Went for a bike ride with friends and enjoyed it. Different bikes, abilities, and personalities didn’t stop us from connecting tonight. 10/10 recommended.

It’s not a conspiracy if it’s true.

Mother of the Year 1980

Bikeshare is a wonderful thing

If you answered yes... we are not friends

@sundance.bikesky.social can show you how to make your own DIY version for a lot cheaper www.instructables.com/LaneSaber/

The ebike community:

After joining BlueSky in May of 2023 and posting a few times (46k times 😬) this account has passed 8,000 followers. Roughly 90 school busses if you do the math… There’s no mission statement, no grand purpose, no long term plan. I’m just here to support your journey on two wheels. Happy trails!

Saving turtles is easier on a bike.

You can just let your son name the family bike “Happyface”. No one will tell you this, but you can just do it

Can you believe what passes for bike infrastructure out here?

bike partyyyyy

We're not doing stupid or insane shit. We're not goading people into being angry. We are doing things - taking the lane, using a lane saber - to keep ourselves safe and ensure drivers follow the law. Drivers getting angry is a DRIVER problem. Drivers acting on that anger is a DRIVER problem.

This morning’s rollercoaster of positivity (from you all 🫂 ) and negativity (Reddit) really had me mixed up inside. I really appreciate your support for the LaneSaber project. To clear my head I went for a Mtb ride with friends. Fixed everything. 10/10 Truckee trails.

the trouble isnt "good" drivers who will move out and pass accordingly. If those were all that needed to be considered this wouldnt be needed. 3ft is safe for all cyclists. Full stop.

Even though I’ve got thick skin for online comments, my real world skin is quite thin. Falling from my bike after a close pass from a car is something I’d like to avoid. If drivers get angry, fine. If I’m seen as obnoxious, fine. If it makes people slow down and not pass so close, also fine.

It is legal My research for LaneSaber has revealed that as long as it’s highly visible, there isn’t an issue. The free design and the Etsy page linked to my top pinned post help you build a bicycle safety flag that will increase your safety Now built with LEDs it’s just as effective at night

Mechanics from the Dutch telecom department PTT on their tandem cargo tricycle. The Netherlands - Amsterdam, 1940 (WW2) www.reddit.com/r/CargoBike/...

Safe travels and happy trails!

FML

@sundance.bikesky.social on a sticker... 😀 #bikesky

Whoops… Well that’s one way to test If the battery runs all night. Went into there garage this morning and it was quite pretty on the work bench.

Do you think Nancy will like it? A kind older woman who rides a trike reached out on Etsy to see if I could make a custom rainbow LaneSaber. This will slip into a small pipe on her rear rack so it easily detaches. No kickstand needed. Paired with a USB pack it’s very simple to operate.

And when you ask the manager they will tell you to contact the property owner passing the problem off. Then straight faced, they will look to their colleagues getting groceries for those delivery to your car situations where they claimed a bunch of parking spots just for their most valued customers

Bike rides home after dinner in the Market that combine Blue Hour and crossing the Canal? Sure okay, here ya go then.

@sundance.bikesky.social How about this for your next visit to NL? www.linkedin.com/posts/merel-...

#11. That riding a bike is way more fun than driving. Especially if there are more cyclists and less drivers on the road.

Mood: rage baiting old men in new trucks by driving the speed limit.

One of the biggest joy-killers of US cycling infrastructure is how narrow it is. Forcing everyone into a single-file line ruins the experience. Cycling is social, and our paths need to be wide enough to actually enable that.

Happy Father’s Day to all those pedaling a little bit harder today on those family rides. Those kids get tired. It’s a pleasure to help push them up that little hill.

Santa Cruz sucks to ride a bike in. I think my grumbling is justified.

"The pedestrian/cyclist just came out of nowhere!" Babe, if you were doing 30mph, 30 seconds ago you were a quarter of a mile away - if anyone came out of nowhere, it's you.

✅ Sealed bearings opened, cleaned, and repacked with grease (pivots & headset) ✅ Fork and Shock opened and prepped for rebuild ✅ Dropper post revived from the dead ✅ Replacement brake pads, grips, pedals, 24” wheel set, jockey wheels, and tires ✅ Shift housing and cable replaced

We also need to have a more honest conversation about how driving, no matter how useful to the person doing it, imposes harms onto other people. Until we try to reduce those harms as much as possible, it’s not clear how we’re going to take the steps needed to create a safer, healthier country 8/10

We argue that this fits squarely into an emerging body of research that all points the same way: car culture and motonormativity are so entrenched, it's too late for information and incentives to make the difference. 'Hard' measures are needed if we want to get serious about reducing car harms 7/10

Well the Tour De France is almost on us again. I'm sure for most of us the next three weeks will be like this. Not my vid, but it's wonderful youtu.be/CI7T2iuGjjc?...

France, we salute you! This should be across France but also standard across the world. The UK could introduce this and it would have a noticeable positive impact on driving deaths and injuries. It would also reduce insurance premiums for those of us who can drive without touching our phone.

“I really wonder what gives us the right to wreck this poor planet of ours.” — Kurt Vonnegut

I’m tired of justifying Star Wars The Clone Wars to family and friends as a valuable piece of media. It starts rough but it grew past its original concept. The story covers complex subjects like PTSD, Love, Death, and Bodily Autonomy. It’s wonderful

In a pinch, you can run your bike tires backwards just like Ferris Bueller for an extra bit of life.

Riding today with some new friends reminded me why I love biking so much. We had 4 different bodies, 4 different abilities, 4 different bikes, but we all shared one great experience. It doesn’t have to be fast or far, it’s always better together.

Probably still build, repair, and electrify bikes for people. My services would be more co-op based with an emphasis on collaborative working together for bike literacy.

Drivers: I hate that cyclist Humans: I hate your truck

Weird how any negative framing of our auto culture is automatically anti-car & radical yet the billions of dollars spent on aggressive car ads and auto first infrastructure isn't framed as anti-pedestrian, anti-bike, anti-transit, anti-person, anti-senior, anti-child or anti-planet.

“Kids these days are so lazy, we didn’t need e-bikes to ride to school!” Ok gramps, I don’t think your dad needed 5000lb trophy to capitalism to get to the corner shop either.

One nice thing about driving is being able to pick up hitchhikers. In the last few months I’ve found a few folks needing a lift. While possible on my cargo bike, it’s much easier in a car. Poor lady today was having a rough go of it. Wet, lost, shoeless and trying to get away from something. 🍀

Ya totally agree. Cars and SUVsare just the most silly thing people can spend their leisure time on. Like how fun can it really be to always spend more money each month just so you can sustain some silly traffic hobby.

Some folks will tell you they have hobbies but then it turns out they’re just transportation enthusiasts.

I’d love to post some signs like this with pedestrian fatality rates for different vehicle impact speeds around my neighborhood for the drivers to see. I don’t think anyone will be able to read ‘em going that fast …