Zizzo Liberte - folding bike

[A2022]

planning for Dayton OH again this Friday. this time it's going to be the Air Force Museum and Greene County airport, Joe's Pizza. bump the bike milage up, open the bike and let it roll! a bike is the best accessory for the airplane. worth its weight in gold.

the National Museum of the US Air Force = the best aviation museum in the world!



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if the weather is OK, I may jump out on this Thurs. bikes are now cleaner. I was having some creaking in the frame joint mechanism on the black Liberte. I adjusted the frame latch slightly tighter and the looser but that did not eliminate the creaking sound, so I returned it to the original setting which felt correct. I then lubed the hinge members with LPS1 and that solved it. upon visual inspection the hinge appears to be sound with no evidence of cracking. I ride these bikes hard.

these bikes have two 4-bar linkages; the frame hinge and the derailleur. the hinge geometry allows for totally different functions. the frame hinge swings 180 degrees for folding and over center locking and the derailleur shifts in and out to allow the chain to track to the pedal gear. pretty cool, if you like mechanisms. I find the gearing ratios to be good for me and I use them a lot.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four-bar_linkage








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perfect weather for riding a bike, 6C in the morning and 12C in the afternoon, not much wind. pizza and ice cream hit the spot. Joe's Pizza is 60-70's style (my favorite) and it's been there 60 yrs, and it was very clean. I really liked it, and the pizza was good. I asked for well done. I would give it a score of 8.0. that is an excellent score, total bill for pizza and large coke, $16. the pizza alum foil was really thick. I could use it on my airplane somewhere... for soft serve vanilla ice cream, DQ has some of the best. the flight was not long enough to heat my oil. lots of photos. total cost of the day including food and fuel, $60. a very good day! I found a nice rock. I may be becoming stronger, because the final bike climb to the airport was easy today, a couple months ago it was harder.

https://joes-pizzadayton.com/ whenever you find a pizza place like this, go there! I called about 15 minutes out on the bike, and it was ready a minute or two after I arrived.

a couple things about the Wright Brothers: The Kitty Hawk airplane elevator was very short coupled and difficult to control; that was corrected by extending the distance in Dayton. Dayton, Huffman Prairie, is where they really learned how to fly. it was nice to see an original Wright Brothers bicycle. the brake system was inventive. some sprocket pieces they machined. the chain guard has artistic flair. a simple and elegant bike.

All of the edges of the F22 are exact and sharp, especially the trailing edges. they do not allow to see the exhaust area very well.

A new area recently added is more stuff for kids, that's good! a space shuttle exploration and catches some of the other aircraft.

the 9/11 monument is done well.

Dayton OH is the best place I have ever ridden a bike. Lots to see and do and bike paths are very well maintained and SMOOTH.

for some reason, sitting in the aircraft after the bike ride, going thru the preflight cockpit checklist was soothing and pleasant. I noticed it and enjoyed it.












































































































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hey, there's a bike in there!

[A2022]

Mt Vernon OH on Monday, 4/10. the Kokosing Gap bike path is the most beautiful ride I have ever done, gorgeous. Mt Vernon and Gambier were both neat and clean towns, highly recommended. a lot of businesses are closed on Mondays, I settled for Dunkin Donuts and coffee (worse donuts and coffee on the planet), and a pizza place that was next to the frozen custard place. I gave the pizza a rating of 6.1/10, not that good. other than the food the day was a 10 out of 10. like the whole area, the airport was neat and clean, and the people were friendly, Knox County airport 4I3. this area is a destination. a lot of beautiful bridges along the path and a lot of people were out enjoying their bikes today.

I found a couple rocks: the one in the field is granite and not from this area, it was transported by glaciers. they rise to the top of the soil during winter freeze / thaw. the other is limestone with some internal stuff that looks like chert. I've never seen one like this. the local area is mostly alternating (interbedded) limestone and shale (blue color and softer than limestone, about 500 million years old). it creates some small waterfalls with the shale eroding. glacial till is on top of it all. there are some sandstone beds in the eastern half of Ohio, not too far from here.

I'm still impressed by the carbon fiber air ride and still notice the improvement in foot feel.

the church organ was playing. I liked it.

50-minute flight or 150-minute drive Mt Vernon. a 3X travel time delta. flying makes it doable. going there; Dayton off the left wing, then hook around Columbus, off the right wing. a lot of aircraft doing maneuvers 20 miles NW of OSU airport. I presume that is their practice area, so beware of that.

I rode over 30 miles today and it was easy. 14 gallons fuel, food = $23. I think I got my money's worth for a full day adventure.

a couple things I would like to see as I have never been there and also planning to ride the downtown area:
https://arielfoundationpark.org/ this was very good, a benchmark of how to deal with old factories, turn them into artwork. people were there enjoying the space.
https://schnormeiergardens.org/ closed until June 1st.

