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#bicycle

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[20.04.2025]
Sometimes I think about what it would be like to travel the world by bike & living a nomadic life 🗺️🌎

Life would for once primarily be about
▪️moving,
▪️breathing fresh air,
▪️being soaking wet by the rain,
▪️drying in the sun,
▪️sweating,
▪️searching for water, food & shelter,
▪️sleeping under the stars,
▪️getting lost on your way,
▪️asking people for help,
▪️improvising when things go bad,
▪️making new friends,
▪️learning about new places & cultures,
▪️fundraising money for people in need of help,
▪️living a modest life on the move 🚲🏕️

Yet, for now, I’ll not go for it. The desire to live as a full time nomad is—amongst others—part of illusional self-deception. You can’t escape capitalism. Societal and personal issues will follow your path and catch up with you at some point. Depression will kick in after some months, this far too familiar feeling of emptiness will not miraculously go away.

Or, as Adorno once wrote:
„Der Seßhafte beneidet das Nomadentum, die Suche nach frischen Weideplätzen, und der grüne Wagen ist das Haus auf Rädern, dessen Zug die Gestirne begleitet. Infantilität, gebannt in planloser Bewegung, dem glücklos unsteten, momentanen Drang zum Weiterleben, steht ein fürs Unentstellte, für Erfüllung, und schließt sie doch aus, im Innersten der Selbsterhaltung gleich, von der zu erlösen sie vortäuscht. Das ist der Zirkel der bürgerlichen Sehnsucht nach dem Naiven.“
Theodor W. Adorno, „Prinzessin Eidechse“, in: Minima Moralia (1946/47)

There are things I have to and want to experience before eventually leaving Europe. There are times to do things and not do others. Instead of traveling full time I’ll work on subjects my intellectual interest encompasses for the next 3 years 📚

Stay tuned, take it slow, and be part of team 161 🚩

#cycling #bikepacking #bicycle #child #bicyclelove #nomad #nomadlife #nomadlifestyle #nomadliving #travel #traveling #fahrrad #zitat #adorno #theodorwadorno

Rode from #Toronto to Oakville #Ontario #Canada, and back, today along the Lakeshore Martin Goodman Trail and Waterfront Trail route. Approx. between 90 to 100km round trip.

Still a bit of smoke in the area, from the wildfires out west.

The trail, despite the cooler weather is packed with people on the weekend.

Highlight was the Brueckner Rhododendron Gardens that are at peak.

#cycling#bike#biking

A shakedown ride with #NightRiders in the #rain! To test my #bikepacking setup and my hand-made drybag holder I’ve stuffed it with things and hit the road. It held well over curbs, #cobbles and #gravel. I think I’m well prepared!😂😁

#Cycling #Bicycle #Bici #Bicicleta #Ciclismo #Velo #Fahrrad #Rower #Wahoo #Wahooligan #Velominati #LifeBehindBars #LookMomNoHands #Poznan #Warta #Wartostrada #DadOnBike #SRAM #AXS #Eagle #Fizik #ASMR #BikeToot #BikeTooter @cycling @rower

Fortgeführter Thread

Evidently, I wasn’t careful enough to ensure that any the #InnerTube was not caught between the rim and the outer #tyre. So now I had no spare inner to replace it with. What to do? I re-replaced the new inner with the old one – I reckoned it would be fine for a trip to the #BikeShop and luckily, it turned out to be so. When I got home, I re-re-replaced the inner tube without incident. But you never stop learning, no matter how much experience you’ve had.

#Biking#Cycle#Bicycle

Earlier this week, I realized my front #bike #tyre had a slow #puncture. A minor inconvenience to replace the #InnerrTube as I always try to have a spare one just in case (it’s a matter of when, not if). So, I replaced the tube and pumped it up to about 6 atmospheres (the outer tyre is rated for 6-9 atmospheres) but as I was putting my tools away, the inner tyre exploded with a large bang, just like a balloon would, only louder.

#Biking #Cycle #Bicycle #Cycling.

Old news but fun anyway. Instead of forced to use a bicycle, how about given a taste of freedom on a bicycle? The answer to congestion alleviation is so close but people can't quite grab on to it.

#bicycle #trafficcongestion #BikeCommuting #yyzbike

Race car driver stuck in Toronto traffic rents bicycle, runs to track | Globalnews.ca
globalnews.ca/news/10631640/to

Global News · Race car driver stuck in Toronto traffic rents bicycle, runs to trackVon Kevin Nielsen

Argh -- I bought a vintage #Marchisio thread-on freewheel in excellent condition for my #Bullseye #MTB hubs on eBay. It came today in the mail, and to my relief it looked ~exactly~ like the old one I want to replace.

But when I tried to screw the freewheel onto the hub, it didn't fit. 🤔

Turns out there were different standards back in the day, two of which are ISO (34.92mm) and “Italian” (35mm). 😭

sheldonbrown.com/freewheels.ht

sheldonbrown.comTraditional Thread-on FreewheelsInformation on how to rebuild freewheels, which were very common on derailer-equipped bicycles and which offer a great variety of options for sprocket sizes.

Great recap of #Sternfahrt in #Berlin

Thousands of cyclists have taken part in a cycling demonstration in Berlin, in a bid to promote cycling safety and make the city's streets safer. Road closures across Berlin allowed cyclists, including many children, to enjoy car-free roads for several hours. There were also traffic restrictions on two highways, giving riders a rare chance to cycle along Germany's autobahn.

youtube.com/watch?v=uyaigRpLsC

i'm hosting a series of six rides this summer that prefigure what our major arterial roads could/should/would be without compulsory mass automobility -- straight, smooth tracks for bicyclists and other human-powered transit! (and maybe some light rail and trolleybuses thrown in there too).

each weekend, we will tackle some of portland's "unfriendly" roads, stroads, and orphaned highways and claim a lane. i'm used to riding these roads solo during heavy traffic hours, so it would be ~*fun*~ to bike as a larger group on roads where cyclists "don't belong" or "shouldn't be on" -- laugh through their windows, spit on their tires! (jk jk... but actually tho). check out the links below for details if you'd like to join any of the rides (thanks again to @shift2bikes for such a great calendar resource).

ride #1: 6/29, 3pm - milwaukie ave
shift2bikes.org/calendar/event

ride #2: 7/6, 5pm - cesar chavez blvd
shift2bikes.org/calendar/event

ride #3: 7/12, 11am - sandy blvd
shift2bikes.org/calendar/event

ride #4: 7/20, 2pm - 82nd ave
shift2bikes.org/calendar/event

ride #5: 7/27, 10am - powell blvd
shift2bikes.org/calendar/event

ride #6: 8/3, 1pm - mlk jr. blvd
shift2bikes.org/calendar/event

#portland#pdx#bicycle