Any question answered...

Rechargeable batteries (AA/AAA) and a charger - any recommendations (both models and where to buy from)? I'm guessing I want low discharge cells, as a lot of these will go in devices that have occasional use (dictaphone, presentation remote, etc.)

Rechargeable batteries (AA/AAA) and a charger - any recommendations

Don't. For occasional use, rechargeable is not really the best choice. Energizer Ultimate Lithium (LiFeS chemistry) has the highest capacity and lowest self discharge rate of commonly available AA[A] primary cells and would be my choice for all applications where replacement happens less than once a year.

I need/want a free, centralised, shared file system for documents.

The main challenge I am looking to solve is having revisions to a document present in more than one folder automatically updating in the others.

To date I've been using Win file explorer on a centralised server (for internals)combined with dropbox (for externals). But the challenge is having to update, and check, the various versions.

A diagram might help, see below.

eg when I edit and update Doc1 contained in: MainFile/something/subsomething/A/somethingelse and Doc 1 is also present in: External File/A Tom, Dick and Harry all get the correct version rather than me having to delete and copy Doc1.

Does that make sense?

Or is there some feature in Dropbox I'm missing which does this?

Cheers.

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Do any of my fellow retrogrouches know where I can find that list of cycling ‘rules’ that Grant Petersen once published... it said things like

Run more than one bike

then gave a little explanation behind the ‘rule’.

It had lots of stuff on it like

‘don’t always chase the newest stuff’
‘change one thing about your regular ride each time’

etc etc

Is that from his book?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Just-Ride-Radically-Practical-Equipment/dp/0761155589?SubscriptionId=AKIAILSHYYTFIVPWUY6Q&tag=duc08-21&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=0761155589

Something like https://basecamp.com/?

The main challenge I am looking to solve is having revisions to a document present in more than one folder automatically updating in the others.

I don't fully understand your description.

• Putting 'folders' aside, are you saying you want your internal users to be able to edit every doc, but your internal users can only read a certain set of docs, varying by user, within that?
  
• Are you after version control or not?
  
  

Feels like just sharing a doc to each of Tom, Dick and Harry which consists of a list of URLs to each doc they need to see would probably work, as long as they can't browse the whole set?

Do you mean this?

http://www.velominati.com/the-rules/

No that's the set of rules for twits

Worth saying the docs the external users access will always be PDFs.

I want all internal users to have full permissions to do everything (create/read/write/etc) to a wide range of docs - let's say 100. External users would be able to view and download a small select number (c.15) of those docs.

I could do this by sharing links for just those documents with the external users Tom, Dick and Harry. But then when I update the original word doc, and print as the PDF, the link will change.

Version control would be great, but I can live without it/do it manually.

But then when I update the original word doc, and print as the PDF, the link will change.

In dropbox? Only if you change the file name or whatever. I thought.

So, this is a bit out of left field and might be a stupid question, but I just randomly came across this BMC 'Impec' concept bike from a while ago:

Why do the tangential 'spokes' on the rear wheel point in the direction they do? Thinking about it logically, it seems that when the hub is accelerated, rather than pulling the rim along, those 'spokes' will be under compression. Would it not make more sense the other way around?

I'm just testing this now, but I think you are right!

Would it not make more sense the other way around?

I would have thought that it's because braking forces are greater than accelerating forces.

Real answer is probably #magnets

That makes sense.

Well, most of those concept bikes are a bit 'magnets' anyway usually...

concept bike

There's your answer; it's a concept bike, so it doesn't have to make sense

That's what I suspected as well, but I was just curious to see whether there's a big argument for or against it. :)

Are there any frame pumps that have a bendy valve attachment bit?

Separate piece but Zefal do the Z hoze which has a built in gauge

Yeah. It's often how I share documents with colleagues rather than emailing them as an attachment. If I spot a clanger after I've shared the doc, I can silently edit the doc in the background and usually they are none the wiser.

And if they do notice and comment on it you can paint them as mad/delusional/blind, after a sneaky alteration

Gaslighting work colleagues is the only way to get through the day...

He may have included it. It was from about 10years ago, google is just giving me his book.

@Oliver Schick no, but thanks for that.

This^

Ooh that’s rad.