kirk

joined 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Love it. Been wanting to build something like this eventually.

Ever hear of this project/have any thoughts on it? https://vhelio.org/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

That's why I just pump them up when I'm on (decent quality) pavement.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Tire is 2.8" and I'm about 65 kg, not sure how low I go on pressure since I don't have a gauge but people routinely go below 10 psi on soft trails.

Pinch flats can happen but it's harder with bigger tires since there's a longer travel distance before the pinch. And most people set up tubeless to avoid pinch flats entirely.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yes, just haven't seen any good used ones near me and not sure which one to buy! I'm a big fan of trailers for hauling stuff in town too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (5 children)

The bigger the tire, the lower pressure you can run, which makes it more comfortable over rough pavement and trails. This bike has no suspension but I'm still able go over big rocks, roots, etc. comfortably if I drop the pressure. I ride trails but not aggressively/getting air or anything. So I can ride pavement a while to get to some trails, drop the pressure and have a good time off road, then air up and zip back home. And no suspension to deal with/maintain (+ can run cargo racks front and back if I want, which you can't always with suspension).

It's a trend/rediscovery of sorts in the "all-terrain bike" hype-sphere (but I do like it)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

Hey, thank you fellow kirk! 🖖

22
My N=1 SUV (midwest.social)
 

cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/29115624

Black bicyle leaning on a trail signpost in a forest

Black bicycle leaning on tree by sidewalk with a large metal part strapped to the rear rack

Black bicycle leaning on bicycle rack with a metal mesh basket on back, in front of a car

Been having a blast living car-free with my Jones SWB, embracing the low-tire-pressure lifestyle. Also, hello lemmy / fedi bikers!

68
My N=1 SUV (midwest.social)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Black bicyle leaning on a trail signpost in a forest

Black bicycle leaning on tree by sidewalk with a large metal part strapped to the rear rack

Black bicycle leaning on bicycle rack with a metal mesh basket on back, in front of a car

Been having a blast living car-free with my Jones SWB, embracing the low-tire-pressure lifestyle. Also, hello lemmy / fedi bikers!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yunohost for me as well. My only prior self-hosting experience was installing Nextcloudpi images for raspberry pi, and it was a similar experience once I knew how to forward ports on my router etc.

It even automatically set up an email server and XMPP server by default. I don't use XMPP and hadn't planned on hosting my own email, but, here I am. Installing apps feels like using a mobile app store. Hosting nextcloud, freshRSS, static blog, WordPress, listmonk, wallabag, other stuff on a small ARM SBC, with plenty of resources left.

I don't even really know how it works 😅 but I contribute on Liberapay and try to keep good backups and only install well-rated apps.