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Sorry I'm late, had to argue with car-brained people about the new bike lanes on Lisbon.
"I've never seen anyone ride a bike on Lisbon!"
"Do I have to shovel two sidewalks now!?"
"People only ride bikes 4 months of the year."
And so on...
#bikeTooter

Today two separate people asked me about (ortlieb) panniers. One in TJs on the escalator, the other outside at the falafel truck. I've been asked so many times by strangers about my various cargo bikes, but can honestly say I've never been asked about my panniers in at least a decade. To be fair, they're pretty new and in both cases they were extremely full!
#BikeTooter …

415 km? That's it? Did I forget to wear my watch a bunch?
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On Saturday I did a bike ride and I very carefully tried to ride over some small patches of ice to familiarize myself with how it feels.
Yesterday a friend of mine was out for a gravel ride, did just fine, was all done and rode through a parking lot, hit some ice, went down hard, broke their hip. Argh!
Paying attention to #bikeTooter and

Swamp Rabbit looks pretty sweet…
#bikeTooter

I make videos.... #biketooter #cargobike

Is there a decent / standard way to convert bike lights from a rubber-strap mount to a rack's rear reflector / tail light mounting tab? (What is that thing even called?)
I'd consider a short length of pipe bolted to the tab - is that a janky mess? Should I just buy a different light?
#BikeTooter #question

TFW you are into bikes but also into mini-computers and you get confused for a second...
#computer #bikeTooter

Tired: Everyone should have a cargo bike!
Wired: Everyone should colour coordinate with their cargo bike!
#BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes

I decided to try a short ride today to see how I feel later on. (Back paid and leg-wise.) I did not dress warm enough but was only out for 20 minutes.
I tried to (slowly) ride across some ice to see how that feels and quickly learned I need to avoid all ice. If I do ride more next winter studded tires are a must.
#bikeTooter

Stop passing me at
The light. I ride faster, you
Know. I'll pass again.
#haiku #BikeTooter

A little pic from this morning’s Purbeck Dawn ride.
-3C when I left the house
#biketooter #dorset #purbecks

Milwaukee County posted this photo of a repaving project with the text:
"The roadway now includes on-street accommodations for bicyclists"
They are getting absolutely roasted by cyclists in the comments.
#cycling #bikeTooter

How do people record images for Mapillary while on a bicycle? GoPro stuck to a helmet? Is that stable enough? Does something in the pipeline do post-processing to correct for camera tilt?
#biketooter #mapillary #camera

I haven't seen these in person yet but I guess these are at the Milwaukee Regional Medical Center.
#bikeTooter #mke #milwaukee

Did a front-wheel slide on leaves week before last, and DIDN'T FALL DOWN. I think this is what "experience" looks like, and wow, am I grateful for it. Doesn't even look like much on the video. #biketooter #bikes

I made a pretty terrible video of my bike all lit up on the Oak Leaf Trail last night... This is in a spot down by the river where there is no light at all. By 5pm it's pitch dark out.
#bikeTooter

We have labeled the band-aids/gauze. Pray we do not label it any further.
[#BikeTooter, I guess?]

The landscape here would look super different if people drew cycling highways on the map first, and then tried to fit automobile routes around/over them.
#BikeTooter #bikeon #onpoli

I rode the acoustic Trek today, over in the cemetery. It was warm at 65°F but super windy! 17mph wind with gusts up to 22mph made it a challenge… got just over 5 miles before calling it quits.
#bikeTooter

I've seen people attach pool noodles to their bikes in order to ensure that car drivers pass them within a safe (and often legally-required) distance.. But I think I prefer this person's prybar attachment. 🫡
#BikeTooter

It's that time of the year again 😉
#cycling #BikeTooter #bayern #getoutside

Downtown Fake London (Ontario) is weird. Some of it is exactly the automobile-infested hell that @… routinely describes. But there's still quite a few people out here walking and biking in spite of the inhospitable conditions.
There's some recently-built protected cycle tracks that make me wish I could bring a bicycle here on Via and toot around for an afternoon of coffee shops. The network is super not-complete though. 🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️
#BikeTooter #londonon

Wondering if I can get a bicycle prescription...
#bikeTooter #cycling

Burlington's no-drop all-ages community bike rides with city councillors are back! Next one is November 8th; @…
#BurlOn #BikeTooter

