Lol, in the Czechoslovakia some regions were divided before war - Sudetenland was proper part of the Germany, protectorate which was officially occupied and Slovakian nazi regime.
So when the Soviet army came they behaved quite differently depending where they have been because only some of it was liberated other parts were conquered.
To be honest the comparison with Trump is bit harsh.
Because of how fucked up are American politics all the populists and right wing parties are compared to him.
In fact he has closer ties to democrats in USA than to republicans. But that doesn't mean that he isn't populist, political chameleon and sometimes in his retorics gets bit to the extreme to catch most possible votes.
I wasn't expecting that, only the paint. When you look at the picture with the fork, you can get the idea of how gunked up was the lower bearing. It is only wiped with damp rug and you can still see some mud and deeper scratches on it.
Yes, it was too short and routed bit improperly (too sharp bends and routed from wrong side) so it was rubbing the frame.
So it damaged the paint job (which I don't mind that much)...
... and wore hole in the headset bearing cups
Yeah, but worse problem was improperly sized cable housings, scratched frame and fork around headset and chewed through bearings cups of headset.
To be honest after visiting in winter some places (Spain, Portugal and southern France) are bit no go for me in summer. Too hot for me, I talked to some guy in Valencia and he just doesn't understand why so much people are visiting in August.
Yes it was the plan but at the end of June not on the beginning ;-)
But I will probably go for another month July/August. After I deal with the bike, I was bit surprised by some things the wear on some parts that I didn't expected, water and mud got to headset bearings...
It looks beautiful, my bike isn't right now in ridable condition so I won't be touring for another month or so (life happened so I decided to do maintenance in meantime).
If you look at it from the political side that this is the basic idea of liberal democracy.
Everyone votes in their best interest and especially in proportional representation you get some compromise of the interests.
Right now at least in politics people act less in their own interest but more of what they emotionally feel like their interest.
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I have no more Fuchs to give
My Fuchs have runeth dry
I've tried to go Fuchs shopping
But there's no more Fuchs to buy
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"Does it matter if I bring it back tomorrow?"
That's also classic answer to this question at daycare.
It's not my bike, but yeah I am surprised too that it can hold it. I had to help her readjust it few times when it fall down.
We switched bikes for a bit few days ago and hers bike rides like a tank.
I had to did a bit of workaround so I hope it isn't that pixelated...
Mine is on the left, taken just now.
Btw this can be found by just using iodine solution to test it. I think that it can be found at pharmacy. Your wort is quite dark but it is doable to test it.
Put few drops of wort on plate, on side the iodine and look for colour change on the border where it mixes.
First of all sorry I broke my phone and my backup phone can't resize pictures so I can't directly load them here.
So if some of you follow my mastodon account you know that I got to Brussels, damn 2 months not posting here and where I got.
In France I met El and she showed me a bit around the coast, we were riding together for a week there. Each of us wanted to see something bit different so we split in Nantes and I promised that I will join her in CZ to show her around. So that's what's happening now I am in train riding through Germany (not yet) and have spare time pretty much all night (I don't expect that I will get much sleep). If you have any questions about my journey don't hesitate to ask.
After my bikepacking trip I will pitch the interrail to my parents. They are so excited about the places I visited but don't know how or if they will be able to get there. They (me too) don't like flying and by car it is just too stressful.
Really nice experience - 9 completely different beers, it was more local so I was bit of curiosity but I had really good chat with few people there.
Yes some stout with bourbon, beer brewed with spruce, tripels and more. Every beer just tasted completely different.
Bit more chill than in France, different style of signage (node network) and today ride in Brussels was lot easier than in Paris.
What is worse is that there is forbidden wild camping and they don't have many campsites, first day I stayed on someone's garden and then I had bit of long and short days of riding to get somewhere to camp.
Yesterday I crossed the border, tooted on mastodon and someone told me about local craft beer fest...
I think that the first day in Belgium was really great.
This is bit misconception, pigs are really similar to us and we can get BSE or how is it called in humans (it has several names according to the animal that gets the disease).
The problem why the BSE got out of hand was because they used these parts as feed for another animals.
To be honest I understand the children here. The saving part of me just understand that it is better to use everything.
It's pretty much the same with pigs, only part that isn't used is brain.
