@Cyclist asks:
Q5. What do you see as the biggest benefits of travelling by bike rather than a car?
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Most hashtags are pretty obvious, you just put # in front of a topic. For example if a post is about coffee it might have the tag #Coffee
However, many popular hashtags have difficult-to-guess names, so I've started a list to help people discover them:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/fun-and-useful-hashtags-to-follow-on-mastodon-and-the-wider-fediverse
Copy-paste a hashtag into the search box in Mastodon if you want to browse or follow it.
If you have suggestions for non-obvious hashtags that should be added to the list, let me know in the replies 🙂
@ascentale @bikenite Thanks for sharing my MLK question on #BikeNite! I'm not as active here as in the dead-to-me birdspace so I don't often jump on in real time. Glad to have bike community active here though.
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@ascentale @bikenite #BikeNite A8: I toyed around with a #Niterider Sentinel 250 USB taillight which can also generate red laser lines besides your bicycle. More pictures of it at https://chaos.social/@xtaran/115946245948923026
And our last question of the week:
Q8. It's photo time. Do you have any photos, cycling related or not, to share from the past week? Tell us about it!
#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite
@ascentale @bikenite #BikeNite A8: I toyed around with a #Niterider Sentinel 250 USB taillight which can also generate red laser lines besides your bicycle. More pictures of it at https://chaos.social/@xtaran/115946245948923026
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@ascentale As always, Phil, thanks again for hosting. 😀🚴♀️❤️
That's it! Thanks for asking, answering, reading & discussing. And for the questions!
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@BarbChamberlain asked:
I wrote this back in 2020 https://bikestylelife.com/2020/01/20/street-of-dreams-can-we-live-the-martin-luther-king-jr-way/.
Q7. If your town has a street named after Dr. King, how well does it reflect the values he stood for? If they don't have one and they're going to propose a renaming, which street would do the most to honor his spirit?
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@BarbChamberlain @bikenite A7. MLK Way near us is basically a 6-lane freeway, under train tracks. 6 lanes for moving cars, 2 lanes for parked cars. Train tracks in the middle. It's difficult to cross and unpleasant to be around 🙁. It doesn't feel that it honors MLK.
There are some improvements planned on the southern stretch. https://www.oaklandca.gov/Government/Oakland-Improvement-Projects/Martin-Luther-King-Jr.-Way-Streetscape-Improvements
And our last question of the week:
Q8. It's photo time. Do you have any photos, cycling related or not, to share from the past week? Tell us about it!
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@pasquatch asks:
Q6. Any cyclists in the forkiverse that have recommendations for some good waterproof mitts? No Amazon links, please and thank you!
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That's it! Thanks for asking, answering, reading & discussing. And for the questions!
Send any Q's for next week with the BikeNitePQ tag. I've some left over that will be used next week, but there's room for more. If I've missed your Q before, please send again; I may have lost the post.
<500 characters please; I may shorten to fit in the scheduler.
Reply, boost and favorite to keep it going. Thanks for being a part of this community. And you can follow #BikeNite, if you haven't yet!
And our last question of the week:
Q8. It's photo time. Do you have any photos, cycling related or not, to share from the past week? Tell us about it!
#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite
@BarbChamberlain asked:
I wrote this back in 2020 https://bikestylelife.com/2020/01/20/street-of-dreams-can-we-live-the-martin-luther-king-jr-way/.
Q7. If your town has a street named after Dr. King, how well does it reflect the values he stood for? If they don't have one and they're going to propose a renaming, which street would do the most to honor his spirit?
#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite
@pasquatch asks:
Q6. Any cyclists in the forkiverse that have recommendations for some good waterproof mitts? No Amazon links, please and thank you!
#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite
@Pionir asks:
Q5. Does anyone have any recommendations for cool (open source) self hosted bike related software?
I've got Wanderer running already and Immich for ride photos. What else is there? Trip blogging software? Live dot watching for friends and family to track a bikepacking trip? Windows or Linux, server or containers and even LAN only private hosting.
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@Pepijn asks:
Q4. A fellow parent at daycare is looking for a three wheeled cargobike to carry their kid & do groceries.
They're looking for a simple non-electrified* tricycle** in Denmark or Germany.
I can't think of anything else than a Christiania. Any other options?
*cost, simplicity and simple. They only do trips of a couple km in town.
**balance issues. Bicycles are not an option.
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@kellyromanych asks:
Q2. Is there a hand sign (or other way of signaling) for *slow down* to an oncoming bicyclist?
The context is to warn the rider that they are coming up too quickly on a hazard around a bend in the road.
Thanks, all
Ride safe
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@RossA asks:
Q3. What’s are people’s views on this video?
https://mastodon.me.uk/@iFixit@mastodon.social/115881177067137701
(It includes an award for worst in show for the new Bosch feature that can disable a bike if it is in a database of stolen bikes, but can also prevent one from independent repair)
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@ascentale @RossA @bikenite A3. I think that @pluralistic has thought in a serious way about this topic *much* more than I have, and his take on these things is generally the right one.
@Pionir asks:
Q5. Does anyone have any recommendations for cool (open source) self hosted bike related software?
I've got Wanderer running already and Immich for ride photos. What else is there? Trip blogging software? Live dot watching for friends and family to track a bikepacking trip? Windows or Linux, server or containers and even LAN only private hosting.
#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite