Can anyone recommend a place in the #Boston area that does bike maintenance lessons and will let you use an #ebike? Wanted to do Broadway Bike School but they won't let me bring my e-bike even with the battery removed. :(
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Cycling into the cloud
#MTB #biketooter #cloud #healesville #b&w #autumn #cycling
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Me (brilliant): surely there can’t be a good reason for my bike tire pressure to have dropped overnight, I’ll just top it up to 80 PSI
Several hundred meters later, an enormous CRACK was heard as my front tire bulged out and exploded lol ain’t doing that again. Another thing I won’t be doing: buying $25 bike tires, even if they have fun colorful walls.
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@ascentale @grammasaurus @bikenite
A5. As a tall person, I find that bike shops rarely have my size in stock to be able to see or ride before ordering. I haven't bought a new bike or frame and forks in a while, but when I do, geometry charts are very important for me. They are all I can go on most of the time.
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@grammasaurus @nothingfuture @ascentale @bikenite
I don't think that, in general, the manufacturer makes a difference to geometry. Each manufacturer is likely produce a range of bikes for different purposes with purpose-specific geometry.
I'm tall and pay particular attention to the seat tube length. It tells me if I can get the saddle high enough and/or if I need to consider a longer seat post! Other important measurements like reach I can tweak by changing the stem and (drop) handlebars, if necessary. But I keep a check on how this may affect the handling.
I need some kinda scabbard and clip thing for this pruning stick #BikeTooter
Tube is 22mm ~7/8in, how to get some snug clip for that on the outside of the rack 
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@spacehobo @ascentale @pete @bikenite
Isn't that part of the beauty of the bicycle? It can be so many happy things to so many people which aren't mutually exclusive...
Transport
Freedom
Sport
Health
Sustainable
Friend making
Memory generating
...and, perhaps expensive. Insert most passions and the joke still works e.g. guitars.
"Hey, was für ein Waschlappen steckt denn hier Äste in den Pfad? Ach, Moment, das ist eine Schlagloch-Warnung."
Sehr nett, das Loch war echt groß und tief. Das hätte in einem unachtsamen Augenblick wirklich böse ausgehen können.
Wie auch immer, die letzten Sonnenstrahlen waren wunderbar. Morgen gibt es dann Dauerregen :o)
Fine, purchased a spoke wrench from the LBS. Hopefully don't need a truing stand to fix the slight wobble in a wheel I have. Did you know there are eight million size of spoke wrench? I bought a circular one with every size, because I had no idea which one I needed. (minor... but it's bugging me). #BikeTooter #spokes #bikerepair #bicycling
Why finish old projects when you can start new ones?
A fresh old fixer up: old road bike that needs some loving, a bunch of parts that aren't worn out and maybe a fresh coat of paint.
Mysa the Goberian is glad to supervise as long as the sun is out.
#biketooter #bicycle #dogsofmastodon
A fresh old fixer up: old road bike that needs some loving, a bunch of parts that aren't worn out and maybe a fresh coat of paint.
Mysa the Goberian is glad to supervise as long as the sun is out.
#biketooter #bicycle #dogsofmastodon
Spent an hour or so on the bike, listening to the Heavy Metal (1981) soundtrack while riding up and down the seafront.
Sun was shining bright with clear blue skies, brisk but not cold breeze, high tide and wind in my hair.
Days like today let you forget the ills of the world for a spell.
#BikeTooter #Cycling
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Testing and learning with scraps. There's a lot to juggle, first attempt at this I had one piece facing the wrong way so I ripped out the seam and started over. Next test a little better, but liner seam location is wrong, thus the extra visible seam. Next up I ironed things, which really helped, and used thicker liner material. Going to dig up an old zipper for more practice.
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@pete @ascentale @xtaran @bikenite question: does anyone have"watts" numbers for towing a trailer with loads? I keep hearing"it's too hard" . For example someone said that 200 lbs of cargo was too much, yet an adult can weigh nearly that much, i.e. on a tandem. So I know that yes it's harder, but is it really that much harder? Also, it would give us better numbers to understand how many watts an ebike needs to offset the additional drag. #BikeNite #BikeTooter
Why finish a project when you can start a new one?
Fresh old bike to try and fix back up while Mysa the goberian enjoys the sun.
#biketooter #dogsofmastodon #bicycle #koers
Fresh old bike to try and fix back up while Mysa the goberian enjoys the sun.
#biketooter #dogsofmastodon #bicycle #koers
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Wer bei 27 % hochschiebt, schiebt auch bei 34 % runter! Gefühlt mehr geschoben als gefahren 
Im Alter wird man(n) vernünftig, aber gebe zu, 800 W für 3 Sek. hatte ich bisher seit Beginn der Messung via Pedal (fast 2 Jahre) noch nicht 
One of the things I love about the #Fediverse: random people's #biking maps. Whether they're riding close to my house, in my long-lost hometown, somewhere else I once lived, or in a place I know nothing about, I dig seeing everyone's zigs and zags.
I didn't think I'd get 11 miles in today. It's dreary out, cold, had a few raindrops, and the wind picked up a bit. Still, did 11 miles in an hour.
I also picked up two hard drives from @brandonjbrown so I was carrying 8TB the whole time!
Conversation with a person not into bikes:
Them: “Wait, why would you buy a bike and then change everything on it?”
Me: “Everyone always changes things on a new bike! Have you heard of the Ship of Theseus?”
Them: “No.”
Me: [after explaining the Ship of Theseus] “That could never happen to a bike, because if you change the frame, it’s not the same bike.”
Right?
Umberto Eco implies the existence of Umberto Tour, Umberto Sport and Umberto Turbo.