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@ascentale @bikenite #BikeNite A8. Saw some big trees and a lovely creek and lots and lots of sword ferns.
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@ascentale @bikenite #BikeNite A8. Saw some big trees and a lovely creek and lots and lots of sword ferns.
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@dgodon @ascentale @FourT4 @bikenite Good lord, what an ancient nail style (and scary to run over or walk on wherever that was!). #BikeNite
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@dgodon @ascentale @FourT4 @bikenite Good lord, what an ancient nail style (and scary to run over or walk on wherever that was!). #BikeNite
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@ascentale @streetmeme @bikenite A7 cont'd. and it helps folks walking, jogging, cycling.
Become a business member of your local cycle coalition and offer some discount or freebie to other coalition members. Cycle coalitions I've been a member of have had things like 10% off repairs at an LBS or some one-time freebie or whatever and it definitely did make me check out those businesses if I was not already a customer.
If possible, provide some social hangout space. There are few third spaces in some places. Signaling that you're welcoming to folks not arriving by car by offering a place for people to coffeeneur or plan a meetup brings folks in the door on a regular basis. Make sure furniture choices are also accessible (place for wheelchair users to be at a table with non-wheelchair users)
Provide a community bulletin board (that you have rules for and keep free of egregious corporate spam) so folks have a reason to come in and also so they know you're part of the community #BikeNite
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@ascentale @streetmeme @bikenite A7 cont'd. and it helps folks walking, jogging, cycling.
Become a business member of your local cycle coalition and offer some discount or freebie to other coalition members. Cycle coalitions I've been a member of have had things like 10% off repairs at an LBS or some one-time freebie or whatever and it definitely did make me check out those businesses if I was not already a customer.
If possible, provide some social hangout space. There are few third spaces in some places. Signaling that you're welcoming to folks not arriving by car by offering a place for people to coffeeneur or plan a meetup brings folks in the door on a regular basis. Make sure furniture choices are also accessible (place for wheelchair users to be at a table with non-wheelchair users)
Provide a community bulletin board (that you have rules for and keep free of egregious corporate spam) so folks have a reason to come in and also so they know you're part of the community #BikeNite
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@ascentale @bikenite #BikeNite A8. I don't have a photo (tried to take a photo, but apparently my phone would have none of it). Was cycling around and ran into a house that is completely surrounded by gargoyles here. (live in the suburbs!). It's amazing, yet eerie. Will have to go see if it shows on Street View.
(Update: aha! Yes, shows on street view, so it wasn't the gargoyles making my phone malfunction, lol)
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@ascentale @bikenite #BikeNite A8. I don't have a photo (tried to take a photo, but apparently my phone would have none of it). Was cycling around and ran into a house that is completely surrounded by gargoyles here. (live in the suburbs!). It's amazing, yet eerie. Will have to go see if it shows on Street View.
(Update: aha! Yes, shows on street view, so it wasn't the gargoyles making my phone malfunction, lol)
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@ascentale @streetmeme @bikenite A7. I can think of at least two: Make your businessplace as accessible as possible. Blind folks are huge users of public transit and walking. If you're a restaurant, have a Braille menu available. Make sure your website is accessible, etc. Be wheelchair-accessible. Wheelchair users often use cycle lanes once they're built. There are so few businesses with wheelchair accessible entrances, aisles, and RESTROOMS that you will automatically get at least a few more customers just for being accessible. There are other kinds of accessibility too, like to Deaf folk (look into it).
Accessible, secure, sheltered cycle parking. Sheffield racks, placed far enough apart (or some flexible design rack for spacing) that trikes, quads, handcycles, cargo bikes can fit in there.
Free iced water. Yeah, someone might come in just for free water and leave, but some of those folks who come in the door will spend and become customers - #BikeNite
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@ascentale @streetmeme @bikenite A7. I can think of at least two: Make your businessplace as accessible as possible. Blind folks are huge users of public transit and walking. If you're a restaurant, have a Braille menu available. Make sure your website is accessible, etc. Be wheelchair-accessible. Wheelchair users often use cycle lanes once they're built. There are so few businesses with wheelchair accessible entrances, aisles, and RESTROOMS that you will automatically get at least a few more customers just for being accessible. There are other kinds of accessibility too, like to Deaf folk (look into it).
