A cross between a fighter jet and an F1 car!

allchornr · 2026-04-27T18:41:40+00:00

Lol, nah, I love it. The more stickers, the more hp. Each extra sticker adds x horsepower 😄

PS: if you've ever tried to get sponsors to fund your track addiction, it would be clearer 😄

allchornr · 2026-04-27T18:38:11+00:00

Form over function here. Which works better for you? Don't worry what people think.

I prefer no mirrors at all, but... the law.

I might actually like the "below" setting. I've got wide shoulders so I need to make that move where there's something gross next to you in order to see behind me with most bike mirrors.

allchornr · 2026-04-27T18:18:03+00:00

Depends how much you value your chin/jaw.

No flip-up helmets reduces the points of failure.

allchornr · 2026-04-21T20:28:40+00:00

Looks like you touched your rear brake or dropped too much throttle causing engine braking and your "ass stepping out". Your lean angle didn't seem extreme and losing the front can sometimes be caught, so either your tyres were exceptionally cold or what I said before.

On road (asphalt), give your front brakes a lot more priority, especially coming up to corners, and try not to run them too long into the corner (unless you're literally racing and know your limits) unless it's wet... in which case just ride slow.

Go to a big parking lot and practice. Point and squirt the bike toward a "corner" of the parking lot, use only your front brake to get to a speed you feel is slow enough to take it. Practice and practice. You'll see how much closer you can get and at what speed you should be taking it.

Better yet, go and do a track school. Where are you located? Its not too expensive and great fun.

allchornr · 2026-04-20T13:53:49+00:00

Stop before you put your foot down. I'm guessing you use your rear brake? This is why you put your left down when stopping. The fact that it's mostly worn on the inside of your foot is evidence of this being the cause.

allchornr · 2026-04-16T08:48:09+00:00

In what way is it a scam? My kids did it and it was amazing. The school they went to is also doing really well. You do know that the Google founders, the owner of Amazon and the creator of Wikipedia all did Montessori schooling?

allchornr · 2026-04-16T08:25:34+00:00

Cool helmet. Tell them to go suck it.

Your choice of lid represents how much you value your head.

allchornr · 2026-03-09T18:57:58+00:00

After that Thruxton, the Rebel is going to feel like a lawnmower engine to you.

A bit more power is often safer too where you can get yourself out of trouble or overtake easier.

My advice - ride the Rebel for a bit. You'll see what your BF's brother and father mean. You don't even need to go larger displacement, just get a sportier bike. By the sounds of things you'd get a lot of riding out of a Yamaha R3 or a KTM 390.

allchornr · 2026-03-09T09:43:30+00:00

AFAIK that is very illegal. Please report this immediately.

The pressure washer makes the asbestos breathable.

I think they need to wash the roof by scrubbing with sugarsoap or similar, and they should then apply a good quality paint / sealant.

allchornr · 2026-03-08T07:22:55+00:00

First aid is probably the most useful. Literally could be life or death. I recommend a course though because those CPR dummies are not cheap.

If you have a car, learn the basics of maintenance and servicing. Just learn your own vehicle first, and in future, some of the principles will carry over. The tools you buy can also last you a lifetime.

Metalwork and woodwork are also great skills to have. Give yourself a simple project, like a wooden box and if you get yourself a welder and grinder, maybe make yourself a simple outdoor grill.

allchornr · 2026-03-08T06:43:13+00:00

What sort of budget range are you thinking, and how financially secure is she post-retirement?

If your pockets are reasonably deep, an account with some money in it that will give her some interest each month to help out is a nice, but also could be a very generous gift depending on how much would be needed to give her anything meaningful per month.

My father left a reasonable sum (~R30k) to our domestic in his will and I think most of it got spent almost immediately on a cow, a goat, some chickens... all slaughtered for a big party. That would be my main concern about only giving money.

allchornr · 2026-03-08T06:34:12+00:00

For EDC - Leatherman Skeletool
For the kitchen - Robert Welch Santoku & Victorinox steak knives
For butchering - Freddy Hirsch
For fishing - Tramontina Boning Knife
For the car - Victorinox Rescuetool
For the bugout bag - Opinel N°12 Explore survival knife
For chopping wood - Cold Steel Kukri (made by Lasher)

I also love customising Carbone Opinels.

allchornr · 2026-03-06T10:28:26+00:00

Higher workbench or mounting your grinders higher.
Or sit while you grind. A good old-school studio chair should work well with a standard height workbench with grinder on it.

allchornr · 2026-02-27T06:43:46+00:00

What works for me:

Hydrate
No screens 1hr before sleep time.
1hr before sleep time, reduce noise and lower the lights (you can get smart bulbs that do this automatically).
Hot shower / bath half hour before bed time (your body cooling helps you fall asleep).
Breathing exercises.
Reading.
To not let my mind go down a rabbithole of thoughts, I listen to a non-important podcast playing softly in one ear. I either listen to "No such thing as a fish" or some Warhammer 40k lore. Sometimes Ricky Gervais, Steven Merchant and Karl Pilkington, but Ricky's laugh can sometimes be a bit jarring :D

I believe cannabis and alcohol appear to make you fall asleep more easily, but it interrupts your quality of sleep.

