Welcome to #BikeNite on Friday, February 6th.
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Welcome to #BikeNite on Friday, February 6th.
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Our intro:
Q1. Where are you posting from today? What's new with your bike/cycle?@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
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@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@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
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@yantor3d @ascentale @bikenite
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
@yantor3d @ascentale @bikenite @MatthewNewell we all need a cycling fairy-godmother
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@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
@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 A1 #BikeNight Naarm, and well, this is what's new with my bike
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@ascentale @bikenite A1: from the tarmac at DCA. I’ve been in DC all week for work so no biking for me even if I wanted to bike share since there’s frozen ice covering everything out here! #Bikenite
@ascentale @bikenite @genex adventure scootering! #BikeNite
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Welcome to #BikeNite on Friday, February 6th.
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Our intro:
Q1. Where are you posting from today? What's new with your bike/cycle?@ascentale @bikenite London UK, where I live. Nothing yet but I have new rear brake pads waiting to go on my muddy-rides bike. Will get around to that sooner or later
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Welcome to #BikeNite on Friday, February 6th.
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Q1. Where are you posting from today? What's new with your bike/cycle?@ascentale @bikenite A1 have a cold so my daughter and I walked to swimming…THE HORROR!
Also I’ve been away on compassionate leave and have been walking a lot between locations in Derby, the home of Mercian Cycles.
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Welcome to #BikeNite on Friday, February 6th.
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Q1. Where are you posting from today? What's new with your bike/cycle?@bikenite @ascentale City near Frankfurt, Germany, as usual. Still waiting for spring to arrive.
Last week temperatures still were around freezing point and some snow flakes showed up again. My tyres on my bike are not best for such conditions and it easily gets slippery on cold wet streets, so I used my bicycle only once to help my old father in law switch from Windows to Linux. -
@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.)
@ascentale @bikenite @moira I really feel you. These bad infrastructure you will find all over here, and I still wear some scratches on my knee because of them.
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@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
@bikenite @ascentale aside: one of those pads is probably the wrong way round
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@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 @daliazygas Enjoy!
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@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
@ascentale @bikenite @rand Yeah! It again will be a crazy long night over here in Germany. Although I wished the Niners would make it. Anyway.
I hardly missed any of the latest maybe 30 Superbowls, although I know I will see my bed not before 5 am in the night.
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Welcome to #BikeNite on Friday, February 6th.
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Our intro:
Q1. Where are you posting from today? What's new with your bike/cycle?@ascentale A1. Home in Rome. Nothing new on the bicycle front here. The weather has been pretty bad much of the week (though getting noticeably warmer) with a lot of heavy rain. That meant I could not take the bicycle down to the LBS to get the head tube looked at. It wobbles a bit too much for my taste.
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@xtaran @ascentale @bikenite Love that and in a great colour
#BikeNite@DurableAce @ascentale @bikenite: Indeed. Are you also a child of the '70s? I love the color orange.
(And you've got a new follower despite the fact that I dislike the UCI.
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Welcome to #BikeNite on Friday, February 6th.
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Our intro:
Q1. Where are you posting from today? What's new with your bike/cycle?@ascentale @bikenite A1. Nashville, TN, where it sounds like everyone finally has power back after an ice storm 2 weeks ago. So my new bike thing is that today will be our first usual Saturday errands by bike in several weeks! Also finally a chance to try out some new sunglasses that I got to replace some that got run over a few weeks ago
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Welcome to #BikeNite on Friday, February 6th.
Thanks for joining our cycle-chat. Answer whenever at your convenience. Anyone can join, now or later. Reply to what you like, and boost for visibility.
Our intro:
Q1. Where are you posting from today? What's new with your bike/cycle?@ascentale @bikenite A1.
Posting from the ‘burbs of Minneapolis.
Been doing biz with a mobile repair shop (JV Bike Repair, for those in the Minneapolis area), getting my bikes ready for riding. I rotate 5 bikes (4 acoustic; 1 ebike).
Latest project is a rear wheel rebuild for a Priority Current ebike. They under-engineered the wheel & it’s been shredding spokes since I bought it, so it’s mostly been confined to the stable. Hope the rebuild solves it. #bikenite
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@DurableAce @ascentale @bikenite: Indeed. Are you also a child of the '70s? I love the color orange.
(And you've got a new follower despite the fact that I dislike the UCI.
)@xtaran @ascentale @bikenite I am indeed! Whilst born in the UK, my favourite cycling jerseys are the national jerseys of the Netherlands (plenty of orange) and Belgium (not so orange!).
I have no real like or dislike of the UCI but I do love most types of cycle sport.
Thank you for the follow. I hope my toots don't disappoint!
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@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…
@grammasaurus @ascentale @bikenite It's always possible to watch the replay as well
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@grammasaurus @ascentale @bikenite It's always possible to watch the replay as well
https://www.youtube.com/live/hjn2nauHkxQ@pekkatahkola @ascentale @bikenite oooh—nice! I’m going to watch it this evening while the temperature outside drops ever lower.
How do you manage your phone plus riding plus taking names off the screen and responding to them? seems like magic to me
