Ride to school day. What do you want PSI wise roops? Okay Welcome back to the Friday vlog series where today it is actually Friday today isn't Holly? Yeah, Holly always pulls me up. Don't mislead the audience dad if it's not Friday Don't say the Friday vlog series So we will split the video into my favorite number of parts. You guessed it being two. Oops Good day. How are you? That's embarrassing this side of the road, please. Mwah. Have a good day That kind of derailed my intro there a mum from the school pulled out while I was riding With the kids there and looked at me like I was a real knob bed So the kids are now at school and part number one of this video is the BMC has gone and luckily I'm on the chapter 2 rare. I still had it lying around it within a few bits and pieces the cranks were offered So I was about to sell the power cranks But that fell through luckily and as a result put them back on and I've got a bike to ride for the time being Actually before part number two I should mention there is an opportunity to win yourself a kit a cycling kit That is in this video and part number two is an update on the windspace and the factor o2 projects currently just frames what's going on what's planned can to get your thoughts as well as an Expert bike fitters opinion on the windspace and also my wife's thoughts on both frames. So let's get into it So I'm at the Giroirn Sporting Complex. I just got something in my eye. No doubt a little sunshine coast bug And I'm here trying to get a little bit of fitness back after the Nationals last year I got sick for a week had some hip flexor issues for a couple of weeks Christmas drinking King too much food all that kind of stuff, but I've just done six sprint efforts ten seconds on about a minute off I've only done that's four I've only had about six of them and because I'm getting back into it with neuromuscular work You just want to ease back into it. So I'm gonna do six this week I'll probably do seven the next eight the next and kind of build it up from there But you might see behind me. I'm back on the chapter two rare a I have not ridden this bike for About 12 months. It's been for sale and to be honest. I've done a pretty bad job at trying to sell it But I think the reason why it's been difficult to sell is because number one Chapter two is a unique brand and I think this is a great bike But a lot of people love their giants love their specialized treks, etc. And it's got a one-by system which makes it a unique Proposition but as the old saying goes when it rains it pours I sold the BMC team machine last week It was a disappointing day seeing that thing walk out the door and as a result I've had to go back on the chapter two rare a but literally last night I think someone's finally gonna buy it after it being for sale for about 12 to 18 months And then I'm gonna be left without a bike for the time being So one thing you definitely want to do after sprint efforts is cool down I think it leaves 10 minutes spinning in zone one, which I'm gonna do on the way home. I had a good ride See the wife's gotten serious this year. We've got the calendar system going. We've never had one of these before We've also adopted Little baby right there, mate He's having a drink. I'll see come say hello shake hands. Good boy. Good boy Oh Lovely So for those interested in the mod X supplement, which I've been taking for some time Don't like to talk about supplements too much on the channel because people get funny and I get that but for those interested I find that reversing it is actually not a bad thing I take it in the morning when I came it off time forget So for me it helps mostly with recovery. So after a ride after a session a few sprints, etc I'll just have a sweep put it back in the fridge. It's as easy as that All right, so an update on what is going on with both frames the windspace and the factor o2 and also expert Bikerfitter Neil Stanley's thoughts on the windspace, but before his expert thoughts, let's get my wife's Non-expert thoughts on both frames. What do you what do you think of I want to ask your opinion on I've got two frames I've got this one here. What's your face? So what do you think of the windspace? Do you remember what I said to you when you first got it? Yes, but you need to share it with the audience I said it looks like I said it looked like it was from big W Why did you say that because of the the text the copy on it's really bad like I don't mind the That kind of the oil slicky fadey color. That's pretty well painted, isn't it? Yes, I agree with that. That's one and you thought the weight of that. It's really light. You reckon it's a lot Well, oh really?  Is that like the lightest frame ever? I don't know if it's ever not ever Framing gets about 700 grams She wanted to sit there for the next hour Now before getting into the updates and we're gonna start with the factor o2 and then move over to the windspace I wanted to thank a company that I've been working with for some time now and to be honest It makes channels like mine sustainable and that company is today's video sponsor being surf shark Now if you're not familiar with surf shark They're an award-winning VPN service and the reason why you would want a VPN service Some people use it so they can trick the internet and tell them they live in different countries So they can watch their favorite Netflix shows which isn't available in their country But it might be available in another country But really you should want it because it's like it having an online security guard as you step into the online world to Protect you from fraudulent activity ID theft Etc and for just under three dollars AUD a month You can actually secure your internet with surf sharks award-winning VPN If you want to jump on board surf shark You can check out the link below and enter the promo code Kamnikul to get your