Not too much out there in the english language, but the pics speak for themselves: basically the practice of disassembling a frame pretty quickly and temporarily to pack onto a bus, train, airliner etc. It seems to have been pretty common in JP for decades as a way of getting to rides via rail.All this of course makes it bizarre, almost spooky, that I've never seen anything about it on /n/. So, dumping some pics I've found.
>>2016181... and?
What in the fuck is this stupid Jap shit? Disassembling a bike in the most convoluted way possible. 2 nukes weren't enough.
>>2015957I would think that folding bikes have pretty much destroyed any utility of this activity, they’re allowed on trains and much more compact and convenientBut then again, there’s a few “breakaway” bikes still being pumped out, Ritchey is a popular example
>>2018127This bike is made to fit into a paraglider’s backpack so they guy can ride to his takeoff point, assemble the paraglider and disassemble the bike, carry his bike in a backpack and paraglide down
Crappy big box full suspension MTB will fit in a Grand caravan stow and go floor compartment.
Old thread finally hit its bump limit >>1750878 2023 started out as a crazy year on the collectible market but things seem to have settled down a bit Have you made any new acquisitions ?What do you wish to buy year?Collectible bike thread!!
>>2014524yimby not kill the board
>>2012205> damn rare after the 2010's to see any bikes with carbon+tiThe frame and components are all 2004. But thanks, the ride is absolutely impeccable. Probably my favorite bike that I’ve owned in terms of feel.
My last project.
>>2017496Do it folds?
>>2017623Yes.
Best investment I've made.
>>2007887Deathtraps with externalized costs to public healthcare. Luckily govt. is about to make rental companies take traffix insurance on these things just for that
>>2017411Dude I can hurl myself forward at 200mph for less than $50. I'd very likely die in the process, but so would you riding a kick scooter.
>>2017626Guy has a point. More expensive model have better suspension, acceleration, uphill capability, stability (less play in rudder) etc. Even if you ride them at same speeds as lesser models they have enormous advantage in ride quality.Only downside they weight a ton, so big problem if you need to carry them over obstacles, or upstairs, etc.
>>2007887>Invest into consumables
>>2017411Why not get one you can sit on instead of standing
Post Your Bike ThreadBike Path EditionPrevious Edition>>1988254
>>2018051>>2018062It's a Swedish brand now. Made in Gothenburg, iirc.
>>2018072Designed and assembled at best, not manufactured, the frames and all the parts are made in Taiwan/China :PMany bike companies register one small office in the country they claim to be from and do everything in Asia
can't tell if the top tube is bent
>>2018074And many more companies just buy the hydroformed tubes to their spec from Taiwan and do all the welding and quality control in their country which is in reality is basically equal to domestic manufacturing as far as customers are concerned
New thread pls too lazy to post one myself
>here’s your fully automated flight experience bro
>>2017184My recollection of this is pretty shit, but I vaguely recall that a certain military aircraft flight control system used 4 sub-systems, but each system implemented different-but-redundant "rules." So system A handles rules 1 & 2, B handles rules 2 & 3, C handles 3 & 4, and D handles 4 & 1.So if one of the rules was producing dysfunctional behavior, there would only be 2 systems impacted, and the other 2 systems have completely independent copies of the three remaining (presumably non-dysfunctional) rules.
>>2016961That doesn't make any sense. There would have to be spikes in at least two ADIRUs at the exact same time.
>>2017113>two sensorsngmi
>>2017113Compare the readings to the third sensor and sound an alarm to bring the pilots' attention to the discrepancies.
>>2016953If it's Boeing I ain't goeing
>father lives in another country>grandparents go "let's visit him">that's the last fucking thing i want to waste my time on>"of course, sounds fun">grandparents buy plane tickets>i despise airport terminal stress so i book a comfy boat ticket instead>grandparents go "but we need you in the terminal and plane, we're old"how do i tell them fuck no i'm taking the boat without being mean?grandpa refuses to take the boat, already suggested that
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>>2017882OP pic is a Tornado GR4 painted to look like the real GR1s from the 90s Gulf war
Why do people like passenger trains more than freight trains? Freight trains are cooler in every way, with a vast network of lines, dozens of spurs, carries useful materials across the nation instead of lower-income people, and comes with a wide variety of interesting railcars each serving a purpose (boxcars, tank cars, flat cars) instead of the usual passenger ones.
