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@ascentale @bikenite A8 #BikeNite Four pics from four rides this week: a couple of fattie rides, one on the ‘cross bike, and one from a long gravel bike outing.

@ascentale @grammasaurus @bikenite A1 #BikeNite posting from Liverpool, UK today. And A1b, I’ve near as many lighting options as I have bikes but with the nights getting darker now have an old Hope R4+ front light affixed to my regular gravel bike. Threw an Exposure Tracer rather than the matching District on the rear for now, but will switch out at some point.
Prior to expecting to be out, I’d carry an Exposure joystick with a Redeye rear I could use on a helmet mount if caught out late.

@ascentale @bikenite A8 I saw rain and lightning and a storm on my ride to work this week… and I got soaked!

#bikeNite

@ascentale @bikenite
A8
I live in a very hilly city and all Uber Eats/Deliveroo people ride illegal (for the UK) throttled high-power ebikes and of course they're all men. But the other day I saw someone delivering on an acoustic folder; and she was wearing a hijab.
#BikeNite

@ascentale @rand @bikenite
A3:
That it's chill. I miss few bikenites or just read them and then sometimes join and answer all of the questions. Just as I feel.

And I can ask something and usually get really nice answers from lot of different points of view.

#bikenite #biketooter

@ascentale @geonz @bikenite

A5:
I get a lot of attention on my recumbent bike - usually from kids.

One of my favourites is nearly speechless kid who got out of him only "Mom, mom... that... that guy."

Also one girl really proudly announcing to me "Hello, I'm riding my bike for the firs time!" Didn't even bothered to think about the recumbent.

One time letting some kids try it and their parents saw them - "Get down, don't touch it! .... Ahh so you are the owner, that's OK continue." Thinking that their kids just randomly trying bike outside.

#bikeTooter #bikenite

@ascentale @bikenite Expanding on my own #BikeNite question, this is the change that has done it for me: I’ve run an 11–42 (or 11–36) with a 38t chainring on my ‘cross and gravel bikes for as maybe a dozen years. Switched to a bling Garbaruk 11–50 which I had in the parts bin with 40t up front and think it’s the mismatch of the old 15/17/19 range I’m struggling with. Interestingly, when on a group ride I don’t really have a problem so think it could be my solo tempo pace that’s the issue. 🤷‍♂️

@ascentale @bikenite
A8: Unfortunately what I see this year more and more is the lack of water everywhere. This photo was taken few days ago at local pond where bunch of people go for quick swim everyday. Currently 1,5m of water is missing, worst I remember is less than 50cm under the normal water level. It won't take long to cross it by foot.

#bikeTooter #bikenite

A8.
Biking by lake with my wife on a windy day we found those who celebrate such winds. One of them may have overly done so and needed a little help righting their sailboat.

@ascentale @bikenite
#BikeNite #BikeTooter

@uxMark Nice! #BikeNite

@ascentale @uxMark #bikenite Getting a cargo bike has been transformational for us. https://www.mattpedals.bike/i-joined-a-cargo-cult/?gift=DbPvJMy7Cqul_s6MKP_FwMoOvLDZsxVf

@puppethead @ascentale @bikenite How many cycles do you estimate were parked there compared to cars? #CycleParkingAudit #BikeNite

@MartyCormack @ascentale @bikenite I loved Freiburg when I was there for Spezi. I didn't have enough time to look around. Hopefully I can afford to get to Spezi again this spring.

Glad you got to enjoy it.

#BikeNite

@ascentale @bobjonkman @uxMark @bikenite
A6: I think the persons more involved than me in the local cycling advocacy groups are making such offers but not much success. Maybe councilors are afraid of the infra the offer (or judge sufficient)

I am more involved on road safety issues with bus drivers. I have offered many rides to commissioners and bus company executives. Never got any takers. They know how dangerous their fleets are

#BikeNite

@ascentale @pete @bikenite I would say I am not very sensitive to things and then again it was a game changer when I did the bike fit
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@ascentale
@bikenite A8: came back home from our holiday at my parents yesterday by train.
2 high speed trains, 1 metro, 1 commuter train and a small car trip at each end.
We went through Gare du Nord which is apparently one of the busiest stations in Europe (photo below does not show even half of the platforms (I think they have platforms on 3 levels)
#BikeNite

@ascentale @pete @bikenite

#BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes

Got told I was just plain weird for having my two main bikes setup with brakes on different hands.

My gravel which I built is UK setup (front brake right hand)

My road bike built up by Italian-based Kazak-owned proteam and American-bought has continental setup (front brake left hand).

