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r/NightCycling•

Staying visible is important for riding safely at night. Do it poorly, and you're invisible. Do it well, and you can stand out even more than if you were riding in daylight.

To that end, I'd like to share a few items, and invite others to do so as well.

You should be aware that at night, fluorescent colours won't help you. Conversely, when riding in daylight, reflective clothing doesn't increase your visibility. Lighting is, of course, critical, but that deserves a separate discussion.

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r/bicycletouring•

I saw a post recently asking for advice about doing a long-distance tour at a pace of ~150 km/day, and one of the responses suggested that we don't really talk about such fast-paced tours here on r/bicycletouring. Well, I'd like to change that by making this post!

My background

My experience may or may not be relevant to you, so I should say a bit about myself.

I quite enjoy endurance road cycling, and dabble in some light gravel riding, but nothing too gnarly. I posted here last year about my ride from Vancouver 🇨🇦 to San Francisco 🇺🇸 in 11 days, an average pace of 180 km/day. I'm also quite comfortable doing long-distance ri

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r/AskUbuntu•

If you have a question about Ubuntu, also consider consulting the lively community at askubuntu.com. The questions and answers there, as on all StackExchange sites, are Creative Commons-licensed. You can even upvote and downvote!

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r/politics•

One down, a few hundred more to go!

I think Visa and Mastercard should be the next targets for a boycott. They have some qualities that make them vulnerable:

  • Name recognition and widely used products
  • Easily substitutable in many cases with American Express, Discover, cash, or other forms of payment
  • Consumers use their products frequently, so the impact can be immediate

These factors, I think, were key to success with the boycott of GoDaddy. Their products are commodities, so customers experience no deprivation from switch

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