Almost every For Sale ad I see for a tandem bicycle has some variation of the phrase: "Test your relationship / marriage!" #biketooter

Almost every For Sale ad I see for a tandem bicycle has some variation of the phrase: "Test your relationship / marriage!" #biketooter

Hello, welcome to #BikeNite on August 15th. Thanks for joining our cycle-stuff-chat. Answer whenever at your convenience. Anyone can join, now or later. Reply to what you like, and boost for visibility.

Our intro:

Q1. Where are you posting from today? What's new in your cycling world this week?

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And our new traditional last question:

Q8. Do you have a photo to share from a ride or of something cycle-related from the past week? It doesn't have to be anything special. If you'd like to, share one and tell us about it!

#BikeNiteQ#BikeNite #BikeTooter#Cycling#MastoBikes cc @bikenite

Hello, welcome to #BikeNite on August 15th. Thanks for joining our cycle-stuff-chat. Answer whenever at your convenience. Anyone can join, now or later. Reply to what you like, and boost for visibility.

Our intro:

Q1. Where are you posting from today? What's new in your cycling world this week?

#BikeNiteQ #BikeTooter#Cycling cc @bikenite

(Also, if we want #BikeNite to trend, please include the hashtag)

From my morning bike ride.

#BikeTooter #cycling

Heads up to anyone who enjoys running or cycling along The Greenway, a key section is going to be closed until autumn 2028! https://londonist.com/london/great-outdoors/huge-chunk-of-capital-ring-to-close-for-years#London#ActiveTravel #BikeTooter

Heads up to anyone who enjoys running or cycling along The Greenway, a key section is going to be closed until autumn 2028! https://londonist.com/london/great-outdoors/huge-chunk-of-capital-ring-to-close-for-years#London#ActiveTravel #BikeTooter

Hmm, all the sellers of e-bike batteries online (LiFePO4 or Li-ion) are no-name mystery Chinese brands. Are the LiFePO4 actually LiFePO4, or are they Li-ion? Will they explode while charging? Not having any kind of safety standard attached to e-bike batteries and their manufacturing really seems to be unfortunate. (even saw a YouTube video showing the crappy construction of a Bosch battery.. .so even the high end stuff not great). #BikeTooter

My latest blog post: Hacking an IKEA HÖVOLM into a Helmet Rack

https://mikecoats.com/hovolm-helmet-rack/

I received my first ever 3D printer as a present recently, so I decided to put it to some practical use. I designed some new hooks to hold bike helmets securely on an IKEA HÖVOLM.

#3dPrinting#bikeTooter#openSource#openHardware

1. What do you use for wax? Paraffin, or Silca, Cyclowax, etc
2. Do you clean a previously waxed chain before re-waxing and if so, how?

#BikeTooter

And this week's last question, which might become a weekly tradition:

Q8. Do you have a photo to share from a ride or of something cycle-related from the past week? It doesn't have to be anything special. If you'd like to, share one and tell us about it!

#BikeNiteQ#BikeNite #BikeTooter#Cycling#MastoBikes cc @bikenite

Hello, welcome to #BikeNite on August 8th. Thanks for joining our cycle-stuff-chat. Answer whenever at your convenience. Anyone can join, now or later. Reply to what you like, and boost for visibility.

Our intro:

Q1. Where are you posting from today? I've noticed an incredible amount of fruit alongside roads the last few days. What have you seen over the last week?

#BikeNiteQ #BikeTooter#Cycling cc @bikenite

(Also, if we want #BikeNite to trend, please include the hashtag)

And this week's last question, which might become a weekly tradition:

Q8. Do you have a photo to share from a ride or of something cycle-related from the past week? It doesn't have to be anything special. If you'd like to, share one and tell us about it!

#BikeNiteQ#BikeNite #BikeTooter#Cycling#MastoBikes cc @bikenite

Q6. Do you think hills put people off biking? Anyone have experience wirh this one way or another?

#BikeNiteQ#BikeNite #BikeTooter#Cycling#MastoBikes cc @bikenite

Hello, welcome to #BikeNite on August 8th. Thanks for joining our cycle-stuff-chat. Answer whenever at your convenience. Anyone can join, now or later. Reply to what you like, and boost for visibility.

Our intro:

Q1. Where are you posting from today? I've noticed an incredible amount of fruit alongside roads the last few days. What have you seen over the last week?

#BikeNiteQ #BikeTooter#Cycling cc @bikenite

(Also, if we want #BikeNite to trend, please include the hashtag)

I was saddened to read this story headlining the #RNZ website this morning about the death of 19-year old Fyfa Dawson, killed while riding her bike through roadworks. Christchurch has a car problem and it should be a much safer place to commute by bike.

We’ve got a few separated cycleways, which are great. Everywhere else now is a dangerous double cab ute parade and our roadworks are still managing traffic by blocking off the road verges with traffic cones and forcing bikes into the flow of traffic. We’re even building new road intersections that ask commuter cyclists to get off the road and become pedestrians just to cross the intersection.

“the coroner found errors in the "vehicle-centric" design and implementation of the temporary traffic management plan largely caused the crash”

Things could be so much better.

I hope this verdict by the coroner means that changes are made and we don’t lose another Fyfa.

My deepest sympathies for Fyfa’s family.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/569219/19-year-old-cyclist-fyfa-dawson-s-death-largely-due-to-flawed-traffic-management-coroner

#Christchurch#biketooter #bikes #roads