pbrisgreat

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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)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

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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
09/09/2023 10:00am

See you at wicker park (Schiller and Damen) for a taste of the grid!

 

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I said "now" but it looks like they've been active since July 🤷‍♂️

I only found them yesterday

 

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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.

 

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.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

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)

 

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.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Great context. Yeah it would almost be a non-issue if they scaled (personal taste aside)

Some of them were taking up like 60% of the screen, and that's just not fun.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Damn this blew up! (I removed the comments with the really annoying/over-the-top emotes. )

 

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (5 children)

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%

 

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)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

This wouldn’t be distracting at all 😻

 
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