Twobirds posted:

What gloves do people go with in the winter? I've gotten some thick bike gloves but they aren't up the task once temperatures get below 40F, though that's usually my only body part that complains.

bicievino posted:

I carry a change of clothes with me (in the beforetimes). My commute is pretty long and the likelihood of rain is too high much of the year to get away with riding in my work clothes.

If you have the space at work to store things, you can ride in with a week's worth of clothes at the beginning of the week so you aren't carrying clothes every day, and even just leaving some things there entirely (shoes are bulky and heavy, for example, and belts are annoying to forget).

Giant Metal Robot posted:

Finally got a new hybrid for my commuter bike. The only thing I really don't like about these bikes is the super wide handlebars carried over from whatever is in fashion for mountain bikes. 720mm? How am I supposed filter through traffic while pushing a 2.5ft wide metal stick?

e.pilot posted:

And it’s the most bizarre place I’ve ever seen in my life, the lines on the road are painted red white and blue and instead of paved sidewalks they have loose sandy horse paths.

I wish I were making this up.

e:

https://www.google.com/maps/@33.9384949,-117.5391183,3a,75y,280.12h,81.79t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sEU10OUHy-abB-_LLVASPrQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

TobinHatesYou posted:

Or double-check their height. Last time someone claimed to be 5'11" and ended up being 5'9"

EvilJoven posted:

Steady front, pulsating or steady rear. Flashing leads to target fixation and may make you more prone to being hit.

https://www.renehersecycles.com/when-more-visible-%E2%89%A0-safer-target-fixation/

Giant Metal Robot posted:

I'm making stem/snack bags as gifts for a few bikes friends and testing the prototypes on my commuter.


These things are the handiest bag I've had on my bike yet. Chuck in gloves, keys, a buff, whatever, and it's ready to access immediately.

Still want to figure out some less temporary ways to attach them then loose hook-and-loop for the stem and a shock cord for the fork.

evil_bunnY posted:

I have one of those small medium pressure washers and it's the tits. Load it up with warm water, hose down in 3 minutes, let bike dry in the garage.

jesus WEP posted:

e.pilot posted:

In situations like this I always pull all the way up into the crosswalk and split the straight and right turn lanes, so I’m not impeding right turning traffic and am out of the way of they don’t see me, and can quickly dart back to the right when the light turns green in case the traffic going straight doesn’t see me.

Mauser posted:

Anybody got a recommendation for puncture-resistant commuter tires that come in 27x1 1/4 (current tires are 32-630)? I found the Panaracer Paselas but they're not available: https://www.panaracerusa.com/collections/commuter-city/products/paselapro-a?variant=34487894999202

Safety Dance posted:

I was thinking something along the lines of different bikes and the people you see using them day-to-day, e.g.:
- Middle-aged lawyer wearing lycra on a roadie
- Businesswoman on an upright talking on her phone
- Parent kids off at school / buying groceries in a cargo bike
- turbo nerd on a recumbent

Maybe that's a little too low a reading level for your daughter.

Mandatory.

Coxswain Balls posted:

I found an Ortlieb sitting in a flooded ditch a week after its owner was smoked by a car going 100km/h with all its contents still dry as a bone. The only thing damaged were the attachment hooks so once I can get the hardware shipped to my country at a reasonable price it'll be good as new.

She ended up okay and let me keep it since shipping it back to her would have been costly. I prefer panniers with pockets and compartments instead of a roll top, but it's the gold standard if that isn't a concern for you.

jammyozzy posted:

Does anybody have recommendations for a commuting backpack that can swallow a 17" laptop*, a change of clothes and some lunch? The laptop physically won't go in my current bag.

Has to be completely waterproof for ~30 mins so I can carry said laptop through British weather, but I don't mind if that involves a cover that goes over it. A couple of mesh pockets so I can carry a coffee flask on the outside would be nice, but not essential.

*I know the real answer here is get a smaller laptop, but it's a work issued workstation replacement that I'm lucky to have at all so I'm trying to make the best of it.

SimonSays posted:

The head angle on that one weirded me out, it looks way too race-like for this use.

E: the Motiv or whatever it is looks like a fun and durable piece of crap.

Animal Friend posted:

Nobody is going to try out an angle grinder on a bike lock outside the shopping centre in daylight.

evil_bunnY posted:

That's just a floating disc?

EvilJoven posted:

Run BB7s with semi metallic pads. Ride through a briney oily puddle first part of the season. Use your brakes as a horn the rest of the season.

EvilJoven posted:

Honking brakes are convenient, you don't need to use a bell. I'm actually kinda annoyed when we get a stretch of weather dry enough that my brakes don't honk. BB7s with semi metallic pads 4 lyfe.

mystes posted:

Has anyone tried to make any sort of DIY quick release rack mount for a milk crate or anything like that?

I guess if there's nothing else I might end up 3d printing a topeak MTX mount for my rack and an adapter for the crate since there are models for that on thingiverse but it probably wouldn't be super strong so I'm curious if anyone has tried anything else.