CalumOnWheels
@calumonwheels.com
Cycle mechanic and educator, cycle tour guide, delivery worker. Read my blog if you like www.calumonwheels.com
I see gen ai content, I block
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I see gen ai content, I block
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the second these mags start telling us to get in on turnips you can know for a fact that we are all cooked
January 18, 2026 at 10:59 PM
the second these mags start telling us to get in on turnips you can know for a fact that we are all cooked
Related: I will never remove my mudguards. Come and take them.
January 16, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Related: I will never remove my mudguards. Come and take them.
Sleep easy, vittoria randonneur cross. As a commuting tyre on a fixed gear bike you did pretty good.
Now replaced with a panaracer ribmo.
Now replaced with a panaracer ribmo.
January 16, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Sleep easy, vittoria randonneur cross. As a commuting tyre on a fixed gear bike you did pretty good.
Now replaced with a panaracer ribmo.
Now replaced with a panaracer ribmo.
Interesting new type of recession indicator now active
January 7, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Interesting new type of recession indicator now active
the products from this website have been created by someone with specific thought patterns and I love it.
January 6, 2026 at 1:59 PM
the products from this website have been created by someone with specific thought patterns and I love it.
by the grace of God it should be above 0 and the sun will be out tomorrow.
January 6, 2026 at 12:57 PM
by the grace of God it should be above 0 and the sun will be out tomorrow.
It is a bit of a poisonous bargain. Reminds me of when I was couriering during the 'beast from the east' in 2024 and I had to put Google maps on car mode. All other routes were impossibly slippy and dangerous.
January 4, 2026 at 9:56 PM
It is a bit of a poisonous bargain. Reminds me of when I was couriering during the 'beast from the east' in 2024 and I had to put Google maps on car mode. All other routes were impossibly slippy and dangerous.
And in another big plus, tomorrow the sun is out. Its cold but at least it isnt the dreaded 'wintry mix'
January 4, 2026 at 5:56 PM
And in another big plus, tomorrow the sun is out. Its cold but at least it isnt the dreaded 'wintry mix'
how do these people knowingly do this sort of thing given the foundational rules of the cyberpunk RPG. bananas
January 4, 2026 at 5:36 PM
how do these people knowingly do this sort of thing given the foundational rules of the cyberpunk RPG. bananas
strongly related to this tbh
January 4, 2026 at 3:09 PM
strongly related to this tbh
I think about this metronome whizzing away very often.
If you're not disabled, poor, a minoritised ethnicity or in some other way not in the top part of the heap like how I am, it's been easy to ignore how things have been for ages.
spent this morning trying to plan pensions. Feels like unreality.
If you're not disabled, poor, a minoritised ethnicity or in some other way not in the top part of the heap like how I am, it's been easy to ignore how things have been for ages.
spent this morning trying to plan pensions. Feels like unreality.
January 4, 2026 at 3:06 PM
I think about this metronome whizzing away very often.
If you're not disabled, poor, a minoritised ethnicity or in some other way not in the top part of the heap like how I am, it's been easy to ignore how things have been for ages.
spent this morning trying to plan pensions. Feels like unreality.
If you're not disabled, poor, a minoritised ethnicity or in some other way not in the top part of the heap like how I am, it's been easy to ignore how things have been for ages.
spent this morning trying to plan pensions. Feels like unreality.
So cold in this house that cooking potato steam is actually coming out the microwave.
Crazy work.
Crazy work.
January 3, 2026 at 8:09 PM
So cold in this house that cooking potato steam is actually coming out the microwave.
Crazy work.
Crazy work.
2026 is here
Lock in 🔒
Lock in 🔒
January 1, 2026 at 10:54 AM
2026 is here
Lock in 🔒
Lock in 🔒
why do I cycle? There are many good reasons but a big one is to avoid Sadiq Khan from creeping up on me at 0200 and conducting a no knock £610 raid on my bank account. This would impoverish me.
