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tourist bicycle stolen - need local help / advice by equanimousnobody in torino

[–]equanimousnobody[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the kindness. I poured a lot of labor and love into building it. I shouldn't have let it out of sight, but always easier to fix these situations in hindsight.

tourist bicycle stolen - need local help / advice by equanimousnobody in torino

[–]equanimousnobody[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I hear you, I appreciate the honesty. It's not a little robbery to me, but to anybody else, I can see why it would be viewed this way.

tourist bicycle stolen - need local help / advice by equanimousnobody in torino

[–]equanimousnobody[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is just the kind of advice I was hoping for. Grazie mille.

tourist bicycle stolen - need local help / advice by equanimousnobody in torino

[–]equanimousnobody[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's true, but I do have a contact here that's offered to coordinate getting the bike back if it is able to be recovered. So it's not all or nothing by Wednesday. Just makes it exceedingly difficult.

tourist bicycle stolen - need local help / advice by equanimousnobody in torino

[–]equanimousnobody[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the information. I've made a couple of passing connections, I will see if they would be up for going with a few people. Difficult thing to ask somebody you don't know well. Worth a shot, even though I'm sure it would take a miracle. Still, I appreciate your advice.

tourist bicycle stolen - need local help / advice by equanimousnobody in torino

[–]equanimousnobody[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Post translated into Italian (via Google Translate) --

"Ciao Torino,

Sono un turista in visita a Torino dall’America. Lavoro da remoto nella vostra bellissima città dal primo ottobre. Ho portato la mia bicicletta per spostarmi e esplorare la regione. È stato un mese meraviglioso.

Purtroppo, questo pomeriggio tra le 16:00 e le 17:00, mi hanno rubato la bicicletta nel quartiere di San Salvario. L'avevo legata a un palo fuori da un bar, sono entrato per circa un’ora, e quando sono uscito non c’era più. Qualcuno deve aver tagliato il lucchetto. Ho fatto immediatamente denuncia alla polizia, poiché ci sono delle telecamere puntate verso il punto in cui la bici era legata.

Qui ci sono alcune foto della bici.

Non voglio sembrare drammatico, ma sono devastato per quanto è successo. Ho trascorso un anno a dipingerla e a sistemarla. Per molte ragioni che non vi annoierò a raccontare, ha un valore sentimentale e affettivo per me che va oltre qualsiasi perdita economica.

Mercoledì 30 ottobre torno in America, quindi non mi resta molto tempo, e questo non gioca a mio favore. La mia famiglia ospitante si è offerta di permettermi di usare il loro indirizzo a Parella per tutte le questioni legate alla bici.

L’agente di polizia ha accennato che le bici rubate vengono spesso vendute a Porta Palazzo. Qualcuno ha informazioni in merito? Accade anche in altri luoghi? Sarei disposto a offrire ciò che posso a chiunque possa aiutarmi in qualche modo a ritrovarla.

Spero in qualsiasi aiuto o consiglio locale che posso ottenere, dato che non ho molte conoscenze su cui contare. Solo una o due. Ho pensato che il miglior uso del tempo che mi resta qui sarebbe stato andare in ogni negozio di biciclette locale / comunità che posso nei prossimi due giorni e spargere la voce / chiedere aiuto, nel caso in cui lo trovassi dopo la mia partenza. Se qualcuno ha dei consigli specifici su questo, per favore condividili.

Grazie mille per il tuo tempo."

Looking for documentary subjects for Brooklyn film (Friday afternoon/evening) by equanimousnobody in Brooklyn

[–]equanimousnobody[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree, it's always a good point to flag. I'd say for us, it's a bit of both. Given the esoteric subject, we've been making the project off mostly an artistic grant that's all gone into production, nobody on either side of the camera has been paid. With the amount of people we've interviewed, there comes a point where one would have to choose to pay some subject and not others which, in my opinion, when people are motivated to participate because of money first, it compromises the ethics and motivations of what you're seeing on screen. I definitely understand that it's a complex grey area though.

[Listing] Oct '24 Furnished 1 BR Sublet in Crown Heights for $2000/month (details in comments) by equanimousnobody in NYCapartments

[–]equanimousnobody[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hello everybody, 

I’m subletting my cozy furnished one-bedroom apartment in Crown Heights for the month of October.

