Quick walkthrough because I couldn’t find details on this anywhere else! The Woom 4 twist shifter was never easy to use and when the indicator broke and Woom wouldn’t fix it, I started to look for replacement options. I found this SRAM 8 speed trigger shifter: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001OQR64W (SRAM X4 Trigger…

Quick photos and links showing our experience adding a safety belt to a Captain’s Chair for kiddos on the smaller side. Materials: Instructions: Thanks to this post on Reddit for the idea!

It all started looking for coffee roasters in Geneva near the train station. I found a bunch of options including Greenwheel Coffee and while looking through their photos, I found this gem of a t-shirt: We never actually made it to a roaster in Geneva – instead we stopped during…

We love our Yoto! But for long trips I wanted a MP3 player backup as an alternate to load all of our content and not worry about bringing dozens of cards. And on our last big trip the Yoto mini had a SD fail, so a cheap MP3 player would…

In light of the Yoto Mini recall and a recent SD FAIL message, I decided to open ours up and replace the card myself. (I doubt Yoto will have replacement units anytime soon) It’s a fairly simple process, but unfortunately you do need to break 4 tabs on the screen…

I purchased a 1UP 2″ 2x Super Duty rack in May 2022 to use on our Subaru Crosstrek to carry our Tern GSD ebike, road bikes, and kids bikes. It worked ok, but I never loved it. It was hard to adjust between the 4 bike sizes, awkward to install…

I love our Tern GSD. We just crossed 2000 miles ridden over the last 15 months and can’t really imagine life without it. Part of the joy is customizing it as we go – everything from racks and seats to locks and Woom-holding aero bars. Even a clubhouse-mounted bubble fan…

Edited 5/1/24: I would now purchase this part which streamlines some of the instructions below. Edited 1/13/25: If the above link isn’t working – you’re looking for a “USB C Power Connector Female Charging Port Panel Mount JST Plastic Jack Cable” like this  We love our Yoto player, but it…

If you have Nest Protect smoke alarms and want to connect them to an alarm system for monitoring, you’ve likely found that there are no direct integrations available since Google took over the Nest logins sometime in 2020. Something something avoiding liability for burning a house down… That leaves a…

Photo Gallery – Camping at Kirby Cove

Over the last few months I’ve baked a lot of sourdough. Over the last few weeks I’ve given away 20+ starters for others to bake with. My starter now has grandchildren! They grow up so fast. Sourdough FAQ Where is the starter from?  I took a workshop from Sour Flour…

I’m in the market for a new internal hub / belt drive commuter bike with clean lines and I stumbled across this Reddit post with a seemingly perfect title “I compared all the mission sutro-like bikes (road bike geometry, internal hub, clean lines, lightweight) I could find.” Problem was, the…

If you have eero as your home router and just bought a SNOO, you’re in for a surprise! Unfortunately when you combine a best-in-class router and a best-in-class smart baby bassinet, they aren’t at all compatible. Since I couldn’t find any published information or posts on this issue, here’s a…

Having just read Lovecraft’s Call of Cthulhu this past Christmas, combined with a deep-seeded love for Dr. Seuss, I was thrilled to come across a mashup earlier today. On DeviantArt, DrFaustusAU makes all sorts of Seussian illustrations, but it was the complete rewrite of the 86 year old horror classic that caught…