Five years ago, I volunteered a shift at the community bike shop and a grandma came in with her 9yo granddaughter looking for training wheels. I put her on the back of the tandem and did a few laps of the parking lot to build her confidence, them I took the pedals off a BMX and sent her out for a few more laps before putting them back on. Her grandma told me, as she watched her pedal around happily, that it was one of her best life memories.
@ascentale A8. I haven’t read through all the great #BikeNite answers, but to answer the second part: no! The most common grumps I hear are downright ludicrous. Time to bust out the excellent https://CyclingFallacies.com/
OKAY. Stopping point on the Northshore Bike Map, connecting the latest Seattle and brand new Eastside map.
I've added everything I know and I've stumbled upon a bunch of things I didn't before. This has been educational.
I've also labelled a bunch of stuff, added replacement labels for certain attractions that had their labels obscured, and made a couple of corrections.
I'm not including the sidewalk/path hybrid along Ballinger because while sometimes it sure does feel like a path most of the time it's just "sidewalk."
DO YOU KNOW ROUTES I DON'T?
Tell me about them! But only if they're public. I've not included a couple of trails here because they're private.
Oakland Airport wants to rename itself "San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport?" Seriously?
What in the "Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim yeah we're in Anaheim but nod-nod wink-wink think of us as LA but we're the red one not the blue one but we're better because we have Ohtani wait what do you mean he's a Dodger now whatever bro we're still claiming LA" is going on here?
#NorthCarolina's state bird is the northern red cardinal. What these striking red birds lack in brains they make up for in their talent for mimickry....which is cool until they start mimicking car alarms.
Welcome to our BikeNite for the week of March 8th! Thanks for joining, and I hope we all enjoy chatting about cycle stuff! Feel free to answer whenever at your convenience. Anyone can join, now or later. Reply to what you like, and boost for visibility.
We'll start out with our introduction:
Q1. Where are you posting from today? How are you feeling at the moment?
@ascentale A1. Lynnwood, north of Seattle, WA, USA. Feeling good as I finally got a regular(-ish!) sized bike that fits me – and is still unique. Plus I found cool stuff on the first ride!
It's an Orbea Katu mini velo with a frame-mounted basket, 20" wheels, IGH, fenders, dynamo lights, and hydraulic disc brakes!🚲🌈🐮
#+1 #plus1
Q6. What is the best looking bike shop or bike related business you've ever been in and why (even if the people were jerks or you never want to go back for whatever reason)? What was the vibe it gave off? Bonus points for pictures!