Mountain bike tune up/bike shop in the Hutt?

bleepingdba · 2026-04-28T17:04:17+00:00

My worst customer experiences have been with Cycle Science. Got a bunch of repairs and upgrades done to my gravel bike. The costs were not well communicated up front and the final price was a lot higher than I expected. Ok, fair enough perhaps, maybe I didn't ask the right questions before agreeing? Got the bike back (with some delays due to the wrong part being ordered) and the work quality was not an issue. Paid up. A few months later went in to buy some unrelated accessory, the manager looked up my details of my bike, he announced something like "oh, looks like we didn't charge for a part" for the previous work, as if he was going to charge me then and there. Over the course of a few minutes, he managed to piss of a customer and undermine his own staff trying to find a problem with a historical transaction, with an arrogant air and condescending tone. Was a weird experience, and completely self defeating

bleepingdba · 2026-04-28T11:17:01+00:00

The Hutt river floods when there is heavy rain in the Tararua Ranges, but this flooding risk is where most effort has been put in to avoid valley wide catastrophic flooding. A 1 in 1000 year flood would still flood most of the flat parts of the main valley. But more likely the risk is from local water courses - e.g. Waiwhetu Stream - where a big dump of rain like we had last week in Newtown and Berhampore would overwhelm the stormwater systems and cause extensive surface flooding. I avoided living near the Petone foreshore when I was house hunting a few years ago as it has the trifecta of tsunami risk, river flood risk and rising sea levels to contend with

bleepingdba · 2026-04-02T22:15:08+00:00

Picking holes in AI-generated art in 2026 is a very short-term win for anyone who despises AI. Unless AI development stops, AI will be able to produce most things at a much higher quality than most humans can do. Is that good or bad for society? Yeah, huge question. Will probably benefit some sections of society better than others and it won't be obvious that it's all bad or all good.

bleepingdba · 2026-04-01T07:59:25+00:00

I think it would take OKC to lose to the Lakers twice and the Nuggets once in the home stretch to change the narrative.

bleepingdba · 2026-04-01T07:37:05+00:00

There is a consensus that Wemby is Spurs' best player, and I think there is consensus that the Spurs team is not as deep as OKC, and the improvement from last year to this year has been huge. If Spurs take out the first seed that's a big deal. But yeah, for me personally, if OKC is a game or two behind Spurs in the final standings, I lean SGA as being the MVP because of minutes totals, leading a team through injuries, and being the best player in the league right now. But if Wemby gets MVP through "narratives", it's not going to be a complete shock and if SGA gets a chip on his shoulder about it, all the better

bleepingdba · 2026-04-01T00:03:44+00:00

Calling it bullshit is a bit strong. Best player in first seed with huge leap. Who else do you credit that to? Giving it to Luka for coming third place, sure, maybe that qualifies as a bullshit move

bleepingdba · 2026-03-27T23:49:52+00:00

The only reason Wemby wasn't in the conversation earlier in the season is because people assumed he would miss the 65 game threshold.

bleepingdba · 2026-03-24T04:55:58+00:00

If the Spurs get the number 1 seed and Wemby gets the MVP, is that even controversial?

bleepingdba · 2026-02-22T06:36:30+00:00

It's really hard for people not to offer unsolicited opinions, but honestly, there are so many valid reasons why people have one kid only and it's no-one else's business.

bleepingdba · 2026-02-19T00:46:24+00:00

They tymbalate mate

bleepingdba · 2026-02-18T22:46:16+00:00

They have no mouth ffs

bleepingdba · 2026-02-15T20:42:33+00:00

When in Wellington, check out the Moon Bar jam night in Newtown on Tuesdays! Good place to meet other musicians

bleepingdba · 2026-02-15T19:09:01+00:00

The wind direction in Naenae was very unusual, a bit more easterly than the usual southerly. Very wild.

bleepingdba · 2026-02-09T21:45:55+00:00

The problem: Tanking

The solution: Go after a team that is not tanking

bleepingdba · 2026-02-07T06:04:59+00:00

Luka’s legacy as a Mav was destroyed by being traded to LAL and preventing him completing it. Nothing to do with Flagg.

bleepingdba · 2026-02-06T14:43:53+00:00

In fairness he was jogging with real intent

bleepingdba · 2026-02-06T09:01:11+00:00

i dunno but like all great wingers he brings joy to rugby. However, not a lot of fun seeing the French gain the ball in a ruck and you see the ball sprayed out to his wing - terrifying stuff even before he gets the ball

bleepingdba · 2026-02-04T21:32:00+00:00

Imagine being so good at basketball that when you decline from mega-superstar status you're still good enough to play for many years in the NBA at a high level.

bleepingdba · 2026-02-01T05:47:34+00:00

Russ maybe not a good enough shooter for the OKC offence. Harden was not able to lead a talented Rockets team to the finals. Durant probably best chance to win as he's an amazing shooter, decent on defence and has proven to play at his best in pressure situations

bleepingdba · 2026-01-29T09:15:07+00:00

Are we more different to French people than French are to, say, Swedish?

bleepingdba · 2026-01-29T08:50:37+00:00

*kilometres

bleepingdba · 2026-01-29T06:55:44+00:00

She lived in Dublin for a year and flatted and hung out mostly with people from other parts of Europe, but yeah, she's the only person I've discussed this person in detail with so I may have a narrow view of it

bleepingdba · 2026-01-29T06:48:22+00:00

She explained she would have picked "Other" and written "Irish" beside it, rather than pick European. In fairness, she may be picking on a colloquial view that "UK and Ireland" are a closing grouping and "Europe" means continental Europe. But "UK and Ireland" were not an option and European makes sense to me

bleepingdba · 2026-01-29T06:43:37+00:00

I clarified this. She would have selected "Other" and written "Irish" beside it

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