https://nitter.net/ZachRunsThings/status/1699131351037886867#m
Nitter link so you dont need to open Xitter
How Hard Is Lacing A Wheel, Really?
At the beginning of the season I bought a beautiful teal 1988 Trek 1000 and have been riding the hell out of it. Unfortunately all that riding has come at a price, Ive ruined two rear wheels(rims) over the span of a few months.
I know I can tuck my tail and head back into the shop to have them lace me up a new wheel (they got me back on the road for a good price the first time) but I'd like to take a stab at building a wheel myself.
So my question, how hard is it to build a wheel?
- I've watched the park tools wheel building and truing videos and I'm sure they make it look easier than it really is.
- There's a few shops around me that do "open shop" hours a few times a week that i plan on taking advantage of if i actually do this.
- I also looked at just getting a new wheelset but then discovered the freewheel vs cassette change and the old hub width is the old 126mm standard and decided it might be easier if i just learned to lace a wheel and put a new rim on.
(I guess I'm actually just looking for some encouragement, tips)
I really enjoyed the Sweet Roll I joined in July, their next ride is coming up latter this month and I can't wait to see what they have planned this time around. I still have dreams about the almond croissant from Bitter Sweet.
BFF starts up their fall brewery rides later this month(the 22nd) as well, I'm going to try to make it to at least one of these before it gets too cold! (https://www.bffbikes.com/events/9/22/september-22-brewery-crawl)
I'll be posting about both again as they get closer.
Casual Chat | 100+ Subscribers!
We're about 3 months into this little experiment and we recently passed 100!
I think I'm going to play with having one of these chat threads pinned to the top and rotate them out every month or so depending on reception. Passing 100 seems like a good excuse to try this.
I'd love for folks to drop in and say hi, and maybe share a ride you enjoyed over the summer!
Tour De Grid | Bike Grid Now | Saturday, Sept 9th
See you at wicker park (Schiller and Damen) for a taste of the grid!
Tour De Grid 09/09/2023 10:00am
See you at wicker park (Schiller and Damen) for a taste of the grid!
Logan Square Bike Jam | Bike Grid Now | Sunday 5:30pm
RESCHEDULED TO THE 27th! Robust community inputters! We are tired of the City drawing up plans that don’t do enough to protect vulnerable road users. Even worse? When they consider it and toss out protected lanes because…parking? It’s challenging? Unacceptable! It’s time to jam it up. The city is de...
RESCHEDULED TO THE 27th!
Robust community inputters! We are tired of the City drawing up plans that don’t do enough to protect vulnerable road users.
Even worse? When they consider it and toss out protected lanes because…parking? It’s challenging?
Unacceptable! It’s time to jam it up.
The others said everything I would have. Ill add the bike lane on dearborn is a lot of fun for riding through downtown.
Be sure to checkout [email protected] I have a decent list of resources in the side bar, including the offical bike maps and the popular Mellow Streets Map.
Happy riding!
I said "now" but it looks like they've been active since July 🤷♂️
I only found them yesterday
'Chicago Bike Sox' is now on Mastodon!
11 Posts, 3 Following, 14 Followers · Let's ride to the game
Glad to see more folks coming over to The Fedi! Show them some ❤and give 'em a follow.
I've also added their account to the sidebar for future reference.
Thanks! Good catch, I tried to do an image with a link but it looks like Lemmy didn't like that. I updated the post to use the link.
Chicago Group Rides - A new group ride list from the fine folks at Half Acre Cycling
One of the HAC team members shared this great resource to #bikeChi on Mastodon so I wanted to share it here. I've also added it to the sidebar for future reference.
If you want a good sense of how bad it is in the states here are two episodes of Freakomomics that do a job of exposing the issue.
"The Perfect Crime": https://freakonomics.com/podcast/the-perfect-crime/ (From 2014)
Then a follow-up episode: "Why Is the U.S. So Good at Killing Pedestrians?": https://freakonomics.com/podcast/why-is-the-u-s-so-good-at-killing-pedestrians/ (from July 2023)
You’re a Cyclist Who Was Just Struck by a Car Driver. Here’s Why It Was Your Fault
McSweeney's bringing some hard truths with this one. We could all be doing better.
