Seishun 18 Kippu EditionOld Thread: >>2035672
Just ordered picrel from https://denshapins.com/ here's hoping that he does more, in particular the 383系 and 103系.
https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/20251220-GYT1T00097/A car got in the way of a Kintetsu Kyoto Line limited express, scraped another one on the side, and went on fire. Everyone on the train was fine, but one car passenger died.
https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASTDM3RD8TDMPXLB00JM.html (paywalled)https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/915252 (not paywalled but has retarded javascript, but you can load the site just fine if you disable all javascript)Gobo Railway in danger of disappearing next year>2.7 km line in Wakayama with 5 stations>was in danger of closing in 1973>but got bought out by a Tokyo real estate company because they wanted to raise the company prestige by running a railway>deficit kept getting worse>fast forward to this year>real estate company is bought out by chinks>chink management says if they don't find a buyer in 2026 they'll shut it down
>>2061543posting in an incel thread
https://youtu.be/M2sswNJOg6oUre-Seat (reserved) on side-facing bench seats. Absolutely vile. How does JR West get away with this crap? What's stopping people from just walking into it and sitting down w/o a reservation? Is there a conductor enforcing anything?
Disasters never have one root cause and neither did the destruction of cycling. But I know some important milestones in the decline and fall:1. COVID 19. Enough said.2. Full suspension mountain bikes. Enough said.3. Reddit. Enough said.4. Twitter. Enough said.5. British "people". Enough said.6. The d-tch. Enough said.7. The state of Utah. Enough said.8. Zwift, Peloton, "Spin Class", and other cancer. Enough said.What were some other key moments?
>>2058409>if you can walk you can ridecheckmate
Happy 2nd birthday, thread
>>2059373Damn time flies… I moved into a new town Right around when this thread was made, still here
>>1962645E-bikes, because "cycling" is casual now.
>>2059384Calling that "cycling" is like saying you "made pizza from scratch" because you bought a Red Baron frozen pizza and stuck it in the oven all by yourself
How do these large cargo backpacks compare with a bicycle trailer? I need to haul 100kg of cargo on a bicycle
>>1957568use it for CAKE
>>2059155What if it's a heist? Not necessarily a robbery but a HVT he needs to move or transport one-off?Either OP doesn't have access to a car, or a bicycle is affording him a level of stealth and discretion unafforded by other means of transportatio/n/>>1957568OP what's the story, did you end up doing this?Were you looking to move this kind of mass as a one-off, or regularly?
>>1957568How would a bag like that compare to a HEAVY DUTY xl laundry backpack?
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>>2030608Based Aldi cargo mission. I was considering getting a trailer or racks to carry water bottle cases + multiple bags of groceries. Not sure which I should get first, but it seems like the trailer can be removed/mounted quicker for when I'm not carrying much.
SDJS-034 editionResources:https://www.sheldonbrown.com/https://www.parktool.com/en-us/blog/repair-helpNeutral Support News on YoutubeWatch Yumika (1997) - Nagaremono Zukan (1998) - Shiro (1999)previous thread >>2059551
I should just buy a new chain right? no point in cleaning it
>>2061710looks fine
>>2061710it'll clean up. many chains are cheap enough that you can be lazy and just buy another, if that's your philosophy. taking it off, wiping all the shit off the exterior, shaking it in a jar of solvent, pouring it out, repeat until solvent is no longer black, letting it dry, relube and wipe the excess VS $15 and shipping and waiting. I clean mine. pour all the black solvent in a big container and let it evaporate, though . don't pollute the ground water
>>2061710no point changing it if it isnt worn past .5%. even if theres more friction because its dirty its a few watts loss at most.
What tool specifically am I supposed to use for removing or replacing this nut? I've managed to improv my way into removing my back wheel but now I'm stuck. Maybe I should buy a new sprocket and chain but I don't know exactly what I'd be looking for or even if the new sprocket would come with that nut included.
I am currently using a xiaomi smart band 9 to track my rides (so thats GPS from phone + HR from band), I start and end the ride from the band and the app automatically transfers the route, speed and heart rate to stravaI am wondering if I should upgrade to a bike computer cus I am not worried about how much calories I burn nowadays, as I got the idea of it. I just want to know how far I went and how long it took me, and to keep track of cadence so I learn to ride optimallyI have been looking at XOSS G2+ (pic related) with 2 sensors - one for cadence on crank and other on rear hub for speed (rotation)my questions about bike computers in general are:>do the bike computer accessories (cadence, speed, HR) connect to it, or to the phone>does only the bike computer connect to your phone and stay connected constantly, or only to transfer data to strava or an app once the ride finishes?>can I just get on my bike and ride, and the bike computer will then automatically upload my ride to strava once I am done?>can I still use my xiaomi band 9 to measure my HR? will I be able to see my HR on the screen? or the bike computer only connects to HR sensors and not other "smart" devices>should I get a bike computer with an actual screen to show maps/route?>should I even get a bike computer to begin with, I am riding actual gravel and trails, basically exploring my region on weekends and driving 2-3 times to work a week, will the sensors and shit survive the rough terrain?>will my mechanical watch (8 year old skx007) get fucked by the vibrations from the single/double track?Thanks
>>2061704How do you propose to continuously mirror your smart phone display on a separate device, just to display a couple of data points that you're using your entire phone as a capture device, with better energy efficiency than just using independent dedicated hardware that only has to do those data points and nothing else? How does that make ANY sense?
