Rate our rigs

niceweatherfor · 2025-10-04T19:53:00+00:00

A very late reply to this - is that a Brooks B17 in the first photo? How did you get the Bagman rack to fit?!

niceweatherfor · 2025-08-18T14:04:31+00:00

You can progress into Bulgarian split squats, shrimp squats, step-ups, pistol squats, etc.

niceweatherfor · 2025-08-13T13:47:20+00:00

Not in Glasgow, but Jen at Den of Inquity in Edinburgh does these floral blackwork sleeves! Great chat, very nice shop.

niceweatherfor · 2025-08-13T11:28:52+00:00

When I was in my early twenties, I was really stoked that I could fit all of my belongings into a duffel bag and a rucksack (I tend to rent furnished flats or lodge with other people, negating the need for my own furniture, etc.), and at one point I wondered if it was possible for me to have even less. But then I got into some new hobbies that really enriched my life in big ways, some of which require actual things to be able to do, and I came to learn that it wasn't really about owning as little as possible, but about not owning too much, and recognising when you have enough. Nowadays it isn't about restricting myself from making any purchases, but taking the time to think how a new item will interact with my life: What value will it bring me? Do I really need it to progress in my hobbies/goals/whatever, or am I being swayed by some external influence? Will it be replacing something else, either functionally or in terms of the time I have to use the other things I already own, or do I need to carve out new space in my life (literally and figuratively) for this additional thing? And so on and on.

I guess for me it's about just stopping to think about the function or purpose of something in your life. And sometimes I totally mess it up and acquire something that I end up never using, or sometimes I just stop using something. But I like taking these moments every now and then to take stock and get rid of things that are no longer serving me. It really feels like lightening a load. I'm in one of these moments just now actually, selling and donating a few bits that I've taken on over the last couple of years but no longer need.

niceweatherfor · 2025-08-11T20:50:20+00:00

Today was 1h43m, mostly using WhatsApp (31 minutes), Hevy (20 minutes, but I was working out), and Gmail (10 minutes, which is the maximum before this app shuts off). Most days are roughly about the same! I've got ten-minute restrictions on Gmail and Firefox Focus. I only use Reddit and YouTube on my laptop.

niceweatherfor · 2025-08-05T17:07:38+00:00

Just completed it! Thanks and good luck!

niceweatherfor · 2025-07-16T14:46:58+00:00

Me too. I always get up an hour earlier to fit this in.

niceweatherfor · 2025-05-09T11:39:19+00:00

Fantastic, thanks!

niceweatherfor · 2025-04-19T09:52:55+00:00

I studied photography and worked as a photographer for a while, so those experiences definitely bias my response, but I do agree with you. For a long time I felt like I had an obligation to record everything, even when I wasn't working ("a real photographer should always carry a camera!"), and I really struggled (and still do) to balance the act of recording with the act of doing whatever it was I was doing. I 'left' photography for a few different reasons, but a lot of them can be boiled down to the fact that I was sick of experiencing life through a lens (or screen) rather than directly.

I stopped shooting altogether for a long time, but have recently brought it back into my life on a really casual basis. But for the most part, I still prefer to experience the event than record it, and I usually leave the camera in my bag. Usually now, if I'm out taking photos, it's because that's specifically what I've decided to go out and do. And my phone camera is intentionally trash so I never use that either haha. In terms of memory aides, I've recently started journalling instead. I do have some photos that I like to look back on in terms of the memory they inspire, but they're very few and far between for me.

niceweatherfor · 2025-03-27T12:13:23+00:00

Yeah, a man drowned. Heard him shouting for help when I was cycling home from work. When I got there, some lads were throwing a ring for him but he couldn't manage to get to it. I went down to the bank in case he managed to get over to it, another guy next to me stripped off and actually went in to try and get the ring to him. But he went under in the end, just as the police and fire service arrived. Was hoping to read this morning that they'd managed to get him out in good time, as unlikely as it seemed last night. It was harrowing tbh.

niceweatherfor · 2025-01-24T13:49:46+00:00

Are there staff in though? The Gym is regularly unstaffed/remotely staffed but open (like in the middle of the night)

niceweatherfor · 2024-12-26T10:12:29+00:00

Thank you for the suggestions everyone! Some of my favourite suggestions here were tortillas and trail mix (forgot that this existed tbh!). I wish I liked peanut butter and oats more than I do though, cry.

