Post news, pictures, videos of trams or light rail.>Pic is an Alstom Citadis 402 in Tours, France.
>>929256Oh and welcome to /n/. I see it's a virginity loss thread cuz my post on Tram in Olsztyn (above) was my first on /n/ as well
>>929258Well it's faster then a bus even if the buses use bus passed, plus it's comfy and got Wi-Fi.
>>929267Would you recommend the tram to your friends?
>>925294Moscow has like 6 separated tram systems
>>929256>PESA Tramino>obviously a SolarisSomeone explain.Also, nice bałwan.
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>>928962All those 1s now we can go to the titty bar
>>928969>>92897010/10
My angel.
>mtb chicks>Road bike dykes>This threadArtistic 3.14's are the top tier of womens cycling pic fucking related
Livery thread!Post your favorite airline liveries! I've always like Southwest's colors. Some think it's ugly, but I think it's a nice splash of color in a sea of boring blue and white planes.
>>926096Ah, I remember flying Northwest everywhere out of MSP. They were the go to for our family. I think they flew out of Rochester too, but I've never really flown out of Roch.>>926939Dang this one is great.
>>923462Same. I will always remember it, tulip and all, descending over the statue of liberty before banking as it slammed into the 78th floor of the South Tower at 9:03 AM on Tuesday, September 11th 2001.
>>926852Good man, I'm an easyjet pilot and I approve of this post!
>>923565I flew on that. Dublin to Milan.
>>926937pleasure and MD-90 in the same sentence?
Another edition.Sold my old commuter to a friend of a friend and got this as a replacement.
>>929458Puta wom, le compre un altus hace 2 dias, te la hubiera comprado altiro.Saludos desde Concepcion
>>929446Looking awesome.I think you could make this bike look really good with a quill stem.It would be a lot of work. I'd ride it for months as is, get the fit exactly right (try different stems), then go quillWhen going quill, I'd get a new drop bar. Something without the ergo bend. This is just to make the bike 100% internet bike porn. I don't think you need to do it, but it would take it to the next level.Also it looks a little bit like your brake levers are up too high. Consider a shorter stem if you feel like it's hard to reach them or the dropsGreat bike. I'm nit-picking . It looks awesome.
Nothing feels better than the first ride after an overhaul. Had to stop and snap a (crappy) pic
newest whip. for rain and commutin' and tourin' and cross racin'
>>929286>>929239But what about cage's material fatigue and therefore durability?
ITT: Girls (or guys) you would date. Keep it /n/-related.>inb4Batty
>>929436So your backpack is solely for clothes, wow i wonder how many randos wear backpacksStrava or it didnt happen. Owning two carbon proves you are a fred.
>>929436>(though I do have two carbon bikes as well). I'm missing the part where I'm a fred:^)
>>929442you don't know why you're a fred which means you're not a fred?please get the fuck out>>>/fred/
>>929440No, it's not solely for clothes. I carry clothes (on rides where I deem it necessary), clif bars, tools, spare lights, etc. Though I usually use panniers rather than a backpack. I don't use Strava.>owning good bicycles makes someone a fred>being this retarded>>929442>everyone who owns carbon bicycles is a fredm8, I ride a lot (up to 2k km/month).
"Sorry guys, I only date Trek riders"wat do
Can someone explain what the fuck is going on with the Yeti in this pic?
>>928048It's a shame your brain is crippled with retardation.It's likely in a museum because it is what Jimmy Deaton (look at the top tube) raced on, where that large chainring was useful. Replacing it with a 42t big chainring just so you can imagine it compares it to your 2010s mountain fred sled would be crippling it.
>>928037During the development stage of DH racing in early 90s, there was a period where some bikes were equipped with big ass rings, because more-faster. Downhill courses those days were mostly fast as hell, but with very few terrain features, so such rings could be potentially useful.It is a representative of such bikes.
>>928037Google itFucktard
>>928037The Mammoth Kamikaze or Kamikaze Downhill is one of the oldest and fastest downhill cycling races.Unlike typical downhill courses of the 21st century, the race follows in essence the path of the traditional access fireroad. However, while average downhill races these days runs to 35mph, Mammoth racers were clocking 55-65mph on mostly rigid or semi-rigid bikes with flat handlebars.Winners[edit]This list is incomplete.John Tomac (2004, 2005) USAPhilippe Perakis (1991) Switzerland>Jimmy Deaton (1985, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994) USAMyles Rockwell (1995) USACindy Devine (3 times by 1992) CanadaCindy Whitehead (1987) USA
>>928037omg these are beautifulam i the only one who finds 90s mtbs the most beautiful of bikes?
