An arrest has been made in a Newport Beach road rage incident involving a BMW driver and a pair of cyclists that was caught on video. ... Weiss is facing charges of assault with a deadly weapon and obstructing or delaying arrest. ... Police also confiscated the blue BMW seen in the video for evidence purposes.

Apartment dweller here, I can't store it outside and I don't have a garage, I was getting tired of just having it in the living room so I came up with this slightly better idea.

Anyone have any nice setups for keeping your bikes in your living spaces?

Moved to a small town that's a lot more bike friendly than the suburban hellscape I previously lived in, and only have one car now. My wife works in the next city over so she gets the car, and I've spent my unemployed time fixing up my neglected relic and turned it into a daily driver. I needed a new derailer, brake housings and bar tape. Got that done and am gonna put some new tires once I start getting some paychecks. Tires are fine for now, but are very narrow and we have a lot of dirt roads and paths and I want some wider tires. Added a bag to the top bar that has a clear slot for a phone so I can nav around while I'm still learning the lay of the land. Also got an under saddle bag for a spare tube, a tire lever and a c02 cart. Got my hand pump attached to the same mount as my bottle. This month I've put 60 miles on it after not riding for at least 4 years and while my cheeks were killing me the first week I'm feeling great now. I thought riding down small roads would be nerve racking, but the roads are so empty people pass with plenty of room and are generally very courteous.

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/57244645

I've got an old Bianchi SX Sport from the 80s I'm using as a commuter bike. I recently moved from a concrete jungle to a rural area and probably need to get some new tires. Right now I'm riding on some slicks with pretty much no tread and am wanting to get some tires that will be better suited for light gravel and dirt roads. Current tires are 700x23. Will I need a new wheel to accommodate some thicker tires or can I get away with some all condition tires on gravel and dirt?

This type of biking only has a very light saturation near me. So when I rock up with my kid/bike situation and see this it feels like there is traction for good things happening.

Flexible 1.85€ cutting board put to good use.

I still want to seal that gap between the two rear fenders but I ran out of materials.

It's protecting the inner-tube from rubbing against the screw heads of my DIY studs. Did the same thing last year and it worked great.

cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/peertube/p/1821950/i-rode-my-bike-in-12-different-cities-here-s-what-i-learned-about-cycling

I've been lucky enough in the past few years to have ridden my bike in a bunch of cities all over the world. Looking back, here are lessons about urban cycling I learned from 12 different ones. Thi...

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/55967000

cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/44995054

The Department of Transportation is proposing bringing a network of bike lanes to Portage Park

https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/sites/complete-streets-chicago/home/featured-projects-and-innovations/projects0/PortageParkNeighborhoodBikeNetwork.html

They are holding a community meeting to discuss the bike lane network at 6 p.m. March 5 at the Portage Park Senior Center, 4001 N. Long Avenue.

Attendees are encouraged to register here

Posting things online isn't enough. Pro-car people actually show up. We need supporters of bike lanes to also show up.

I've got an old Mongoose mtb that looks like good e-bike conversion project. What's the best kit for this? Best battery?

Hi all,

I’m new to bicycles; and just got an ebike for commuting. I recently also got a free SRAM flight attendant fork. The only problem is that the fork has a width of 115mm and my front tire has a width of 100mm.

Now, I might be new to bikes, but I am an engineer and a hobby machinist with a lathe. So my first thought was just to machine some 7.5mm spacers to go on either side of the wheel; noting that i’ll probably have to make a new bracket for the front brake as well.

My mental model of the forces would say that all the weight would be transmitted through the axel. Now the new fork does have a little but of a lip to it; which normally would probably transfer the force directly into the bearings on the wheel itself, but then they too would transmit it to the axel; just at a different point.

Anyway before I brake something expensive or miss something obvious I thought I would ask here.

Thanks!

• Invidious
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Ignoring the thumbnail, the content creator provides an excellent thorough testing and breakdown of all bike locks and demonstrates the pros and cons of each.

TL;DW:

• the Kryptonite Diamond Standard came out on top of all tests/charts.

Edit:

• added specific Kryptonite lock name

More barriers to cycling means more cars which means more dead cyclists. Help us defeat this terrible anti-safety bill.

Giant Group confirms the passing of its founder, whose vision built the world’s largest bicycle manufacturer and helped globalise Taiwan’s cycling industry.

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"To Giant Group, Mr Liu was not only our Founder, but a leader who consistently guided the organisation forward while remaining attentive to the people around him," the company said in a statement.

Liu’s path to building the largest global bicycle manufacturer was far from direct. In his youth, he was considered a jack-of-all-trades who worked in his family’s eel-farming business. But when a typhoon destroyed the family business, Liu was in need of a career shift. He entered the bicycle business in the early 1970s, initially believing building bikes would be simple. Instead, Liu found the work far more complex. But he was up for the challenge.

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A giant inflatable X chromosome could save your bones the next time you crash!