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I tend to use cycle.travel in
I tend to use cycle.travel in the USA. Google Maps wants to put me on main roads. What I really want is maximum gravel roads and minimum busy roads.
Today was a fatbike sort of
Today was a fatbike sort of day. The front tyre is studded, which makes an enormous difference on ice.Temperature was -10 °C, and I had bare hands under the pogies.
Yes, if there was the option
Yes, if there was the option to wire it into my dyno hub and still have it weatherproof, I’d be sold!
David9694 wrote:
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/teen-caused-500k-of-damage-to-pub-after-sealing-grandads-4-259545/The bollards in this article should be ashamed. Have these slackers been reported to the World Bollard Association?
I haven’t seen anyone mention
I haven’t seen anyone mention temperature, yet. As an owner now of two generations of Fly6, they are useless in the cold. My first one would silently shut down below about 45 °F / 7 °C. I actually made a cosy for it out of foam beverage bottle/can holders, which helped a little. My current one doesn’t do that, but the battery life is useless below freezing, maybe an hour.
I ride in all weather and would like my equipment to work in it. I think a reasonable range would be -30 to 40 °C (-22 to 104 °F.) Yes, I have biked in that entire range.
Cartoon from the US, but look
Cartoon from the US, but look what they’ve put as the first “step” in this. It doesn’t have to be this way, even without the medical and student debt that are not such a problem in the UK.
We managed to pick up a used
We managed to pick up a used 2015 Leaf a couple of years ago when they were very cheap in the US. I think we paid about $11000 (~£8300.) It meets her needs and drives like a very nice car, with more than adequate acceleration and quite good handling despite its heft. It’s also quite spacious, easily taking my bicycle in the back with the seats folded down. The maintenance costs so far have been negligible: basically tyres and wipers. So far at around 80k miles it’s down one bar (out of 14?) on the battery capacity display.
The only downside is any long trips have to be done in my convertible MINI, which I love but which can be cramped with four occupants and luggage, or the two of us plus a medium dog.
I read The Selfish Gene at
I read The Selfish Gene at least a decade ago. It definitely seemed like he was writing down. I may give another book a try.
My favorite Richard Dawkins work is of course his appearance in Nightwish’s The Greatest Show on Earth.
Rendel Harris wrote:
One thing that I have noticed when I’m out in the country is that drink-driving seems to be more frequent, and perhaps more accepted, than in town; not uncommon to see guys drinking three or four pints and then getting in the car. Presumably multiple causes including lower density of police operations, lack of public transport, more dispersed population et cetera. This is only an impression, might be completely wrong and don’t mean to imply that everyone in rural areas is a drunk driver!Is part of that perhaps that people who are just a little over the limit, and therefore still able to make decisions (usually poor ones) and plan a route instead of being on drunk-homing-pigeon autopilot, will choose a route home using quiet rural roads over the main roads assuming they’ll have a lower chance of being spotted by the police?
This is all part of the
This is all part of the evolution of a fitter, bicyclist-proof Tesla.
I read it a few years ago.
I read it a few years ago. Surreal, but definitely worth a read.
Thanks for that, sounds positive! The only thing I’m concerned about is how quickly I could get my hand back to the brake when signalling in case of emergency, is that fairly easy?Yes, they go in and out fairly easily. The opening stays open enough that it would be hard to miss.
I modified mine to let my bar
I modified mine to let my bar ends stick out, making them a little roomier and allowing my mirror to stil be used. The fabric can be cut and does not unravel further.
Bar Mitts are great! They can
Bar Mitts are great! They can be a bit too warm above freezing, but really come into their own below about 20 °F / -7 °C. I generally have a thin liner glove on under, which I often end off pulling off if my hands start to sweat.
What on earth happened to the
What on earth happened to the cyclist in the first video?! It didn’t look wet, nor like they were trying to brake or turn hard. Looking closely, it looks like she was signalling a right turn and her foot came off the right pedal. Maybe panicked by the car following so closely?
