Resources:https://www.sheldonbrown.com/https://www.parktool.com/en-us/blog/repair-help[YouTube] Cycling for Autistic Children: Supportive Strategies for Parents! (embed)Neutral Support News on Youtubeprevious thread: >>2073581
>>2075675HereSo I got a kryptonite chain lock. It is for my salsa rangefinder.
>>2075746i mentioned it more because>very similar to the one I had just got bought from Ali for what I considered a great deal for the same priceTHOUGH>so why pay more?eggsactly, just get a length of chain at the very same harbour freight. and a good lock. tell them you're securing your truck box against crackheads at the job site and they will show you the backroom boring stock for contractors that actually works
>>2075749about as good as it gets but still keep in mind that it is merely a deterrent. the very best locks available can be defeated in seconds, not minutes and nobody but you will do a thing to interfere. bike thieves are not sane, they will target anything, anywhere, with or without motive and they go around with the tools of their avocation. ultimately you can only deny them the opportunity.
>>2075750>>2075743>>2075710yOU are the DUMBEST motherfucker to ever be in /n/ you are so fucking retarded how do you even pass captcha.
unironically why do people say thinner tires "roll faster" because of hysterisis or whatever? I haven't heard this before the past couple years. When I was growing up, thin high pressure wheels were an aero thing, not a wheel dynamics thing. Also, when did elliptical gears fall out of fashion and why?
>>2075553>>2075613It will be worth it when we get to fuck them though right
>>2075659What is radio control
>>2075721Nta, but um, sex? Im a 37 year old left seat regional pilot who has never had sex. No legacy captain will want me
>>2075723>Im a 37 year old left seat regional pilot who has never had sex.this is not funny, sorry boomer
>>2075704I asked, apparently some of them fly it but they are unwilling to instruct tailwheel because the likelihood of an incident is much higher which could affect the future airline career. Personally I am not deterred. The school also has a pitts and I absolutely need to get my ass in that thing once I git gud. Also there are only 3 now apparently and one of them is a semi retired old guy who doesn't really take regular students just does the "you are ok to solo" checkride for tailwheel. So really just 2 guys lol.
How does everyone feel about spirit airlines shutting down? I saw that it shut down in May. Anyone know more about that?
>>2075752>>>2072232
>>2075752"oml black people"- everyone on every piece of Discourse™ about Spirit™ Airline's© closure®
>>2075752
If steel is so great, why do the companies that make the best steel tubing in the world use carbon for their forks?If steel is so great, why do the finest steel bikes in the world use carbon forks?It seems to me that steel has an aesthetic value that cannot be substituted by anything else, but as a material for building bikes, its value decreases the more that is demanded of a component.
>>2034088>people actually buying a unicrown fork on something above Walmart tier
>>2075082>falling for lazily blatant bait
>>2075156ok, however, the nicer steel forks that have rake -- the blades curve forward and taper -- ride better than most of the ones nowadays that are straight (and unicrown.) so it depends on what type of steel fork you're talking about, although it doesn't surprise me that carbon is overall better or anything
>dickwaving about muh rigid frame when 99% of bikes have suspensions on them anyway
>>2058603second dimple is for the end of the crank armsseen on bikes that have extra narrow bottom brackets, and/or wide rear hub over locknut distance.or extra thicc chainstays such as on the cannondale criterium 3.0
I did not see another thread on this so here we go. How does /n/ feel about downtown city airports? I know most world class cities such as London, New York, Washington DC, etc. Have proper downtown airports. It looks like Toronto is going to get one as well. Until now, the Billy Bishop island airport, so named after a Canadian WWI fighter pilot ace, could only accommodate turbo prop aircraft. The Province of Ontario is now looking to extend the runway to allow Jets. This would greatly expand the range of the airport, especially to far cities in western Canada and the southern United States. Potentially even western Europe. Is this a good move, or a short sighted volley?https://www.cp24.com/local/toronto/2026/03/09/ford-doubles-down-on-toronto-billy-bishop-expansion-plans-calls-island-residents-squatters/
>>2068461What a fucking disaster.
>>2074300What is there to explain? Shortsightedness, always. There is no argument that water front land is more valuable as a mile long runway for 200 ton tube with wings, full of strangers, blocking local use. Cities belong to the people who live there, not tourists. Incidental I was at both lga and jfk for the first time only once on the same day. I qas astonished two major airports where 30 minute drive from each other, even in one of the most dense, wealthy cities in the world. It was doubling society destroying stupidity in an hour. I went past the jersey airport a bunch when I was driving. Thats better other than lack of vertical integration, taxwise.Considering that, its a shame Philly and NY didn't figure it out to put a airport exactly equadistant tween them. Would have made a great border, so they never grew together, or share just for resources like the great lie of BWI.
>>2075740>Communist kid whose entire curriculum consists of youtube videos tells everyone how they should live, work, and get around.
>>2075740>The capital city of world finance and diplomacy should have the same airport setup as a mid-size European city
Hmmm looks like 15 minute city retards are BTFO yet again.