>>2061711>independent dedicated hardware that only has to do those data points and nothing else?like what? i'm not aware of any devices that run navigation as easily as phone apps. i'm used to being able to use google maps on the fly without needing to download routes ahead of time and such, like is needed with bike computers.
Does anyone know if Garmins have some kind of "tour distance" field? Basically I want it to start counting how much I've ridden and stop when I tell it to, without resetting at the end of a ride.I remember wired computers from the 90s had this functionality and I can't find it here. I could record the whole tour as a single ride and use laps for days, but then if it crashes I lose all the data.
>>2061712well ok if you really must have a car-dashboard-size moving map display with 7680x4320 resolution to run waze, then, maybe, a phone in your pocket with a 5g sim, slaved to a handlebar mount screencast device could do the trick, though even then, a dedicated device makes far more sense given the size and energy requirements of a head unit. so you're still not getting around the fact that a purpose-built tool is going to be better suited to this than any smart phone plus display mirroring solution ever could beI can tell you that in 5+ years of owning the same fred hysteria "flexing on poors" head unit designed for actual bikes, I've needed to re-download maps exactly once, and that was when I took my head unit to another continent (I live in 'merica) and the thousands of square miles of local-to-me maps I downloaded on day 1 of fred hysteria weren't pre-saved. I am not sure why it occurred to me to do that before getting on the plane but I'm glad I did because imagine being in a backwards country like france or switzerland, where they don't have wifi or cell service yet, right? I mean everyone except me lives in mud huts and chucks spears at each other and has a penis gourd, MURICA #1 MAGA MAHA THEY HATE US CUZ THEY AINT USbut I suppose if you're some kind of superhuman ultra-distance cyclist who can cover thousands of miles a day without stopping *and* you have the short term planning skills of a russet potato, then the limited onboard memory only capable of storing new england, the mid-atlantic, plus some of the eastern midwest might present a problem because what if you reach your hotel that night and forget that you have moved 6 states over and you didn't expect to be there for some reason and on top of that you have no access to wireless data of any kind, what then? then people like me would really feel dumb huh
>>2061662>I hope you're ESL because otherwise how embarrassing for youyour not nearly as intelligent as you assume you are.
Share your daily rides, post pics and stats. Complain about hills and mosquitoes.you do actually ride your bike, right anon?old thread >>2045380
>>2061131nice fucking photoshop fucking niggerpost the original
>>2061465you do erg workouts?
>>2061465>>2061586nah just gooning to dua with my sisters over at >>>/mu/
>>2061693I called the FBI on your for illegal milk crate usage, have fun in court.
How big can sail boats get? Is there an upper limit?
>>2061608>Though for the sake of OPs question the tallest mast we could build now would have to be made of carbon fiber or some kind of exotic alloyProbably but it'd be well beyond any practical need for a ship you could think of.
>>2061545Clippers were greatly overcanvased for their size but overall they weren't very large vessels, so compared to ships of the line or large oceanic cargo haulers they'd sport a fairly modest sail rig. There wasn't a problem making the masts and rigging for those giants so porting a smaller version of that to an even smaller high speed hull isn't much of an engineering challenge.
>>2061627>Probably but it'd be well beyond any practical need for a ship you could think of.Very true, and youd eventually run into some kind of ceiling (or basement) with respect to keel depth such that this hypothetical vessel would be unable to operate in most ports or canal locks
>>2061608Kites. You can anchor them to the hull rather than trying to transfer force through the mast, and takes advantage of the higher wind speeds further up away from the surface.
>>2061717What about using a windmill to generate electricity that can be used to propel the ship?Probably not as efficient as using the wind strictly as a means of physical propulsion but it does allow you to sail directly upwind/otherwise eliminate the need to tack
DC2 and a half editionPrevious >>2040735
>>2061570You’re just a chaperone.
>>2061663and youre just a wannabe
Jet time?
>>2061444[spoiler]you’re still in training after you get your CFI[/spoiler]The real number is 1500 not whatever 250-300 it takes for you to get your CFI. As said, you’re a chaperone. Make sure the student doesn’t get themselves killed.There’s plenty of free time when the weather sucks. Nice days you will want to be in the air.
