Unfortunately my cargo bike was stolen this week out of apartment building's garage. While I look for new bike and discuss ways to harden our building's security, I'd also like a good bike tracker.

Don't recommend Airtags

I actually had an Apple Airtag stashed in one of the cargo bags, however unfortunately this is a case study in why Airtags aren't theft recovery devices. The last known location of the Airtag is a street across town where it gave its last update about 20 minutes after the theft occurred, but nothing was there when I went looking (neither bike nor tag).

Most likely, either one of the following happened:

A) The Airtag made noise to alert the thieves, as they're designed to do to prevent being used for stalking. The thieves then likely pulled out the battery.

B) The last known location was the last time the Airtag made contact with an Apple iPhone. The last location was a gentrified block next to a large encampment of unhoused neighbors. The Airtag may have been detected by an iPhone on the way from the wealthy side of the line to the poor side, after which there were no iPhones nearby to pick it up. And once the thieves searched the bike (I saw two on video) they found the Airtag and removed the battery.

Either way: don't try to use Airtags to find stolen stuff. Also: know that the location on the app doesn't show you where the device is, it actually shows you the location where the phone which detected it is. Funny story: I once snuck into an apartment complex trying to find a stolen package before I finally found the Airtag across the street discarded among trash.

I've watched a bunch of recommendation videos, but I'm having a very hard time actually assessing which ones appear good. Any advice?

101km for the day! Made the round trip to Picacho Peak and back. Mostly gravel, lots of busted asphalt.

Saddles are still a pain point for me. This was with a new Rockbros foam saddle. I have a somewhat thicker gel Rockbros saddle I need to try next time.

But truly, the worst part was the headwind, in both directions. 😄 It switches direction after noon, some (most?) days here in AZ. Glad I missed the storm on Sunday. I would have walked home.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/43514084

From the Oh The Urbanity! channel on peertube/YT

The conclusion at around 6:50 is quite interesting too

Paraphrasing:

Even if interviewees and data from Ipsos report "Cycling Across the World 2022" (PDF!) says there is no correlation between cycling for transportation and exercise/competition/recreation, if you have access to a bike and feel comfortable to use it (aka there is a decent infrastructure), you are more likely to get involved in those activities

Bike friendly countries just made it normal to ride a bike, even if people might not think much of it as they are just used to do it

From the Shifter channel on peertube / YT

Quite surprised to hear cycling was as high as 64% of trips in Beijing until the 1990s, but then everything changed after The Automotive Industry Policy from 1995 to 2005, which basically made it into your average western car centric hell hole.

Luckily, it seems to be changing for the better after Covid as the video explores it in more depth

A look at the Shimano Bike Museum with praise for its focus on bicycles over its own corporate history. For anyone in the Kansai area of Japan, perhaps visiting Kyoto or Osaka, this has a prodigious collections of machines and within a well-designed setting.

I cycle to commute to work. I can take the bus but prefer cycling as it's faster.

I read online pregnant people shouldn't cycle but no explanation why. I can imagine if your 8 months pregnant and with a large belly, there could be challenges. But I don't understand why there would be an issue during first and second trimester when the belly is not large.

Any information on pregnancy and cycling?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/52474928

(the image isn't my basement, its a random image I found at trigearlab) I have a treadmill and a bike set up in my basement for the upcoming winter. Those long runs and rides are a special type of torture when you don't have anything to focus on for the multiple hours of activity.

For me personally, I've started getting into virtual rides on youtube. I'll connect my computer laptop to my monitor and run the workout recording through my laptop and youtube through my larger monitor. I'm also very specific on what I enjoy. It needs to be road biking (I can't get mentally into mountain or gravel biking videos) and I prefer it to be near the Mediterranean coast. Beautiful climbs are also interesting, but I'm not as into other backdrops. I've also tried watching live sports, but that tends to impact my heart rate in ways I don't like.

So what do you like to do to keep yourself occupied while running or biking indoors?

Cycling's governing body also moves to increase industry engagement

I want to be a good steward of Lemmy and do what I can to help grow the communities I’m interested in.

Fortunately, the bicycling community seems to have a solid base already. There are usually posts every week, and a fair number of them generate some good discussion. I’d like to help encourage more of that by posting things people here actually find useful or interesting.

The problem is that “bicycling” covers a pretty huge range of topics. News, racing and performance, training questions, equipment, maintenance, infrastructure, commuting, photos, personal stories—the list goes on.

So rather than guessing, I figured I’d just ask:

Why did you join the bicycling community on Lemmy?

When you open your feed, what kinds of bicycling posts are you actually hoping to see? What gets you to stop scrolling, read the comments, or join the conversation?

I’m curious what people here would like to see more of.

For those of us who are forced indoors when the ice and snow come, have you had real success training primarily through zwift or other indoor training programs? What do you think was the key to your gains? Tell me your story.

I’ve got my trainer set up in the basement and will be doing a ramp test this week. Looking to make as big an FTP improvement by Spring as possible.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/42256232

Archived copy of the article

Seems like Slovenia just produced a new talent. Even Eurosport commentators learned to spell his name correctly.