@rasterweb@mastodon.socialI’m not saying I’m the first person to ride the entire length of the new protected bike lane on Lisbon but there’s a good chance I am… (I had to carry my bike across a dozen gaps because it’s not all connected yet!)
#biking #bikeTooter
@andres4ny@social.ridetrans.it @rasterweb@mastodon.socialToday’s ride was 8.3 miles… nothing too exciting to report. (In other news I’ve been relearning SQL to pull data from the RunGap SQLite database.)
#biking #bikeTooter #mke
@midtsveen@social.linux.pizza
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scotToday has been mainly about stripping down my favourite mountain bike for repainting and renovation.
#BikeTooter
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialI just started riding to work. What's your best advice for a newbie bike commuter?
(Also, I am in Wisconsin and try to ride year-round, though not sure I will commute year round.)
@… #BikeNitePQ
@jerome@jasette.facil.services
@beyondwatts@beyondwatts.socialCouple of pics from yesterday’s Purbeck ride. Really enjoyed the morning shower dodging. Must get the mountain bike out more often
#cycling #bike #biketooter
@midtsveen@social.linux.pizza @andres4ny@social.ridetrans.it
@spamless@mastodon.socialFlat tire. Had to wait for the rescue brigade (wife in station wagon).
#bike
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialI made some progress on mapping all the GPX files of my bikes rides for 2025... though it looks like I am still getting some walking data mixed in, so I'll need to fix that.
The cemetery paths are interesting! There are two paths I guess I never rode down in 2025. Weird.
#biking #bikeTooter
@randy_@social.linux.pizzaDay 0:
The trip is fully planned and booked. It includes a combination of city, seaside, and nature. I'll be using couch surfing, Airbnb, a capsule hotel, and hostels for accommodation.
I’ll be traveling by bike with only a 16L backpack.
But first, I’ll spend the weekend in Malmö.
#bike
@pbloem@sigmoid.socialPublic service announcement: if you have a #bike with a carbon belt, take a minute to check the tension (there's an app). It makes a world of difference...
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialI got this bike 12 days ago and just hit 100 miles. If I can keep commuting to work that's about 13 miles each day of riding a bike instead of driving a car.
#biking #bikeTooter #ebike
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.caThe man outside Espinola, Ontario.
‘I was standing here 45 years ago!”
wow.
It really is incredible the legacy Terry Fox has in all Canadian's hearts. Congratulations to his brother Darrell for completing this 45 year commemorative bike across Canada!!
#TerryFox #BikeTooter #Bike #MarathonOfHope #CancerResearch #Canada
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6827455
@hikingdude@mastodon.socialFirst day without rain.
Right after work we brought our car to some maintenance and drove back by bike. Well not the direct way, but a fun way 😊
It felt really good!
#cycling #BikeTooter #getoutside
@joe@toot.works @rasterweb@mastodon.socialIt's crude, but I separated all my bike ride GPX files from the huge pile of files and loaded them all into gpx.studio to show where I've rode my bike in the last 20-ish months.
#biking #bikeTooter #geo
@kristian@social.purrucker.deUnd schon ist unser Sommerurlaub leider wieder zu Ende. Diesmal waren wir direkt hier an der Ostsee und es hat nicht immer die Sonne geschienen, aber dennoch sehr erholsam.
#graveln #gravelbike #bike
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialMe: Hey, we could ride those bikes!
Partner: They’re locked up.
Me: Are they, though?
(That was last night. There were two bikes there. Note that we are on an island, there’s only so far a thief would get. There are tons of unlocked bikes around. I’m sure the owner just went for a ride. Still a funny photo though!)
#bikeTooter
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialIt’s been awhile since I did a “fast as I can” cemetery ride and I was amazed at my average speed. I kept it going on the streets a bit more to do 8 miles total.
#biking #bikeTooter #mke
@andres4ny@social.ridetrans.itSomehow we made this part of the Queensboro Bridge worse. This is a 3-4ft wide two-way bike lane. There's so much wrong with this, from the metal manhole cover taking up almost the entire width of the bike lane, to the MUTCD-violating usage of sharrows, to those shitty rumble strip/speed bump things THAT ARE LOOSE.
Wtaf! #bikeNYC
@…
@randy_@social.linux.pizzaMy bike trip in Denmark is approaching.
I’m very excited about it because it’s the first time I’ll be riding long distances!
My first ride will be along the coastline, so I hope to see some great views, capture some nice photos, and create lasting memories! Maybe I’ll even see some seals! #bike
@atthenius@fediscience.orgFor East Harlem, there are two alignment scenarios
1) Seaward
2) Landward
For waterfront greenway interested folks #bikeNYC #NYC , the seaward seems like an option w space for a bike road between the highway and East/Harlem Rivers. Plus there is a bigger area of reduced flood risk w seaward.
