Why is /n/ in general so much more friendly and cordial than other boards?
>>2054633I used to go on cigar forums and they were pretty chilled out
>>2047059Find all threads containing the terms "cager" or "Fred ".
>>2056605the guy who used to spam those urbanism threads has chilled out a lot in the last few months or maybe he got range banned, we can only hope
>>2047065I spread seething hatred in the plane and urbanism threads against child raping car brained (R)etard subhumans while posting normally in bike threadsWhere is your god now?
I have a pretty strong hatred for cagies, I'm not going to lie. Car centricity is modern day Satanism and debt slavery in one go. I hate how ignorant and humble smug the average cagie is too.>"Oh you're gong on the bus? Stay safe...">"Are you sure? I can just drive you there..">So when are you buying a car?"They make every day 20% more insufferable since their so invested in their financially illiterate satanic cult theirs literally can't function imagining walking for 20 minutes, but no. It's the governments fault you're living paycheck to paycheck and unable to save and everyone else are just inferior because they don't worship 1920s credit propaganda. In fact, what we need to do is frack MORE for cheaper gas so you can keep paying hundreds a month on a deprecating asset. That will lift people out of poverty for sure.So yeah. I'm a proud cagie hater. Esp that includes my own family, country and community.
I bought an NJS frame. Does anyone want to make ignorant comments assuming that I have never ridden fixed-gear or that I don't know how JIS standards work or what toe overlap is or similar?Yes, I'll be riding it exclusively on the street.
Are fixie-specific frames needed for a fixie? I took the freewheel off my road bike a couple months ago. Am I damaging my bike?
>>2057283You need some sort of accommodation for tensioning the chain yeah. Semi-horizontal dropouts are the most popular way of converting a road frame.
>>2056611the frame is fine either way, its just that your back position is a bit different and you're a lot more relaxed with risers
Fellas……….
>>2055290Cool frame anon. Hope you enjoy riding it. Sometimes I consider getting an NJS frame myself, but my state frame is perfectly fine imo. Plus it has wider tire clearance which is nice.
If all children's (geared and break-pad) bikes were banned and everyone rode fixies (adult bikes), then we wouldn't need any of the polarising debate over 'bike infrastructure'. We wouldn't need to slow down traffic through cities or dig up roads and pavements, everyone would be a lot safer and bikes could flow freely among cars.Is it finally time for governments around the world to ban geared bikes (at least for people above the age of say, 10) and give up on the idea of seperate bike and car infrastructure, letting all modes of transport to flow freely among eachother?
You can't pedal a bmx up a steep hill tho the power just isn't transferred. Gears have their purpose. Riding a bike with no brakes should get you beaten up by the police imo. No tickets just a serious beating.
>writes essay on sharing the road>gets sideswiped by a soccer mom answering her onlyfans followers while driving
I can understand a fixie but why no brakes? There are bound to be situations where it is useful.
>>2057993I ride my fixed gear or BMX every day to work depending on which one I ride. It's totally doable if you are willing to sweat a bit.>>2057963You can brake with the fixed gear drive train. It's a totally effective brake and the term 'brakeless fixed gear bike' is a misnomer
>>2057537>break-pad
As you guys may know, theres now huge subsidies coming from the WEF or the EU to remove car traffic from city areasits a bit sad because some of these towns and cities used to have extremelly walkable main streets in the early 20th century, beautiful cobblestone pavements, etc, and it was all removed for cheap asphalt when cars became the thing. Now the pedestrian pavement is often just cheap concrete or modern materials imitating older cobblestone. You even see some retarded mayors destroying an entire 19th century park to replace it with concrete and fake grass and it just breaks my soul. How can we conserve and preserve true traditional urban planning and 19th century walkable standards?
>>2057191NTA but the world is changing in ways that I like and you hate, sounds like the only one with a problem is you.
>>2057630Well, I grew up running through the gardens and parks until our parents were calling like an hour after sunset with a group of about 14 neighbourhood kids. I still turned out akward because most people today just don't operate socially like our little gang back then.
>>2057852Only 3 lanes in America because your cars are so fat
>>2057856>t. poor Enjoy getting stabbed on the cattle cart.
