>>1968309i live next to a traintrack.. why do you people do this.. please just stop please
testhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw_j2CM5mZ0
>>1990592https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l3Y9EE8jyshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyjWtaTASGo
>>1990593https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=52MfPoAaSzY
>>1967494Cursed
Not polished yet: https://close.city/https://vxtwitter.com/NatMakesMaps/status/1776259750310912335It's an interactive map to show the best places for transportation and walkability. The default is Grocery + Library which makes the map really really narrowly defined and there's no real way to weight the options, so I recommend disabling Library and/or using just one at a time. But it does an incredible job of highlighting walkability and would make a great tool for deciding where to develop or move
>>1990219The far left hates cars. They want to get rid of the word private. Cars? Use the bus. Housing? Here’s a pod sized room with shared facilities. All in the name of efficiency and “fairness”. They want us living packed up like bees in a hive, a totally unnatural and unhealthy way to live. A reasonable man would conclude that a mix of sense urban accommodation and less sense housing on the outskirts is the way forward but these chumps only think in terms of surviving on what you “need” only, which funnily enough drives up profits for developers who can make far more money off sell/rent larger numbers of smaller apartments for far more than they can ever hope to get from larger family sized offerings. It’s an utter charade.
>>1990410>where do kids go to study these days?Either at the uni itself or at home/dormDefinitely not at the public library lmaoFrom what I've seen, public libraries are used almost exclusively by very old women and street children who don't have a computer at home.
>>1990209>lives in a place where school playgrounds aren't open to the public on evenings and weekends
>>1990039>nearby shoe boutique is labeled as supermarket but drugstore with full grocery is nowhere to be seendefinitely needs tuned up. at first glance the map look about right though>libraries
>>1992730When I was young. My school's playground would be opened and closed at random. So it wasn't something I could relay on.
Ocean liner fans rejoice! The Queen Mary reopened for hotel guests in May and in June, I had the privilege of spending two nights on board. I'll be uploading my album of the ship over the next few days and discussing the history of the ship that I learned while onboard.
Well that's it for the photos. Unfortunately I only had time to stay on the ship for one full day due to late arrival/early departure but I think I made the most of it.It's been a fun 10 months. If anyone else has been to the Queen Mary or just wants to post about ocean liners in general, feel free to do so, otherwise I'll just let this thread die.
very cool>>1938381based
How do these large cargo backpacks compare with a bicycle trailer? I need to haul 100kg of cargo on a bicycle
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>>1983994don't threaten me with a good time
>>1957568>>1957570Back pain time?
imagine being so weak you can't even carry 100kg on your back. can you even imagine it?
I'd like to buy whoever invented the thru-axle a beer. It's a fantastic invention and I have no idea how it manages to be so good. It makes replacing a wheel so much nicer than fucking qr skewers.
>roadside flat repair>flip bike over>remove axle>it's covered with grease>nowhere to put itPass.
>>1990519>flatskill issue>flip bike over>>remove axleskill issue>>it's covered with greaseskill issuet. toobless chad
>>1990525Just add "everything is covered in sealant" after the first line.
>>1990526sounds like a <32mm problem
>>1980676was that the bad guy in "marathon man"
Is he still around?
>>1992240You're out in lycra riding your campagnolo fitted road bike and this guy points a gun at you and says "haandit ower,,, sumunabitch"Your move?
>>1992269*pulls up next to you on a trike, points a gun
>>1992240>>1992242We love you bacon
>>1992240:)
am i retarded how is this possiblethis doesnt seem sustainable in the long term
>>1991914Get a load of oscar romero here taking a bullet from the woke mob who would steal the the poor oppressed oligarchs's gulfstream jets if not for their heroic martyr defending their right to shit up the planet
>>1988068>making third world migration to the first world easier than everCan't wait for Europeans to get Hondurans
>>1991914This, I also support oppressing the poor furtherThey are getting out of line these days
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?
>bike got stolen last november>whatever it's cold soon anyway>also bought a car in december>missing outside activity other than running, really miss going on trails etc. >considered buying another bike but also like the idea of skating because I enjoy ice skating and am pretty good at it>also would fit in car easier than a bikeWhat are some good beginner cheapish skates for a big guy with wide feet?
