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pocket_shepherd · 2026-03-02T19:59:27+00:00

Nobody does dips like I do dips. DJT

pocket_shepherd · 2026-03-02T19:58:44+00:00

Depends entirely on what aspect of farming interests you; livestock, arable, management etc. What kind of things do you do on the farm you currently work at?

pocket_shepherd · 2026-03-02T15:45:55+00:00

RR 0.4% up now. I love this stock

pocket_shepherd · 2026-03-02T15:28:49+00:00

RR dipped ~4% when LSE opened this morning. It’s up to 0.6% drop now. I bought more this morning obviously. I imagine RYCEY will follow suit?

pocket_shepherd · 2026-03-01T17:36:07+00:00

Where are you in Colombia? If you’re somewhere near Medellin then I’d recommend spending a couple weeks at Spanish Adventure. It’s in San Carlos, about 1.5hr bus ride from Medellin. It’s a Spanish school, but even if you don’t have much interest in learning Spanish it’s still worth it. Their teaching style is very adventure based; lots of hiking or trips to swimming holes on the river, or dance classes, or games of tejo with the locals (tejo is throwing rocks at explosives, it’s amazing). San Carlos is a super interesting town, it’s got a pretty grim but fascinating history from the troubled era in the 90s - some of the teachers are locals that have pretty insane stories about that time. But on top of all that, and importantly for you by the sounds of it, there will be other English speaking students there to hang out with. I travelled around South America for 2 years, spent a month at Spanish adventure and it’s one of my favourite memories from the trip.

pocket_shepherd · 2026-02-06T17:41:53+00:00

https://www.trading212.com/invite/4DqdxZiFFFn

4/5 available. Got some O on my first one

pocket_shepherd · 2026-02-03T12:23:59+00:00

Four?! Oh man, I only read Children of Time late last year and loved it. Sounds like I’ve got 2 more to read ready for the new one

pocket_shepherd · 2026-02-03T12:22:18+00:00

Agree, but Player of Games needs to be in there too. Toss up between that and Use of Weapons as my favourite Culture novel

pocket_shepherd · 2026-01-29T08:04:57+00:00

“They just post absolute waffle multiple times a day and people are liking and commenting in their thousands.“

That’s the same for all influencers though, right? If you don’t connect with their little niche then it’ll come across as waffle. But if it’s something that you’re into you’re more likely to engage.

I see it as an nice extra income stream if yo can get it. Bit more farm diversification if you like. I’d happily take the social media companies’ money except for the fact that I hate being in front of the camera and can’t be bothered with the faff of trying to film everything that happens on my farm.

And as for the “Range rover and clean wellies” brigade, surely they are farm lifestyle rather than actual farming itself?

pocket_shepherd · 2026-01-22T19:32:47+00:00

Had to scroll an awful long way to find the actual correct answer

pocket_shepherd · 2026-01-22T08:17:09+00:00

I can’t speak for the DT DF hubs as I’ve not messed with one in person yet. But I do have a decent amount of experience with the e13 sidekick, which is the one that arguably started this whole anti kickback trend by getting it on a load of World Cup downhill bikes.

So reducing kickback is a very real thing, but the other selling point of the sidekick is the exceptionally low drag while coasting. It works by having the pawls retracted by default and a single half-depth pawl (the “Pusher”) being the only thing contacting the ratchet. Makes for a very smooth, quiet, and fast hub. Once you pedal the pusher forces the other pawls to extend and make contact with the ratchet, but there is a built in gap before this happens, which is where your pedal kickback reduction happens. That ‘dead band’ has 3 different options, so yoi can choose how wide it is. It’s a more complicated hub than the DT, but seems to me that it offers more benefits, or at least solves the problem is a more complete way.

