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@ascentale@sfba.social @MarkBrigham@universeodon.com @bikenite@fedigroups.social A2. Looking forward to answers here, there is a path running north from the stadium along the top of the creek levi that is splitting, they keep putting tar in the cracks to the point where I’m thinking a full suspension MTB bike might be the best way to traverse it. I’m not even clear who I would complain to. #BikeNite

@ascentale@sfba.social @nwarner@tenforward.social @bikenite@fedigroups.social A1. Santa Clara, CA. I check my tires before every ride. And they are always low. (About 10 lbs out of 70 for my road bike, about the same out of 40 for adventure/utility bike). The road bike does that overnight, the other bike doesn’t get ridden as much. #BikeNite

@ascentale@sfba.social @geonz@mathstodon.xyz @bikenite@fedigroups.social A1 continued. I found it! The neighbor said they love to cycle. #BikeNite

@ascentale @bikenite A8. Butterflies! More #MonarchButterfly s in our garden. They do seem to be more prevalent the last few years, after years of trying to attract them, but never seeing any. I try to remember where I see them out riding and report them to https://journeynorth.org but sometimes I forget where I was and their website is not very mobile friendly. #BikeNite

@ascentale@sfba.social @geonz@mathstodon.xyz @bikenite@fedigroups.social A1. Santa Clara, CA. I think I maybe in mountain view there is a house with some kind of sculpture from bare wheels? If so I wonder if I could find it again… I can’t picture it, because I have Aphantasia. I’ll keep an eye out though! It would make a good A8 photo. #BikeNite

@ascentale@sfba.social @bikenite@fedigroups.social A8. I “finished” rebuilding my old bike, so a bike photo this week. I’m mostly happy with the results, I need a procure a new stem to bring the handlebars up and back a little. The shifting is not quite right, so I need to figure that out. And short pull bar shifters with long pull brakes, so kinda mushy braking, so I still need to figure that out. I knew this would be an issue, but the Microshift Sword brakes claim to have a 1.5 pull ratio, so I was hoping it would be better. Oh and the steering is a little twitchy, which I think will be better with the handle bars higher and closer. #BikeNite

@ascentale@sfba.social @BongoTwisty@social.vivaldi.net @bikenite@fedigroups.social A6. I’ve upped my cadence in general in recent years, so as long as I can downshift I do. But if I have to grind, then out of the saddle. Why grip when you are pushing? Well, if you don’t you are relying 100% on your body weight, by gripping you are basically trying to push your pedals away from your handlebars, the stronger your grip, the more you can push. Another way to look at it, stand on a scale, note your weight. Now put the scale under a fixed horizontal bar about waist height (like a chin-up bar for little kids). Now stand on the scale and pull up on the bar, you should see a much height weight reading (although no longer actual weight, which is just a measure of the force of gravity). #BikeNite

@ascentale@sfba.social @grammasaurus@mastodon.social @bikenite@fedigroups.social A1. Santa Clara, CA on a Saturday afternoon. If it’s is too hot, I don’t ride (or go outside) better safe than dead. For hot, but not too hot, plenty of water, electrolytes, food. We live in a desert climate out here, so humidity is rarely a factor, so jump in a fountain of you find one! #BikeNite

@ascentale @kimu @v_perjorative @bikenite A4. Personally I think the frame defines the bike. I spent the day putting new components on my ‘91 yellow Trek, which I call the Trek. When it rolls again (maybe tomorrow?) the original parts will be the frame, the fork and the quick release skewers. The brakes, seat post and saddle were replaced in the last few years and get to stay. #BikeNite

@ascentale @eq @bikenite A5. Wax. I now have two bikes with waxed chains, I won’t go back. I do understand that wax doesn’t do as well in the wet, but I don’t have that problem. I’ve had to put the chain back on a few times, only mildly waxy fingers! #BikeNite

@ascentale@sfba.social @gbargoud@masto.nyc @bikenite@fedigroups.social A5. My road bike and my adventure bike overlap a bit. So three basic scenarios, going to the gym, or shopping? Adventure bike. Headed out to the levees? Adventure bike. Otherwise, the road bike, it is much nicer in every way (except on gravel). #BikeNite

@etp@indieweb.social @MarkBrigham@universeodon.com @ascentale@sfba.social @bikenite@fedigroups.social This came up awhile back. I believe the answer was this: the merit popcorn bag https://www.meritgear.eu/shop/Custom-Popcorn-Bag-p392195370 #BikeNite

@AsphaltandEarth @ascentale @eq @bikenite This interesting, I suppose it works with the factory lube to work the graphite into the rollers.

