Comfy Winter EditionOld Thread: >>1938049
>>1997187there's this for tokyo: https://minitokyo3d.com/
>>1997187http://www.demap.info/tetsudonow/
https://tabiris.com/archives/jrwest-fare2025/JR West will readjust fares in Keihanshin area from April 1st 2025>currently there are two special fare zones to stay competitive with competing railways>one is Osaka Loop Line(dark blue)>the other spans Kyoto, Nishi-Akashi, Wakayama, Nara, and Nagao(light blue)>they will be merged and get extended northbound and westbound(red)>impact on prices mixed, between -30 to +30 yen>in general prices go up for short trips within Osaka Loop Line while going down for longer trips>this also inadvertently nerfs the split ticket trick>for example going from Osaka to Kusatsu with a stop in Kyoto currently saves 170 yen, but that will go down to 130 yen.
>>1997205>http://www.demap.info/tetsudonow/I think it might be bugged, it just showed me three Narita Expresses coming to Tokyo within 2 minutes. And yes I did check, they all said 成田エクスプレス, and besides the only other use of E259 series is an occasional Odoriko which would be going in a different direction.
JR Central has issued a stop work order on their maglev Shinkansen as Gifu Pref. water levels around the construction site have gotten very low as a result of JR's tunneling. Local residents, rice farmers, local government are obviously upset:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8MZkEjDU6MDaily reminder (now former) Shizuoka Pref. governor was right all along and JR Central is doing their build out haphazardly and on the cheap. Why are these greedy fucks incapable of doing it properly? It really doesn't cost that much to hire a few extra hydrologists and understand what is going in the environment of where you want to build something. Say what you will about JRTT, but at least they're a scam to enrich the buyers of local politicians instead of JR Central's scam to defraud local governments for the benefit of their shareholders.
How much does this stuff annoy you train autists? I love trains but in a different way to you
>>1996413Funny, coca-cola don't own the train yet they can plaster their shit all down the side. So if I pay big daddy govt or big daddy transport I can out whatever I like on it? Good one, imagine thinking that your fare will decrease if all graffiti stopped tomorrow>>1996625Whiter than you Ibrahim>>1996867>nooooo not the heckin windows!You are the soijack>>1997046All good fella I do it for me and my mates, not you. Imagine having trainspotting as a hobby and referring to others as morons kek. Maybe try something that has a creative output or that you can actually contribute to, not stare a shit that greater men than you have put together.
>>1993521I hate graffiti. It looks cheap, tacky, unclean, and unprofessional. And it's noisy. Gives me a headache just looking at it.Also 90% of the time it's illegible basketball runes.What does this shit even say? NAGP? Meaningless. Stop it.
>>1997129you are a failed artist and "thug". are you a nigger or a really single mother son tryhard?
>>1995768>rent freeletmexpress,,,myrage!,,,,as payment forthe luxuriousuite!,,,andisee you everynight.,,,,,flashingreen/red/green/red blinkys in the sky.,,,other blinky lights onthe Big sprinklerslow pivoting across valley.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Ooya,,i member,,'ARRRg i just hate WEEBS! the lowesthingsever!,,,ugly too.,,,,(dontellmewhataweebis)idont needto knowhat.,,Hug
>>1996248Need to start chopping some hands.
What are some good and simple carbon roadbike fenders/mudguards? I got showered 4 times during a ride yesterday (and the 5th tine was a hail), I'm sick of road spray. I am looking at the zefal swan (pic related) because it seems simple to mount when needed and is really cheap. Are the aks ones much better? They seem way more involved to install.
>>1997131>Are you going to kit it out with lights and racks and big comfy tires and a gearhub next?>tfw no carbon city cruiser
>>1996823Yeah. That is if you have the clearance. Which you usually dont, partly because a 23mm tire is often times the slimmest you get today. This is where the hackjobs start and why no fender install ever goes nicely unless its some sort of granny bike.
>>1997150I am running 32 mm Conti Ultrasport 3, with Fenders, no problem. Sure, took me a few test rides to get everything adjusted, but it's been a few thousand kilometres since, with no issues.