>You forgot to go back in time and tell people that subsidizing the oil industry might be a bad idea. When the oil and auto industries teamed up to bend public policy to their will, making a system of roads and parking lots that now function as a continuous subsidy and magnificent symbol of the normalization of injury and pollution, you had a lot of options. You could have objected. You could have shifted public opinion. Instead, you weren’t even born yet. And, rather than go back in time, all you’ve been doing is riding to get groceries and occasionally saying, “Please stop killing us.” On the effort scale? 1/10.
Save A Lot locations under the ownership of a company called Yellow Banana have opened on the South Side and the West Side. Save A Lot locations have closed unexpectedly, and Yellow Banana owners have acknowledged poor store conditions and expired foods. A location closed briefly in 2022 due to a rat infestation.
Not a day goes by I don't appreciate being walking distance from a Pete's.
Damn this blew up! (I removed the comments with the really annoying/over-the-top emotes. )
Had a Great Time at Streets Calling Night Ride Last Night!
My first Street Calling Ride!
This ride was a lot of fun, I loved riding through the city at night with a big crowd. The turnout was great, I'd say there was over 100 riders at one point. The pace was faster than a Critical Mass ride so that was fun (~9mph). They encourage folks to bring speakers so there was plenty of music to keep the "vibes high", I even saw a few folks I recognized from CM.
I'm definitely going to have to catch another one of these, and may even try to join one of their other rides.
Would recommend.
Im not pretending to be an expert in city planning but lowering the default limit seems like a good place to start.
People still driving crazy? Advocate for a camera(both replies i got said it was the only way it’s enforced and I agree, and lets not bring a cop with a gun into every speeding violation), or for traffic calming devices(speed bumps, narrowing streets with bollards, etc) . If you make it harder to speed on side streets people are going to go back to the thoroughfares as it should be and enforcing those lower limits elsewhere becomes less of an issue.
I’m just spitballing.
SCOTTS VALLEY, CA—Relying on his training in the heat of the moment, local police officer Victor Gerard reportedly played dead Thursday to get out of confronting an active school shooter. “You all go ahead—I’m dying,” Gerard said when he was selected to be part of a small team of armed cops that wou...
Ive been thinking about the city speed limit since that report came out in June. 30 absolutely too high, it should really be 25 or even 20, especially on residential streets.
Chicago ranked 161st out of 163 big cities and scored a seven out of 100. Speed limits tanked the city’s bikeability. The report’s analysis considers streets with a 30 mph speed limit — a standard for most Chicago streets — or higher as unsafe for cycling.
“The person who wrote the People For Bikes report told Streetsblog last year that if Chicago had a 25 mph speed limit, we would shoot up to being the 15th best city in the U.S. in their rankings.”
The Federal Highway Administration has found that a car traveling 30 mph that hits a pedestrian has a 45% chance of killing or seriously injuring them, while at 20 mph, the likelihood of death drops to 5%
I'm starting to think this may be a weekly ride.
I mixed up the times last week and got there an hour early so I just went back home... I plan to actually get there at the correct time tomorrow to participate.
Streets Calling Night Ride | Thursday, Aug 10, 7:30pm
From their insta:
>This Thursday catch us for another night ride that will end at @bartwentytwochicago !
>Meet up: 7:30pm McCormick Place (2301 S King Drive) Ride out: 8pm End: @bartwentytwochicago (2244 S Michigan Ave)
I've been thinking about this comment a lot recently. I appreciate the perspective, the "leftist" affiliation hadn't initially bothered me (my people) but I can see why folks might be hesitant about it, and I think this conversation could be important if we want to keep growing.
One of the best parts about the fediverse is we can host this community anywhere, and you don't necessarily need to create an account on midwest.social to interact and participate so folks have the option to ignore the rest of the server.
I appreciate the fact that both /c/Chicago and /c/Chibike are on a regional server catering to the Midwest but I'd go where the community is.
Sad to see these guys are closing their doors. Apparently they never bounced back post COVID, too bad, I enjoyed most of their offerings that I've tried.
Maybe I should be drinking more beer, you know to save the local economy... 🤷
Founder Dave Dahl said the brewery "never rebounded from the pandemic" and will close Sept. 3.
BFF Bike's August Endurance Ride | Sunday, Aug 13th
This is our fastest (and funnest??!!) level of group ride. Our mechanic & aspiring pro-triathlete, Fiona, will lead this ride. 30-50 miles, at 16-18mph pace.
Its that time of the month again, BFF's monthly endurance ride is happening this Sunday. Meet at the shop at 8:30am!