less than three dollars AUD per month offer, which is essentially 83% off and includes Three months extra free when you sign up to their 24 month plan. So let's get into update number one So the factor o2 frame set and the first thing that I've decided to put on this bike is a set of 25 millimeter decadence Caden wheels and Ben from Caden has actually thrown a bit of a spanner in the works 25 mil decadence clincher 538.4 25 mil decadence tubular a Lovely 422.2 their fronts by the way, but those wheels with the tubular version Which are 940 grams a pair versus the clinches, which is what I was going to go at 1190 grams a pair. So that's like a 250 grams Saving in the wheels, which is massive and he's suggesting I tape them instead of gluing them Which is changing my paradigm on tubs a little so let me know what you think below tubs versus clenches The next thing is obviously the group set in the previous video where we were talking about this frame a Lot of people in the comment section were suggesting SRAM red 22 mechanical, which is the lightest group set apparently so I looked it up and it's available for this bike From bike force docklands. They're a big bike shop in Melbourne, Australia, and they're pricing them up at around $2,600 AUD, which to me is quite a Big investment for an out-of-date group set. Yes, it is the lightest But I'm a little bit unsure because I feel like the industry is really moving towards 12 speed And do I want to be left in one or two years time trying to sell this bike with? 11 speed rim rim is already going to cause a few issues with the resale Even though I'm a huge rim boy fan and I will continue to buy rim But the market is smaller. So I'm thinking I go for 12 speed and as a result I've been looking into SRAM red Etap access, but my only concern with it is the price point. It's massive So I'll be keen to get your thoughts below SRAM red mechanical red 22 or Etap access and the last thing is I need to get this bike built up somewhere So if there's any bike shops in the Sunshine Coast area or in Brisbane that want to put your Building craftsmanship on display, please reach out to me. Let me know below We'll tear up a time in the next couple of weeks to get this thing built up and we'll create a build video on the channel the second one of course is The windspace bike here Now before I tell you what's going on Let's hear what Neil Stambry the expert bike fitter had to say about this frame right here. Okay, so I'm just with Neil We've just wrapped up an RCA series. So if you haven't subscribed to that new channel, make sure you do link below And he's just checking out the windspace frame Looks flash, mate. You like it. Yeah, like the color. It's good. Yeah If the paint job is good that I don't know what that says about the insides, but it looks it looks great You're saying something about the bottom bracket area. Yeah I mean the things you want to look out for in frames apart from voids and the carbon and that kind of stuff Concentricity of all the all the important turning bits. So, you know, that needs to be directly in line with the other side and all this kind of stuff Yeah, it appears to be balloon molded, which is kind of good I think it's a bit hard to tell but it's where they put long balloons inside the mold and blow them up to push the resin and the Carbon out against the the mold But yeah, it looks it looks as neat as any other frame. I've looked inside of what do you know the logo? polarizing I'm gonna say no only because it's so it's such a large sticker. Yes, the the color the paint Finish looks really good on it. Yeah, I'm happy. We'll have to see our rides and see what rolls things Cheers So firstly, I wanted to thank windspace for embracing The idea of getting this thing repainted and also inspected obviously I wanted to speak to them first I think that's the respectable thing to do and they were okay with it so I wanted to thank them and I also wanted to thank Color fuel in New South Wales for offering their services to get this thing both inspected and also to get it repainted But essentially what I've decided to do is I'm booking a ticket down to melbourne victoria australia Assuming these traffic light covid systems don't pop up and I can't get down there In either mid-march or end of March haven't quite locked in the date yet And we're going to be seeing raul lucha from lucha technique now if you don't know who raul is He's a highly regarded carbon fiber expert who actually has his own youtube channel Which I'll link to below and has appeared on other channels in the past such as mark fergusson's and shane miller's youtube channel So that's who's going to be inspecting this and I have had a lot of comments saying well Why don't you inspect a mainstream bike and maybe we could Inspect the factor at the same time. I don't know keen to get your thoughts below, but I'm kind of keen to have one bike built up At least in the next couple of months and not delay the process Like this one's been delayed, but I think it's going to be worth it And then in order to keep the process moving for some conscious march mid-march late march is still quite a fair way away I'm going to get the bike painted by gary at carbon steed in brisbane queensland australia gary is a renowned Bike painter and he will be painting the bike up for me in the next two to three weeks And in terms of color scheme and design always keen to get your thoughts below But what i'm thinking of is something similar to this old specialized Tarmac I used to own which has a combination of black and white and what i'm thinking of doing is I think we keep the windspace logo there, but I think i'm going to go for their other logo Which they've got we'll remove this one. I'll have road cycling academy down The downtube and I think we'll leave the windspace logo there as well But once again keen to get your