gairdeachas, to random
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I stumbled upon this truly fascinating video that explains that steering a bicycle doesn't work like most of us thinks it does -- yet we seem to do it intuitively anyway.

https://laughingsquid.com/physics-of-bicycle-turns/

One of the few cases where a video is actually the perfect form of information delivery.

si2mev,
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@gairdeachas Now I wonder how it is for (see my avatar) or fourwheelers.

Is it my habitat that I tend to lean and first make a left and then go right. Or has it to do with make an ideal line to get through a corner?

glightly, to cycling
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hembrow, to cycling
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Today's bike ride was the initial outing of the restored Kuifje's Raket (Tintin's Rocket) Quest.

Harry (@twilwel) has been working on this for some time and he's done a great job. It looked quite rough a few months back, but now it looks and works like a completely new velomobile.

Theo's Milan and Harry's rocket in front of me as we head out into the countryside.

glightly, to cycling
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Silent (except for soundtrack). A sample of cycle infrastructure in these countries (and how that works for recumbents). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLSzEdsZZy0

glightly, to cycling
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I'm so bummed Recumbent Cycle-Con doesn't come to the West Coast anymore, but at least I can watch this video.

This is my first time seeing a tandem trike!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jytezb02DCI

hembrow, to Netherlands
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The centre of the largest telescope in the world* is conveniently situated within cycling distance so on Sunday's open day a group of us cycled there.

You can read more about it here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-Frequency_Array_(LOFAR)

https://www.astron.nl/telescopes/lofar/

  • It's described as "the largest radiotelescope in the world which can operate at the lowest frequencies that can be observed from earth" and it's about a thousand km wide, which makes it a nice example of peaceful international scientific cooperation.

#lofar #radiotelescope #velomobile #ligfiets #recumbent #netherlands #astron #superterp #regel17

Our velomobiles parked next to the cycle-parking
People crowding around to hear an explanation of how the telescope works. There were a lot of activities going on. This isn't the whole crowd.
One of the low frequency (10-80 MHz) antennas. The high frequency (120-240 MHz) antennas are much smaller and grouped together under the black plastic box on the left of the photo.

lars, to cycling
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On Friday, I had one of the slowest #recumbent rides on my usual loop this year. 2 hours. Today, the same loop took me 20 minutes less. What changed?

  1. Switched from greased chain to waxed chain
  2. Switched from 1 3/4 inch #Panaracer tires to 28mm #Schwalbe One tires
  3. Switched from a (limited edition) pink #Knog bell to a (limited edition) pink #Spurcycle bell
    Marginal improvements matter! #biketooter
PapyrusBrigade, to cycling

Accessible cycling: Anyone out there who uses a bike as mobility aid? Either standard bikes, or adaptive ones (recumbent, semi-recumbent, adult trikes, tandem, hand bike,…).

We’ve had fantastic experience with the Hase Pino semi-recumbent tandem.

Mulling over adult trike options for my mom, who’s starting to have balance issues.

Photo of Hase Pino semi-recumbent bike. The stoker is in recumbent position in the front. The captain steers from upright position behind.

wilms, to transit

@recumbinati Welcome, new follower! I gladly welcome you with a conform post of my beloved 35 year old , which I got 30 years ago. And used it with the when my kids were born 20 years ago. That’s when the photo was taken.

docdieterlen, to MountainBiking

I have bought a recumbent trike.

I'm now 5x as eccentric but also expecting a big surge in happiness. A fair trade.

Going to take a while to adjust to cycling without padded bike shorts or the need to carry everything in my jersey pockets 😮

xtaran, to cycling
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Dug my I out of the mothballs today. Haven't ridden it for quite some years (but the Brompton and the KMX trike instead). It survived standing in the garage quite well. Just had to inflate the tires again.

Nevertheless will replace the tubes and brittle tires soonish. Also the Maguras and front suspension need some maintenance. And the chain might need some oil, too.

And it seems as with cycling in general: You don't unlearn to ride a recumbent bicycle. 😎

A yellow-black Radius Hornet short wheelbase recumbent bicycle with yellow hornet icons on the seat upholstery seen from the left side in front of a driveway. In the background a red-white Citroën 2CV.
A yellow-black Radius Hornet short wheelbase recumbent bicycle with yellow hornet icons on the seat upholstery seen from the right side. It has a small pannier on this side.

NUeB, to fedibikes German
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Ihr kennt das: Felgenband und Schlauch kriechen mit der Zeit in die Speichenbohrungen, bis die Luft raus ist… Doch das sollte nun der Vergangenheit angehören.

https://www.printables.com/model/509602-bike-rim-plugs-freecad

@fedibikes @fedibikes

DuncanWatson, to random

I love this picture of me in 2009 at PIR.

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