My new daily ride

I’ve have given up on cycling these days.

My favourite cafe chose to enforce the mandates, so I haven’t been back since, In any event, I normally park up the bike over winter. I can never get the clothing right, and end up either too hot or cold. As for riding in the rain, I’ve already got the T shirt..

So lately, I’ve been riding a skateboard every other day to a local pro-choice cafe a few km’s away.

I’ve been tinkering with it to get the best out of it. Longboards are always prone to either trying to spit you off at high speed, or they are too hard to ride around corners (carving).

old bushs (red) vs the new ones
Skateboard truck

I fitted some new bushes which have a different shape to the old ones, which allow it to turn a lot easier.
I put a hard bush in the back end, and a softer one in the front. This is because most stability issues are caused by the back end been too loose.

I’ve tightened up both trucks so that when I’ve got it heeled right over, I have about a fingers worth of gap between the wheels and the board. Too little clearance, and you run the risk of a dramatic stop..

The board now handles real sweet.

Inconvenient covid vaccine data

The latest covid data isn’t looking good for the vaccinated in New Zealand these days. On a personal level, most of my family have had covid (Omicron) and the one’s who got over it faster were the unvaccinated ones.

They are still promoting getting vaccinated on radio and TV with a rather condesending voice thats just irritating. The level of mask compliance in shops is steadily dropping, and I suspect getting booster’s is following the same trend.

At this point, the Government is on the backfoot, but we do know they have plans for the next ‘crisis’ starting around June.

Fore-warned is fore-armed

A tribute to Brian Tamaki, and the ‘Freedom & Rights Coalition’

Late last year, with lockdowns, Vaccine mandates, and V passports becoming mandatory, it was a very lonely place with no future, if you weren’t getting vaccinated for whatever reason.

The social ostracisation was enormous. People were fired from their jobs, churches turned away their own members, families been torn apart, and all of this happened just before Xmas when families traditionally get together.

One particular couragous man stood up against the segregation and discrimination, and decided to do something about it.

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