Accessible, secure, sheltered cycle parking. Sheffield racks, placed far enough apart (or some flexible design rack for spacing) that trikes, quads, handcycles, cargo bikes can fit in there.
Free iced water. Yeah, someone might come in just for free water and leave, but some of those folks who come in the door will spend and become customers - #BikeNite
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@ascentale @uxMark @bikenite A4. I miss mine.
I never got the opportunity to use this tip myself, but if one has a standard size Brompton (not the G-line), apparently there are some IKEA hacks.
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@ascentale @uxMark @bikenite A4. I miss mine.
I never got the opportunity to use this tip myself, but if one has a standard size Brompton (not the G-line), apparently there are some IKEA hacks.
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@ascentale @Amgine @bikenite A3. I certainly biked to campus when I went back to school - both a 10 mi RT to community college and a shorter commute to UC Davis. It was so important to me that UC Davis' inaccessible racks catalyzed me to write the Demandifesto and start @ucaccessnow
Because I was already cycling, it's not like bike-to-school as a day or month was that important to me. Maybe some free swag that was useful like strap-on bike lights for free.
What I really needed and did not get in time was accessible cycle infrastructure.
For other people, I think most people are such followers that a bike-to-school period helps them feel part of a group.
#BikeNite #UCAccessNow https://archive.org/details/disability-equity-and-justice-demands
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@ascentale @Amgine @bikenite A3. I certainly biked to campus when I went back to school - both a 10 mi RT to community college and a shorter commute to UC Davis. It was so important to me that UC Davis' inaccessible racks catalyzed me to write the Demandifesto and start @ucaccessnow
Because I was already cycling, it's not like bike-to-school as a day or month was that important to me. Maybe some free swag that was useful like strap-on bike lights for free.
What I really needed and did not get in time was accessible cycle infrastructure.
For other people, I think most people are such followers that a bike-to-school period helps them feel part of a group.
#BikeNite #UCAccessNow https://archive.org/details/disability-equity-and-justice-demands
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@ascentale @bikenite A2. During the pandemic, when I was shopping for something to replace my Xtracycle, which I could no longer ride thanks to UC Davis' supercharged ableism, I seriously considered the ELF.
I actually wanted a Velove Armadillo VERY BADLY but by the time I had enough saved, they had stopped selling them to the general public. They were B2B now.
I had seen an ELF when I was living in SoCal. A non-profit there owned one. I never got to ride inside one, though.
I was living in Davis and was at that time planning on remaining in Davis for a long time. Davis is mostly flat with better than average cycle connectivity. The ELF would have given me cargo capacity, rain coverage, recumbent position, and ability to take a passenger.
They went out of business not too long after, though. I still think they're cool. #BikeNite
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@ascentale @bikenite A2. During the pandemic, when I was shopping for something to replace my Xtracycle, which I could no longer ride thanks to UC Davis' supercharged ableism, I seriously considered the ELF.
I actually wanted a Velove Armadillo VERY BADLY but by the time I had enough saved, they had stopped selling them to the general public. They were B2B now.
I had seen an ELF when I was living in SoCal. A non-profit there owned one. I never got to ride inside one, though.
I was living in Davis and was at that time planning on remaining in Davis for a long time. Davis is mostly flat with better than average cycle connectivity. The ELF would have given me cargo capacity, rain coverage, recumbent position, and ability to take a passenger.
They went out of business not too long after, though. I still think they're cool. #BikeNite
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@ascentale @FourT4 @bikenite A1a. Tirana, Albania, where today is Day 70 of anti-corruption protests called the #FlamingoRevolution (even if the media isn't covering it enough).
