DarkerSide

MetaBike; back on the road

After a few hours of fettling, I’ve managed to restore the MetaBike to a (hopefully) roadworthy state following its spelunking adventure.

B&M IQ-X dynamo headlight review

Post date
2017-02-06
Posted in Cycling, Review, Slider
Tagged with review

The B&M IQ-X dynamo headlight. Very good, but with a couple of flaws that place it behind the Edelux 2 and IQ2U in global pecking order.

Getting the blog back on the road…

Post date
2017-01-29
Posted in Cycling
Tagged with metabike

Blog back on the road. Recumbent; less so.

Garmin Virb Ultra 30 and Samsung Evo SD card issues

Post date
2016-12-08
Posted in Cycling

Brief post – I’m finding some compatability problems between the new Garmin Virb Ultra 30 camera and the Samsung Evo 64GB SD card

“Ethnic cleansing” protects those guilty of genocide

Post date
2016-10-06
Posted in Other stuff

In a post that sits firmly in the “other” category for this blog, I want to talk about the definition of genocide, and why that definition is important.

Mini-DarkerSide getting involved with the mud kitchen

Greenbank Woodland Play outdoor playgroup

Post date
2016-10-04
Posted in Babies

We went to Greenbank Woodland Play’s outdoor playgroup yesterday. An outdoor playgroup. In Scotland. In October. It was great!

East Dunbartonshire SNP councillors revolt over Bears Way phase 2

Post date
2016-09-30
Posted in Cycling
Tagged with bears way

Keith Small leads SNP councillors in a vote-grabbing revolt against active transport and SNP policy

Azub TiFly full suspension trike hits Scottish shores

Post date
2016-08-08
Posted in Cycling
Tagged with azub, trike

The latest addition to the “bikes I’d really like to have a play around on” is the fully suspended, folding Azub TiFly recumbent trike.

Fun with inner tubes

Post date
2016-08-06
Posted in Cycling

Sometimes, it might be more sensible to use the train…

Tapiriik GPS data synchroniser tool review

Post date
2016-07-31
Posted in Cycling, Review
Tagged with gps, review, strava, tapiriik

If you use a GPS to record your activities, you could probably make good use of the online syncroniser Tapiriik