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My wife had lunch on the patio at Park Tavern Saint Louis Park Minnesota, where last fall a drunk driver drove into the patio, killing 2 and injuring 9. Fuck cars and drunk drivers. Thankfully, they've added bollards. "In Bollards We Trust" Unfortunately the bike parking is still suburban trash

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oh! so THAT's how that mirror is used. I have tried pointing it sideways from straight bars, and it has the narrow-end on the outside... I thought it was made for left-side riding like UK

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Riding #SummitAvenue across #SaintPaul to Minneapolis, I ended-up chatting with Tern GSD rider. He had a nice light blue GSD, with belt drive! Totally unrelated, I need all these keys to ride my ebike to work. #cargobike

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End-of-week stats - 10 bike trips, 95 miles - 4 car rides, 36 miles

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Redeemer Lutheran StPaul had zippo for bike parking... Not even a sturdy railing or fencepost. so I walked through the garden and locked to the gas main #BikeTooter

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#OSMand question: I planned a bike route on my phone by adding intermediate destinations. But on the ride, OSMand thought I missed about 1/3 of the intermediate points, because I had put the pin on the street or sidewalk but not the bike path. I had to keep stopping to delete the intermediate […]

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I'm 13 miles shy of my 100 mile weekly bicycle goal, with 1 day left. But we may get 4 inches of wet snow in the morning, and I work from home tomorrow. I may need to add a 13 mile mega-detour on the way home today!

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Such empty! I rode the Minneapolis Greenway from the river to Bde Maka Ska around 10pm tonight. It was a beautiful 50F and mild. I saw two people enjoying the view from Sabo Bridge; and one cyclist at the bottom of Sabo. Then nobody until a single person at Hennepin. No other pedestrians, no […]

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I transferred buses yesterday and #NexTrip showed the next bus was in 11 minutes. I decided to walk to the next stop to get away from the high-traffic intersection . I was surprised (yet not) when my bus passed me 7 minutes later. It had magically made-up 5 minutes wthin 7 minutes. NexTrip is […]

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I think this $8 ride would cost $36 in Minneapolis (but not sure, since Lime won't tell you the price unless you install their app and create an account!).

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15C yesterday in Minneapolis MN USA. Then some gusty winds blew in, and now snowing, and 2C (according to the high tech weather station)

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Toulouse-tourisme.com possible future campaign: With over 150 unique and charming hotels, For a truly restful vacation, " You snooze.. Toulouse "

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Today Bde Maka Ska in #Minneapolis had both - open water fishing (under the Lake Street bridge) - people kitesurfing the ice on snowboards pulled by kites But nobody ice fishing or skiing to round it out.

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I need to find an Alibaba seller of bulk usb-c headphones, so I can give them out to every person on the bus watching videos with the sound up.

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Saw this gem in #Streets.MN run-down on #TwinCitiesMN #transit funding: " The budget also would ... allow the Metropolitan Council to loan money to the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) for one transit project, likely the Central Avenue F Line" That's right, the 7-county […]

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#Minneapolis city council OK's demo permit for the Hiawatha Avenue grain elevators in 2025 (and construction of more apartment blocks). https://www.startribune.com/nokomis-adm-mill-demolition-hiawatha-minneapolis/601236073 or https://pastebin.com/FxUY4aTw These apartments will be close to the […]

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I broke out the MTB for a ride without spiky tires! "It's something I've not felt since..." [Insert Dart Vader breathing]

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Closest I know of is https://www.reddit.com/r/freepatterns/ ... but like all things reddit, posts are transitory. All the catalogs I know of (MoodFabrics.com, Freesewing.org, cimopedia.com) are developed by the maintainer or curated/tested.

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Today's Minneapolis+StPaul commute was beautiful. Well shoveled in places... plus lots of places where plows had left a small mountain across the bike path. Maybe I need to bring along a flat shovel tomorrow to make a 10cm path through each snowbank.

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Good news: I saw a #MetroTransitMN "B Line" bus today! Bad news, it didn't stop and let me on ;) ... probably just doing a timing run. The eastbound bus-only lane needs to be extended further east of Cleveland & Marshall, because only 6 cars are getting through westbound at that intersection […]

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On the way to a concert, for the first time -evah!-, there was one other orchestra member on the bus: my standpartner! Funny enough, we live a mile apart, but took separate 3-bus routes the 13 miles to the venue. So, that's cool! But it took 90-120 minutes the 4 times I rode it, so, I can't […]

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I've simplified my trip tracking... from using Strava etc., all the way down to just putting a tick-bark on a monthly page in my date-book, with 5-groups of hash marks for trips by bike, bus or car. So-far, Februrary is about 40% car, and 30% each bus and bike. I suppose I should add marks for […]

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Visiting Har -Mar Mall: The beg button lies across the sidewalk. Stay classy, Roseville MN.

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#Minneapolis loves bidirectional bike lanes. Last night, heading to the UofM, I turned south from Rollins to 15th Av SE past Bierman Gym. On the left side, I could see a bike path wide enough for a car, with concrete barriers. But not on the right. So, I thought "OK, this is another 2-way […]

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Oof, i rode the Tern GSD 20km to a meeting, but both batteries died 6km from home. I think it took 40 minutes to do thr last 6km in gears 1-3 (or pushing). The seating position is "chair-like" for comfort, but the wrong position for efficient pedaling. My knees may fall off in protest while I […]

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Maybe not a "pop song", but Thorbjørn Egner described a paradise town in 1955, and, of course, it had no cars. And had a song about the fare-free public transit. (and free cookies) Her i Kardemomme by vi har det veldig godt Her er ingen biler, men en trikk det har vi fått ... Billetten koster […]

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On the way to a school, I realized that I hadn't packed my u-lock :( . At the school, I carried the 30kg bike inside about 50m and set it in a hallway nook. I have tires with many sharp pointy metal spikes, and they would damage the floor if I rolled it. On the bright side, I could not even […]

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Interesting bike lock situation: The shackle goes around a railing high off the ground. Getting to it with an angle grinder would need at least a stepladder. The cross bar is protected by the spokes. (I was happy not to drop the lock while fishing it through the railing) #BikeTooter

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