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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.
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@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.
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OK, now I need to know the difference between a dynamo and a magneto.
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OK, now I need to know the difference between a dynamo and a magneto.
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OK, now I need to know the difference between a dynamo and a magneto.
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OK, now I need to know the difference between a dynamo and a magneto.
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OK, now I need to know the difference between a dynamo and a magneto.
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@bobjonkman @marywordymary Fairy lights are just lights on a string:
https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=fairy+lights&ia=images&iax=images
I wouldn't consider an LED strip to be fairy lights (because of the strip part, not because of the LED part) but I'm not the boss of you
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@bobjonkman @marywordymary Fairy lights are just lights on a string:
https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=fairy+lights&ia=images&iax=images
I wouldn't consider an LED strip to be fairy lights (because of the strip part, not because of the LED part) but I'm not the boss of you
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@bobjonkman @marywordymary Fairy lights are just lights on a string:
https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=fairy+lights&ia=images&iax=images
I wouldn't consider an LED strip to be fairy lights (because of the strip part, not because of the LED part) but I'm not the boss of you
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@bobjonkman @marywordymary Fairy lights are just lights on a string:
https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=fairy+lights&ia=images&iax=images
I wouldn't consider an LED strip to be fairy lights (because of the strip part, not because of the LED part) but I'm not the boss of you
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@bobjonkman @marywordymary Fairy lights are just lights on a string:
https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=fairy+lights&ia=images&iax=images
I wouldn't consider an LED strip to be fairy lights (because of the strip part, not because of the LED part) but I'm not the boss of you
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Our bike ride yesterday was an exhilarating one in a way we never expected.
A short story (not long).
Although the trip to Kingsport was uneventful (I sometimes wish there was a little bit of flat ground on that ride, instead of just up and down hills all the time), it was hot and I was glad of the wet buff on my neck. There was a bit of a tail wind, though not very strong. Remember that for later...
When we got to Kingsport and had our snack under the trees, we got notified of a rainfall and thunderstorm warning, so we hurried to head back before the storm broke. People were packing up on the beach as we started out (into a headwind that was picking up) and one lady wished us good luck...
We were still about 10kms, (~7mi) from home when the rain started. And did it ever start!
We had rain jackets (Showerspass) that we put on, actually quite glad for the bit of warmth they provided now that the temperature was dropping fast and the wind was strong in our faces, and they were great for our tops but our legs and feet were drenched, actually sloshing with rain water.
We stood at the side of the road for about 10 minutes and with no end in sight decided to just ride home in the downpour. Thankfully there was no thunderstorm where we were.
To be honest, we found the whole thing quite exhilarating and we were really energized when we got in, drenched to the skin and laughing.
Here's the photo I took as we were leaving, heading into that dark cloud. (I loved the light on those grasses and flowers in the foreground.) It looks best on a bigger screen.
Don't be afraid of a ride in the rain. This one was a highlight of our week!
#bikeTooter #bikeNite #EllieKPosts #MoodyMonday #weather #NovaScotia
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I've been wanting to build up a dedicated winter rig to have a bike with spikes and fenders mounted ready to go for a while, but now it turned up almost a bit too pretty ;).
All City Space Horse, with almost exclusively parts I had lying around, I love how this build came together. It's all focused on simple maintenance and robustness:- 3 speeds, courtesy of a 44/ 32/ 24 triple in front with a 16 in the back, all possible due to a Paul Melvin chain tensioner
- old XT tripple MTB crankset
- XTR V-Brakes, the obvious star of the build (these were lying around in my parts box for about ten years now)
- Schwalbe studded winter tires (30s, the cheap ones, let's see how much use they get)
- Deore brake levers, they're quite nice (those I bought new)
- MTB flats, so I can wear warm/ any shoes. I have some quite warm winter MTB shoes, might switch to clipless pedals at some point
- Hope bottom bracket (bought used for this build, have them on almost all my bikes and they never let me down)#BikesOfFediverse #allcity #wintercycling #cycling #bikebuild #bike #bikenite
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Futuristic bikes at the SPEZI 2026 - the largest special bike show on the planet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsAqa4sRVmA #Spezi2026 #BikeNite #Velo #Fahrrad
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@ascentale @bikenite A8. I couldn't upload that much from #Spezi2026 when I was still on the move. So now I get to choose one to post in answer to the weekly photo cue.
