Living in Montreal I’ve gotten to the point where I only ride my own bike when I’m transporting paniers of stuff or doing an overnight trip. I installed a double kickstand on my old bike and its worked well until today when my old frame kicked the bucket. I realized that what I basically want is a slightly long tail cargo...
Slightly different approach, but where I am Omnium cargo bikes have become very popular, they have a platform at the from, but aren’t super long like a Bullet, and handle more like a regular bike. I’ve even come across a mod that means you can fold the platform up to store it easily in an apartment, or even in a hallway when combined with a stem that rotates the bars around.
So I’m gonna share a story. In this story I’m a fucking idiot. But I hope that it serves as a warning to someone so they can learn from my dumb mistakes. So I was going out to see some mates the other day in a big state forest near Melbourne....
In most places it actually rains a lot less that you would.think, and often it only rains a small part of the day. I know that when the forecast is for rain often the 30 minutes it takes me to commute are dry.
I commute everyday in a place that has a reputation for being a bit rainy in winter and I get actually wet like 5 times a year.
Am I being way too cynical by thinking this sudden burst of “RFK actually bad for Trump” content that seems to be everywhere is actually some kind of reverse phycology propaganda trick to make the left leaning folks let it play out?
I always wondered how it came about, Wws the govt that introduced it rewarded by being proven to be illegitimate? I could easily imagine they’d get pounded at the next election just for forcing people to come out and vote when they’d rather not!
@fuck_cars Something I wish Australia would change is laws prohibiting any vehicles between a 200W ebike and a full motorcycle. I'd get a lot of value from a 60kmph limited 1kW ebike. But currently to sell such a thing it would have to comply with all motorcycle requirements, and things like ABS on both wheels is really not required for such a device.a #AusPol#eBikes
I am so tired of watching Aussie TV channels. No quality material and full of shitty content. For even news- 9news, 7news, ABC all kept going on about Taylor swift all day. No quality news reporting at all. Thanks to YouTube , my go to channel for news now is DW and France 24. European channels are the best in my opinion.
He’s also pretty much guaranteed to be dead in less than ten years, so all those narcissistic Republican assholes assume it will be them personally that takes the throne when it happens. So of course they support him.
Imagine spontaneously building a gallows, like where the fuck would you even find the wood at in the capital?? Who randomly thinks "I should take multiple 12 foot lengths of 2x4 to hear the person who lost the election speak?
Who else thinks a big old fat length of rope is what I should take with me to see the peaceful transfer of power for myself?
Yeah cause Trump and the Republicans are totally against Israel aggression, genocide and are for a free Palestine.
Newsom has the following election to look forward to, he won’t get a look in at this one. It’s Biden or a Republican.
A shit choice for many, but only one option has a chance for the American experiment to continue. The other is global fascism, war and mutually assured destruction.
Maybe people should wake the fuck up, think rationally and realised that there is one party in this game that at least has a sense of government obligations to the parts of society that need extra help, and for the greater good, and another party that has taken money from the people and funneled it into the hands of billionaires, openly oppressed the majority of the population and ARE OPENLY FUCKING FASCIST.
But the " Dems aren’t doing enough"
Fuck me.
This isn’t even considering the captured media landscape, the dark money from faceless corporate interests, the nation states and fucked up billionaire macavellian wanna be dickheads that all flows to keeping the Dems down and the fascist machine rolling.
We can’t afford for anyone left of Reagan to give in to defeat. Fight, like fuck, for whichever dem has the majority party support.
Any Dem infighting will be exploited by the captured corporate media and bad faith actors to destroy to the literal fabric of democracy in the next election cycle.
Vote Dem in 2024 then unfuck the system.
Other option is meh your way into a literal concentration camp at the hands of fascist sycophants.
Shit choice, but not a difficult one, to me at least.
None of the documentaries from GCN+, which is Global Cycling Network’s streaming app, are on my usual torrent sites. I’m not a cool warez kiddy with access to niche private trackers. Is it possible that there are no webrips out there? Do they watermark somehow?
A year away from Election Day 2024, former President Donald Trump is set to testify in a civil fraud trial and separately faces more than 90 criminal charges, setting up the possibility that a convicted felon tops the Republican ticket next November....
In my outsider opinion you have one more chance. This is it. If you can repel Fascism this time it will get easier next time. If you don’t, I fear for us all.
Cargo Bikes Without Electric
Living in Montreal I’ve gotten to the point where I only ride my own bike when I’m transporting paniers of stuff or doing an overnight trip. I installed a double kickstand on my old bike and its worked well until today when my old frame kicked the bucket. I realized that what I basically want is a slightly long tail cargo...
Getting stuck in the bush: Or how I learned not to be an idiot or trust google maps.
So I’m gonna share a story. In this story I’m a fucking idiot. But I hope that it serves as a warning to someone so they can learn from my dumb mistakes. So I was going out to see some mates the other day in a big state forest near Melbourne....
Man who received first pig kidney transplant dies (townflex.com)
Richard "Rick" Slayman: Man who received first pig kidney transplant dies, his death came just two weeks after his surgery. latest news on townflex
The cycling revolution in Paris continues: Bicycle use now exceeds car use (english.elpais.com)
Republicans are starting to worry about RFK Jr. (www.politico.com)
Louisiana lawmakers vote to remove lunch breaks for child workers, cut unemployment benefits (www.nola.com)
Donald Trump calls wife Melania ‘Mercedes’ in CPAC speech (www.independent.co.uk)
Russian war blogger dies in apparent suicide after facing criticism for revealing Moscow's losses (apnews.com)
why aussie TV sucks ?
I am so tired of watching Aussie TV channels. No quality material and full of shitty content. For even news- 9news, 7news, ABC all kept going on about Taylor swift all day. No quality news reporting at all. Thanks to YouTube , my go to channel for news now is DW and France 24. European channels are the best in my opinion.
Joe Biden joke about 'good sex' with Jill Biden raises eyebrows (www.newsweek.com)
Conservatives are mad again
'He has dementia': Internet erupts after Trump suggests he looks like Elvis (www.rawstory.com)
Far-right AfD leader vows to campaign for Brexit-style EU exit vote in Germany (www.theguardian.com)
Trump again vows to be a day-one ‘dictator’ in Iowa town hall (www.independent.co.uk)
The January 6 Attack was an Insurrection (reason.com)
The polls keep getting worse for Biden (www.politico.com)
She has stitches on her leg. Instead of the cone of shame, she prefers toddler pants with tail hole cut in them. (lemmy.world)
Where to find soon-to-be-defunct GCN+ streaming content?
None of the documentaries from GCN+, which is Global Cycling Network’s streaming app, are on my usual torrent sites. I’m not a cool warez kiddy with access to niche private trackers. Is it possible that there are no webrips out there? Do they watermark somehow?
Daily Discussion Thread: Mon 04 Dec 2023
Welcome to the Melbourne Community Daily Discussion Thread.
Trump heads to the witness stand as new polls show him leaping past Biden in key swing states (www.cnn.com)
A year away from Election Day 2024, former President Donald Trump is set to testify in a civil fraud trial and separately faces more than 90 criminal charges, setting up the possibility that a convicted felon tops the Republican ticket next November....
Victoria finally has a container deposit scheme. Here's how to get cash for bottles and cans (www.abc.net.au)