>>2061714The astounding reading comprehension abilities of the boomer brain. There are days I'm thankful for the fact that I was born in the global-microplastics era and not the global-lead-poisoning one.
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
>>2060037Dude just post an image or something >>2060027Don't different voltages generally co-exist?
>>2060054Combos of AC & DC and different AC frequencies do not mix and need special equipment to isolate them from each other. Thameslink has 750V DC/ 25kV AC voltage switchover points at Farringdon and City Thameslink, which happens multiple times daily with no issues. However, dual voltage rolling stock was more complicated to produce and less reliable in the past than now. Not sure BR would want to spend lots of money on niche rolling stock to avoid changing equipment specifications. Especially as line-side renewal was needed and conversion would be at its easiest during the renewal process. After the line was cut back to end at Hadfield and Glossop, the old gantries were used with the new 25kV AC equipment so it could be done. The cost of doing it the whole way would have been well beyond BR's budget.Higher/lower voltages (e.g. 1.5kV & 3kV DC) can mix but only if the supply is lower than the train's rated voltage. It's probably better not to do this for very long or at a high power draw to avoid damage.
>>2060027>if the DfT can stop being incompetent and have a coherent planWelp, that's the end of that idea then.
You guys are lame for not posting actual images
>>2053704The old trains are classic but the new ones are better imo.Also, it's an interesting railway, the only 4ft gauge in the UK
What would your dream transportation job be? Any time period, any place. For me, it would be running steam locomotives on the ATSF from the late 1930s to the end of steam. A close second would be an airline captain in the 1950s and 60s to experience the beginning of the jet age.
>>2053197I'm a bus driver, AMA>>2054170This is definitely my dream job
>>2059826That's a good one, you get to work on some of the best steam power around. A's, Y's, the occasional J (I like the A's the most of the three). And you get to drink while you work
>>2061463The only downside would be getting blinded by an O. Winston Link nighttime flash photoshoot.
>>2061350Mostly to see the ghost of Marshall Pass in person.
>>2053197AB Rigger during the age of sail. I want to be the crew that is responsible for all the rope/lines on the boat, master of the marlinspike craft. In fact, I still want to do that now. Alas, for now, I have to accept being just an economic unit sailor on modern motor vessels. Hopefully I can get on a tall ship sometime soon and larp my dream.
Confess your sins, /n/.
I considered buying a child's bike for 100$ just for the spokes to avoid shipping, but also because I intended to cut apart the frame with a hacksaw and build a Girandoni-style rifle.
I use WD-40 on my bike. Only stopped because it froze.I have a turning radius wider than most trucks. Banking doesn't terrify me, but losing traction does.I don't know how to adjust a derailleur. I have never owned one that came with a manual.On my current bike, my front tire is on backwards. I realized it, but didn't want to spend the effort to fix it.My bike is filthy. Like really bad. Like you can't see the paintjob from underneath bad. I rarely clean my bike. I figure, if it can't cope with dirt and grit, it's not a good bike.I wear a pair of shitty hardware store goggles when I bike. Prolly not that bad among cyclists, but it does make me look like a nerd wherever I show up, and I don't care.I currently have a disc brake rotor on my bike but no actual brake. I need to saw some stuff apart to make the actuator fit but have been very lazy.Instead of a proper pannier, I have a dollar store "camping" strap(???) that's basically just a ribbon with a toggle-lock that holds an old projector bag in place against the aforementioned rack.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
I work on an airbase and feel weird every time I pass through the gate. I'm working civvie there, but still. Every other car is some ridiculous overlander or an overbuilt karenmobile, and the few times I get to go in at a normal hour I'm backing up that traffic. Not only is it full of normal-ish people with normal-ish vehicles, but at least theirs can participate in an assault. Maybe not a government-sanctioned one, but still.And that includes the furry car I see every day. Covered in fuckin' e621 stickers.
if i were american i would 1000% open carry on my bike, trundling down the street at 15-20mph with a rifle on my back. but not an AR-15, thats plebcore. maybe an SL8 or Tavor or something
>>1985790Transportaically speaking, as a teenager i didn't care about my own life. I would ride my bike without paying attention. A couple times i almost got run over by a car because of this.
What are you /n/iggas' thoughts on fake steam locomotives (i.e. diesels or cab control units rebuilt to passably resemble steam locomotives)? Decent way to honor/raise awareness of the history of steam when building/restoring an actual steam locomotive is impractical or a retarded tourist gimmick?Examples:>Day Out With Thomas replica engines (pic related)>Calico & Odessa Railroad>CP (OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO) Huntington clones that Chance Rides mass produces for basically every second-rate amusement park out thereBonus question: Would these ever be remotely feasible for mainline use. Say I wanted to resurrect the 20th Century Limited as a luxury train for rich LARPers and managed to convert/custom build a bunch of streamlined rolling stock but didn't want to spend 30+ years and billions of dollars rebuilding an actual NYC Hudson to pull it. Would rebuilding a diesel to resemble a Hudson be feasible or would there be no hope of it passing an FRA inspection?
