For when you want to fall over in front of a crowd without getting drunk first
>>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
>>2063539aren't those mostly sponsored?
>>2061541bike
>hydraulic disk brakes would have prevented this editionResources:https://www.sheldonbrown.com/https://www.parktool.com/en-us/blog/repair-helphttps://www.youtube.com/@RJTheBikeGuy/videoshttps://www.youtube.com/@durianridersNeutral Support News on YoutubePrevious thread >>2064038
what kind of bike should i be looking for? i want something that can go off road (not mountain bike trails, more like 4wd tracks and fire trails/hiking tracks) and can hold some bags inside the frame. it needs to be able to hold a fair amount of weight, think a 100kg rider plus 20kg of cargo plus the weight of the bike. it also has to be basically fully serviceable in the bush somewhere. im looking for something i can go bikepacking with basically, but the ones i see online have a fairly low weight limit and im hoping i can get some advice here
>>2066567nta but that happened to me last year. usually my beater winteer bikes are alright in the snow with the tires deflated a bit and stubbies on. but this one snow fall, the snow packed up my brakes, stuck to my tires and wouldn't fall off. i made it 2 miles before saying this is fucked and had to walk my bike home anyways. i never saw snow that sticky before, it wasnt even deep
>>2066551>canadians bike in winter tooif you want to have good long chuckle fire up strava heatmaps and examine where canadians bike in winter
>>2066551>as opposed to fresh powder over ice that will laugh at both your studded tires and God, or wet snow which will just eat all the energy you put into it with the rear while laughing off all attempts to not slide side-to-side in the front)We have that in Finland too. In addition of few months of slush and icy slush.I think why people cycle is because of few factors:- our cities are really small compared to big cities in America or Europe, and like you said flat- pedestrian paths that get ploughed- it's common for kids to cycle to school- for students, or young adults in general car can be too much of an expense especially if you live in urban area so might be easier just to hop on a bike you've owned since you were like 15Funnily enough, not just bikes crowd tend to fawn over one city here that has lots of light traffic paths that get maintained a lot over winter.
>>2066580Its BC isnt
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?
>>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
>>2065202>cant be smart anymorePretty much.
>>2060788cruisers are meant to cruise around town. the seating position is so you can put your feet flat on the ground at red lights. seems silly to most of us here but if it helps casual riders feel more comfortable on the road then cool. I support anything that gets more asses on bikes out there (even e-faggotry as long as they stay legal and don't do retarded shit)
MD11 edition
>>2066413we had a emirates a380 take off at 1am and a ups that tried right before and went back to gate (winds too strong + inconsistent)airport reopened at 2pm its still a iced over mess
>>2066294Too bad you have no jet time
>>2066530Poast type ratings or seethe
What are some non aviation jobs you can get if you dont have a degree but have at least a private cert>t. tradefag wanting white collar work
>>2066595You could probably get into a data analyst position doing FOQA monitoring, but I don't know what the job market there is like.
Ocean liner fans rejoice! The Queen Mary reopened for hotel guests in May and in June, I had the privilege of spending two nights on board. I'll be uploading my album of the ship over the next few days and discussing the history of the ship that I learned while onboard.
>>1938375Ok GAYwhat's it like to be GAYDo you like taking dick up the ass GAY
>>1956400fuck you, sicophant. you aren't that politician, you aren't winning.
>>2055193did you look through it yet?
>>2064012im looking through it right now thank yousurprised the thread is still up, just came here to bitch about aviation desu
>>2026834>mad about free money Why is it a dead industry?
They're scheduled to blow whistles at around 7am (like 15 mins)
Flags
Closest shot I could get through a chainlink fence
Nice job, OP.
Beautiful thread, OP
>>2064815Mad respect boat bro.
Amtrak has spoken
Imagine if America had a Thomas. That's what public transport needs, a friendly face of it that isn't just dubbed euroshit.
>>2065166>full autist infiltrationMy god, the cause is more doomed than ever.
>>2065166Is this stealth marketing for the Airo? The interior looks so bad, it's all cold millennial gray. They should've picked up more brown and gold hues for the interior to contrast the exterior.
Is that a joke? Or actual company X?
>>2065166ALL HAIL THE TRAIN GOD!
What happens when transportation becomes obsolete? When you can just transport from place to place
"Transport" is a euphemism for "kill and 3d print a clone somewhere else"
>>2066245Are you talking about Tuvix?
travel as a concept becomes meaninglessspace and distance are compressed just like information and time are on the internet todaythe pace of everyday life increases even further
reducing travel time is never a bad thing. The goal is always the destination, traveling is a means to an end
>>2066570always a bad thing*
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
>public transport: see female over longer period>she a cutie>never speak words to her>prolly doesn't know me exist>sadpost
>>2018965Is that old ÖBB rolling stock?
