Troubleshooting shifting problems can be tricky … I dunno, b-screw tension or some such? #cycling #bikeTooter #MTB

Troubleshooting shifting problems can be tricky … I dunno, b-screw tension or some such? #cycling #bikeTooter #MTB

Troubleshooting shifting problems can be tricky … I dunno, b-screw tension or some such? #cycling #bikeTooter #MTB

Luckily went right up to but not over the limit of what I could bring home from the supermarket on a regular bike. Was a close-pedalled thing though 😬

And the store was closing so I had to repack outside before setting off home

#bikeTooter

This Dumb E-Bike Law Affects Everyone

I don't agree with him on banning throttles. However, I am posting the video so that folks in New Jersey can call the governor's office to have him pocket veto this proposed law.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjRNoVYuo28 #NewJersey #CarCentrism #BikeTooter

This Dumb E-Bike Law Affects Everyone

I don't agree with him on banning throttles. However, I am posting the video so that folks in New Jersey can call the governor's office to have him pocket veto this proposed law.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjRNoVYuo28 #NewJersey #CarCentrism #BikeTooter

My first time patching an inner tube. This is from my trailer rather than my bike itself. It was a small pinhole that leaked slowly. Hopefully I didn't damage it while getting the wheel reassembled; especially as I had to do it twice since I put the tire on the wrong way around the first time.

#BikeTooter #bikerepair

My first time patching an inner tube. This is from my trailer rather than my bike itself. It was a small pinhole that leaked slowly. Hopefully I didn't damage it while getting the wheel reassembled; especially as I had to do it twice since I put the tire on the wrong way around the first time.

#BikeTooter #bikerepair

Just had an awesome commute home. Riding along the creek path I overtook a dad with a toddler on a bike seat, and a 5yr old spinning along on a tiny bike ahead of them

Then we entered teh tunnel

Older kid hooted to his younger brother. Younger brother hooted back

I hooted, *loud* making loud wolf-like Awooo! noises

They retaliated, trying to out hoot, out honk, out howl me all through the tunnel

All too soon the tunnel ended and I, a sensible adult cyclist, rode off with a grin

#biketooter

Just had an awesome commute home. Riding along the creek path I overtook a dad with a toddler on a bike seat, and a 5yr old spinning along on a tiny bike ahead of them

Then we entered teh tunnel

Older kid hooted to his younger brother. Younger brother hooted back

I hooted, *loud* making loud wolf-like Awooo! noises

They retaliated, trying to out hoot, out honk, out howl me all through the tunnel

All too soon the tunnel ended and I, a sensible adult cyclist, rode off with a grin

#biketooter

@emilianosandri @cpm @pluralistic remember #bosch wrote the code for #VW to cheat on emissions #dieselgate

Most e-bikes on the market today are built with unique and proprietary parts. They are drifting farther towards unrepairable future waste. There needs to be affordable easy conversion options, there is no shortage of suitable bikes laying around. Bikes with near infinite parts operability. Bikes are the mechanical #fediverse
#BikeTooter #cargobike

@emilianosandri @cpm @pluralistic remember #bosch wrote the code for #VW to cheat on emissions #dieselgate

Most e-bikes on the market today are built with unique and proprietary parts. They are drifting farther towards unrepairable future waste. There needs to be affordable easy conversion options, there is no shortage of suitable bikes laying around. Bikes with near infinite parts operability. Bikes are the mechanical #fediverse
#BikeTooter #cargobike

If I'm just passing through your stream, this is my #colophon:

Retired emergency #nurse
Practitioner of #zen
Explorer of #consciousness

Very enthusiastic (but beginner) interest in #photography
Enjoy #writing about the mundane and profound things in life on my #blog

Listen to #jazz (but shun the smooth stuff)

Topics of interest: #climateChange #deGrowth #fascism #meditation #bikeTooter #philosophy

If this resonates, please boost some love.

If I'm just passing through your stream, this is my #colophon:

Retired emergency #nurse
Practitioner of #zen
Explorer of #consciousness

Very enthusiastic (but beginner) interest in #photography
Enjoy #writing about the mundane and profound things in life on my #blog

Listen to #jazz (but shun the smooth stuff)

Topics of interest: #climateChange #deGrowth #fascism #meditation #bikeTooter #philosophy

If this resonates, please boost some love.

Genuine thanks to the #BikeTooter community out here posting about your rides and encouraging each other (and me) regardless of ability. I never thought of myself as someone who rides to work in winter because I'm not a "serious biker" all lycra'd up (biking culture in middle US isn't great y'all) but I've moved from that maximalist mindset to an opportunistic one.

I rode twice to work this week, which is two times more than I would ever have imagined. Yesterday was basically a spring day and I took advantage of my flexibility to go in later in the day (the other day looked miserably gray and cold but I was still happy to be on the bike). Also, you're not too old and out of shape to start, I'm not young and I'm pretty slow and I have an e-bike (intentionally very anemic 30Nm motor but enough to give me assurance when I feel tired and daunted). There's really no point to this post except wanted to share something positive and be grateful.

Special shootout to @SRLevine and @BongoTwisty for their consistent support despite being much more avid bikers.

Genuine thanks to the #BikeTooter community out here posting about your rides and encouraging each other (and me) regardless of ability. I never thought of myself as someone who rides to work in winter because I'm not a "serious biker" all lycra'd up (biking culture in middle US isn't great y'all) but I've moved from that maximalist mindset to an opportunistic one.

I rode twice to work this week, which is two times more than I would ever have imagined. Yesterday was basically a spring day and I took advantage of my flexibility to go in later in the day (the other day looked miserably gray and cold but I was still happy to be on the bike). Also, you're not too old and out of shape to start, I'm not young and I'm pretty slow and I have an e-bike (intentionally very anemic 30Nm motor but enough to give me assurance when I feel tired and daunted). There's really no point to this post except wanted to share something positive and be grateful.

Special shootout to @SRLevine and @BongoTwisty for their consistent support despite being much more avid bikers.

For me, being out in freezing temperatures below -10°C is a way of training the body to keep its comfort zone broad enough. Having expanded the comfort zone towards lower temperatures gives me -- as the word implies -- comfort over a broader range of days throughout the year. As soon as I stop doing this, the comfort zone shrinks and, as a result, the amount of days in a year within my comfort zone shrinks as well. I love winter wonder days like today in Stockholm.

#BikeTooter

For me, being out in freezing temperatures below -10°C is a way of training the body to keep its comfort zone broad enough. Having expanded the comfort zone towards lower temperatures gives me -- as the word implies -- comfort over a broader range of days throughout the year. As soon as I stop doing this, the comfort zone shrinks and, as a result, the amount of days in a year within my comfort zone shrinks as well. I love winter wonder days like today in Stockholm.

#BikeTooter

Well, this is interesting! The Gouach Infinite Battery, a repairable battery pack system for ebikes that can be retrofitted to many brands of #ebikes. #BikeTooter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfiH7PKu-XE

Well, this is interesting! The Gouach Infinite Battery, a repairable battery pack system for ebikes that can be retrofitted to many brands of #ebikes. #BikeTooter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfiH7PKu-XE