Submit comments by August 25, 2025
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Room 17-420
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Room 17-401
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District
Jacob K. Javits Federal Building
c/o PSC Mail Center
26 Federal Plaza
New York, New York 10278
Email: NYNJHarbor.TribStudy@usace.army.mil
@stefan@gardenstate.social @andres4ny@social.ridetrans.itI had an air filter attached to the rear of my #Kombi, and then I realized that I couldn't shift. One of the cords that I had used to secure the hepa filter was on the derailleur. It was an easy thing to fix, but it reminded me just how much I hate derailleurs (and any kind of external gears in general).
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialSooo, I rode the ebike this morning, did my longest ride, in minutes and miles. Burned tons of calories, so yeah… ebike means more exercise, not less.
#biking #bikeTooter #ebike
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scotYesterday we received Auchencairn Climate Transition's new hand-cycle (ours is the yellow one), and I got shown around the key points of maintaining it and adapting it to fit riders. This extends our hire bike fleet so that we can now support riders with leg function impairments.
In practice we'll be sharing this with other 'try a bike' projects locally.
#BikeTooter
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialI watched a video where someone talked about a huge snowstorm and how people started calling the city to clear the bike path and the city was like "Um, we don't clear the bike path" and I guess a bunch of cyclists were doing in on their own because the city wasn't doing it.
And then after all the requests from people, the city started doing it. 😜
#bikeTooter
@beyondwatts@beyondwatts.social @rasterweb@mastodon.socialI took the old 1970's Raleigh out this morning and it was creaky and had problems shifting, but it was also sort of a fun ride!
I only did about 1.5 miles and when I got home I realized the tires were low... like a lot more low than I think they should have been since I filled them three days ago.
Anyway, I may try to make the ride a bit smoother and see if I can get the shifting working better.
@randy_@social.linux.pizzaJust a few weeks left until my bike adventure kicks off! Can’t wait to hit the road and make some nice memories and photo shots!
#Bike
#travel
#BikeTooter
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialBike Friends, uhhh… my wheel fell off? The fork slid apart. How much of a concern is this? I rode with no issues but I do hang my bike by the front tire all the time.
#biking #bikes #bikeTooter…
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialSomeone said there’s a huge difference between going 20mph and 28mph on a bike. I completely agree.
#biking #bikeTooter #ebike
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialI biked over to the giant hole in the road (caused by the flooding last month) during lunch yesterday. Still a hole.
#bikeTooter #hole
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialSecure bike parking at work… the ride in today was the fastest yet, despite the terrible winds! I attribute the short time to good luck in crossing busy roads and not having to wait multiple minutes to cross.
#biking #bikeTooter
@andres4ny@social.ridetrans.itnormies: "I'm holding my wife's purse."
me: "I'm holding my wife's bike helmet."
#BikeTooter
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialDamn, this ebike things is actually pretty cool. I did my normal ride in the cemetery without using the motor and my stats are pretty damn close to my acoustic rides.
I’m probably going to have a lot to say about it this week.
#biking #bikeTooter
@ellie@ellieayla.net"The ride is definitely better on charter-protected bike lanes." #BikeTooter #ToPoli #ONPoli #CycleTO
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialBlah. Rain today so I did not bike to work. Not quite ready for that... I have to take the car tomorrow as well due to a doctor appointment. Hopefully I can bike on Friday!
#biking #bikeTooter
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialThe current "bike to work" carry is a milk crate zip tied to a rear rack. I gave it a nice paint job and did a little cutout right behind the seat. There's a piece of foam in the bottom to prevent rattling (I toss my lock back there) and the bungee holds my backpack in place securely.
#biking #bikeTooter
@beyondwatts@beyondwatts.socialMore #purbeck trail photos from yesterday. What an incredible evening to be #cycling
#bike #biketooter
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialI guess I should have got a cargo bike. (Kidding!) I had to bring a few packages to work today so my DIY pannier got a test... seemed to work fine.
#biking #bikeTooter #ebike
@randy_@social.linux.pizza @rasterweb@mastodon.socialWhew! Mistakes were made, but I got the dashboard of the Beat Bike put together. I can now pedal to set the tempo while I live program the drum machine. (No video of programming yet because I had to hold the phone up high!)
#bikeTooter #diy
@dsc@mastodon.scot @rasterweb@mastodon.socialI just submitted my first request to the city to clean up a bike lane. I chose "Miscellaneous Street Maintenance" because I could not find anything that was a better fit.
#bikeTooter #mke #milwaukee
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialI am hoping to do 1,000 miles on the bike this year. It's still June and I'm at 650 (surpassing the 620 for all of 2024.) I also did 120 this month which is the most miles I've done in a single month. I am glad I started riding and try to do it daily.
