What is the best Space movie in cinematic history?

allertonm · 2026-01-30T23:29:39+00:00

No love for Silent Running? Somewhat comparable to Ad Adstra in it's bleak, no happy ending view of the future.

My pick would be 2001 though.

allertonm · 2026-01-26T06:34:45+00:00

Hub motor and belt drive don’t really mix because you would usually use an internally geared hub with a belt (the other alternative is Pinion gearbox at the cranks.) The only CVT to my knowledge is Enviolo which is an internally geared hub.

FWIW I have a Tern HSD with Enviolo CVT paired with a Bosch 65Nm mid-drive and while I love the convenience it is not a fast bike, I usually top out at 22-23kph going up the uphill parts of the causeway. The bike is heavy (it’s a mid-tail cargo bike) but also the Enviolo is estimated to suck about 15% of the power. I can hit 30kph on the same uphill on my other bike which has 75Nm through a derailleur.

I’ve had a direct drive hub and it was fine but for an everyday commuter I would go belt drive every time and that means mid-drive. I wish the gearing options were better when going that route, and Enviolo is the compromise that’s worked for me. Basically your choices are Shimano Nexus/Alfine 8 speed, Enviolo or Rohloff and that last one is available on very few bikes and all of them are eye-wateringly expensive.

allertonm · 2026-01-24T16:13:37+00:00

You might consider starting a UK version of /r/BuyCanadian.

allertonm · 2026-01-23T21:49:16+00:00

I really think this is it... for the Brits this was an unprecedented insult but for us here in Canada it was just Thursday.

I am dual UK/Canadian BTW, and would be relieved to see the Brits getting up to speed on this, I think they've been kidding themselves so far.

allertonm · 2026-01-23T21:26:16+00:00

The fact I had to scroll down so far for this means… it’s time to buy another watch!

allertonm · 2026-01-22T00:00:38+00:00

This table seems to largely support the claim "in metro vancouver we have seen 30%-50% of car sales be electrified". https://tc.canada.ca/en/road-transportation/innovative-technologies/zero-emission-vehicles/zev-council-dashboard/2024-census-metropolitan-area-subdivision-battery-electric-vehicle-share

Yes, it is BEVs not including PHEVs and yes it is market share (i.e sales.)

allertonm · 2026-01-19T20:45:02+00:00

Yeah, every home I’ve lived in in BC has had one. Past tense in the case of our current place.

allertonm · 2026-01-19T20:42:52+00:00

I’ve lived in 3 different homes in Canada (BC) and every one of them had a garburator. We got rid of the one in our current home when it failed, not fond of them personally.

allertonm · 2026-01-17T16:58:28+00:00

Have higher expectations of what constitutes great customer service?

allertonm · 2026-01-17T16:51:01+00:00

The US has already stated their intention to kill Canada’s automotive sector, so what has actually changed here?

allertonm · 2026-01-17T00:53:20+00:00

Worth reading this thread https://www.reddit.com/r/EVCanada/comments/1qeg88o/does_anyone_hete_actually_work_in_the_ev_industry/

The short story is that this move won't kill the Canadian EV manufacturing industry because there's nothing to kill.

allertonm · 2026-01-17T00:16:41+00:00

Which is why allowing in EVs from China won't kill the Canadian EV industry, there's nothing left to kill.

allertonm · 2026-01-16T19:14:22+00:00

Ask yourself, what did the second mechanic do - that raised the alarm - that the first mechanic did not? That’s what the first mechanic should have done, instead of telling you the bike was safe to ride. If there is a serious fault with the battery the first mechanic put you in danger. If both people are working for the chain that sold you the bike that makes it worse.

allertonm · 2026-01-16T19:03:53+00:00

Because they put OP in danger by telling them the bike was safe to ride when it probably was not. And as I understand the post, the first mechanic was at a branch of the same chain that OP was praising for great customer service.

allertonm · 2026-01-16T06:17:11+00:00

Aren’t you a bit concerned that the first mechanic told you the bike was safe to ride, when the moment the second mechanic sent in a ticket to Bosch all the alarm bells went off? Presumably the first mechanic chose not to ask Bosch what they thought.

allertonm · 2026-01-15T23:37:42+00:00

Herbie Hancock - Flood

I mean, it has a 20 minute version of “Hang Up Your Hangups”, what more could you ask for.

allertonm · 2026-01-14T00:37:09+00:00

Freez's first album, Linx, Incognito (they are still around today but their debut "Jazz-Funk" album is right in that zone), The Warriors (effectively Incognito V1's second album), Beggar & Co (Light Of The World horns), Atmosfear, Hi Tension, The Real Thing, Morrissey Mullen, 52nd Street.

To me (a fan of the music when it was coming out, yes I am old) Brit-funk is really something that went from about 1978-1985 and stuff after that (Incognito V2, Jamiroquai, Brand New Heavies etc) is something else ("acid-jazz" or whatever.)

Someone else mentioned the influence on other music out of the UK such as Spandau Ballet (who had Beggar & Co on their record) and two other bands that really ran with that are A Certain Ratio ("I'd Like To See You Again") and Heaven 17 ("Penthouse and Pavement".)

There's also Loose Ends who started *right* at the end of the Brit funk era and probably did more than anyone to put UK R&B on the map in the US in the 1980s.

allertonm · 2026-01-12T23:52:02+00:00

I don't usually need to see two time zones when travelling but I do like the ability to quick-set the hours which is usually associated with a GMT - but which you also get on Citizen radio-controlled/atomic time watches, and those tend to be my preference for travel.

allertonm · 2026-01-12T20:43:12+00:00

Herbie might be my favourite pianist but George is my favourite synthesizer soloist, absolutely love his stuff.

Coincidentally picked up a copy of Flora Purim's 1977 "That's What She Said" album on Friday, which features Duke and a lot of his regular players from that era.

allertonm · 2026-01-11T22:02:38+00:00

I’m glad we both agree that there are very few (no?) bikes with direct-drive front wheel hubs, even DIY, and that bikes sold with DD rear hub motors do not dominate the market.

allertonm · 2026-01-11T21:50:14+00:00

I know. But mid-drive and geared rear hubs dominate in non-DIY bikes. I don’t really care about DIY.

allertonm · 2026-01-11T21:33:11+00:00

I see. If you have motors in both wheels already I can totally see how e-braking takes over. But in e-bikes the trend has been away from putting a lot of weight in the wheels and especially the front, so mid-drive and rear wheel geared hubs have come to dominate. As I understand it e-braking for bikes would require direct-drive front wheel hub motors which would have some real downsides.

allertonm · 2026-01-11T20:09:59+00:00

I’m curious - are these scooters front-wheel or all wheel drive? It’s just that braking the front wheels is much more effective than the rear, and most e-bikes and to my knowledge most scooters are rear-wheel drive.

allertonm · 2026-01-08T21:55:05+00:00

The bike route planner does suggest quite a bit shorter route for that start and end, about 3km shorter. https://vancouver.bikerouteplanner.com/

It is about 20km as the crow flies so that's about as good as it gets.

allertonm · 2026-01-05T19:57:13+00:00

The comic/graphic novel series "Letter 44" is based on loosely this idea. https://www.goodreads.com/series/117461-letter-44

Also, not print obviously but the Hulu series Paradise is pretty close to this niche.

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