And our last question of the week:
Q8. It's photo time. Do you have any end-of-January photos, cycling related or not, to share from the past week? Tell us about it!
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A8. After finishing my srstionarynride and the gym yesterday we walked out and spotted this fellow sleeping on the grate. He promptly woke up when I mentioned to my wife he was there. Didn't move but we didn't close the distance (about 4 ft) and asked them to stay safe.
@ascentale @bikenite A8 #BikeNite Here's one from this morning having camped midway through a tough MTB overnighter. There'd been plenty of rain overnight, which had eased off, leaving some at-times atmospeheric cloud moving though.
@ascentale @bikenite A8.
This is just a photo from the main street of my suburb in Adelaide, South Australia. It does show how well Australians do public spaces.
@ascentale @bikenite #BikeNite A8: A picture from one of the "bike downs" at the memorial ride for #Natenom ( #NatenomGedenkfahrt) as mentioned in my A1. You can find more of them at both of these hashtags. This picture shows @x_tof's #Hexabike.
@ascentale #bikenite A8: one more January photo from Down Under :-)
@ascentale @bikenite A8. We had almost 100 riding for #AlexPretti in San Jose today. I counted over seventy in this photo and there more next to me and behind me. #BikeNite #BikeTooter
@ascentale @bikenite A8. Please check:
https://troet.cafe/@realSiegfried/115992039686542543
and be encourared!
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Got to love the crazy Dutch - not only do they and the Belgians have an amazing set of bike lanes - they have bike path specific waste paper bins.
@MatthewNewell @ascentale @bikenite
I found some similar ones part of the way up the north side of the Col du Galibier (the sheets of metal on top are angled inwards to deflect any thrown rubbish into the bin):
@MatthewNewell @ascentale @bikenite love these, although my long range banana toss missed & I had to go back and try again.
@ascentale @bikenite Q8. Rode past Ely cathedral this week. It's nice you can coast to a stop right outside the entrance on your bike.
Large and hard to miss since 1083! Very grey day and not a great photograph, but the cathedral doesn't really need any help from me with looking impressive.
@ascentale @bikenite Q8: A friend is fond of visiting abandoned spaces. I had mentioned this grown-over bus to them, but wasn't able to peg the location. On yesterday's ride I came upon it again, and took a snapk with the phone to grab the GPS coordinates.
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A8
A couple of belated Santa pics. Santa visited our disabled cycling session in Hillsborough Park.
#bikenite #Sheffield
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@ascentale @bikenite A8 - I invested in a Poncho this week - it was on offer. Not tried it yet as it’s been dry since I bought it. Looking forward to trying!
@ascentale @bikenite A8. I always have trouble getting these shots in time, but I have not seen any bakfiets or longbikes for family riding here. I've only seen bicycles that have baby seats or that have a pad added on top of a rear rack or other modifications to the standard upright bike.
It's not an uncommon sight to see parents & children or even two school chums riding the same bike. #Albania #BikeNite
@ascentale @bikenite #BikeNIte A8. RIP Alex Pretti, pictured here with his Surly Ogre. nobody who rides a Surly can possibly be a bad person.
Also, the view out my front door this week, post shovelling.
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@ascentale @bikenite I actually went to the Selectboard meeting on my bicycle after the storm, which turned out to be a super bad idea, since for the first time in my memory, the roads actually weren't completely cleared. I understand there's a major road salt shortage in New England. I had to go super slow on my summer tires to avoid crashing, and it was so cold on the way back (I think maybe like -1°F) that I had to stop a few times and warm my hands to prevent frostbite--on a 1.5 mile ride!
@ascentale @bikenite A8. A friend of a friend started making cool mini baskets
@Anibyl @ascentale @bikenite That is so cool!
@Anibyl @ascentale @bikenite that looks rather desirable!
@Anibyl @ascentale @bikenite wow, love that. So robust!
@ascentale @bikenite #BikeNite A8 Wild turkeys on our lane yesterday.
@ascentale @bikenite A8. Haven’t been on my bike since last Friday. Photo is from the tree across the street - everything was basically coated in ice, it was pretty but not good. #BikeNite
@kimu @ascentale @bikenite Our bike lanes in D.C. are still a huge mess.
@APBBlue @ascentale @bikenite oh, the bike lanes here (such as they are) are a disaster due to downed trees. The planned route here looks like it should be mostly clear, fingers crossed.
