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Dog bicycle caravan trailer

4/5/2023

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Found on the internet ages ago. I so want to make this but as a working bike trailer. This is clearly being used as a kennel. It's brilliant, eh!

sorry no credit, let me know
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Shame about the wheel

4/5/2023

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Shame! If they had only spent the extra $3 on another Dollarstore 'lock' they may have saved $150+ on a new wheel.
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Lights are cheap lady

4/5/2023

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We see this person all the time, love the outfit, but PLEASE lady, lights are cheap!!!
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Longtail Cargobikes are great

4/5/2023

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You should have seen his face when I turned up to buy this office chair on my Cargobike. It started as disbelief but turned into admiration as I flipped it over and strapped it on. Simples!
It's was such an unremarkable thing to me as a Lifestyle Cyclist I even stopped off for coffee on the way home with the partner and dog. Good times.
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Bike route to???

4/5/2023

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Found on the internet, sorry no credit. Made me laugh. ​Amphibious bikes only.
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Coffee and Breakfast outdoors

4/5/2023

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This is one of my favourite things to do. Made especially nice by a bit of a ride to the spot chosen the night before whilst dropping off to sleep. Saturday morning behind the beach getting some quiet while making breakfast and coffee. Good times. This 80's German poncho makes a great wind breaker or rain shelter. I often carry it on the bike as it's such a versatile bit of kit to get out of weather with, even sun. Combined with a low seat it's my go to set-up.

Today I'm using the Moka Pot for coffee. Usually it's the Aeropress, but it's nice to mix it up sometimes. For a stove I just use a Trangia spirit burner in my Firebox Nano. A super compact and lightweight combination that is totally silent, unlike those horrid little gas stoves that are so common. The little Moka pot fits on the Nano easily, another reason I default to this set-up.

For breakfast it's bacon and eggs, except I forgot the eggs! Meh, you can't have too much bacon, right? I'm Keto so not a problem. I discovered the mild steel frying pan shown below on the Sweedwoods YouTube channel and they work really great on the alcohol burner. Plus they're indestructible and season like cast iron but without the weight, it's my favourite frying pan ever.

When I do this I usually write notes for articles or doodle or just watch the birds. It's 'me' time to decompress and let my mind slow down and wander. So great. I recommend you try it.
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Bike Pug Ninja!

4/5/2023

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This is actually mu neighbour taking his Pug to the Dog Park, I had to take a pic, he's such a cutie.
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Dog goggles

4/5/2023

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Because I carry the dog on the front of my bike, and go very fast down hill, I wanted to get my little hound some eye protection. It took her a few goes to get used to them but now it's all good. Cheaper than a vet bill and just plain out safer for her. 
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Out of air

4/5/2023

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Last time I got a BJ... was in the workshop ages ago. Now I'm down to 30psi!!!!
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Just trucking about in the snow!

3/5/2023

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It feels to me like Vancouver has similar kinds of snow events that I'm used to from when I lived in Old Blighty! I say 'events' because we didn’t call them 'storms'. The BBC weather person would report, "if we're lucky it's gonna snow a bit tomorrow in the South East, we may even get a whole inch of the fluffy stuff, so don't forget to wrap up". You get the gist! So nothing to 'write home' about, yet here I am writing about it, and my mother who lives in the UK may even get to read this!!!!

All that said, rolling into work this last two days has been potentially hazardous to my health. The streets are not cleared for this bicycle commuter! City workers in the three municipalities I travel seem to be on the 9-5 and I have to be in for 8.30!!!! Thick slippy snow with some slushy tracks of cars to follow which my bog standard Schwalbe Marathon tires cope with surprisingly well. And as I've only had them on for a few months, I feel quite chuffed about my extravagant purchasing decision. They ‘fail hard’ though in much more than three inches of fresh snow. I'm going exactly nowhere. Front and back wheels spin for a few seconds before I start listing to Port. You can't have everything I suppose.

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