For when you want to fall over in front of a crowd without getting drunk first
i never understood why you need to be physically tied to your pedals. just get better shoes nigga
>>2061429post bike
>>2059244What is not a race? Vidrel is group n, so stock direction and gears
I been watching those NY bike check videos and everyone seems to have cleats now
>>2043377has potential but she really needs to work out
The EMUs are out of service. Post your pics here of Queensland Rail service- double imaginary bullshit points for rural/discontinued services
>>2056941>Make your own board then
australian rail is shitwhy different gauges in each state? why do you need to bogie-swap at the border? why couldn't they just use the same gauges nationwide like every other damned country in the world?baka my head
>>2049223It is funny though
>>2058560That's just a Sydney thing.Which isn't in Queensland.>>2060233Because rail was laid before federation.They actually did consider making it all the same gauge. But some Scottish wanker in NSW wanted to use the Scottish gauge over the agreed upon Irish gauge.So Victoria and SA had Irish gauge.Other states were just being cheap or something and so they did narrow gauge.
>>2049223?
This stuff is ancient but I hope that it wasn't posted here before:The construction of the Japanese Shinkanzen high-speed rails, form 1964.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYjFOYLAtoEBoth the footage and the tempo if that of the '60s, so do NOT expect some twitch footage and on point editing. But, I think you all would appreciate it, or - at least - should see this!ps: use auto-subtitles. While at some point it it definitely an 'eh', it is better than nothing.
>>2060535Is this the video from which the /n/ "forever shinkansen" meme came?
>>2062880Indirectly, maybe. Many years ago, /n/ was approaching a significant get and thus drew the attention of a hoard of low-quality posters from a board which primarily concerned themselves with such matters. Perhaps /trash/ or /s4s/; the details have escaped me with the passage of time. In any case, /n/ was subject to a torrent of spam in pursuit of the forthcoming get, where perhaps the equivalent of a steady mountain stream's worth of pig entrails would have been sufficient to establish a dominant presence. It was all but certain that the get would fall to the outsiders and their incursion would culminate in some inane post of theirs being crowned with the coveted numbers. The get inexeroably approached through the inscrutable fog of posts to come, seemingly doomed to curse our home with a brand rudely inflicted by the fatuous trespassers. It was then, in a moment of piercing clarity, that Forever Shinkansen burst forth into our world. Salver of wounds, dispeller of demons! The heathens shrieked and whithered, banished to the wastes whence they came.As is the nature of this place, once the get had come it was bound at some time to go, and it duly did. Those get archives that once were, no longer are or are hidden from me. Thus the noble origin of Forever Shinkansen's fame on /n/ has passed from the realm of common knowledge to the mark of the learned and ancient scribes who remember such times.
>>2063212DEEPESTLORE
>>2063212>It was then, in a moment of piercing clarity, that Forever Shinkansen burst forth into our world. Salver of wounds, dispeller of demons! The heathens shrieked and whithered, banished to the wastes whence they came.Kek, I didn't know Thomas Carlyle posted on 4chan.
>>2063451is that the Black economist of Austrian persuasion
The Electra Townie is apparently the best selling bike in America. I figured it would've been some gravel bike or hybrid but nope, it's actually just a cruiser/commuting bike with a really weird seating position (even for cruiser standards). Anyone ever ridden one? I just got one used for about $150 as a daily urban rider but the weird tube angle is starting to give me second thoughts but I haven't had a chance to ride it yet. What do you velophiles think of these things?
