Welcome to the April 12th BikeNite! Thanks for joining, and I hope we all enjoy chatting about cycle stuff! Feel free to answer whenever at your convenience. Anyone can join, now or later. Reply to what you like, and boost for visibility.
We'll start out with our introduction, inspired by comment from @rodbotic:
Q1. Where are you posting from today? What does a typical ride for you look like? Share a photo if you'd like. #BikeNite#BikeNiteQ
A1. Posting from Alameda, California. A typical ride is over a bridge on the sidewalk, past a freeway on/off ramp or 3, through a random fresh fish market and a vegetable market dodging forklifts, past 18 wheelers at the port of Oakland, and then up a comparatively quiet boulevard behind warehouses up to a bunch of big box stores. Painted bike lanes, through debris strewn industrial neighborhoods mostly, where bikes were an afterthought.
@ascentale@rodbotic A1. Posting from the horrific road conditions of Atlanta. My current commute involves me choosing either a fast highway (though not too much traffic) or an old industrial road with train tracks like the image.
After a few popped tires and my recent wipe out, I'm taking the highway for now on.
@edd@ascentale i would be tempted to guerrilla a solution to the tracks. You only need it narrow enough to fit bikes to cross.
I used to take a trail to work that requires entering and exiting the back of the neighboring parking lot. It has quite the curb. Someone made a nice set of stacked 2x4 ramps.
@rodbotic@ascentale Ah, yea, this one may not be active, the one I wiped out on a few days ago doesn't have all the rotting wood and gravel but does have uneven and broken asphalt and high tracks. This route crosses 7 or 8 rail crossings and about half are active and none are particuarly well maintained.
@rodbotic@jfparis@ascentale No. #richmond park is one of the beauties of London which has spacious parks. Richmond park is huge and, in parts, left very natural. #Hampstead Heath is similar. If you ever wonder at the term #English Garden, it’s the French looking down on more natural English ones. Fun fact: I know someone who swims in a pond there - even in winter.
@ascentale A1 Vancouver, BC. My ride is short and steep. Each way is 6km with a 110m climb in the first 2km. I didn't grab a photo of my route directly, I took a detour to look at lowtide. #BikeNite