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I got my 2nd flat for this month while riding to work this morning. My commute is pretty short - about 4.5 miles - but there’s a lot of debris in the bike lanes and streets. Thankfully I can take the bus home.

Are tubes with slime in them any good at preventing flats? I ride a pedal-assist ebike so the extra weight isn’t much of an issue. If slime isn’t a good option what can I do to stop getting flats so frequently? Thanks in advance!

Hey all, I’ve been staying home dealing with a nasty cold for the last few days. I’m feeling better, but I have a nasty sore throat that is hanging on. Any suggestions for activities for K-5 where I don’t have to talk or sing much at all? I think I can make it through the day as long as I don’t use my voice much. Thanks in advance!

Hey y’all, had a little seat bag on my commuter that had a small first aid kit, a multi tool and a tire patch but it recently got stolen. I suppose I was running on luck for the ~10 months I had it there.

Anybody know of a thief-deterrent way to keep that stuff on the bike? It feels a little silly to undo a seat bag every time I want to step into a coffee shop.

My parents came to visit a a couple months back. For context, I live in Portland, a city known to be good for biking by North American standards but still pretty car-centric. We got breakfast, then went to a museum for a cool exhibit they had on display.

The place we met for breakfast was about a 15 minute bike ride from where I live, so of course I took the bike. After we finished breakfast, my dad offered to give me a ride to the museum. I told him I'd be alright, I could just meet them there. He offered to put the bike in the back of the car so I didn't have to leave it locked up. He wasn't being antagonistic - he just legitimately thought that the 1.6 Miles/2.5KM from the breakf

Hot take: Most cities in the USA don't need to spend a ton of money building rail transit projects to shift away from car dependency. By making some targeted investments in more frequent service, bus-only lanes, and transit signal priority cities can really move the needle in the right direction. Everyone deserves frequent and reliable bus service.

I hate to admit it but I am a bit of single-issue voter when it comes to transportation safety and equity. I already know where Hardesty stands, but I haven’t been able to find anything about what Gonzales thinks when it comes to improving walking, biking, and transit through infrastructure projects. Can anyone point me in the right direction?