In which we discuss the Bikelighting culture (Fahrradbeleuchtungskultur) of our countries.Here in Germany, because of the Danger, it is not allowed to have a blinking Taillight. This is also the Reason that all emergency Vehicles in the World have blinking Lights. By attracting other dangerous night Vehicles to crash into the Ambulance, instead of the civilian Vehicles, it spares Drivers in smaller Vehicles, where the Occupants are less able to administer emergency self-Aid. This is the Consequence of what we call a „high trust Society“; our culture of Politeness dictates the most Risk to the most capable Roaduser. The same Expectation is extended to Police and Construction Engineers who are paid more for occupational Hazards such as a blinking Light.Do you have a Law about blinking Bikelights in your Country?
>>2072941i was wondering if i could find the same chink OEM one somewhere but i actually found a review of the exact brand i foundhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovt3nyL0Rz0and an american retailer having a SERIOUS fuckin gigglehttps://workshoptools.com/products/farpoint-two-pack-rechargeable-350lum-headlamps-flhr35206
>>2070556you should have both desu. idk why car and bike light manufacturers alike stopped making lenses have reflectors in them so it both acts as a reflector AND diffuses the light so you dont just blind oncomingengineers are all incompetent now and i genuinely believe that the current workforce is objectively stupider than it has ever been
>>2073812It's a combination of boomers all dying off and retiring, and zoomers entering the workforce en masse. So you had a population of people who only ever knew how to read and do things manually, going straight to a population of people who think more than 3 words at a time is unc aggro 6-7 u mad, and it's that or AI, so of course everything will become stupider
>>2075758This, Gen X and Millennials never worked a day in their life. They got free houses thanks to coof kickbacks. Boomers built the world we live in and Zoomers have to maintain it with zero education and even lower IQ.
>>2075759No one said that, zoomer. Stop trying to align yourself with generations that actually aren't brain dead covid zombies. You and the alphas stay in the back of the bus where you belong
>ride bike on road>those stupid selfish cyclists disrupting traffic>ride bike on sidewalk>those stupid selfish cyclists trying to run over pedestrians>advocate for bike lanes so everyone gets their way>those stupid selfish cyclists wasting our tax dollars making everything about themselvesThere are jackass cyclists like there are jackass motorists and jackass pedestrians. Yet we get the hate because we’re trying to be both economically and environmentally efficient while getting to places as soon as possible?>t. a cyclist who uses the sidewalk because there are no bike lanes, people hardly use sidewalks, and i don’t wanna risk car accidents
>>2073477It also makes it great analogy
Whenever I go riding with people who are into cycling enough to wear lycra they treat pedestrians way worse than I see drivers treat cyclists. Passive aggressive attitudes or overt aggressiveness, near misses or even starting verbal confrontations.Sometimes their behavior on roads is also unacceptable like blocking passing lanes, running red lights and stop signs, weaving between cars, etc. They feel entitled to break the rules when it suits them but then freak out at people when they are walking in a mixed use pedestrian/cycling path. They also tend to use pedestrian paths even when bike lanes are available because there's a small separation between the road and the pedestrian path. And they often do not slow down while passing someone on these, they fly down them at max speed or ring their bell repeatedly hoping the pedestrian walks onto the grass.And then there's the whole bike snobbery involved in their culture that's just unappealing from an outsider looking in. And this could just be a local thing but a lot of the amateur social cycling clubs I've been exposed to seem to revolve around getting drunk during or after the ride. Weird alcoholics bringing entire bottles of liquor along for the ride.
>>2075748this but also 99% of Cyclists™ talk a big game about how much they know about mechanics but are in reality huge wrenchlets. niggas buy one(1) park tool to hang on a wall for their youtube channel and think they're a mechanic despite being unable to change a tire.
>>2075748I'll give you the rest of the larp but>Sometimes their behavior on roads is also unacceptable like blocking passing lanes, running red lights and stop signs, weaving between cars, etc. based, based, basedtraffic lights are for cagies, stop signs are universally retarded, lane filtering is the rare touch of jesus bestowed upon the denizens of cagie hell
I take a Multi Use Path to work and everyone is a gormless retard. i see why people hate average cyclists and pedestrians. i moved to where i lived from a city and the first thing i noticed is that people walk like they have nowhere to go and all day to get there. cyclists somehow manage to be even worse, but they wear loud lycra and are on 5200$ spesh slop and yet somehow even slower than the pedestrians. (You) are all gormless idiots and 90% of my cognitive load when commuting is trying my best to make a reasonable time without killing youive observed even people's dogs being better in traffic than their owners. the dogs will hear you coming, look, and keep right. the owner will continue walking along the center with their airpods in
For me it has got to be the following:Steam loco: German class 18Electric-loco: German class 101Diesel-loco: German class 218Chunter: German class V100EMU: Desiro Hc (It's the one I drive myself and I am very happy!)DMU: German class 612 as it was the one that drove on the only line my hometown had.Before you ask why all of those are german classes: I am german and biasedImage copyright: Me
>>2075456I do indeed. One catenary antenna for each of the three phases.
>>2075422Oh, and post pics of the SP steamer, fellow TrainOrders subscriber.
