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Subject: I like bikes... Posted by: biliruben - [461142511] Fri, Mar 05, 2010, 17:39 ...and you should too! I'm dying to get a ride on this one!  Building 7 - scoping out the latest conspiracy incognito:  Beer, Pizza and tunes!?! My dream ride.  | |||||||
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| 190 | Boldwin ID: 7228416 Mon, Mar 04, 2013, 19:33 | You can peddle your way to work. I'm not doin my daily 50 miles your 'common sense' way. | ||||||
| 191 | Tree ID: 20235418 Mon, Mar 04, 2013, 19:35 | i thought you weren't working... | ||||||
| 192 | Boldwin ID: 7228416 Mon, Mar 04, 2013, 19:37 | When I'm not posting here... | ||||||
| 193 | sarge33rd ID: 4609710 Mon, Mar 04, 2013, 19:39 |
re 190....you, are not reflective of the avg urban dweller, so it would be much appreciated if YOU began to acknowledge that other people may have other needs from your own. just sayin...you aint the end all be all. | ||||||
| 194 | Tree ID: 20235418 Mon, Mar 04, 2013, 19:54 | so now you are working. didn't you recently claim you weren't, and blamed others for your lack of employment? | ||||||
| 196 | Boldwin ID: 29255144 Thu, Mar 14, 2013, 14:19 | I'm underemployed, not unemployed, and gone Gault atm. | ||||||
| 197 | Mith ID: 4310402110 Thu, Mar 14, 2013, 14:20 |
Please do stop. You wouldn't even be welcome in the Gulch. | ||||||
| 198 | Mith ID: 4310402110 Thu, Mar 14, 2013, 14:23 |
Honestly underemployed and gone Galt? Have you even read the book? | ||||||
| 199 | biliruben ID: 21841115 Sat, May 11, 2013, 18:17 |
Very, very funny. | ||||||
| 200 | biliruben ID: 59551120 Sun, May 12, 2013, 12:29 | ...and the opposite effect. | ||||||
| 201 | Boldwin ID: 49471117 Sun, May 12, 2013, 15:45 | If you think having 2 tons of metal under you turns you into a terrible human being, try being a 'civil servant' with the power of the USA behind you. | ||||||
| 202 | Tree ID: 32459107 Sun, May 12, 2013, 16:50 |
200 was great bili, thanks. it would take a real jackass or maybe someone with low self worth to take a brief essay on something wonderful and the kindness of your fellow man, and turn it into something political. also makes you wonder what kind of person interprets the statement It’s not that people on bikes are inherently better people than people in cars into If you think having 2 tons of metal under you turns you into a terrible human being. | ||||||
| 203 | Frick ID: 432501512 Mon, May 13, 2013, 08:42 |
I blame cars that are virtually automated and getting more and more so. I heard a great story about parents who got their kid a manual transmission car to make him more aware when he was driving and to hopefully reduce his chances for texting while driving. For a more on topic question. Has anyone put street tires on a mountain bike? If so, any suggestions or recommendations. I don't plan on buying a road bike, so my old full suspension Cannondale is here to stay, but I would like to get rid of the loud hum from the downhill tires that are currently on it. Do they make 2.5" street tires, or should I get new rims as well? | ||||||
| 204 | biliruben ID: 21841115 Mon, May 13, 2013, 09:08 |
I don't have a mountain bike atm, so I can't give you specific advice, but they definitely have smoother options than knobby tires. Interestingly, the knobbies have less traction than slicks on pavement, even wet. Not as much surface area. I am guessing it's a pretty easy switch for under $50 bucks. I had a friend who used to race, both road and mountain, and his standard commuter was actually a mountain frame, with road handlebars and road rims and tires. You can pretty much do whatever you want, but you'd need to talk to a bike mechanic about how to make the switch specific to your frame. | ||||||
| 205 | Tree ID: 32459107 Mon, May 13, 2013, 09:26 |