I switch things all the time without noticing - everything apart from saddle height which must be correct

@ascentale @pete @bikenite

#BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes

Got told I was just plain weird for having my two main bikes setup with brakes on different hands.

My gravel which I built is UK setup (front brake right hand)

My road bike built up by Italian-based Kazak-owned proteam and American-bought has continental setup (front brake left hand).

I switch things all the time without noticing - everything apart from saddle height which must be correct

@ascentale @pete @bikenite

#BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes

Got told I was just plain weird for having my two main bikes setup with brakes on different hands.

My gravel which I built is UK setup (front brake right hand)

My road bike built up by Italian-based Kazak-owned proteam and American-bought has continental setup (front brake left hand).

I switch things all the time without noticing - everything apart from saddle height which must be correct

@ascentale @pete @bikenite

#BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes

Got told I was just plain weird for having my two main bikes setup with brakes on different hands.

My gravel which I built is UK setup (front brake right hand)

My road bike built up by Italian-based Kazak-owned proteam and American-bought has continental setup (front brake left hand).

I switch things all the time without noticing - everything apart from saddle height which must be correct

@ascentale @bikenite A8. As usual, I missed some amazing shots for not having my regular camera with me or not getting it out in time. However, it was an amazing surprise for me that one of the cargo trikes here in Tirana had a bag on it with the embroidered phrase "Nothing About Us Without Us", which is a motto of the disability rights movement.

Upon closer inspection, the bag was from the European Disability Forum. I assume the bag was just free swag as Albania is not in the EU and there's not a lot of disability activism here, but I felt like it was a sign.

https://www.edf-feph.org/ #BikeNite #Disability #Ableism #Europe

@ascentale @bobjonkman @uxMark @bikenite A6a. I've ridden with a politician, but not a candidate yet. The Mayor of Beverly Hills hosted a ride and though I did not live there (duh), I thought it would be a good opportunity to see the place. They were handing out free t-shirts and the mayor really was there riding. BH did have better than average bike policy for a couple years there, but something changed politically and that was all it took.

The details of the good and bad can be viewed on BikingInLA, which is a very good archive of cycle policy in LA and all over.

https://bikinginla.com/tag/beverly-hills/ #BikeNite

Another example is that when Antonio Villaraigosa was LA's Mayor, he did a ride and a driver made him fall over and break his wrist. He also became a cycle-friendly mayor for a good while and LA was making progress.

However, as what has happened in democracies generally shows, YOU HAVE TO STAY ACTIVE because the rw will.

https://bikinginla.com/2010/08/17/l-a-mayor-villaraigosa-meets-with-cyclists-the-world-does-not-come-to-an-end/

#BikeNite #Cycling #LosAngeles

@ascentale @bobjonkman @uxMark @bikenite A6a. I've ridden with a politician, but not a candidate yet. The Mayor of Beverly Hills hosted a ride and though I did not live there (duh), I thought it would be a good opportunity to see the place. They were handing out free t-shirts and the mayor really was there riding. BH did have better than average bike policy for a couple years there, but something changed politically and that was all it took.

The details of the good and bad can be viewed on BikingInLA, which is a very good archive of cycle policy in LA and all over.

https://bikinginla.com/tag/beverly-hills/ #BikeNite

Another example is that when Antonio Villaraigosa was LA's Mayor, he did a ride and a driver made him fall over and break his wrist. He also became a cycle-friendly mayor for a good while and LA was making progress.

However, as what has happened in democracies generally shows, YOU HAVE TO STAY ACTIVE because the rw will.

https://bikinginla.com/2010/08/17/l-a-mayor-villaraigosa-meets-with-cyclists-the-world-does-not-come-to-an-end/

#BikeNite #Cycling #LosAngeles

@ascentale @bobjonkman @uxMark @bikenite A6a. I've ridden with a politician, but not a candidate yet. The Mayor of Beverly Hills hosted a ride and though I did not live there (duh), I thought it would be a good opportunity to see the place. They were handing out free t-shirts and the mayor really was there riding. BH did have better than average bike policy for a couple years there, but something changed politically and that was all it took.

The details of the good and bad can be viewed on BikingInLA, which is a very good archive of cycle policy in LA and all over.

https://bikinginla.com/tag/beverly-hills/ #BikeNite

Another example is that when Antonio Villaraigosa was LA's Mayor, he did a ride and a driver made him fall over and break his wrist. He also became a cycle-friendly mayor for a good while and LA was making progress.