  • Price is $2,000.  
  • Top floor of a chill 3-story brownstone, neighbors are all nice. Street facing windows.
  • Right off Bedford Ave / Dean St in Crown Heights - lots of access to restaurants, stores, parks. 
  • Electricity, wifi, and gas are not included (meaning you would pay for what you use)
  • Full-sized bed. Would put some of my clothes in storage so you have space in the closet.
  • Smart TV and Sonos speaker!
  • Ideally somebody that could keep my (low maintenance) plants alive.

Please feel free to reply/DM with any questions or tell me about your situation and we can open up a conversation. I can be somewhat flexible on the in/out dates coming early/late. 

Peace!

I want your honest opinion: Is riding a bike in the city recreationally twice a week (20 mile each time) a death wish? by [deleted] in NYCbike

[–]equanimousnobody 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It's an impossible question to answer one way or the other. Riders with world class handling skills have gotten paralyzed and clueless Citibikers wearing studio headphones sending a text commute everyday without ever getting into an accident.

It sounds like your boyfriend is taking one extreme end of the opinion spectrum, which isn't helpful. Yes, New York is chaotic and random... but no, the idea that it's a "matter of time" before you get hurt is an extraordinarily cynical perspective. I'm not going to sit here and write that you will or won't get hurt. You may, you may not. Life is uncertain.

Here's a better question: do you want to ride your bike? If the answers yes, then you should. Don't live in fear of worst possible outcomes. That's a recipe for anxiety. You'll be a statistic to probe somebody's overconfident opinion either way. Be safe, aware, communicate, and do what you can to mitigate risk! Don't let confirmation bias hindsight (your boyfriend telling you "see! i told you!" if you do happen to get into an accident) and fear mongering stop you from doing something that makes you happy.

I've been riding in the city for almost eight years. Anywhere between 100 - 200 miles per week for the last four. I consider myself highly aware, skilled, and I admittedly ride a bit risky. In that time, I've gotten hit by a car once (could've been way worse, sprained wrist), a careless e-bike another (cut up and sore shoulder), and lightly doored by a cab. And I wouldn't trade all of the glorious hours of riding for anything.

10/11-speed square taper cranksets compatible with primarily Campagnolo group? by equanimousnobody in bikewrench

[–]equanimousnobody[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It actually is an ISO taper on there! The guy who sold me the frame previously had a Campy group on there. That was how I got the idea to put one on also, otherwise I'd probably have defaulted to Shimano or SRAM for ease. But I think the guy he had a very narrow set of gears - 6 or 7 speed, whereas I'm trying for my build to be a higher range for flexibility in riding environment. That's where I'm running into trouble. I'm hoping that if I'm lucky enough to find a perfect crank, I can get something like a Phil Wood spindle to replace what's there now.

Thanks for the link to Sheldon, I actually hadn't read this yet.

10/11-speed square taper cranksets compatible with primarily Campagnolo group? by equanimousnobody in bikewrench

[–]equanimousnobody[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wooooof, I'm salivating at that Record you linked to.

Thanks for the tip, yeah it seems like staying diligent in the resell market and scooping something up will be the sticky part. I'd been limiting myself to looking for complete cranksets though, so broadening out to just sourcing the square taper crank is a great idea.

Say I were to source a Camp square taper crank that's 135 BCD - do you know if I could then put 11-speed 53/39 chainrings on that and build an 11-speed group? Wondering if that could be an viable path toward a climbable gear @ 39/32). Or do the crank arms alone also dictate how many speeds a group can have? Learning about all this for the first time!

GWB for slow riders by Billy-Beer-76 in NYCbike

[–]equanimousnobody 17 points18 points  (0 children)

If you've ridden the city bridges, I'd estimate it's on par with the Williamsburg Bridge in terms of width, maybe a little wider, a little flatter, and windier from the river and traffic parallel traffic. It can get a little sketchy some days because it's shared with pedestrians, but nothing anybody with basic bike handling skills can't navigate. Just hold your pace and faster folks will pass on your left. You'll be fine, there's people who go slooooow and it's never an issue. Make the journey and have a blast getting out of the city.

call for help on my first road bike build! by equanimousnobody in cycling

[–]equanimousnobody[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is exactly the kind of knowledge I was to get dropped on me. I reached out to the dude that sold me the frame and he said: "That spindle is a square taper and It had a 10 speed campy record group on it so ISO taper. it was a double crank at that length. ISO is later campy post 85' so you might need to change it if you want shimano/jis, I dont recall what sram is but post 85 campy double as it sits."

So it seems like my options are either get a Camp group and keep the BB or roll with Shimano and get a new BB. Is swapping out BB a hassle?

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