Welcome to #BikeNite on Friday, February 6th.

@ascentale @bikenite A1. Posting from the Front Range of Northern Colorado. I feel really lucky compared to all of you who are snow bound and in frigid temperatures. I got my first 2 rides of the year in this week- sunny and 65°F/18°C. Even saw some flying insects. It does feel strangely nice, but we do need rain/ snow. #bikeNite

@ascentale @bikenite A1: joining late after a busy evening here in the Hudson Valley, with deep snow everywhere and Sunday morning we’re supposed to get windchills of -30˚F.

Did anyone else catch the livestream this morning by @pekkatahkola in Oulu, Finland? He was riding on a groomed bike path, using his phone to both film and communicate (how does anyone DO that?)

It was inspiring to see the wide bike paths, separate (also groomed) ski trails, easy access to main bldgs…

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@ascentale A1. My bed, because bed.

None of my bikes have anything new but I am considering a new small rack bag to carry tools and things since a big/normal sized bag get kicked on my short framed Trek. The 2 under consideration are these.

https://www.swisslink.com/shop/58121-austrian-military-issue-utility-pouch-9-x-8-x-4-od-green-issued-5724?category=68&order=list_price+asc

https://www.swisslink.com/shop/58122-austrian-military-issue-utility-pouch-14-x-8-x-4-od-green-issued-5769?category=68&order=list_price+asc

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@ascentale @bikenite #biketooter #bikenite A1 Posting from Carbon County Montana where 60f 15c temperatures and sunny skies have turned our ice rink to mush. I have been riding the gravel bike all this week. Today I loaded it with parts from the dear departed Kona and took them to our bike center where they will find new life on a polo bike.

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Still in South SFBA.

The newest part on my bike is the rear tire. The old developed a serious bulge, emergency stop at the LBS, which only had one tire of a useable size. It's a bit wider than I prefer, but it has kept me rolling. Which reminds me that I need to order tires of the size that I actually want.

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@ascentale @bikenite A1 #BikeNite posting from Glyfada, a suburb of Athens (Greece, not Georgia, no not that Georgia). Been off the bike since MLK day, here helping family member with medical emergency (now at "paperwork for travel-insurance-arranged return flight, so mostly mended, no longer an emergency"). Of my three usual bikes, really-newest parts are snow tires, but beyond that, e-assist on the green bike, bar mitts on pink bike, not quite sure on the cute bike.

@xtaran @ascentale @bikenite Love that and in a great colour #BikeNite

@ascentale @bikenite A1. Santa Clara, CA where the craziness of American football will climax on Sunday (after numerous military flybys.

Today, I ordered new wheels for the rebuild of my old bike. Should be a fun project, but it would be cheaper to just get a new bike. However for nostalgia reasons I’m keeping this one around. #BikeNite

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A1. Tucked up in bed in the currently damp and windy hills to the east of Manchester, England.
I currently have no coffee. I'm in a war of attrition with my partner over who's going to crack first. I fear I'm going to lose.
I have a new inline brake sensor for my ebike that's awaiting fitting after the cable disintegrated on the old one.

@ascentale @bikenite A1. Tirana, Albania.

I am a little closer to having a cycle again, thanks to some generous folks who donated via buying my music! #BikeNite #BikeTooter https://mas.to/@meganL/116028126571949534

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Lovely satisfying sound tick tick tick of a clean chain on clean cassette and well adjusted gears - especially in the relative peace of a workshop

I love tuning / indexing gears - I have to restrain my self from asking strangers at traffic lights (whose gear slipping and rattling has been annoying me) if they would mind stepping off the bike for 10 mins so I can fix it

@ascentale @bikenite A1 - still in sunny (not) Cheshire. Mostly been indoors on Zwift this week due to the horrendous weather but this weekend looks better. Ordered one of the new Garmin rear radars to try out which should be here on Monday.

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A1. Back in London. Feels like end of Winter here. Wet but not that cold. In my personal metric not quite Gabba/Equiv weather, w-proof long fingered gloves but no need for too much warmth.

Dead chuffed with 2nd hand water-proof luggage set I picked up in vinted and eBay. Succeeded in keeping my kit bone dry over 8 days / 500km of very damp riding

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I lost.
On the plus side, I now have coffee.

@ascentale @bikenite A1 Cumbria UK, another splash of sealant in a tyre that stubbornly refuses to stop sweating is all that's new this week.

@bikenite @ascentale A1 hi from Highcliffe-on-Sea where the rain has been quite depressing but when the sun has been out, it's been actually warming.

What's new on my bike is a long drop rear brake calliper. The old Shimano R7000 has always been a marginal fit, and after last week's roaring success with the mudguards, everything had shifted so the pads were rubbing on the tyre. This is acknowledged by experts as being a Bad Thing. I shopped around for a long drop calliper, and then saved myself £££ by salvaging a Textro R539 from the hangar queen, and also saved myself a wasted nearly-new rear brake cable by clipping the existing one right at the crimp so there was still some spare. Be prepared to shout "<name of offspring of deity of choice>!" when the crimp flies past your ear. A bit of fettling and presto, a safe and cheap rear brake.

Bonus, when I went to remove the _front_ calliper from the hangar queen, it had corroded in place. So I felt even better with my salvage! #BikeNite

@ascentale @bikenite @yantor3d I was well chuffed that I could sort out the rear shifter on my Mum's bike a few months back, she was impressed! A good skill to share! #BikeNite

@yantor3d @ascentale @bikenite @MatthewNewell we all need a cycling fairy-godmother #BikeNite

@bikenite @ascentale @josh hoping it's temporary because my only experience is of worn out pawls a long walk from home, and I wouldn't fancy it in that weather! #BikeNite

@ascentale @bikenite @LovesTha eek #bikenite