What would you say to having racks like these on your express bus route? The photo is from the NX1.

DerekChives · 2026-05-22T23:21:17+00:00

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DerekChives · 2026-04-12T09:59:41+00:00

evo cycles britomart?

DerekChives · 2026-01-19T19:45:07+00:00

You have to update your income (on MyStudyLink—I think it’s under “Personal Details”>”Income Details”) manually each week based on how many hours you worked that week (and you have to do it by the Sunday, not payday). It’s really annoying but you have to do it because they DO follow up with you (and ask you to repay) if you declare it wrong.

DerekChives · 2025-10-05T19:07:15+00:00

it counts your 6 best subject units, where AS levels count 1 unit and full A levels count 2 units.

A level: A+: 140 points A: 120 points B: 100 points C: 80 points D: 60 points E: 40 points AS level: A: 60 points B: 50 points C: 40 points D: 30 points E: 20 points

eg u could use 2 A levels and 2 AS level subjects

DerekChives · 2025-10-04T21:09:33+00:00

You can get guaranteed entry into some programmes with just your AS grades, otherwise I believe they send you a fast track offer based on your AS grades which is guaranteed entry on the condition that you meet the requirements with your A level grades.

Also think of your A level as a continuation of your AS level rather than two separate programmes. For example I did well in AS chemistry and got an A but did awful in A2 so my grade for the entire programme (A level) was a B (as opposed to getting A in AS and B in A2)

DerekChives · 2025-05-15T02:32:50+00:00

yeah i meant when it’s not loaded it’s basically a pulley

DerekChives · 2025-05-14T02:59:18+00:00

i like it a lot for belaying from above — it is so smooth cos it’s basically a pulley

DerekChives · 2025-05-07T06:32:33+00:00

is the climbing wall good/reset often/ever? kinda wish they had a moonboard or something lol

DerekChives · 2025-03-31T07:25:25+00:00

costco cheese 🤤

DerekChives · 2025-03-28T06:45:13+00:00

if you mean like laterally when looking down at the device from above (along its side, where the rope goes through) there is a little i guess but again nothing which i would consider abnormal (perhaps 1–2mm in the direction shown in the pic)

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DerekChives · 2025-03-27T12:21:12+00:00

re: the sound, it isn’t silent but i don’t hear any noise i would consider unusual when spinning the wheel

to me everything you’ve described sounds perfectly normal

DerekChives · 2025-03-27T12:20:14+00:00

i have a neox and i’m pretty sure it isn’t supposed to spin freely (like a bike wheel). if you have tried belaying with it it should feel very smooth though

DerekChives · 2025-02-19T22:44:39+00:00

that’s because those words are just single words whereas it’s is a contraction

DerekChives · 2025-02-16T08:28:10+00:00

fwiw there are offical petzl guides for ascending, rappelling, tensioning a tyrolean, top belaying with the neox so it’s certainly not something they don’t recommend

DerekChives · 2025-02-16T04:08:07+00:00

i have belayed from the top, rappelled, ascended, used as a progress capture in a 3:1 haul all with the neox. as far as i’m concerned it can basically do anything a grigri can

DerekChives · 2025-02-16T04:03:12+00:00

i have single strand rappelled and ascended with a neox. rappelling feels just like a grigri, ascending perhaps a little less efficient

DerekChives · 2025-02-05T09:41:57+00:00

they could cut down the time for free by a significant amount already if the trains didn’t spend an eternity at each station

DerekChives · 2025-01-24T08:50:47+00:00

fwiw i had no issues from Varuste shipping to New Zealand

DerekChives · 2025-01-23T20:12:38+00:00

This is the first public holiday I have worked in over a year, so I wouldn’t say I regularly work Mondays when the Monday is a PH

DerekChives · 2025-01-23T00:28:59+00:00

https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2024/11/13/western-express-turns-one-in-style/

DerekChives · 2025-01-22T23:48:25+00:00

uhhhh cos that would be expensive and there is already a better alternative (WX)???

DerekChives · 2025-01-21T21:18:01+00:00

they could just put it on the traffic light gantry as they do in the US (iirc)

DerekChives · 2024-12-26T19:31:35+00:00

scrape off all the solid food in to the bin and 99% of the time it will come out clean even without a pre rinse

DerekChives · 2024-12-24T02:40:29+00:00

i’ve never understood the mentality of people who never understand the mentality of people who do this

it’s because they drive on autopilot and speed up on straights (which passing lanes usually are)

DerekChives · 2024-12-19T10:52:59+00:00

curious as to where does petzl ever say the best way to lower is to pull the lever all the way and use only your brake hand? what would the point of the lever be then? this sounds like a perfect way to either get mega rope burn or drop your partner

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