[andystow]

Just spotted this comment:

Just spotted this comment:

If you haven’t seen it, Peoria Area Scanner & Dashcam has a video of it from a dashcam posted on Facebook.

I came up on the accident while they were loading the victim onto the stretcher.  It was a 19 year old girl, she actually responded to the dashcam footage on FB and said that she broke her back in two places.  

My husband broke his back this summer so I now know more about spinal fractures than I ever thought I’d need to know.  I reckon she’ll have an easier recovery at 19 than my husband’s had at 44.  A lot of people were praying for her today, I’m so glad that she’s (relatively) ok.  There was a fatal accident practically spitting distance from there in July, in that case it was a drunk 16 year old who killed her friend 🙁

Here’s the video, if you have Facebook.

[andystow]

I can’t find a news story,

I can’t find a news story, but this is just across the river from me. It’s done quite a number on that telephone pole. I’ve biked on this stretch of road about a half dozen times.

Caution: Car roll over on Springfield road.
byu/mald530 inPeoriaIL

Somewhere around here. It’s a shitty 45 MPH road with no shoulder. I have a better route now.

[andystow]

I disabled my X/Twitter

I disabled my X/Twitter account months ago when my feed was filled with thinly disguised porn, racism, and “watch people die” videos.

I mostly miss cycling Twitter and the World Bollard Association. I’m on Reddit, which is way better than X, but I may try BlueSky.

[andystow]

Simon E wrote:

It will be worth the time invested, I’m sure. Hoping that you’ll post a review of some kind.

Based on my experience with the Hunt wheels, I might do a review on their durability in three or four years.

[andystow]

Front wheel trued and
Front wheel trued and tensioned last night. I think it took me well over an hour.

[andystow]

brooksby wrote:

Latest Private Eye:

Some kind of ratchet in that hub? It doesn’t look like he can even push the pedal all the way to horizontal.

[andystow]

hawkinspeter wrote:

Winifred’s Lane bollards

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/local-news/watch-24-hours-chaos-after-9700693

They really should put up a sign like the sign that they put up.

[andystow]

Hirsute wrote:

Not leaves on the line but on the road.

How To Make A Junction Safer – California Crossroads – Finchampstead Wokingham

“bikists”?

[andystow]

David9694 wrote:

chrisonabike wrote:

Have addicts been reduced to baartering for drugs?

they got fleeced ?

Very baaaad driving.

[andystow]

David9694 wrote:

A “normal” 10-15 drive is an admission of the short distances so many cars are used for. 

Depends where. My driving commute to work is 15 minutes, but not many others would consider cycling the nine miles each way even if there were a nice safe, flat route. There’s no traffic where I live, though.

A 15 minute driving commute in Chicago or London rush hour is probably under four miles, which a lot more people might consider cycling.

[andystow]

David9694 wrote:

David9694 wrote:

Its closure has been leading to major detours, causing one mother to spend up to two hours on the school run – a journey that should take more than 10 or 15 minutes.

It sounds like it still does.

[andystow]

I definitely walked bits of

I definitely walked bits of this on my LEJoG.

https://bikeclimbs.com/climb/united-kingdom/scotland/aberdeenshire/cock-bridge/lecht-rd-climb

 

[andystow]

Before my trip I trued the

Before my trip I trued the wheel with the zip tie trick. A truing stand makes it a little easier.

[andystow]

hawkinspeter wrote:

Nice.

I think you should give tensioning and trueing a go. Just take it relatively slow and try to tension each spoke roughly the same. It’s quite possible to true up a wheel by putting it onto the bike and eyeballing it so that the rim is halfway between the forks. It’ll be a learning exercise, prepare you for if you ever need to replace a spoke and then you can take it to the bike co-op to check how well you’ve done. As long as you don’t go too tight, it should save them some time.

Oh, doing it myself is the plan. I’ve replaced spokes and trued wheels before. The co-op is a volunteer workspace (that I sometimes volunteer at) where you’re supposed to do your own wrenching, with the volunteers just being advisors.

Bike Peoria Co-op

They/we have a couple of good quality truing stands, as well as some other tools I’ll need like a headset bearing press, and bottom bracket facing tool.

[andystow]

I laced up my first wheel

I laced up my first wheel ever, new rim, spokes, and nipples onto my old SON dynamo hub. I still need to take it to the bike co-op to tension and true it. The rim matches the new hand built rear wheel, which is ready to go. The frame I used for LEJoG is out getting stripped and powder coated.

Hopefully posting the results in the next couple of weeks on Pictures of your Bike.

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