So I just rode the thing a total of 30 miles today, and here are my observationsIt's slow, but it's not that slow, you just need to push it to 7th gear and haul ass and you can get her to 20mph sustained if its a flat smooth roadThe biggest limiting factor really is the seat position, however, I think a big part of this is that you're using muscles that you're not used to using, you still get full leg extension on these things so you can maximize the leverage you have available to you as far as muscles go but you're not going to get as much help with gravity, it's basically all muscle moving this thingHills are fine, throw her into a low gear and keep a steady pace and you'll be fineSeat is surprisingly comfy, normally I start getting sore ass after about 15 miles but my ass took this seat like a champI think people like these the same way people like Bromptons, they're not fast, but they're different and solidly built for basic commuter shit
>>2060924>they are literally a mtb focused brandyeah, now. but not when they named themselves Trek back in 1976
>>2060788>best sellingFor bikes that just means in the biggest box stores without changing the model across all stores. I can tell you here (poorville) the most popular bike is the cheapest at wallyworld at any given time (was a granite peak every year, till that blue huffy). So unless it's pacific cycle not popping out 10 barely different variety packs, best selling is misleading. So what percentage? 3%?
>>2063783People like Bromptons because they're "expensive" by "just commuter" standards. If you're heavily influenced by peer pressure you don't want something that is efficient at turning muscle energy into motion, because that's "tryhard lycra fag shit" and "this is just for commuting". But you also don't want to look like some poor loser who isn't riding a bicycle for some poorfag reason like "can't afford a car like an adult".So it needs to be demonstrably expensive, and your options for slow and expensive are fairly limited. The two best choices are Brompton and Rivendell. Both have fairly obnoxious cults around them so the question is which cult appeals to you more. Usually it comes down to are you a faux-chillaxed California type, or are you one of those anglophile creeps who eats ketchup beans for breakfast and listens to Elgar unironically.At any rate back to your point, this thing is under $800 so it's not really going to be of much use to the Brompton crowd. "It's an Electra, it cost $800", can you imagine a Bromptonaut saying that? They'd die of embarrassment riding something so pleb.
>>2063783This post reeks of autism
I flew down to the Bay Area to take a journey on the Niles Canyon Railway's mysterious and rarely traveled Eastern branch aboard the M200 Railbus. The last of its kind still operating, the M200 once served the California Western Railroad as a literal schoolbus for children. Today is its first publicly available excursion in several years.
Cute little shunter
>>2054600I think that is a former automat car.
In which we discuss the Bikelighting culture (Fahrradbeleuchtungskultur) of our countries.Here in Germany, because of the Danger, it is not allowed to have a blinking Taillight. This is also the Reason that all emergency Vehicles in the World have blinking Lights. By attracting other dangerous night Vehicles to crash into the Ambulance, instead of the civilian Vehicles, it spares Drivers in smaller Vehicles, where the Occupants are less able to administer emergency self-Aid. This is the Consequence of what we call a „high trust Society“; our culture of Politeness dictates the most Risk to the most capable Roaduser. The same Expectation is extended to Police and Construction Engineers who are paid more for occupational Hazards such as a blinking Light.Do you have a Law about blinking Bikelights in your Country?
>>2065130stop being blind :)
>>2065131Show me someone who doesn't need to see more than 10 feet at 20mph. Are you a city boy? Did street lights spoil you.
unironically considering just buying actual NVGs for night cycling (and also looking into an attenuation method for day cycling because my city literally made it law to drive around with your highs on until dusk)
>>2065165NVGs are so 2010s, get thermal
>>2065181>nvgs are so 2010s, get the 1980s optionpeak fixie whiteboi opinion
If I passed you, don't take it personally. It's because you're slow, weak, and have no stamina. No, don't look at my bike. I could smoke you any day, even you were riding a Colnago Gioello, and I could do it on a $100 BSO from Walmart. Little man, learn to take defeat gracefully. I won, fair and square.If you passed me, chill out dude, you're such an insecure tryhard. You wasted all that money to win a race that only exists in your head. Sure I could have been a pro, still could if I'm being honest, but that kind of thing doesn't interest me, I have nothing to prove to myself. So why should I try to prove anything to others, let alone you? Stop and smell the roses, that's my philosophy.