So I am on big tour. And I should finally post some pics here even though most of them are on mastodon. If you want to check it: https://f.cz/@plactagonic I try to post pretty regular updates from my tour there.
First week I rode from Madrid to Valencia, I had planned to take Camino del Cid but I naively expected that it will be signed. So I quickly get on my own route and had a blast with some hilly sections.
This is Albarracín, nice medival village with castle.
In Valencia I stayed for 2 days to get some rest and at least look around the city center. But it is a pain sometimes to get in and out of cities here, from Madrid I had to take a train and here it was on sometimes missing cycle path. You just see all the faces of the country when you are bikepacking.
When I was leaving Valencia I met Sejdeborns (they have a YT channel) on their tour from Sweden to Morocco. They were on tandem bike so they took path along the coast, let me tell you don't take the path it is ugly I took only one pick when it was just missing. Go inland!
From there it was pretty much on Via Verde routes that are made from old railways so I have lots of pics of tunnels.
And through olive orchards so it became quite repetitive. I decided in Alicante that because of high headwind forecasted I should go inland. Yeah even inland there was headwind... 3 days of it. But I grinded through this inconvenience and now I am in Seville and next week I should be in Portugal where I will take the Atlantic coast route.
So thats what is going on right now on my tour, it is just a sneak peek, as I write in the beginning I try to post dayli on mastodon. I can tag it that it appears in this community but from my experience it just doesn't look right (the formatting).
https://norden.social/@feinschmeckergarten/113895524164193517
It was fine nothing broken but I was bit scared when I saw it.
So Friday is the d-day for me.
I will tour for half a year, starting in Madrid and don't have a plan. Only thing is that I have to be back home in June.
This month photo for this regular discussion thread is from my summer trip, I visited few craft brewerys and tasted local beers.
As usual share whatever brewing related - questions, recipes, successes, bad batches...
I will be away for some time (~6 months) but should be reachable. I will travel through Europe (Spain, France, Portugal, Germany,...) when I post about this in relevant community I will link it here. Keep it chill here so I don't have to worry on road.
My last few brews turned out amazing and I am glad that I will be away and they will have time to age. Otherwise I would have drink them in few months, someone told me that ciders are best after 1-2 years of aging so finally it may get the chance to survive that long.
Edit: If you want to ask me something about my plans I posted about it on !bicycle_touring@lemmy.world
https://sopuli.xyz/post/21139450
Today I and my dad opened his Christmas beer with rosemary. It is great, lighter for special beer and with notes of rosemary.
This photo is from few weeks ago when I connected with few guys for homemade cider tasting. Mine ciders will be for tomorrow, and all are great.
Cautionary children story, the text is just rhymed description of the pictures.
I don't know exactly when and where it was published, maybe it is from 1950 book with same name.
Celé české filmy v plné kvalitě Národní filmový archiv uvádí vybrané české filmy ze své sbírky. Od němých filmů přes prvorepublikové komedie, budovatelská dramata a československou novou vlnu až po pozdní normalizaci. Klasická díla i nečekané objevy v nejlepší dostupné kvalitě.
I don't know what will be there, for now I know only 2 of the movies there. It should get 2 new movies per week, restored in the highest possible quality.
Semi regular post about your brewing adventures. Share recipes, ask questions, mishaps or successes.
I will unpin it in a week.
For me it is the concept of registering to vote. I am citizen so I have the right to vote automatically and only thing I need to provide is some accepted ID.
https://podverse.fm/episode/dVsnpG9FL-
I had to revisit the YouTube version of this podcast for the photos and look at the route.
The quote "I'm not a proper adventurer but I had proper advanture" is probably the best description of biketouring and other "small" trips.
Kolaborantský prezident, ustrašený premiér a přítel Číny v čele ministerstva vnitra. Page Not Found zjistila zákulisní informace o dokumentu, který pomohl bezpečnostní reputaci České republiky, přesto však stál místo šéfa bezpečnostního úřadu.
Long read about the Huawei bans and the political cluster fuck in my country.
Sorry I'm on mobile so no translation.
Just like cars, tractors, computers, and seemingly every other product category, bikes—and especially e-bikes—are going all black box on us.
Ifixit take on current bike/e-bike manufacturers.