#smart bike

[canisalbus]

hi i ride motorcycle year round and wanted to chime in. for vasco's small around-town trips he'd probably be fine with his ears free, but for longer trips at higher speeds or when its cold out he'd want them protected. probably by tucking them under his chin into the collar of a jacket and then putting a scarf or bandana on. also goggles would be helpful if a full helmet wasn't wanted. since they're in europe and around italy specifically he could have a nice ducati (fast rockety sport bikes) or a cafe racer (much more like a motorized bicycle but they can still have a lot of power) a cafe racer would offer a lot of seat space for machete to be thoroughly uncomfortable in lol

i love your ocs they're great thanks for all the cool art :)

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[muxas-world]

Don't think about how Vale is the rider with the most wins at Assen , the track being the favorite becoming consolation place for pecco, and that the same track, which has now become Pecco's territory, was the last place where Valentino won a race ...

[motocrunch]

[boanerges20]

Paul Smart Brands Hatch // 1970

[moonshynecybin]

I do not understand what was going on in Vale’s head after 2015. Like, every time he speaks about Marc he always brings up Sepang and explain how that was the breaking point in their relationship, he doesn’t really talk about Argentina, but at the same time in 2016 they were lowkey getting closer again (?). Then he says that after 2015 he was being polite to Marc only to not waste time, but why? He clearly had no problem to express all his hatred towards him after 2018 so what was the need to act polite and appear fake when he knew damn well that even if he kept talking shit about Marc the journalist and all his fans would have his back. Truly a confusing man, I bet Marc was driving himself insane to try to understand him.

first of all thats a lot of smoke even for my man valentino. like years of smoke. again, hes kind of known as the fun funny guy everybody loves to see win bc he's their silly little elf prince... and yes he's a killer on the track (thats also fun) and hes aware of how to manipulate the public opinion. BUT because of that, i think he's also aware that all of that adoration is something that he can potentially lose or at least have less control over... crowds like jesters when theyre FUN. and when marc's pr strategy at that point about this was 1. ignore it, 2. be very sweet to vale when you see him bc you love him (like he said hi to vale almost every single time they sat next together in 2016. a more sane man wouldve just chilled in contemplative heartbroken silence. not marc ! not my crazy little guy !), being consistently aggressive towards him is a lot less fun for everybody. gives him a lot less power in terms of wielding/controlling that rivalry when he thinks he really needs to. hes NOT lying when he says its easier to just say hi to marc. it is! if he ignored marc every weekend, that would be the story of the weekend. every single time. and i think he learned in the aftermath of sepang how big a story like this could get (we STILL talk about it. marc was answering jorge vs valentino questions THIS WEEK.) and how much they can dominate his life and capture the eyes of the press. kind of inescapably. resigning himself to an eternal retirement of answering questions like how fast do you think marquez will be on the ducati?? (i KNOWWW hes sick rn btw). a monster of his own creation. so i think he learned in malaysia to only go after marc when hes really fucking pissed off. and he was really fucking pissed off in argentina 2018. and unfortunately marc didnt get the hint until then i think.

[a-birdie-on-a-rose]

[schondoodle]

This is Zayvial, Zay if she likes you. She is a teifling fighter ex watchman. She is VERY gay and VERY traumatized. She is wanted in like three continents and is a fool around pretty girls shorter than her

oh and shes a biker 😎

[nick-cassidy]

ur gonna be on bikes? the contraption that fractured Mike Conway’s ribs?

[fuckrealityfictionisbetter]

My absolute favourite post fantasy high head canon I’ve got is that Riz joins the in universe FBI, just his dream of solving the worse of the worse every day, he’s a badass catching criminals and stopping crime, but the fucking realisation hits him that he has ONLY ever interacted with crazy ass fucking lunatics his entire life and now he’s gotta talk to Sheryl about her vet bill and act like he knows what normal people do on weekends, super tight lanced Riz on his BEST behaviour so his colleagues don’t think he’s the kinda guy who commuted a Lot of murders in high school, everyone in this pretty badass office thinking he’s some sweet geeky guy who’s probably never seen the outside of a text book before this job worried the last scene was a little graphic for him and he is just sweating in his little office cubicle hoping they don’t find out he has fully upper body tattoos he got whilst off his tits on snuff at a night club on a pirate island at 15 years old

[magicmarkerz]

I did something stupid and almost got hit by a car today (well. Yesterday now.) and i keep thinking about it and so many people saw me and I know it was my fault and usually im responsible and blah blah blah but oh my god. Like. why did i do that.