I heard a great story about parents who got their kid a manual transmission car my parents made me learn on a stick because they felt that if i could drive a stick, i could drive a car, anywhere. if you rent a car in a foreign country, it could very well be a stick. just get a Surly, which is my dream bike... | ||||||
| 206 | biliruben ID: 21841115 Sat, Jun 08, 2013, 10:55 |
My next bike.  Gangbusters Bike mounts 13 shotguns, two revolvers, six bayonets, flare gun. | ||||||
| 207 | biliruben ID: 21841115 Sat, Jun 08, 2013, 11:01 |
The bicycle for conservatives. No wonder they hate them so. Those newfangled round wheels are for pinkos and hippies. | ||||||
| 208 | biliruben ID: 59551120 Sat, Jun 08, 2013, 11:35 | Yeah, I took my test on a stick. Almost all my cars and trucks have been manual transmission. Just more fun. | ||||||
| 209 | sarge33rd ID: 4609710 Tue, Jun 11, 2013, 14:34 |
Why Conservatives Hate Citi Bike So Much, in One Venn Diagram 
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| 210 | Tree ID: 9541110 Tue, Jun 11, 2013, 15:12 |
meanwhile, in good ol' Fort Worth Texas, largest city on one of the nation's most Conservative counties Tarrant, our new bike sharing program is rocking and rolling. in the first month of operation: Memberships purchased: 24-hour, 1,585; 7-day, 3; 30-day, 9; annual, 280. Trips: 3,550 Miles: 20,855 and Night Riders, our local twice-weekly beer-and-bike pub crawl group, installed a bike repair station at a local bar (down the street from me) called the Chat Room. it is fantastic living in a place with people intelligent enough to embrace their bikes. yes, the highways widen, but there are enough people here to understand the necessity and joy of bike travel. | ||||||
| 211 | boikin ID: 430211013 Tue, Jun 11, 2013, 16:13 | I wish those had been around when I was kid, you know what pain it was to try and put air in tire let alone tightening a bolt was? | ||||||
| 212 | Seattle Zen ID: 3310162612 Mon, Jul 01, 2013, 16:29 |
It's not the traffic jams, it's the parking... The Dutch Prize Their Pedal Power, but a Sea of Bikes Swamps Their Capital  Amsterdam is trying to keep its hordes of bikes under control. In a city of 800,000, there are 880,000 bicycles, the government estimates, four times the number of cars. In the past two decades, travel by bike has grown by 40 percent so that now about 32 percent of all trips within the city are by bike, compared with 22 percent by car. | ||||||
| 213 | Boldwin ID: 22840223 Sun, Sep 22, 2013, 04:40 |
Taken from the world's greatest blogger:A WAR ON FOOTBALL OVER HEAD INJURIES? Why not a war on bikes? Because bikes don’t embody scary masculinity.Instapundit | ||||||
| 214 | boikin ID: 430211013 Mon, Sep 23, 2013, 12:52 | I am pretty sure riding a bike is not more dangerous than playing football, but maybe I am wrong. | ||||||
| 215 | Tree ID: 317371816 Mon, Sep 23, 2013, 14:00 |
the author of that article apparently already had a brain injury... it was really difficult to read after the query "Why is it okay to get hurt or injured on a bike," because, of course, it's not really okay to get hurt or injured on a bike. accidents happen, whereas in football, the intent is to physically attack your opponent. it should also be noted that in the accident that the author used to apparently come up with her thesis, the cyclist was not killed by her bike, but rather by the van she collided with. what a baffling, incomprehensible argument that would only appeal to the most simple minded souls. | ||||||
| 216 | Biliruben ID: 358252515 Mon, Sep 23, 2013, 14:10 | That's they most bizarre, data-free nonsense I have read in months. I am now officially dumber than I was 10 minutes ago. I want a refund. | ||||||
| 217 | Perm Dude ID: 417342923 Mon, Sep 23, 2013, 14:10 | It is Instapundit, who never saw a government rule it didn't hate. | ||||||
| 218 | Frick ID: 432501512 Mon, Sep 23, 2013, 16:49 |