Last month we went down to Wolf Lake and back, 53 miles round trip, at a 15.4mph average. They haven't stated which route they're taking this time, I'll update this if I see a route get posted.
I can't recommend this ride enough for folks interested in group road rides, its a great casual introduction to the hobby.
See you there 🚴
Bike Sox Tuesday Tailgate vs. New York Yankees | Tuesday, Aug 8th
> ride @ 5:15 in the loop meet @ 6:00 at the racks Join us in Section 103 Marz Beer at the racks to get the party started
More Information and link to tickets on their site: https://chicagobikesox.com/
This is so stupid.
Im an avid siri user, yeah it doesnt get it right all the time but its super useful for homekit and helpful in the kitchen. I couldn’t imagine them just abandoning it without introducing an alternative.
>If you want to run a railroad, you should be on it. These fat-cat elites are far removed from the real life of public transportation. The biggies are too busy, their matters too important, to bother with the CTA. They have no clue about what it’s like to search for safety on a train car as the thieves and miscreants prey on riders. They don’t face the fear of standing in a bus shelter, alone at night, waiting for the ghost bus that never comes.
Amen.
I haven't done any Streets Callings rides but I might make this one my first. Looks like they get a decent crowd, and night rides through the city are fantastic.
Streets Calling | Night Ride | Aug 3rd, 7:30pm
From their instagram post: >This Thursday, join us for another night ride that will end at tribechi ! >Meet Up: 7:30pm McCormick Place (2301 S King Drive) Ride out: 8pm End: tribechi (1239 W Lake Street) Bike Marshals will be available to take riders back to McCormick
https://www.instagram.com/p/CvaNEu7rOwc/
“What this tells us is that voters see DeSantis as the sort of guy who could really just spend a whole evening nursing a Heineken alone in a dark corner of a bar"
Finally! A candidate I can relate with.
WASHINGTON—According to a poll released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center, 83% of voters think of Ron DeSantis as the presidential candidate they could most imagine drinking a beer alone. “We surveyed over a thousand likely voters and found that out of every Republican seeking the nomination, Gov. ...
Cresco Labs and Columbia Care announced Monday the termination of a merger that was originally struck in 2022.
> The merger would have created the nation’s largest cannabis firm...
> ...Cresco Labs is the largest wholesaler of branded cannabis products in the U.S. It operates dispensaries in seven states, including 10 retail locations and three cultivation labs in Illinois.
>Columbia Care is one of the original multi-state providers of medical cannabis in the U.S. It operates 126 facilities, including 94 dispensaries and 32 cultivation and manufacturing facilities.
I've been a little out of touch with the news in the Illinois marker and didn't realize this was even slated to happen. Great that it didn't though, consolidation is never good for consumers.
Would you be interested in hosting these? We can make sure they're pinned to the top.
Maybe we can start with monthly threads, I think conversation would admittedly be a little sparse on a weekly thread. I do think having a place to chat informally would be a great addition to the community though!
Tomorrow Is Listening | A live 24hr Broadcast by Lumpen Radio and International Anthem | Friday Midnight - Midnight
Lumpen Radio and International Anthem are doing a really interesting 24hr broadcast on Lumpen featuring some local (and not) heavyweights, like Star Creature and Numero, starting tonight at midnight and ending with a live preference by two local jazz giants; Damon Locks and Rob Mazurek, tomorrow night at 9.
Some local record shops will also be broadcasting it in store as well( including, 606, pinwheel, reckless, and more)
Should be a good listen 📻
From the email: >TOMORROW IS LISTENING will be available on terrestrial FM radio in the Chicago area via Lumpen Radio (105.5 FM); but more importantly, we have a growing list of independent record shops across the globe who will be tuning in. That means: you can properly participate in this special day by leaving your solo reality tunnel, heading out IRL and listening to this broadcast in the community of friends and fellow music lovers at the cultural/communal sanctuary of your local record shop. The list of shops who will be tuned to the broadcast gets bigger by the minute.
Critical Mass Tomorrow | July 28th, 6pm | Daley Plaza
It sounds like the plan is to keep the ride short and cool down after with a dip in the lake so come prepared 🏊
It's gonna be a hot one tomorrow! The high is going to be around 100 at 3pm and it will likely still be in the mid-to-high 90s when we roll, stay safe, stay hydrated!