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So in a few months, I'm going to try and cross the Alps on a bike on the Via Claudia. I'll need the very best music to motivate me, so if you want to cheer me on, add your most energetic, fun, cool and awesome favorite songs to this playlist! 😁 https://music.apple.com/de…

Biking the Via Claudia by Daniel Jay on Apple Music
Playlist · 16 Songs

Overall City Ranking for Biking
Isla Vista (Santa Barbara County)
— 99TH PERCENTILE
OUT OF 3019 CITIES
7th IN THE U.S.
4th IN THE PACIFIC
1st IN CALIFORNIA
https://cityratings.peopleforbikes.org/cities/isla-vista-ca

Isla Vista California City Rating Page | PeopleForBikes 2025 City Ratings
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Logged in to Twitter to retrieve these worthy images from a poster session long ago:
#teleportation #commute #biking

I was biking near the queens zoo today, and adjusting the pedal-assist all the way up to 4 (which I never do). Thinking to myself, "Jesus fuck, is this headwind really that strong or is this heat just making me weak?"
I look over at the sidewalk, and someone is walking backwards to deal with the wind. "Oh, it's actually the headwind."
#BikeTooter

10 things my wife learned from her first 100 miles e-biking to work
https://electrek.co/2023/12/11/everything-my-wife-learned-from-her-first-100-miles-e-biking-to-work/

Everything my wife learned from her first 100 miles e-biking to work
After my wife's first 100+ miles of riding her e-bike to work, she's learned a lot about the advantages and disadvantages of bike commutes.

"This looks the sort of post that is reported for violating guidelines. Do you want to rephrase it?"

spouse insists that some of my brainfarts are poetry, and i should publish them. circumventing the 500 char limit with imgs/alt-text.
context: spouse has a bunch of chainsaws.
#poetry #netherlands #biking

Tour de Planet
Are bikes DEI, or are they a miracle? (Or both?)
BILL MCKIBBEN
JUL 11
The most useful thing I did this week was appear on Ezra Klein’s New York Times podcast to talk about the rise of clean energy. He framed the story well, and asked generous and sharp questions, and my only regret is that I was too jacked up going in (this is one of the very few remaining real forums in American journalism) and so I think I interrupted him at several points when I just…

The new construction on Lisbon Avenue has a separated bike lane next to the sidewalk.
So which is worse? People walking on the bike lane or people biking on the sidewalk?
(I am hoping they add “bike lane” paint labeling at some point.)
#bikeTooter #cycling

#hiking #biking #maps

Mapy.com
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I’m not all that competitive a person but work starts a monthly biking/steps challenge and the urbanist within takes over

I set the alarm to 6am and we started at 7am. My wife cycled a small morning loop (like 45min) and I did a bit larger loop to test the 30 tooth Sprocket on longer climbs.
*Learnings today:*
- mosquitos can be a real motivator to push harder
- the sprocket feels good
- the #garmin incident detection works
- 1st aid kit is a good investment
- good medical coverage in …

Had some stuff to do in the city and am on a semi nocturnal sleep schedule this week so I decided to go to work stupidly early (leaving home at 4:30 in the morning to catch the first bus of the day) so I could get home before bedtime (i.e. lunchtime for most people in the local time zone).
Biking to the bus stop hours before sunrise is reminding me of how much I miss night rides. Quiet, peaceful, empty roads with almost no vehicle traffic unless you're on a major highway. I didn…

Forget the Devil jumping around... I want to see more bikini clad fans
(one cyclist wants to reach out and touch someone)
Franck Raineri and 4 others
#giro #Tdf #cycling

San Francisco: I want to vibe code an Android app just to see how far it can actually get. SO: If I'm going to do it, what should I build? Last toy app I did listed dog parks by amenity and biking distance, BikeDog.

Many cyclist advocates were cheerleading Lily Cheng annual bike ride from Willowdale to downtown last weekend.
Sure it’s a nice ride, good PR. But notice how she never says a single thing about biking at council or present any motions on it.
Never moved the needle on making #Willowdale few cycling routes better connected south to the 401. Or anywhere really.

I biked 6 miles this morning. Felt pretty good. My back didn’t seem to mind… I did have a little knee pain at one point. (Which is one of the reasons I switched to an ebike.)
I may wait a bit to try biking to work, especially since it’s supposed to be 90 °F next week. 😭
#bikeTooter