Ok so today on this board I saw the term "adventure bike" .I am not even sure what that means and for some reason I need one.Can you guys help define this bike for me?What makes and adventure bike?
>>929481Real talk. They're 'fast' utility bikes and are ten times better than the flat-bar hybrid/road bikes.
>>929483The bike industry is exploiting consumer lust pushing new standards and trends every season. 650b, disc (yeah I said it), 1x, etc.Adventure bikes are another trend, a mutation of touring/CX/gravel/All Road/rando. But adventure bikes are betterThe idea of the adventure bike is to have one bike that does everything pretty well. For the average daily rider who doesn't race, it gives you the option of a light tour, light off-road, and excellent road riding. All with the right balance of butt comfort AND speed.In a way, it's an anti-consumption trend, within a bigger trend of consumption.The Prolly hipster adventure bikes are annoying, but the ideology itself is solid. I am against Surly just because of the weight of their products, but I see their spirit in this trend.
>>929481Basically, late 80s/early 90s fully rigid MTBs with 700c rims instead of 26" rims, and drop bars instead of flat bars.>>929489Yep. The hyper-specialization of the past few years is swinging back in the other direction. An "adventure bike" should be able to do light touring, eat up smooth singletrack, and be a good commuter. If you don't do serious mountain biking or road racing, it's conceivable that one bike could be enough for all your needs.But there are compromises. The frame will be too flexy and won't handle great for real loaded touring, it'll be heavier and have less snappy handling than a dedicated road bike, and the lower BB + big 50T from chainring (most with have a 50/34 compact double crankset) will reduce clearance over offroad obstacles. If adventure bikes get big, I'd expect a move back to more specialized bikes after a few years as the people who buy them realize they want something that's better for the specific kind of riding they do the most.
>>929508Honestly I think the jack-of-all-trades bike has to do with hipsters. Hipsters love authentic utility that hardcore people use as a fashion statement, without ever taking advantage of that utility. It started out with the supposedly super practical fixies. Then they moved to CX because they get to play at hardcore in the mud for an hour, then onto rando, because Jan Heine tells you you should use a rando bike for everything and have fenders so you can ride in the rain.
>>929481That sounds a lot like the "sport touring" bikes of yesteryear.
I'm tired of looking at the El Faro and I'm drunk, fuck you /n/
>>929182I'd buy the shit out of that
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>>929182not really, the thought of boat ownership does literally nothing for me. like I talk to people who dream of boat ownership and I'm like "there is something wrong with you". I talk to people who used to work on boats and I view them in about the same way as I view war refugees. probably some interesting stories but I'm not sure if it's too traumatic so I'd rather not bring it up. I talk to people who think joining the navy sounds cool and I think "well at least it's not ISIS"I think boats are useful and all but the idea of having some personal life dream involving boats, let alone taking pleasure in being on board a boat, is beyond me. like, it's cool that there are people willing to work on them for money but to me it sounds about as appealing as working in a cattle slaughtering factory or in the city facility that converts everyone's excrement into something that's safe enough to dump into the bay. useful to society, sure, but not my idea of pleasure or even a highly esteemed job. more like riding past a horrible car wreck and thinking "better them than me".t. a cyclist who happened to scroll past this thread
>>929490What a pathetic faggot you are.
>>929492This desu.Bicyclists are the absolute worst. It'd be a great thing if it weren't for the insufferable people.
I'm from Europe and this looks retarded. Can someone explain how this works?
My best guess: It's showing potential conflicts in a shared turn lane during high traffic. The green car is unable to merge in to traffic so first turns in to the turn lane, where oncoming traffic may be turning from.
>>929416Are you honestly confused by a standard center turn lane?
>>929416This is called "the dingus in the green car abusing the center turn lane." Quite common, unfortunately
>>929416The green car should not be in that turn lane.The turn lane should be used as a place to wait as you're waiting for the opposite traffic to clear to turn across their lanes, not turn into when you're getting on the road just so you don't need to wait for all the traffic to clear.
If there was a zombie apocalypse would you ride a bicycle?
Yes, 90s rigid MTB
Sorry. You're not allowed to do that.http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NoBikesInTheApocalypse
my daily commute is pretty much a zombie apocalypse anyway
>>929486>>929499/Thread
>>929485> not belt driveStep it up senpai
This is for the home bike builders. Post your favorite bike parts. Parts that you'd use on multiple bikes. Tires, bars, cranks, anything.Answer questions about WHY they are you favoriteMy favorites:> Salsa Cowbell bars (on two bikes)> Schwalbe Marathon Supremes (three bikes)> Kool Stop dual compound pads> Pinned pedals of all sorts. If you ride flats and don't have pinned pedals, you're missing out.
