Notices by smells of bikes (smellsofbikes@mastodon.social)

@Dangerous_beans @dalias I lean towards yes if you are an avid cyclist because you can crank out a fair amount of power without much effort. People who do something physical a lot get more efficient at it. I can produce 125 watts indefinitely without sweating. People who don't bike would be working hard to do 75.
There's an xkcd about how fast you would have to ride for compression heating to warm you up.

@Lana this raised my blood pressure three points just reading it.

One of my coworkers just walked into my office and said oh good it wasn't you. A cyclist got killed on the route I rode at lunch, like 5 minutes after I rode through that intersection.

One difficulty about doing an engine swap is that nothing matches up quite right and everything requires fettling. In this case the donor Datsun had hardware that the Spitfire doesn't have so I had to fake some inputs to the carburetor, and one of the tubes, that provides vacuum logic, came loose and suddenly the car wouldn't idle anymore. It's pretty easy to find a vacuum leak if the car is running because you can hear it. But if the car won't run, it's harder to track down.

@botvolution @MLE_online have you just tried switching to lin... I mean tea?

Tradition!

She just stands there with her head outside where it's below freezing but all the action is, and her body inside where it's warm.
#dogsofmastodon

There's a coyote on the couch in the backyard. I got this pic from inside when it had just settled down. Now it's sound asleep. I guess this answers why there have been so many little animal bits in the back yard lately. I vote for this because neighbors are having rat problems.

@Stormgren @MLE_online @ai6yr Friends on the NM/CO border are taking pictures much better than what I'm getting.

Getting spicy in North Denver

Halloween "candy or potato" is going really well this year because we got king sized candy bars so the choice is even more difficult.
But it's an institution now, kids are running off "I got another potato can we have hash browns dadddyyyyyyy"

It's still fall in some places here
#dogsofmastodon

@botvolution @MLE_online wots all this then I think my good name is being besmirched

A surprising number of kids choose "potato" and then go running down the front walk to the street screaming "I got a potatoooooo!"

40km biking at lunch today including this fun encounter
#weirdbikemastodon

Sunlight As A Service, Suzy edition
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@botvolution I felt the same for years until this came along.

After anodizing it goes in the dye. I'm using somewhat dilute RIT at 80C.

Notes: make sure your supply is robust. This small piece was 5A. This evolves LOTS of bubbles. Use a deep bucket.
This dyed unevenly because the dye stratified. Use a stir bar or aerator.
When I started a Lego was a hard press fit but the lye etch removed a lot more than the anodizing put back on, so now it's a loose fit. Mill it 0.15mm oversized. (Or be very quick in the lye.)

And then it gets boiled to seal the dye in and put to use. This is a stem compression cap for aheadset style bearings.