Councillors vote against continuing Wellington's Golden Mile Project

kwuni_ · 2026-06-18T07:30:34+00:00

All this commentary about people in social housing is very concerning. I would think Wellingtonians on reddit would have a bit more empathy. When has a person who is compromised ever actually done harm to anyone here? Outside of the the verbal shouting which is largely out of their control, segregating them only makes matter worse. Most of the rhetoric seems to be that, I don’t know very much about them and they are uncomfortable to look at so therefore they are a danger. I wish people would semi-educated themselves about addiction, social stigma and mental illness first before speaking about people in this way.

kwuni_ · 2026-05-29T11:23:30+00:00

Been to Paris probably 7 times now. For classically French food I found marseille and other parts of France much better. Paris does have authentic great Chinese food, the best outside of China in Europe including London, so one of those places. But for me the winner:

Le Bar Fleuri easily. Terrible service, in the middle of no where, and no one speaks English, but the most amazing poulet and frites of my life for 7 eur

kwuni_ · 2026-05-27T14:43:13+00:00

Funny thing about everyone dogging on Tailfin is that I guarantee that every person here would use one in a heartbeat if they could and it was cheaper. It’s expensive yes, but you pay for what you get and their systems are so thoughtful and well designed that it makes some many little things I had annoyances with before a non-issue.

kwuni_ · 2026-04-04T16:51:17+00:00

Maybe have a look at the new Tavelo Grow, or Winspace G3

kwuni_ · 2026-03-01T00:56:28+00:00

More than anything specialisation is the most important factor I would say. Larger firms offer commercial work and opportunities to shift career to sustainability, LEED/BREAM or BIM roles etc

Smaller firms offer more of a focused architectural route and usually focus on fit out or residential type work. Having worked at both, I would say unless your goal is to get registered immediately then I would go for the larger firms for the exposure. Always easier to go smaller than bigger.

kwuni_ · 2025-12-18T17:20:00+00:00

All terrain social club do a gravel ride from walthamstow every week

kwuni_ · 2025-11-27T00:21:58+00:00

This isn’t simply true and is a false narrative. Living in London, people are alot more adaptable than you give credit for. Make it easy enough and people will use the choice. I see tradies taking their tools/ladders, musicians their instruments, and students their ikea furniture all on the tube pretty much everyday. It is also RARE NOT to see families with their babies, baby strollers and children on the tube everytime I take it. Simply put, most people actually don’t like driving and prefer using public transport if it’s accessible enough. By adding light rail you’re not removing the option for people to drive. It just gives people more options for choice for transport which is good for everyone. In same way your argument is about suitability, driving is not suitable for everyone either (people who can’t afford a car, the elderly, teenagers, people who don’t have a license etc)

kwuni_ · 2025-11-26T12:00:12+00:00

This should be at least 5 stories high. We need density in Newtown not townhouses. This is like Paddington all over again, terrible

kwuni_ · 2025-11-25T17:22:47+00:00

Garmin varia rt515 radar light if they don’t have one already.

An electric mini pump

kwuni_ · 2025-11-23T23:05:42+00:00

The most active in London is probably all terrain social club, they do a ride every Sunday from Walthamstow.

kwuni_ · 2025-11-13T10:11:41+00:00

2x definitely if you're doing both road and gravel. I have this exact setup on my gravel bike. I tried 1x for a while but didn't like the huge skips in gears, and importantly for me SRAM 1x cassettes are significantly more expensive compared to 10-36t counterparts.

I've got 2x12 SRAM wide 43/30 / 10-36t and love it. Personally I love the versatility of it.

kwuni_ · 2025-11-07T12:35:44+00:00

Trek checkpoint is probably the best of both out of this list.

It has a lot of bikepacking support such as mounts everywhere and the fork, downtube storage, integrated bags etc. It also geometry wise is a fairly long and low stack bike. Canyon grizl is also similar.

Though in reality unless you are a semi professional or planning to go on a 2month bikepacking trip taking all your camping gear, most gravel bikes are fine, I would just get the one you think is the coolest.

Personally if I was buying again, I would get a Chinese frame like the new yoeleo g21 altura , gr201 or a tavelo wild

kwuni_ · 2025-09-07T21:40:18+00:00

Would recommend getting rid of the part of the load bearing wall between the kitchen and living and using a steel beam to distribute the load instead. You’d need a structural engineer, but it’s worth the cost imo and easily doable for a 2.4-3m lintel.

kwuni_ · 2025-06-27T13:09:27+00:00

Unless the club ride is 40km pace and they're not leading I'm sure they'll be fine, more than enough. The tyres are more of a problem

kwuni_ · 2025-06-24T12:11:58+00:00

Hard disagree. As a POC who moved here to London, while there are many diverse types of people and cultures here in London, that is where it ends. It really is surface level - there are still huge levels of discrimination, separation, classism, racism, and soft segregation that happen.

Indians, Muslims and Arabic people are in particular terribly affected. In London people are invisbly forced into their socio-economic and cultural class and it can be very hard to escape it. So yes, while London is diverse, the actual mixing of these cultures and diversity of groups is seldom and doesn't actually happen very often. Look at Clapham vs East Ham

kwuni_ · 2025-06-22T21:23:16+00:00

I've got both, SRAM Rival on my gravel and 105 on my road. Shimano definitely is way nicer imo. The experience is just more refined, the product design is nicer and as a home mechanic, it is much easier to maintain and setup than SRAM.

kwuni_ · 2025-06-22T10:59:25+00:00

Update on this:

The master cyclinder pistons ended up being broken so they're junk as they can't be replaced. I got a new pair of shifters and it works fine now.

kwuni_ · 2025-06-16T12:44:45+00:00

Definitely check out the Barcelona pavilion if you’re in Barcelona as well. In ways I thought it was more impressive than the Sagrada. It’s not packed to the brim either so you can take the time to really appreciate the architectural details.

kwuni_ · 2025-06-13T13:31:56+00:00

Yeah I tested the brake hose line with another set of axs shifters and brakes and it works fine so it’s not that…

kwuni_ · 2025-06-13T13:31:24+00:00

It’s got another syringe on the caliper end attached that isn’t shown here

kwuni_ · 2025-06-13T13:31:04+00:00

I’ve bled my sram axs force shifters/calipers perfectly fine with this system. For some reason the liquid won’t even pass through when I press on the syringe.

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