This question is kind of a continuation of a discussion last week. @esnyder@MylesRyden asks about what good cycle infrastructure looks like on rural roads.
Q8. As someone living rurally in OR, I am not sure what exactly I want changed on most of the rural roads. I would love to hear more about / see some links to / etc. really good examples of what it could/should look like.
@ascentale@esnyder (I'm asking because I've seen some pretty reasonable exurb but I'm drawing a blank on real rural. But I'm thinking for real rural you have GOT to have real separation because in my experience having lived real rural speed limits aren't even suggestions and stripes are hilarious, but separate "horse" trails that are okay for biking too? That you can get.)
@esnyder I remember seeing cycle paths next to the highway in the south part of the Netherlands. They were simple paths and ran parallel, but were separated by usually trees and a bunch of grass. It was really cool to see.
@ascentale@esnyder A8: Completely separate track for walking + biking with a grassy buffer from the car lanes. People drive their trucks fast on rural roads and a bit of shoulder is never enough. #BikeNite
@ascentale@esnyder on low-volume roads, #AdvisoryBikeLanes make a lot of sense, given low enough speeds (and many more roads could have much lower volumes if not everyone has to drive everywhere) #BikeNite A8 -- it's just a single lane for cars between painted dashes for people walking or biking on the side, in the same width of asphalt where in the US they would stripe a double yellow centerline and post it 55mph. See also advisorybikelanes.com
@Shadowsforbars asks a question that takes us back to the earlier days of #BikeNite
Q7. Does anyone have any AI pictures of bicycles they would like to share?
(Or prompts for that matter? Good/intersesting/bad, it'd be great to see a variety. Jeremy_ai, the previous host, would often introduce BikeNite with an interesting AI generated picture)
@ascentale@Shadowsforbars#BikeNite. A7. Ah, please, no AI generated monstrosities! 😬 If you do post 'em, please CW or tag them so we can avoid the nightmares.
@ascentale@kimu#BikeNite A4. Trek Rally Wavecel (which was what the LBS carries). Very comfortable and the air flow is great, great ratings! The only problem is the chin strap won't stay adjusted correctly, I have to tighten it before every ride. #helmet
@ascentale@kimu A4: I have a Giro Montaro. It fits and it's light and has lots of ventilation, and in particular, it has a brim. I want a brim for a bunch of reasons.
(It's also one of the ones Bothell Ski and Bike carries, which narrows the choices a lot for me; they've been around forever and I pretty well trust them.)
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We'll start out with our introduction (with help from @jfparis)
Q1. Where are you posting from today? Where we are, Spring semester is over or almost over for many students. How does this affect your riding?
@ascentale@jfparis A1: Hiya! North of Seattle as usual, up in northern King County. Graduation incoming means that my rides to one particular remote site will involve fewer people on Burke-Gilman, but not that many because more non-students will be on it too.
@ascentale@jfparis#BikeNite A1. Ventura County, CA. I just realized that today! That means no more avoiding near the high school around new-driver-melee-time (err... lunch)!
I'm posting from mountainous Felton, California, where I've just completed a successful test ride with a new-to-me bidirectional ebike throttle on my cargo ebike.
Twist right and it engages the motor to accelerate. Twist left and it engages regenerative braking. Pretty happy with it!
@ascentale@trouble#BikeNite A8: Most recent new thing on the bike was replacing one of the runner boards with a board with a slot cut out so I can easily tow another bike.
Got to use it for real the first time yesterday returning a borrowed bicycle to a friend. Towed it about 8miles, was super easy/solid.
Here it is w/ my spouse's bike strapped on as a test:
Wading in to the SwiftData waters and added saving to a context, and I’m impressed. Gave the app an infinite loop at the view layer and we’ll fix that later.
Doodled a couple candidates for a development and alternate app icon! Someone has to bring a little culture.
Just that tiny bit of progress today but the momentum is what’s important. #BuildInPublic#iOSDev
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