Govi - Carousel (perfect for riding a bike path by the river on a Monday) time to shed the winter riding gear in Oho, it's warming.
https://youtu.be/q6thJ-T7bHM

Marsh - All Night Long (Official Visualiser) [Anjunadeep]
https://youtu.be/1KvQmxZsLEM

[A2022]

Nice trip to Lafayette IN today. Purdue University was hopping with my kind of people... Engineers! not many pocket protectors and brief cases these days, just backpacks. I rode to East Lafayette to try Azzip Pizza, it's like Chipotle but for pizza. I had a simple cheese pizza to keep the rating consistent. I'll give it a 6.2, not that good, but then again, I am a hard critic. I probably only did 14 miles today because Google kept telling me to turn the wrong direction and winds were gusting to 25. I didn't buy full at Purdue Aviation so $15 landing fee. Class-D and really busy with students. the students sounded good on the radio, crisp and clear. I saw several robots delivering foods, and a robot mowing testing ground. Soon the grass will be cut by robots, that will be nice to eliminate a boring job. Man was not born to cut grass but to invent a better way! Overall, a really nice and gorgeous day. the County Building is mostly sandstone. the wall, next to the sidewalk, is limestone. I would rate visiting Purdue with a bike a 10/10.

I demonstrated the rotating nose wheel chock to a couple of curious people. it seems like everywhere I go there is an operating helicopter.

If you want a really good pick me up Starbucks coffee, try a "venti shaken espresso, with skim milk, no classic". they will think you are the inside track.

so many contrails today that I noticed them.

bumpy on the way home but the bike was fine back there.

Govi - Sails of Joy
https://youtu.be/J2hjioyoim0

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placeholder, Fort Wayne IN...

[A2022]

alternate road tire set. swapping some wheels from 1.5 inch to 1.1 inch to increase efficiency. I would like to be able to do 50 miles on this bike someday. not sure if I need a plastic spoke protector for this gearset install.... after some research I decided I will omit the "dork disk". when the road tires are on, I will not be banging the derailleur on rocks and roots on mountain bike trails. front tire is installed. swapping wheels is quick release. I like the shifting with the Shimano hyperglide system. the gear teeth are indexed, shaped and grooved, and in my opinion is mechanical artwork. I like lightweight elegant machines.

I don't have any maintenance items on the plane so that leaves time for bikes.

I like both riding and flying in the Winter better than Summer. at 27C OAT it's too hot for me here today and I hate mowing grass. I need to go to Michigan!

[A2022]

both 1.1 road tires installed. no mountain bike trails with these tires. it rides better than I expected. I think this is going to be good. I'm ready to go to Ft. Wayne and Smith Field, a new place for me, with the little speedster.

0C here this morning and it felt good but time to put away the heater. time to go North.

[A2022]

didn't have the folding bike in Scandinavia but did some riding with my daughter's family on Malmo rental bikes. 3-wheeler is electric with 1 adult and 3 kids on it. bikes are how they move over there. I saw a couple folding bikes but most use big wheels to smooth the ride on the cobble stones. very few fat people over there, I think I saw two. people looked fit. checked out some rocks, a lot of granite gneiss. an American car show in Bergen. they like those old cars. fjords in Norway, water 1500 ft deep. big Meteorite in Oslo, found in Greenland, 20 tons. various old gun mechanisms. huge calibers. picked up a flu virus on the last day from the granddaughters, slow today. nothing like a 24 hr travel day with a flu. back to printing some parts.....

on a scale of 1 to 10. this trip was a 9.5, perfect weather every day.

I would guess that half the cars in Norway are electric.

I saw one piston powered float plane flying the whole trip. not many small aircraft flying over there. don't take the freedom and access to fly in America lightly. America is unique that way.

I like the way the bass comes in on this.
Reflekt Feat. Delline Bass - Need To Feel Loved (Adam K & Soha Vocal Mix)
https://youtu.be/c7s9eKDQn9c










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nice round granite gneiss rock with horizontal stripes. this rock cooled slowly within the earth under high pressure. the black stuff is biotite, the white/tan stuff is feldspar, and the clear stuff is quartz. it is metamorphosed and foliated. Bowen's reaction series is very evident here.







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this meteorite is mostly iron. iron is the most abundant element, by mass, in the Earth. it makes up about 80% of the inner and outer cores of Earth. the Earth is made from these. this one just arrived about 4.5 billion years late. all the "lightweight" stuff we call rocks rose to the surface and formed the Earth's crust. in a way, you could say we are riding a giant iron ball bearing.





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