Xanderill

I live in central Michigan so winter a thing. The worst of it is over, so I guess I made it. A 30 mile round trip commute to work with snow and ice, with little incident. I did fall once going like 5mph lol, it was pretty silly.

Admittedly, I had alot of factors going for me that many other would be winter commuters likely wouldnt.

I work at a school, so for those real bad days, school would likely be closed. Also, about 22 out of the 30 mile trip is dirt roads, and of those paved miles, about 6 are 55mph speed limit. The whole trip is super low traffic.

I seem to have the perfect bike for it, a Yamaha XT225, and put the fattest Tusk Adventure tires I could find, and finally, put about 50 studs per tire. They were igrip brand (St 11-f). I think Ive only lost 1/100 studs so I'm happy with them, although they were a PITA to install since the bit warped throughout the process, making the 2nd 50 take 2-3x to stud than the 1st 50. Igrip did sent me a free replacment bit though.They seem to give me a good balance of grip between snow, ice, mud and pavement.

Lens fog/freeze was a challenge. Pinlock helped but it will be an electric lens next year.

I want to hear from all yall down voters.

Here's some more, similar knowledge

https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1182/electric-vehicles-are-stealth-rainforest-killers

I've got a single speed k1 wide chain I want to put on my multispeed bike (lectric 3.0 ebike).

I'm a newbie, not sure of what info on the bike might be relevant but it's a modern, 7 speed, freewheel.

I've messed this up before. I tried this chain on a different bike when converting it but I kept skipping.

Sounds like I need better fitting cogs? Do I need "wide" ones? Crankset and rear cog? Possible better fitting chain tensioner too? Shopping around, I'm not seeing much a difference in sizing for these parts.

Any tips appreciated

The first article title I read on the story only said that he died. Just now ran into the more accurately titled article here on Lemmy

Sure, don't give dogs twinkies, but for that matter, don't give humans twinkies either. The idea makes it seem like dogs are aliens or something. Dog food ingredients are usually meat, grain and veggies, just like our meals. Food that is healthy for you is healthy for your dog, and vice versa.

First of all, I find this picture hilarious regardless of whatever. It was in a healthcare textbook, baby reflexes.

Also, sorry I didn't know how to rotate. Is it something easy on this app, Jerboa? I'm clueless

Anyway, thought it could be good material for one of those "what people think child free is vs what it really is".

Listening to a book..."Sapiens". Author talked about how dependent kids are. How compared to other animals, our babies need alot of support in the early stages of life.

Like alot of you I'm sure, I've got a fair amount of kids in my life...none of "mine" but some kind of are. I guess my point is we may not have kids, but really, they are all our kids, as supported by evolutionary biology, it takes a village.

Edit: Going a bit deeper...the author explains that for millions of years, while we were tribal, nomadic gatherer/hunters. We didn't know who's kids were who's, obviously the mother was primary caretaker, but, circling back, we evolved to raise kids as a community, not so much of the "traditional" mom/dad/child dynamic popular today.

I don't plan on "having kids" but still, I think it's all our responsibility (hopefully a partially enjoyable one) to help. Hard to argue anything more beneficial for our societys future than having well developed youth.