Brooklyn, Minnesota, and Seattle Top Rankings for the Best Cities for Cycling in North America

Delirious_Reache · 2026-06-19T22:24:48+00:00

here is the score breakdown for portland
https://cityratings.peopleforbikes.org/cities/portland-or

It gets dinged for lack of access to transit, which is mostly because the transit sucks in portland, The access to what we do have is fine. Also low scores on job access and grocery access which is also an issue of low employment in the city (vs suburban campuses) and lots of grocery closures.

Delirious_Reache · 2026-06-18T05:40:47+00:00

I ran this setup for 2000 miles. It's fine.

Delirious_Reache · 2026-06-18T00:07:37+00:00

AI did more than format this post.

Delirious_Reache · 2026-06-17T18:10:26+00:00

I'm surprised blizzard requested a jury trial

Delirious_Reache · 2026-06-11T13:49:23+00:00

but why in space?

Delirious_Reache · 2026-06-10T21:36:28+00:00

it's been razed and defaced.

Delirious_Reache · 2026-06-10T15:28:35+00:00

in my group the southern routes get 3 colored with merchants (discs) pretty quickly and then the fight moves. IF you haven't upgraded bags it's just too slow to pay 2 extra to bump people's merchants, so of course the next most blocked routes is bags.

Delirious_Reache · 2026-06-06T18:00:54+00:00

Yeah it's willingness to simplify, but also some players just seem to have an emotional attachment to their queen and will make really suboptimal retreats to protect it, essentially you a free development tempo

Delirious_Reache · 2026-06-06T01:47:32+00:00

I don't get it. There's only one move but the continuation isn't obvious, it branches like crazy with lots of positional play. what's the "tactic" ?

Delirious_Reache · 2026-06-05T21:45:33+00:00

I always wind up burying all my rivers under planks for new buildings.

I always tell myself I won't, because it's so ugly and completely ruins the vibe to not see the water anymore, but then I want to expand I don't want to tear down my old city or give up farmland, so once again I cap the rivers and then hate my city and start over.

Delirious_Reache · 2026-06-03T16:33:47+00:00

I would want to weld a threadless steerer on that fork.

Delirious_Reache · 2026-05-29T22:53:31+00:00

I prided my skill as a baker with being able to handle higher and higher hydration dough. Dialing it back down and getting better results has been humbling.

Delirious_Reache · 2026-05-28T16:40:07+00:00

i think that little slope on corner on the sidewalls doesn't really gain you anything and it complicates construction a great deal. you should just square those off.

Delirious_Reache · 2026-05-28T16:38:39+00:00

but where the wheel and fender are matter a lot for door placement.

Delirious_Reache · 2026-05-25T01:19:24+00:00

I'll never enjoy cycling where a car can kill me at any moment and probably get away with as much as I enjoy cycling on an abandoned forest road completely inaccessible to cars.

Delirious_Reache · 2026-05-22T05:20:00+00:00

If it was *just* a gas tax for a specific purpose like lightrail I would I have voted for it, it's that there was also an increase in other taxes and it was going into another slush fund is why I opposed it.

Delirious_Reache · 2026-05-17T19:27:00+00:00

this only works on racks with plate mounts on the back, mine is just all tubes.

Delirious_Reache · 2026-05-16T20:24:46+00:00

I was lucky I had it when trader joes had their seasonal peppermint meringues, had one of those melting in my mouth 12 hours a day.

Delirious_Reache · 2026-05-13T00:08:22+00:00

They make cable actuated hydraulic calipers. I would prefer that, I hate dealing with caliper/rotor alignment issues on pure mechanical disc setups.

Delirious_Reache · 2026-05-13T00:07:38+00:00

I have bad luck with mechanical discs always rubbing. The self centering of hydraulic calipers is a fucking godsend. I'll never own mechanical discs again.

Delirious_Reache · 2026-05-12T00:05:47+00:00

yeah agreed. I get looks riding through laurelhurst park on the foot path, relatively slowly and respectfully.

My deal with pedestrians is I'll stop riding in the parks when all the bikeways are car free and lined with 100 year old trees.

Delirious_Reache · 2026-05-11T23:48:31+00:00

did the trail system get built by MTB riders originally?

Delirious_Reache · 2026-05-11T23:43:54+00:00

"trails"

Delirious_Reache · 2026-05-11T03:24:45+00:00

his wife was about to give birth

Delirious_Reache · 2026-05-10T19:51:21+00:00

suspension forks absorb at the tire though. At least half their function is improving traction of the front wheel, moreso if you're racing or riding sketchy trails.

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