>>2057055They gave a Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal 0-6-0T a Thomas makeover and trailer it around to run at various tourist lines but I’m ok with that as there’s several other BEDT survivors.
>>2057055The do Thomas mock ups on both steam and diesel around these parts but mostly steam.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IncByFavkzA
>>2057024kek
>>2055911Fun, but rather useless
>>2056083Relative is the operative word there. The business model of these fake steam operations isn't really compatible with volunteer staffing, and getting full-time employees who can do it is tough, especially since running real steam involves onerous work, tough hours, and serious risks if somebody fucks up. You really need something that can just start with a key, that requires minimal maintenance, has available spare parts, etc. I hate them as much as anybody does and I wish people could just be happy with diesels that look like diesels but I understand why they need to exist and why they're the only real option for these operations.
Why weren't these a thing more often in the heyday of railroads?>gives freight trains an additional source of income>passengers can presumably pay for tickets less since freight trains usually run on slower schedules>allows for mixed trains without the need to pull a coach from regular passenger service>can be coupled to the back of a regular passenger train during periods of high demand, the crew will enjoy the added privacy too>lonely freight train crews will enjoy the additional company>can be outfitted as extra crew accommodation when not in revenue service
>>2042477I don't really get the point of a conductor having a separate compartment. Here in the US, conductors just ride in a pre-assigned seat in the passenger compartment and to my knowledge that's always been the practice.
>>2045720cute
>>2047949>supersized cabooseWe could all use one of those>>2056642This
>>2056653Containers aren't very well insulated against the elements. In hot weather, they become sweltering, in the cold, they're freezing.
>>2061619They'd have to be custom anyway, for fire/safety regs. Ideally they'd be stainless and aluminum too since accessing the inner walls for corrosion maintenance would be impossible. Making them insulated would be easy.
low key been driving 10 years and im not sure who has to yield in this situation.Say you are at a red light and the light just turned green. does car 1 have to yield to the bus? or will the bus zipper in between 1 and 2?
>>2059973car 1 should never yield to the bus wtfget out of its way
>>2060062Is there a more traditional yet just as simple way to refer to someone who only drives occasionally for personal reasons?
>>2061643>I seldom driveLLMs and social media have ruined your mind.
>>2061645Seldom isn't quite right, and neither is occasionally, really, to describe what>>2060060 is saying. I hate to say it, but the zoomers might have come up with a useful phrase here.
>>2061646Communication is not about inviting new and exciting catch phrases to cut everything down to the fewest characters to smash into your phone. If that's your goal, drop all pretenses and use only grunts, sighs, gestures, and skibidi toilet to get your point across, cretin.Saying,>I've had a license for a decade, but I seldom drive except for personal errands and commuting,makes you sound like an adult human being and not some infantile rube.
"Wofür ist das?"-EditionAnything public transport in German-speaking Europe is fair game.
>>2061337That BER comparison is getting more apt with each passing year.On a lighter note, the Berlin Senator for Traffic and Mobility has finally figured out what is holding the BER back from becoming an international airline hub: the lack of a third runway.
>>2061462Who in his right fucking mind would operate flights from this fucking country whose politicians want your company to fucking die?...and from >Berlin of all places.
>>2061462I really doubt that there's a lack of slots for a couple of more long distance flights at BER. air berlin wasn't profitable back in the days.on the rail side of notes, thanks to the opening of the Dresdner Bahn, the train between Berlin Hauptbahnhof and BER airport is now much quicker. take that Munich and MUC, where's your Ede Stoiber Transrapid now?
It's insane how much noisier it got over just like one decade. I remember back in the 00s in the morning you could almost whisper with an almost full tram. Most where either still dozing off, looking out of the windows or reading newspaper. Now there are many super loud [redacted] talking loudly even when facing another, retards watching Tiktok over speaker instead of headphones, people talking into their phone while holding the phone 1m away from them with speaker on etc. Trams also rattle, clatter and squeal way more. Many feel like they're about to fall apart. It wasn't that bad at all back then. Basically you must have tight headphones on to fade it all out or you'll go insane.
>>2061522>where's your Ede Stoiber Transrapid nowIn Peking. Like much of what was German way, way back.You can't "save the planet" and have a healthy industry, apparently.Socialism kills everything standing in its way, which is usually people wanting to do anything against the will of their Godfather, the state.That's why the Chinese version of capitalism wins against the German version of socialism.
