I was thinking of picking up one of those cheapo Aliexpress carbon forks, but my buddy probably rightfully talked me out of it due to safety concerns.Where should I buy an affordable carbon fork in 26" for rim brakes (in Yurop)?
>>2064883>motivated by an urge to make you feel slow and poorI'm motivated by not suddenly having my skull smashed after hearing loud crack coming from my frame/wheels.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gnj8X0r0HA
>>2064895it's funny how you unracers accuse normies of being brainwashed by GCN when you seem to be the only regular viewers of that channel
>>2064897what makes you think I'm unracer though? Get your head checked you have some "rent-free" bogey mans in your skull.
>>2064899sorry I've lost track of what you identify as. if you've transitioned and you've got a new name, I'm happy to call you by your name. this doesn't need to be a heated rivalry.
As an ali express and ebay special enthusiast just wanna pop in and give some insight. In my experience I've yet to have an aluminium ebay special or aliexpress part break on me. I've heard of people having issues with cheap chinese carbon constantly. If you're going to go cheap aluminium may be ok but understand the risk you're potentially taking. I've had no catastrophic failures and I ride my bike everyday.
Do you guys ever have conversations with other people on public transportation, or try picking up girls there?>yet another day riding the subway sharing a car with plenty of cute girls, normal looking guys, and never make conversation with anyone to try to make friends or get a date>it's been like this nearly daily for 10 years>even see the same people getting on and off at my same stop, they live near me, and still never speak to anyone
Literally just have Game and this isn't a problem. Read some Neil Strauss.
I'm a Londoner so talking on public transport would get me executed, but a few weeks ago an older woman with an Australian accent walked up to me on the train platform and started talking about how cold it was and how she was surprised I was alright in just a hoodie. We had a little chat about cold tolerance and Australia (I've got relatives there) before the train arrived, we waved to each other as we boarded and then went silent.It brightened my week.
>>2062325>Neil Straussjesus, he even looks like a PUA
>>2064862we really need to de-stigmatize nose picking. blowing doesn't get stuff out that's hardened big enough, or in the nostril chamber that's set back from the air flow. after it hardens, it *hurts* and you can't blow that shit out.
Every single weekday for many months now, I see the same girl. She lives at my home subway stop. Some mornings she gets on with me. She always gets on the same car that I'm on in the afternoon (I stand by the doors, she passes right past me then goes back into the car to stand or sits down) and she'll be standing next to me for a few seconds by the door as the train pulls into the station, then I see her again at the faregates to leave after I go down a staircase and she gets down the escalator. She is very pretty but I have never spoken to her or even so much as made eye contact with her either. She usually spends the entire ride with the same frowning neutral expression whether she's scrolling the phone or staring ahead, I don't think I've ever seen her talk or smile. I would guess that she's probably 6-8 years younger than I am. And I doubt that she is even aware of my existence, but not like it would matter if she is, because I'm about as big of a loser as a person can possibly be and I'm sure she has a boyfriend, has a successful job, and has a happy life, unlike my miserable existence, and there's no reason for someone like me to even think about talking to a girl like that. I'm not sure why I've gotten this obsession over this girl. Despite being in my 30s I've never really had a crush on anyone before and haven't been like this in the decade of riding the subway either.
Post your shitbikesssss
my $80cad secondhand 90s raleigh that i made into my janky freight/bike tour rig. most expensive piece is the woho triangle bag...
>>2064685Modern 10/11/12 speed group sets are also way too fragile
>>2064748wow, very cool.an entry level 90s Raleigh was my first bike shop bike. loved that thing. sold it to my buddy who went to college out of state. probably still getting traded around on the used market up in MA.
>>2056320what you doing by the tracks anon
Post your favorite or most used train station or bus stop.Once a year or so I like to start this thread, it usually ends up pretty interesting.
MBTA
i like it
>>2047870>rainy stormcloudsKino
>>2064948>californian views image of "weather" for the first time
>>2036072even the anarchist couldn't bring himself to spray paint over that nice art. Good stuff
A 17-year-old German teen has been living life as a modern nomad, leaving his parents’ house to live on trains and travel all over his country.While most 17-year-olds are only just beginning to consider the idea of leaving the nest, Lasse Stolley has already been on his own for over a year and a half. Convinced that his school studies were already behind him, he convinced his parents to allow him to leave their home in Fockbek, Schleswig-Holstein to embark on a unique train-hopping adventure. It took a lot of convincing, but they eventually agreed, and for the last year and a half, the German teen has essentially been living on trains, traveling all over his home country, working as a self-employed coder during the day, and sleeping on night trains at night.“I’ve been living on the train as a digital nomad for a year and a half now,” Lasse told Business Insider. “At night I sleep on the moving Intercity Express (ICE) train and during the day I sit in a seat, at a table and work as a programmer, surrounded by many other commuters and passengers. I travel from one end of the country to the other. I’m exploring the whole of Germany.”He gave into his wanderlust in 2022, selling most of his possessions and packing what was left in a 36-liter backpack that he has been carrying with him ever since. Minimalism and resisting the urge to acquire new stuff are an essential part of his lifestyle, as he needs to take everything with him wherever he goes. It’s not always easy, but he has found a way to make it work.https://www.odditycentral.com/news/german-teenager-left-parents-home-to-live-exclusively-on-trains-for-the-last-year-and-a-half.htmlhttps://www.businessinsider.de/leben/bahncard100-17-jaehriger-lebt-seit-jahr-2022-in-den-zuegen-der-bahn/
>>1992458You laugh, but this is peak efficiency: whenever he's feeling peckish he can just squeeze some milk out of one of his mantits instead of having to buy an overpriced snack on the train.