I wouldn't be surprised if bikes cause more injuries overall, but only because more people ride bikes then play football. There is also a problem with bikers not wearing helmets, and I've worn them for 20 years now, I still get lazy and don't put them on when I'm just coasting around the neighborhood with the kids. Which leads to the kids thinking they don't need a helmet. But, you should always wear a helmet. Having your head bounce off of the pavement without one, is probably going to lead to an injury. That being said, the only time I have cracked a helmet was when my bike landed on me after I went over the handle bars. The rear gears landed on the back of my head and without a helmet I would have had to have stitches at the very least. | ||||||
| 219 | sarge33rd ID: 3871221 Mon, Sep 23, 2013, 17:11 | It scares me to think, what we used to do on our bikes as kids, in shorts, t-shirt, tennis shoes and nuthin else. *shudder* | ||||||
| 220 | Biliruben ID: 358252515 Mon, Sep 23, 2013, 17:14 |
In general, biking is very safe. I helmet is needed about as much as for a pedestrian or a car driver. The exception is if you race or do extreme mountain biking or something. Or if you are a kid. Kids are just learning and fall a lot, and don't know yet how to minimize contact with their greatest danger- the automobile. I wear a helmet when I go downtown and mix it up in traffic, and I wear one when I'm near my boy, as a good example. So I pretty much always wear a helmet, even tho I think they project an incorrect notion that bikes aren't safe. | ||||||
| 221 | Seattle Zen ID: 3310162612 Mon, Sep 23, 2013, 17:49 | Bili - you paid a shit-ton of $$ for what's inside that skull, might as well protect it. | ||||||
| 222 | Biliruben ID: 358252515 Mon, Sep 23, 2013, 18:14 |
And one of the things I have in there is the ability to weigh and discern realitive risks. As soon as you where a helmet walking across 3rd and pine, I'll make wearing one on my bike a higher priority. The riskiest thing I do is get in my truck. | ||||||
| 223 | biliruben ID: 41431323 Tue, Sep 24, 2013, 06:59 | relative. wear. stupid phone. | ||||||
| 224 | Frick ID: 432501512 Tue, Sep 24, 2013, 08:34 |
I agree that biking is safe. But, outside of a small residential neighborhood with paved surfaces, I feel that a helmet is a smart option. While your head isn't any higher off of the ground then when walking, in general, you are typically moving at a much higher rate of speed. I would argue that any trail riding should be done in a helmet, not just racing or extreme mountain biking. When I cracked my helmet I was just crawling down a trail and got my front wheel wedged between two rocks, went sideways and catapulted me over the handle bars. If you are going to be doing extreme mountain biking, I would argue that you should wear a full faced helmet, not just a simple bike helmet. | ||||||
| 225 | Tree ID: 438482411 Tue, Sep 24, 2013, 12:57 |
And one of the things I have in there is the ability to weigh and discern relative risks. and while i won't argue this point. In general, biking is very safe. A helmet is needed about as much as for a pedestrian or a car driver. this however, i disagree with. generally speaking, pedestrians don't share the road with cars in the way bikes do. i don't trust other drivers. if a car hits me in my car, generally speaking, i am well protected. if a car hits me on my bike, i am considerably less protected, and a helmet may be the difference between continuing to have the ability to weigh and discern relative risks, and spending the rest of my life with the cognitive ability of a cucumber. car drivers often don't seem to have enough wherewithall to realize there may be a bike on their right as they attempt to make a right turn. | ||||||
| 226 | Biliruben ID: 358252515 Tue, Sep 24, 2013, 14:33 |
