Welcome to #BikeNite on Friday, February 6th.

Solarbird :flag_cascadia:

@ascentale @bikenite A1: North King County like usual. Nothing really new with my bike this week, but I did get tossed by that stupid F***ING curb gap that I always take perpendicular to avoid being tossed by it but NOT THIS TIME, APPARENTLY

(i am fine. i have a bandaid on my left pointer finger. It doesn't even hurt.)

#BikeNite

Moz

@ascentale @bikenite A1: Sydney, Australia.

I'm back from shopping and my "it's not *that* worn out" front tyre is apparently that worn out after all. So last week's purchase of spare tyres will be in use earlier than planned.

I have also bought cheap generic "M5 - 0.8 Coarse x 5mm Stainless Steel 304 Cup Point Grub Screw" rather than 5x the price Rohloff oil drain hole plugs because I couldn't find my spare one of those. It's in the garage. Somewhere. Probably.

#BikeNite

Ryan

@ascentale @bikenite A1. Posting from the western front of Portland OR, where we are besieged by the clear blue sky and bright sunshine of a false spring.

I tuned my own derailleur for the first time recently, and not only did I do it right, I managed to get the chain to stop slipping in high gear, so I can once again use all nine gears.

#bikeNite

Moz

@yantor3d @ascentale @bikenite Yay! Congrats!

onedayfishsale

@bikenite @ascentale A1: Upper Peninsula of Michigan, US. Today my freewheel skipped a bit, probably because of some water (then ice) inside blocking the pawls. This weekend I'll take it apart and relube. #BikeNite

Sean Reynolds

@ascentale @bikenite #BikeNite A1: Posting from Alameda, CA

I rebuilt the rear wheel on my #Brompton yesterday, it had reached the end of its lifespan and it was breaking spokes one after another, so I figured I’d do them all in one go. It was full of false starts and small mistakes, but it’s done and I’m optimistic

Mx. Eddie R

@ascentale @bikenite
A1.
Posting from Arden, Ontario, a tiny village on the Trans Canada Trail.
Nothing new bike-wise, it's very winter here right now so the trail is snowmobile territory and the bikes are in storage. Counting down to springtime, though!
#BikeNite

Solarbird :flag_cascadia:

@yantor3d @ascentale @bikenite yay!

that's something I found gets easier with just doing it more often too, first couple of times I tried it I was all "...thumbs?" but now I'm like "oooooh okay, I think I'm getting this." Not up to _confident_ yet, but.

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LovesTha🥧

@ascentale @bikenite A1 #BikeNight Naarm, and well, this is what's new with my bike

Ryan

@moira @ascentale @bikenite Practice makes permanent...

I'm amused by my bike stand. It's a benchtop repair stand, but because I'm allergic to permanence, it's screwed to a scrap of plywood that I clamp to my workbench

Phil (ascentale)

@bikenite A1. Hi all, in Oakland CA today. I tried making a chain tensioner for my bike, and it sort of works. It works better than dropping a chain a lot, but it's still not perfect. But better is good!

#BikeNite

Marty Cormack

@bikenite @ascentale
#bikenite A1:
I'm posting from home in Rochester Minnesota.
There's nothing really new with my bikes, but I did ride today without needing studded tires for the first time in over three weeks due to a thaw overnight.

AI6YR Ben

@ascentale @bikenite #BikeNite A1. Ventura County, California. Too many bicycles here, need to sell a couple so I can fix a couple of new ones, lol. But, no one buying bicycles here.

FeloniousPunk

@ascentale @bikenite A1. Coming to you live from sunny Eugene, OR?? Yeah, weird weather. No new bikes unfortunately but I need to pull down my SOLO and give her the once over this weekend.

Climate Jenny 2.1

@ascentale @bikenite A1. Northern Virginia as always, where biking is off the table while the streets are lined with what they are calling “snowcrete.” #BikeNite

Climate Jenny 2.1

@genex @ascentale @bikenite That’s it! That’s the Snowcrete.

Moz

@moira "always" except this one time

Glad to hear it's mostly a pride injury.

oheso

@LovesTha @ascentale @bikenite Ouch!

oheso

@ascentale @bikenite

A1. Indoors in Tokyo. Snow in the forecast -- most likely just a smattering, but the worry is the possibility of streets freezing overnight.

Following a bit of tuning up and a short ride last weekend, both bikes are out of the Workshop in the Sky and back in the underground parking for the first time in a couple of months.

#BikeNite

Solarbird :flag_cascadia:

@moz I THOUGHT I DID

but not as much as I thought I guess xD

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