what rotary wings would you have if you were a baller and have to vtol?
whatever one i CAN'T have sex with because it is too innocent and pure
>>2063498Nailed it bro.
Can we have working versions of prototypes?
>>2063496BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Helicopters are the #1 killer of people with too much money, so I'd probably avoid them for the most part. Might keep a huey for shits and giggles though.
TGVs should be orange. Blah blah blah different liveries blah blah variety blah blah I don't care. TGVs should be orange.
>>2060161It's because this is now a soulless, faggot country.
>>2063495>but it's ok if we just copy the Budd lookThe orange locos are fine, stop shrieking like a woman who thinks she deserves originality.
>>2063551>Nigger just can't have an original idea>DeflectsWhat else is new?....
>>2063552I'm not to blame for your dislike of having your own lack of originality questioned, take it up with mommy or daddy. Orange locos are fine.
>>2063551>>2063552>Niggerish whiningsBtw,>Muh BudderinnodAbsolute retard, they literally licensed the corrugated steel tech from Budd>The stainless steel carriages were built at the company's factory inAmadoraunder licence from theBudd Companyof the US. [...] Sorefame also assembled diesel and electric locomotives for CP (such as theSérie 1900in 1981), notably using components designed and supplied by the French companyAlstom.That loco is a french tech 2550 series, derived from 2500 series (picrel), with Budd's corrugated steel tech for lighter weight and consistent looks with other rolling gear.>The firm had also made shells for American rapid transit rolling stock, most notably forBoeing Vertol's2400 series railcarsconstructed for theChicago Transit Authorityin 1976,[8]as well as for the N-5 railcars constructed byABBTraction forSEPTA'sNorristown High Speed Line.
Why don’t people drive Russian cars?
I like the Ural but they're non-existent here
They're bad.Like for the same price you can get a Chinese car like this
>>2063540current russian car prices are wack because they are really pushing towards a monopoly on the russian market, where everything else including chinks got tariffs now so lada can set prices just slightly lower than chink+tariff and get huge margins. before the special military operation they were actually comparable in price, and you had a choice- get a chinese or korean car that was extensively engineered to have an exactly 5-year lifespan, or get a russian car that had no regard for longevity either but was engineered in such a comparatively naive and primitive way that with regular maintenance you could make it suffer its existence for well over a decade.
>>2063546>special military operationIvan Please
>>2063549you know it's ironicspecial as in special needs
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>>2063436I just had to re-tension the cable and it shifts fine now
>>2063440>You can just use heat shrink.but last time i did this i got called a poorfag online and also everyone who sees my bike parked asks why it looks so weird now
>>2063505people irl are inspecting the terminus of your cables?
>>2063547it's a wild world out there, brother.
>The LBS doesn't even carry the actual cable ends thoughyes they do. you're lying.>Can I recover from this?not likely. kill yourself.
Post road network gore.
>>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
you dont understand bro. theres a giant parking lot right there but i NEED a giant cul de sac. and no you cannot cross the highway. no you cannot go into the housing area either. we need a two lane each way road around this one(1) unfinished Unaffordable Housing Development we put a bike path along it though that goes to all of your favorite places, like the woods where you belong you fucking animal :)
>>2063469>another shill bump 1 month invery transparent 41%
why are anglophone countries by far the worst western countries when it comes to urban planning?i was literally banned a while ago for making a thread about this but then this thread just corroborates my statement
When are we getting nuclear powered ocean liners?
>>2063465Never. Bunker oil is still cheap, and sea fairing is the domain of turd world’s working for peanuts. That’s the exact opposite of what you need to operate a nuclear vessel.
>>2063465read up on the NS Otto Hahnhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Hahn_(ship)
forget that, when the fuck are we getting massive hovercraft ferries again?
did you take the comfort pill?
>>2063419pretty good, but Grant was designing these bikes when he was still at Bridgestone
>>2063456stop samefaggin
>>2063456what is it with that backwards saddle tilt?
>>2063459That is not me though>>2063483The point of brooks saddles is they have no "correct" position therefore they have no "incorrect" position either, they're shit no matter how you set it up
>>2063483Reduces wrist strain.
What are the advantages of these things as opposed to, idk, a bus?
>>2063203Will do, sounds interesting.
>>2058852this
>>2063308>lake mugglebaripoter is that you
>>2057440Everything a tram does, a monorail does better.
>>2063534Is this (You)?
For when you want to fall over in front of a crowd without getting drunk first
>>2043377WTC this fit?
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
E-Bikes = CoolPedal assissted slow heavy overpriced eu-compliant cuts off power over 15km/h fake e-bike shitboxes for liberal faggots = BadSimple as.