While, like I said, I generally wear a helmet and you should feel free to do so as well, don't put too much faith in them. They aren't designed to protect you for much more than falling down. The research shows they offer almost no protection beyond what your skull already provides. What they do is make biking appear dangerous. (Dang, I gotta wear armor to do tuft activity!?! No thanks!). This hinders people from riding at all. And THIS makes everyone less safe. The one thing that has been demonstrated over and over again is that the more people ride, the safer it becomes to ride. | ||||||
| 227 | Biliruben ID: 358252515 Tue, Sep 24, 2013, 14:40 | And over 70000 peds are injured and nearly 5000 killed annually, and those numbers are rising dramatically. Put on a helmet. | ||||||
| 228 | Perm Dude ID: 417342923 Tue, Sep 24, 2013, 14:58 |
#226: The one thing that has been demonstrated over and over again is that the more people ride, the safer it becomes to ride. So...bike riding safety is like riding a bike. :0 | ||||||
| 229 | biliruben ID: 208491113 Tue, Sep 24, 2013, 15:06 | |||||||
| 230 | biliruben ID: 208491113 Tue, Sep 24, 2013, 15:07 |
“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.” - Frank Herbert. Fear leads to the Tea Party. | ||||||
| 231 | Biliruben ID: 358252515 Tue, Sep 24, 2013, 15:29 |
Heh, PD. Kinda. I am not sure I was clear, however. It's a safety in numbers argument. When the percentage of people biking goes up, the absolute number of people injured stays the same or declines. | ||||||
| 232 | biliruben ID: 41431323 Tue, Sep 24, 2013, 23:37 |
 Lamborghini made of gold and gems. No gilded age here. Eat gold, children starved by Our House, in the middle of the Heat of Hell. | ||||||
| 233 | biliruben ID: 208491113 Wed, Sep 25, 2013, 15:32 |
Peds Dead (and others, though the pedestrian carnage is acute.) Just to snap you out of your false sense of security while ambling amiably. Wrap your head in foam now!! | ||||||
| 234 | sarge33rd ID: 3871221 Sun, Nov 10, 2013, 23:24 |
a rechargeable electric wheel, to turn any bike, into an electric power-assist bike for city commuters, this looks to me, to be a Godsend. | ||||||
| 235 | Frick ID: 432501512 Mon, Nov 11, 2013, 10:37 |
I would love to see pricing on the wheel, but that is an amazing looking invention. I'm curious about the battery life, 30 miles at 20 mph doesn't seem realistic. But, 20 mph on a bike is a decent clip I doubt that most people would ride that fast anyway. At least not during their normal commute. | ||||||
| 236 | sarge33rd ID: 3871221 Mon, Nov 11, 2013, 17:44 | Article gave a price estimate at $550, and said the wheel would be good for 1000 recharges. 1 hr charge for ea way commute and a 2-3 hr recharge time when plugged in....strikes me as entirely feasible. Particularly when you factor in car parking fees. | ||||||
| 237 | Seattle Zen ID: 3603123 Mon, Nov 11, 2013, 20:40 |
That wheel seems almost too good to be true. It's the same size as a spoked wheel so it fits onto any existing bike? Wow. And all those cool computer features, I'm impressed. The battery life sounds like 30 miles at a slow pace and a max of 20 mph which would seriously drain the batteries. "Actually miles will vary" is certainly appropriate here, 300 pound riders will not go as far as the small kids. | ||||||
| 238 | sarge33rd ID: 3871221 Fri, Dec 06, 2013, 11:10 |
The Copenhagen Wheel (post 234) officially on sale now. | ||||||
| 239 | Frick ID: 432501512 Fri, Dec 06, 2013, 13:27 |
The rear only has gear, but I wonder if you could keep multiple sprockets in the front? Or are fix ratios the only way it works. Adding the complexity of multiple front sprockets seems like it probably doesn't work, but it may not need to. | ||||||
| 240 | sarge33rd ID: 3871221 Fri, Dec 06, 2013, 22:09 | I think the electric motor is geared internally Frick. With the power assist from that, there shouldn't be much need for the standard gearing sprockets for the chain. At least, I wouldn't think they'd be necessary. | ||||||
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