>>2051911>this thread has been living on a train for the past one and a half years
>>2058074the chai latte hipsters are less likely to murder you as part of some weird initiation rite
>>1986463I don't imagine he's on the same train all the time, he probably swaps trains and hangs around at stations too. I did something similar on a trip from germany to italy. Spend the day exploring the city, spend the night on the train.
>>2042250That's counting heat, utilities, food etc.
Elon Musk wishes he was 1/10th as GREAT as this English manlet.
>>2060208Standard should have been 1500 mm. That would be right 0.007” less than 4’ 11 1/16.” Everyone’s equipment would have been compatible with each other regardless of which measurement system they were using. No one needs anymore than that.
>>2060319Probably but it's a bit early to say that.
>>2060108>wishing was someone he doesnt know existed
>>2060208 i mean, sorta did, ireland and parts of australia did adopt 5'3"
>>2064926Australia adopted them all.
I NEED electronic shifting!It's SOOOO much better and faster and smoother than cable shifters!Shimano please take my one thousand american dollars to make my shifting divine forever! *(*- until next iteration of Di2 releases)
>>2060870No. It intercepts the shifting cable and ads logic. I invented a clever mechanical trick too where it reverts to regular shifting upon power down without adding drag.
>>2056430Wow what a tough guy can I have your autograph?
>>2056430my morning commute will never recover from this
>have 8 speed friction shifting on my classic bike>pretty good>want to try 10 speed for more gear range>oshitniggawatudoin!?Surely 9 speed is the solution to this problem, right?
perfection already exists, if you need more you are dumb goonsoomer
>learning spanish>start drinking heavily>day labour at Lowes>get into 4mm, 5mm, 6mm hex specs>boss wants me to adjust his handlebar
>>2048456>>2054732How do you even know where to get good bolts
>>2045564All good stories begin with it
>>2054700You need thinner tape probs
>>2060755Yes, that makes it easier
>>2047004It's used as a scribe to carve a tag into the seat
What the fuck is wrong with these mongoloid slackers? They completely underschedule longhaul trains everywhere outside the NEC so almost no one can use them for shorter trips and then wonder why ridership is in the shitter. Each route should be minimum 3x a day per direction.
>>2059942have you decided yet?
>>1992029>>2043515When I was a kid my grandparents lived in Montana so I would take the Empire Builder from Seattle out there at least once a year. Board in the late morning, get a comfy meal in the restaurant, sleep in the bunk bed car, wake up in the early morning to my grandparents picking me up in their random tiny town, extremely comfy desu.Regarding the monorail, I had a job in highschool where I actually used it to commute from downtown to Seattle Center lol. I can’t imagine it gets used much for work.
>>1992023Amtrak is mid, but the local transport in my area going east to west is even worse. If I wanted to travel from Santa Rosa to Sacramento directly by public transit, my only choice would be Amtrak. The county bus line that used to go between Sonoma County and Napa County was canceled in 2018. So the only bus that goes from one to the other is the Amtrak bus. It's slow and costs more than the local bus did, but now it's the only bus on the road. If it didn't exist the only option for public transport would be to travel to San Francisco (bus or train and ferry), then to the East Bay (BART and bus) to board for the train to Sacramento. Marin, Sonoma, Napa, and Solano Counties all have over a million people in total but there is no public transportation system going east to west. It isn't Amtrak's fault the local transport systems have such a hard time bringing people to their train stations.
>>2062712That's the problem with just about all rail based mass transit, it goes in and out of a big hub but there's no "periferico line" so to speak
>>1992023Why is a round trip from NYC to Delaware 200$? Who knows, god is dead, Amtrak is all that remains. Death to this nigger company genuonely
>Here's your Indian architecture bro
A NJB spam thread died for this
>>2064855And nothing of value was lost
Why did hydrofoils never take off?
