Awesome! They make a nice suspension stem, too.

Great question. It’s fairly easy, but needs an extra component.

Tern has a product called the telescopic seatpost, which allows you to use more conventional 27.2 mm seatposts, since the telescopic post is in two parts (the lower half goes into the bike’s frame).

Then I got the Suntour SP12 NCX, and replaced the top half of the telescopic seatpost with that.

Installed and saddle, and that’s it.

It really helps to smooth out jolts, and find it much more comfortable when riding on a bike with smaller tires.

🤗

I almost spit out my breakfast in laughter. Thanks for this one, OP. 😂

Excellent, but I haven’t really had any experience with other folding bikes, either.

The stock Schwalbe Big Apple tires are great. The rims, even after over 5,000 km, are still in perfect condition, and I use kool stop salmon pads. I did put a suspension seatpost for added comfort, and I recently changed the shifter to an older style friction shifter, since it’s my preference. And I also upgraded the cassette recently to a 34 tooth, which slightly benefits climbing ability.

I added a front rack as well as the luggage truss which allows you to attach all kinds of different basket and bag options.

It’s absolutely a head turner, and I get asked about it all the time, pretty much every time I take it out. People ask if it’s electric, and they want to know more about the folding bike and whatnot. It’s awesome.

But when compared to my road bike, or even my 90’s mountain bike, it is the slowest of the three. Which may not be a big deal for some, but it should be noted.

With the exception of budgies, which might only live maybe 10 years, most pet birds easily live as long as cats and much longer than dogs, too.

So I’m not sure what the author is talking about, and I still stand my point about birds at night.

Made in Vietnam 🇻🇳

“A… bird’s short lifespan may potentially limit the level of emotional connection one is able to develop… ,” she said. “Bird ownership may negatively affect the owner’s sleep quality due to the increased noise levels, which has been shown to be associated with cognitive decline.”

Dafuq? We adopted a parrot who was in his late 50s before he passed.

And we’ve never had a bird make noise at night.

Our cats on the other hand… Will try to sleep on your face 😂

I can’t speak for the Verge, but I’ve had a D8 for well over 5000km, and have done some long (150km+ rides on it).

The v-brakes are excellent on a bike like this, and far less of a pain in the ass compared to disc brakes (lighter, too).

The stock D8 is more utilitarian with the included fenders and rear rack. This does add weight to it, despite being lighter than the Verge D9.

If you’re looking for something to get from point A to B with no plans to ride in rain or haul things, the Verge seems like a solid option.

“Protect your phone.”

People are being kidnapped and dying while in custody as if it was normal.

Don’t enter the States, for any reason.

“I just want to reiterate speed, seatbelts, fatigue, alcohol and drugs and distraction remain to be over-represented in all these crashes.”

Jesus Fucking Christ. Make driving a car as difficult as getting a pilot’s license, and have mandatory re-tests every few years.

And if you fuck up by driving drunk, too fast, without a seatbelt, on drugs, too tired, or distracted, you don’t get to drive again.

We can’t keep saying “these were all preventable deaths” while continuing to allow the same rules, infrastructure, licensing, and testing to continue like nothing was wrong.

Yeah, rentals are a bit of a nuance around here too, but probably because they are still a novelty for many.

IMO, if you’re the type of person who rents often, it’s probably better to buy an e-scooter. The convenience, money saved, and comfort/performance benefits are going to be a massive advantage.

But I’d rather see idiots on rental e-scooters than idiots in multi-ton cars.

I’ve owned a private e-scooter for many years and have been using it more often over the last year despite the fact that I also use my bikes for pretty much everything.

The main advantages that I would say put e-scooters ahead of ebikes is the extremely low maintenance, extremely high portability, and the general lower cost of entry, even to get a fairly decent one.

These scooters do lack carrying capacity, and obviously you aren’t getting a workout like you would even on an ebike. However, for short trips where the goal is to get to your destination without sweat and to be able to very neatly tuck this pretty much anywhere, then I think they absolutely have their place.

There had been a sharp increase in e-scooter riders this year, but we also have a rideshare e-scooter program that hasn’t been implemented yet this year due to some kind of contract negotiation issue. So I think a lot of people are just purchasing their own and using them instead of cars or public transit. So on one hand, it’s actually a good thing, but on the other hand, I also find that almost none are wearing helmets and quite a few are riding dangerously on sidewalks.

So there’s still a lot to learn. But this is fairly new tech, and there are going to be growing pains.

Younger children on these is dangerous, though. These are nothing like your traditional kick scooter that kids would normally be riding.

I don’t know if you’re being serious or not, but I can’t imagine doing something, knowingly, that would cause emotional distress to a loved one.

You have to consider the effort that someone else in your family will have to go through in order to attempt to get you freed from a country under a hostile dictatorship.

Again, perhaps this is worth the risk. I wouldn’t want any of my family travelling anywhere to see me, if it puts their life or freedom at risk. This isn’t a movie.

I thought communists were bad. Or is that what liberals think? Are Republicans okay with communists now? What’s even happening? 😂😂😂

Not only will it create fake video and photos and articles, but it will also create fake comments, websites to back up the fake, and other articles leaching off of the original fake.

Digital media will become so unreliable that information itself will be at risk of being too untrustworthy to use or share.

Would you rather pop die alone in the hospital knowing that you’re in a concentration camp? Come on man, think.

They are treating ordinary Canadian citizens as criminals. It will be a risk. And if you’re willing to take that risk, you have to be willing to take the consequences that are pretty much well known at this point.

Sometimes you have to use the tools of the enemy to defeat the enemy. 🤗

I totally get that, but it’s still a massive risk. Going to see your sick family member might mean you’ll be held in a detention center. Is it really worth it?

It’s kind of infuriating how the EU can make some of the most incredible rules that actually benefit society, and at the same time make the worst possible decisions in other areas. 😮‍💨

These articles are all full of shit. Unless Tesla’s stock drops to zero, they’re doing just fine. In fact, their stock has been going up since all this bullshit started happening. It’s unbelievable.