u/Show_Kitchen

Title. I’m basically a single issue voter for bike lanes, so if any candidates are reading this you have a fast-track for my vote. 🗳️

After being out of the loop for a while, I’ve been reading all the backlash against flock, but from what I understand if you are a cyclist or pedestrian your data isn’t logged.

But if you’re a victim of a hit and run the police and your lawyer can query Flock to find the vehicle.

It really just seems like motorist hysteria over potentially being held accountable.

And as for “Orwellian police state tracking” claims, well we already give up cell data and cameras are everywhere. Seems weird to draw the line at cameras that exclusively track cars.

Or is there something I’m missing?

Hi,

I want to commute more with my pugs, so I’m thinking 29er wheels on 2.1 tires. The commute is 13 miles paved and flat.

Proper offset rims for the 17.5mm dish are hard to find but since it’s for paved commuting I figure I can get away with it.

So I was wondering if anybody can hook me up with a rim/hub/spoke combo that works and is readily available through Q or some other online source so I don’t have to fiddle with the spoke calculation.

Or if you can recommend a heavily offset rim and a good spoke calculator that’d be cool too.

Thanks

We want to take the train from Chicago to Michigan and have a car-free vacation. Anybody ever done this? We have 2 small kids and we mainly just want to stroll to the beach and hit up some cute shops, maybe a kids museum if it rains.

Hi! I’m thinking of putting a White Industries Dos freewheel with a 16/18 combo on my commuter, but wanted to ask the hive mind first. Any thoughts?

I want to see a Larry v Harry close-up and compare it to my current cargo bike. Any shops with one in stock?

From experience I can tell you being a teenager in the city is really hard. Everyone is out to get you and automatically assumes the worst, plus there’s nowhere to hang out.

Also it’s good to encourage youth cycling and being social in public. The 606 is a shared, safe place for youngsters and should stay that way. Yadda yadda.

With all that said, man, I’m just trying to get home to my family without breaking my arm. These gd kids have way too much confidence and like 0.001% control. No skill, no awareness, just blind trust that we’ll all look out for them.

And that’s the end of my old-fart rant.

Personally, my driving habits are pretty inelastic b/c I only drive when it’s necessary and there are no other options, so my number is about $20/gallon. The current $5/6 per gallon really doesn’t seem too bad to me.

What about the rest of you?