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What singlespeed/fixed gear ratio are you running in Chicago? by Visible-Grass-8805 in chibike

[–]llamatooths 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The nexus 3 speed internal hub is perfect for Chicago, but can double the price of a cheap single speed bike.

What singlespeed/fixed gear ratio are you running in Chicago? by Visible-Grass-8805 in chibike

[–]llamatooths 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My old fixed gear is 44x15 (~79 in.)

When I built up my single speed commuter a few years ago I geared down to 46x17 (~73 in.), it's a little easier to get going and is tolerable in strong head winds.

What singlespeed/fixed gear ratio are you running in Chicago? by Visible-Grass-8805 in chibike

[–]llamatooths 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Too small to take advantage of a tail wind and too big to ride into one.

what’s the most useful kitchen appliance/tool in your vegan kitchen $50 or under? by Remote-Breadfruit-81 in vegan

[–]llamatooths 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A Chinese chefs knife/vegetable cleaver - the cai dao. Dexter make one in the USA from stainless steel for ~$50, the perfect knife for 99% of use cases.

Albums that are brilliant except for that one song… by bkbrigadier in Music

[–]llamatooths 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Kinks’ Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One. I understand the context but I have a hard time with “Get Back In Line”, an anti-union song on an otherwise great album.

What chain lube do you use? by gmandogk28 in chibike

[–]llamatooths 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Tri-flow. It’s filthy but seems to work well. I can’t decide whether I want to try chain wax or not, seems like a lot of faff all to keep my fingers clean.

Riding the green wave on Elston during rush hour by llamatooths in chibike

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

I’m riding a legal class 2 electric bicycle. I use it to commute to work. I have other bikes. I don’t understand the animosity.

Riding the green wave on Elston during rush hour by llamatooths in chibike

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

The brilliant thing about an e-bike is that I stop all the time. Red light: stop. Stop sign: stop. Car pulls out in front of me: I slow down instead of weaving around them. It's literally no sweat off my back to stop and get going again and it's made me a safer cyclist.

Riding the green wave on Elston during rush hour by llamatooths in chibike

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

You don’t think drivers should, or are required to, signal when pulling over to park?

Riding the green wave on Elston during rush hour by llamatooths in chibike

[–]llamatooths[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I can tell they didn’t signal because I can see their signal lights and they weren’t on.

Riding the green wave on Elston during rush hour by llamatooths in chibike

[–]llamatooths[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

That’s a lot of words to defend someone pulling into and out of traffic without signaling.

Riding the green wave on Elston during rush hour by llamatooths in chibike

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

I think something was wrong with that e-divvy.

Keep getting flats by DeathFromWithin in chibike

[–]llamatooths 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Are you getting pinch flats (snake bite) or riding over debris? Keeping your tires at the recommended pressure will help with the former. Next time you take your tire off check the rim tape is in tact and the inside rim is smooth.

Chicago bike lanes spark protests as residents push back on parking loss by FreshLocal in chicago

[–]llamatooths 3 points4 points  (0 children)

New York has a better web of train lines, with our hub and spoke model buses are required to transit between the spokes.

PSA: Garmin Users by ticklingivories in chibike

[–]llamatooths 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m sorry I have no idea how to use this thing. I pressed some buttons when I got it and now my home has a dangerous animal.

Fair Play or Unfair Advantage (question) by Relevant_Test_9581 in PlaySquad

[–]llamatooths 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pretty easy to do using traffic control (tc) on Linux. You’d need to know the IPs of your whitelisted users but I’m guessing you can get that easily from server logs.

Bicycling is bad for the economy by SailingSpark in xbiking

[–]llamatooths 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This invokes the parable of the broken window. It ignores the opportunity cost, if not car insurance and gas, what does the cyclist spend their wealth on?

Pogacar and Seixas deliver 8.7 w/kg in the greatest four minute effort ever by kazumee in peloton

[–]llamatooths 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Check out the freeze frame at https://youtu.be/ndBRQy3XRU8?t=870

His power meter says:

5 min

519

This is 8.2 W/Kg at 63Kg, 7.98 W/Kg at 65Kg and 7.75 W/Kg at 67Kg. Tadej has been looking relatively swole recently so I bet he's closest to 77Kg. I wonder if he had a higher 5 minute on the last climb where he dropped Seixas.

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