| 22 Apr 2024 |
 Zesty Zypper (They/Them) | Every bus, except the BRTs have bike racks on the front. You come up, you squeeze the handle, then lower it down. Then you put your front wheel on the "FRONT WHEEL HERE" slot, and then pull up a hook from the rack that grabs onto your front wheel. Then you do a shake test to see if the hook fails to grab. Then you get onto the bus, tap your card, and sit. | 09:34:14 |
| Zesty Zypper (They/Them) | The BRTs are better: you roll your bike into the back door, and put it onto a rack on the inside, and then put a roller on the wheel. | 09:34:43 |
| Zesty Zypper (They/Them) | * The BRTs are better: you roll your bike into the back door, and put it onto a rack on the inside, and then put a hourglass shaped thing on the wheel. | 09:35:13 |
| Zesty Zypper (They/Them) | * The BRTs are better: you roll your bike into the back door, and put it onto a rack on the inside, and then put an hourglass shaped thing on the wheel. | 09:35:19 |
| Zesty Zypper (They/Them) | So, I had fun sweating over the fact my bike was swaying back and forth on the front of a several ton bus going up to 50mph, while there were these peeps in the back being obnoxiously loud in Russian. | 09:37:11 |
| 23 Apr 2024 |
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| 24 Apr 2024 |
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 oliveraaaa | Anyone know of a flatbar gravel bike with wide (non fatbike) tires and hydraulic disc brakes?
I am ok with building the bike from a box
For example the Poseidon Flatbar X looks great but the mechanical disc brakes throw me | 19:48:16 |
| oliveraaaa | Budget is under 1k ideally | 19:48:41 |
| oliveraaaa | For wide tires I would love 40mm or over
I hear people talk about 47mm and that sounds so cushy | 20:09:41 |
| oliveraaaa | Love it | 20:09:47 |
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| 25 Apr 2024 |
 EntropicGenesis | What part of the world are you in? bikesdirect.com has a seriously crusty website but they are actually a legitimate business. Looks like they have a couple bikes that fit your budget if you are in the USA
https://bikesdirect.com/products/motobecane/fantomcrosscomp-flatbar-disc.htm | 00:07:16 |
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| oliveraaaa | In reply to @inceptorannihilation:matrix.org
What part of the world are you in? bikesdirect.com has a seriously crusty website but they are actually a legitimate business. Looks like they have a couple bikes that fit your budget if you are in the USA
https://bikesdirect.com/products/motobecane/fantomcrosscomp-flatbar-disc.htm Your right it is crusty! Thanks for the Rec! | 15:52:16 |
| oliveraaaa | This is a good option I will investigate! | 15:52:36 |
| oliveraaaa | 700 x 35C Tires!
How many mm wide is that? | 16:01:40 |
 Kim Minh | 35mm | 17:34:35 |
| 26 Apr 2024 |
 Tevis | Biking home tonight, one of my pedals broke--seems like the bearings have given up. I've probably had this pair of pedals for 20 years! Gonna have to pick up some SPD-pedals in a hurry. Any suggestions before I hit the local bike shop tomorrow? | 03:16:52 |
| EntropicGenesis | I have been quite happy with Shimano PD-M540 pedals. Mashed 'em on rocks, crammed 'em full of mud and they still work like new. Can't say the same for the cheap Wellgo spd set I have - bearings are gritty and half of one of the mechanisms broke with a fraction of the miles that the Shimanos have. | 04:17:03 |
| Tevis | The current ones are PD-M505s; seems consistent with your experience that mine have lasted so long. | 11:32:35 |
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 Feeds | New post in mastodon-kmk: #Photo #vélotaf #bikeToWork Un concurrent de la Race Across Paris | 15:30:10 |
| Tevis | Ended up getting PD-M8100s. Check out the wear on the old ones! | 17:15:48 |
| Tevis | 
Download IMG_0017.JPG | 17:15:49 |
