Q2. What milestones, or achievements (like a badge in a game, for example) are worth celebrating for new riders?
(These can be silly or serious. Some examples: "Bought the cheapest beer possible before 1:30pm and cycled it home." or "Went grocery shopping by cycle for the first time." or "Carried a bouquet of flowers home by cycle.", "Rode at night", or "Rode with a friend")
This is a common practice in the Netherlands. It’s truly awesome to watch someone who’s comfortable just casually get on side saddle. Looks very sociable. Think of it in a city center context away from car traffic.
Someone has a video but I can’t think who, so here is a short post: https://rollingspoke.com/double-riding-in-amsterdam/
I sewed this shirt 15 or so years ago. Luckily I made it extra-big at the time so it still fits.
In honor of #BikeNite today, 4pm Pacific (US) Daylight Time. It's (a)synchronous so you don't have to be on at that time to participate. #Cycling#BikeTooter@bikenite
@ascentale@meganL i managed to get a free unicycle off of Craigslist. It was 52km round trip.
It took some macgyvering to mount it to my bike. Stuffed it in my pannier, the wheel high in the air.
My ride crossed the LionsGate bridge in Vancouver. It's a tall 3 lane suspension bridge.
Riding over the bridge, I remember thinking, 'Drivers must think i am the weirdest guy on the bridge.'
I looked over to a cyclist on the oncoming lane of the bridge and he was carrying 10 hula hoops! #bikeNite
I encountered this situation last week and wondered how others would proceed if cycling.
On a one-way street with 2 auto lanes and 1 painted cycle lane, I saw a UPS delivery truck park in the rightmost auto lane, leaving the cycle lane free. But the cycle lane is obstructed by a car a bit further ahead and is lined with parked cars on the right side.
Q7. Given the photo and the arrangement of cars/lanes, which path would you take if you were planning to continue forward?
@moira asks a question about inner tubes that I've also been thinking about as I deal with so many flat tires:
Q4. How long do replacement tubes hold up in storage? And should tubes be changed out occasionally before they fail, and is it a time thing or a distance ridden thing?
Asking because I've had a replacement tube in my road repair kit for a while and I have no idea when or if I should swap it out.
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
@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
@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.
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.
I need a couple pairs of leggings or pants that are good for riding my semi recumbent trike and hiking in spring thru fall in the PNW. I want to ride my trike to a trailhead. I’d like some for cooler (5-10) and some for warmer (10-20) weather.
The legs need to be relatively close fitting, especially around the ankle.
no bunching up around the waist
no weird cycling butt cushion
unlikely to tear or pill if brushing against vegetation
stay warm when wet
not see through in the butt ie actual leggings not a base layer
Reflective details or natural materials are a nice bonus.
@susannah I'm the wrong person for clothing advice, I'm a shorts and hoodie guy.
But if you add #bikeNite hashtag, I'm sure more people will see this and would help. We answer questions every Friday.
I think a question like this was asked a couple of weeks ago. #bikeNiteQ will list the previous questions to help search through them.
That's it for now; thanks for asking, answering, reading and discussing! There are still a few posts in the queue, I can ask them next week.
Reply, boost and favorite #BikeNite toots to keep it going. I hope you've enjoyed this and found new friends to follow. (Also, you can follow #BikeNite, if you haven't)
We'll do it again next Friday! Reply with new questions for next week (add the BikeNitePQ tag for visibility) and let me know if there are any adjustments you'd like to see.
@ascentale#bikeNite#bikeNitePQ on the intro post instead of asking about meals, maybe we encourage a photo from everyone's commute/ride to see what everyone's rides are like.
@meganL would like add fenders to their cycle. Can we help brainstorm?
Q8. This is a bit specific, but how can I attach fat fenders to my Cargo Quad? (Either storebought or making some.) In front all I could attach to are the "arm" handlebars and the rear I suppose I could attach it to the wooden cargo payload.
@meganL keep us updated. I'll keep my eyes out for a solution.
I need a front fender solution too, i don't have the clearance between the top of the tire and the top of the forks.#bikeNite
@PamelaSchure A3. There are lots of little paths that work, especially in Berkeley where there are giant concrete planters that were probably originally meant to keep people out of neighborhoods but now function as walk/run/cycle permeable road barriers. These work for walking though too.
There are some places off of trails that are not reachable by car directly, but require kind of a longish walk/hike that are faster to get to by bike.
Ahh, one other thing that's sort of related: the trick where you can hang a pannier on a grocery cart when shopping.