Spezi is the best cycle show I've been to, besting even the Recumbent Cycle Con I attended 10 or so years ago. Great opportunities for disabled cyclists, but also plenty of abled cyclists enjoying the spectrum of what's available in human-powered and e-assist vehicles.
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@ascentale @bikenite A8. I have loads of photos from #Spezi2026 to go through. I love the demountable trailers that Hinterher makes. #BikeNite
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A8. Older photo, but I was by the Houston Nature Center where this is the other day
#BikeNite #HoustonNatureCenter #HoustonMN #Minnesota #Mastodon #Mastodont
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A8. Older photo, but I was by the Houston Nature Center where this is the other day
#BikeNite #HoustonNatureCenter #HoustonMN #Minnesota #Mastodon #Mastodont
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A8. Older photo, but I was by the Houston Nature Center where this is the other day
#BikeNite #HoustonNatureCenter #HoustonMN #Minnesota #Mastodon #Mastodont
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A8. Older photo, but I was by the Houston Nature Center where this is the other day
#BikeNite #HoustonNatureCenter #HoustonMN #Minnesota #Mastodon #Mastodont
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A8. Older photo, but I was by the Houston Nature Center where this is the other day
#BikeNite #HoustonNatureCenter #HoustonMN #Minnesota #Mastodon #Mastodont
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@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
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@meganL @Cyclist @ascentale @ai6yr @bikenite
A5. Ortlieb make the cube inserts you're describing. A range of options depending on your needs.
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@ascentale @bikenite #BikeNite A8: Picture of the Greifensee (literally "Griffins Lake", but probably means more something like "Hawks Lake" 🤔) from last Sunday. View from one of wooden footbridges reaching through the lakeside nature reserve. Also my first cycling tour (47km) with the #Ortlieb Fork Pack Plus bag on the right front fork leg. Makes folding though a little bit more tedious. Got soaked to the skin on the way back. My rain jacket definitely needs a new round of waterproofing.
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@wlukewindsor @gbargoud @ascentale @trainguyrom @bikenite And repairable, should you need it (see the website for local options).
Ortlieb rocks.
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@ascentale @bikenite #BikeNite A8: Given that I already posted quite some pictures of my ride last weekend, here are some non-cycle related pictures of odd or seldom things seen on that cycle tour.
Cc @vwdasher for the Steyr-Daimler-Puch #Haflinger.
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A6. My last security tip is for anyone with #Ortlieb panniers.
There is a lock accessory, the QL2, to keep the panniers attached to the rack. I've just bought some and fitted them. I've not used them on a tour yet but they appear to do a good job. As you would expect, they are well designed and made, fitting easily to the bags with lots of adjustment possible.
Our valuable items stay in a handlebar bag that always comes with us when we leave the bikes unattended.
https://uk.ortlieb.com/products/ql2-lock
@forth @uxmark @FourT4 @A_denie #BikeNite #Cycling #BikeTooter #CycleTouring #BikePacking
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@ascentale @gcvsa #BikeNite A4 3/3: There's a nice speech by the founder of #Velofix at their 20th anniversary. It's in German, but you can c&p it into e.g. DeepL: https://www.velofix.ch/_files/ugd/698698_2a86819534664628b89c423d09f13709.pdf
"A stranger entering the LBS for the first time may be surprised: […] Who can give any information at all? The Tamil with the checked shirt? The woman who even has still has grease on her face? Probably the sturdy man with the openhearted look standing at the back. And so the stranger turns to the apprentice…"
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@ascentale @gcvsa #BikeNite A4 continued: Today, Ramesh still runs #Velofix, and his mechanics often give me the impression that they're socially less welcome elsewhere as quite some of them have a punkish vibe. Which gives the whole LBS are very odd but sympatico touch, albeit a bit different than before.
One of those mechanics is now there for a long time and seems to have become responsible for some corners of the business.
For > 20 years they're also a well-known Brompton specialist.
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@ascentale @gcvsa #BikeNite A4: My favourite local bike shop (#LBS) in #Zurich is #Velofix: https://www.velofix.ch/
They were founded in 1986 by a local woman and for years were a shop run only by women.
1997 they hired a Tamil mechanic, Ramesh. When the founder moved on to something different in 2006 (webdesign as it seems), Ramesh continued the LBS.
He's socially very active and—besides others—organised bikes and school books for a region in Sri Lanka destroyed by a tsunami in 2004.
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