Post #4075925

2026-07-24 23:16 UTC

@plactagonic@f.cz asks: Q3. What was the most MacGyver roadside repair you did? (I learned about hacks vs bodges a number of BikeNites ago. Was it one or the other?) #BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite@fedigroups.social

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@gbargoud@masto.nyc 2026-07-25 00:16

@ascentale@sfba.social @plactagonic@f.cz @bikenite@fedigroups.social A3: we were about to start a camping trip when @josephfrazier@mastodon.sdf.org 's rear derailleur would not shift correctly. After looking at it I realized that the backstop(is that the right term?) was broken and found a twig nearby that was the right thickness to shove it in there. Told him regularly to get it properly fixed but it stayed in there for years only to pop out when running away from cops shutting down a party one night.

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@MartyCormack@urbanists.social 2026-07-25 02:22

@ascentale@sfba.social @plactagonic@f.cz @bikenite@fedigroups.social #BikeNite A3: I once successfully used a USA $5 bill as a tire boot. It got me where I needed to go to get a replacement tire after slicing my front tire on sharp crushed granite.

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