A good enough install of the Grin All-Axle v3 on a Tern GSD v2. The motor controller tucked snugly under the rack, excess wiring is spiraled around whatever is handy. The battery looks ridiculous but will do until I order something meant for this bike. Adding an all throttle system to an all pedelec e-bike feels very peanut butter and chocolate.
@kevinschaper What made you add the hub motor? And how's the fork gonna handle the weight? I have heard some not great stories about the maintenance of the suspension fork. (Like, people having to fully service it every 600 miles.)
Today in Government Humor: Every Friday, my coworker pledges to get out the door reasonably close to his quitting-time of record, saying that he'll be "5:08 compliant," and it elicits a smile every time
@bikepedantic I went three rounds with the 508 department with three documents this quarter and every time the goalposts moved and there are no written requirements (my documents met the requirements of another Federal agency each time), so that joke lands very very well with my very dry sense of humor.
@bikepedantic@ebooksyearn Yeah, I was happy to make changes like improve the alt text captions, but seriously just write down the guidance/requirements so I don't have to go through multiple submissions via my COR since I don't have direct access to submit the documents. I ended up making my own checklist. I have one more document to finish and then submit.
@bikepedantic I transported a trombone and trombonist on a tandem a few times but I never got him to play while I pedaled. What a missed opportunity! Although, I think bakfiets have some clear advantages with the front carry position with trombones. Maybe I can convince my 13yo neighbor to ride on the back of the GSD playing her trumpet. My kid plays the baritone sax and that's a big replacement value if something goes wrong.
I sewed this shirt 15 or so years ago. Luckily I made it extra-big at the time so it still fits.
In honor of #BikeNite today, 4pm Pacific (US) Daylight Time. It's (a)synchronous so you don't have to be on at that time to participate. #Cycling#BikeTooter@bikenite
@ai6yr I've worked with FEMA models and they are very aggregate, 1-dimensional hydraulics based on 1-ft increments in the thalweg elevation, which, for really flat areas is not a lot at all. They also don't map the vast majority of streams, just main ones. 0.2% return interval = "1-in-500yr" storm. I wouldn't build there, but it's legal to do so. Listening to the people being interviewed, it sounds like classic NIMBYism. [We can't have more apartments because] "the crime rate is going to go up."
The mom message chain is sharing that another one on my middle schoolers' friends who lives on our neighborhood got hit by a driver on his way to school today. He usually bikes on the sidewalk in the area of the arterial streets.
I'm sure people think I'm pathetic not letting my kid bike 1.5mi to/from school and carpooling/city bus home. These kids were going the safer 2-mi route. I'm exhausted. This is now the 4th, 5th & 6th kids in his IMMEDIATE friend group struck by drivers going to/from this specific school from our neighborhood.
These three 13yo kids bike train to jazz band/orchestra at 6:50am. They ride on the sidewalk along the 30mph street. They cross at the signal. They do exactly what they are supposed to do. They must have been stuck by a driver in the intersection.
@enobacon Maybe I just feel pathetic being an LCI and unable to "educate" my own kid to a point I feel he would be safe? I just feel sick (literally, we have strep in the house) and powerless. And mad. And sad.
@enobacon This particular street has had two diets in the past five years, but maybe since the public works director just retired it can get another one? I noticed a fallen lamp pole with bright yellow crosswalk warning signs on the school sidewalk this week. What really ticks me off is that all the city engineers show up for the regional safe routes to schools meetings and not a soul from the school districts does.