Next #BikeNite is this Friday at 4pm Pacific standard time (UTC-8)

This is our weekly call for questions. Reply with any you'd like me to add to the discussion on Friday. Please add the BikeNitePQ hashtag so it's easier to find a Proposed Question.

I haven’t counted how many questions we have in the queue yet, but there is likely space for more.

(BikeNite is a Q&A type discussion on the Fediverse.) #BikeTooter cc @bikenite

Shimano ersetzt ihre potentiell gefährlichen Kurbeln nur, wenn auch optisch ein Schaden erkennbar ist. Fahrlässig.
20min bei 180ºC im Ofen und etwas Hebelwirkung kann hier Abhilfe schaffen.
Vorher - nachher:

#fahrradwerkstatt #Fahrradbubble #BikeTooter

Shimano ersetzt ihre potentiell gefährlichen Kurbeln nur, wenn auch optisch ein Schaden erkennbar ist. Fahrlässig.
20min bei 180ºC im Ofen und etwas Hebelwirkung kann hier Abhilfe schaffen.
Vorher - nachher:

#fahrradwerkstatt #Fahrradbubble #BikeTooter

Fine, I am going to restore two more bicycles back to operation (given 2 nearly complete bicycles, and one bicycle frame in the yard needing restoration... although it's going to be more monkey business for the bits-of-seatpost-still-down-in-the-tube frame). Ordered new tires, tubes, tire liners, and seatposts. Hemming and hawing on the chains, which are not stretched at all but are rusty. (will look at the brakes later). It'll keep me out of trouble. #BikeTooter

Next #BikeNite is this Friday at 4pm Pacific standard time (UTC-8)

This is our weekly call for questions. Reply with any you'd like me to add to the discussion on Friday. Please add the BikeNitePQ hashtag so it's easier to find a Proposed Question.

I haven’t counted how many questions we have in the queue yet, but there is likely space for more.

(BikeNite is a Q&A type discussion on the Fediverse.) #BikeTooter cc @bikenite

Wrapped up ride 7 for #Coffeeneuring 2025 with a 5ish mile ride in Atlanta. Biked from my hotel downtown to Condesa Coffee (conveniently right off a shared use path!), a little of the Stone Mountain path, and then to Outback Bikes to return my rental bike. Glad that I decided to get a rental for my time in Atlanta, it made it easy to get out for a bike ride most days, helped out by beautiful weather and nicely connected bikeways. #BikeTooter

Bicycle seat post saga. This did not work to make the tube water tight. Need to make it so lye can dissolve the remaining aluminum. (There are bits of seat post still in this tube). Going to now attempt to plug the holes with a hot glue gun. If it holds water, will dump drain cleaner crystals into the seat post tube. #biketooter #seatpost

Bicycle seat post saga. This did not work to make the tube water tight. Need to make it so lye can dissolve the remaining aluminum. (There are bits of seat post still in this tube). Going to now attempt to plug the holes with a hot glue gun. If it holds water, will dump drain cleaner crystals into the seat post tube. #biketooter #seatpost

Wrapped up ride 7 for #Coffeeneuring 2025 with a 5ish mile ride in Atlanta. Biked from my hotel downtown to Condesa Coffee (conveniently right off a shared use path!), a little of the Stone Mountain path, and then to Outback Bikes to return my rental bike. Glad that I decided to get a rental for my time in Atlanta, it made it easy to get out for a bike ride most days, helped out by beautiful weather and nicely connected bikeways. #BikeTooter

What are your favorite books on repairing things? What about books on making things?

As the internet gets filled with AI slop I've been putting together a personal library for friends and neighbors.

I have a book on bike repair, two books related to making, altering, and mending clothes, a book on home repairs, a book about electronics, and the book I used to study for my Ham radio exam.

#repair #diy #solarpunk #mending # #BikeTooter #hamradio

What are your favorite books on repairing things? What about books on making things?

As the internet gets filled with AI slop I've been putting together a personal library for friends and neighbors.

I have a book on bike repair, two books related to making, altering, and mending clothes, a book on home repairs, a book about electronics, and the book I used to study for my Ham radio exam.

#repair #diy #solarpunk #mending # #BikeTooter #hamradio

-2C when I left earlier, and beautiful outside!
#mdRzA #BikeTooter #FrostPendeln #PmdFis

Bought two closeout saddles for the mountain bike project... selected them because I figured mountain bikes needed a bit more padding... and they are apparently listed as "women's saddles" for road bikes 🤔 (the other choices were all very thin road saddles). Well, will just go with it. #BikeTooter

Contemplated bicycling to the store, but first I walked outside (where it's still sprinkling)

🥶

Then, decided even though I'm happy bicycling through the rain, bicycling through freezing cold rain is a step too far (without gearing up significantly)!!

#hypothermia #BikeTooter

Fine, I am going to restore two more bicycles back to operation (given 2 nearly complete bicycles, and one bicycle frame in the yard needing restoration... although it's going to be more monkey business for the bits-of-seatpost-still-down-in-the-tube frame). Ordered new tires, tubes, tire liners, and seatposts. Hemming and hawing on the chains, which are not stretched at all but are rusty. (will look at the brakes later). It'll keep me out of trouble. #BikeTooter

"Orbit 360 Lakes and Kandie, ist Geschichte."

Auf den knapp 200 km (mit An- und Abfahrt) war es abwechslungsreich. Es gab keine anspruchsvollen technischen Passagen, aber trotzdem war es fordernd.

Die Wege an der Ostsee und an den Seen - besonders in der Nähe aller Campingplätze - waren ziemlich überfüllt mit Touris und Gassigeher. Mal mit, mal ohne Leine. Das war doof.

Ich hatte insgesamt 4x die selbe Panne. Beim 4x wurde 50ml Dichtmilch in den Mantel gekippt, dann war Ruhe :o)

#fahrrad #fedibikes #biketooter #gravel #gravelbikeb #orbit #orbit360 #holsteinischeschweiz #plön #eutin #neustadt #ostsee

AP: ‘A day without fear': Chicagoans buy out street vendors amid immigration crackdown

CHICAGO (AP) — The cyclists arrive at sunrise, rolling through Chicago’s Latino neighborhoods and stopping at tamale carts, elote stands and candy stalls. They buy out every last item — every tamale, every corn cob, every bundle of sweets. Then they load up the food and deliver it to shelters and families in need.

https://apnews.com/article/chicago-illinois-immigration-ice-c24537965e31860fb07ba83e79de4f4b

#BikeTooter #ICE #Fascism

new linkage print

99% infill prints better than 100% infill, plus of course, purple

#BikeTrailer #BikeTooter #3dPrinting

And our last question of the week:

Q8. Hopefully you've had a good week. Do you have a photo to share from this past week? Cycling-related or not, it's fine either way.

#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite