Nice! What was xbiking about? I thought I had been subbed to all the cycling subreddits but had missed that one. My jam these days is bikepacking, I love the combo of biking far and camping. Glad you made this community!
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xbiking has always been a sort of loosely defined thing, but if I had to define it in a sentence I'd say it's cycling that is done primarily for adventure, with a certain disregard for the conventional cycling ethos which can kinda fall into snobbery at times.
Here's an archive.org link of a reddit thread where the creator of /r/xbiking explains it. It was by far one of my favourite subreddits, and I hope we get some similar activity here!
Cool cool, yeah I dig it. Cycling can dip into geeking out on gear, which can be alright, but leads to consumerism, which can lead to snobbery. I think most bike snobs are well intentioned though, or are rather harmless in any case.
I definitely went down the rabbit hole when putting my bike together (and bikepacking requires a whole extra gear round) and was super focused on performance for a while, but these days just cruise. Lots of phases in one’s cycling journey!
Also, feel free post about any upcoming bikepacking trips you have planned, biking and camping are indeed a lovely couple.
I'm going to assume that normal bike-like electric assisted bikes like this are alright too:
A good reason for that is because I find there is a staggering lack of basic bike knowledge in /r/ebikes (frames, componentry, mechanics) and people aren't getting any of it since they're segregated into their own echo chamber.
I hope that cannon is part of the bike
What caliber shells does your bike fire?
Cannon fodder from plastic packaging and aluminum cans judging by what's inside. ☠️
The picture just loaded for me, that's a sweet ride!
It's a bit outdated. There are a few improvements already. I'm currently replacing the bike computer and doing wiring cleanup along with it. It should look even better after that. I'll post. ☺️
Excuse me, I spend most of my time on three wheels moving my kids around. This egregious discrimination from the two wheeled community will not stand :D
hey! I started a community called "mtb" ([email protected]) but the instance I'm using does not allow yet to upload images correctly
nice to see !bicycle community finally!
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