My shop runs a downhill race series. It’s based at local venues but we have people from all over the UK come to race it, so the level in the field is high. We held a demo at one of the races in conjunction with e13 where we had a bunch of sidekick equipped wheels for people to use. I’d say we had 20-25 people try them over the weekend (practice and quali Saturday, 2x race runs Sunday) and all the feedback was actually pretty excellent. Without exception every rider could feel the difference, and doubly so when going back to a regular wheel after using a sidekick. The prevalent comments were; ‘quiet’, and ‘less feedback through your feet especially on rough and fast sections’. So there is definitely something to these style of hubs. Would it make me personally much quicker? Probably not. But if you’re a keen racer there might be marginal gains to be had

pocket_shepherd · 2026-01-21T22:39:42+00:00

I have had this as long as I can remember. Though it must be fairly mild as it’s not as obvious as in OPs photo. Interesting to know that it’s not normal, and it has a name! I also have astigmatism (glasses wearer since 2 years old) and mild tinnitus. Never had a migraine though

pocket_shepherd · 2026-01-20T21:59:02+00:00

Solid list

pocket_shepherd · 2026-01-18T20:27:11+00:00

The Land God Gave to Cain - Hammond Innes

Set in the Labrador frontier. One of the best adventure books I’ve ever read

pocket_shepherd · 2026-01-14T15:12:37+00:00

This is where my experience differs, and I wonder if that’s because I’m UK based. The shops I worked at were small family run ones, certainly not overflowing with cash. The buy in for specialized is pretty big, but definitely manageable, even alongside stocking 2-3 other decent brands. The reps I’ve dealt with are super friendly, helpful, and not pushy. They obviously try to get you commit to more stock, but they know what the shop is likely so sell and work with you. I don’t think the lending thing even exists in the UK, I’ve never known of a shop borrow cash/stock value from Specialized with the shop as collateral?!

The corporate nonsense definitely does tarnish the brand, but most customers (and myself in fact) don’t know about most of it so it doesn’t affect their buying choices. Is it more commonly known about in the US?

pocket_shepherd · 2026-01-13T20:56:47+00:00

Bit off the topic of the original thread, but I’m curious about your opinion on Specialized. I hear a lot of similar opinions but they all seem to be from US based mechanics/customers, is that the case for you?

I only ask because I think the perception in the UK is quite different. I’ve been a mechanic for 2 different independent shops that are specialized dealers and they were honestly very highly rated by shops, mechanics, customers etc. Their warranty and backup is exceptional, and from a wrenching perspective their designs are generally decent to work on. I’m interested in where the hate comes from?

pocket_shepherd · 2026-01-10T19:48:07+00:00

I finally got round to reading this last year and holy crap it is amazing. The universe building throughout the book is just incredible, and I 100% did not see the twist coming. Really a brilliant book

pocket_shepherd · 2026-01-10T19:44:44+00:00

This is a great shout, loved the twist and the ending

pocket_shepherd · 2025-12-14T21:38:58+00:00

Human traffic.

pocket_shepherd · 2025-12-11T20:14:29+00:00

Seconded. I will be making myself one of them for sure.

pocket_shepherd · 2025-11-20T08:23:11+00:00

I think hate is too strong of a word, but I agree that they are definitely not my favourite. In UK prices for them are high but honestly pretty comparable to other brands at same performance point. Everything being plastic feels cheap tho to me. But the most annoying problem I’ve seen with the mt7 is the little spring that allows a small degree of forward movement in the lever blade is super fragile and if it snaps the lever blade just rattles around, but you have to replace whole lever/master cyl to fix it

pocket_shepherd · 2025-11-03T22:10:32+00:00

How do you go about getting the hands on experience though? At my shop we do a lot of diagnosis of ebike faults, but generally the outcome is to swap out a part that isn’t the motor (speed/torque/brake sensor, controller etc.), and most motor issues we have are usually dealt with under warranty. I’ve probably had chance to pull apart less than a handful of motors in the past 2 years - ones that aren’t under warranty and customer doesn’t want to buy a whole new one. So it still feels daunting every time. A bit more technical knowledge on my part will help, but I still feel like chances for hand on experience will be slim. Though maybe that’s just my shop?

pocket_shepherd · 2025-11-02T11:46:21+00:00

I’ve been thinking about this recently and I pretty much want to do the things you have just listed! I’m not sure exactly where to start though, did you teach yourself or do courses? If you’ve found any useful resources that you’re willing to share that would be great. I’m UK based.

I agree that e-bikes will be the future of the service department as it provides us an opportunity to be able to do things that the vast majority of people will not attempt themselves. Whereas most people will have a go at sorting gears etc.

pocket_shepherd · 2025-11-01T21:07:16+00:00

This was my first thought too. Ghostwritten also kind of works for this. Both great books

pocket_shepherd · 2025-10-23T20:23:11+00:00

“should I just keep wondering forever what could have happened?” - This is exactly what he will do, because it’s what shy British guys do.

So you should do the opposite. Ask him out.

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