A1b. I haven't even heard of "booting" before. #BikeNite
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@ascentale @FourT4 @bikenite A1a. Tirana, Albania, where today is Day 70 of anti-corruption protests called the #FlamingoRevolution (even if the media isn't covering it enough).
A1b. I haven't even heard of "booting" before. #BikeNite
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@Amgine @bikenite A3. I lead (led?) a Bike Bus as a parent but it sounds like this question is geared towards older students..
I didn't cycle to school until post-college. In undergrad, I heard that there were mountain biking trails nearby camps, so I bright my bike to school. I probably went out 3-4 times, but not a lot.
In grad school, I learned that there was a paved multi-use path that led to campus, and parking fees were expensive. So I either took the bus or rode my bike 15-20 minute ride to school.
I don't know of any official bike to school programs, but it was probably due to my own ignorance at the time.
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@Amgine @bikenite A3. I lead (led?) a Bike Bus as a parent but it sounds like this question is geared towards older students..
I didn't cycle to school until post-college. In undergrad, I heard that there were mountain biking trails nearby camps, so I bright my bike to school. I probably went out 3-4 times, but not a lot.
In grad school, I learned that there was a paved multi-use path that led to campus, and parking fees were expensive. So I either took the bus or rode my bike 15-20 minute ride to school.
I don't know of any official bike to school programs, but it was probably due to my own ignorance at the time.
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@ascentale @puercomal @bikenite #Bikenite A6, At the end of May I wiped out on the top of a big hill for no good reason at all. Hit some kind of little rut that took the front wheel out from under me only going about 10 mph. Cracked a couple of ribs, banged up my wrist, elbow and knee and my left side looked like someone ran a belt sander over it. Alternatively heating and icing the joints and soft tissue injuries helped them a lot. The ribs just take time. Sneezing was terrifying.
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@ascentale @puercomal @bikenite #Bikenite A6, At the end of May I wiped out on the top of a big hill for no good reason at all. Hit some kind of little rut that took the front wheel out from under me only going about 10 mph. Cracked a couple of ribs, banged up my wrist, elbow and knee and my left side looked like someone ran a belt sander over it. Alternatively heating and icing the joints and soft tissue injuries helped them a lot. The ribs just take time. Sneezing was terrifying.
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@ascentale @trouble @bikenite @drajt A5 #bikeNite Our issue with many bike gloves is wishing they had velcro fastener at wrist -most are too tigh there for us to easily pull on and off
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@ascentale @trouble @bikenite @drajt A5 #bikeNite Our issue with many bike gloves is wishing they had velcro fastener at wrist -most are too tigh there for us to easily pull on and off
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@ascentale @FourT4 @bikenite #bikenite A1, Posting from Carbon County Montana. I improvised a boot for a sidewall gash once, but replaced the tire as soon as I got home. Been thinking that one of those park tool boots would be good to have in the patch kit.
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@ascentale @FourT4 @bikenite #bikenite A1, Posting from Carbon County Montana. I improvised a boot for a sidewall gash once, but replaced the tire as soon as I got home. Been thinking that one of those park tool boots would be good to have in the patch kit.
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Congrats on getting a folding bike! My top tip after getting the fit right is to get tires with a very good rolling resistance and puncture resistance, and always bring spare tubes since you can't count on shops to have them (even if you run tubeless).
A substantial part of people's belief that folding bikes are slow comes from stock tires that have high rolling resistance.
I see people spend so much money on aftermarket lightweight and aero parts for their folding bike, and then use very slow tires.
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Congrats on getting a folding bike! My top tip after getting the fit right is to get tires with a very good rolling resistance and puncture resistance, and always bring spare tubes since you can't count on shops to have them (even if you run tubeless).
A substantial part of people's belief that folding bikes are slow comes from stock tires that have high rolling resistance.
I see people spend so much money on aftermarket lightweight and aero parts for their folding bike, and then use very slow tires.
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@ascentale @bikenite #bikeNite
OK this thing I found... I stuck on here thinking somebody would ... bring it in to city hall to figure things out. This was a week or so ago.
