Why weren't these a thing more often in the heyday of railroads?>gives freight trains an additional source of income>passengers can presumably pay for tickets less since freight trains usually run on slower schedules>allows for mixed trains without the need to pull a coach from regular passenger service>can be coupled to the back of a regular passenger train during periods of high demand, the crew will enjoy the added privacy too>lonely freight train crews will enjoy the additional company>can be outfitted as extra crew accommodation when not in revenue service
>>2041354all that trouble to be slower and less flexible than a bus. however, consider: passenger containers on a container ship.
imagine the views
here in Chicago I sometimes see a CNW caboose roaming around in active service.
>>2061619They'd have to be custom anyway, for fire/safety regs. Ideally they'd be stainless and aluminum too since accessing the inner walls for corrosion maintenance would be impossible. Making them insulated would be easy.
>>2061649>fire regulations for a shipping containerAren't they already pretty fire resistant owing to their all-steel construction? Or do you mean things like installing electrical wiring/stoves in one?
SHOULD I GET A GRAVEL BIKE OR AN ENDURANCE BIKE REEEEEEEEThe roads around me are potholed and gross
>>2061894You know those little plastic caps on your 3200$ front fork? You can turn them around a little bit to adjust how it behaves on an uneven surface. And if you get a bike that bends in the middle, there's a big gear-looking thing; it's actually threaded and you can turn it to adjust at least one spring. The other may require a screwdriver.
Imagine being too poor to have a proper fixie.
>>2061869Lordy lordy why would you do that?
>>2061910the new caledonia is pretty based tho. Nothing for poorfags tho
>>2061895>>2061874>even in rally racing the most in-depth suspension tuning happens for road tracks because it turns out a sudden 6 inch drop from asphalt to gravel will hurt even a race car pretty badly
Disasters never have one root cause and neither did the destruction of cycling. But I know some important milestones in the decline and fall:1. COVID 19. Enough said.2. Full suspension mountain bikes. Enough said.3. Reddit. Enough said.4. Twitter. Enough said.5. British "people". Enough said.6. The d-tch. Enough said.7. The state of Utah. Enough said.8. Zwift, Peloton, "Spin Class", and other cancer. Enough said.What were some other key moments?
I could care less. As long as it's one less car on the road.
My town is putting in an ordinance to ban bikes on sidewalks and streets unless your a child. There will be bikes allowed but only from 11 am to 3pm and late evening. Also parking your bike anywhere on city property/sidewalks is now illegal Cops are being aggressive about it and impound bikes. You know so actual working, contributing memebers of society can do things like commute to work, pick up groceries/kids and overall be a functioning memeber of society.I hope this administration will turn the screw on bike culture. My town is one of the most bike unfriendly places and im glad, get these fuckers off the streets. Its clear when people ride a CHILDS TOY and become
>>2061839>you can ONLY go where we built you a special "path for bikes"John Forester was right
>>2061839>100% of cyclist deaths will be childrenBased.
>>2061728Hence the quotes. I'm the guy who made this, by the way... glad to see it making the rounds: https://archive-media.palanq.win/n/image/1603/03/1603034746952.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP_bUVc7o7A> As a train enthusiast, none of these are brightlines fault. The only reason they have so many deaths are because of people doing stupid things around the tracks like trying to beat the train, or walking on the tracks. Do you autists not realize how sociopathic this makes you look?The train has killed over 180 people since 2017.It's killing a person EVERY THIRTEEN DAYS.
>>2058689you're just a huge faggot
>>2058516>retards don't wait for the barrier to go up/light to switch>get run over by a trainWhat's the problem here exactly?
based
>>2059368God forgive me for saying this but I hope Siemens wins, Alstom cannot into FRA crash requirements given the absolute clownshow that was the Avelia Liberty.Plus they're fugly
the old lady one had me thinking maybe some people can just have a blank mind and ignore their surroundings without meaning to. like how plane crashes are a bunch of things going wrong to create the catastrophe most of the time. for example train crossings look the same at the beginning and end of the cycle. just red lights and the same bell ringing tones. maybe they can make them more similar to stoplights. after the end of the train crossing the red lights can turn green for example and play a different sounding/speed tone. you can also add another set of lights on the opposite sides of car travel to give more visual signs to not go through. could also make crossing arms twice as wide
https://youtu.be/K3Nl3LOZNjchttps://x.com/Breaking911/status/2003194419382563206
Flying is far easier than driving
>>2061778Landing though?
there will always be a pi-
>>2061824greasing down a 172 is something done thousands of times every day by retarded teenagers and alzheimers incare patients.
