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type 2 fun enthusiast // Bogdanovist // statistician at Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland

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E-bikes are very cool and I'm glad they are getting popular.

However.

There is a big difference between a crash at 12mph and one at 20mph.

Your ebike can give you injuries normally only found in motorcycle accidents. And there isn't enough advice on what constitutes sufficient maintenance for ebikes.

If you don't get balding tires fixed on a regular bike you could fall off and bruise or break a leg.

At ebike speeds that same fall will shatter your leg in dozens of pieces.

BE CAREFUL

millerdl ,
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@futurebird it was terrifying being in Seattle a couple of weeks ago: the Lime ebike rentals are SO FAST and SO HEAVY. In the UK assistance is capped at 25km/h (15.5mph), still fast but not close to the speeds you can get on ebikes in the US, it seems.

Especially dangerous for rental schemes where riders are not experienced cyclists, don't know local laws and don't wear helmets.

millerdl , to random
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It’s happening!! 🚆🚆🚆

I’m getting the train from New York to Seattle over the next ~80 hours!

Thanks to @Gaelan for the really good info on planning the trip!

You all may want to mute me for the next few days if you don’t want a LOT of train chat!

(I’ll try to confine it to this thread, which I’ll pin.)

millerdl OP ,
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now only 31 mins late it seems, going a whopping 69.8 mph. Europeans: please do not laugh.

millerdl OP ,
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amazed to see almost no fencing between the tracks and people's back yards.

I'm now in South Bend, Indiana

millerdl OP ,
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Not lying

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(With apologies if this thread is getting messy, signal has not been great and I assume it will get worse, so using the masto web app is difficult.)

millerdl OP ,
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On the outskirts of Chicago now…

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Double decker Metra (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metra) trains!

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My upgrade from NYP➡️CHI means I get to use the Metropolitan Lounge here until my next train.

I get a very very cool wristband.

Also there is deranged corporate art.

Painting of a train at a station, in the foreground the train guard is giving a child a model train while an adult man looks on.

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(I was wondering why I was confused, my phone is in CST (CDT? Who can say?) and my watch had not updated yet from Eastern time.)

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Walking around downtown Chicago: it’s VERY corporate.

Called round to the Fed.

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This bank seems… improper

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Walking around Union Station, some maps of the journey I’ve done and the journey I’m about to do

A simplistic cartoon map for the Empire Builder line. Line goes from Chicago to Milwaukee (symbolised by a beer stein), then across North Dakota (symbolised by a fish) then Glacier park (buffalo/bison??), splitting at Spokane (cowboy boot????) then to Portland (lighthouse???????) or Seattle (space needle, obvs)

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When you bring an owl to the party but then you realise it’s too much and you’re embarrassed.

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And we are outta here! See you “soon” Seattle!

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“Home” for the next 44ish hours I guess!

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