#biking #bikeTooter
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialI definitely did not expect to get in 11 miles today! It's getting pretty warm/hot in the mornings though. I was out at 6:30am and that was even a bit too warm.
#bikeTooter #bike #mke
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialToday’s ride for Scrappy Hour was 7 miles out and then 7 miles back! The hills killed me. 😢
#scrappyHour #biking #bikeTooter
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialBikes with tiny wheels always look so weird to me. (I mean weird as a 6 foot tall adult. I rode 20" BMX bikes when I was a kid.)
Do these 20" bikes feel like riding a "normal" bike? Is it weird? Is it just me?
#biking #bikeTooter
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialProbably not news to urban cyclists but parking lots are a game changer! Places I thought I could not bike to are accessible where parking lots are all connected, or right next to each other with a bit of grass between them.
#bikeTooter #biking
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialI made some progress on the Beat Bike!
The magnet mounted on the wheel passes a reed switch which is sensed by the control box (with a Raspberry Pi Pico) and then triggers the drum machine to step through the programmed sequence.
Still a lot of work to do, mostly mounting everything onto the bike, and some more code to write, but the proof of concept is all good.
#bikeTooter
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialI had to change both tires on the 50 year old Raleigh and it was a bit of a pain but it’s up and rolling again. Too hot to ride now though… might give it a spin in the morning.
#bikes #bikeTooter
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialToday's bike ride was 8 miles but whatever the crazy thing is that I saw a guy get chased off the Menomonee River Parkway by a turkey! It chased him into the road, and he was running down the middle of the road and a car had to stop!
#bikeTooter #turkey
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialIf you lock up your bike indoors (garage or home) what do you lock it up to?
I think a friend of mine locks his up to four other bikes but let's pretend that's not an option for everyone. 😅
What large, heavy, or structural thing do you lock your bike to in your garage or home?
#BikeNitePQ
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialWent to the bike shop last night (the family owned shop where I know the guy) and he showed me a flyer I made like 35 years ago and said it's been on the wall there for decades!
#bikeTooter
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialAfter 15 minutes of messing around with maps I've gone from "It's impossible to get there by bike!" to "Hmm, if I avoid the super-busy roads, cut through these parking lots, take a two mile detour... I think I can get there!"
#biking #bikeTooter
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialI hit 1,000 miles today, which was my goal for 2025. Some of it was on a bike/trainer in my basement during winter, and this month was mostly on a (borrowed) ebike, and the rest was all on my old Trek 7200.
At some point I need to return the ebike and I'm hoping I can get my own before 2026 so I can make commuting to work by bike a normal thing.
#bikeTooter
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialFirst (real) ride on the new bike. So chuffed! Also, found a dollar on the way home so yeah, biking really pays off!
#biking #bikeTooter #mke
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialRiverwest 24 is next weekend. I thought about tossing my bike in the car and driving down to do some laps but then realized it's like 5 miles from my house so I'll just bike down there and do laps, hang out, etc.
https://www.riverwest24.com/
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialMy current bike stats... on my way to 1,000 miles this year. (And hopefully many more!)
(code is here: #bikeTooter
@rasterweb@mastodon.social13.78 miles today because I got less than 5 hours of sleep so I was up and out early. 172 miles for the month (the most ever!) and just over 700 for the year so far.
#biking #bikeTooter
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialThe view on the way to work along the Oak Leaf Trail is lovely at some spots...
(Though stopping for the photo I got attacked by bugs, which is not great.)
#biking #bikeTooter #mke
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialI just learned about rain ponchos for cycling and... what?
#biking #bikeTooter
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialI had to pedal like crazy the last half mile to keep my average speed at 12mph…
#biking #bikeTooter #mke #milwaukee
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialI went for a short ride today, and every now and then I would hear this weird “cling clang” sound, but I couldn’t figure out what the hell it was. I even stopped twice to investigate. It wasn’t constant though, just intermittent. Urgh!
Got home, took a photo, and then figured it out. Sigh…
#biking #bikeTooter
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialThe other fun part of my ride today was when a guy had to wait an extra 10 seconds for me to go through an intersection before he could make a left turn.
He yelled "Get on the sidewalk!" and while I was tempted to yell "I'm in the bike lane!" I just sort of laughed it off.
#biking
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialDid 6 miles this morning, almost made a rectangle, but those Tosa streets are tricky!
#biking #bikeTooter #mke #milwaukee
![After two last-minute appeals from safe street advocates, a state appellate court panel ruled on Monday afternoon that Mayor Eric Adams could rip out a three-block stretch of protected bike lane on Bedford Avenue from Willoughby Avenue to Flushing Avenue. Adams's Department of Transportation, which installed the bike lane barely nine months ago, began the demolition late Wednesday night.
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