If Dreamstar brings back the Lark, it would be a good stopgap measure until CAHSR Bakersfield-Palmdale opens in the 2040s. The Coast Starlight sucks, nobody wants to spend 12 hours in the middle of the day going from Jack London to LA Union in a train with no wifi 9 am to 9 pm.Stuff the economy cars with reclinable seats, put all the crying babies in one car, dim the lights, and let me sleep 9 hours to LA Union Station for under 100 dollars. They're not going to be able to achieve their stated goal of 2026. There's an equipment shortage and they won't be able to get everything in place in time. Even if they only run the service during holidays when airports are packed and airlines raise their prices it will still be a boon to travellers as long as the price is cheaper than a flight
California is planning so many expansion projects it's insaneSMART to CloverdaleBART to Livermore, eBART to Brentwood Capitol Corridor going back to precovid frequenciesCaltrain to Watsonville, Salinas, (theoretically) Santa Cruz and MontereyACE-Valley Rail which I haven't read about yetCAHSR IOS done in 2032 hopefully, Pacheco Pass tunnels done in 2038 allowing CAHSR trains to run to 4th and King, which will change real estate in the CV forever.A bunch of Metro expansions in LA that I don't really know aboutBART to Downtown San Jose/DiridonWhat's up with that? Did transit agencies come into a surplus during COVID and begin a funding spree? They sure aren't spending it on homelessness that's all I know
>>2060722>Dreamstar>They're not going to be able to achieve their stated goal of 2026.It's never going to happen, as was said in your previous thread about this shit
>>2060722Or you could have posted an "update" in this thread instead of now having 3 threads about the same shitty "service" that won't ever happen
How do these large cargo backpacks compare with a bicycle trailer? I need to haul 100kg of cargo on a bicycle
>>2061718
>>2030608Based Aldi cargo mission. I was considering getting a trailer or racks to carry water bottle cases + multiple bags of groceries. Not sure which I should get first, but it seems like the trailer can be removed/mounted quicker for when I'm not carrying much.
>>2061727Almost a decade ago I hauled 4x50lbs bags of mulch using a trailer, I finished the job but bent the hitch. I straightened the hitch but it snapped while hauling nothing. I had a bad experience with trailers but I had the shittiest garbage tier trailer, if you're going to get one get a good one. It's kind of why I swear by front racks now. (Rear racks are another story)A 24 bottle water pack is about 25lbs, the limit of a strong front rack is 50lbs for lighter duty and 75-100lbs for heavier duty bikes, depending on setup, wider bars help steer, wider tires help handle the load. A trailer is for over 100lbs and will cost 2-3x of a front rack maybe more. An empty front rack doesn't effect handling that badly and a trailer adds so much inconvenience to what should be the most convenient tra/n/sportation option. What effects front racks the most is significant aero drag from a big bag, foldable one is nice but a rigid has advantages, just get stronger lol
>>2061730How do you think that bag compares to something like >>2061719This ?(keep in mind, it's a couple layers, and some THICK reinforced canvas, and you could throw an extra heavy duty outdoor xxL garbage bag in as well to add another layer.)
>>2061776I really like packing weight on my back but I've heard most hate it because of back sweat, which is a legit problem for me too, even in winter, but it doesn't bother me too much, I ride long enough each day I can find 15 minutes to air out my back and shoes. The problem with that pack (as well as the one shown in OP) is the low quality shoulder straps and no back support, bad straps will make even 20lbs feel painful and a back support is really helpful for hauling over 50lbs
when pilot sample the chemtrail supply
and look at that - two secret compounds sending the chemtrails back and forth to make them stronger
What's the purpose?
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna145015At least somebody got some damn sense
>>2061602To make anyone automatically doubt any conspiracy. >Government spying on you? >Covid vax is unnecessary and dangerous? >Congressmen insider trading? >The Federal Reserve purposely inflating your wealth away and murdering people who try to stop them? >Fake ballots stealing an election? >White replacement? >Heh, I'll bet you believe in chemtrails and flat earth too!
>>2061743The X-Files was right about everything all along.
Confess your sins, /n/.
