tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post1537092558815015639..comments2024-03-27T07:25:55.115-04:00Comments on Bike Snob NYC: Another Outside Column Already?!?BikeSnobNYChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11256142855437740163noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-20713880573500026182018-12-05T03:20:06.164-05:002018-12-05T03:20:06.164-05:00"if you want something you can polish once a ..."if you want something you can polish once a week that makes a nice throaty sound when you start it up, then I recommend investing in a new toilet" this was simply brilliantChrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06962023999507622010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-53572030602009392682018-11-15T16:16:00.009-05:002018-11-15T16:16:00.009-05:00JLRB,I want one of those.You broke my arm and I gi...JLRB,I want one of those.You broke my arm and I giggled it.yep,right with ya on that one.bad boy of the southnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-7546531395242522842018-11-15T11:08:25.003-05:002018-11-15T11:08:25.003-05:00And bringing huskerdont's comment back to bike...And bringing huskerdont's comment back to bikecylces, as I pedaled along the MUP in the dark (because its always f'n dark this time of year) on the way home last night I passed a few deer grazing that generally ignored me. A half mile later I cam upon a buck who decided to run along the MUP next to me for about 1/4 mile. I slowed so I did not pass, fearing a left hook antler style. Sure enough he cut left across my path to run down an embankment. Beautifully packaged red meat.JLRBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-4091865506752661092018-11-15T11:04:44.493-05:002018-11-15T11:04:44.493-05:00Speaking of social issues, I drove the car I time-...Speaking of social issues, I drove the car I time-share with the bank today because SNOW. While sitting in traffic I saw a "8645" sticker on the car in front of me. Googled it, and approve.<br /> JLRBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-4340262952935055972018-11-14T14:37:16.498-05:002018-11-14T14:37:16.498-05:00Snob, speaking of how biking intersects with other...Snob, speaking of how biking intersects with other social issues - how are relations between people-with-homes-who-ride-bikes and homeless people in NYC at the moment? It's all blowing up a bit in Portland OR right now, as shown on bikeportland. Just curious, being a bit of a Homelessness-Fred myself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-40856788139205566202018-11-14T14:09:54.286-05:002018-11-14T14:09:54.286-05:00"Our half-assed electrical grid really needs ..."Our half-assed electrical grid really needs to be revamped at its current load much less at higher consumption"<br /><br />Any thinking of crypto currencies in the context of political boundaries is not applicable to crypto currencies.<br /><br />Electrical production is much less expensive and more stable in other parts of the world, and no nation can lay claim to, or prevent the exchange of, digital currencies.<br /><br />Today, it is possible to send Bitcoin (BCH) to anyone in the world with a cell phone via SMS. I've done it. It works. Impoverished people in Africa have flip phones with SMS service. They're too poor to have a bank account, but they can certainly exchange digital cash for goods and services. Chazunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-48365574363274877322018-11-14T13:23:16.864-05:002018-11-14T13:23:16.864-05:00I once kayaked a creek where there were a bunch of...I once kayaked a creek where there were a bunch of cows (refuse to say cattle) who watched from the bank as I went by, then ran up the bank, ran along to the next crossing, and were in the edge of the water when I went passed. I was young and stupid(er) and didn't know enough to be afraid, just thought it was cute, although their speed was surprising to me; my grandfather's cows couldn't be bothered to do more than a mosey.<br /><br />This has absolutely nothing to do with bikes, but I'm really efffing bored at work and none of the blogs seem to have any new bikiness.huskerdontnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-50148743367908909042018-11-14T11:55:25.169-05:002018-11-14T11:55:25.169-05:00As winter takes over don’t let your meat loafAs winter takes over don’t let your meat loafWise Womannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-13421934203650577682018-11-14T11:01:07.243-05:002018-11-14T11:01:07.243-05:00Pist Off - While I agree that crypto currency gobb...Pist Off - While I agree that crypto currency gobbles up large amounts of energy, it isn't all high carbon. In the Pacific Northwest, where much of the generation is hydroelectric, crypto currency "miners" are setting up shop (or trying) because the electricity is cheaper. JLRBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-82466081936002647202018-11-14T09:53:20.743-05:002018-11-14T09:53:20.743-05:00@ 1904 Cadardi (November 12, 2018 at 2:09 PM),