>>1990364can confirm, I thought 3 big wheels looked cool to start on and I live in an area surrounded by hills, no bueno. You pick up to mortal speed pretty quickly so learning to stop and build leg strength right away was a big challenge. Also tore my TCFF in my wrist because I forgot about guards. I think wrist guards are a great safety net for inexperience in hindsight.tldr; 4 wheels probably less fast and more manoeuvrable
pickrel: 3x100 k2 lt triosI have worn them to piecesI also have a 4x110 k2 marathons but they are to stable for me. very fast though.I'm looking at getting some 3x125, probably powerslide. but The fr skates do look good.
>>1992107>tldr; 4 wheels probably less fast and more manoeuvrableI think it's the other way around, 4 wheels gives high speed stability at the expense of low speed agility. 3 big wheel skates pick up speed faster and have better turning agility at the expense of stability. This is of course a generalization, what's more important than wheel count is wheel size and skate length, however, number of wheels do heavily dictate ideal wheel size in a skate's design. Bigger wheels give a smoother ride but brings CoG higher off the ground resulting to less stability and more agility, opposite for smaller wheels. Those 3 factors are like a bike's geometry and heavily influence how a skate feels. I'm not an expert in the subject (am a bikeboy) but I'm familiar, interested, and I do intend to buy my own set of skates soon enough
/xs/ has a roller blading thread, /rag/, that is sorta active. The newfag buy question is fairly common there, I'd recommend lurking through it if you want to get some reviews.
>>1992629thanks for the info crossboard anon
Old beater edition
>>1986442rule of thumb that Ive heard is ~1 metric ton per 10 horseso by that logic, you should be able to get about 2.5 to 3 tons out of it
>>1984737>Would you intrested in some progress pics?yes>should I spam them or make a mega folderIm good with either
>>1986539Cheers for being helpful.
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My maglev proposal for China.What do you think?
nah too expensive
I legitimately do not understand the preoccupation some people on this board have with chinese maglev, waco to branson maglev, ougadougou to bujumburi maglev, or any other such irrelevant speculations, and it makes me think the "chang" shitposter might be on to something. Literally what is so boring about the NEC, western europe, taiwan, peninsular malaysia, or japan, that makes these other (irrelevant) places so worthy of your attention? Other than the fact that you see them as probable future colonies for the CCB-Tencent corporation's future workforce, but if that were the case you'd be targeting Taiwan too so it just doesn't make any sense
I don't understand the appeal, especially when they already have an impressive HSR network. The benefits of maglev compared against HSR are very minimal. Maglev pretty much exists as gadgetporn.
narrower and higher pressure tire IS faster
>>1959144post saucesas far as i know there is no hard evidence only speculation based on ideal conditionsin the real world based on actual experience it seems to not be truefat tyres dont seem to roll any worse to me and in not ideal conditions (the real world) fatter tyres roll faster
>>1988360It's obviously a 110 and 140. Nobody makes 150/55.That's still a relatively wide tire, thoughever, a much lighter prototype racing bike of that displacement uses a 90 or 100 front and a 115 or 120 rear.
>>1959054If you only ride on smooth glass, sure.
>>1959054My favorite feeling is when my tire pressure is dialed in just right and the tire deflection under cornering rebounds so predictably, I love it. It has a weird feeling of being soft and firm at the same time, it's kind of like that feeling of a really good pencil eraser
>>1990337This approximately the same reason why I'm slower with clipless than with pinned flats. It's a confidence issue.
The science is in, rim brakes are and always have been superior to disk brakes in every metric, weight, stopping power, aerodynamics.The ONLY exception, and there are caveats even to that, is on carbon rims, which are gay.Watch the first part to see the sciencey bit about how the industry lied about disks to force consoomers into buying cheaper to manufacture disk brakes for more moneyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3P4IIWsaS5Itfw when they pushed disk brakes in order to usher in a world where everyone would be proud to pay over the odds to ride bikes made of chinese plastic, including fragile plastic rims that cannot withstand the forces of rim braking without exploding in a catastrophic fashion.
You're just a contrarian who wants something to argue about. Wrong. Not true. Don't care about your gay eceleb. Also you're gay and wear lycra.
