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“Quebec’s auto insurance board voted to ban e-bikes if they haven’t passed government safety checks. “Over the past few years, a multitude of vehicles that look like mopeds or motorbikes have appeared on the market and are being used on roads, bicycle paths and sidewalks,” said a SAAQ news...

You absolutely can. Flu shots can be partially effective for instance depending on strain and that’s the case here too.

Switched the water spray cooler on for the gazebo for first time today. Works well. The zapper is for wasps. Very satisfying! Sent from my SM-S918W using Tapatalk

It’s on the rise. Any “bad cold” in Ontario is likely COVID according to doctors. The hospitals have more cases in. Death isn’t the issue, it’s what happens after infection now. Any virus that knocks out your sense of smell is affecting your brain and it’s still knocking that out now. Wife...

“YouTube famous” = hard pass.

….outside the pool?

So I played around with my bike on the repair stand today and found something new to me. Put the gear in the smallest chainring and the smaller rear cassette cog (and the one next to that to some extent) and I get a noisy chain. Some rubbing on the chain stay or something. Rode it back to the...

Funny you should mention the dressage and show jumping here as a similar thing was mentioned in the essay I read. Ie It’s not the same in all countries, Germany has some kind of national luge program for example such that there’s more widespread talent available. I’m sure there’s some...

I read an essay yesterday about luge athletes in the US. The premise was that there are some of the more obscure sports in some countries that allow the wealthy to compete at a high level. These are most likely not the best at their sport, just the best at their sport that can afford to...

It’s definitely not straightforward in all cases. What does seem to be straightforward are the skeletal and muscular advantages through puberty of an athlete born male though. Edit: the boxing case in this olympics is complex it seems.

I was on holiday once and we managed to get a tour of a coffee plantation all to ourselves. The guide was a worker at the plantation and he drove us to a grove of orange trees so we could pick a couple. Got out the truck and the sky went dark and there was a droning noise and he said “don’t...

The horsey lot definitely come from wealthy backgrounds. The stats are that 31% of Olympians are privately schooled vs 7% of the Canadian public.

Yes boxing I think. Edit: this one is actually quite complex.

I’ve had pest control get rid of one nest in a wall and I’ve killed two others in the ground and under a window. It’s bad this year.

Why is dressage a thing? It’s ridiculous. What are the demonstration sports this year? Did 10 pin bowling make it in? Which sports are mostly competed in by non-rich athletes? So many questions.

I missed this. I’m thinking about the Thule Epos with lights. Buy once cry for a month. There’s a Kilimanjaro rack from Costco that looks interesting too but no idea what kind of support for parts etc there would be with that one down the line.

Can’t get the top of wheel/tire one as there’s fenders on the bike. There is a workaround that involves padding etc but I don’t like the sound of it with aluminum fenders. The Thule is pricey but even on Kijiji they seem to hold their value if I ever needed to sell it. There’s a version that...

Cost to install a Curt at U Haul is $100 a bit more with a wiring harness I think. Seems very reasonable to me and their hitch prices and harnesses also seem very reasonable. Looking at $5-600 ish all in. SUV is a Highlander and there doesn’t seem to be a problem with trim or anything from...

Car bike racks appear to be eye wateringly expensive. Last one I had years ago was an unwieldy heavy rusty thing that suspended the bikes from the frame top tube. Looking at platform ones that will accommodate a bike with fenders. Is it worth the $$$ for a Thule one? Seems that the one I’m...

Sticky IKEA catalogue pages.