>>1985790Transportaically speaking, as a teenager i didn't care about my own life. I would ride my bike without paying attention. A couple times i almost got run over by a car because of this.
>>2061695>build a Girandoni-style rifledo it
>>1987298based
I buy watches instead of bikes nowadays.
>>1985790I gave away a bike.
I am currently using a xiaomi smart band 9 to track my rides (so thats GPS from phone + HR from band), I start and end the ride from the band and the app automatically transfers the route, speed and heart rate to stravaI am wondering if I should upgrade to a bike computer cus I am not worried about how much calories I burn nowadays, as I got the idea of it. I just want to know how far I went and how long it took me, and to keep track of cadence so I learn to ride optimallyI have been looking at XOSS G2+ (pic related) with 2 sensors - one for cadence on crank and other on rear hub for speed (rotation)my questions about bike computers in general are:>do the bike computer accessories (cadence, speed, HR) connect to it, or to the phone>does only the bike computer connect to your phone and stay connected constantly, or only to transfer data to strava or an app once the ride finishes?>can I just get on my bike and ride, and the bike computer will then automatically upload my ride to strava once I am done?>can I still use my xiaomi band 9 to measure my HR? will I be able to see my HR on the screen? or the bike computer only connects to HR sensors and not other "smart" devices>should I get a bike computer with an actual screen to show maps/route?>should I even get a bike computer to begin with, I am riding actual gravel and trails, basically exploring my region on weekends and driving 2-3 times to work a week, will the sensors and shit survive the rough terrain?>will my mechanical watch (8 year old skx007) get fucked by the vibrations from the single/double track?Thanks
>>2061704How do you propose to continuously mirror your smart phone display on a separate device, just to display a couple of data points that you're using your entire phone as a capture device, with better energy efficiency than just using independent dedicated hardware that only has to do those data points and nothing else? How does that make ANY sense?
>>2061711>independent dedicated hardware that only has to do those data points and nothing else?like what? i'm not aware of any devices that run navigation as easily as phone apps. i'm used to being able to use google maps on the fly without needing to download routes ahead of time and such, like is needed with bike computers.
Does anyone know if Garmins have some kind of "tour distance" field? Basically I want it to start counting how much I've ridden and stop when I tell it to, without resetting at the end of a ride.I remember wired computers from the 90s had this functionality and I can't find it here. I could record the whole tour as a single ride and use laps for days, but then if it crashes I lose all the data.
>>2061712well ok if you really must have a car-dashboard-size moving map display with 7680x4320 resolution to run waze, then, maybe, a phone in your pocket with a 5g sim, slaved to a handlebar mount screencast device could do the trick, though even then, a dedicated device makes far more sense given the size and energy requirements of a head unit. so you're still not getting around the fact that a purpose-built tool is going to be better suited to this than any smart phone plus display mirroring solution ever could beI can tell you that in 5+ years of owning the same fred hysteria "flexing on poors" head unit designed for actual bikes, I've needed to re-download maps exactly once, and that was when I took my head unit to another continent (I live in 'merica) and the thousands of square miles of local-to-me maps I downloaded on day 1 of fred hysteria weren't pre-saved. I am not sure why it occurred to me to do that before getting on the plane but I'm glad I did because imagine being in a backwards country like france or switzerland, where they don't have wifi or cell service yet, right? I mean everyone except me lives in mud huts and chucks spears at each other and has a penis gourd, MURICA #1 MAGA MAHA THEY HATE US CUZ THEY AINT USbut I suppose if you're some kind of superhuman ultra-distance cyclist who can cover thousands of miles a day without stopping *and* you have the short term planning skills of a russet potato, then the limited onboard memory only capable of storing new england, the mid-atlantic, plus some of the eastern midwest might present a problem because what if you reach your hotel that night and forget that you have moved 6 states over and you didn't expect to be there for some reason and on top of that you have no access to wireless data of any kind, what then? then people like me would really feel dumb huh
>>2061662>I hope you're ESL because otherwise how embarrassing for youyour not nearly as intelligent as you assume you are.
low key been driving 10 years and im not sure who has to yield in this situation.Say you are at a red light and the light just turned green. does car 1 have to yield to the bus? or will the bus zipper in between 1 and 2?
>>2059973car 1 should never yield to the bus wtfget out of its way
>>2060062Is there a more traditional yet just as simple way to refer to someone who only drives occasionally for personal reasons?
>>2061643>I seldom driveLLMs and social media have ruined your mind.