thoughts below now. How do you win yourself a kit? I mentioned at the start of this video now my friends at jack roux who have created the road cycling academy kit It's a great kit They're trying to build up their social media presence and i'm going to put links below They're going to be giving away a kit to one of their followers You can either go follow their facebook account or their instagram account or if you follow both you're essentially going into the draw twice And in the next couple of weeks, I don't know the exact date. I'll put it in the description They'll be picking one of their followers and sending them a free kit to give you an idea I'll put a link below so you can see some of the kits that they've got available to give away But all like this one. She's the plain blue one. It's got jack roux on the rear And also these bibs. It's great quality gear Get yourself a free kit. Just go and check out their social media accounts. I'll put it below That's pretty much it. I'll catch you all in the next video


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Let's talk in this video about how to set up a DWM status bar You may have read the manual for DWM You should probably know the basics, but I want to talk about how I can figure in mind and how I I usually do it how I I have it update how I have it Refresh whenever something's changed. I might not have the best setup, but it definitely works for me So up here right above my head right here. You'll see that I have my status bar. It has my weather It has precipitation chance daily low daily high It has my volume level it has this little icon that tells me if I'm connected to the internet Has my unread mail battery date time all that kind of stuff Now if you know the first thing about DWM You should probably know that in order to set the status bar You really just use x set root and name and you can basically set it to any kind of any text whatever you want So we can say whatever Okay, so that's gonna change my status bar to that now x set root in case you don't know It's not like a DWM specific command. It's a more general command notice actually my status bar changed back I'll explain why that happened in a second But in general when you use this command you can basically put anything and it isn't just text line you you can put the Output of a command so I could say echo My browser or something like that and that's gonna give you the name of my browser, which is there just surf in tab Okay, so how do I actually how did I create this bar that I have and how does it function now? What you're gonna want to do in DWM is basically create There are different ways of doing it and I again I might not have the best but what I have is a separate script called DWM bar And I have this script start every time I started graphical environment now You can patch DWM to do something like auto start some scripts for you. I think that's totally silly because Um, you know, you can just put it in your xinit file I mean, if you don't know anything about linux or unix or whatever xinit is the uh Or well, I guess it's just linux because it's xorg or whatever But xinit is the file that runs when you start x Or if you log in in a desktop environment, you will have x profile Anyway, I have just this script my bar script start when I start the graphical environment and therefore this So what does the script actually do? That's the important thing now the the important aspect of it once I type it out um Is it's actually a while loop and the while loop is going to continually run and what it does is it it uh sets The status bar equal to the output of this function that I define status and I'll talk about that in a second And basically the output of that is going to be everything you see right above me It's going to be the weather it's going to be the volume It's going to be all that kind of stuff just have different commands to do that Um, I also test to see if the weather is is um recent That's an I'll talk about that in a second and then I have it sleep for one minute. Okay So that basically means uh, it'll update the bar and then it'll wait another minute before it tries to update it again Because if you don't if you don't have it sleep is going to be constantly updating the bar every Possible second and your computer is just going to you know, you'll be using all cores to run your status bar now um You might some questions I get is oh my god This isn't going to work because that means it takes a whole minute for your status bar to update So if you change the volume, you're going to have to wait a minute before it you actually see the changes well As you can see right now It's working for me if I go up and down and the reason that I have that if you want If you want to be able to update your status bar whenever it actually changes you do something like this I have a little script. I have it called ref bar And basically all it is is I have this script run. Let's say I In the specific case of my volume commands when I Press my volume, you know my keyboard shortcut to change my volume I actually have that run two things It runs the command that actually changes the volume and it also runs this script And what this script does is it looks for the instance? This is actually really clumsily written There's probably a more elegant way of doing it But what it basically does is it looks for the instance of sleep Running within the dwm bar script and if it exists it will kill it So that means whenever I so I have assigned again You know all of these uh all my volume change commands to run and after that run refresh bar So every time that I press one of those You will see that the refresh bar command runs and the volume is updated Okay, and that's the same thing for anything else. Let's say I I run my mail sync command And I want my bar to be refreshed afterwards. Well, I can just