Today, I'm feeling a bit bad about myself. I'm new to cycling, and to be quite honest, I was going too recklessly and almost got myself hit by a car or two. I could absolutely learn how to check my turns better.

What are your favorite tips for learning how to cycle safely in the city?

Does anyone have any experience with these?

Just starting to bike commute and looking for a way to carry my pocket essentials. What's your favorite way to carry?

Crossgeposted von: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/432318

Hi everyone!

If anyone of you is interested in Bromptons, we are starting a small space for you and your stories over at !brompton@discuss.tchncs.de

Hope to see some of you there!
Keep on riding.

Commuting 20 miles with my boombox to have a party with my extended family! I'm bringing cold drinks in my basket and the music on my rear rack (I have 2 smaller speakers in my pannier too).

About three years ago I upgraded from a cheap MTB bike to an upright dutch-inspired urban bike.

For the equivalent of about $300 USD on sale, I got an aluminium frame, front and rear mudguards, internal 7-speed hub, extended handlebars, and all-weather rollerbrakes. They're nowhere near as powerful as diskbrakes, but they do the job.

The pie chart data is from a bike expenses spreadsheet I keep, was surprised actually to find out how little I've spent on maintenance, in comparison to completely optional accessories for the bike...

About my previous and current commuter

My cheap MTB had served me well for 4 years prior, despite being a bit neglected in the maintenance department. Don't get me wrong - there was chain cleaning and re-lubing after wet weather, replacing diskbrake pads and all that stuff, but it wasn't perfect and sometimes it was just plain tedious to do.

The upgrade made a lot of sense at the time, and after 3 years of owning the Dutch-inspired bike I've not needed to do much maintenance at all. However, it's a little difficult to get parts for the bike outside of the Netherlands, worsened slightly by the original retailer no longer selling consumables such as the rollerbrake grease and internal gear grease. Despite that the bike has been rock solid, still shifts and stops like new. I'll need to give the internal hub an oil bath at some point though - not looking forward to that...

Hi! I've previously been posting my experiences about bicycling in Germany on occasion on the now very unpleasant site beginning with R. Now that I've abandoned that site I thought I should post my stuff on here from now on.

In this picture I am presenting you my trusty steed currently clocking in at around 14000km on its frame. Having undergone various modifications (most of them being unnecessary luxuries but neat nonetheless) I see myself pressured to finally bestow a fitting name upon this hard-working aluminium donkey.

I'm sure you can come up with a fitting name!

Nobody will ever convince me that this is not pronounced "Bike-ee town".

It’s awesome to see these stations filled up around town and neighborhoods. Wishing this system and the communities who use them the best of luck!

This one is out side of Humble Sea Brewing. Right next to the rail trail is a great way to encourage safer transportation.

Great video from Tom Babin about bike racks

I was shocked on my commute to work last week when a couple blocks worth of bike lane had broken glass strewn about.

I just can't stop wondering if it was on purpose you know? Normally cars are parked or pedestrians are walking in the bike lane so it seems counter intuitive if it was on purpose.

I mean all winter people were shovelling snow directly into the bike lanes so I'm pretty pessimistic at this point.

I love commuting by bike! I just wish it felt safer.

I've never had an ebike before and don't really know where I should start. I'm looking for something practical and hopefully not too expensive.

1000w LvH Bullitt. SRAM Code brakes and Cane Creek Visco headset upgrades.

It’s so fun to ride with the kids to school and then on into the office. So lucky to still have this opportunity.

Smiles per miles at maximum.

I have just started bike commuting again. I drive to the train station, take my bike on the train and then have a 4 mile commute on my bike once I get off the train. It's mostly downhill on the way into work, which is nice because I don't get too sweaty, but that means it's mostly uphill on the way home.

I'd love to bike the whole way, but it is 18 miles and 36 miles in a day would be too long for me at this point.

BMC Alpenchallenge Road 1 with Herkelmann Wingees Fender/Rack combo and Lupine lighting.

I sort of created a system where the tiny bag in the front will contain my personal stuff like phone charger, water bottle, wallet, earphones, etc.

The first bag in the back contains the tech stuff like laptop, audio interface, and microphones (if any), and the larger bag contains the heavy lifting stuff like the cables, smaller table mic stands I can fit inside it, duct tape, scissors, AC/DC adapters and so on.

Last time I did 20km each way on it, and although I got home pretty tired, it also felt super rewarding as well.

Its a RadWagon 4 that I bought last year to haul my kiddo around (before he was even born lol). The bike's name is Clementino.

I found the berry flat on the side of the road and then zap strapped it to the front for extra grocery carrying capacity. Its a beast of a bike for sure, but hopefully not too ugly 😄

Won't have any trouble with bumpy roads riding on these cushions. At first, I thought it was electrified.

My single speed: spot

Boston has always been a confusing city for transit. Recently, in an effort to improve the Somerville region of the city, the construction group extending the green line completed work on a walking and biking path that follows the green line's tracks, connecting the Magoun Square area, through to the new stations at Gilman Square, East Somerville, and Lechmere.

The most significant part of the new extension is that it takes pedestrians and cyclists past two major obstacles of the area; the MacGrath Highway, a four-lane road with high-speed traffic, scant crossings, and a history of cyclist deaths, and the "Inner Belt" area, a network of blocked-off rail tracks for the railways coming from North Station.

The community path's new end destination at Lechmere takes pathgoers through Cambridge Crossing, a rising center that runs many outdoor events, through to connections that take people across the Charles River Dam into downtown, or through North Point Park and the pedestrian North Bank Bridge to reach Charlestown and the Navy Shipyard.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.perthchat.org/post/321128

I have tried: taping them together, hot glueing them together and ziptying it right to the frame to prevent jiggle.

All have failed.

Right now, when I reconnect them and apply pressure, I can't even get the engine to turn on anymore. But the speedometer still works and that signal is sent through the engine cable too.

Recently, sometimes the engine rear wheel barely rolls when I roll the bike backwards.

There are no ebike repair stores in my city.