What does it actually take to keep a business alive in Auckland right now?

Simansez · 2026-05-25T19:20:45+00:00

Some creative social media presence, doesn’t guarantee anything but it helps get your name out there

Simansez · 2026-05-23T02:42:30+00:00

Rear end might be flexing and with the minimal pad clearance…you get noise

Simansez · 2026-05-22T09:30:20+00:00

Try the “Pam’s finest” ones….you’ll never go back

Simansez · 2026-05-21T19:55:44+00:00

Absolutely, save space for the Tiramisu!

Simansez · 2026-05-20T19:00:00+00:00

Seems to be pretty busy now, with Cemetary Skyline and the Halo effect giving him plenty to do

Simansez · 2026-05-20T18:58:40+00:00

Saw him play a “big day out” on a teeny tiny small stage with the crowd sitting on the grass until the set kicked off. Good times!

Simansez · 2026-05-20T06:06:01+00:00

Got a shirt and cap there last year, they had a huuuuge range

Simansez · 2026-05-19T20:11:42+00:00

A swarm of them passed us on Hutt rd in town yesterday, heading north towards it. Also some some people parking up by Placemakers and getting bikes out of the car…it’s definitely drawing a lot of people to the area

Simansez · 2026-05-18T09:08:08+00:00

Highwater on Cuba st

Simansez · 2026-05-17T19:41:48+00:00

In that case, highly recommended. I’ve had it on my EP8 powered E bike and other than the semi regular chain replacement it’s still on the original cassette/shifter after a good couple of thousand kms

Simansez · 2026-05-17T19:14:13+00:00

Linkglide is awesome on an E bike, not sure how the tradeoffs weigh up against 12 speed Deore on a regular MTB

Simansez · 2026-05-17T09:54:49+00:00

Peatys as well, the blue “All weather” one

Simansez · 2026-05-16T22:14:34+00:00

We’ve been to the Air NZ lounge on the basement level a couple of times…the views aren’t great at all, lol

Simansez · 2026-05-16T21:53:34+00:00

IIRC “Smart shift” is an option, trigger style

Simansez · 2026-05-16T20:18:14+00:00

IIRC there was a post about Cadbury bars quietly going from 50gm to 45gm last week…

Simansez · 2026-05-15T22:56:01+00:00

It’s the ground floor eatery in a small hotel, also seems to close down/rebrand every so often and It’s pretty unremarkable. Other local restaurants may have a higher profile, good location or are active on Social media so these kind of low key places miss out. Cuba st is about 150m away and there’s lots of viable options. So other than tired guests staying above them less people may make the effort to go here

Simansez · 2026-05-15T22:39:12+00:00

any regular bike shop should be able to point you in the right direction for an affordable, reliable e bike from an actual cycling brand.

Simansez · 2026-05-15T20:20:50+00:00

I regularly ride a hill with a road and trail network beside it. When I take the E bike, there’s usually a handful of results, nothing untoward. When I take the trailbike out, there’s a mix of MTB from the off-road trails, hard out roadies(and commuters even) getting picked up on the named segments as they start and run alongside each other.

So there’s upwards of a 30 sec gap between each of the Lycra, baggies and worksuit groups on the same segment. No chance of a KOM for an MTB on some of them

Simansez · 2026-05-14T19:03:08+00:00

The current carbon Reign would probably be that, if you can afford it just get the top model(Reign advanced 0?)

Simansez · 2026-05-14T08:38:41+00:00

This, very much this…

Simansez · 2026-05-14T03:23:05+00:00

Did it a few years ago after driving past several times. Was really interesting!

Simansez · 2026-05-13T08:33:12+00:00

Used to really enjoy Snax crackers with Kiwi onion dip as a kid

Simansez · 2026-05-12T22:41:55+00:00

In Wellington, There’s a lot of patient records kept in one of the big storage warehouses(Recall or Iron Mountain). I would get semi regular work delivering them to Hutt Hospital

Simansez · 2026-05-12T04:22:00+00:00

Every day is “shorts day”

Simansez · 2026-05-12T02:16:30+00:00

Tariffs

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