You are a common road nigger with the expected lifespan of a outdoor cat
>>2063814My cat lived until 12 which is 84 in dog years so shut your mouth, close your eyes, and pull that chute lever, CFIT-kun
>>2063818>seething poorfag noises
Ride your bicycle EVERYWHERE
>>2063814god i wish this were meis it true theres a free IFF button for "summon F18s to kill me instantly for 'terrorism' " because god i wish i had that button too
>Los Angeles Metro’s A Line, also known as the Blue Line, has served millions of Angelenos since it was built in 1990. But did you know that in 2023, it broke the record for being the longest light rail line in the world? With 44 stops spanning the 48.5 miles between Azusa and Long Beach, the A Line is quite a technical achievement in L.A.’s massive public transport system. And if you’re looking for a route to Pomona, you’re in luck, because Metro is adding four new stops this summer. It turns out that America can do public transport if it actually tries
>>2064791>longest light rail line>longer lines in rest of world are counted heavy railIt's easy to be #1 if you claim that everyone else with a claim to that is in a different class.
>>2064791>50 mile long light railHoly shit like how long is that ride? Like three hours? Who wants to take a three hour light rail trip to get from one side of the city to another?
>>2064870I can see people living in Azusa wanting to take the A line to Long Beach just to get to the Beach Cities but that depends on how long it would take
>>2064870this may come as a shock to you, but you are not required to travel the entire length of a given line. you're actually able to board and depart at any station along a line, even 2 right next to each other!crazy, right?
>>2064870>We should scrap the pan am cos I'm not driving from Seattle to the Darien fucking Gap
I'm genuinely sad a copy of this book costs over $2k. I'm praying that christophers new book succeeds in sales so that Mattel or whoever the owners are would reconsider putting it back into distribution again.
>>2062659I have a copy, it was a good read. I also hope it goes back into publication
>>2062659just pirate it lmao
>>2063342There's no need to pirate it. It's available on the internet archive. But it's never the same as owning a copy you can hold in your hands, studying it in your free time, reading it before bed every night or reading it while drinking coffee.
>>2063331Wilberts lore book is my white whale. I have both rbtl copies from 2005 and 2025, both signed by christopher awdry. I will never part with them.
>>2062659Any cases of crowds petiiton for pressings of any book? Would that be enough for you?
These guys passed you on the last big hill before the cafe. Didn't even take pulls. What do you tell these Freds to not seem mad?
>>2060548Skill issue, I literally live in one of the densest most crowded places in north america and I can easily get to no-cars greenery and chillaxed riding just by riding half an hour out of the city. Even more so if I get on the train.
>>2062937our definition of no cars is clearly different. I live rural as hell and there isn't a road maintained enough to roadbike on that no cars drive on, on earth. When I say no cars, I mean most of my rides I literally don't see another soul for 3 plus hours. I probably see a side by side or atv once every 10 rides.
>>2062945I guess for me getting passed by a car every 30 minutes or so doesn't give me a rage aneurysm, I know for some it does, the guy who spams NJB shit and screeches about cagers maybe
>>2030154Id have kept up or passed in my prime. Maybe.My average cruising speed on a heavy mountain bike weighed down with a heavy duty chain lock and extra lights was 20mph.My "training" was biking uphill for an hour straight after work every night.
>>2063103>My average cruising speed on a heavy mountain bike weighed down with a heavy duty chain lock and extra lights was 20mph."Average cruising speed" is average speed x1.666
That cozy, old school cabin photo of a Delta Air Lines L1011 TriStar from the 1980s is getting people talking for one simple reason: it looks roomy. Wider looking aisles, big overhead bins, and that warm lighting that makes the whole cabin feel like a different era of flying.Delta's own history of the L1011 explains why it felt that way. The airline called it "high, wide and handsome," noting a cabin about 8 feet high and 19 feet wide, plus wider aisles and large entry doors designed to make boarding and deplaning easier.Delta's first revenue L1011 flight was on Dec. 15, 1973 from Atlanta to Philadelphia, and the airline ultimately flew 70 of the type, the largest L1011 fleet in the industry.Delta retired the L1011 in 2001, after decades of domestic and international flying, including transatlantic and transpacific routes. And over time, the industry shifted hard toward efficiency and packing more people into each flight, especially after U.S. airline deregulation in 1978 changed how airlines competed. Looking at this cabin, you can see why so many travelers say, "Yeah... they really don't make it like that anymore."
