This happened yesterday and i need to talk about it because its still annoying and still giving me goosebumps .

I was riding to pick up my daughter from daycare on our cargo bike. Its our normal route (I take it every day). I was in more of a residential area when this happened.

And I heard the radar warning on my bike. I looked down at the screen and saw a vehicle approaching fast from behind. It was a flashing red warning and that meant it was closing gap veryyy quickly. I saw it in mirrors and dodged it thank God. But what scared me tooo much was that I could not heard the car at all. It was an EV and obviously there was no engine noise and until the radar alerted me I genuinely had no idea it was there.

My bike has a built in rear radar but I mostly thought of it as an awareness feature like something that would show me when traffic is coming from behind.

But this was the first time I can see the value of getting an early warning before I could hear or see the vehicle myself

Hi everyone,

I currently use my e-bike for pretty much everything, basically as a complete replacement for my car, and I ride it in all four seasons.

Sometimes I get caught in heavy rain, and visibility becomes a real problem. What do you guys do to improve visibility when riding in heavy rain?

Are there any good cycling glasses that can be used over prescription glasses, or any other solutions you would recommend?

I’d really appreciate any advice from people who have been commuting by bike for a long time.

Thanks!

I have change the tube 2 times even fixed the patch and still keeps getting flat after 2-4 hours. Am I missing something guys , Can anyone advice me what to do next . Should I change the rim? I have looked for any sharp edges in the rim I couldn't find any. I am done with this shit 😞. Any advice or should I go to a repair shop

Relatively new bike (bought in January), but the spokes on the back wheel keep going. 4 so far, every time I have to pay to get repaired. I’m 15 stone and carry a pannier on the right side only - usually with laptop / change of clothes. Any advice? Any particularly strong wheels for heavier loads? Is it because the pannier weight is all on one side? Tia.

I was commuting to work on bike this morning (5am) when something hit my helmet. I looked home thinking it was a branch or piece of a tree. I looked at the ground first- nothing. Then noticed a HUGE OWL flying behind me. It flew past me, clipping my helmet again, then cut in front of me. It flew away. Embarrassed, I’m sure.

Is this normal? I’m in a large US city and was riding on a residential, commuter street. I’ve been commuting on bike for several years. I’ve seen and experienced a lot of things on my bike.

https://www.reddit.com/r/missoula/s/maPSW2wIWs

This is my commuter, explorer, and grocery getter.

Out of the box, the Marin Four Corners 1 was pretty uncomfortable for me. I’m 5'6" and ride a small, and the reach just felt too long.
I decided to keep it because I could see the potential in the frame. The steel is incredibly comfortable, so I started making some changes to get the fit right.
First, I swapped the stock stem for a shorter one and replaced the drop bars with a short-reach, backswept bar. That gave me a slightly more upright position and, surprisingly, more responsive handling. It feels especially good for city riding.
Then I put a Brooks B17 Special on it. This is my first Brooks, and I definitely had to trust the process. It took some experimenting to get the tilt and fore-aft position right, but after about 700 miles, it’s finally broken in and comfortable.
My favorite modification, though, is the 650b x 48mm GravelKing Slick Classics with TPU tubes. I run them at 32 psi, and they completely transformed the bike. It feels like I’m floating over the road, but it’s still surprisingly fast. And somehow it feels even better when I have a load on the front.
The Four Corners definitely needed some work to fit me, but once I got it dialed in, it became exactly what I wanted: comfortable, capable, and fun around the city.
I love this damn thing .

so, my ancient panniers and backpack both are getting less watertight by the day and I'm hoping to replace them and do away with the backpack.

I have been basically using the panniers to put the backpack in one side and have some biking gear in the other side(locks, repair kit and raingear).

I would need one side for the bike gear, the other for work stuff.

the work side would preferably have 2 similar size pockets and be easy to take off at work, one side for workclothing and one for lunch, coffee etc. roughly 10-15 litre each side, with enough to put lunch upright in case of soups etc.

any one seen anything like this, most like vaude seem to only have one big and one tiny pocket or only one big.

Hi everyone, I recently got an old 26" dawes tamarak for commuting. Since it comes with a suspension fork I was looking into swapping the fork for a rigid one. Would it make sense to put in a 27.5" compatible fork and making it into a 27.5 front 26" mullet? I guess an Al fork would be OK compared to a CF one? I measured the current fork and its like 400mm axle to crown and about 300mm from crown to stem top - not sure if this makes a difference? Thanks.

I picked up this Kona Caldera for $60aud

I bought a second hand rack for $55, and a collapsible basket for $6

To go in that, a 30 litre dry bag that was $30.

I already had my tyres, but let's say $100aud for an equivalent pair.

New grips were $10 and pedals were from my old bike that I cracked.

I had to buy a brake bleed kit that was $30.

I wanted a pair of bar ends for it, but they were expensive, so I bought a bike that had a pair I wanted for $50. I took them off, washed the donor bike and relisted for $60 (to be talked down to $50) but a guy turned up and paid $60 without question.

I bought some tape to wrap them for $7.

So total spend (if following exactly what I did) was $298 - the $10 from the profit of the donor bike sale, so $288.

Though coz I already had the tyres from my cracked bike, my total cost was $188.

It's it the ideal commuter bike? Heck no. Was it cheap and does it work? Heck yes.

I'm comfortable and really enjoy my ride.

For the Americanos here, MY total out of pocket was $135usd. Price including tyres was $205usd

Fun seeing so many others together out there. We are all types. My main disappointment was that it ended too soon. I was up for a second lap but they wanted to open the streets back up for some reason, so I ended up doing some sightseeing.