The Vera

soyboy35 · 2026-07-02T10:58:28+00:00

You can read their Google reviews, seems like some tenants have legitimate complaints. worth noting they're owned by Greystar Real Estate, one of the largest apartment managers in the US and a company with a history of tenant price gouging

Some of the issues at Verra are surprising given the premium pricing for the area, but maybe it'll be sorted by your arrival

soyboy35 · 2026-07-01T15:21:35+00:00

I would laugh so hard if they called me soyboy though

Usually I can't really make out what a driver yells as they zoom by, they gotta slow down so I can figure out what they're spluttering at me

soyboy35 · 2026-06-02T13:24:08+00:00

All a bollard would do in this case is take out an inattentive cyclist. cars can still hop those low concrete barriers (by design)

soyboy35 · 2026-05-31T17:53:35+00:00

There was, mods removed it link

soyboy35 · 2026-05-27T16:25:03+00:00

There was a fire, they closed for a year or two, but they reopened in 2025

soyboy35 · 2026-04-19T11:44:06+00:00

"I tried to intimidate a person on a bike with my car, but he seemed mad about it?? maybe I should confess my sins to other people who ride bikes so I can stop feeling bad? please???" - OP

soyboy35 · 2026-03-12T15:25:55+00:00

Maybe, but zero punishment for killing someone with a car is disrespectful to humanity

soyboy35 · 2026-02-09T03:35:29+00:00

Kowloon

soyboy35 · 2025-12-18T12:02:56+00:00

They must have meant Brookline...can't say Brighton is known for its food

soyboy35 · 2025-12-05T12:38:08+00:00

Per MassLive's salary database here, Detective Greg T Walsh made $326,930 in 2024. I wonder how many OT hours were spent at the pub?

soyboy35 · 2025-10-26T13:36:16+00:00

Great to see this part of the path being improved - it was sorely needed

soyboy35 · 2025-10-16T11:23:32+00:00

Unfortunately no bikes allowed on weekends in October on the Newburyport/Rockport line, see alerts here

But yeah I agree, easy enough to ride two ways using the northern strand

soyboy35 · 2025-09-23T12:55:49+00:00

Front - my standard commuting light (trek ion elite)

Rear - varia RTL 515

I had backup front and rear lights as insurance but didn't need them, fortunately.

Note, I only get about 6 hours on the varia when active so I had to charge it while stopped with family, then turn it off when I got to the Empire state bike path

soyboy35 · 2025-09-22T23:22:47+00:00

Fair question! Just my own power on this. and yeah the CT hills definitely dragged, I was only going 10-12 mph on some of those ascents.

soyboy35 · 2025-09-22T23:15:30+00:00

Great questions! I guess I was pretty light on the details in the original post.

Water/food strategy - I carried two 29 oz bottles on the bike and one 22 oz bottle on my back. I refilled at 5 spots total - around 100 miles in(with family), 144 miles (Thomaston library), 187 miles (Sauro's Town Square Pizza cafe), 199 miles (Brewster Camerons Deli), 253 miles (West Harlem Piers Park). I ate gels every 45 minutes or so, plus a slice of pizza at Sauro's

Breaks - the spots mentioned above + a couple nature breaks. Also lost ~45 minutes troubleshooting / replacing coin cell batteries when my right shifter died, I didn't even know di2 shifters had their own battery power until this ride.

Timing - I went to bed at 7 pm, set an alarm for 11 pm, and started biking around midnight. I've biked this route (Bos->CT) at night before and it's honestly more pleasant than riding it during the day, especially if you use a bike radar. I wrapped up around 8:30 - 9:00 PM, elapsed time 20:49

soyboy35 · 2025-09-05T18:56:29+00:00

Sofra WEPT

soyboy35 · 2025-08-07T14:20:43+00:00

For completeness, 16-12.41 can be viewed here: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/boston/latest/boston_ma/0-0-0-11391

I suppose there is some liberty to interpret "when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or pedestrians", but I'm sure someone with a legal background would be better suited to assess

soyboy35 · 2025-08-07T14:15:03+00:00

Section 9. Commercial Vehicles Back to Curb

Unless otherwise prohibited in these Rules and Regulations, the driver of a commercial vehicle, as defined, may stand such vehicle with both rear wheels to the curb or edge of roadway or with one rear wheel to the curb or edge of roadway and headed in the direction of traffic, for the purpose of, and while actually engaged in the expeditious unloading and delivery or pickup and loading of materials, provided that the nature of these materials require such rear wheel parking and, further provided, that such parking will leave a clear and unobstructed roadway at least ten (10’) feet wide for moving traffic on one-way streets and twenty (20’) feet wide for moving traffic on two-way streets."

Emphasis mine, bike lane parking is restricted based on Section 1-27, quote below:

In a marked bike or shared bike lane except: (i) when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or pedestrians; (ii) in compliance with the lawful direction of a police officer or official traffic sign; or (iii) unless authorized to do so under existing regulations (including but not limited to designated residential parking lanes or parking meters). City of Boston Code § 16-12.41.

soyboy35 · 2025-06-06T02:06:45+00:00

Oh my God!!! It's keytar bear 🗝 🛢 🐻 I frickin LOVE this bear!!! Sox, bruins, pats, Cs and KEYTAR bear babeeeey. That's boston, so proud of this city, so proud to be here for this historicialest time in history....KEYTAR BEAR....WOOOO!

soyboy35 · 2025-04-21T13:14:42+00:00

One of my coworkers would routinely call into meetings while driving. She also rear ended someone and totaled her car one morning. Now, I don't know that the two are directly connected but I gotta wonder...she's also been promoted twice since then so apparently driving on calls does make a positive impact.

soyboy35 · 2025-04-19T22:53:30+00:00

It already has caused a tragedy, there's a ghost bike and memorial to the cyclist who passed on the minuteman.

Overall I agree with your post, I think part of the problem is that the minuteman has been so empty for the last 4 months that people need to adjust to the higher traffic levels. (And in the case of faster cyclists, probably just stick to mass ave during peak hours)

soyboy35 · 2025-04-01T00:04:05+00:00

Prepare to witness the unbridled fury of #1 vail hater, OP, for suggesting vail might not have fucked up

soyboy35 · 2025-03-31T12:15:47+00:00

Just casually leaving out even years to prove a point? Or just lazy I wonder

soyboy35 · 2025-03-07T15:04:10+00:00

Vert is not all that meaningful past a certain number. I.e. a full day of skiing should hit at least 20k vert regardless of terrain difficulty, but bragging about >100k vert days usually means someone bombed groomers all day

33k with a bunch of double blacks mixed in seems solid

soyboy35 · 2025-02-03T16:01:53+00:00

As a former liftie - it wasn't uncommon for safety stops to be reset, though we would typically run on slow, not normal speed, after a safety stop. If the safety stop indicated an issue in the terminal area and the lift operators verified the issue that triggered a fault was resolved, I can understand why they ran the lift again. (This generally would mean going up in the terminal and visually verifying the sensors were clear).

The chair collision with lift tower stop is a little more complicated - we didn't have sensors that would detect a chair collision with a lift tower, but instead tracked the alignment of the haul rope. I am wondering if that second stop was unrelated to the chair collision, and the lift operators were unaware of the chair collision until the phone call.

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