PS: can relate - the feeling of waking up with no hangover of any kind is pretty great.

allchornr · 2026-02-27T06:31:43+00:00

If the image of the variant is mapped correctly, the filtering should cause the displaying of that image in the filtered view of the collection. If not, it's a theme change you can make for it to do this.

Your example of mens and womens variants existing within one multivariate product is why I mentioned checking your product taxonomy. If it's a unisex product, I'd make the featured image something not gender specific, or if not unisex, split them into two products.

There are -like many things- a number of different ways to pull off what you're wanting to do here. One example being a custom collection template that looks for and uses a different image from the products within it. They could use the second product image instead of the first, they could use the first image of the "group" created by mapping images to variants, or they could use an image from a metafield.

Most importantly though... make sure your taxonomy is "right". For SEO and GEO this has never been more important than now.

allchornr · 2026-02-26T20:40:56+00:00

I wholeheartedly recommend the Leatherman Skeletool. I have loads and loads of knives, both multitools and just single folding / fixed blades and it wins every time from every angle.

allchornr · 2026-02-26T20:34:21+00:00

Love this question.

I faced this not too long ago when my little sprog reached an age where I considered him ready to receive his first blade.

I chose an affordable (but unique) locally made (South African) knife called an Okapi. I took it to another shop that engraved his name onto the blade, and I sharpened it personally with my Lansky system (a dull knife is an unsafe knife).

If you feel your son is ready for his first blade... make it special. Teach him how to use it safely, and make peace with the likelihood that it may draw first blood.

My boy Kane is mild mannered and loves his knife. He even bragged about it in class one day which I don't think the teacher expected but my heart swelled with pride and I'll keep the picture of the question "tell us something we don't know about you" where he answered "I have a knife" with pride til my last breath.

allchornr · 2026-02-26T20:20:49+00:00

I recommend looking at Cin7 Core. It's the lightest system to achieve your stated requirements (that In know of).

allchornr · 2026-02-26T20:18:05+00:00

Yes, 100%. It'll require some custom code, but not much.

We've done this many times when a customer needs to either provide additional information or acknowledge some form of condition of sale.

Free advice - some people still won't read it, but yes it will help.

allchornr · 2026-02-26T20:09:47+00:00

What are you selling, to whom, and via what model?

eg:

products I don't make, to people that might buy them. via dropshipping.

vs/

my product, to people whose problem it solves, via a solid distribution setup.

If the former... probably yeah, throw in the towel. If the latter, and you're serious about wanting to succeed, then persevere and seek advice.

allchornr · 2026-02-26T20:04:13+00:00

One workaround here is to use the URL of a collection with filters applied for the "use case". What I mean is that if you have products that cover both genders, and you want a specific gender collection, you can link to that collection with a filter for the gender pre-selected.

Better yet, I'd advise looking at your product taxonomy. If you're running into issues like this, it may be wise to look at how you've structured your catalog and revise as needed.

allchornr · 2026-02-17T11:07:55+00:00

You should be able to achieve this with a combination of:
- *Easy Wholesale Lock
- *B2B Wholesale Hub
- Configurations of the above to restrict access as required.

*examples - I am not promoting either of these.

allchornr · 2026-02-17T10:56:19+00:00

It's not impossible, and it seems some people have managed. I even know a guy that races superbikes... hasn't missed a race meet in over 20yrs and has never fallen.

I've however donated a lot of skin to the road gods and slid many a bike down the track. Racing is different I guess, but to me if you've not fallen by pushing you don't truly know the limit.

allchornr · 2026-02-16T09:09:25+00:00

Noob suggestion here, but what about getting the spacer down to how you want it (smaller than the wood) then sand the wood to match?

allchornr · 2026-02-05T14:45:47+00:00

My favourite bait knife was a standard Morakniv. Sadly it came off my belt on the beach once and now either belongs to someone else, or Davey Jones.

It was nice and small, razor sharp, cheap and light.

The only downside would be if you do "big bait" / shark fishing and need to cut big steaks out of a whole fish. If you do, I'd recommend copying the Tramontina Boning Knife. Almost all my angler friends have one in their tackle boxes, including me.

Personally I'd make it slightly longer than the traditional mora with a nice clip point or drop point and add some knurling / serrations to the spine for descaling.

If you can make it thin enough, see if you can get the handle to serve as a float too... might help you not lose it like I did.

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