>>2061645Seldom isn't quite right, and neither is occasionally, really, to describe what>>2060060 is saying. I hate to say it, but the zoomers might have come up with a useful phrase here.
>>2061646Communication is not about inviting new and exciting catch phrases to cut everything down to the fewest characters to smash into your phone. If that's your goal, drop all pretenses and use only grunts, sighs, gestures, and skibidi toilet to get your point across, cretin.Saying,>I've had a license for a decade, but I seldom drive except for personal errands and commuting,makes you sound like an adult human being and not some infantile rube.
Post your shitbikesssss
New project shit bike for next year. On the trainer this winter. Can anyone figure out the year?
>>2061594based UAE-based virtual cycling platform enjoyer
>>2061599Free is best for beginner. My trainer is only good for 6% and 600 watts. I can barely manage that for more than 5 seconds.
>>2061603i also am a UAE-based virtual cycling platform enjoyer, started two weeks ago
>>2054460This is the faggiest post I have read since 2013
Post road network gore.
>>2061500>contributingsomething that you shills have never donce in your life once
>>2061481literally nobody likes or wants to see you, yet you keep on spamming your putrid garbage unprompted again and again. hopefully those Bezos bucks are worth being despised by your neighbors, family and strangers alike.
>>2061514Absolutely. I cant push along project retard. Pride of my life not to.>>2061515Thats the whole thing right there>"wants"What little babies care about mean less than nothing to me, as I am the big dick of reality thats coming for them, like it or not. And why would jeffy b finance the undermining of his greatest scheme (toilet paper by mail)?
>>2061566>as I am the big dick of reality thats coming for themThe micro dick that you cut off to appease your jewish masters you fruitlessly shill for, you mean?
>big things are little thingsWe are not the same. Good job staying on topic
A few years ago people starting referring to certain China wheelsets as not just "the best Chinese wheels" or "the best budget wheels" but simply "the best wheels". This year, Winspace released the T1600, a CDM (Chinese Domestic Market) product that costs more than a Madone or a Tarmac. It's UCI approved right out of the box (though you may need to tape some lead weights to it to get it to pass the weight restrictions). Western buyers need not apply, though they no doubt will try.Western brands were folding right and left before the iron curtain 2.0 was raised, now the "tiro de gracia" has been fired and big companies like Trek are going to go bankrupt because their supply chains have been cut off by Import Substitution Industrialization, a popular third world development tactic pioneered by visionaries like Pinochet and Galtieri.Is this the end of the western bike era? Will tomorrow's dentists settle for nothing less than Chinese bikes on 100% Chinese groupsets?
It's frustrating because I prefer the look of rim jobs but a decent set of rim brake alloy wheels is like $1000, I can get a better set of carbon wheels for less
DT Swiss finally came out with carbon spokes, for like $4000 lol. And they're heavier than the China rims.
>>2047764>gaspipe surly with QR dropouts and cable disc brakes,that's a nice bike thoughit the tubing is swaged tubing without a seam, so not "gaspipe" at least
why can't I get a fucking pardus here in Canada
>>2040096What about the >some road grime shreds my breaking surfaceOr>i can’t stop as good as my aluminum rimsThe mental gymnastics rim brakers go through
After years of frustration, Toronto’s major LRT projects — the Eglinton Crosstown and Finch West lines — are finally taking shape. The infrastructure is largely in place, testing is active, and the city is on the verge of a real step forward in how people move across it.The Crosstown will finally link east and west through midtown, while Finch West is basically a super streetcar in a poor area of the city. Is light rail still a legitimate form of transit, or were Doug and Rob correct with their subways subways subways mantra?
>>2060960
>>2060960It's true, the White people there are less self-hating and more protective of their heritage.
>>2061002> more protective of their heritage.Most all the things that we associate with Canadian culture are from Quebec, including (but not limited to): Maple Syrup, Hockey, Poutine, Tuques, Bilingualism (duh), Skidoos, Fucking natives and/or fucking them over and learning them some Christianity, and William Shatner
>>2061044Yeah, because Anglos have been brainwashed into rejecting their heritage and merely consoooming for generations. The only people I see flying their actual flag in this country are Acadians. Everyone else just flies the Canadian flag as if it represents anything other than compliance.
>>2060743suburban subways everywhere are fucking retarded, hell no jane and finch doesn't need one lmao
