@EverydayMoggie@Andres4NY yeah the rim would likely need to be laced into a new hub and moved to a new bike, unless there's a suspension fork retrofit in this bike's future.
Cars work a lot better when there are fewer of them on the road, so maybe forcing everyone to drive, thus clogging up roads, is actually the best way to make them worse. :P
@tk what's important to them is not that customers are happy, but that they don't have a choice but to drive. Car brands try to sell status and comfort to differentiate themselves, but there's never a question as to whether you need a car.
This whole thread is 🤯. I’ve never seen anyone with a generalized view of my opinions on most productivity software.
Comtact and calendar apps are just shoddy transcriptions of how we managed that info on paper. They’ve not only barely changed since they were first ported over — they I’ve barely changed since a century before that.
We are held back by the representations of the work we are doing.
@lkanies we're held back more by the market's obsession with captive customers and monetized users than anything inherent to the medium. Clumsy efforts to compete with paper (e.g. stylus) or even revolutionize the calendar concept are bounded by hardware and inoperable software. The infinite number of infinite pages can also be folded, cut and stitched together, jump to specific snapshots or filtered views. It's completely unlike paper except you can print it, but then that's an export, so...
To all the supporters of universal basic income out there, what happened to make you support it even more after you already came to support it?
For me it was learning the many dirty details of traditional welfare benefits and how programs like TANF are designed and treat people, and how many people in need they don't help.
@scottsantens unemployment "insurance" requiring people to continually apply for jobs as a condition of payout, besides self-employment disqualifying you from collecting while also not counting towards future coverage. Muddles the job market with extra low-effort applications, automated filtering, nobody reading cover letters, etc. Plus dealing with an underfunded govt bureaucracy. You still have to pay income tax on it anyway, just give everyone money and handle the rest as taxes!
Looks like vegans are the next target of Conservatives in their ridiculous culture war. Honestly I'm glad you can't tell someone's dietary preferences by looking at them. #vegan#plantBased#conservatives#cdnpoli#CultureWars
@tmstreet@cdnveggie I wash my veggies, but the question is why are they accusing liberals of trying to trick people into eating bugs? The weird ice cream store in Portland has featured grasshoppers, among other bug flavor options, but they're not sneaky about it.
the kind of day that starts by thinking "the coffee does not taste so good today", eventually reaching the bottom of the cup and finding a half-eaten pickled gherkin in there
I think the trailgator costs some fraction of what the followme does, so I don't expect much, but it looks like the kid's steering is loose (handlebars wiggling) and the kid's bike is leaning to one side courtesy of a twisted / under-tightened seatpost clamp (I'm looking at you, #pdxBikes#SundayParkways dads)
@Andres4NY number go up though, and as long as they don't have to worry about competition, it's just going to keep getting worse (here I'm referring to recent labcorp experiences, so not just CVS.)
A good enough install of the Grin All-Axle v3 on a Tern GSD v2. The motor controller tucked snugly under the rack, excess wiring is spiraled around whatever is handy. The battery looks ridiculous but will do until I order something meant for this bike. Adding an all throttle system to an all pedelec e-bike feels very peanut butter and chocolate.
@kevinschaper@HayiWena what's your regen voltage and max regen amps from that hill? (assuming you have the cycleanalyst, or estimated average if you were watching wattage on the display)
@kevinschaper@HayiWena I don't think the added torque will be much of an issue for the fork, assuming that reversed loading under power doesn't wreck the headset or something directional about the fork piston bearings. Weight in the hub probably does more to the spokes than the fork, unless it's frequently hitting the suspension limits with added momentum. Also I think the grin motor is lighter than many direct drive ones.
@kevinschaper you might try loosening and tightening the axle and arm parts in different orders, if something is being tweaked by the other being tightened.
remembering now, the trigger on my bubble duck is mechanical, so it activates the fan and pump circuits but also moves a soap wiper to prime the wand rather than having a rotary wand. Between trying to mount that and getting a rope/cable pull scheme together, I could probably more easily find a more e-bike compatible bubble dispenser to wire-in and remote button / switch... The quacking is fun though. cc #KiddicalMass
@lkanies@marcprecipice@ascentale@trouble seems a bit overpowered though, as bubble-making goes, I clicked through expecting to see something much much less serious like the device would be a clown holding a pinwheel of bubble wands, mine is a duck and it quacks while dispensing bubbles, I never quite got the mounting and remote activation worked out on the xtracycle though, someone should make one with a 7/8-ish clamp and wire to a remote button. #BikeNite
@pete asks about group rides with electric + non-electric cycles:
Q6. We have problems making group MTB rides work when eBikers join us for fastish-paced rides: essentially they’re too fast on the ups and too slow on the flats for group cohesion. Anyone have any tips for making mixed eeb/regular groups work?
@pete@meganL@AngelaAntunovic@ascentale I bet the torque-sensing drives eat chains and cogs more than the bbs02 that like to run at a higher rpm. If you don't shift that one you ruin the motor. I could never get Bosch or Shimano ones I've tried to run over 80-ish rpm. #BikeNite
@younata@pete@meganL@AngelaAntunovic@ascentale power = torque * rpm, so it's a question of how the motor delivers that power, high torque vs high rpm. I've had a bbs02 on an xtracycle edgerunner for a decade, and gone through chains no faster than one should expect for rainy miles vs lube schedule, but I'm geared lower, ~100rpm climbing. Bosch torque-activated drive ads about one extra person standing on the pedal, if you're mashing hard enough to activate, it's 2x tension on the chain.
@whack the only free water comes from above you, and it only stays free if you have something clean up there to keep it in. Also whatever you come up with will get algae or some other nature trying to take it from you.
