For sure. I’m only saying that the advantage we all seek really only applies when others are paying attention.

When I’m driving or cycling, I can see cyclists that are hundreds of meters away. Yet, a cyclist less than 10m from a motorist at an intersection is suddenly unseeable? No, someone was distracted or impaired while at the wheel.

Lights at night.

I completely agree, but this still doesn’t fix the problem of motorists “not seeing you” when they are looking down at their phone.

I’ve nearly been hit a few times by turning cars… while wearing high-viz and reflective clothing… riding a bike that’s high-viz… riding on tires that have reflective sidewalls… while using a flashing front light, a solid front light… equipped with a flashing rear light… and riding in a slow, predictable way.

Being visible only works on those who are paying attention around you, and these days that means fewer and fewer people.

In the RC car world, I’ve heard of people having their workshop go into flames from batteries that were simply in storage… not charging or anything.

I keep mine (RC car batteries) in a special, fireproof box when they are not in use, and also charge them in that box (as it’s designed to be).

Not an easy way to do with this larger, e-bike batteries, especially when those batteries are built into the frame of the vehicle (some e-bikes and pretty much all e-scooters).

I guess anything is possible, but you are right that most of the time, there is a reason.

Realistically, the EV/e-bike industries will destroy themselves if they can’t come up with safer battery tech that won’t kill your entire family.

At some point, everyone will have multiple e-vehicles in their home, office, or parked in an underground/above ground parking garage.

If something isn’t done fast, these cases of fires will be so common that people will accept them as “normal”.

The maximum range is stated as 50 kilometers, although this can only be achieved under optimal conditions.

“Long range” has different meanings to everyone.

Greece sounds like a hellhole.

Six-day work week. Get out of here.

What is the use case for PayPal in the US?

It gives businesses a very easy to way to set up monthly payments, one-time donations, accept forms of payments other than e-transfer (which many people don’t want to use), allows for international purchases without being penalized, and more.

Other options are available, but they are neither easy/cheap/convenient for the business or any better for the customer.

Oh, wow. I can’t even see that sources are listed when using Voyager because if you swipe up to see it past the voting overlay, it closes the image.

Glad they corrected it 🤗

MSG = headaches is actually true for many people.

"Effect of systemic monosodium glutamate (MSG) on headache and pericranial muscle sensitivity :

“We conducted a double-blinded, placebo-controlled, crossover study to investigate the occurrence of adverse effects such as headache… there was a significant increase in reports of headache…” SOURCE

In addition, if you add oil to your cooked and drained pasta, it absolutely stops it from sticking vs. not adding oil. Just don’t add it to the water, as it’s just wasteful.

Hilariously so! What a fun read!

I’m not sure if I’ll be riding that Pinus, but I’m sure my wife wouldn’t mind hopping on the black one.

This makes me physically ill.

Cars are the only weapon in the world where you could injure or kill a few dozen people “by accident” and be let off without being held responsible. And it happens all the time.

Even when someone is charged with anything, it never accounts for a loss of human life. It’s always some BS traffic violation that might as well be a parking violation.

Absolutely!

And I’ve had companies offer me a discount on product, rather than a full refund or replacement. I always refuse and state how disappointed I am. They pretty much always follow up with a full refund or new product.

Hell, I even ordered an indoor spin bike, complained that it used non-standard crank arms, and they refunded me $100 to replace the crank arms and pedals! Just for stating that I was unhappy with one aspect of an otherwise great purchase.

I’ve had Amazon listings where the title, description, specs on the box, specs on the product, and the reviews ALL had different information.

Who creates these listings? AI?

That said, I strongly encourage anyone who shops on Amazon to complain about issues in your reviews, and contact the seller if ANYTHING is wrong with your product. I have a 99% success rate of getting replacements or a full refund while doing this (resulting in basically a free product), even if the issue is cosmetic or a personal dislike. Just be honest.

A.K.A. “being a new parent.” 😂

Except that new parents go through way more than five days of that. 😞

Thank you for sharing that. I’ve been aware of Bikeforums, and they come up a lot during searches, but I’ll be signing up shortly. They really do have EVERYTHING you could possibly ask for in bike-related topics.

A pandemonium of parrots. 😂

Maybe that’s why you don’t have problems with most of sites from Europe?!?

That’s an interesting observation. I’m not sure, since I’m in Canada.

Thank you. Such a shame. I don’t see the point of someone taking time to vandalize a platform like OSM. Such a waste of human life, and other people’s time.

Holy hell.

I’ve seen the odd case of vandalism affecting a few data points here and there. But this looks like millions of data points were affected.