September Bike Bureau report: 2174 people parked in bike lanes
u/loudbicycle — 11 days ago
r/bikecommuting
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An other good reason to commute by bike
This is the Netherlands, Hitland, a little piece of nature near Gouda
u/I-Am-Baldy — 11 days ago
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10 miles away from home, bunch of thorns in the rear, love it here guys.
u/Dumbass9187 — 11 days ago
Di2 Conversion of Apollo Ti
Got the Apollo Ti last winter as a bad weather bike, mostly for commuting (35mi round trip three-ish times a week), and have put several hundred miles on it. But I couldn't stand the janky mechanical/hydraulic brakes, terrible ergonomics on the drops, and the ugly aesthetics of the shifting cable coming out the side of the right drop. It kind of ruined the bike for me since my other bikes (traditional drivetrains) are all internally routed cables and super tidy cockpits.
My local bike shop mentioned there's a di2 version of the Alfine 11spd hub, which got me thinking about a conversion to GRX. Finally decided to do it when I saw a clearance on GRX 11spd brakes/hoods, and went down the rabbit hole. Photos show the final product. Happy to give a parts list if any of is interested. Ended up costing roughly $850, not including bike shop labor to rebuild the wheel with the new hub and so on.
u/seinberg — 11 days ago
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Is tubeless right for me? Plus other questions.
Title I'm about to go on a year of being car free, started out with a trek fx1 gen 4 running shwabble marathon greens, loved the commuting and always wanted to do trails and bikepacking.
After 6 months of looking and figuring out what I wanted, I landed on my next upgrade, a Primos dame. So far I've been loving it, but since then I've been venturing farther out, and now that I have fatter tires and starting to hit trails and have been running into flats.
Originally it came with Continental terra hard pack 50mm tires, supposedly it has tread protection, but it's rubber is very malleable so I doubt it, after getting a flat and walking 6 miles home, I bought my first pair of armored tires for the Primos, a pair of Surly extra terrestrials.
Went on a 10 mile ride to the mountains, just when I got there I noticed a bunch of thorns in the front and rear and both tires fully deflated. 5 hours, patching, finding holes, putting back on the wheel, turns out there was another hole, and it's flat again, rinse and repeat. I'm done with tubes.
Is tubeless right for me? I'm 100% car free in LA county and ride pretty much everywhere.
If so, what's the best sealant? Anything I should know before installing?
u/Dumbass9187 — 10 days ago
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What kind of basket for this type of rear rack?
I just bought this bike and it came with this rear rack. I ordered a basket from amazon to put on the back, but it seemed to be expecting a type of rack with holes in it that you can put screws into so you can mount it. As shown in the photos, this doesn't have those kinds of holes.
It instead has a spring-type mechanism that seems to be designed to keep its payload on via friction. What kind of basket should I look for online to work with this type of rack?
u/danzmangg — 11 days ago
Best lights in bulk
What are the best, cheap bike lights you can buy in bulk?
I'm looking to buy as many lights as I can to give away to any riders who need them. Ideally, they'd be water-resistant and rechargable.
u/njslacker — 10 days ago
DIY front light
Here is my diffused wide angle “work light”, 10w, about 1000lm, Temu dimmer / flasher unit, 10x 1.2v Nimh AA cells in my frame bag, mounted with GoPro system. Good for daytime and night.
u/Narrow-Economist-795 — 13 days ago