person in their first job"

I feel like this might be marketing spin to put a positive on, "We pay the absolute minimum wage. You'll need to live at home with your parents to make this work."

Too cynical? 🤔

@welshpixie I know, right.

I also hate constantly being… "that guy" amongst the parents.

I mean the things these parents know about me

• I wear old school or often unreadable watches
• I cycle around on insane "bikes"
• I do not own a car
• I have no "normal" social media accounts
• I have been known to turn up to meetings with t-shirts with "Satanic imagery"

I am surpised they let their kids hang with mine, tbh

On my way to fetch my cargobike following a service. The bike shop we use for these services is about 1 hour away by unicycle (assuming 16km/h or 10mph) but actually it is a nice little route. A lot of it is stuff like this or alongside the river.

#UnicycleLife

Cargobike achievement unlocked.