>>2015817I think they're both fine
passenger trains are fun, I have been on one with my friends.Freight trains are cool since they are more common here in the USA.I don't like divided questions like this
just got mad looking at this post because its clearly an autistic spergy antisocial thing but then i remembered what website i am wasting my life scrolling through instead of getting enough sleep to go to work
>>2015817Loving cargo trains is an autism thing. Loving passenger thing is an anti-car thing with few exceptions these days.
>>2015817both are cool. i think youre just trying to start an argument
Team Ouch! editionOld >>1991356
>>2018840I'm surprised how true I got the wheel just by visually checking that each nipped was threaded on an equal amount with the end of the spoke flush with the nipple slot. Only 4 spokes were out about a half turn each. Now to dish, tension and fine tune.
>>2018871they make a screwdriver bit for your drill that is slotted but the center is longer and pokes down into the spoke hole, so you can fit it into the inner slotted end of the nipple and it stays centered in the middle and then you zip it down until the long center part bottoms out against the spoke and that makes them all screw down the same amount.I just found out when I was ordering parts the other day, mine will come hopefully this weekend.they make a special screwdriver with a crank on it that works similarly, but if you've already got a screw gun, may as well just get the bit
Over an inch of rain over the past 2 days which means I'll have to avoid gravel roads and dirt shortcuts for a few days.
>>2019139what the hell, you hate fun, anon?
>>2019222I've had my wheels pack up with so mud wet clay that I needed to carry the bike back to pavement once this year already. 10 minutes of pulling off clumps before I could roll again.
BikeBros...I must have missed this but I am heartbroken there was no accountability here. What did we...? What did we think of this? Some judge just overturned it no problem.https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/08/woman-who-caused-cyclist-to-fall-into-cars-path-has-manslaughter-conviction-quashed>On Wednesday the court of appeal in London overturned her conviction after her lawyers argued she was a vulnerable pedestrian who “should never have been charged”.
>>2016257https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12477901/Moment-hapless-cyclist-poleaxed-hurtling-downhill-gate-crashing-just-months-e-scooter-rider-did-thing.html
The defense lawyer says hostile gesticulation is not a crime... Wasn't someone just convicted or at least charged with exactly that during the 'riots' where someone yelled at a cop
>>2016253Accidents happen when you let cripples roam free. Let this be a lesson to you bongs.
video where?
>>2016257kek, based homeowner
SS United States to be evicted from Philadelphia Home Pier 82, in September, judge ruleshttps://maritime-executive.com/article/iconic-ocean-liner-ss-united-states-order-to-leave-berth-by-september
>>2015520The SS US can't do that anymore either. An Army division carries a lot more stuff now.
>>2016247It has plenty of room for their iPads and HRT pillsWhat modern ship can even carry half as many men at half the speed?
>>2016689Troop ships haven't been used in decades
>>2015520>43ktsYou sure about that?
Just 3 more days
Airbus A310 Accident rate 1.89 per mil depart Boeing 737 Max Accident rate 0.7 per mil depart apologize
>>2017119>widebody departures vs narrowbody departuresI fly the MAX and hate the bus, but stop being retarded
>>2017119Bait
>>2017153Dying when you get on an airbus is just part and parcel of buying European, get over it
>>2017153explain
>>2017119The Max has spent most of its existence grounded.
What could have been done to save the Pacific Electric Railway?What would public transit in LA be like today if it had been?
>>2011729>Full of junkies, crackheads and undesirablesYou must feel right at home
>>2011797Brainlet here, what's wrong with LAUPT?
>>2015028LAUPT was forced by the city on the private railroads, who wanted to keep their own terminals. The alternate plan the railroads proposed (which was defeated in favour of LAUPT in a non-binding referendum) was to link the existing terminals with a network of elevated tracks to be used by them and the Pacific Electric, all paid for by the railroads.See Chapter 5 of Los Angeles and the Automobile by Scott Bobbles for more details.
