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The Bicycle Thread - March 2023
March 2, 2023 | The Bicycle Thread

Posted on 03/01/2023 10:18:56 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper

Welcome to The Bicycle Thread. A monthly PING List for bicycle enthusiasts to share experiences, information and ideas. 🚴‍♂️👍


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Hobbies; Sports
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1 posted on 03/01/2023 10:18:56 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: KC_Lion; daniel1212; Bartholomew Roberts; IronJack; A Cyrenian; sphinx; DainBramage; ...
The Bicycle Thread PING! 🚴‍♂️👍

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2 posted on 03/01/2023 10:20:42 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Ping me.

I bought a trailer for my bike, because carrying stuff on a bike is too hard of work. Works amazingly well.


3 posted on 03/01/2023 10:22:10 PM PST by Jonty30 (THE URGE TO SAVE THE WORLD IS ALMOST ALWAYS AN URGE TO RULE IT)
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To: Jonty30

I used to carry a 40 pound bag of dog food on my shoulder while riding a bike.


4 posted on 03/01/2023 10:37:50 PM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: gundog

My fully loaded trailer weighs about 80lbs, because I carry everything I need work in it.

I tried to carry it on my body and it was sooo heavy. I felt like a coal mining slave, all hunched over.


5 posted on 03/01/2023 10:41:22 PM PST by Jonty30 (THE URGE TO SAVE THE WORLD IS ALMOST ALWAYS AN URGE TO RULE IT)
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To: Jonty30

They make some serious load-bearing gear for tools, but 80 pounds is a lot.


6 posted on 03/01/2023 10:47:52 PM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: gundog

I don’t carry tools.
I carry my backpack, with all my electronics.
A carry bag for my thermoses.
A couple of 2” binders full of paper.
And my juice.

I could probably lighten the load a bit if I purposely became more efficient, but I would have to stop being so comfortable. :D


7 posted on 03/01/2023 10:49:32 PM PST by Jonty30 (THE URGE TO SAVE THE WORLD IS ALMOST ALWAYS AN URGE TO RULE IT)
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To: Berlin_Freeper; All
From yesterday, a shot with me new phone. Nothing fancy but I am happy with the camera.


Zoomed-in shot, original size: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52720267032_39c8507142_o.jpg

8 posted on 03/01/2023 10:52:08 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Jonty30
Welcome to The Bicycle Thread PING List Jonty30! 🚴‍♂️👏

Congrats on your new trailer. I definitely will be looking for one.

9 posted on 03/01/2023 10:54:22 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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10 of the best cities in the world to see while riding a bicycle By Forrest Brown, CNN
10 posted on 03/01/2023 10:58:46 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I checked with some homeless guys before buying one, because I wanted to know how much a pull a fully loaded trailer might have on my efforts to ride a bicycle. They told me that they’ve transported people before and it never slowed them down. So, that’s why I took a chance on getting one.


11 posted on 03/01/2023 11:36:59 PM PST by Jonty30 (THE URGE TO SAVE THE WORLD IS ALMOST ALWAYS AN URGE TO RULE IT)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

#AndMoreTimeForSoccer

12 posted on 03/02/2023 2:17:21 AM PST by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: bagster

Nice bike bagster.
Rode mine a wopping 3 miles today!
Feel like such a stud.
Did a lot of yelling around corners, just so everyone in the neighborhood knew I was out riding.


13 posted on 03/02/2023 2:37:28 AM PST by GranTorino (Bloody Lips Save Ships.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Rode 65 miles of Texas gravel roads around San Saba last weekend. Started out with 200 people then when the shorter and longer routes split off i found myself in the middle of nowhere for 25 miles never seeing another soul. Not a house, a truck, a dog….just some cows and me. 2500 feet elevation gains with some really cool vistas at the tops of big hills.


14 posted on 03/02/2023 2:43:06 AM PST by DainBramage
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To: Berlin_Freeper

That is a great picture, Berlin_Freeper - thank you for sharing it with us!


15 posted on 03/02/2023 3:08:33 AM PST by Ken522
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To: Jonty30
My fully loaded trailer weighs about 80lbs, because I carry everything I need work in it. I tried to carry it on my body and it was sooo heavy. I felt like a coal mining slave, all hunched over.

Like:


https://preparednessadvice.com/preppers-should-own-bikes/


https://www.campfirecycling.com/blog/2017/01/30/how-the-bicycle-won-the-vietnam-war

16 posted on 03/02/2023 3:53:40 AM PST by daniel1212 (Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned+destitute sinner, trust Him who saves, be baptized + follow Him!)
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To: Jonty30
......I bought a trailer for my bike, because .....

Any recommendations on type of trailers, I've seen alot of those trailers people buy for their kids to ride in, and I've seen a few man made trailers, both one wheel and two wheel types.

I'm dirt poor, I've always wanted to make a trailer that would hook to the back wheel axle, does any one know of a company or individual that makes custom axles for the back wheel and the hooks for the trailer to hook/clips onto the axles, I've seen on the Internet along time ago a company that does that but I've lost the link to the company.

17 posted on 03/02/2023 4:30:00 AM PST by ReformedBeckite (1 of 3 I'm only allowing my self each day)
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To: ReformedBeckite

Surly makes trailers and hitches, but their stuff is not inexpensive.


18 posted on 03/02/2023 5:46:52 AM PST by Disambiguator
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To: Disambiguator

Thanks for the reply, I checked out their web site, yes they are expensive I’ll probably never buy anything from them. But I filled out their email thing and snipped(Microsoft) a part of their home page and printed it and hung it on my bulletin board with the other thousands of pieces of paper to collect dust. I’ll probably never make a trailer, I’ve got a thousand irons in the fire with out much expendable money, and every time I lay down to sleep the years fly by, haha.


19 posted on 03/02/2023 6:37:13 AM PST by ReformedBeckite (1 of 3 I'm only allowing my self each day)
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To: bagster

I can see why you posted that your wife divorced you.

She wanted to be around normal people, whom you kept scarring away, Qtard.


20 posted on 03/02/2023 6:47:59 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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