▲ 135 r/coquitlam
My neighbour's front yard a couple minutes ago
He was nervously looking for mama as he got out of his car!
Near Rochester elementary.
u/Two_wheels_2112 — 5 days ago
u/Two_wheels_2112
Cypress pop-up access by bike?
The information on BC Parks and Hub websites isn't clear about exactly where the road closure for cyclists starts. The parks site says the construction starts at the works yard, but it doesn't say if that's where the closure starts. It just says "Cypress Bowl Rd" is closed.
Does anyone know if you can ride to the Cypress Village pop-up café that's across from the works yard?
u/Two_wheels_2112 — 18 days ago
▲ 37 r/richmondbc
https://www.richmond-news.com/local-news/richmond-residents-face-recycling-audits-after-contamination-spike-12519641
This is completely unsurprising, because people are morons. Look at any public trash receptacle with multiple streams and you'll find garbage and organics in the recyclable bin and non-organics in the organic stream. The other day I saw a bin very clearly marked "used charcoal only" and, sure enough, there was a whole bunch of non-used-charcoal crap in it.
u/Two_wheels_2112 — 1 month ago
▲ 29 r/specialized
Crux on the Sea-to-Sky trail, near Whistler BC
My friend and I rode the Sea-to-sky trail from Pemberton to Whistler, BC on Sunday. There are some very brief sections on road and some longer sections on forest service roads, but the bulk of the route is single track. It's not too technical, but there are a few sections that proved too steep to ride with 38/42 gearing at my skill and fitness level. I think it would qualify as "underbiking," especially on some of the steep descents.
Bike: 2022 Crux built with Campagnolo Ekar, Campagnolo Levante wheels, Roval Terra carbon bars. Rolling on the stock Pathfinder Pro tires.
u/Two_wheels_2112 — 2 months ago
▲ 228 r/Rottweiler
Sitting a Rottie - looking for enrichment ideas
My wife and I are dogsitting our neighbour's 3yo Rottie, Lilly, for 3 weeks.
She hasn't been leash trained very well, because when she started showing some reactivity her people pulled back on walking her, relying on dog daycare for her exercise needs.
She has a strong guarding instinct (obviously!), which can make her intimidating (we are sitting her because a Rover sitter pulled out with just a few days' notice because he was a bit scared of her), but as you can see from the photo, she's very chill once she knows you.
We're looking for some good enrichment activities for Rotties that we can do over the next few weeks. What do your Rotties love to do? We've got a harness with a backpack that our AmStaff used (RIP Bella) that we were going to load with some weight so we could give her a job.
u/Two_wheels_2112 — 2 months ago
▲ 1 r/cycling
WWYD: Wax these new chains, or go back to oil-based lube? I promise this is different than the 300 other waxing posts in this sub.
Edit: the "wax" side is running away with this one! I'll stick with wax since I'm more likely to regret switching than the mild hassle of prepping the chains.
I have two bikes, both using hot wax. My "fun" bike will continue to be hot waxed.
This request for advice applies to my commuting bike, a Soma DoubleCross with Rival 1x11. The two chains I've been rotating are worn and in need of replacement. New chains just arrived. I'm trying to decide if I should go to the effort of stripping these chains and waxing, or if I should just go back to an oil-based lube. (I have a nearly full bottle of Silca Synergetic that I bought not long before switching to wax.)
This normally wouldn't be a conundrum for me, because I'm all-in on wax, but I am retiring in 3 months. Once I retire, the commute bike will see much less use.
I hate the gunky drivetrain you get with oil lubes, but that problem is much worse in wet weather and our summers here are decently dry. Once I'm no longer commuting, this bike is likely to see more action when it's too wet for the pretty bike, in which case both oil and wax suck but for different reasons.
The bikes have completely different drivetrains, so there is no risk of cross contamination (as long as I'm not an idiot and drop an oiled chain in the wax pot).
WWYD?
u/Two_wheels_2112 — 3 months ago
▲ 113 r/richmondbc
Per Google Maps, there are five crashes on the East-West connector right now
What the heck, people? Is this a record?
u/Two_wheels_2112 — 3 months ago