Little Things that Bring a Smile to Your Face 5: Rainbow Edition

[Zaki]

I’ve been cycling to work for almost a year now. Before that, about a decade ago I used to cycle to work for maybe three or four years and obviously I cycled a lot as a kid. Often had tyre trouble, usually having soft tyres and broke a valve recently pumping one up, which was weird.

I’m 43. Yesterday, I noticed that there is a little twisty bit on the bike valves that you have to open up when pumping them. NOBODY EVER TOLD ME THAT.

You can teach that to your kids now....and the cycle goes on (I'll get me coat).

[Asura]

Asura's super power is binning stuff then?

"Garbage smash!"

"Recycle wave!"

She jokes that I'm too much like Archer, from, err, Archer. However she puts up with it because generally it works in both our favour.

[Asura]

I’ve been cycling to work for almost a year now. Before that, about a decade ago I used to cycle to work for maybe three or four years and obviously I cycled a lot as a kid. Often had tyre trouble, usually having soft tyres and broke a valve recently pumping one up, which was weird.

I’m 43. Yesterday, I noticed that there is a little twisty bit on the bike valves that you have to open up when pumping them. NOBODY EVER TOLD ME THAT.

There are two types of valves these days, Schrader and Presta; one is newer than the other.

[Anpanman]

There are two types of valves these days, Schrader and Presta; one is newer than the other.

They have both been around for a good while though, when I was a kid racers tended to have presta valves whilst kid's bikes like Choppers and Tomahawk's etc had the car valve shrader type.

[fishbowlhead]

She jokes that I'm too much like Archer, from, err, Archer. However she puts up with it because generally it works in both our favour.

Some people just have great situational awareness 😁

[randombs]

She jokes that I'm too much like Archer, from, err, Archer. However she puts up with it because generally it works in both our favour.

I hope you get to say "phrasing!" at least once a week.

[gunrock]

Schrader valves FTW. Can't understand why in a bicycle friendly city like Copenhagen, all the bikes have these shirty Dunlop valves that instantly deflate should you accidently loosen the nut trying to work out how to pump it up.
Schrader valve - walk to nearest petrol garage and fill your tyre with compressed air in 5 seconds.

[Dogg Thang]

I don't know which valve is which and they should be teaching this stuff in school but mine are the skinnier ones.

[Brad]

You have Presta. They allow higher tyre pressures than Schrader and are skinnier so generally found on road bike with skinnier rims because Schraders would be too fat.

[Zen Monkey]

Homemade pate made from mushrooms n hazelnuts fresh from the fields. Mm mmm.

[Blobcat]

Playing Stardew valley on the switch, I’ve just unlocked access to the casino for the first time (didn’t even know there was one back when I played it in steam).

Tried playing the fruit machines trying to count the pattern to win to a mixed success (very slowly wining money/ casino currency) .

Then I suddenly won 100,000 so that was good! Which that happened in real life.

[Dogg Thang]

There's a casino...?

[MonkeyJuggleDX]

Just popped into my local cex expecting the usual dross to line their shelves and spotted a copy of EDF 4.1 for a tenner. Been looking for a reasonably priced copy for ages.

[randombs]

Bought a Wii U

Wonderful 101, here I come.

[JazzFunk]

The Big Bang Theory finally ending.

Some deaths are good.