Adrian McEwen<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@paulywill" class="u-url mention">@<span>paulywill</span></a></span> It's to attenuate line-level audio down to mic-level (he says, as if he really knew what he was talking about)</p><p>Basically we have two speaker systems we use on our Friday night social <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/FolkRidingBikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FolkRidingBikes</span></a> rides, and I have a Rode wireless mic.</p><p>We're (ab)using the mic to be an audio relay between bike-at-the-front and bike-at-the-back but the line-out from the speaker is too high for the mic input on the Rode and it was distorting. This lets us dial down the level to give us good tunes 😀</p>
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Adrian McEwen<p>For last night's <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/FolkRidingBikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FolkRidingBikes</span></a> we rode to Calderstones Park; failed to retrieve R's drone from the tree he lodged it in; chatted to the bizzies who came to see what was up; confused the local kids used to having the bowling greens to themselves to hang out on; and watched the local fox mosey across the green in the dusk.</p><p>And mostly we played crown green bowls.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/CrownGreenBowls" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CrownGreenBowls</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Liverpool" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Liverpool</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BikeTooter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/InTheSaddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InTheSaddle</span></a></p>
Adrian McEwen<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@rasterweb" class="u-url mention">@<span>rasterweb</span></a></span> that would be cool. The techno we were listening to towards the end of Friday's <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/FolkRidingBikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FolkRidingBikes</span></a> ride was at a tempo conducive to us falling into step with it and getting into a lovely state of flow.</p><p>Reminds me a bit of my idle wonderings about music/soundscapes composed for group cycling performance - <a href="https://www.mcqn.net/mcfilter/archives/cycling/music_for_mass_bike_rides.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mcqn.net/mcfilter/archives/cyc</span><span class="invisible">ling/music_for_mass_bike_rides.html</span></a></p>
Adrian McEwen<p>This week's <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/FolkRidingBikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FolkRidingBikes</span></a> group social ride took in the Gaza protest at Lime Street, but also passed by the Mini Roads in Everton Park, so we all had a play on that before heading down to the river, along to the Festival Gardens and back through Prince's Park.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BikeTooter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/InTheSaddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InTheSaddle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Liverpool" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Liverpool</span></a></p>
Adrian McEwen<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/FolkRidingBikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FolkRidingBikes</span></a> "event booking" system is super lightweight. Someone posts a message like "Anyone riding tonight? 6pm at the Bikiosk" in the WhatsApp group and attendees react to that with 👍 </p><p>It's more of a "don't go without me" than a mandatory requirement; it's a very relaxed affair.</p><p>Last night there were five 👍s on my announcement.</p><p>As you can (just about 🤣 ) see from the video, the good weather and promise of beer garden brought out a few more!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BikeTooter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/InTheSaddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InTheSaddle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Liverpool" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Liverpool</span></a></p>
Adrian McEwen<p>Last night the <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/FolkRidingBikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FolkRidingBikes</span></a> headed east. We've not done the Croxteth-Kirkby-Fazakerley loop for ages, it's a great mix of countryside and urban riding.</p><p>Got escorted through West Derby by a gang of lads on mountain bikes, who were loving it.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BikeTooter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/InTheSaddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InTheSaddle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Liverpool" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Liverpool</span></a></p>
Adrian McEwen<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ecoevo.social/@sarahdalgulls" class="u-url mention">@<span>sarahdalgulls</span></a></span> yeah, it does look like it would just work (tm) for folk who don't really care about the federation or corporate lock-in side of things, once there's an easier way to use it than self-hosting.</p><p>I'd like (though I'd need to persuade everyone else) to move <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/FolkRidingBikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FolkRidingBikes</span></a> off WhatsApp, but the chat & lightweight organising (someone posts a start place/time & we use 👍 reactions as "signups") are important parts of that community. Not that Wanderer has to fix it, it's *my* use case</p>
Adrian McEwen<p>Had a look at Wanderer and it's a nice-looking open-source alternative to Komoot/Strava/etc.</p><p>Made this test trail to try it out: <a href="https://demo.wanderer.to/trail/view/@demo/3b7368b50620482" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">demo.wanderer.to/trail/view/@d</span><span class="invisible">emo/3b7368b50620482</span></a></p><p>Would be nice if it had more group-related options. Not quite sure what they'd be, but it feels quite individual-focused (as do Komoot, etc.)</p><p>That might just be options for managing signups for scheduled rides/walks. Dunno.</p><p>I'm just thinking of groups like <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/FolkRidingBikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FolkRidingBikes</span></a> and my dad's weekly walking group.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BikeTooter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/gpx" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gpx</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/osm" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>osm</span></a></p>
Adrian McEwen<p>Last night the <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/FolkRidingBikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FolkRidingBikes</span></a> went to the beach. As Formby is a bit further than our usual Friday night rides, we collected people at a couple of stations en route.</p><p>Alicja led the route. Vinny brought the tunes. Others brought refreshments and snacks. James brought a camping stove and bacon butty ingredients!</p><p>Some went for a swim. Some of us just hung out and minded the bikes.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BikeTooter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/InTheSaddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InTheSaddle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/beach" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>beach</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/sunset" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sunset</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Formby" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Formby</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Merseyside" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Merseyside</span></a></p>
Adrian McEwen<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@ultrazool" class="u-url mention">@<span>ultrazool</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://does.social/@huffeec" class="u-url mention">@<span>huffeec</span></a></span> I think it would be easier without a bicycle, even if things did gang agley.</p><p>A bicycle would let you join the Friday evening <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/FolkRidingBikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FolkRidingBikes</span></a> ride though 😀 (that said, borrowing one would also be a possibility)</p>