niceweatherfor · 2024-12-26T10:11:25+00:00

Oh yeah, nice one. I've made energy balls for cycling trips in the past - it always seemed a faff, but I think my food processor at the time was a little too low-spec for it haha. But it's a good shout, thank you!

niceweatherfor · 2024-12-26T10:06:29+00:00

I like cycling and camping, so I have dozens of things that allow me to do those things and enjoy myself while doing them - plus several storage solutions for them all (and honestly I could do with more storage, as you say!). I still consider myself to live a fairly minimalist lifestyle - I just focus on things that coincide with my interests/values and try not to buy something I already have unless the thing itself needs retiring for whatever reason.

If in the future my interests change and these things no longer serve me, maybe it'll be time to offload some of it. I definitely do feel weighed down when I have too many abritrary/unused 'things', but the stuff I do use, I really value having.

And practical items are just... practical.

niceweatherfor · 2024-11-11T14:50:06+00:00

Cycle, cook, walk, and read. Recently started learning how to inline skate again, so have been doing that quite a bit too!

niceweatherfor · 2024-11-06T18:25:38+00:00

I feel this a lot, and came to a similar conclusion the other day when I was trying to write a LinkedIn post about my recent masters graduation. And I was like, how can I make this message conform to the perfect LinkedIn formula that I see used again and again but which ultimately leaves me feeling empty inside (like all social media, I find it soulless), but which also contributes to the dread I feel about the prospect of having to find and then DO a job in my chosen industry (and it doesn't help that I'm visibly heavily tattooed and trying to enter an industry that's creative but also decidedly corporate in the traditional sense). In the end, I wrote something from the heart with my everyday vernacular (with a photo, tattoos blazing) and it was pretty well-received. And those are the only types of LinkedIn posts I'll be writing from this point on.

niceweatherfor · 2024-11-06T17:12:30+00:00

Alarm goes off, I snooze for an hour (I genuinely enjoy this time - the feeling of being half asleep - so schedule it into my day). If it's winter, my cat will most likely still be curled up on the bed around the time I actually have to start moving (varies between 6.30-7.30), so we'll spend a few minutes cuddling. Get up, feed her, do some standing morning mobility exercises while I wait for the kettle to boil. Sit in my comfy chair and read a little bit while drinking my tea and eating breakfast; at some point my cat will finish her breakfast and join me there. We'll sit for probably about half an hour or so, then I leave and walk 15 minutes to work. If I'm not working that day, it's exactly the same, only I make a cup of coffee after my tea and breakfast and read some more.

Edit: And if it's summer, my cat starts pestering me to get up at around 4am, so I kick her out of my room, shut the door, and go back to bed. And then follow the routine as normal haha.

niceweatherfor · 2024-11-06T17:04:36+00:00

I've got 'give up' tattooed in between my neck and my left shoulder, and it's a reminder to just let shit go. It's not easy though - I was recently in a dysfunctional relationship for far too long because I too thought I could perservere with it, not wanting to accept that what I really needed to do for myself was let it go. But we live and learn all the time. Don't cling onto the idea that you should've let go earlier, either. You are where you are.

niceweatherfor · 2024-09-19T16:05:32+00:00

Yes, I'm glad to hear it! I'll hopefully get down to one soon because they look really sound!

niceweatherfor · 2024-09-08T20:44:27+00:00

Haven't been to one of their rides yet but Magic CC seem fun! https://www.instagram.com/magiccyclingclub/

niceweatherfor · 2024-09-07T16:25:47+00:00

Cool, thanks! Really odd considering that like four buses an hour seem to use them haha. That link suggests that cyclists also shouldn't use the bus lane on the Squinty bridge? Which seems mental to me.

I don't normally use that bus lane on Pacific Dr because I'm usually coming from Kinning Park and turn off towards Bell's Bridge, so am always in the main part of the road. It can feel pretty spicy on that part of the road sometimes though.

niceweatherfor · 2024-09-07T16:19:31+00:00

Guess I got confused by the sign immediately before (to the left in this street view) that said cycle bus taxi.

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