I just posted this at work and it seems like not everyone knows this.

You can take the Amtrak Coast Starlight from Seattle, Portland, Sacramento, Oakland, San Jose or LA in the other direction, to the Monterey Bay aquarium. On Amtrak.com, simply put Monterey Bay Aquarium as your destination and when you arrive in Salinas station at 12:20pm (daily), there will be a bus that waits for you and picks you up to send you to the doors of the Aquarium by 1:30pm (usually takes just 20min)

For a true car-free experience, book a hotel room in New Monterey near the Aquarium, like the Clement Intercontinental, Monterey Plaza, or Wave Street Inn or anything on that side of the tunnel (including Pacific Grove). You can walk / bike the coastal trail.

Rent a bike from Work Horse bicycles downtown.

If you bring your own bike on the train (check in without boxing!) you can put it on MST city bus no 20, the bus station is 5 min ride away. Wait at and have a taco at Tacos Don Beto next door. There is a small outdoor area for Covid cautious folks.

Bike tip: a great thing about bicycling is you can always get off your bike and become a pedestrian. So if road conditions ahead look scary, dismount and walk your bike on the sidewalk til you get to a place you feel comfortable again. You still save time vs. walking the whole way, and can ease into urban riding. #bikeTooter

Who remembers bicycle sidecars? (Photo source: 2)

@cycling @mastobikes @biketooter #cycling #bicycle #mastobikes #biketooter

Well, he mugged them alright.

#BendingSpoons is a #PrivateEquity firm. #Komoot #bike users should download their already ridden or planned #tracks as #GPX files as soon as possible before they have to pay a lot for them (or even to get a #map update). Better alternatives to Komoot: #Routing with #Brouter , #Cyclers , #VisuGPX or #Valhalla ; (free) navigation with #OrganicMaps or #CycleTravel . Everything else (photos, etc.) is anyway a #socialmedia feature.

#BikeTooter #fahrrad #vélo #cyclotourisme
https://road.cc/content/news/job-cuts-expected-komoot-after-tech-firm-purchase-313159

thinking about this post and about how this could be me because my hearing is sometimes not great and I have a terrible habit of nodding and smiling instead of asking people to repeat themselves

And lastly @xtaran asks:

Q8. For Cycle Week in Zurich, we wanted to tow a car with bicycles to symbolically free a former rarely-used highway tunnel from cars (it will be open for bicycles during the festival)

Sadly the city deemed that idea too dangerous due to steepish ramps. (We considered that to be the challenge )

Have you ever towed a car with a bicycle or done something similarly odd?

#quaxxing #CarryShitOlympics #BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling cc @bikenite

@grammasaurus has a fit/geometry question:

Q5. I’m thinking of buying a folding bike, so I tried a friend’s Brompton. But something about the distance between the bike seat and the handlebars felt really uncomfortable, so I did a semi-deep dive into “bike geometry“.

Do other people use measurements and angles when looking at different kinds of bikes? Or is bike geometry is only useful to bike builders?

#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling cc @bikenite

Hello and welcome to #BikeNite on March 28th. Thanks for joining as we chat about cycle stuff. Answer whenever at your convenience. Anyone can join, now or later. Reply to what you like, and boost for visibility.

Our introduction question with help from @xtaran:

Q1. Where are you posting from today? What's something that you _don't_ do by cycle, but do by car? What would a cycle need to change that?

#BikeNiteQ #BikeTooter #Cycling cc @bikenite

I sewed a stem bag for my bike and I'm really excited about it! It's my first time sewing one and I made up the pattern so I'm pretty delighted with how it came out.

I used bits of a bag I disassembled for parts, some fabric my mom gave me (the green turkey tail mushroom print fabric) and bands I wove.

There are some things I'll do differently next time, like probably making the bottom square instead of a circle, and making some slightly different fabric choices, like not waxing the lining and drawstring sleeve fabric. And maybe I'll add some ease to the pocket, which can't really fit anything when my water bottle is in there on this one. #biketooter #sewing #bandweaving #cardweaving #myog #diy

What are good places in #Seattle to buy a reliable used bike for a teenager?

My 13yo has outgrown their bike from last year and I don’t want to invest beaucoup bucks if we can save money without compromising safety.

I went to my dentist today, and as I approached the building I saw a UPS deliver truck blocking the lane of traffic. But I quickly realized what the driver had done: he'd avoided blocking the adjacent cycleway! When I got to the door of the dentist, I saw the driver approaching with a package. I stopped him, and told him how much I appreciated how he had stopped on the road and how he had not blocked the cycleway. He seemed to welcome that. Acknowledging folks is good

Here’s what happened when Berkeley gave free e-bikes to 56 residents

"“[The e-bike] helps me discover things in my community…like classes at the Berkeley wellness center,” reads a quote in the report from participant Cam Yuen. Another participant wrote in his quarterly survey that he no longer uses his car for short trips."

https://www.berkeleyside.org/2025/03/25/berkeley-e-bike-equity-project @fedibikes #Berkeley #BikeTooter

Closest thing to a bicycle rack at this mini mall. #BicycleParking #BikeTooter #bicycling

Patent 1,034,245 Flying Machine... for when you are tired of not having bicycle lanes. #BikeTooter

The sun was shining and the wind was not blowing as the cows grazed on.