@ravenbait@mastodon.scot @MatthewNewell@mastodon.social I use some left over 12 gauge bare copper solid ground wire, bent into a u shape, one end bent like a handle. I hang cooling chains over the pot on s hooks also made from the same wire.

@enobacon@urbanists.social I haven’t figured out the brake arm yet, but I did score a pair of Problem Solvers Trave Agents, and that helps tremendously. Not on par with my hydrolic disk brakes on the other bike, but I think it solves the mushiness.

@enobacon@urbanists.social The stem is from my other bike, which was the wrong size (was too long and on that bike it was angled down), but I figured it was a good starting point. I think I can tighten up the brakes a little bit, but the return springs are not working well, I don't really understand why, the brakes are only about 5 years old. One arm in particular just has almost no tension. I'll also look into moving the bars up some. I have big enough hands, so reach is not a problem. Unfortunately problem solvers doesn't sell their pulley thing anymore, so I need to find some pre-owned ones (I did run across a single one once). #BikeNite

@enobacon@urbanists.social They are adjustable, with a screw to adjust spring tension and the three holes on the post. Originally I had them all on the middle hole, but the return was not a much as I wanted so I moved them to the top hole (greatest tension), but then one of the arms apparently "failed" it still works, but a lot less tension, for that brake, I have the failed arm in the high tension hole and the working arm in the medium hole. Balances better (the screw on the failed arm does not change the tension). I don't see a way to disassemble the arm to see what is going on inside (other than destroying it). They are Promax P-1 108mm arms. the 85mm arms I think would be just a few mm to short and the brake cable would rub on the tire. #BikeNite

@MatthewNewell @Pionir @ascentale @eq @bikenite I just started logging distance and maintenance this year, I probably wax more often than I need to.

@Pionir @MatthewNewell @ascentale @eq @bikenite I have multiple chains. I rotate them about once a month, which is more than 300km, but generally less than 400 (when I notice that it has gotten noisier). I run the chain through a rag after every ride and haven’t bothered to do any extra cleaning before they go back in the pot. It’s been fine. But I don’t ride in muck and seldom on wet streets.

@semitones @michael_w_busch Starlink works by sending your signal to orbit, then perhaps to another satellite and then back to the earth, where it then travels over fiber to the rest of the internet. Everything has a bandwidth, basically how much data can be at a time. Think of it like pipes, the bigger the diameter the more bandwidth. The connection to your house may be small, but only you are using it. The connection between internet nodes is much bigger, but many people are using it. Satellite bandwidth is much smaller than fiber or even, copper wire. A radio signal is just less efficient. To get more bandwidth, you need more satellites, many, many more. But then more users, so more satellites…

@crazyeddie@mastodon.social @heidilifeldman@mastodon.social oh wait it’s fictional? I need to wake up my brain this morning!

@crazyeddie@mastodon.social @heidilifeldman@mastodon.social archived link https://archive.is/znGUo you can read it without accepting their terms. Wow, I found this very disturbing.

@Pionir @dan @MatthewNewell @ascentale @eq @bikenite Whoa, I can see the allure, but growing up in a dry climate, I would definitely avoid riding in that!

@LovesTha@floss.social @ascentale@sfba.social @bikenite@fedigroups.social Idk, but my often wrong intuition thinks that if your hands are closer to the perpendicular of the steering tube that it would be less. But I suppose I'll find out (the old flat bars were a but closer). #BikeNite

@LovesTha@floss.social @ascentale@sfba.social @BongoTwisty@social.vivaldi.net @bikenite@fedigroups.social Hmm, at some point if you run across a pair of power meter pedals that you can barrow for a bit, you could experiment. I suspect that it still makes some difference, but with the geometry difference (standing up and moving forward moves your hands more inline with your legs than when you are in the saddle), probably not much. Perhaps with really swept back handlebars, but that might be much less desirable otherwise. Just physics, vector forces, maths. #BikeNite