run that afterwards You know have that in the script that refresh, you know sinks my mail. Okay, so that's how that works So let's actually talk about the the modules in this bar And of course, this is the customizable part that you can do pretty much whatever you want So first off as decoration I have The pipe, you know, you'll see there's a little line between each of the modules and I actually set Set this as a variable. So if I change this, let's say I change it to the and sign or something like that You'll see that everything is now changed to and or something like that. Oh notice also I mean just because you know, I guess I might as well notice whenever I change this file in vim I have vim automatically kill it and refresh it. So I get the updates, but That's just the detail So anyway, let let me talk about the status bar command and you'll see I have a couple different things for example I you don't see it now, but I actually do have a music module and if it isn't active, you know Basically, you just take the output of mpc And you format it in the way you want to show You know artists and title of your song or whatever And it outputs there as well But I don't have that right now. I'm going to skip the the weather command. The weather command is actually For those who don't know I don't know I think this is sort of basic knowledge, but I'm sure there are some people who don't know There's this site called wttr.in and you can just see url it in any time and it's going to give you Basically your weather forecast for your area. Um, so that that's pretty nice But basically what I do for this weather command Is I have this download whenever, you know, every day or whatever It checks to see if I have a weather report for today And if I don't it will download this weather report and then it looks for today's date And it gets the like the highest number, you know for our daily high and the lowest number for the daily low And you know the highest precipitation chance. That's what that actually does and you'll see that You know, it actually is the same.  That's what all this is I'm not going to explain it all but you know that that's what it does Anyway, so Everything else here mind you is just outputting commands. So for example, I have a mixer Just to get the volume command here You I have You know, you can test your wireless connection or your ethernet's Opera state From the command line and I really just have these output. You know, I replace stuff for example If you'll see here, so let me take the example of the ethernet Okay, so if I do this at any point in time sys class net My ethernet name and I cat that out. It's going to tell me if my ethernet is all up or down. Okay, so it's up right now So basically, I just have a said command if it's down. I just delete it I just don't have anything up here there If it's up, it replaces that with a little globe and again, that just signalized signalizes Signifies that I'm connected to the internet, right? So that's the kind of stuff and you'll notice that I'll usually just have The delimiter character printed between these modules just so that it appears there Let's see mutt wizard. So yeah, again, if you have a mutt wizard I actually have a status bar that automatically is compatible with that. It checks to see how many unread mail You have in that in your specific mail location And it outputs them there again putting a little fawn awesome character for a mail thing in front of them Same thing with battery and I actually do have multiple batteries sometimes I sometimes have my laptop plugged up to another battery as well So I did find a pretty elegant way just to get all your battery statuses at once So it just loops through so this little, you know case statement Well, really a for loop loops through all your existing plugged up batteries And for each one it will output a battery symbol You know, which is going to be either like a really full or really not full depending on what kind of capacity you have left So that's what that does and finally the date and time which of course you can change here So the thing to keep in mind is all of this all of the stuff that appears here This again is just one function that I just have run and I set X set root to the output of that function the only other thing worth noting I'm not entirely sure why this is you might someone might be able to I don't know inform me about this But I notice that if you have like new lines, like if I just echo all of this stuff out On multiple lines if I have the function output to multiple lines, you can set your status bar as that But for whatever reason it's just really laggy. I don't really know like when you pull up a window It's going to be really laggy So the thing you want to do is either a instead of using echo use like print f and don't have any new lines in here But I think a more elegant way of doing it is when you actually output your status Just translate all of your new lines into spaces or something like that or just delete them Depending on your setup. So that's one thing that I think might be actually better to do But again, I'm not quite sure why that happens, but I'll just say if you don't do that DWM is super laggy I don't someone could tell me why that that goes on but I'm just saying that that's that's what happens But anyway, that's about it. So again, it's relatively simple again So have this start just have some kind of script like this start with your Graphical environment either in your x profile or x in it have it loop through constantly updating and again I do recommend having a refresh bar command Just so you can you know if you have some kind of change going on You can easily refresh the bar if you have time sensitive changes like volume or something like that But anyway, so that's about it. Hopefully you'll learn something and I will see you guys next time