>be a clown who picks some budget airline for being 25 $ cheaper >wonder why flying was different in the past
>>2062055>300 for NY to LAChrist thats cheaper than taking a bus
>>2062434Yeah, and it's actually a bit conservative. You can go from NYC to LA for significantly less if you don't care about the actual airport you go out of. There's a reason Greyhound is dying.
>>2062036absolute kino interior
>>2062036Reminder: commerical flying only exists as a halo project of futuristic, and can not exist without massive subsidy from goverments, never making financial sense in a freer market.>but trains are subsidizedLiterally Cinderella case.>whole hog on the greatest communist venture in human history: the interstate>hold it against the only viable form of travel overland
Post Your Bike ThreadWinter Warriors EditionPrevious Edition>>>2054430
>>2065071>rim brakes>alloy rimsI heckin LOVE extra maintenance and objectively worse performance by every metric. it's so RETRO bro
>after work mountain bike ride>all is well, kind of short, muddy, snow ect>random hiker comes to talk to me as I am loading up to leave>says he wants to try some beginner trails as he just bought a mountain bike>mention some nearby>he knows them and scoffs at the suggestion because he wants more hills to practice climbing and the one I said is kind of flat>its like 1200ft in 8 miles of rolling hills and rock gardens>hes a roadie>give him some names of others>he he has hiked or biked them already and says they have too many rocksNIGGER WHAT?>he continues to act like some elitist because hes road up a few hills and says its too easy>why buy a $3k mountain bike and want smooth hills?>why are roadies such insufferable jackasses?
>>2065110i unironically work at a defense contractor and i think it sapped the last bit of hope for a free market i had. when it's not high-value grift it's rent-seeking and Man will continue to be dominated by people who demand you pay them money just because. not to live, and not to have leisure. they will literally just step up with a hand out like "pay me nigga" and some niggas will just pay them
>>2065115i replaced my brake cables it took like 5 minutes and i have internal cables this is looks like a nightmare
Last January. -15°C. Going down after having gone up is a tragedy.@
Postan my old folder of /n/ images since I found it on a usb drive in a drawer. These are circa 2009 I think.
>2008 wowzers, I went on 4chan for the first time that year.
>>2059838Total shit like all early DH bikes.
>>2058883I saw you today, kek. Won't name the road but the initials are F H. Near C H Place.
>>2059822Does this sail work?!?
>>2059119He has Kleinfelters. Cheating
Although I set out some preferences for the last one I ended up settling for literally anything to do with Britain. Those preferences about foreign exports and rare diversions remain in place but otherwise post what you like as long as it fits the broader requirement
>>2063267Sweet, they ought to get her certified.
>>2064229It wouldn't be able to run in the UK. It's Cape Gauge, and it would cost a small fortune to build a railway for it or convert it to Standard Gauge. Plus it has a huge grate and is probably equivalent to 2x UK 4-6-0s or Pacifics in terms of coal burn.
missed opportunity?this is probably more fascinating than the pacifics Bulleid built, perhaps chain driver valve gear wasn't a bad idea
>>2064923>Chain driven valve gearHorrendous>CaprottiSexo
>>2064966>caprottiabsolute nothing burger of a valve gear, hardly used
Is there still a fixie subculture anywhere out there, or am I showing my age? Im still enamored with the whole “fixie punk” aesthetic. Considering jumping back on social media is there are still people doing this. But I realize its a niche subculture from the early 2000’s thats been made fun of since day 1.
>>2033562that woman won't be a good mother.
>>2040047I hope people like you get run over more frequently.Good day, sir.
>>2040047>much lower maintenance,AIEEEE MY CHAIN IS 0.1MM TOO LONG, THE ENTIRE BIKE DOESNT WORK NOW!!!!!!!
>>2034395Literally. it is obvious that there still is a fixie culture. I ride a road bike but I'm not a lycra faggot so I feel like I can't escape being surrounded by fixie riders.
>>2064562>Good day, sir
