<![CDATA[And our last question this week:]]>And our last question this week:

Q8. What did you see this week? Share a photo if you'd like. Cycling related or not is fine. Tell us about it!

cc @bikenite

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A8
At the Holmfirth Folk Festival with my partner and her Morris team.
They are the Milltown Cloggies, and the style is NorthWest Clog Morris
UK peeps may recognise Holmfirth as the setting for Last Of The Summer Wine
For everyone else, I cannot adequately explain a TV sitcom that pulls on the innate weirdness of Pennine towns.

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Repeat offenders might get one under all 4.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/OneInterestingFact/statuses/116552459617232371https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/OneInterestingFact/statuses/116552459617232371Sun, 10 May 2026 21:43:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to And our last question this week: on Sun, 10 May 2026 20:57:21 GMT]]>@kimu @ascentale @bikenite Wow, congrats to him! How long/far did he manage to bike in the robe for?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://neuromatch.social/users/SRLevine/statuses/116552279081819491https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://neuromatch.social/users/SRLevine/statuses/116552279081819491Sun, 10 May 2026 20:57:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to And our last question this week: on Sun, 10 May 2026 20:54:21 GMT]]>@kimu @ascentale @bikenite

Congratulations to your spouse!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/cainmark/statuses/116552267286117741https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/cainmark/statuses/116552267286117741Sun, 10 May 2026 20:54:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to And our last question this week: on Sun, 10 May 2026 20:04:02 GMT]]>@ascentale @bikenite A8. Today I have seen the best that can happen to an Autobahn:
Around 5000 cyclists were riding today through Frankfurt, Germany, to protest against road extension and for better alternative mobility.
To see more:

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A8. Stopped to appreciate the scenery on the Root River Trail.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Rastal/statuses/116549233785734286https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Rastal/statuses/116549233785734286Sun, 10 May 2026 08:02:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to And our last question this week: on Sun, 10 May 2026 06:32:20 GMT]]>@ascentale @bikenite A8 I saw a washing machine for bikes in Antwerp! (Did not bike there this time)

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/meganL/statuses/116546315600356284https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/meganL/statuses/116546315600356284Sat, 09 May 2026 19:40:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to And our last question this week: on Sat, 09 May 2026 19:40:02 GMT]]>@kimu @ascentale @bikenite Congratulations to them!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/meganL/statuses/116546312776656434https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/meganL/statuses/116546312776656434Sat, 09 May 2026 19:40:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to And our last question this week: on Sat, 09 May 2026 19:35:38 GMT]]>@ascentale @bikenite A8. I couldn't upload that much from when I was still on the move. So now I get to choose one to post in answer to the weekly photo cue.

Spezi is the best cycle show I've been to, besting even the Recumbent Cycle Con I attended 10 or so years ago. Great opportunities for disabled cyclists, but also plenty of abled cyclists enjoying the spectrum of what's available in human-powered and e-assist vehicles.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/meganL/statuses/116546295469078935https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/meganL/statuses/116546295469078935Sat, 09 May 2026 19:35:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to And our last question this week: on Sat, 09 May 2026 16:44:38 GMT]]>@rand I haven't seen that happen but it sounds disengaged or one turn unwound in that part. Possible to loosen the adjuster screw and twist the torque pin around until it has tension? Or is the long end of the spring just slipped off the nub where it pushes against the arm?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://urbanists.social/users/enobacon/statuses/116545623060380564https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://urbanists.social/users/enobacon/statuses/116545623060380564Sat, 09 May 2026 16:44:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to And our last question this week: on Sat, 09 May 2026 16:06:28 GMT]]>@enobacon They are adjustable, with a screw to adjust spring tension and the three holes on the post. Originally I had them all on the middle hole, but the return was not a much as I wanted so I moved them to the top hole (greatest tension), but then one of the arms apparently "failed" it still works, but a lot less tension, for that brake, I have the failed arm in the high tension hole and the working arm in the medium hole. Balances better (the screw on the failed arm does not change the tension). I don't see a way to disassemble the arm to see what is going on inside (other than destroying it).

They are Promax P-1 108mm arms. the 85mm arms I think would be just a few mm to short and the brake cable would rub on the tire.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/rand/statuses/116545472985020683https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/rand/statuses/116545472985020683Sat, 09 May 2026 16:06:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to And our last question this week: on Sat, 09 May 2026 15:58:00 GMT]]>@rand assuming the pivots aren't binding, are the brake springs adjustable? Most have an arc 3 holes that the spring end can be clocked to before mounting, plus the small screw for finer tuning.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://urbanists.social/users/enobacon/statuses/116545439727556294https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://urbanists.social/users/enobacon/statuses/116545439727556294Sat, 09 May 2026 15:58:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to And our last question this week: on Sat, 09 May 2026 15:50:24 GMT]]>@LovesTha @ascentale @bikenite Idk, but my often wrong intuition thinks that if your hands are closer to the perpendicular of the steering tube that it would be less. But I suppose I'll find out (the old flat bars were a but closer).

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/rand/statuses/116545409793348916https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/rand/statuses/116545409793348916Sat, 09 May 2026 15:50:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to And our last question this week: on Sat, 09 May 2026 15:47:48 GMT]]>@enobacon The stem is from my other bike, which was the wrong size (was too long and on that bike it was angled down), but I figured it was a good starting point.

I think I can tighten up the brakes a little bit, but the return springs are not working well, I don't really understand why, the brakes are only about 5 years old. One arm in particular just has almost no tension. I'll also look into moving the bars up some. I have big enough hands, so reach is not a problem. Unfortunately problem solvers doesn't sell their pulley thing anymore, so I need to find some pre-owned ones (I did run across a single one once).

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/rand/statuses/116545399582710409https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/rand/statuses/116545399582710409Sat, 09 May 2026 15:47:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to And our last question this week: on Sat, 09 May 2026 14:29:25 GMT]]>@rand @ascentale @bikenite That's really nice!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lopta/statuses/116545091393778899https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lopta/statuses/116545091393778899Sat, 09 May 2026 14:29:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to And our last question this week: on Sat, 09 May 2026 11:52:41 GMT]]>@ascentale @bikenite A8 the valleys and hills of Calderfornia seen from the Rochdale canal and cobbles betwixt Littleborough and Manchester…

Too much pressure in my tyres so I am feeling it today (left my rear tyre over-pumped overnight to seat the bead and forgot to let some air out before I set off).

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You never know. Sometimes you get surprises
@ascentale @bikenite

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/meganL/statuses/116543916926304823https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/meganL/statuses/116543916926304823Sat, 09 May 2026 09:30:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to And our last question this week: on Sat, 09 May 2026 09:29:08 GMT]]>@FourT4 @ascentale @bikenite My first thought too, Jon!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hypertelia.com/users/pete/statuses/116543910624068721https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hypertelia.com/users/pete/statuses/116543910624068721Sat, 09 May 2026 09:29:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to And our last question this week: on Sat, 09 May 2026 09:28:36 GMT]]>@ascentale @bikenite A8 Here's a snap of some of our motley crew, shortly before the bloke on the left came off and broke his collarbone. Devine retribution for riding a 'cheeky' route we shouldn't have been on, perhaps? 🤫️

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