New bike day for me!

crossposted from: https://social.tchncs.de/users/lgsp/statuses/117524547187063532

After so much elbow oil grease (thank you @Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works ), this is the result I'm proud of: A working Graziella, ready to take me around Salento (area in Pulia, south of Italy)(maybe that's too much... maybe I'll move just in the town 😅)

There is still quite some rust, but the pedals flow and the brakes work well (enough).

Do you know this old folding-bike style? The original one was called Graziella, in the '60s, and then all the Italian manufacturers produced their version. But I think it's not known outside of Italy. Cheap, sturdy, practical... The old ones sell for a good price, if in good state (not this one 🙃 )

Also a picture while I was restoring it:

crosspostated from: https://social.tchncs.de/users/lgsp/statuses/117150575857916610

crossposted from: https://feddit.it/post/29954054

Source and additional pics:

https://beige.party/@Lana/116684403003398772

Also from the same thread:

For people who aren't intimately knowledgeable about the Seattle rail system, the Mt Baker station is an elevated platform. Meaning she had to have driven the WRONG WAY on a railroad about 40 feet up in the air for SEVERAL MILES to end up here.

Edit: it looks like it was not "several miles" but less then one mile; a notable feat anyway:

https://piefed.social/comment/11604144

Source and additional pics:

https://beige.party/@Lana/116684403003398772

Also from the same thread:

For people who aren't intimately knowledgeable about the Seattle rail system, the Mt Baker station is an elevated platform. Meaning she had to have driven the WRONG WAY on a railroad about 40 feet up in the air for SEVERAL MILES to end up here.

Edit: it looks like it was not "several miles" but less then one mile; a notable feat anyway:

https://piefed.social/comment/11604144

This is one of the most important commercial streets in Milan, and the cyclepath I'm using has been the topic of harsh discussions since the beginning, with right wing politicians wanting to take it out. The main metro line of the city runs right below this street.

crossposted from: https://social.tchncs.de/users/lgsp/statuses/116617737712316275

Those who use the bike know this very well: in the city, speeding motorists overtaking other cars, only get one thing: they arrive first to the next red.

With a simple model, the author estimated the probability that one car that overtakes another, will then be reached again at a later red light. Then he estimated the probability that the same thing will happen when there are multiple successive traffic lights, as usual in the cities.

The result is that as fast as an aggressive driver goes, the presence of multiple traffic lights makes it virtually certain that a slower driver will catch up

So, if someone aggressively overcomes you, when you reach him at the next traffic light, you can tell him that it is mathematically proven that he/she is an idiot.

In addition, this study has implications for the 30 km/h city, demonstrating how in urban areas the traffic lights determine the travel times, not the maximum speed reachable between one traffic light and the next.

The original scientific article is here: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article/13/4/260310/481212/The-Voorhees-law-of-traffic-a-stochastic-model

crossposted from: https://poliversity.it/users/rivoluzioneurbanamobilita/statuses/116419204210303856

This must be one of the funniest event in the utility bike area

I re-watched the movie recently and noticed how may intro scenes are full of car traffic.

For example the Seine banks, full of cars in the movie, are now pedestrian only.

It would be nice to have a 1-to-1 comparisons, wouldn't it?

Source: https://yehudamoon.com/comic/2008-05-08/](https://yehudamoon.com/comic/2008-05-08/

crossposted from: https://poliversity.it/users/rivoluzioneurbanamobilita/statuses/116159715112186636

Nowadays there are several models that are able to consume the blades of angle grinders, increasing the fatigue and time that the thieves take to open them, so much so that it often becomes easier to cut the structure of the rack.

The Kryptonite looks unbeatable, but other models also reach good levels, too.

Finally, a reminder that a good lock is not enough, but you also have to lock the bike in the right way

cross-posted from: https://mastodon.uno/users/FIABSegrateCiclabile/statuses/116122085862164698

Interesting article from a generalist magazine. According to it:

• Best Preinstalled Phone: Fairphone 6 With /e/OS
• Best for Pixel Phones: GrapheneOS
• Best for Non-Pixel Phones: /e/OS
• For the DIY Tinkerer: LineageOS

Somehow this car was able to break through the railway fence, hit the rails and jump on the platform.

And car brains say bicycles are dangerous...

Article (in Italian): https://www.milanotoday.it/cronaca/auto-stazione-cesano-boscone-binari.html

cross-posted from: https://feddit.it/post/25146908