>>929495>GatorskinsI keep hearing people call them memeskins and say they can't handle the rain. Thoughts?>>929498>Dia Compe ENE shiftersI like bar-end shifters, but I run Shimanos on 2 of my bikes. Didn't know Dia Compe was an option. Have you used Shimano and why are Dia Compe better?
>>929501They're cheaper than the Shimano equivalent from most sellers. Also the friction shifting. Jump from 7 to 8 to 9 speeds with ease.
>>929502Where do you buy the shifters?
>>929501>GatorskinsThey're not a great rain tire, but they aren't so bad. If you have a working head on your shoulders and realize that riding on wet roads inherently reduces grip on any tire, you will be fine.
>>929501Memeskins are great until they see glass chunks. The hardness makes it more prone to picking up shit. I had one huge gash just 10 minutes riding on it. Filled the gap with vulcanizing glue and amazingly lasted for over 3000km with that ghetto fix, could have gotten more life but i sold that bike. My hardshell has seen 5000km and still far from the end of its life. I instaled yet another pair of hardshells on another bike, if that doesn't tell you how much i love them, i dont know how else. Be careful with inflation though, these things transfer vibrations like a sybian
Bought me a set of UA Base 4.0 at the end of January and it still hasn't been cold enough to try it out. Snows all gone, but random icy patches on MUP as water flows across path and freezes at night.
was,, fun voteing!, had a fulloadout of guns.,,,"Must have valid photo ID",,,notneeded.
>>929475Those acid-wash jeans, god-DAMN! 1983 all over again
>wanna go exploring on muh road bike>make route at home>ride a few familiar roads to get to new places >getting more rural, no cars around, see a koala crossing the road, see kangaroos. >get to my next turn. >it's a dirt road, didn't realise these roads would be dirt>cant be that bad (lol) >ride up a super steep rocky road, have to stop twice to catch breath>that must be it, all downhill now>nope, get to Hill so steep I can barely walk up it>walk up it slipping every now and then, fucking long as fuck takes ages>now have to descend>road is bumpy as fuck >bike shacking like a jack hammer, hands stinging>have to brake for the whole descent and go really slow to not destroy my nerves and the bike Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
ITT we repent our heathen riding sins:I still pull up on my bars to do a manual.My saddly hurts my ass like a bitch but i keep it cause it looks cool.
>>929377There are plenty of other fun bikes than fixies, I'd rather spend the money on those or on my more practical bikes. You might find riding a fixie a lot of fun, someone else might find riding a BMX more fun, or a unicycle, or a fat bike, etc.
>>929386This is fair enough, I agreeMy post was actually a response to the other guy. I can relate to him getting into cycling by fixed gear and /n/, and I would love to see more fixed gear discussion around here. then I got carried away...
>>929069I've never yanked it but I've taken a rolling piss more than once
>>929068I'm slightly confused, and google gave no info, please elaborate.
>>929461
I was doing some research, and was surprised to learn how many of the small cities near me used to have their own streetcar networks prior to the 1940s.Did streetcars make sense in smaller (under 100,000 population) cities, or was "bustitution" the right move?
>>929405thats the most misinformation ive seen in a post all day.cite your sources.
>>929425>cite your sources.You first, bud.
>>929428First post ITT... You made the claims, you provide the sources.
>>929429I wasn't the guy who made that post. I just wanted to see if you have any sources. One essential resource for US interurbans is "The Electric Interurban Railways in America" by George W. Hilton and John F. Due.
>>929425I think this does apply to Germany and the Nordics. CIS countries are a different beast altogether.I have only definite knowledge of that cancer-coutry, but here it was definitely so. The city funded the building of the tramway with provisions to buy it out later, which it did, because at that point it still made money. Later on transit was monopolozed with so called "traffic contract system" which in cities were systematically given for the city run bus company. Very competitive, much capitalism. No corruption.Now, the foamers claim today it's more or less breaking even. That was the case when the thing was throughoutly evaluated at the late 60s and the city decided the spare the trams "because people seem to have grown fond of them".
"First 10 hours" edition.Question of the thread.>Crosswind landings?
Hey guysI'm thinking of getting a personalized license plate for my truck. In Canada, by the way.Hoping to get>SQK1200any other suggestions?1400?...7500?
>>929212Only get SQK7500 if your truck is on a lift kit
>>929251
Anyone ever flown in ground effect, on purpose, for a long period of time?If I move to Alaska. I got this idea about building an Ekranoplan(ground effect vehicle). Because the ferry travel times down in the pan handle are half a day or longer, and flying constantly could get expensive. So I want to make a ground effect vehicle that could do 100 mph for hundreds of miles.