>>1997131What's an "absolutely no fenders" frame? I checked mine for stuff like that but all I see is a UCI sticker. Does the dutch government publish a hit list of frames to scream obscenities at when you people see my people enjoying them wrong (which is to say enjoying them since the dutch apparently hate fun)?>>1997159I found 700x28 to be the easiest when I was running full retard fenders but I could get scwalbe winter 700x30 studded under them with a bit of suffering (once set up it was fine for the rest of the winter). Granted this was on a steel frame bike with a fair amount more clearance than my carbon frame I currently do the most riding on, but it had drop bars and 2x10 which makes it an extreme sports armstrong bike according to the karens here
>>1996583Thats actually not bad at all. I have a normal not carbon road bike seatpost and that would fit.I ride w/o fenders or mudguards bc Im a lycra guy who rides dry tarmac but that would work great. Its the only ass saver Ive seen that doesnt look doofy.
>bought a new bike>got stolen in the next dayHow do you deal with bike theft? I don't want to ride those ugly ass scooters or euc's
>>1996566be me>steal bikes>fuck others wives>arson when tipsyThe good life.
If you only lock one wheel and not the frame you're basically saying "free bike" and I think it is reasonable and lawful to take it.
>>1997167Fuck you. Don't take other peoples stuff. I should be able to able to park my bike completely unlocked without some shithead like you nicking it.
>>1996566Yes anon, all of those things are your fault.Especially the cheapo frier.
Make bike ugly. Very uglyMini u lock. MINISheldon Lock methodFront wheel gets a chain to u lockTop cap gets a ball bearing glued inAxles get locking skewers
>most responsive drop-bar hydraulic brake levers ever>ergonomics better than GRX>RD shifts even faster>finally fixed the FDIt's over for Shimano.
>>1997143When you write "ferrule", do you mean "cable tip"?
>>1997281Ngl, that's impressive weight weenie tier
>>1997119You know about 15 years ago it was recommended to prepare a proper dump site in your backyard
>>1997436They’ll pay anything to cover up the ballooning weight gain of widerange
>>1997481Recycling has gotten to be such a hassle I don't even prepare a site.
Post Your Bike ThreadSlow Roll Spring EditionPrevious Edition>>1977471
Electrically actuated bicycle brakes when?
>>1997332what's the advantage over nice dual-pivots?
>>1997423They're retarded light and retarded expensive. The silver pair I have are from aliexpress. They were 140 for the pair but I guess they wen't up. Let's see if I'm still alive in 6 months.
>>1997442so, lightweight but not particularly better braking performance?count me out .
>>1997466A common (validated) worry with truly lightweight brakes is actually that some braking performance has been sacrificed on the most retarded altar of marginal gains. You want nice stiff brake arms that can transfer leverage.
>>1993461>JUST, LIKE, DRIVE CAR OR WALKNo thanks commie faggot, I don't fuck with (((mandatory purchase of auto insurance))) and (((registering your vehicle.))) I carry a gun with me wherever I go.>pic related, your stupid trailer trash ass
>>1993461Oh, and:>>>/o/
Why does this line still exist?
>>1997422just in case
>>1997422There were some old rich retirees along it, plus the Delaware Valley rail passengers whatever association fighting to keep it.For the record, I think it should still run, but it's hobbled by infrequent service and doesn't go far enough since the area north of Cynwyd is a trail. Its days are numbered to whenever that bridge over Zoo shits the bed.
