Michael Abon
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Michael Abon
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Director of Bike Winnipeg. Staff Software Engineer at 1Password. ❤️ biking in one great city. he/him

tech stuff posts at https://hachyderm.io/@michaelabon
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The RadWagon 4 has weird tire dimensions (22x3), so it's hard to find studded tires for them and I don't want to go through the work of studding them myself. These work really well!
November 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I'll put them on the back tire too, but with the skirt guard and the big boxes, it's a little trickier on my bike than on most others. I didn't have enough time this morning to slip them on 🫤
November 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Slipnot Traction makes them. They're like... two guys in Colorado or something like that. You give them your tire dimensions and they custom make them. I used them all last winter. $130 USD, $31 shipping to Canada. 5-minute install or removal, so it's not hard to use them one way.
November 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Slipnot Traction makes them. They're like... two guys in Colorado or something like that. You give them your tire dimensions and they custom make them. I used them all last winter. $130 USD, $31 shipping to Canada. 5-minute install or removal, so it's not hard to use them one way.
November 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The tire chains worked well last winter in every condition except the mashed potatoes kind of snow (but neither do studs, fwiw).
November 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Slipnot Traction makes them. They're like... two guys in Colorado or something like that. You give them your tire dimensions and they custom make them. I used them all last winter. $130 USD, $31 shipping to Canada. 5-minute install or removal, so it's not hard to use them one way.
Slipnot Traction Bicycle tire Chains - Get out and Ride!
Unleash superior traction with Slipnot bicycle tire chains for better grip on ice, snow and mud. Say goodbye to the hassle of studs, just get out and ride!
www.slipnottraction.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Hella jealous, that’s a gorgeous bike
November 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
(Forgot to tag @americanfietser.bsky.social for the collection “people doing normal things on bicycles”)
November 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I just looked up those stories and photos. The driver who killed her was charged with his second DUI just 10 days before the killing? Maddening.

Did the city actually put up the sign they said they were going to, to replace the ghost bike with?
November 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
November 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Impeccable taste. That might be the move next year.
November 1, 2025 at 1:31 PM
A friend recommended that I pick up a crate of mini cans that I enjoy drinking myself. Great suggestion.

I did end up giving a baby a Coca Cola, but hey 🤷
November 1, 2025 at 2:46 AM
54 kids! We had 45 full size chocolate bars to hand out (I ate 3 out of the box this week), then I dipped into my backup stash of soda pop cans for the final 9 kids. At that hour, they’re older and were really stoked.
November 1, 2025 at 2:46 AM
If trends continue, I’ll only get 18 kids trick or treating this year.
October 31, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Huge, huge congratulations in winning this for your community!
October 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Instapaper! Kobo pretty quickly built against the Instapaper APIs. It's almost a drop-in replacement, minus small differences in their article parsing algorithms.

I loved Pocket and that was a big reason why I swapped my Kindle for a Kobo, so I'm pleased I can still read articles on it
October 20, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Not for nothing, but my cute local indie pharmacy does free home delivery of my medications, both regularly recurring meds and one-off prescriptions. Could be something you look in to.
October 7, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Reposted by Michael Abon
we did, i've burnt everything so far because of this super speed hating.
October 6, 2025 at 3:21 PM