This video is literally an advertisement for their product. Everything they said about disc breaks is true but they only really mentioned it in regards to aero TT/Tri bikes. Yes there's no reason for dick brakes if you just was a fast aero light bike.All other use cases are unmentioned because, surprise surprise the dick breaks offers a better compromise for more people. Sorry to all the rim brake fags out there but it's not like you can't still go out and get a nice used rim brake bike
What the fuck is this rim brakes vs disk brakes meme, I don't use /n/ often but I see it all the time, I've had bikes with both systems and they're both fine, what's all the reeing about.
>>1991364we like to be angry and autistic
hydro discs make my dick
Is grant petersen's quote still true?
>>1988045Hot
>>1986058this but replace the jeans with a good jacket and the dutch bike with an old mtb and its trueer than ever
>>1986333No. They are made for riding slow through a dense flat city traffic.
>>1986058>*charges you $5000 for an obsolete piece of shit in your path*nothin personnel kid
tells you a lot about his character that he bases his purely capitalistic marketing approach on shitting on what others enjoypeak neoliberal faggot
What are the considerations needed to make between choosing a locomotive or MU to power a train?I know passenger trains in Europe tend to be MU but freight is always locomotive hauled.
Why aren't Jacobs bogies more of a thing with coaches? I can only think of the TGV as an example of a locomotive + articulated coach set. They seem to be a neat idea, you can save weight and increase capacity for a given train length, lots of EMUs (like pic related) use the configuration.I understand that freight wagons might have issues due to axle loading limits, but coaches are far lighter.>>1992021That's weird, maybe they're in a coach 'set' of 6 that are semi-permanently coupled together?I'd imagine that disconnecting & reconnecting the cab car would be a pain so it's just easier.>>1992150It's wasted energy and there's still wear and tear to consider. Though as you say that might be negligible.
>>1992346>Jacobs bogiesmain downside is that cars sharing a bogie are a bitch to seperate, while the whole point of using sperate cars instead of an integrated multiple-unit design is to be flexible in their combination.Btw, I've seen similar designs (not sure if technically a jacobs bogie or if there's special terms for it) in car-transporters and container train cars, making two-car consists with 3 or 6 axles respectively.
>>1992370I've always heard them referred to simply as articulated cars, jacobs bogie I only hear in reference to passenger equipment. Articulated autoracks are two cars, articulated well cars can be up to five cars, at least in US. 3 and 5 car articulated well cars are very common. I don't see it as much with autoracks.
>>1992346>Why aren't Jacobs bogies more of a thing with coaches?When going through the trouble of Jacob's bogies, it makes no sense to have them on 'dumb' coaches. If you want to keep the axle load in check, the middle sections will get about half the capacity of a full coach - or even less when vestibules are considered. Jacobs bogies are also troublesome to rearrange the train, if it's not an EMU, then why limit the inherent flexibility of the wagon consist?This is why they are popular on EMUS, but not traditional coaches.However, this does not mean there weren't any. A famous example was British Silver Jubilee coaches originally pulled by A4 Pacifics. Pic rel is a German-made four-car set of Polish railway's double deckers which were phased out a few years ago. Those have three axle Jacobs bogies and were being used as two, three and four car sets. Romania, I think still uses these.
>>1992370>>1992472I'm only asking as it seems like most passenger trans are made of coach sets where you have a number of them coupled together for a long period.The axle loading doesn't shoot up nearly as fast as you might think, a coach is an air-filled with some seats, racks, etc inside. Also, each section in an articulated set is shorter to reduce overhang inside the curves, but there's a reduction in the number of bogies over the whole train length.The overall weight of the train goes down too, as each bogie is heavy. Maybe ~6 tons each for a lightweight design, which adds up. E.g. for a train of 8 coaches that could be a full coach's weight.I get that this is probably more of a consideration where acceleration/ high speed performance is needed. As you say, for Amtrak and other long distance/slower services the consideration changes to reliability and easy maintenance.
Which is better for everyday travel throughout the city? Context: my city has shit bike infrastructure and there’s not enough space to bring a bike inside a metro or bus.
>>1990917Rollerblades with air tyres offer too much rolling resistance. For donhils they are good, but that's it.
>>1990917Escooter or ebike. Non powered modes of transportation are a meme, especially for hilly cities/long travel
I kind of want blades but they're 200 dollars for decent ones.>>1991190Buy a car if that's the case.
>>1990937This
>>1991190I prefer to haul my fat ass up the hill under my own power(200 W).