I realized today taht it was still there. It stopped emitting the tone that had inspired me to just PUT IT SOMEWHERE. I picked it p again. Not sure what to do with it.
I also got a seat post for Baby Bianchi.
I can ride it comfortably, but it's so tiny that I'm right up close to the handlebars so when I brake, whoa!!! I'm moved forward .... too fast, to far. I shall seek a new owner for it & try to get the $400 or so I spent on the rebuild for it. It is a beautiful little bike. -
@ascentale @bikenite #bikeNite
OK this thing I found... I stuck on here thinking somebody would ... bring it in to city hall to figure things out. This was a week or so ago.
I realized today taht it was still there. It stopped emitting the tone that had inspired me to just PUT IT SOMEWHERE. I picked it p again. Not sure what to do with it.
I also got a seat post for Baby Bianchi.
I can ride it comfortably, but it's so tiny that I'm right up close to the handlebars so when I brake, whoa!!! I'm moved forward .... too fast, to far. I shall seek a new owner for it & try to get the $400 or so I spent on the rebuild for it. It is a beautiful little bike. -
@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] A7: A key element, which I suspect a lot of small business owners overlook, is bike parking. If a business wants to have customers arrive by bike, they must provide safe bike parking one way or another.
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@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] A7: A key element, which I suspect a lot of small business owners overlook, is bike parking. If a business wants to have customers arrive by bike, they must provide safe bike parking one way or another.
#BikeTooter #BikeNite #MastoBikes -
@ascentale @uxMark @bikenite #bikeNite I acquired a Brompton from my neighbor who has the Velomobile :)
Erm, don't let the elastic bungee type things on the rack get caught in the spokes and break. Practice figuring out the gears; they are different feeling... -
@ascentale @uxMark @bikenite #bikeNite I acquired a Brompton from my neighbor who has the Velomobile :)
Erm, don't let the elastic bungee type things on the rack get caught in the spokes and break. Practice figuring out the gears; they are different feeling... -
@ascentale @Amgine @bikenite #bikeNite
at the University many many many people bike and we have Veobikes (sigh, all scooters and e-bikes now) so that the summer abandoned bike count has dropped from 600+ to about 300. (they tag bikes & them remove them) -
@ascentale @Amgine @bikenite #bikeNite
at the University many many many people bike and we have Veobikes (sigh, all scooters and e-bikes now) so that the summer abandoned bike count has dropped from 600+ to about 300. (they tag bikes & them remove them) -
@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] A6: Sorry to hear that. I too suspect it's a very common type of injury for people cycling. I fractured my right collarbone when I fell hard on my bike about 11 years ago. Knowing I'm a cyclist, my surgeon strongly recommended I have surgery to put the bone back in place instead of letting it heal by itself. I'm glad I did. Best of luck for your swift recovery.
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@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] A6: Sorry to hear that. I too suspect it's a very common type of injury for people cycling. I fractured my right collarbone when I fell hard on my bike about 11 years ago. Knowing I'm a cyclist, my surgeon strongly recommended I have surgery to put the bone back in place instead of letting it heal by itself. I'm glad I did.
#BikeNite #MastoBikes #BikeTooter -
@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] A3: I'm neither—I have a kindergartner (soon to be a 1st grader) who bikes to school. She learned to ride a two-wheeled bike back in May. She loved it so much, she wanted to ride her own bike to school instead of being carried on the back of my cargo bike. I loved that!
Her school (K-8) doesn't have its own bike-to-school program, but a lot of students bike.
#BikeNite #MastoBikes #BikeTooter #SafeRouteToSchool -
@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] A3: I'm neither—I have a kindergartner (soon to be a 1st grader) who bikes to school. She learned to ride a two-wheeled bike back in May. She loved it so much, she wanted to ride her own bike to school instead of being carried on the back of my cargo bike. I loved that!
Her school (K-8) doesn't have its own bike-to-school program, but a lot of students bike.
#BikeNite #MastoBikes #BikeTooter #SafeRouteToSchool