And our last question of the week:

Q8. It's weekly photo time. It's the first #BikeNite of April! What did you see this week? Share a photo if you'd like. Cycling related or not is fine. Tell us about it!

(Also great for #30DaysOfBiking!)

#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite

@ascentale @bikenite #BikeNite A8:
This week while on a couple rides I spotted Trumpeter Swans 🦢, Pelicans, and American Coots on a couple bodies of water on the routes.

@ascentale @bikenite HI I'M SUPER LATE but I guess I'm in time for A8: HECK YEAH TRAIN ON A LAKE

eta: As trains are bike infrastructure, I did have my bike with me, _of course_. :D

(first regular-service train on a floating bridge, last Saturday, Mercer Island to Seattle, Washington, Cascadia)

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@ascentale @bikenite A8 #BikeNite We went for a hike around Acid Canyon on Monday (which is also a bike trail, but this time we were hiking) and marveled at the bike tracks going off a tall rock that has about a 20' drop on the other side of it. The photo doesn't really get it across. There are bikers here who are a whole lot more hardcore than I am! I might ride the bypass to the right of the rock, on a brave day (it's a lot steeper than it looks in the photo).
@ascentale @bikenite #bikenite #biketooter A8, spent the last two weeks in NY and took pictures of cool bikes that I saw on the street. I think this one is my favorite: low key, unassuming, not likely to catch the eye of a thief but sturdy, functional and durable.

@RayKuntz

Single speed braking hub FTW!

(second attempt)

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@RayKuntz @ascentale @bikenite

The leather of the saddle is nice and shiny - this bike is not just standing around. Also the chain tension is near to perfect. Tyres look fairly new, and so do the rims. And I love the shape of the rear fender, nice and straight, no dents.

Looks like this bike got a lot of love. So it does not get stolen from the street.

-> See also the German term: "boruttisieren"

https://www.worldwidewolf.de/kanonental2.html

wie schützt man eigentlich ein gebrauchsrad vor diebstahl?

@ascentale @bikenite

Biked by some Wild Turkeys earlier this week. #BikeNite a8

@ascentale @bikenite #BikeNite A8: my find for the week is this nearly new 185mm diameter carbide sawblade. None of the teeth are chipped! Looks as though someone just put it carefully in the gutter for me to find.

In the middle of Rookwood Necropolis which is a nice place to go for a bike ride as well as being full of dead people.

@moz @ascentale @bikenite Yikes, better you picked that up than someone ran over that with something like a tire!

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I was preparing a bike given me by someone who knew my cycling history, and they polished a turd knowing I would likely part it.

Whose slogan is Rolling for Race?

@ascentale

Aha!

After getting no hits with the usual search engines, discovered the brand hidden in the logo: RfR.

https://www.rfrbike.com

@ascentale @bikenite A8 I saw a bird of prey of some sort. But it was really far away and my phone camera sucks at 30x zoom.

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A8. I’ve been taking pictures of cars and trucks and stuff in bike lanes; meaning to upload them to the app bike lane uprising

@ascentale @bikenite this one especially makes me laugh because there is so much curb parking available right there. It’s right there

@ascentale @bikenite

6 mile ride today, and saw the first groundhogs of the year. Didn't get any photos, but here was a similar one last year:

Phlegmatic type groundhog.
(Hard to get pics of the timid ones.)

@ascentale @bikenite A8. Not a great picture but I was excited to capture my first trip on Seattle’s new light rail across the floating bridge between Seattle and Bellevue.
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@ascentale @bikenite #BikeNite A8. Here go tou!
@ai6yr I had like four of those small rear triangle cannondales. They were pretty stiff and I sure liked them.
@smellsofbikes Works great for getting around on a flat campus, lol.
@ai6yr @smellsofbikes I commuted across our flat campus on my sweet one speed 1968 Schwinn Racer.
A youngster got on a thing that looked like a Stingray of days of old and kept up with me and said, "love your helmet!" (it has a green unicorn on it...)
@ascentale @bikenite A8: Just installed new tires on my road bike. I've never used Pirelli for bikes, let alone the P-Zero. I look forward to testing them!

#BikeNite #BikeTooter #SEABikes #Pirelli
@ascentale @bikenite A8. While riding 70km last Saturday, checking out various protests (5+). I saw a cool float, the creator had many people asking to take her picture with it (and she complied). And the tree that my dad planted more than 20 years ago with my kid from seeds from the tree in childhood home has leafed out and flowered! (This is one of two that survived, from perhaps 48). There were was a least a dozen bumblebees buzzing around this afternoon. #BikeNite
@ascentale #BikeNite A8 every day seems to be traffic control fools day around here
@enobacon @ascentale Which is the less evil correction, moving it to the left or right of the bike lane....?
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@ascentale @bikenite Passed this median today and remembered a time, many moons ago, when we forgot it was there: https://bikemonterey.org/night-ride-home.html