Original video vm.tiktok.com/ZNR6NAbbH/
Original video vm.tiktok.com/ZNR6NAbbH/
December 29, 2025 at 11:41 AM
why do I cycle? There are many good reasons but a big one is to avoid Sadiq Khan from creeping up on me at 0200 and conducting a no knock £610 raid on my bank account. This would impoverish me.
Original video vm.tiktok.com/ZNR6NAbbH/
Original video vm.tiktok.com/ZNR6NAbbH/
generative plagiarism ('ai') use I wasn't expecting; John Lewis's events listing. It's so ugly. 7 people sat around one laptop looks ridiculous.
December 27, 2025 at 10:15 AM
generative plagiarism ('ai') use I wasn't expecting; John Lewis's events listing. It's so ugly. 7 people sat around one laptop looks ridiculous.
going through my tabs as I get ready to go to bed, and I notice that in Esther Freud's wiki article stub, it lists her father as a distinguished individual but not her mother. weird. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_...
December 26, 2025 at 11:20 PM
going through my tabs as I get ready to go to bed, and I notice that in Esther Freud's wiki article stub, it lists her father as a distinguished individual but not her mother. weird. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_...
haven't seen one of these 'i have been to an airport' boxes for ages, lowkey quite miss them. bet heaps of zoomers dont know they even existed.
Wonder if the shops on the Belgian border near Dunkirk where all the truck drivers mysteriously seem to pull over still have them
Wonder if the shops on the Belgian border near Dunkirk where all the truck drivers mysteriously seem to pull over still have them
December 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
haven't seen one of these 'i have been to an airport' boxes for ages, lowkey quite miss them. bet heaps of zoomers dont know they even existed.
Wonder if the shops on the Belgian border near Dunkirk where all the truck drivers mysteriously seem to pull over still have them
Wonder if the shops on the Belgian border near Dunkirk where all the truck drivers mysteriously seem to pull over still have them
@chas.bsky.social you were absolutely right this book is incredible.
Imagine going to work and your boss have given you PPE but it ends up drowning you head first in the ocean while all your colleagues look on.
What a book.
Imagine going to work and your boss have given you PPE but it ends up drowning you head first in the ocean while all your colleagues look on.
What a book.
December 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
@chas.bsky.social you were absolutely right this book is incredible.
Imagine going to work and your boss have given you PPE but it ends up drowning you head first in the ocean while all your colleagues look on.
What a book.
Imagine going to work and your boss have given you PPE but it ends up drowning you head first in the ocean while all your colleagues look on.
What a book.
Plug it in to my veins.
December 23, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Plug it in to my veins.
These tulips aren't going away asshole, better get used to them!!
December 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
These tulips aren't going away asshole, better get used to them!!
I am so glad the winter solstice has been and gone. this time of year is so hard and so miserable for me. I'm so thrilled the days will now start getting longer again.
I took this photo at EIGHT FORTY PM on June 12th!
I took this photo at EIGHT FORTY PM on June 12th!
December 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I am so glad the winter solstice has been and gone. this time of year is so hard and so miserable for me. I'm so thrilled the days will now start getting longer again.
I took this photo at EIGHT FORTY PM on June 12th!
I took this photo at EIGHT FORTY PM on June 12th!
monarchy views aside, when is someone going to give him the talk?
December 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
monarchy views aside, when is someone going to give him the talk?
Cracked my 23rd parkrun today. If I manage a 25th using Xmas day and another Saturday that'll be a real result 👟
December 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Cracked my 23rd parkrun today. If I manage a 25th using Xmas day and another Saturday that'll be a real result 👟
Weird how it seems like practically no one cares that driver safety improvement has stalled in c. 2010 and is indeed now seemingly getting worse.
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
December 19, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Weird how it seems like practically no one cares that driver safety improvement has stalled in c. 2010 and is indeed now seemingly getting worse.
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....