>>2075456That’s wild. It looks like TV antennas on a 1950s apartment building. The University of Michigan had a crazy setup on a steeplecab that hauled coal to their power plant. Double bow collectors (rare in the U.S.), some third rail, and then what’s described as a trolley pole in the side of the loco, all of this to get through tight spaces around the power plant. I searched for photos and couldn’t find any online but I’ve seen it in a book on Michigan traction.
>>2075454>Also isn't the JR E351 just the NS ICM Koploper in a different painting?I suppose I have a "type". I love trains with the cabin set above the rest of the carriage. See picrel of the Odakyu 50000 series.
>>2075741HAHAHAHA OMG I forgot they did that. I don't think there is a single german train that has that sadly.
I know there are better systems, but I like them.
>>2075364I rode it and it's utter shite. Will they turn them into a proper tram eventually?
>>2074710you vill travel in ze pod und you vill be happy
>>2075588I want to.
>>2075588I certainly vill
>>2075380Padua is expanding it now with two more lines, adding about 20 km. I've read somewhere that they want to convert them eventually, but I can't see that happening anytime soon.
Which of the following seats would you pick? 1 pax, self in Prem Econ.
>>2075088For me, it's loitering around the restrooms so I can sniff the toilet seat once any qties leave.
>>207508818c for non meme reasons>no one behind you, these seats usually recline a little further (or at least dont have a normie seething at you about it)>aisle seat so easy access to bathroom>furthest from bathroom so no constant shuffling of people next to you>crying babbys muffled slightly by partition instead of sound travelling directly out of the door at you like 18C or H
sometimes i think /n/ has never been on a plane
>>2075088Either 17A or 17K, depending on the airport and active runway. The window is the best IFE.
>>2075188Sucks to watch a movie there
Hear me out, we need one of these.
>>2075654I must believe that some couple created this as a work of fiction. This doesn't happen in real life, right? If I tried this IRL I'd get sprayed with mace rather than hand sanitizer right?...right?
>>2075655I had a hot black chick sit on my lap on a city bus once. It almost threatened my racism but I am strong.
>>2075655there are female chikan too anonI was on the subway in Hong KongStanding behind a qt3.14Caught eye contact with her in the windowShe smiledI winkedWith her eyes and smile locked on meShe backed up a stepShe start rubbing her ass on my crotchSwaying side to side with the train motionAt her stop she turned, waved, and blew me a kissThen she giggled when I had to cover my erection with a shopping bag
>>2075640 #Gooning is a human right, everywhere.>>2075701 #Nigresses are quite forward. Did she ask first?
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.
>>2069482>Am I considered a fixie guy if I never pedal backwards, and ride my bike like a single speed with extra long braking distance?You're still a single speed rider but that's ok you guys are alright
I wonder if the guy with the bianchi (can't call him bianchi-kun) has it fixed
>>2033719Everyone can ride a fixie, but few can ride one good. You're the former.
>>2033678Uh what year do you think it is
>>2038471You sound generally unpleasant, maybe they are picking up on that.
Newest season came out RIGHT as my trip to Taiwan ended which was so cool as I went to lots of those places. Was so stoked to see Downie Live as the guest star. I think this show got a lot of new people into vehicles and transit.
Buy an ad, faggot.
The end of ebike terrorism is in sight. Let's not count our chickens before they hatch, but I'm tentatively feeling hopefully about this. During the time that the last thread was up, hundreds of people were killed by ebike fires. We need to put a stop to this. I just hope they make sure to add prison time for people caught with unlicensed ebikes.
>oh yeah? well if you don't like ebikes you are a boomer>I mean you are a tech bro>I mean you are white and therefore racist>I mean are black or an immigrant and therefore poisoning the blood of our nation>you're a mansplaining man, man. stop being sexist!>you're a feminazi woman, woman, stop being misandrist!>but what about private equity? bet you hate/like private equity huh?>but what about walmart? walmart americans walmart do americans really? mcdonalds!>do you support elon musk? you hate tesla right? trannies? trannies!The level of whataboutist desperation in this thread is absolutely fucking insane, how many culture war distractions are you going to try to pile on here before you give up and run your unlicensed electric motorcycle into a tree trunk
>>2075682Americans will brag about driving without a license and how "it's not driving it's travelling" and then think it's a slam to say e-bikes aren't licensed (Even though only NJ requires such). Lol. Lmao.
Do ebikes pay road tax? Then why are they allowed on the road?
>>2075695The sovereign citizen mongoloids are the ebike mongoloids, you mongolid. Get rid of one and you get rid of both.
>>2075709week bate
I like mixed trainsPost mixed trains
>>2071685>Do they expect me to pull THAT?!
>>2069444
>in Germany, riding cattle cars is a death sentence>in Ecuador, it's 1st class
>>2071821That’s such a great photo. A classic Maine two footer Forney, boxcar, a derailed upside down pulpwood car, what I think is a snow flanger (but no sign of snow) and then a mixed train caboose. I’ve been to the WW & F museum where they have a lot of Sandy River and other Maine two foot stuff running.
>>2067904Based
