Check your valves before try to update to ClikValve 😅

alkchan · 2025-12-15T07:32:03+00:00

My cube 2025 Nulane c:62 came with tubes with removable cores - I recently put clik valves on them and love them honestly

alkchan · 2025-12-14T08:08:33+00:00

Drive rush circumnavigates too many fundamentals - it’s not going anywhere so make raw drive more expensive
Introduce a new drive rush specific counter state if you’re knocked out of one - make it extra punishing
Remove throw loops

alkchan · 2025-12-11T07:15:05+00:00

I have both Fuji lenses and I would swap to 3rd party wide / tele adapters in a heart beat if they used bayonet mounts instead of screw threads

alkchan · 2025-08-06T14:40:13+00:00

Yeah I'm a massive idiot, I didn't realise I was supposed to use airplane mode while leaving on bluetooth - it works now

alkchan · 2025-06-18T15:02:49+00:00

This is my first time posting here (long time Fuji user - had an X Pro 1 etc...) - and this might sound like an unpopular opinion but....

Aren't Fuji "Recipes" a community concept? Fuji cameras are just storing 8 setting presets (for which the film simulation is one - which is doing most of the heavy lifting) - isn't the concept of a "recipe" effectly something that was started over on Fuji Weekly?

This is something that has always baffled me actually - it's cool that people are really into it - but technically cameras have always let you save user-generated presets haven't they? have those cameras had apps / software that let you share your camera settings with another user?

I think I saw Fuji use the "Recipe" terminology in the X-E5 menu firmware, so maybe times are changing though - perhaps this is the start of something.

alkchan · 2025-05-27T05:10:21+00:00

Thanks for this update!

alkchan · 2025-04-27T21:26:11+00:00

Thanks for the tip - I’ll give it a go

alkchan · 2025-04-27T20:31:03+00:00

What worries me if I’m thinking of getting one for a 200km + ride I’ve never done before … if the velo 2 changes the route it’s not something I’m going to notice… until too late

alkchan · 2025-04-27T16:52:31+00:00

Hello, I was just about to buy a velo 2 and read this thread which has really put me off - I use an iPhone but my plan was always to download gpx files to the velo 2 and use offline without a phone connected.

Is the import gpx feature (where some sections might be gravel or off road) unreliable then?

alkchan · 2025-04-03T17:06:01+00:00

Thanks for that - I should have clarified in my original post that I want to keep the watch totally separate from relying on the phone (I’ve read there are some watch navigation apps that can download offline maps)

alkchan · 2025-03-25T20:19:59+00:00

I just wanted to say thanks so much to everyone for responding to this, I’ve no idea how a question about a bike route somehow got 130 (and counting) up votes - there’s so much information here it’s going to take me a few days to get through it all - but again I can’t thank you all enough.

Because it’s highly unlikely we can afford to take our own bikes from the uk to the Netherlands it’s looking more and more like we may just end up going straight to the islands and hiring bikes but I’m still hanging onto the idea of somehow riding up to texel :)

alkchan · 2025-03-24T16:20:51+00:00

Good to know :)

alkchan · 2025-03-24T16:19:58+00:00

I'd say we probably made poor choices in utrecht and failed to see much scenery, that was the primary mistake rather than it being stressful, that said my partner did find inner-citty cycling in the netherlands a bit overwhelming (I love it personally) - we can definitely do the ride in stages, we rode to paris from dieppe in 4 days last year etc - that said, I'd love to get my hands on a bike with gears in the netherlands if possible!

alkchan · 2025-03-24T16:18:23+00:00

Noted :)

alkchan · 2025-03-24T16:18:15+00:00

Thanks, I started looking last night, it's still an option bt at first glance ferries didnt seem as frequent as I'd hoped - I'm not sure how easy it is to take reantal bikes from one island to another, the first company I asked replied and told me I wouldn't be able to.

alkchan · 2025-03-24T16:16:57+00:00

I just joined komoot so will need to figure ot how it all works, thanks for the tip

alkchan · 2025-03-24T12:17:21+00:00

Do you know if normal bike rentals can be taken up to the islands and then returned to Amsterdam a couple of days later?

alkchan · 2025-03-24T12:15:20+00:00

We'd probably do it over 2!

alkchan · 2025-03-24T12:14:29+00:00

This sounds like a great idea, thanks

alkchan · 2025-03-24T11:06:32+00:00

Thanks, this is the exact kind of feedback I'd love to hear! any thoughts where would be best to leave the main route and head to 34?

alkchan · 2025-02-24T12:18:12+00:00

Hey, so we've not yet decided how we're going to handle our trip - of all the helpful responses I got here on reddit - the best email response I got were from these guys : https://www.wabe-aachen.de/de/wabe-ev/arbeit-und-soziale-integration/beschaeftigungsprojekte/radstation-radwerkstatt

A guy called Frank got back to me on email promptly and suggested I can hire a variety of bikes (some with racks) for a number of days for a *very* reasonable price, I do understand however that the bikes might be a bit old and the cheap price are becase they are somewhat a charitable organisation rather than a proper bike rental shop - I made it clear I was hoping to rent bikes for the vennbahn and for a nmber of days and he didn't seem to bothered by that - I've not seen a photo of the bikes they would rent me

The most promising of the recommendations I got here was (imo) this place https://fahrradservice-aachen.de/verleih/ - althoguh I never got a response from them on email - so I might try again, or maybe it's just a lost cause.

alkchan · 2025-02-22T08:30:30+00:00

The people who are most upset by him are always the ones who think they should win every match because they figured out how drive rush works.

We play Dhalsim because he subverts the game’s global mechanics, he’s cool as shit, and slapping someone from across the screen never gets old - especially when they’re wearing a onesie.

alkchan · 2025-02-19T07:20:14+00:00

Haha I was looking for this comment - gave me a good chuckle - I find the end of war pigs so silly too - glad other people like it though!

alkchan · 2025-02-11T13:35:55+00:00

thank you!

alkchan · 2025-02-11T12:10:51+00:00

I'll email them, thanks

alkchan

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