Welcome to #BikeNite on Friday, February 6th.

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!

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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.

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Solarbird :flag_cascadia:

@moz I THOUGHT I DID

but not as much as I thought I guess xD

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oheso

@ascentale @bikenite Just brought in some beer from the Workshop in the Sky so it can warm up in the refrigerator ...

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Solarbird :flag_cascadia:

@cainmark @ascentale @bikenite yeh

i was kinda finger-bleeding all the way home and it'll be bandaged for a bit, but otherwise I'm fine. ^_^

AwesomeSheep48

@ascentale @bikenite A1 Posting from Waterloo, ON as usual. It was a balmy -3°C today, and going down to -22°C over the weekend 🥶. Just got a second studded tire for my rear wheel: it makes a big difference!

Demian

@ascentale @bikenite a1. From my usual Seattle. Not much new except I washed my commuter/utility cycle, and put on newly waxed chains on both my road cycles. Been enjoying the unseasonably warm weather with some nice rides around town.
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Gemma ⭐️🔰🇺🇸 🇵🇭 🎐

@ascentale @bikenite #BikeNite A1. Home in New England, again, waiting for more snow to arrive, followed by -30°F (-35°C) wind chills tomorrow night.

Absolutely nothing new with either of my bicycles, this week, although I'd like a new 21700 battery headlamp, so I can have my good flashlight back. No money for it, sadly. Also, I need a chain cleaner.

cmgrowell

@ascentale @bikenite A1. #BikeNite Posting from Ventura County, California again. Every once in a while I search around to see if I can find my Pivot Shuttle MTB ebike battery for sale (darfon brand). This week I found a new one on ebay, so figured I should not pass up the opportunity. It wasn't dirt cheap and the battery is rare enough that I kind of doubt anyone would bother to make a counterfeit one, but we'll see. It arrives next week. My current battery is around 5 years old and has lost 1/5th of its capacity. It is still usable, but having a spare should increase the overall life of the bike, without having to resort to making sketchy modifications.

LovesTha🥧

@ascentale @bikenite @cainmark yep. Figuring out plans now.

Due to cargo bike's size I'm probably going to need to ride it to where work will be done. But I will use as much PT as i can.

Brownian_motion

@ascentale @bikenite Enjoying #bikenite from south central #minnesota where a short thaw has cleared most roads of snow but there’s still too much #ICE around. Nothing new on the bicycle front this week. Maybe next month #MNastodon

Dalia_Z

@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

f*cking b*tch club

@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…

#onecandream