Tha...@ 1904 Cadardi (November 12, 2018 at 2:09 PM),<br />Thanks for correcting me on the recycling of rechargeable batts...I looked it up (like I SHOULD have done before) and you are correct sir. Not sure where I had picked up that the NIMH batts were so toxic...but I've run w/ it all this time and was wrong (I hereby humbly apologize and beg forgiveness to all I've ever smugly used that misinformation on). Damn...now my diesel isn't quite so green after all (but I STILL get 50mpg and usually at/over 800mi on a 16.5gal tank). And yes, cows ARE still very scary...a 1000 to 2500lb animal standing in the trail...adding young'uns and or bulls in the mix is a recipe for disaster. <br /><br /><br /> Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10517087265569164625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-42718150176756704692018-11-13T22:05:29.334-05:002018-11-13T22:05:29.334-05:00this wildfire seems less green than either currenc...this wildfire seems less green than either currency. <br /><br />i by no means can confirm, my tool kit contains no meteorological tools nor any charts and graphs of recently published data analysis, or a jeweler's loupe for numismatic inspection. <br /><br />i just carry an empty patch kit, no pump, a very limited multi-tool, some various shumutz and maybe two worn out tire levers.<br /><br />but i can confirm the smoke is making my eyes itchy and neither cash or crypto have ever done that to me. <br /><br />not super strong evidence, but my two cents on the matter of penniespbateman should get some more tool bag stuffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-47029259833870888122018-11-13T14:58:37.966-05:002018-11-13T14:58:37.966-05:00Snob, have you seen this article about how much bi...Snob, have you seen this article about how much bikes changed in the last 25 years?<br />https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/11/25-years-of-two-wheeled-tech/<br /><br />Thinking that tubeless as something new? Emergency downshifting requiring brifters? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-18009939747777080482018-11-13T14:19:38.018-05:002018-11-13T14:19:38.018-05:00fun fact - I like eating soup with chopsticksfun fact - I like eating soup with chopsticksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-359962014170862252018-11-13T13:50:46.500-05:002018-11-13T13:50:46.500-05:00@NourskSiklist, You're definitely onto somethi...@NourskSiklist, You're definitely onto something and I don't think it ends at drivers. There's a snobbishness in the cycling community about people who ride bikes because they have to or are working class cyclists. The goal seems to be to get more people cycling no matter what, but then a simultaneous vague distaste when they're not sufficiently "aspirational." <br /><br />I'll tell you a story. When i was about 1-2 years into #bikelyfe, this photo guy was put in touch with me . He had noticed how there are much fewer photos of cyclists of color (especially back when this story happened) and wanted to do a photo shoot. He had been referred to me and wondered if I would participate and if I knew anyone else. Now, I'm generally not into that sort of thing because 1) I think those staged, aspirational photos of beautiful reiki massage experts/DJs who ride their beautiful artwork bikes from Williamsburg to the Meatpacking District in head to toe Alexander Wang make biking seem less accessible, not more. (Not that I fit that bill in any way; I'm just not into "bike style" photo shoots) and 2) it seems like, with the exception of Snob and a few others, miles ridden is inversely proportional to pictures taken. But I said yes, because there's a higher principle that in NYC, you have to help creative people with their hustles if you can. So, I said yes and I gave him some names including a friend of mine who rides bikes and is a concierge on the UES and that I knew a bunch of fun messengers who live in the Bronx. He said thanks but that he was really looking for professionals, as if these people don't count. The shoot never happened. <br /><br />You see regular looking people on non glamourous bikes as much as anywhere above 145th street, but "they don't count" and many don't want to document them or include them in "the biking community." <i>Yes, they ride bikes for transport and fun every day just like we do but it's just...different.</i> ...and then they use the lack of visibility to try to tear out our bike lanes. (Man my comments are long)janinedmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-73600786555252509472018-11-13T13:15:20.469-05:002018-11-13T13:15:20.469-05:00Hi Snob, point taken regarding production of money...Hi Snob, point taken regarding production of money, but saying that cryptocurrency in its current state is “green” is just as dumb as saying physical currency is green. Physical currency may be obsolete at some point. Bitcoin, where creating new coins takes ever-increasing amounts of electricity because of the computations, is the wrong way to replace it. Our half-assed electrical grid really needs to be revamped at its current load much less at higher consumption. All that electricity tends to come from high-carbon sources too like coal. I’m not just a knee-jerk hater, check Digiconomist.com for Bitcoin and Ethereum energy usage. It’s insane already and these are far from universally traded.Pist Offnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-60321046495937004492018-11-13T10:32:44.744-05:002018-11-13T10:32:44.744-05:00"Massachussets and Illinios"