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First time on the bike since our SUnday 7 inches. We haven't reached 20 degrees F since then even in the heat of the day, so everything gets packed down and oh, sidewalks are cleared except ... where people plow from the streets.
I rode a whole 0.7 miles to my friend's house and then wrapped around the block to pick up some brews and decided that NO, I'm not going to do the ride tomorrow... what with housemate's shattered ankle, I'm being extra careful. IT's just too easy to really mess things up on ice and snow. There are other ways to build solidarity and make change... But I ***May*** go out there and shove that stupid blockage out into the street, where there is a major sheet of ice already.
@ascentale @bikenite A8. I will when the snow comes! #bikenite
A8. Hibernated the past 2 days because I didn't dress warmly enough a couple of days ago.
@cainmark @ascentale @bikenite My doc specifically warned against "hibernating like a bear" -- staying warm inside while snacking and drinking all day -- during the cold months.
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A8.
From last week or so, when the outside world disappeared behind the most intense snowstorm I remember since I was a kid.
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A8
We got a lot of snow in that big storm so trails have to be repacked. Getting a foot of powdery snow to pack in below freezing temps isn’t easy. For my part two days of stomping with snowshoes and one day “tire packing” and testing some grooming.
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I don't know how to ride on ice and snow and don't want to learn, so my bikes are in storage until things warm up.
Also in the garage is Mank, a semi-feral cat I care for as best I can. Glaring suspiciously at me from the box with a heating pad.
@ascentale @bikenite A8. Got this uncommon Horned Grebe at my town's reservoir on a frigid afternoon. Not on a bike. #birding #bikenite
@DataAngler @ascentale @bikenite Not on a bike *that we can see* ... no telling what's going on under the water there.
@ascentale @bikenite A8:
Bag of chicken feed in a bike? 40kg of feed is definitely heavier than all the crud I normally carry. But because I hope to move soon I only bought two bags rather than three. Bike did not like 4 the time I tried that. Went suspiciously bendy.
@ascentale @bikenite A8: Our town has mostly small businesses, hard hit by today’s walkout. I walked the full length of town today, stopping in to thank people for being good humans, paying in cash as they all asked, and sharing stories. It was awesome. And I spied this cool pizza cutter! (Didn’t get it)
One of that shop’s regular employees travels exclusively by bike
@grammasaurus @ascentale @bikenite I was bought the lovely] Park Tools version for my birthday. It never fails to raise a smile.
@ascentale @bikenite Our town has mostly small businesses, hard hit by today’s walkout. I walked the full length of town today, stopping in to thank people for being good humans, paying in cash as they all asked, and sharing stories. It was awesome. And I spied this cool pizza cutter! (Didn’t get it)
One of that shop’s regular employees travels exclusively by bike
@ascentale @bikenite
#bikenite A8:
Given I live in Minnesota and all that has happened in our state these past weeks, I felt compelled to make a statement.
@ascentale @bikenite A8: I was in Vegas for work all week but my room faced the Sphere. It had some Shephard Fairey work on it - not sure if he's doing something on the inside too but this was a shot of the exterior. Didn't get to ride a bike all week though 😭 #BikeNite
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@ascentale @bikenite #BikeNite A8 an annual camping getaway with friends to Bright in NE Victoria, some of used to ride the Alpine Classic event but it folded (as so many others do, hugely rising costs & reliance on a decreasing pool of volunteers). Now we camp, drink, eat, hike, ride
Last Sunday I rode up Mt Buffalo with four other - faster - riders, took the photo at The Chalet lookout, had a coffee, rode back down (wheeee!), a beer at Porepunkah, back to Bright, a salad roll, then by myself out to Wandiligong and back to stretch out my legs
@ascentale @bikenite A8: So I misplaced my pocket bike tool that lives on my bike and even though I knew _for sure_ that I would find it (and was correct, I have), I went looking at the LBS for a second one and Bothell Ski and Bike had this fucken adorable little all-metal set and as soon as I figured out that the weird smooth rectangle was for my PEDAL CRANKS I was all
GOTTA HAVE IT
so now I do :D
@moira @ascentale @bikenite that does look pretty sweet - that reminds me i need to pick up another tool soon
@genex @ascentale @bikenite it feels way better in the hand than you might think, too
i mean, it's no moulded comfort grip but it's good.
@ascentale @bikenite Anyway this one now goes with me and the older, bigger one I still like stays home as a home tool.