However, as what has happened in democracies generally shows, YOU HAVE TO STAY ACTIVE because the rw will.

https://bikinginla.com/2010/08/17/l-a-mayor-villaraigosa-meets-with-cyclists-the-world-does-not-come-to-an-end/

#BikeNite #Cycling #LosAngeles

@ascentale @bobjonkman @uxMark @bikenite A6a. I've ridden with a politician, but not a candidate yet. The Mayor of Beverly Hills hosted a ride and though I did not live there (duh), I thought it would be a good opportunity to see the place. They were handing out free t-shirts and the mayor really was there riding. BH did have better than average bike policy for a couple years there, but something changed politically and that was all it took.

The details of the good and bad can be viewed on BikingInLA, which is a very good archive of cycle policy in LA and all over.

https://bikinginla.com/tag/beverly-hills/ #BikeNite

Another example is that when Antonio Villaraigosa was LA's Mayor, he did a ride and a driver made him fall over and break his wrist. He also became a cycle-friendly mayor for a good while and LA was making progress.

However, as what has happened in democracies generally shows, YOU HAVE TO STAY ACTIVE because the rw will.

https://bikinginla.com/2010/08/17/l-a-mayor-villaraigosa-meets-with-cyclists-the-world-does-not-come-to-an-end/

#BikeNite #Cycling #LosAngeles

@ascentale @rand @bikenite

#BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes

A3. The variety of respondents.

@ascentale @grammasaurus @bikenite #BikeNite A1a: posting from Alameda, CA as usual

A1b: on my folding bike I have a rechargeable 400 lumen headlight, and a steady taillight. On my “big bike” I have a magicshine projector style headlight with a sharp cutoff, and blinky taillight, and redshift pedals with red/white lights on them that are super cool

I also have a little led light on the back of my helmet

@ascentale @grammasaurus @bikenite #BikeNite A1a: posting from Alameda, CA as usual

A1b: on my folding bike I have a rechargeable 400 lumen headlight, and a steady taillight. On my “big bike” I have a magicshine projector style headlight with a sharp cutoff, and blinky taillight, and redshift pedals with red/white lights on them that are super cool

I also have a little led light on the back of my helmet

@ascentale @grammasaurus @bikenite #BikeNite A1a: posting from Alameda, CA as usual

A1b: on my folding bike I have a rechargeable 400 lumen headlight, and a steady taillight. On my “big bike” I have a magicshine projector style headlight with a sharp cutoff, and blinky taillight, and redshift pedals with red/white lights on them that are super cool

I also have a little led light on the back of my helmet

@ascentale @grammasaurus @bikenite #BikeNite A1a: posting from Alameda, CA as usual

A1b: on my folding bike I have a rechargeable 400 lumen headlight, and a steady taillight. On my “big bike” I have a magicshine projector style headlight with a sharp cutoff, and blinky taillight, and redshift pedals with red/white lights on them that are super cool

I also have a little led light on the back of my helmet

@ascentale @bikenite #BikeNite A8 Woodstock, the shuttle on the estuary that goes between Alameda and Oakland, has a new copilot

@ascentale @bikenite #BikeNite A8 Woodstock, the shuttle on the estuary that goes between Alameda and Oakland, has a new copilot

@ascentale @bikenite #BikeNite A8 Woodstock, the shuttle on the estuary that goes between Alameda and Oakland, has a new copilot

@ascentale @bikenite #BikeNite A8 Woodstock, the shuttle on the estuary that goes between Alameda and Oakland, has a new copilot

@ascentale @geonz @bikenite #BikeNite A5. One time riding down a busy street in rush hour traffic a pedestrian yelled to me “You’re a lot braver than I am!” as I rode past a line of stopped cars

@ascentale @geonz @bikenite #BikeNite A5. One time riding down a busy street in rush hour traffic a pedestrian yelled to me “You’re a lot braver than I am!” as I rode past a line of stopped cars

@ascentale @geonz @bikenite #BikeNite A5. One time riding down a busy street in rush hour traffic a pedestrian yelled to me “You’re a lot braver than I am!” as I rode past a line of stopped cars

@ascentale @geonz @bikenite #BikeNite A5. One time riding down a busy street in rush hour traffic a pedestrian yelled to me “You’re a lot braver than I am!” as I rode past a line of stopped cars

@ascentale @rand @bikenite A3 I love learning from people who have more knowledge and experience than I do, and just the fun community feel around talking bike stuff with bike people.

