Welcome to #BikeNite on Friday, September 18th.
Thanks for joining our chat. Anyone can join, now or later. Reply to what you like, and boost for visibility.
Our intro:
Q1a. Where are you posting from today?
and @FourT4 asks:
Q1b. Have you ever held onto a moving vehicle while cycling?
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plactagonic
in reply to Phil (ascentale) • • •A1a: still home, in ~1 hour I am leaving to pick some grapes on my friends vineyard
A1b: yes bit its really sketchy.
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Phil (ascentale)
in reply to Phil (ascentale) • • •A1a. In Dublin, CA, where the streets are wide and slightly scary, the Yemeni Cafe is great, and the weather is breezy but comfortable.
A1b. Never have, but I’ve seen the videos (and of rollerbladers and skateboarders) and am more terrified than tempted. But no judgement against those who have tried.
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gene x
in reply to Phil (ascentale) • • •nothingfuture
in reply to Phil (ascentale) • • •Q1b: I have never held onto a moving vehicle while riding, which is weird given the other dumb stuff I’ve done.
For example, I drafted a garbage truck down a huge hill and back up the other side of the hill at like 40 mph on a Mtb.
I’ve had single road bikes into the 50 mph range a bunch of times, and I’ve kissed 65 mph on a tandem a few times.
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Moz
in reply to Phil (ascentale) • • •A1: a train! The Sydney-Newcastle train to be specific, three hours on a "suburban" route covering over 150km.
1b: probably, but only briefly and not a fan of the practice. But I've seen it done, most notably on a tour when several cyclists got pulls 10km or so by the "support vehicle" (a van).
I've also pushed someone using a ~2m stick for a couple of hours into a headwind. Not a fun day touring, but we made it.
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ajft [SEC=4]
in reply to Phil (ascentale) • • •#BikeNite A1 Melbourne, Boonwurrung land, Aus, on a sunny spring morning
1b. it is a thing I've done a few times
johnadams
in reply to Phil (ascentale) • • •A1b Never interestingly enough though it was common where I grew up
Mx. Eddie R
in reply to Phil (ascentale) • • •A1.
a. Posting from lovely Arden, Ontario, on the Trans-Canada Trail.
b. I've pushed/pulled/balanced a second bike while riding my own. Not fun, do not recommend, but at least I didn't hurt myself.
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lopta
in reply to Phil (ascentale) • • •Mark Connolly
in reply to Phil (ascentale) • • •A. I’m in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. That’s still west of glorious Lake Ontario, north of Lake Erie, and east of Lake Huron.
I never have held onto a moving vehicle and never even considered it!
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silverwizard
in reply to Mark Connolly • • •@Mark Connolly @Jon Roach @Phil (ascentale) @#BikeNite Cycle Chat I saw some kids tonight with one on a bike and the other on a skateboard, and there was a rope hanging off the bike and the kid on the skateboard was holding the rope, which is kinda that.
I am also in Waterloo.
Ryan
in reply to Phil (ascentale) • • •#BikeNite A1a From Medina ... Taking a break while out on a ride
A1b No never
Amgine
in reply to Phil (ascentale) • • •A1a. I am in a ferry terminal awaiting my ride to #VancouverIsland after far too long a day.
A1b. Uh, not for a very long time.
And I will leave the misinterpretations of that sentence to the reader.
Climate Jenny 2.1
in reply to Phil (ascentale) • • •A1a. Back in Northern Virginia, as usual.
A1b. Heavens, no. I have too vivid an imagination to even feel tempted.
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Weldon
in reply to Phil (ascentale) • • •A1a. I'm posting from Berkeley today, where I am looking forward to watching the Shoreline Shredder CX race at the Berkeley Marina this Sunday.
A1b. No, I have never held onto a moving vehicle while riding my bike. I usually try to stay as far away from vehicles as possible while cycling!
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djuber
in reply to Phil (ascentale) • • •A1a. Chicago, where it's starting to rain as I finally get a free weekend to go out!
A1b. I have never done that (I might have banged on a few cars I wished weren't in my way now and then, but I've never hung on to one). When I was a kid we called that hookey-bobbing but I don't think I've seen anyone do it in real life, only movies
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cognitively accessible math
in reply to Phil (ascentale) • • •Central Illinois... no I have never held onto a moving vehicle while riding. I have leapt into a moving motor vehicle but that was the VW bus that was towing my VW beetle and didn't have the horsepwer to get up that mountain with all of us in it so we lined up on the road and leapt in the open side door.
