@ruari@velocipederider.com
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ruari

@ruari@velocipederider.com

I commute via :unicycle:, 🛴, "halfbike" or :penny_farthing: because they are great fun! But I love all types of cycles.

I also like minimalist tech: non-smartphones, old school digital watches, Slackware, Gemini/Gopher.

I feel very strongly that if you use a "free service" and enjoy it you should donate to its up keep.

Pronouns: He/him/his

P.S. I work for @Vivaldi

#cycling #unicycle #unicyclist #PennyFarthing #Halfbike #fedi22 #VivaldiBrowser searchable

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ruari, to random
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🇳🇴

ruari,
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@matt ah but now I did a bigger flag https://velocipederider.com/@ruari/112454682567573329

ruari, to Oslo
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It is so beautiful up at today that it almost looks like a postcard. :unicycle: 🏞️🌼🌱

ruari,
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It's such a nice day, that I stopped to pick up a cool snack.

ruari, to random
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There is a lookout point near me called "Grefsenkollen". A few years back now when I started to unicycle regularly again I thought to myself, I suddenly wondered if I could unicycle up to the top.

I suspected not but eventually I got brave enough to try and I made it!

Then I started unicycling up there regularly.

ruari,
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Later I when I bought a "footbike" (non-electric kick scooter, a.k.a. a "kickbike") after some time I had this thought, "I wonder if I could kick my way up to the top of Grefsenkollen" but the entire idea seemed impossible. I imagined it would be so tiring that I would never manage it.

Until I did…

ruari,
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Later I bought a penny farthing. After I had ridden this around for a few weeks I got to thinking, "Could I cycle this up to Grefsenkollen?" but the gearing was so high I figured… no chance!

But then latter… I did it.

ruari,
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@matt No I am really cycling up on all these stupid bikes.

I know… I also assumed it was impossible… but it turns out… you can! Who knew!?

ruari, to random
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I quite like the shiny metal and black combo on watches it seems. I just switched over from the one on the right to the one on the left and while they are very different watches there are also some similarities. 😉

Silver tone analog style watch with a black, backwards running face and a black leather strap with white stitching.

ruari, to random
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Well… I will be part of the 3 day penny farthing race in Sweden this year. Pray I do not die!

https://www.sweden3days.se/registered-riders.html

ruari, to random
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Image from my Nokia 225 with its 0.3MP camera using an upscaler and tweaking the colours slightly.

Ok, yes it is still terrible but you do get some essence of the nice flower blossoms 🌸

[For those in Oslo, this was taken right by Carl Berners]

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@ruari One of your friends?

video/mp4

ruari,
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@themayor Actually no, I personally know one other guy with one and I once saw someone else with one on a different occasion. Mine and the two other guys have black HalfBikes. That looks like it is yellow (which incidentally is the colour I should have bought). But no, I don't have a clue who that is? 😆

ruari,
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@themayor so hard to be the weird bike guy in Oslo these days. There is too much competition. 🤪

ruari,
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@themayor should I? 🤔

https://vimeo.com/218705523

ruari,
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@john @themayor slow to a crawl and hop off. It is the same when I ride a penny farthing. 🤷

ruari,
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@john @themayor and to get going you scoot it along and climb the frame and sit down while it is moving

ruari, to random
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I might have found a way to mess with the fedi "algorithm" to ensure maximum likes for my boring pictures.

ruari, to random
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Tried it with the Samco strap as well. Not sure I like that as much but worth a try? 🤷

ruari, to random
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Damn, I think oulipo.social is down. My assumption is that it is just transitory. I don't usually post so much on my Oulipo account but I wish for its continuation as quirky constant of mastodon.

ruari,
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I might try to stay Oulipo compliant with my posts until it is back up, as a sign of solidarity. 😜

ruari,
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Is https://oulipo.social/ working for anybody?

Just starting to think… is it only yours truly (with a local hitch that stops it from loading)? 🤔

ruari,
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@badrihippo @wthinker My Vivaldi staff part is choosing to discount this chunk of discussion. 🤪

matt, to Oslo
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I want to update the "Follow Recommendations" for oslo.town — who do you think should be on the list? Send me your best nominations!

ruari,
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@matt You have me, right? Tell me you have me? Who doesn't want to know the Oslo 🤡 ?

ruari,
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@matt Damn you!

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I’m just impressed there’s a new phone out there with a 0.3 megapixel camera.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/16/24132479/hmd-boring-phone-heineken-bodega

ruari,
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@atomicpoet HMD via their Nokia brand make a whole bunch of 0.3 megapixel camera phones. I have owned a few in my quest to find a better dumb phone

https://ruario.flounder.online/gemlog/2022-09-04_what_is_the_point.gmi

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