A space for mostly short form stuff and responses to things I see elsewhere.
I bought a pair of “cycling" insoles for my non-cycling shoes (trainers) and on the first two rides, coming up the long hill to home seemed a lot less effort. Can that possibly be the result of the insoles? Or self-delusion? Not just a jump in fitness, I am sure.
Tragically, Emeritus Professor Robert Eric Frykenberg has still not seen fit to correct the egregious howler he perpetrated in 2008, to which I drew attention back then. Talk about being a non-influencer.
https://www.jeremycherfas.net/blog/a-snaffle-bridle-on-a-17th-century-pit-pony
TIL that there is such a thing as a non-food interpretation of 🌮