(THe next mountain, we were *gaining* on a truck... ever so gradually... but then the muffer fell off. Bro went back and soccer kicked it and got it into the bus where it proceeded to set the newspapers we'd laid on the floor for insulation, having taken out the middle seat, on fire... but no muffler meant less resistance and ... it was 10 F outside so from then on we were warm...)
rowmyboat
in reply to Phil (ascentale) • • •A1a: Greetings from college town New England, as usual.
A1b: Does Madison practice count? (Note: never done an actual Madison.) Otherwise, nope! I'll run my fingers along the side of a MTA bus while I'm next to it, but like hell I'm holding on. #BikeNite
rowmyboat
in reply to rowmyboat • • •Marty Cormack
in reply to Phil (ascentale) • • •#BikeNite A1:
I'm posting from home in Rochester Minnesota.
I have never held onto any other moving vehicle while cycling as an adult.
Ryan
in reply to Phil (ascentale) • • •A1a. Posting from Hillsboro, OR, watching a big red counter slowly tick down to 0.
A1b. By definition, isn't the act of riding a bicycle holding onto a moving vehicle? 🙃
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arestelle
in reply to Phil (ascentale) • • •Nate Allen
in reply to Phil (ascentale) • • •A1 Posting from war-torn #Portland, #Oregon, formerly one of the best bicycling cities in the U.S. (and still pretty good).
A2 Maybe? I have a vague memory of holding on to the tailgate of Grandpa's Ford but I suspect that may just be from a movie or something. It would have been on his property if it happened.
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AI6YR Ben
in reply to Phil (ascentale) • • •A1b. 😱
edd
in reply to Phil (ascentale) • • •A1. Tooting from Atlanta as always! Never held onto a vehicle while riding, but I've wished to more than a few times dragging kids up ridiculous hills. But that'd be too dangerous for them, and I didn't know the drivers to feel comfortable begging for an assist.
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Natasha Warner
in reply to Phil (ascentale) • • •Raccoons
in reply to Phil (ascentale) • • •Solarbird
in reply to Phil (ascentale) • • •A1a: Well, I _was_ at work, so I can say Seattle, Washington State, Cascadia. So not _exactly_ the same place.
A1b: NOPE don't wanna die ^_^
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Mark
in reply to Phil (ascentale) • • •A1 a: Anoka County, Minnesota, USA.
A1b: probably tried something that stupid as a kid, but I’ve written over that portion of my hard drive, so cannot say for sure. Certainly not in the past 45 years.
I did bike to the Twins game on Wednesday. We beat the Yankees in 13 innings. Extra innings meant I arrived home just as it was getting dark & rainy. 53-mile round trip. Good bike corral at Target Field!
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Demian
in reply to Phil (ascentale) • • •Not a car but I’ve briefly held on to other bicycles and e-bikes
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Schmaker
in reply to Phil (ascentale) • •@Phil (ascentale)
A1a: My bathtub in #Czechia
A2b: I have a story here. I never actually tried when cycling, but when my #eScooter (the #kickscooter variant) died in the hottest summer day 5 kms from home, I met a guy with broken leg who was using his longboard as some kind of #bobsleigh. It worked amazingly well actually, so I jokingly asked the guy, if he has towing rope on his ride as well :D
After about two kilometers of kickscooting my dead escooter he reached me out again and he handed me his mobility aid #crutch and tried to tow me :D
We had fun times, it actually worked, but driving escooter singlehandedly is almost impossible, so we gave up soon.
Yet, the story remains :)
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in reply to Schmaker • • •#BikeNite is that a T handlebar on the scooter? I find that I need to ride with my thumb near the center for leverage, to one-hand that type. But I don't have an electric one, which is probably more difficult to operate like that, with throttle etc. I read that bikes are more stable if your grip is in front of the steering axis, but most of the e-scooters seem to have zero offset.
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Schmaker
in reply to 😀🚲 • •Yup, T-ones :)
When motor works on these types of scooters, it's hard to impossible to use them single handed without actually breaking any of the limbs. But it's possible - seen that, been there. I mostly use my belly to keep it stable though.
On other hand when you are trying to get towed, the motor of the towing vehicle directly moves the handlebar you try to hold and the motor of the towing vehicle is impossibly strong to let you counter that force :)
I leaned on the handlebars to keep them stable and even that I was able to do only for a couple of meters. Remember, that the crutch is about 120cm long and you somehow have to brake to not run over the towing dude :D
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