Liam Duffy @liamduffy.dev · 04/09/2026Got sorted fairly quickly by Herberts Cycles in Whitstable, who had Brompton-appropriate tubes in stock. Evidence: video of me cycling with visible sea in background! 001
Liam Duffy @liamduffy.dev · 24/07/2026Prices seem somewhat reasonable for someone caught in a bind in a busy central London location 120
Liam Duffy @liamduffy.dev · 19/06/2026Adding to the issue is how faded the markings are where Popham Road meets Essex Road. You can have a lot of cyclists waiting at a red here, and then drivers turning left almost into their path because they swing out so far. New North Academy feels like a good candidate for a school street also? 100
Liam Duffy @liamduffy.dev · 19/06/2026Goo morning @cycleislington.uk! I'm wondering if this is something you've raised before: I'm getting a little annoyed at this part of my commute along C27. Seems like there's a rat run that's been left open via Popham Road / Greenman Street allowing drivers to avoid signalled junction to the north. 220
Liam Duffy @liamduffy.dev · 20/05/2026All better now. I actually had the replacement part in hand less than 24 hours after the breakage—Balfes had it in stock in their warehouse. Yay for regional medium-size retail chains. 000
Liam Duffy @liamduffy.dev · 20/05/2026Choir I'm in is doing a sing, tickets if that's your sort of thing: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/oss-choir-... 000
Liam Duffy @liamduffy.dev · 19/05/2026The management company for my building puts user-facing strings directly in the URL as query params 000
Liam Duffy @liamduffy.dev · 17/05/2026Any Gazelle owners ever had this part snap off one of their mudguards? I rode over an aluminium can and it somehow sprang up and took revenge 100
Liam Duffy @liamduffy.dev · 08/05/2026Council have tweeted out 45% turnout, which seems more realistic! xcancel.com/hackneycounc... 021
Liam Duffy @liamduffy.dev · 06/04/2026Took this about a forrnight ago. A new bridge improving connections between the north of Hackney Wick with Fish Island appears to be nearing completion. Was supposed to open last summer! (see www.queenelizabetholympicpark.co.uk/business/fut...) 111
Liam Duffy @liamduffy.dev · 17/02/2026As much as many cyclists won't want to share space with buses, e-scooter riders on their little wheels *really* won't find that appealing! e.g. does anyone genuinely think that the big new pavement build outs on Pembury Circus won't have people scooting across them from day one? 020
Liam Duffy @liamduffy.dev · 17/02/2026New ourbike.co.uk arrival in my neighbourhood (Prince Edward Road, Hackney Wick). Will be handy having it so close! 030
Liam Duffy @liamduffy.dev · 05/12/2025It's the "cross river" fare, here if you scroll down www.thamesclippers.com/plan-your-jo... 110
Liam Duffy @liamduffy.dev · 23/11/2025I'm just thinking that it would be all well and good to create a specific exception for particular public transport vehicles to cross the bridge, but if there was a wider exemption then this could support micromobility innovations more generally (see pics). 110
Liam Duffy @liamduffy.dev · 14/11/2025Back at #ffconf after eight years! I don't remember being supplied with quality pastries last time. 110
Liam Duffy @liamduffy.dev · 13/11/2025Reading the press release, here's the other vehicle they'll be trialling (the Neomor D01). How cute is this 100
Liam Duffy @liamduffy.dev · 13/11/2025Many European countries have much looser restrictions on where mopeds or similar classes of vehicles can go. We often implement LTN like measures with the sign on the left, which bans all motor vehicles, and don't have an equivalent of the one on the right which allows bicycles and mopeds. 120
Liam Duffy @liamduffy.dev · 21/10/2025I don't even know what sign you would use for a "no motor vehicles except mopeds" restriction, maybe an "Evel Knievel" sign, and then an extra sign below to state the exception? Meanwhile EU nations have a sign that allows (and I think also requires?) moped riders and cyclists to use a given path. 000
Liam Duffy @liamduffy.dev · 19/10/2025I think you ought to try a swoopy bridge like this for yourself! Or at least watch some POV videos, and try to imagine how "dizzy" you'd get in reality. I can recommend one in Utretcht, and there's another in Glasgow that I can't wait to try myself but haven't had the opportunity yet. 010
Liam Duffy @liamduffy.dev · 07/10/2025It's okay though, we've dealt with the danger from speeding vehicles 050
