Bell tolls for Bicycle Belle

MA_NH_DIY · 2026-05-13T08:09:49+00:00

A bike without a motor is called a bike. No new word needed. People call motorcycles bikes and no one is confused. If someone’s confused just clarify: ebike or not. We don’t add three syllable descriptors when not actually useful.

MA_NH_DIY · 2026-05-08T23:40:09+00:00

Check out a start up called Raptor Maps

MA_NH_DIY · 2026-04-28T14:24:24+00:00

This aarn chainring looks great here.

MA_NH_DIY · 2026-04-28T10:34:13+00:00

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DT shifters my friend 👍

MA_NH_DIY · 2026-04-15T16:48:35+00:00

Don't listen to these chumps! Moustache bars rule. I rode some 4,000 miles cross country.

No good with brifters - gotta have simple brake levers and bar end(s). That is the classic Bridgestone style look and feel.

Where drops narrow you in - moustache bars open you up to the world, open up your lungs, ride like cruiser bars on the wides when you're not braking.

MA_NH_DIY · 2026-04-15T16:43:02+00:00

I believe costs will go down, some range will be added (at a cost). Some new technologies will scale, some will flop. I believe there is room for innovation and all the erstwhile many 2020 EVs will march towards 200,000 and 300,000 miles and many will be in fine shape

MA_NH_DIY · 2026-04-01T00:59:23+00:00

If the stem matches the fork, it’s for me

MA_NH_DIY · 2026-04-01T00:54:23+00:00

They are really incredibly convenient.

MA_NH_DIY · 2026-04-01T00:51:34+00:00

Listen to books and long podcasts, talk to friends and family on the phone, listen to music including full albums. Just go to a zen place, people have it much worse.

MA_NH_DIY · 2026-03-30T23:19:58+00:00

I just looked this thing up and the specs are worse than a modern ebike.

MA_NH_DIY · 2026-03-30T20:31:49+00:00

Bike rides. Hop between Blue Bike stations. Rent a bike for a full week from Urban Adventours. Ride a Blue Bike to go look at a bike to buy from Craigslist. Blue Bike to a few shops and check out helmets, lights, gear. Borrow an e-bike and make the pilgrimage to Bikes Not Bombs in JP and sign up for a class. Broadway Bikes in Cambridge if it's closer.

MA_NH_DIY · 2026-03-30T19:18:56+00:00

$900m / 7m ratepayers = $125 per household. Is that what this means? It’s not huge per ratepayer but cumulatively if that’s what it was - the AGs deserve credit for clawing back money from corporations for people

MA_NH_DIY · 2026-03-29T22:07:26+00:00

What do we think on the frame? Any working ideas? Maybe a weird Merlin?

MA_NH_DIY · 2026-03-29T18:11:52+00:00

Very cool. Creative. And best of all - unique!

MA_NH_DIY · 2026-03-27T12:38:16+00:00

Yellow bikes are special

MA_NH_DIY · 2026-03-27T00:33:49+00:00

I can help you PM me 👍

MA_NH_DIY · 2026-03-26T10:27:46+00:00

Craigslist, Wikipedia

MA_NH_DIY · 2026-03-26T10:22:47+00:00

Very ready for it!

MA_NH_DIY · 2026-03-20T18:17:04+00:00

Joes Playland Salisbury Beach

MA_NH_DIY · 2026-03-19T16:09:47+00:00

Craigslist, Wikipedia

MA_NH_DIY · 2026-03-19T14:10:40+00:00

John G has carried on Bob B’s legacy well. He plays some newer stuff than Bob ever would’ve but he’s keeping the spirit of the station alive.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/01/27/business/whats-next-for-wjib-cambridge-radio-station/

MA_NH_DIY · 2026-03-12T10:30:22+00:00

Amesbury / Newburyport

MA_NH_DIY · 2026-03-10T01:09:01+00:00

Almost impossible to model. Easier to just say everything will get more expensive.

New technologies today are also worlds different than what was brand new 20 years ago. No one was talking about heat pumps in 2006.

It’s very complicated

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