Adrian McEwen<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@jbenjamint" class="u-url mention">@<span>jbenjamint</span></a></span> the purple lights are a temporary addition (they're bollards from a game we developed to get kids cycling) but the megaphone is a pretty regular addition to play tunes on our <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/FolkRidingBikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FolkRidingBikes</span></a> Friday night rides 😀</p>
Adrian McEwen<p>Friday night's <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/FolkRidingBikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FolkRidingBikes</span></a> ride took a route past Goodison Park to commemorate the end of men's football there.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Everton" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Everton</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/EFC" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EFC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/InTheSaddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InTheSaddle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BikeTooter</span></a></p>
Adrian McEwen<p>Over the water for last night's <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/FolkRidingBikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FolkRidingBikes</span></a> ride. Ferry to Seacombe, rode up the river through parks and industrial estates to the Tap at Eastham Ferry (a real bikers pub, but the sort with engines, they were mostly amused by a pack of acoustic bikes turning up); then back to Birkenhead for the train under the river and home.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BikeTooter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Wirral" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Wirral</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/InTheSaddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InTheSaddle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/MerseyShipping" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MerseyShipping</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/ship" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ship</span></a></p>
Adrian McEwen<p>We often get folk joining in when they encounter us on our <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/FolkRidingBikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FolkRidingBikes</span></a> group social rides, but Friday's was the first on a penny farthing!!!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BikeTooter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/InTheSaddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InTheSaddle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/PennyFarthing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PennyFarthing</span></a></p>
Adrian McEwen<p>Our route was the Castles and Cobbles from Lost Lanes</p><p><a href="https://lostlanes.co.uk/23cc/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lostlanes.co.uk/23cc/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>There were a couple of nasty hills but only one that defeated us; then you're rewarded with glorious views across the Cheshire plain - on a clear day we were told you can see Liverpool, it was a bit hazy yesterday; and nice descents, I hit 39mph on one of them!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BikeTooter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/FolkRidingBikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FolkRidingBikes</span></a></p>
Adrian McEwen<p>All the south parks for last night's <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/FolkRidingBikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FolkRidingBikes</span></a> group ride.</p><p>Crown St Park -> the Mystery -> Childwall Woods -> Score Lane Gardens -> the Loop Line -> Camp Hill -> Clarkes Gardens -> Allerton Towers -> Calderstones Park -> Penny Lane. Then a stop to celebrate <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://does.social/@Styles" class="u-url mention">@<span>Styles</span></a></span> becoming a Dr. and back home via Sefton Park and Princes Park.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Liverpool" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Liverpool</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BikeTooter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/InTheSaddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InTheSaddle</span></a></p>
Adrian McEwen<p>Took advantage of the bank holiday for an earlier <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/FolkRidingBikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FolkRidingBikes</span></a> ride, and we got a bit further afield too.</p><p>Rode up to the top of Clieve Hill just outside Aughton and back, via a brief stop in a 705 year old pub.</p><p><a href="https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/bike-routes_491983#12/53.4805/-3.0006" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/b</span><span class="invisible">ike-routes_491983#12/53.4805/-3.0006</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Lancashire" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Lancashire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Liverpool" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Liverpool</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Ormskirk" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ormskirk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/InTheSaddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InTheSaddle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BikeTooter</span></a></p>
Adrian McEwen<p>First trip over the water this year for the <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/FolkRidingBikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FolkRidingBikes</span></a> Friday evening social ride.</p><p>Started in West Kirby and rode round the coast to Birkenhead.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BikeTooter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Wirral" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Wirral</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/RiverMersey" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RiverMersey</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/InTheSaddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InTheSaddle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/NightRider" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NightRider</span></a></p>
Adrian McEwen<p>A bit late for this year, as the deadline for submission is tomorrow, but having just heard of the Liverpool Horizon Film Festival I'm idly wondering what I'd need to do to my <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/FolkRidingBikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FolkRidingBikes</span></a> or <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/JoyRide" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JoyRide</span></a> videos to turn them into something that could be submitted 🤔 </p><p><a href="https://filmfreeway.com/LiverpoolHorizonFilmFestival" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">filmfreeway.com/LiverpoolHoriz</span><span class="invisible">onFilmFestival</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Liverpool" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Liverpool</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Film" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Film</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Festival" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Festival</span></a></p>
Adrian McEwen<p>Friday's <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/FolkRidingBikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FolkRidingBikes</span></a> group social ride was just what I needed after a hard week; riding through the city playing tunes with a bunch of your mates is joyous!</p><p>Sadly I didn't have my camera with me, so didn't get the shot as we rode past the Liver Building where one of the couple of lads we'd collected en route passed me riding along a low wall while pulling a wheelie.</p><p>This photo is one my mate John Harris took, as we rode through Sefton Park</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Liverpool" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Liverpool</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/InTheSaddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InTheSaddle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BikeTooter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/NightRider" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NightRider</span></a></p>
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