>>2065007This is why everyone should wear masks.>>2066428Well done.>>2066460n/ never change.
the only time someone talks to me on the tram it's some drugged schizo
>>2066494Did you smash?
The EMUs are out of service. Post your pics here of Queensland Rail service- double imaginary bullshit points for rural/discontinued services
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?
>>2060233what border, australia's borders are called beaches
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.
>>2064562>Good day, sir
>>2065031Is that macaulay culkin?
>>2033562Sure, just swing by the local heroin den or HIV support groups.
>>2040047>go over bump>pedal input altered before the rider can compensate>ability to recover depends on the current crank positionThey’re literally just unsafe pieces of shit. A single speed is way more useful than a fixed gear.
goobers pls
Now that wider tires on road bikes are the default and you can barely even find a rim brake bike for sale anymore (other than at the antique store), how long before Big Cycling realizes there's no more upgrades to sell and if they want to continue selling bikes now they have to promote thin, high pressure tires and turn of the century frames as an improvement (complete with convincing-looking data presented by convincing-sounding "engineers")
>>2065872>use hydraulic disc brakes. they work much better than pincher style rim brakes.Dual pivot calipers were already technically perfect, as we're 1" steerer tubes. Road bikes have been engineered into homercar abominations of road and mtb tech. It's sad to see and if you're pretty close attention it's a clear indictment of human character - both the evil of the merchants and the malleability of the consumer. Horrifying
>>2066379maybe I'd rather have brakes that can be used from the hoods without having the grip strength and hand size of a male silverback gorilla
>>2066391But at least you get those sweet disabilty checks
>>2066391soibot my strength is waning
>>2066379Rim brakes of any kind are inferior to discs because rims pick up more water and road depots, and due to the fact they’re a solid flat surface, don’t shed that material during braking, reducing initial braking performance and fouling the pads much more quickly.The world of motorsport figured this out over a century ago, before they figured out helmets prevent head injuries, it’s incredibly obvious to anyone with any spatial reasoning ability.Hydraulically-actuated slotted disc brakes are more powerful, more easily modulated, more easily cooled, and more reliable, than any rim brakes.
Postan my old folder of /n/ images since I found it on a usb drive in a drawer. These are circa 2009 I think.
>>2059119He has Kleinfelters. Cheating
this one kick-started the hottest thread I've ever seen on /n/. after she posted this timestamp, the thread got like 200 more replies in like an hour
>>2066537>she
>>2066549This. It's clearly a fixie rider.
Hey /n/!I could really use your help for something. I am writing a film about bike couriers in a mostly atemporal setting. This is set in a biome-rich beachside town so I would like a few different options for different terrains. Most importabtly of all I would really like to know what the ultimate "jack-of-all-trades" bike would look like if money were not an option.Thank you for this bikebros!
>>2066558Like the other anon said, LA and San Diego are kind of their own thing. Orange County (the place between LA and San Diego) has more of that beach town vibe than either of them do
>>2066560depends on how loose the sand is and what kind of tires you have but if you ride your bike only in 1st gear and pedalmaxx through the sand it can be done
>>2066560>people do not bike on beaches.I did not mean it this literally.
op can you describe what a bike is
>>2066565a tandem unicycle with a single seat.
Seishun 18 Kippu EditionOld Thread: >>2035672
>>2065572Still better deal than Yubari>2019>1 city route>5 intercity routes>2 routes straight to Sapporo>2024>1 city route>intercity routes became "demand-responsive services" a.k.a. large taxis>routes straight to Sapporo canned completely, you must transfer to a train at Shin-Yubari>>2065335https://www.jreast.co.jp/press/2025/20260217_ho03.pdf>wire wear was measured by width of the contact patch>checkups became rarer during wuflu and stayed like that sinceComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Kagoshima Pref. Will pay for a free 1-way Shinkansen ticket from Hakata to Kagoshima-Chuo if you are a foreign tourist from South Korea, Taiwan, China (including Hong Kong), and the US with a minimum 1-stay of 10,000 or more. It’s a pilot project for 2026, entirely paid for by the prefecture’s tourism promotion effortshttps://soranews24.com/2026/02/13/foreign-tourists-in-japan-will-get-free-shinkansen-tickets-to-promote-regional-tourism/Much seething on 5ch
>>20662895ch posters are something else, they display the kind of bitter autism usually only found in places like kiwi farms but do it with their railway "enthusiasm"
>>2066289>no macau mentionsad portuguese noises
>>2065848It's disturbing to think that if JR has its way, we may someday only see conventional ticket gates (the magnetic back reading ones) in the museumQR codes are absolute cancer, low tech and low quality go hand in hand
