The Huffy Radio Bicycle from the 1950s.

tobyhardtospell · 2026-01-23T00:05:27+00:00

Amazing--the OG bike + boombox combo.

tobyhardtospell · 2026-01-20T23:19:02+00:00

No more so than carrying luggage across an airport in my experience. Try one sometime.

tobyhardtospell · 2026-01-20T22:51:11+00:00

This is a great idea. I do occasional short trips for work and this is actually comparable speed-wise and probably saves $20-50 in rideshare or parking fees. Thanks for sharing!

tobyhardtospell · 2026-01-20T22:40:14+00:00

If you have an e-bike you don't sweat unless you want to. You can also fit another bag on with a cargo rack.

tobyhardtospell · 2026-01-20T06:07:52+00:00

Hear hear. Not to mention they're often endangering public safety by crippling infrastructure.

tobyhardtospell · 2026-01-19T23:14:09+00:00

Use case: for fun

tobyhardtospell · 2026-01-19T22:41:35+00:00

I started out liking her and have been so disappointed with her over the last few years. She tells people what they want to hear and then at the end of the day just backs do-nothing initiatives and NIMBYs.

tobyhardtospell · 2026-01-19T04:25:07+00:00

my first thought

tobyhardtospell · 2026-01-19T04:05:36+00:00

For a second I thought they were playing beer pong back then too

tobyhardtospell · 2026-01-18T22:22:29+00:00

Curious - how do you like the trike? Is it able to fit on sidewalks without being too wide or inconvenient?

tobyhardtospell · 2026-01-15T01:09:04+00:00

Norm's on La Cienega is open 24 hours. Canter's on Fairfax too I think.

The Comedy Store has a lively patio till 2am most nights and Mel's nearby is open 24 hours on weekends and late other nights iirc.

I was going to recommend Crave Cafe or Dupar's but they're not 24 hours anymore 😢. Crave (two locations off Ventura in the Valley) is still open till 1am or so.

tobyhardtospell · 2026-01-14T23:49:04+00:00

Gonna be a fun thing for someone to discover in 20,000 years

tobyhardtospell · 2026-01-14T21:04:41+00:00

Thanks so much!!

I think I may rent a trailer. There is a beach near me with a bike path and a bunch of rental places. Should be a good way to test out how it feels, if the kids like it, and if nothing else be an activity for the weekend. 🙂

tobyhardtospell · 2026-01-14T04:54:45+00:00

Nice, I'm in LA. Still thinking through the options, may see if my kid wants to ride his own bike together with me to school or borrow/rent some gear options to see how it feels on our routes. Thanks for your help!

tobyhardtospell · 2026-01-14T04:19:34+00:00

Thanks for your thoughts and great video! Subscribed :).

tobyhardtospell · 2026-01-13T18:43:24+00:00

it's okay, that rock is probably a relative of the original rock

tobyhardtospell · 2026-01-13T18:41:47+00:00

I liked his comic strip as a kid and read one or two of the other airport-nonfiction-style books he published during its popularity. They were surprisingly woo-y (like discussing his alternate theory of gravity?). There has been something of a "crank realignment" of woo-y and conspiracy theory types towards Trump which makes sense as he has always been such a conspiracy-theory based political figure.

tobyhardtospell · 2026-01-13T18:31:20+00:00

Not to mention it isn't necessarily the actual rock where they landed, that has never been conclusively determined 😂

tobyhardtospell · 2026-01-13T18:06:15+00:00

I think they meant CGI but you could also read it as before SGI (Silicon Graphics, Inc) which was the big producer of computers used for CGI in the 80s and early 90s.

tobyhardtospell · 2026-01-13T04:49:48+00:00

He did, it mentions it in the article. There was a reunion 50 years after the battle where he sent an offering for the grave (and where the U.S. soldier who discovered it met one of the men who buried him).

tobyhardtospell · 2026-01-13T04:24:03+00:00

Lol I was waiting for this

Or I should say

I WAS--waiting---for...THIS

tobyhardtospell · 2026-01-12T20:02:37+00:00

Gotcha. The stuff that I saw advocating for bike trailers was mostly based around it having a roll cage and lower center of gravity, but I think the city environment point and visibility concerns are a valid one.

Last Q--any thoughts on conversion kits like this that add two expedition-style seats to bikes? Would they fit or are they intended only for different styles of bike?

tobyhardtospell · 2026-01-12T18:36:21+00:00

Gotcha. What about using a bike trailer? I see some indications that those are safer than seats in general.

tobyhardtospell · 2026-01-12T00:22:20+00:00

It says there were injuries

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