Dutch spe...<br /><br />"Massachussets and Illinios" <br /><br />Dutch spelling?<br /><br />Put that in your wooden shoe/bike/pipe and smoke it.DUCH RASHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-82606008122436914642018-11-13T08:00:03.730-05:002018-11-13T08:00:03.730-05:00Chazu said:
"Mining copper to mint pointless...Chazu said:<br /><br />"Mining copper to mint pointless pennies is a waste of resources, and bad for the environment."<br /><br />Fun Fact: Modern US cents are 97.5% zinc; 2.5% copper.<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_(United_States_coin)<br /><br />Your points still stand.<br /><br />Personally, I would have liked to have seen Uncle Sam end the Lincoln cent after 2009 -- the 100th year of the Lincoln Cent design, and the 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birth.<br /><br />Plus, the modern cents just look cheap. Look carefully at one from, say, 1972, and compare it with a 2015. The portrait is smaller and flatter, along with the lettering. The older coin design is in higher "relief." The portrait and lettering are larger, touching the rim, and more three-dimensional.<br /><br /><br /><br />NHcyclernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-19278523378062328772018-11-12T17:25:43.106-05:002018-11-12T17:25:43.106-05:00My guess is credit cards have significantly reduce...My guess is credit cards have significantly reduced the amount of coin and paper money in circulation. <br /><br />Is it just me or is everyone miserable because things are starting to freeze and its dark at 4:00 PM. As much as I try to tell myself I will enjoy biking through the winter, it just plain blows.JLRBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-30418081467992780872018-11-12T16:59:32.317-05:002018-11-12T16:59:32.317-05:00Whoa,pbateman swbfe @351p (est).just checked the w...Whoa,pbateman swbfe @351p (est).just checked the webbie cams.<br />Those in Cali,my heart goes out your way bad boy of the southnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-79517245703297708122018-11-12T16:17:02.854-05:002018-11-12T16:17:02.854-05:00Pointless?
Screw you.Pointless?<br /><br />Screw you.J C Penniesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-28110872290614351132018-11-12T16:14:47.343-05:002018-11-12T16:14:47.343-05:00Mining copper to mint pointless pennies is a waste...Mining copper to mint pointless pennies is a waste of resources, and bad for the environment.<br /><br />How much energy is used by all the armored trucks rolling around, picking up literal tons of cash from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing? Not to mention the tons of cash carried by armored trucks daily, moving cash between retailers and banks.Chazunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-18492077022862037852018-11-12T15:51:11.824-05:002018-11-12T15:51:11.824-05:00just catching up and came here for comments relate... <br />just catching up and came here for comments related to the author's wooden bike as it would related to the environmental aspect of cycling. leaving a bit disappointed. <br /><br />snob, bitcoin is the 105 of the crpyto world. I roll ADA and some other one i bought and have kind of forgotten about once they tanked a few months back. oh, verge. thats what it was. <br /><br />verge is the f'in claris of f'in crypto. <br /><br />in other environmental news - landed in san francisco last night and love what you people have done with the place during my absence. everything is covered in soot and i can't see the bay from my lofty perch here by pac heights and i can't f'in breathe. <br /><br />wild fires are the f'in sora of natural disasters. <br /><br />actually, had renovo made more bikes i wouldn't be in this situation. pbateman says wood bikes for everyonenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-63165236935946356352018-11-12T15:37:45.593-05:002018-11-12T15:37:45.593-05:00Tan,
Pennies cost just over 1.5 cents to make and...Tan,<br /><a href="https://www.usmint.gov/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/2017-annual-report.pdf" rel="nofollow"> Pennies cost just over 1.5 cents to make and distribute, nickels are little more than 5 cents(see page 10). </a> Dimes are less than 3, so that's a pretty good profit margin (seigniorage for the numismatists or coin freds).<br /><br />If you want to eliminate the penny, you'll have to get rid of Illinois first. I'm not suggesting that's a bad idea, just a prerequisite.1904 Cadardinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-58709173895911385302018-11-12T15:22:53.474-05:002018-11-12T15:22:53.474-05:001904 Cadard,
But that's just the printing cos...1904 Cadard,<br /><br />But that's just the printing costs of the dollar. What about minting the coins? And what about all the other associated costs of circulating physical currency? I'd imagine just the utter pointless of pennies alone is a spectacular waste of resources.<br /><br />--Tan TenovoBikeSnobNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11256142855437740163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-34348807832617195772018-11-12T14:09:36.898-05:002018-11-12T14:09:36.898-05:00Snob,
Should have said 75 cents to mine a dollar&#...Snob,<br />Should have said 75 cents to mine a dollar's worth of bitcoins.1904 Cadardinoreply@blogger.com