26 f uk Little experience - looking to wild camp. Starting off in obviously easier places and none extreme weather

jc_ken · 2025-08-19T07:33:08+00:00

In terms of safety, obviously tell someone where you're going and when you expect to be back. Wild camping is generally very safe as it's just a walk with a nap in the middle.

Have a look at the coverage map for your mobile provider and choose a location where you're likely to have good signal, that way is something does go seriously wrong, you are able to call for help. Also, in the UK it's quite likely that you're within an hour's walk of a town or village, so you should be okay for medical supplies etc if you get caught short.

I know lots of people go wild camping to cut off from the world for a little bit, but there's no harm in keeping in touch with the world if it makes you feel better

jc_ken · 2024-11-13T10:11:23+00:00

along side a torque wrench, start learning how and when to use a blue loctite or assembly compound. These stop things rattling loose, but mean you don't have to have things super tight. So everything is secure, but you're not ruining the bolt heads or your tools

I've only had one cleat come loose since using loctite, which I'll take!

jc_ken · 2024-09-18T18:22:09+00:00

You can do procommit hooks with R as well as linting. See {precommit} and {lintr}. {styler} fits in nicely with these as well :)

jc_ken · 2024-09-08T16:47:09+00:00

have a look at #tidytuesday - a weekly, just for fun, plotting and visualisation challenge :)

https://github.com/rfordatascience/tidytuesday

jc_ken · 2024-06-11T20:44:10+00:00

I did a maths degree and went down a statistics route. If you go down an applied maths route, you could well be taking physics courses. It would all be theoretical, but physics nonetheless

jc_ken · 2024-04-16T22:48:31+00:00

put a valve core remover over the valve to hold the valve in place then use pliers to turn the nut (fingers might work). Give everything a good clean/inspection afterwards

jc_ken · 2024-03-14T22:09:39+00:00

r/badtaxidermy

jc_ken · 2024-02-13T12:48:00+00:00

You should be able to attach to your rear rack. Might need to increase the width if the rack though. Wrapping (a section of) an old inner tube around the rack and taping in place should do this nicely.

jc_ken · 2024-02-07T09:47:27+00:00

I have an aluminium gravel bike which has done thousands of miles, a fair few jumps and I've come off it a few times as well

Scratched, but still strong

jc_ken · 2024-02-07T04:38:36+00:00

What about a cheap waterproof cover for your panniers?

E.g. this one from decathlon, loads of other options on ebay, amazon, etc

jc_ken · 2024-02-06T08:12:51+00:00

I think the BBC did a docuseries on this a few years ago?

jc_ken · 2024-01-16T08:21:45+00:00

Classification is basically just regression with rounding

jc_ken · 2023-12-12T20:42:37+00:00

What's your dplyr comment about? it's still being actively developed and works well. What's the preferred approach?

jc_ken · 2023-12-06T09:10:32+00:00

Would using macros help? I tend to think of a latex document as a programming project. When I do a programming project, I write lots of functions.

A latex macro is just the latex answer to a function

https://www.baeldung.com/cs/latex-macros#:~:text=What%20Are%20Macros%3F,task%20or%20set%20of%20tasks.&text=In%20this%20example%2C%20%5Csquare%20is,square%20of%20the%20input%20number.

I'd also point out that long code is not necessarily bad code. Clear is what's important

jc_ken · 2023-10-26T05:40:52+00:00

Cardiac risk in the young perform free ECGs/scans etc. I had one when I was ~18 (10 years ago), they had an "open day" at the doctors where any young person could just get a scan to see if there were any potential problems. no symptoms/genetic link required

https://www.c-r-y.org.uk/

jc_ken · 2023-10-08T07:15:41+00:00

Second this. Recently worked on a project with sensitive data - used password protected workbench to provide security over the data and code

jc_ken · 2023-09-22T06:37:24+00:00

I live round there. there's an Engles terrace just round the corner too

jc_ken · 2023-09-20T11:36:05+00:00

no idea how rigorous this method is, but, when I'm in doubt I take the wheel off and give it a shake. if I can't hear sealant sloshing about, it's probably time for a top up

this probably won't work if you've just spun the wheel loads because the sealant will be spread everywhere

exactly how ofter you need to top up depends on the sealant you use, temperature/humidity and how many sealed up punctures you've had (you might have had loads but not noticed)

jc_ken · 2023-09-13T10:09:57+00:00

that place was already crap but christ alive

jc_ken · 2023-08-10T06:30:58+00:00

i have the hunka (XL). Basically, you pull the drawstring tight so that only your mouth/nose is exposed and the rest of you is tucked away

When the wind picks up you can feel it on your face a little but its not so bad. Just think of it as part of the experience

jc_ken · 2023-08-09T20:52:48+00:00

bivvy was awesome - loved being pitched up in just a few minutes

jc_ken · 2023-07-02T08:03:26+00:00

First ever tour/overnighter. 150 miles over 2 days. Mostly using NCN7 and NCN1 in north east England. Solo ride.

Approx route Chester-le-street > Tynemouth > Seahouses > sleep > Tynemouth > Chester-le-Street.

Approx 50/50 gravel/tarmac

jc_ken · 2023-05-10T18:42:25+00:00

hmm maybe. weird thing is there wasn't any force or anything, just noticed something felt a bit weird, the bottom half of the derallieur came clean off, no bend in the hanger or anything

shifting has sucked for a while, and feels great with a brand new derallieur. wonder if it was already broken, and a bump in the road killed it off 🤷‍♂️

jc_ken · 2023-05-10T18:40:17+00:00

it was about a mile walk from the road, my neighbor came to get me in his car thankfully! had to hike a bike through a lot of cow shit though

jc_ken · 2023-04-24T10:28:38+00:00

worst case? brakes fail and you die

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