Muddy Matt

I agree with you. Quality and craft counts; this gap will grow as AI becomes ever more averaged.

Not wanting to shake fist at clouds, but current students also risk over reliance on AI without embedding core skills. Consequences for taste, judgement and creativity.

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Ultimately a failure of spec (was it suitable in the first place?), then a failure of effective inspection and enforcement, both during and after the work.

IMHO it's not just the history of invention but philosophy itself. Until thinking challenged the existence of god, everything was just god's way or divine will. Once that was undermined, you can then experiment to find out what, why and when. That's where inventions really come from

Looking after your community (investment, education, skills, opportunity) = looking after your country.

The Tories messed it up with both themselves and the country and got the same results.

Is road cycling more dangerous than mountain biking? - 2025, News - Muddymoles - mountain biking in the Surrey Hills and Mole Valley A new survey make easy statements about a complicated topic. Focus on the why, not the what.

Seems a bit sensationalist...

#bikesky #mtb

muddymoles.org.uk/news/is-road...

I've seen helmets cited as a risk because they alter the angle your head impacts but the reality is:

On balance they protect more than they *may* harm, especially at lower speeds

They don't help if a car is parked on your legs or torso (or head)

Wear them, but absence of them is not the issue

Good luck.

Been trying to persuade my employer to pay me to do this. Much as I work with JS, I know I need more, and clearer instruction. Different knowledge and perspectives are so important.

Really appreciate that your courses have been developed and championed

So bored of people trying to reinvent one of the most efficient machines on the planet.

Listen.

Two triangles.

Paraphrasing Keith Bontrager... Strong, Light, Cheap. You get all three.

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More photos from day 1 in The Netherlands

Explored Delft and went up the tower, what a beautiful view! Then got a train and bus to Wassenaar (to fuel Nick’s nostalgia)

Then checked into to our accommodation and popped to Amsterdam for a short walk as the sun way setting!

What a busy day 😂

Cycle on a pavement: get grief. Cycle on the road: get grief. Cycle in a shared-use space: get grief. Cycle on a *checks notes* National Cycle Route: get grief.

Cycle like a ninja: get grief. Use your voice: how dare you. Use your bell: also, how dare you.

You. Just. Can't. Win.

Drawing explaining the JS execution model and event loop

💥 did a small drawing explaining the JS execution model including the event loop. I hope it’s helpful to folks. Debugging is always easier when the underlying implementations are understood.

Uberbike Airtech tubeless tyre valve review - Reviews - Muddymoles - mountain biking in the Surrey Hills and Mole Valley I have been upgrading my tubeless valves to Uberbike Aitech valves

Oil slick valves from Uberbike

#mtb #mountainbiking #bikesky

muddymoles.org.uk/reviews/uber...

Canyon Deflectr Trail Helmet - a load of balls - 2025, News - Muddymoles - mountain biking in the Surrey Hills and Mole Valley This new helmet is yet to be launched but is already rated number one for safety by Virginia Tech. How did it do it? Helmets. We all wear one and we all

New helmet technology is all balls

muddymoles.org.uk/news/canyon-...

#bikesky #mtb

A pair of hideously scratched and scarred shins in wool socks

Are YOUR legs too pretty? Sick of getting compliments about your gorgeous getaway sticks? Then why not be a mountain biker? You, too can look like a plague survivor who's been attacked by a leopard.

Also true. They have made some crazy stuff, testing the market IMO to see what sticks. Fair play.

Lol, very true!

Agreed with that, but by moving in this direction we move a long way from gravel as it was first conceived. It will suit some, but geometries have stabilised now after a decade of wild experimentation on MTBs. People know what works and there is a limit.

Not mine either!

As in you don't agree, or don't want it either?

Trek CheckOUT full suspension gravel - is this really what we want? - 2025, News - Muddymoles - mountain biking in the Surrey Hills and Mole Valley Trek have created the CheckOUT - a full suspension gravel bike - as the search for fresh ground and fresh buyers continues

The Trek CheckOUT is part of a move to make gravel into XC and XC into... something else

#bikesky

muddymoles.org.uk/news/trek-ch...

Madison DTE Bib Trousers could be a good option - 2025, News - Muddymoles - mountain biking in the Surrey Hills and Mole Valley Bib trousers - dungarees - could be just the thing for winter

Bib shorts? No, bib trousers. Could be just the thing...

#bikesky #mtb

muddymoles.org.uk/news/madison...

Fall is here.. in the northern hemisphere at least 😁

Oakley Meta Vanguard - the return of the Glasshole - 2025, News - Muddymoles - mountain biking in the Surrey Hills and Mole Valley Last week saw the announcement of the Oakley Meta Vanguard. But a glasshole is a glasshole.

Don't be a Glasshole!

#bikesky

muddymoles.org.uk/news/oakley-...

The thing with free speech is... go ahead, spout all you like.

But we don't HAVE to listen to it, or give it space in our lives. The real issue is a media landscape optimised for clicks and conflict.

In a world of bad actors, maybe breaking up media companies is a place to start

Ride report: Sunday 21 Sptember - Ranmore trails - Rides - Muddymoles - mountain biking in the Surrey Hills and Mole Valley A perfect autumn morning beckoned us toward a morning of Ranmore trails

Thought I'd manage a write up for our Sunday ride...

#mtb #mountainbiking #bikesky

muddymoles.org.uk/rides/ride-r...

Companies build web products where the designers don’t understand CSS and either do the developers.

I just can’t put my finger on why the web sucks so much.

+1 for When Harry Met Sally

Also, love Falling in Love (Steep and de Niro). Not a comedy but beautiful.