>>2011661They already had that IIRC
>>2011628It would have had to become either publicly-owned or subsidized. The sad irony is that many US transit systems closed down because they weren't profitable and they wouldn't get subsidized, only for the cities to later implement publicly-owned and highly subsidized transit services. If they had just taken over the existing systems, tho more expensive to operate, they also would have had more passengers and more revenue. At worst it would have been slightly more expensive to keep and run but with massively better service.The PE network after WW2 was quite serviceable. It would have benefitted for either full grade separation or at least transit-only lanes for its streetcars. In the long run an additional southwest-northeast tunnel through downtown LA so that especially the expansive southern and eastern lines could have achieved better speeds. Rolling stock was getting dated, they could of bought more PCCs, maybe even second-hand, afaik PCCs easily achieved speeds of 60 mph so they could be used on the private ROWs as well.The PE running an interurban-type operation with private ROWs and street-running is in retrospect actually a really good concept, at least if you want to save the cost of expensive tunneling or elevated tracks. This idea is being re-invented now as so-called tram-trains.
YE OLDE editionPrevious: >>1985990US Mariners: https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1lxDKFTLO4x771l06T9y331XYhlc6TqYj-hfhl91iXXU/edit?pli=1UK Mariners: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yjRTjwJRkW_wYqis7E-c9U0xTQZWLXbsP--2qgYKUdM/edit
>>2017750High five, anon!
>>2016859Yea they have very few spots
>>2017750Any regrets?
>>2017840High five>>2017906Not getting it sooner once I knew my stuff, having so much anxiety about it
>>2017914>>2017914>>2017914NEW THREAD this one reached bump limit
Why don't you own one with direct front drive?
>>1991293>to stay legal you can't go over 25km/h (Europe)You can go over the power limitd if you want, you only need ebike(L1e-A) insurance, like 30-70€/year. You can even go over 25 if you register it as a moped
>>2001449I don't think the shell is the important part, but the power source and efficiency and economics of it
>>1991487Heat mirror, shade cloth, gapped second skin. Need all these things for buildings too btw.
>>2011400If you are still thinking about differential; check Samagaga differentials. But I don't know if they are real diffs or just double one-way wheels, like some other companies have used in the past.>structural reinforcementYou plan to do this out of plywood?Will you do full CAD design and then send it to laser cutting or will you do it just by hand?Look into making tarp kayak or skin-on-frame boat. Maybe you can get some ideas. Or you could do something like a basket weaving, except more spaced apart, which would also let you use stiffer material.First make one velo for yourself only after then go for peoples velo.I also get side-tracked by wild ideas. My latest was about "high" velomobile. Similar to high recumbent (like >>2012183 posted), but with 4 wheels and a body completely above the wheels. So the whole velo (including the wheels) would be very narrow like 60cm or less (good for aerodynamics). And there would be plenty of space to turn the front wheels, because the body would be above them and would be no interference. Another good thing would also be good visibility. for the other people on road and also for the rider it would be a better view. In standard velo you cant even see over the grass.But this comes with the downside that it needs really good and precise tilting mechanism. Narrow, tall and top heavy, not much margin to play with.>>2014661Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
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Does wearing a helmet actually help?
I don’t know if you guys watch or have heard of the show “hard knocks” about the nfl, but I was watching the second to last episode and one of the players had this emotional story about how he was hit by a car on his bike when he was 9 years old, broke bones, in a coma for two weeks, almost died. He’s crying while retelling it, how scared he and his family were, etc.He’s telling this story on the backdrop showing him riding a bike around on streets, while wearing no helmet. The retardation is unbelievable
I've fallen off my bike due to road conditions more often than I've been hit by a car.Every time I've fallen off my bike like that, I've been glad I had the helmet and cycling gloves on.So at least for me, those helmets have been paying dividends. Your mileage may vary.Also, the helmet makes it easy to mount my camera. So checkmate, heretics.
>>2016741You obviously have never come across picrel
>>2013377All I know is that I wanna go fast. If a helmet is aero, aero I will be. Much better than my hair blockading the wind anyway.Besides, if I wanted safety, I would wear a football helmet and not a bicycle one. My helmet is not for safety, it's to make me go fast.
>>2016950>I've been glad I had the helmet and cycling gloves on>Mentions the most useless pieces of equipment to prevent injuriesUnless you somehow fall on your head like a retard every time you lose traction and tip over your bike, the most important areas to protect will be your elbows and knees. Because you instinctively use those body parts to cushion your body when you fall, resulting in the majority of scrapes and bruises being near the elbows and then near the knees. It's baffling that you consider gloves before elbow pads, as someone who has fallen often on the sidewalks before.