Liam Duffy @liamduffy.dev · 20/08/2025The signs they've put up seem to muddy the waters significantly Otherwise, isn't this just a list of things that are already illegal? 010
Liam Duffy @liamduffy.dev · 13/08/2025This is nice option to see, but I feel like if Decathlon really want to be allies then they should make the points count for more if I make a donation to a charity, instead of it being the same amount of money as I could have off my next purchase. 020
Liam Duffy @liamduffy.dev · 30/07/2025If the data can be trusted (and tbh, my own experience bears this out), the availability in the Netherlands and Germany is outstanding. In the UK? Not so much. There's a cluster in the Lake District but I'm not sure that's accurate. visitlakedistrict.com seems to have been scrubbed of any mention. 010
Liam Duffy @liamduffy.dev · 24/07/2025Moved the light using the custom thingamajig. Seems to work well. It does look a little wierd perhaps. I might try replacing it with a sleeker light eventually. The bike came with a rechargeable rear light instead of one that is wired in, maybe I'll find a set that is suitable to replace both? 100
Liam Duffy @liamduffy.dev · 19/07/2025Two prints of the model arrived on Thursday, so that's 60 odd hours from having the idea, to having it in my hand. Cost £7, most of that was shipping. I've tested that it will fit (which thankfully it does) but not actually moved the light yet. 200
Liam Duffy @liamduffy.dev · 14/07/2025Anyone know where I could get something like this printed? It's 11 x 33 x 13mm. I'm trying to move my bike's front light off the fork and onto a mount attached to the stem faceplate. This is after a fruitless afternoon scouring premade mounts, assuming I could find one that would work in a pinch. 210
Liam Duffy @liamduffy.dev · 28/06/2025Went to Wuppertal. Took a more than reasonable number of pictures of trains and train infrastructure. 051
Liam Duffy @liamduffy.dev · 13/06/2025If you wanted to excite people who are considering moving into a new build, tell them they're a three minute cycle from Screwfix, Topps Tiles, and a couple of paint vendors 020
Liam Duffy @liamduffy.dev · 08/04/2025All down to the incredible coaching "Just smash it around the wall, son" 100
Liam Duffy @liamduffy.dev · 07/04/2025As long as Tesla are underperforming the rest of the market, I can't bring myself to get that upset about it all 100
Liam Duffy @liamduffy.dev · 01/04/2025ooh my Samsung watch now (maybe this isn't new?) has built in support for interval training. Shouldn't have to look at the watch at all during a run now. 000
Liam Duffy @liamduffy.dev · 18/03/2025Anyone local to Hackney Wick know what happened here (Chapman Road)? 10 meters or so of fencing damaged, and part of a bus bumper left in amongst the rubble. 002
Liam Duffy @liamduffy.dev · 26/01/2025Can't believe they didn't account for vans when they built the rows, traders must have been furious 020
Liam Duffy @liamduffy.dev · 21/01/2025I would love to see the Zipcar flex zone cover more of London. Being able to park them anywhere within permit zones makes them *more* convenient than owning your own car, in some respects. Not sure what is holding it back. Lack of agreements with councils? Lack of vehicles? 120
Liam Duffy @liamduffy.dev · 20/01/2025According to super smart Google AI, veggie haggis might be our only option before long... 011
Liam Duffy @liamduffy.dev · 08/01/2025I think I was even more impressed seeing bike parking by bus stops even in rural areas. Living somewhere where transit is sparse is often cited as a reason why people *need* cars. If you can safely cycle ten minutes to the nearest bus stop and lock up though, this can provide a genuine alternative! 131
Liam Duffy @liamduffy.dev · 09/12/2024Meanwhile in the Netherlands / Flanders, it seems like it would actually quite difficult to find yourself more than 10 miles from a public e-bike charger (these pictures are all from one day, and a cafe I stopped at for lunch let me charge there too) 010
Liam Duffy @liamduffy.dev · 09/12/2024This is the notice. I think I might have interpreted it wrongly. They would've had to be incredibly unlucky to have had "multiple" fires in one commercial building due to battery failures, if 161 were recorded across the whole country last year. 100
Liam Duffy @liamduffy.dev · 28/11/2024See, this is why we need separated rollerblading lanes and bus lanes 141