This thread is for talking about railways, and things related to railways, in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Trips, tracks, tickets, trains and stations, they're all good - making up rules is boring so let's just be normal. Questions are, of course, most welcome.If you feel like travelling, head over to National Rail Enquiries (nationalrail.co.uk/); tell it where you're leaving from and where you're going to, and it'll tell you how you're going to get there; then it'll hand you over to a train operator to buy a ticket. The golden rule is that it doesn't matter which train operator you buy a ticket from, as they'll all sell you a ticket from anywhere to anywhere, for the same price. If you're a visitor from overseas, your best option is probably Trainline (thetrainline.com/) - they charge a booking fee on top of the ticket price, but they'll accept just about any payment card. There's also trip.com/, who are apparently a 'thing' with overseas students: I've not used these myself, so please speak up with any thoughts.Here's a few links:~The Man in Seat 61 (seat61.com/) - easily the best rail travel resource out there.~Geoff Marshall (youtube.com/@geofftech2) - Likes trains. Mostly harmless.~A Visual History of Railway Rolling Stock in Great Britain (gaelan.me/br-stock/)~Realtimetrains (realtimetrains.co.uk/) - live train timetables: ideal for keeping on top of ETAs and platforms.~TIGER (tiger.worldline.global/home/) - live station departure boards.~Traksy (traksy.uk/live/) - live signalling information.~Openrailwaymap (openrailwaymap.org/) - railway infrastructure, mapped.What's happening?~Phase One of High Speed 2 (Birmingham-London): hs2.org.uk/Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
https://www.lner.co.uk/news/lner-and-partners-provide-perfect-blend-to-improved-performance/>Senior leaders, infrastructure experts, engineers, and operations specialists from the East Coast Partnership boarded a 09:00 LNER service between Edinburgh Waverley and London King’s Cross for the networking event known as the Coffee Cup Run. While travelling at 125 mph along the East Coast route, the teams from Network Rail, LNER, Hitachi Rail and Northern Trains assess the journey and identify potential issues which may impact performance, reliability, and safety. Once identified, the cross-industry group then works collaboratively to develop and deliver solutions. More than a dozen improvements were identified and actioned after last year’s journey.>The annual Coffee Cup Run is a revival of an earlier concept, also on the East Coast Route, to simply place a cup of coffee on a train table and see how much the cup moves, or the coffee spills, which provides engineers with a basic indication of track quality. Key decision makers from across the industry then work together to share plans, best practice, and ways of further enhancing performance.>Things are a bit more sophisticated these days however - throughout the journey, engineers onboard use cutting edge on-train monitoring systems and information livestreamed from the train’s forward facing and pantograph CCTV cameras to identify issues which could affect ride quality and safety. The information, along with ideas generated on the day, are then acted upon.I'm glad that the company 'uses their own product' ... laughing at the idea of someone having to waddle on board heaving a monitor, power & data cables wound around their neck and arms, warily plugging an extension lead into a power socket, etc
>>1986716Kek, absolute classic
>>1996695Victim mentality
>>1993641I love Liverpool Street: it reminds me of a greenhouse, in a good way, or your retired, slightly-upper-class neighbours' conservatory.
>>1996573>Why did postwar station architects have such a hostility towards trainsheds?Trainsheds trap pollution, and when the station isn't on an electrified route, it rapidly builds up to be really nasty. Steam was terrible for that, and diesels aren't great either.Keeping the train in the open air avoids a lot of that (or shoves it into the air for the rest of us to breathe in; your pick).
/bbg/ Bike Building General"I'm not paying Park for a fucking bike stand, or cleaning my shed" Edition.A place to ask questions, and to share tips & resources. Post your projects, your finished & in-process builds, restorations, etc.Resources:Barnett's Bicycle Repair Manual - https://www.flwlib.org/DocumentCenter/View/2461/Bike-RepairUCSB Associated Students Bike Shop Manual (2022) - https://bikeshop.as.ucsb.edu/files/2021/08/AS-BIKE-SHOP-WEB-MANUAL.pdfSheldon Brown's Bicycle Technical Info - https://www.sheldonbrown.com/Bike parts, tools, etc. - https://www.universalcycles.com/Chinkshit:https://www.aliexpress.com/category/200010436/bicycle-repair-tools.htmlhttps://www.aliexpress.com/category/1222/bicycle-parts.htmlComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>1997319If you only need 1 or 2 parts then yes, new or ebay is sometimes your only option. It's 2024 and dick brakes is all that's being produced anymore thus rim brake parts of any kind will be dwindling. Eventually the parts will go the way of downtube shifters where only a couple brands make new stuff.Modern chinese stuff seems decent enough.