>>2063511>Sitting in a snowstorm on a coppanhagen bridge in a bike traffick jam while abdul gives your daughter a ride his porsche is “white culture”
>>2063511https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK1dQI9B5vE&t=178sme on my ebike whenever the weather is even ok (when its not ok it gets more like Ace Combat and i am illuminating every high-beam user with FCS)
>>2063511based>>2063512>copinghagen>whitetry again
>>2063457The former is for regular people.The latter is for brownoid delivery uberslaves burning every red light, riding on the sidewalk, crossing wherever whenever.
>>2063512Being fat an imagining that happening while thumbing your chode through you Donald trump pjs is actually white culture
Seishun 18 Kippu EditionOld Thread: >>2035672
>>2063237急行ラブ
>>2063237>>2063454>Kill all 急行 leaving only the 特急Always thought this was retarded. If every express is 特別、then none are 特別。
>>2063487when faced with regulated fares (must bring a case to raise fares, and even then it's not that high), the only way a railway can freely move prices up and down is by levels of service. You see this today with Green, Super Green, advanced/ticketless discounts, etc.急行 was always a stupid level of service, reserved seats in the fucking boxed seats. Imagine being trapped with unpleasant people for hours on end while the trains drives slowly. Good riddance and nothing of value was lost.
>>2063489There was nothing mandating that all 特急 have box seats though right? I mean when I rode on the Hamanasu back in the day, I sat and slept in pic related which despite its age was somehow the most comfortable and cushy sleep I have ever had on a mode of transport outside of A/B class Sunrise berths.
>>2063536>>2063489*nothing mandating all 急行 have box seats I mean.But god damn all I remember really now is how fuggin' comfy that seat was.
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
Cyclists of /n/, do you wear a lot of loud obnoxious advertising logos on yourself when you ride?
clips are a fucking meme for retarded morons too stupid to own shoes that have actual soles
>>2063463So you fell over while standing still and you are traumatised? damn bro
>>2063463literally just countersteer lmao
>>2063463clipless/foot retention/clips really are a meme, they're for people with bad feet, weak ankles, and extra money to waste
>>2063361It's was a thing for xc mtbers back before clipless and to be fair, the suicidal nature of mtbing with clips makes it based
let me guess....you need more?
>>2063401its just a flexible chainstay it probably requires zero maintanece
>>2063420>its just a flexible chainstay it probably requires zero maintaneceThe chainstay may be flexible, yes, but the upper pivot on the top of the triangle is a bearing, which will certainly require maintence. And then you have the bullshit lefty.
>>2063471I doubt it does that much pivoting with only 30mm of travel
>>2061162Yeah... pedals.
the rear suspension idea is pretty neat, the bottom half of the seat tube is the flexible componentim surprised they didnt do a flexible chainstay, maybe this is easier to do in carbon?aluminum flexstays are a thing, i know the scalpels use small carbon flex points but i guess if you need longer travel than that with carbon you need a bigger spring, so they did thisactually really fuckin cool the more i look at it, id like to see this design with flat bars and a longer wheelbase overall personally make for a sort of modern atb kinda thing
An entry level new bike, that is agreeable to ride, not dragged down by antiquated standards like QR, that you won't regret buying, nor immediately feel the urge to swap out half the components because of cut corners, cost approximately USD $1500 at standard retail prices as of late 2024, give or take a few hundred (depending on the finer details).Now, the prices are going to go up by at least 20%, and the smaller independent brands are going to go under as only the largest players will have the spare cash to ride out the sudden loss of consumer confidence. The most interesting and original bike products will simply disappear from the market permanently until the next wave of prosperity (which may be entirely concentrated somewhere far away and foreign, so that only the wealthiest of your peers will be able to import and use such goods).How does that make /n/ feel?
>>2036140If it's just for transportation, always keep in mind that your bike can get stolen and you can get into an accident with it. Buy something cheap first and see if you use it. A 300 to 400 bucks bike will last you two or three years. Then buy a new one again. By then you'll know if you use it and if you do, you'll know exactly what you want and what you want to spend your money on.Whether you buy 3 or 4 new bikes over the course of 10 years or just one expensive one doesn't make a difference in the financial sense, but the cheaper options hedges your risk against damage and makes you more flexible later on.If it's for offroad sports you can go berserk, but there quantity also trumps quality unless you care competing, which lets face reality, you are not if you're asking here.
>>2060843Good point. Better stand in your nearest toilet and carefully watch all the kids urinating just in case one of those pervert trannies tries one of their perverted tricks!
>>2044726Better than 0km
>>2036140>not dragged down by antiquated standards like QRqr is fine unless it's carbon (and entry level bike won't be carbon)
>>2036140>1500LolwutLow end shouldn't cost more that a third of that, at most.You can replace qr with thru axle on most bikes, btw; probably don't even need to replace hubs, but at most only that.Also, 2nd hand.
