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@ascentale @Derek_DIY @bikenite
A3. My left foot is slightly shorter and has had some numbness if I keep it in the same position too long.
As others posted, try different socks, shoes, and if those dont help a bike fit might.
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A8. Caught this by chance at the Aroma Pie Shoppe in Whalan, Minnesota.
The "N" on the open sign not visible majesty into a very Midwestern expression.
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A6. Not the stickers, but when I was commuting to work, my visible front handlebar camera made a big difference how some motorists treated me.
After someone started to do a dangerous close pass, whole car laughing, one of the passengers said, "Oh shit, he's got a camera!" and they turned left in the first side street and disappeared.
What the hell were they planning? Murder?
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@bikenite A8. First #BikeBus of the school year. Bittersweet because my kid graduated out of elementary school, and would rather walk than bike to school now. I’m really glad a couple of other parents are keeping this amazing thing going and hopefully making it even better. Each bike bus was really the highlight of my day, and though I can still ride as a chaperone, I will miss it as a school commute dearly.
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#bikenite A5: Changing tyres tips? Change 'em for Schwalbe Marathon Plus.
I mean, the other thing is, always partly inflate the tube inside the tyre so it doesn't get caught under the bead.
Also I always inflate the tube until the bead seats, check the bead all 'round and make sure there's no pinches, then let the tube down to 5psi or so and bounce it a few times to let it 'relax' any stretched bits and then reinflate to pressure. I have no idea if this is just a superstition or not :-)
As for kit, I just have two flat plastic levers which are nice and slippery for sliding sideways and a hook-shaped steel one which is good for getting that last bit flipped over on really stubborn tyres. I've seen a few people recommend a spring clamp as well to push the beads in on the opposite side, I might add that to the kit and try it next time.
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@pete @ascentale @wtrmt @bikenite Obligatory #bikenite "i don't see the point of tubeless tyres" response which dithers off into an anecdote about how we used to make coffee with a spoke tool.
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@ascentale @bikenite: Wow, what a set of great questions this weekend. Had to boost most of them and don't have an answer for any of them (except Q1 and Q8). Some questions and hence its answers are also interesting for me, too. So thanks to all the questions, answers. And thanks to Phil for hosting #BikeNite once again and for years!
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@ascentale @bikenite #BikeNite A8: Discovered this bench while cycling criss-cross on forest paths this week (to stay within comfortable temperatures).
The writings say in German:
Left side:
4000km (2485mi) from Italy to North Cape
Thanks to all the sponsors
Sign (in English):
2023 Ride For Trees 4000
Right side:
4000 trees planted in Rümlang and surrounding area
A project by bike2help.ch / TH Forst GmbH
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@ascentale @xtaran @bikenite @ascentale @xtaran @bikenite A1a: Tucson, AZ, USA. A1b: when my son was under about age 5, my husband and I had two bikes we swapped all the time. One had the child seat on the back and was a women's bike (can get leg onto the bike without running into the kid's face). The other had no child seat, had better pannier bags for shopping, and was a men's bike. Whoever was taking our son to daycare or picking him up took the kid bike. This meant that if one of us had to hand our son off to the other somewhere outside the home to make childcare work, we switched bikes too. My husband and I are roughly the same height, so it worked fine. Originally, before we had a kid, the women's bike had been mine and the men's bike his. #bikenite #cycling
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A very spectacular photo!
I wonder if your camera software made some "enhancements" to the image, resulting in the large corona.
"My camera, for one, has welcomed the AI overlords."
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@ascentale @bikenite A8. Tirana may be the capital of Albania, but there is still livestock around. I've seen a cow and now a horse. To be fair, the cow has never been near the cycle lane and left dookie on it the owner never cleared.... #BikeNite
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@ascentale @xtaran @bikenite
A1
Home in Sheffield, where the heat is not brutal today, unlike the past week.
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@ascentale @bikenite A8.
Port Adelaide's River Night Walk is this weekend.
Here is one of the toads.
https://www.cityofpae.sa.gov.au/visit/major-events/river-night-walk
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@ascentale @wtrmt @bikenite A5.
My SciCon saddlebag has: spare tube; three ancient Michelin Ergo tyre levers, Lezyne Trigger Drive CO2 adapter, CO2 bulb, classic puncture repair kit (patches, glue, scraper tool), minitool with chain breaker, KMC Missing Link for chain, small cable ties, two disposable gloves. On frame: Lezyne Road Drive minipump.
Although I mention brands here, this gear has been collected across decades. You could easily find tyre levers more modern than the Michelins, maybe the Pedros would be the current pick. The only out-of-norm thing here is the CO2 and pump, rather than one or the other. That's because I use the pump, unless it is raining.
That's enough gear to: repair one puncture immediately, repair a second puncture after using the patch kit, repair a broken chain, fasten a broken spoke out of the way.
Better not to need all this stuff at all, and the Germans have high technology commuter-tuned tyres from Scwalbe, Continental Contact. You could also think about Vittoria Randonneur or a Panaracer touring tyre.
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@ascentale @Derek_DIY @bikenite A3.
I have read your replies. I'll not repeat the advice about saddle height except to suggest that a measurement-based scheme like in Zinn's can be done today.
The description sounds like your toes are sliding in the toebox of the shoe and the outer toes are being squashed.
This might be because the right foot is smaller, it might be because this knee needs more rotation and it is achieving that within the shoe rather than turning the whole shoe.
Hard to give further advice as you did not say what shoe and pedal system you use. If you are running clipless, adjust the right shoe to add more right skew.
Also, do up this right shoe tight, so the whole shoe rotates, not just the toes in the toebox. On older cycling shoes or general purpose shoes, consider lacing the right shoe using lacing patterns for narrower feet. if you're using modern cycling shoes then a first approximation is obtained with: arch the foot, turn the tightening dials to max pressure, then unarch the foot.
Also, and this sounds silly, make sure you are sitting on the saddle squarely. You'd be surprised :-) Also if you aren't using cycling shoes then consider that the centre of the pedal should be under the ball of the foot. But given what this is doing, maybe move that foot a millimetre or two forward (so the pedal is meeting the rear of the ball of the foot, taking thrusting force off of jamming the toes into the shoes).
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A8: What I saw this week was kind of surprising, an old train depot on the Northern Rail Trail (Enfield, NH) where there is now a bike pump, bike stand, work bench with wheel truing stand and a vice. Do not know if anyone comes out and offers to do a quick once-over or if this is just a DIY stop.
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@moz @ascentale @bikenite Bird envy! That's so cool.