#bikeNite

@ascentale @rand @bikenite A3 I love learning from people who have more knowledge and experience than I do, and just the fun community feel around talking bike stuff with bike people.

#bikeNite

@ascentale @rand @bikenite A3 I love learning from people who have more knowledge and experience than I do, and just the fun community feel around talking bike stuff with bike people.

#bikeNite

@ascentale @rand @bikenite A3 I love learning from people who have more knowledge and experience than I do, and just the fun community feel around talking bike stuff with bike people.

#bikeNite

#BikeNite A6: I've cycled with candidates, and I've been a candidate who cycled: https://bobjonkman.ca/2019/10/16/biking-with-bob-jonkman-saturday-19-october-2019/

But the cycling candidates weren't elected, so I don't know if taking candidates cycling influences their voting behaviour.

Some of my favourite politicians are cyclists: #Waterloo Mayor Dorothy McCabe, and Councillor Diane Freeman, also in #Waterloo.

Sadly, this election I'm not able to participate in the "Ride With Candidates" events. Next time!

@ascentale @uxMark @bikenite

#BikeNite A6: I've cycled with candidates, and I've been a candidate who cycled: https://bobjonkman.ca/2019/10/16/biking-with-bob-jonkman-saturday-19-october-2019/

But the cycling candidates weren't elected, so I don't know if taking candidates cycling influences their voting behaviour.

Some of my favourite politicians are cyclists: #Waterloo Mayor Dorothy McCabe, and Councillor Diane Freeman, also in #Waterloo.

Sadly, this election I'm not able to participate in the "Ride With Candidates" events. Next time!

@ascentale @uxMark @bikenite

#BikeNite A6: I've cycled with candidates, and I've been a candidate who cycled: https://bobjonkman.ca/2019/10/16/biking-with-bob-jonkman-saturday-19-october-2019/

But the cycling candidates weren't elected, so I don't know if taking candidates cycling influences their voting behaviour.

Some of my favourite politicians are cyclists: #Waterloo Mayor Dorothy McCabe, and Councillor Diane Freeman, also in #Waterloo.

Sadly, this election I'm not able to participate in the "Ride With Candidates" events. Next time!

@ascentale @uxMark @bikenite

#BikeNite A6: I've cycled with candidates, and I've been a candidate who cycled: https://bobjonkman.ca/2019/10/16/biking-with-bob-jonkman-saturday-19-october-2019/

But the cycling candidates weren't elected, so I don't know if taking candidates cycling influences their voting behaviour.

Some of my favourite politicians are cyclists: #Waterloo Mayor Dorothy McCabe, and Councillor Diane Freeman, also in #Waterloo.

Sadly, this election I'm not able to participate in the "Ride With Candidates" events. Next time!

@ascentale @uxMark @bikenite

#BikeNite A6: I've cycled with candidates, and I've been a candidate who cycled: https://bobjonkman.ca/2019/10/16/biking-with-bob-jonkman-saturday-19-october-2019/

But the cycling candidates weren't elected, so I don't know if taking candidates cycling influences their voting behaviour.

Some of my favourite politicians are cyclists: #Waterloo Mayor Dorothy McCabe, and Councillor Diane Freeman, also in #Waterloo.

Sadly, this election I'm not able to participate in the "Ride With Candidates" events. Next time!

@ascentale @uxMark @bikenite

@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] A7: I don't know how picky this is, but I switched from an 11-speed cassette to the current 12-speed one. The old cassette had 23/25/27/30/34T towards the big end. The new one has 24/28/32/36T. Yes, 36T is nice, but the wider, uneven gaps and one fewer cog drove me crazy for a few weeks. I'm more or less used to it now, but it sure took me a while.

#BikeNite #BikeTooter #MastoBikes #Shimano

@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] A7: I don't know how picky this is, but I switched from an 11-speed cassette to the current 12-speed one. The old cassette had 23/25/27/30/34T towards the big end. The new one has 24/28/32/36T. Yes, 36T is nice, but the wider, uneven gaps and one fewer cog drove me crazy for a few weeks. I'm more or less used to it now, but it sure took me a while.

#BikeNite #BikeTooter #MastoBikes #Shimano

@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] A7: I don't know how picky this is, but I switched from an 11-speed cassette to the current 12-speed one. The old cassette had 23/25/27/30/34T towards the big end. The new one has 24/28/32/36T. Yes, 36T is nice, but the wider, uneven gaps and one fewer cog drove me crazy for a few weeks. I'm more or less used to it now, but it sure took me a while.

#BikeNite #BikeTooter #MastoBikes #Shimano