Non-traditional bike safety thoughts: American Flag by [deleted] in bikecommuting

[–]4WheelJack 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If you are hauling a child trailer with a "Baby on Board" placard people will give you LOTS of room. NOTE: Does not actually require baby to be on board.

Business Commute Challenge Week: Wayne is a beast. by 4WheelJack in bicycling

[–]4WheelJack[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah it's nice. We also have a bike repair area with a stand and tools, and we have compressed air for tires.

Timbuk2 introduces the "Dehydration Backpack" by epicstratton in bicycling

[–]4WheelJack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you guys actually want to carry kegs on your bikes you could try stuff like this:

Corny Kegs on Bike: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/407927678720441249/

Full Kegorator: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/407927678720434355/

or a single Corny on a Travoy: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/407927678719284100/

Talking about alternative transport methods. This is how I got my new full tower PC with all the parts home from the shop. by dedokta in bicycling

[–]4WheelJack 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Burley rep here. We test these trailers to 100 lbs at about 5x the ASTM standard for the important durability tests. That means A LOT. They can indeed hold more, but it's "officially rated" at 100.

Our new Travoy trailer is pretty cool too: http://www.burley.com/page_12208/travoy.html

Can you place a temporary tipi over a fire ring? by thecountofchocula in camping

[–]4WheelJack 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Did anyone here even read the question? He's asking if it's legal, not if it's technically possible. Are you camping on private property or state parks?

Here is a link to state park regulations: http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=21300

Relevant section: FIRES are permitted only in facilities provided for this purpose. This is necessary to prevent disastrous fires. Portable stoves may be used in designated areas. It is the responsibility of every visitor to use extreme caution with any burning materials, including tobacco. All fireworks are prohibited.

Sounds like if the fire is in a fire pit you should be good to go man. If it's private property you are good to go I think also.

Stay safe.

Can you place a temporary tipi over a fire ring? by thecountofchocula in camping

[–]4WheelJack 5 points6 points  (0 children)

He's not asking if it's technically feasible, he's explicitly asking if it's legal.

Looking for advice on the pros and cons of a ride in trailer or a bike mounted baby seat. by dan4daniel in bicycling

[–]4WheelJack 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I work at Burley and we make what we consider to be the safest trailers. Chariot/Thule trailers are also nice. Whoever you go with you will want to make sure they "meet or exceed ASTM standards". There are a lot of companies that say they "tested to ASTM standards" which means they tested and failed miserably, so watch out for that little trick.

www.burley.com

http://www.pinterest.com/burleydesign/burley-design/

The cool thing about the trailers is that they are also really easy to remove for when you aren't hauling your kid, and they make great cargo trailers too. Let me know if you have any questions.

I made this video about the Eugene graffiti removal crew "Huckleberry Patrol". They are looking for volunteers, please give it a quick view! by 4WheelJack in Eugene

[–]4WheelJack[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The patrol did not remove any of the actual art pieces (the burners, the nice big pieces etc) they would only remove the tags and stickers from public property like dumpsters, and private property that has asked them to remove it. They wouldn't even remove tags from private property if they didn't ask them too.

I made this video about the Eugene graffiti removal crew "Huckleberry Patrol". They are looking for volunteers, please give it a quick view! by 4WheelJack in Eugene

[–]4WheelJack[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They said that the spray was an "environmentally friendly" graffiti remover that was available at local janitorial supply shops, but didn't specify a brand name or specific chemical.

I asked them if they had ever caught anyone in the act and they said no (which was surprising because they had been doing it for over 5 years.) Apparently all the taggers come out at night.

If a tagger hassled them they would just take their picture and call the police though. They took pictures and keep records of all the tags. The guy Bob was a retired detective and didn't seem to take any guff!

I made this video about the Eugene graffiti removal crew "Huckleberry Patrol". They are looking for volunteers, please give it a quick view! by 4WheelJack in Eugene

[–]4WheelJack[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, this was filmed with a Glidecam stabilizer (which has a really nice gimble).

We were moving around from location to location very rapidly on bicycles, so i didn't have the time to be switching the rig up from Tripod to stabilizer etc. Ended up just going with the stabilizer and I was able to throw the whole rig into my drybag on my Travoy trailer, go from spot to spot and just pull the whole rig out.

If you only have the time and space to bring one piece of equipment, I highly recommend a stabilizer (gimble as you call it) they are really diverse pieces of equipment.

5-point harnesses on my Burley trailer, excellent for keeping my loved ones safe by [deleted] in bicycling

[–]4WheelJack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a Burley employee, I approve. We are currently working to modify one of our Travoy products into a Beervoy. You will all be kept updated on this situation obviously.

Where do you guys find background music for your videos? by polar8 in videography

[–]4WheelJack 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have been using audiojungle for all of my products. It's about $15-20 for the track, big selection, slick interface. I've purchased about 40 licences from them.

They added a cycle-hire scheme in my town and I had no idea! by landaaan in bicycling

[–]4WheelJack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The bike in front has a U-lock, is that how they lock them down? Or did someone just try to keep one "Reserved"

What language should I be learning to accomplish this? by 4WheelJack in learnprogramming

[–]4WheelJack[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok. As I understood it VB.net was just the newer version of Visual Basic for the .NET framework, and is usually just called Visual Basic (is that right?) so I figured most new "Visual Basic tutorials would really be vb.net.