>>1997317I got basic bitch 3x7 mtb trigger shifters that are just cloned 90s tech that the patent ran out on from a no-name chinese company for $12 off scamazon . they work pretty great. not sure how they'll hold up long term, though. stems, posts, and bars by zoom or uno off ali seem fine, too. got possibly bootleg microshift brifters there for like $50. they're working well.the answer is China. Japan ain't making money on that stuff anymore and China is filling in the gaps.
Redpill me on PAUL components. What's the deal? They look nice, but fuck me, why so expenny? They don't perform braking any better than stuff that costs 1/100th of the price. What gives.
>>1997431Autist bling for people who want something besides framesets and wheels to sperg over. You had the money for Dura Ace but you need to show everyone that you know the One Cool Trick Big Cycling Doesn't Want You To Know. Like sure you could get hydraulic brakes that work better than any mech shit or or hey what about... what if instead of addressing the real problem (cables) we just came up with an extremely expensive and labor intensive "hack" that isn't better, but it looks bad ass.Basically if you are the kind of weirdo who hand compiles gantoo every morning for your MBP with 16 cores and 48 GB of RAM, which you then use for shitposting on /g/, you should have Paul shit on your bike.
>>1997431fancy old school components milled out of aluminum billets is my guess, oh in america too.My dad has some on his fat chance and they are nice.... but it's bling.That's also why their parts get copied on ebay or aliexpress, it's bling so most people just want the look.
Still the most noble form of transportation is to be carried around by others, walking yourself is for plebs. Show us your palanquins then!
Hey, even the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob got in on the act. The Ark of the Covenant was supposedly not only a box holding holy relics from the Exodus, but its gold lid (the "mercy seat") was where the Israelites believed the Spirit of the Lord hung out before they were able to build a proper Temple for Him. It was a palanquin for God, carried about on poles by priests.
>>1996724Pic related. Although according to Exodus it was a bit bigger than this and carried by 12 dudes, not 4.
>>1996725yeah, the Falasha of Ethiopia are supposedly one of the original tribes of Israel, there were originally 12 I think, I can't remember the name of the guy who the tribe is named after but supposedly he ended up with the arc of the covenant. real or no, they still have the fucker stashed in their temple, but they parade it around as your pic shows once a year on one of the high holy days.
am i retarded how is this possiblethis doesnt seem sustainable in the long term
https://www.bitchute.com/video/Cs2LlhzHB9wu/,,,,jump to26;00
I work for a mid-tier carrier as customer support, traps are gay, any other questions?
any trip that can be replaced by an electric train should be. end of discussion.
>cycling on sidewalks is... le misdemeanor! >you should drive on the streets with a speed limit under 50 km/hname a more braindead law than this, jesus fucking christ99% of people riding bicycles do it all their lifeI am convinced the only reason this law exists is so that the ONE time some cop(s) with nothing better to do blocks your path, they can milk you for fines and report all your personal info to the big brother systemthe whole fucking point of a bicycle is that you are not a car and that you can go places cars cannot, but carbrained lawyers the want to regulate the shit out of it for some reason, even in le walkable non-carbrained EU cityfuck I'm so pissed off right now
>>1995510You tell me, you're the one shitting yourself with rage at the concept of riding a bicycle on infrastructure that you paid for, oh wait you're a NEET so you don't pay for anything
>>1989520Cyclist should give way to pedestrians, like cars should give way to cyclists. When I see a ped, I get off the sidewalk, pass at walking speed, or dismount and stand still to trim up to my half of sidewalk, in that order.Sad thing is 70% of people are terrified leap off the sidewalk, which I beg them not to do and apologize and tell them that's their sidewalk, and I know that, and don't take this any shit from sidewalk riders.
>>1994731>I just give them a fake nameYou'll be asked to give your ID afterwards which will expose you as a liar that is obstructing the job of law enforcement officialsEnjoy your felony
>>1993984>What kind of totalitarian hell hole do you live in where you are expected to produce documents for anything other than a motor vehicle?Warsaw.
