#bikenite — Public Fediverse posts

@ascentale @bikenite A7: we build a "road train" once to get these 6m long steel tubes home.
#Roadtrain #SteelTransport #bikenite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib3vxlEd_IY

@LovesTha

Techically, each LED is a fixed different colour, but the R, G, and B LEDs are clustered so close together they look like pulsing, full colour spectrum lights. And they're not on a rope or wire, but on a skinny flexible ribbon with circuit traces. Looks pretty industrial, close-up.

So, not fairy lights. Perhaps orcs-toiling-in-the-mines lights.

@moira @marywordymary

#BikeNite

@ascentale @grammasaurus @bikenite

A1a Manchester UK, the central bit… but often spotted crossing the Pennines to work.

A1b Cospoo radar light at the rear (solid in the dark, blinking after dawn and before dusk), Magene rechargeable front light (which has a proper cut-off beam pattern to avoid blinding folk), some red retroreflective tape on the rear stay and an apidura hi vis vest which is big enough to go over my backpack (which also has a big reflective strip). My shoes and overshoes have a little bit of reflective detail and so do my shorts, jerseys, jackets etc.

On a longer ride I’ll have a AA battery rear light, and often an exposure race as an extra front light.

I still have people claiming not to see me LOL.

#bikenite

#BikeNite A1: I'm back in #WaterlooRegion now, but was in #Burlington, Ontario on BikeNite.

I've got one bright blinky white light on the handlebars (that, thanks to the advice on BikeNite, only blinks in daytime) and a blinky red light on the seatpost. There's reflective tape on all the forks and the rear fender, and I wear a reflective vest and ankle band. There are mounts on the handlebars for two more lights that I rarely use.

@ascentale
@grammasaurus @bikenite

#BikeNite A1: I'm in #WaterlooRegion on a Saturday night (technically Sunday morning), the first day this week I haven't had to drive somewhere and do something.

There are no OpenCycling days that I know of. There used to be an OpenStreets festival where King Street was blocked to cars and open to pedestrians, cyclists, vendors, and community group info booths, but that ended when the LRT came.

But I'd love to cycle on Hwy86, the freeway circling the two cities.

@ascentale
@yantor3d @bikenite

#BikeNite A1: Posting in #WaterlooRegion on a Sunday 'cos I was busy on BikeNite itself.

Many decades ago I was cycling with friends a long way from home when I got a large gash in a tire. One of my friends ripped off the bottom of his T-shirt to wrap around the innertube. It stuck out through the rip in the tire, but it lasted the rest of the day.

@ascentale
@FourT4 @bikenite

@ascentale @Amgine @bikenite #BikeNite A2 3 great options around
#Boston #Massachusetts USA:
#BikesNotBombs in #JamaicaPlain 'uses the bicycle as a vehicle for social change'.
Somerville Bike Kitchen (#SomervilleMA) is another nonprofit, open Tuesday and Thursday evenings. https://somervillebikekitchen.org
Broadway Bicycle School in #CambridgeMA is a worker owned coop, since '72: https://broadwaybicycleschool.com #BostonBikes

#BikeNite A1: Posting from #WaterlooRegion, a nice mix of an urban core (the cities of #Kitchener, #Waterloo, and #Cambridge), surrounded by four rural townships, #Woolwich, #Wellesley, #Wilmot, and #NorthDumfries.

Some of the best cycle paths (the #TransCanadaTrail f'rinstance) pass right by, or through, farmland.

@ascentale
@uxmark @bikenite

@ascentale @grammasaurus @frostpendeln @bikenite

A6. Found out about just recently. I've been using #FrostBike and #WinterBike too.

#Coffeneuring is pretty popular in the Fall.

#30DaysOfBiking is in April.

May has #BikeToWorkWeek and the #RideOfSilence

#BikeNite

@ascentale @bikenite #BikeNite A8: Given we in Europe just switched the clocks from summertime to wintertime, here are some pics embracing the joy of having proper lighting on your cycle for #BeingSeen + wearing #HiViz clothes in the spirit of #VisionZero.

One is even #Halloween themed, although this was unintentional. 😇

(And no, this isn't #VictimBlaming 🙄, it's just common sense. Riding in black clothes w/o light in the night doesn't help anyone.)

#BeSeen #HiVis #HighVis #HighVisibility

@ascentale @bikenite #BikeNite A1: Posting from Zurich, Switzerland. Last weekend, I took part in a 47km (29mi) #OrigamiRide (organised folding bicycle tour) from Chur to Walenstadt, run by our local #Brompton scene. I extended the tour for myself and rode back home to Zurich, 131km (81mi) overall. More pics at https://chaos.social/@xtaran/115162221358926374 (Text is German)

I also noticed a slow puncture in the rear G-One tire before the ride—my first flat tire in 15yrs. Rode anyways. Cause was a tiny metal splinter.

@PamelaSchure @enobacon @ascentale @forteller That was my cunning plan when I asked the question! Now we just we need Dom Whiting to mix 'em up for us. #bikeNite #RaveOn https://youtu.be/_bX789UX-Qk?feature=shared&t=2572

THIS IS IT! Closes tonight 9/28 11:59pm PT. Communications pro wanted for WSDOT Active Transportation Division.
https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/washington/wsdot/jobs/4209632/active-transportation-communications-lead-cc5

#WSDOT #WSDOTActive #TranspoJobs #CommsJobs #CommunicationJobs #communications #PR #CompleteStreets #RoadSafety #SafetyOverSpeed #VisionZero #accessibility #ADA #cycling #walking #EJ #EnvironmentalJustice #MobilityJustice #BikeTooter #walkability #BicyclesChangeLives #MoveEquity #BikeNite