On my last race, I was quite glad to overtake a couple of people on a hill who were pushing their hyper-expensive carbon-fibre bikes up a steep hill, whilst I passed them on my £450 Halfords cheapo. … (View Post)

We have an old brass-case Smiths (*) clock on the wall; got from a ship's engine room. It has the minutes in large numbers (5 to 60 in five intervals), rather than the hours (1 to 12), as engine… (View Post)

Oi. Only perverts wax lyrical about the so-called 'brilliance' of the failure that was the Deltic locomotive. ;) (View Post)

And again, that's cool if it works for you. But if (say) you were a runner, or a swimmer. or a triathlete, you might want some more functionality. In which case one of these sort of watches work… (View Post)

"Russia on mission to cause mayhem on UK streets, warns MI5" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp8e15yr1gwo As I've said passim, we're already at war. :( (View Post)