I wasn’t feeling well this morning so I went into work late… still didn’t feel good after an hour so I went home. I biked both ways.
I’ve wondered how I might handle having to bike home from work if I wasn’t feeling well, but it was fine.
Did I feel great riding? No, but it wasn’t terrible either. Just gonna lie down the rest of the day.
#bikeTooter

This is every route I've take to/from work on my bike in the past three months...
Sometimes I make an effort to find roads I have not biked down and then try to hit them up so I can get more red lines on the map.
#bikeTooter #mke

Looking forward to the @… community bike ride in downtown Burlington on New Year's Day. It should be calm and quiet out. -9°C though; hope everyone layers well. A cup of hot chocolate or apple cider afterward is going to be amazing!
#BikeTooter #BurlOn

I switched to heavier shoes for the bike ride into work today... also added a hi-vis vest with a Circuit Playground Express (and lithium battery) in the pocket.
I want to try riding next Monday but it's gonna be dark and probably cold on the way home. Adding more bike lights, so we'll see how it goes.
#bikeTooter

#biketooter #ontario #complain

Wisconsin has some amazing bike trails!
#bikeTooter

Where to Ride: The Amazing Trails of Cable, Wisconsin
With 130 miles of singletrack, a session-worthy bike park, and some pretty darn good pies & pancakes, there are lots of reasons to come ride Cable, Wisconsin.

The medical facility I go to for PT has a bike rack but it looks like garbage. It is bolted down but just does not look secure.
It's in the parking structure, so it's not exactly out in public... maybe that's a good thing?
But also, I can't ride my bike in the parking structure.
#bikeTooter

I met a guy on last weekend’s ride that said “That’s my HSA bike” and when asked what that is he said “My doctor said I’ve got pre-diabetes and needed to get more exercise so I was able to use HSA funds to get this bike” and damn that’s a heck of a hack.
#bikeTooter #cycling

I never thought I’d be a person who wore hi-vis clothing but biking home after 5pm has me contemplating it…
#bikeTooter

My new favorite response to "I never see anyone using the bike lane" comments:
"That's because bikes don't get stuck in traffic."
#bikeTooter

It's "bring a medium sized box to work day" again...
#bikeTooter #ebikes

I started biking to work in August and it's now the end of November and I've done it 50 times in those 4 months.
That's 50 days I rode a bike instead of driving a car... about 650 miles by bike instead of car.
#bikeTooter #cycling

Okay! I have my cold weather gear sorted. I got clear OTG goggles, and I can remove them with one hand without my glasses going with them. Balaclava I can pull over nose and tuck under goggles. Haven’t fogged up yet. (It’s been really windy this week, but not bitterly cold yet.)
As a bonus my daughter said she’d be absolutely terrified if she saw this coming towards her on the trail at night.
#bikeTooter

Excellent Scrappy Hour Group Ride today. Weather was nice and warm, fall colors were awesome. Small group from Tosa (just four this time) but me, Michael, Nick, and James had a blast!

#ScrappyHour #cycling

I wonder how feasible it would be to make a wearable version of something like this for the back of your bike or a backpack...
Maybe just the "Your Speed" part of it (or the "Speed Limit" could be done digitally).
Imagine passing someone on a bike and they show you the actual speed limit along with your speed.
Crazy idea or not? Possible? (I think so.)
#bikeTooter

I'm upset with myself. On the bike ride home today a car cut me off and I had to slam the brakes hard and fast, stopped in plenty of time but then rode directly at the car (which made a left turn in front of me) and gave them the finger and yelled "Fuck You!".
I want to be better than that. It was a heat of the moment sort of thing but a minute later I regretted it.
#bikeTooter

I wrote about my (continuing) adventure trying to make a working MIK adapter plate for my bike...
https://rasterweb.net/raster/2025/10/26/aventon-level-3-mik-adapter-plate/

Aventon Level 3 MIK Adapter Plate
DIY quick release for some (but not all) racks...

Heading to another ghost ride today, to pay respects to another fallen cyclist.
Today we honour David Alexander Wilson Niblett.
#biketooter #ghostride #ghostbike #memorial #oakville