>>2059698they just don't consider it a separate language lol, their cowboy yankee yapping is sometimes as undecipherable to an english speaker as the worst cases of scottish accent. for me as an esl, at least. ukrainian is indeed a bit beyond just an accent, but for the most part it's just russian that's trailing a few patches behind. it retained (and added) a bunch of unique words that russian instead nicked from other languages over the last few centuries, and it also kept its sound closer to old russian; but at the same time it also lacks some optimisations that russian lanugage has made to be less of "every rule has a list of exceptions and every exception has its own exception" (and it's still very much that, don't learn those languages, you will suffer). russian and ukrainian speakers can easily understand each other for the most part, and the rest of the meaning can be got out of context. out of all post-soviet republics' languages, only belorussian comes as close.
>>2055572why does every russian over 20 have alcoholic eyes
>>2062562have you seen how much vodka they drink?
>>2059691>>2055476>>2059705> zigger's cope
>>2044074Never got past V1
When you see itPrevious: >>1781074
>>2058113I'm pretty sure that 8113 has an alternator built into its turbocharger as a testbed.
>>1868306oops, the first miss that I noticed. Otherwise, very impressive!
I want to strangle every single big buck roadie fred and especially every single downhill-bike-in-a-park pomp who rides around just to do chainsaw sounds with their bicycle's very very expensive hub. "Give way, the asshole is coming!". Like, if you wanna make motorcycle sounds, get an actual motorcycle. A Harley actually sounds cool. A freewheeling bicycle sounds supremely annoying, and also means you are a weak shit who is not pedalling. Fuck you, go ride into a river.
>>2062513>towed carnoh but i have this one about the boot guy and also the one who just drives a donkk whose own horn doesnt work (that one is way less funny and doesnt require a screencap, it's literally just "anon's car horn doesn't work so he bought an airhorn")
>>2055804nta but ever since normies found out there's such a thing as a urinary tract infection credential, "passed urinary tract requirements" came to be accepted as a sign of quality even though all it really means, in testing terms, is that the bike can go off a 5 inch curb ONCE, with a 150 lb rider, without instantly breaking. that isn't likely to be an issue if you're buying regular builds from regular brands like trek and giant, but if you're really chasing the boutique weight weenie shit you could realistically end up with a death trap that was never designed for more than one race, maximum 5 inch curb, maximum 150 lb rider. I don't know about you but I fully expect my bikes to take more than that kind of abuse, even though I'm a shorter than average seething manlet who weighs next to nothing. you can imagine what an average weight person would have to worry about.
I pack all my hubs and freewheels with grease. If I hear anything but tire contact noise I become a dangerous individual.
>>2064838on the subject of tire noise, has anyone else had the experience of riding through a pool of lanternfly vomit, and the rest of their ride the tire noises are INSANELY loud?
>>2038727I use my driver's license(suspended)
I recently bought myself a gravel bike, and I think I made a mistake with the size choice. I'm 178 centimeters tall, and I bought size L. I chose the bike for bikepacking trips. Please tell me, how badly did I mess up, and is there anything that can be done?I already tried replacing the 80 mm stem with a 70 mm one with a 35-degree rise, but it's still uncomfortable.If I move the saddle forward, my arms get tired; if I move it back, there's pressure on my crotch.I don't know what to do. Bike was really expensive, and I am really upset.https://www.welt-bikes.com/int/en/bikes/gravel/g100?srsltid=AfmBOoomWCwXCkpeF1BI4s7ouy8IFDwJIQXgkUoUts0BFH6O2xLu-IQ2
>>2062854Exactly. So, should I adapt it, or there is no other options then sell it?
>>2062719>I'm 178 centimeters tall, and I bought size LWhy? Look at the Effective top tube height, that's really long.I'm 181cm and my bikes are usually either Large/53-54cm top tube length and it still feels like it's too large for me. I also apparently have weird proportions (shorter legs/long torso) which makes the exposed seatpost really short.Try buying compact dropbars (short reach) or 0 offset seatpost.Long story short, try out the bike before buying it.>but I'm buying onlineTry a bike with similar geometry from your LBS
>>2062858>he thinks bike shops still exist outside of california
>>2062858>Try buying compact dropbars (short reach) or 0 offset seatpost.Do not buy shit until you know where the fuck your hands should be.
>>2062856so what did you end up doing?
It’s better
>>2064029>No protection from bad weather>If something doesn't fit in your lap, you can't take it with you>Handicapped? Git fukd>Liability for operating company if a retard jumps/falls/pushed off>Only 2 stops on a line (assuming you can take the same lift both directions) >Everyone gets stranded 50ft in the air if the lift breaks downIn what way is it better, besides scratching the itch of a very specific form of autism?
>>2064430>No protection from bad weatherstopped reading here
>>2064446posts pic where all riders are wearing winter clothing designed to keep snow and moisture out
>>2064244>Also, don't forget the asshole factor. Riders will drop stuff on people or houses or cars. People on the ground will harass riders (lasers, bb guns)thankfully none of this is a problem with other forms of public transit
>>2064430>Doesn't know about lifts with mid stop loading/unloading