>>1995329this should be the end of the discussion
Why are you destroying the environment with your discount bargain bin chinese carbon wheels with no warranty, when you could be saving the environment with the revolutionary new FusionFiber™ that come with a lifetime, no questions asked replacement coverage for the original owner? Sure it costs about 3x as much but think of the moral superiority it gets youThe only problem is it's made in Utah which is full of crazy people, which kinda negates the moral superiority, I'd almost rather send money directly to the CCP at that pointAlso discuss wheels and stuff
Been wanting a dynamo/touring wheelset, but I'm not super certain on what rim I want to use. I want something and wide, so the Velocity Cliffhanger looks like it fits the bill, and velomine has this set for pretty cheap even though I'd be getting a new hub and spokes for the front, which would still be cheaper than building my own set from scratch completely. Are there any other (maybe cheaper) options? I'd re-use my rims but someone reamed the fuck out of the valve hole and now they're too big for a schrader to presta adapter even. I also have some wide 28h rims, but I don't see any 28h dynamos for a comparable price to the Shimano dh-3n72. I didn't particularly want to spend $300 on a SON hub.
https://www.chinaglobalmall.com/products/1612100003209>nooooo every wheel has to be solid black with black spokes you're not allowed to have color or personality
>>1997014I'm planning a rebuild and I want to alternate my spokes black and silver, silver hub, black rim. My plans are to convert my coaster brake only cruiser's ultra wide 32mm 584 rims to a front drum and fixed gear rear
>>1997014I have silver everything on my bike but when I built the front wheel, the spokes I wanted only came in black so I sanded them down to silver. also the levers on the brifters, same deal. eventually they polished up, took forever. figured the spokes would go quickly but they took forever, too. no regrets, though
So I hit a rock going downhill at about 35mph and I felt it bottom out. Hookless, so that's a bonus. I see sprayed sealant on my frame and a weird spatter mark of sealant on the sidewall, so it looks like it burped a little, but no impact damage on the rim. It would be visible, right guys? I can just keep riding?
Riding a bike in a way that causes harm to others to be treated the same as murder under new UK laws.>'Cycling where people are walking needs to be done responsibly' Said Rishi Sunak, 'And people who put the lives of other people at risk should know that the full force of the law will be used to punish the, should they cause harm to others', the PM added - 'Cycling may be good for the climate, but dangerous cyclists are a menace and this new law is long overdue.' - The law change comes after a spate of fatalities involving cyclists and pedestrians, including the death of 6 year old Hannah Dobbs in 2023, who was struck and killed by a man on a mountain bike as she walked home from school.Everyone hates cyclists, even environmentalists, who themselves are vile, despise the two wheeled cretins. 14 year jail sentences inbound.
>>1997201Okay but can we please first jail all the cagers ? Their activity is highly dangerous and always harmful, at least indirectly, to others per se, and unnecessarily so.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-69016715>Under the change, dangerous cyclists could face up to 14 years in prison.sounds based
>>1997203I really wish he died in that crash.
>>1997201You act like it won't turn out the same way automobile fatalities turn out.>Your honour, the defense agrees the victim was struck by the bicycle operated by the defendent.>Yes, prosecutor, but for the hundredth time what's your evidence the defendant was cycling 'dangerously'?>Your honour, the defense agrees that the....
>>1997355>but for the hundredth time what's your evidence the defendant was cycling 'dangerously'?Assault bicycle speaks for itself...
Old thread finally hit its bump limit >>1750878 2023 started out as a crazy year on the collectible market but things seem to have settled down a bit Have you made any new acquisitions ?What do you wish to buy year?Collectible bike thread!!
>>1991556youre moms a walmart bike
>>1990853SE bikes are pretty much only operated by juvenile delinquents in those summertime "flash mobs" that ride around crashing into people and generally being obnoxious in groups too large for the police to try to do anything about. They're also almost all nonwhites too.I'm not saying you shouldn't like them but it's kinda surreal seeing /n/ nut over this thing when you guys are hostile to anything counterculture-ish, unabashedly racist, and generally not in favor of anything that isn't pushed by the mainstream instagram algorithm towards the 25-35 year old white male incel demographic
>>1992760It's like your first day on this place
>>1992760what on earth are you going on about
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