[casinoarcs]

Chuuya teaching himself complex math and physics while growing up on the streets will always be impressive to me and ppl making those “smartest bsd characters” edits and not including him should explode

[muxas-world]

They are still in their "honeymoon phase"

[balkanradfem]

Starting the journey of fixing my bike

So, last Tuesday I was biking to work and my tire just went flat within a second, leaving me to walk (difficult due to neck injury). And now I need to fix it. So, I asked the plant lady for help because she has a whole garage of tools at home, but it turns out, she's extremely busy the whole week, and cannot lend me a hand. And I've never fixed a bike tire on my own, and have no tools.

Luckily, last time we fixed a tire, I wrote down all of the steps to fixing it, so I'm thinking, I can do this no problem if I have the tools. However, it was the front tire that was flat the last time, and there's a difference between removing the front and the back tire. I have the number of the wrench written down, that I need to undo the bolts that are holding the tire, and I ask the plant lady if I could just borrow that wrench, she says fine. She brings me the wrench. Turns out, it doesn't work. So the day after, I get another wrench from her, and this one does work! However, there's a second bolt that I didn't see before, and I still can't get the damned tire undone.

So at this point I feel so bad for pestering her when she's so busy, I figure out, okay, we're gonna do this another way, I don't need the right tools we'll find alternatives. Or, maybe I can check the damage and fix it without even removing the tire completely. So I try to fill the tire with air to see where the damaged part is - and I can't find it, it deflates immediately and I can't see where it's happening. Then I think, okay, let's check out the outer tire, to see what actually caused the damage (usually there will be a thorn or a piece of glass in the outer tire.) So I check it bit by bit, and I don't find a thorn or a piece of glass, but a big slash, and material that is slashed is very very worn and thin. And this is a cause for concern, because if the outer tire is irreparably damaged, I need to replace it, or the inner tube will just get flat again and it will be even more damage. But, it looks expensive and I'm not feeling good about that. And I still can't get the tire out of the bike.

Then I pause and go research alternatives to wrenches, and finally I find one; walnut opener. I grab that thing and somehow manage to get it at the angle in which it can grab the last bolt, I loosen it, I'm excited, we're doing this, it's working - and, it turns out it's the type of bolt that just spins endlessly and doesn't get out because the bolt on the other side is also just spinning. I would need a second wrench to hold the other bolt while I spin this one. And I have zero wrenches, none, I cannot do it. I go and research the alternatives of getting a spinning bolt free and the only alternative that might maybe work is using duct tape to hold the second bolt in place, and I have some duct tape so it's worth a try, every other method requires even more complicated tools. I am planning to try this after I rest from work, I'll make an update if it works.

Feeling disgruntled that I don't have any tools of my own, and also concerned, because I watched several videos on how to repair the outer tire, but they all say it's a temporary fix and the tire should be replaced, and I am dreading it. I wanted to just fix the inner tube with a glue and a stick-on and go on with my life. I have no idea what could have damaged the outer tire so badly, I'm extremely careful to only ride the bike on safe surfaces, without any sharp edges that could damage it.

If anyone is good at bike repair or could tell me if there's a way to repair the outer bike without replacing it, I would be extremely grateful for the advice. I can sew it together using a fishing line and put duct tape in the underside but I am scared it would end up ripped anyway, duct tape isn't meant to endure the strain of a tire on the road.

[boanerges20]

Paul Smart

[cantankerouscatfish]

when my brother beefed up the electrical line out to his garage, we first had to dig up the old line. which was about 6" below soil level and also insulated with bike innertubes. thanks for that, grampa.

current code is I think 18" deep? so bro had us bury the new line like 22" down. in conduit. and now he can weld in his driveway. 👍

[itwoodbeprefect]

bingewatching youtube videos from mostly us americans and canadians about dutch road and city design with my jaw on the floor. oh dear god. oh dear GOD there's a lot of stuff i take for granted