It's not an issue of europe vs the states, I find it hard to choose between rural and city living in general.
another one down in Philly boys, reports say fatalities on the ground
>>2058051>Lacking followup on near-misses and reccommendations that had been made for years?DEI plays a role in this>Upgrades that have been missing for decades?DEI plays a role in this>Separate finnicky ATC overlaps in close succession in a high traffic area?Yes, DEI plays a role here too. I have seen the identity-based incentives handed out for ATC, A&P schools, etc.>Systematic staffing shortages and worsening conditionsThat they have wasted no time importing H-1B for, a great number of which have fraudulent qualifications.When merit is supplanted by meeting quotas for various identities to be "equitable", and incompetent Indians are imported to avoid paying higher labor costs, it has an "enshitification" effect everywhere, across every supply chain and service. The decay will continue.
>>2057883if i had a nickel for every time an MDD trijet crashed because the left engine came off during takeoff, i'd have two nickels, which isnt a lot but its weird that it's happened twice
>>2057861>FAA records indicate the aircraft was brought to a repair facility at San Antonio International Airport, where issues such as a crack in a structural beam of the center wing fuel tank and corrosion on a major structural beam in the center cargo/bilge area were addressed. After repairs, the plane logged approximately 70 hours of flight time before the crash.Were repairs done improperly and cause portions of the wing to break off during takeoff?
ERJ 145 crash lands at Kolwezi Airport, Lualaba District, Democratic Republic of the Congohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPDuNZgSN1g
>>2059089The sound of that thing hitting the runway was wild.
I want to become a helicopter pilot. I live on the West Coast of burger land and I am not sure exactly what jobs are available to me after 150 hours. Everything I was able to find requires the 2000+ hours of flight time.So, my question is, should I be under the impression I can get a novice level job after flight school, or should I plan to commit a huge amount of my time and financial resources to get that 2000+ hour mark so I can apply for those $114k+ jobs that seem to be all I can find?I am not sure what other certifications I would need, and I'm open to input, however, I want this to be my career for the rest of my life, I want to enjoy it, love my job, and possibly build a personal company around it. Can I get some advice that maybe isn't found in a youtube video on general flight school questions to ask?
>>2049846I dunno man, every pilot I've talked to about it says those crop duster guys don't stay healthy too long...
>>2049178Heli pilots are the best
>>2056315Helicopter is all fungicide and foliar. Maybe some insecticide but that’s in limited concentrations and though acutely a pain isn’t bad for you long-term.Herbicide is bad.
>>2056315Crop dusting can get very messy with no notice.It comes with the territory.
I got a job at a tactical helicopter trainer as an IT monkey, should I abuse the flight sim and claim on my resume that i have so many dozens of hours of flight time?
These guys passed you on the last big hill before the cafe. Didn't even take pulls. What do you tell these Freds to not seem mad?
>>2033752Because downhill is fucking rad and you're a pussy
>>2052168???? Roadies go downhill all the time, how do you think they get back down after going uphill?But going downhill after taking the chair lift just seems sad, I don't see the point, but I'm not obese so maybe that would help me understand better. Like people who don't seem to mind eating entirely out of cardboard boxes and 2L bottles of soda.
>>2048867https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/11-bikes-stolen-from-french-team-cofidis-at-tour-de-france
>>2054701surely it can't be easy to resell a bunch of team-livery bikes
>>2052169Tbh I wish there was somewhere I could get a tram to the top and just ride down descending is the only fun part of road riding
The Golden Gate zipper moving the middle barrier.
They've had these in NY for years.
My city just uses lights and a barrier at either end.
>>2055615>>2055655Its not artificial intelligence, its a vehicle
>>2055774This is the americanproof solution
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.
Some citibikes are now capped at 15mph. I've also noticed delivery bikes going slower. But I've also seen riders on citibikes easily keeping up with me at 18+mph. So it must be a firmware update that takes a while to roll out.
>>2027639Great! But I have some thoughts.why can people use crosswalks without a pedestrian license and pedestrian insurance? If they use the signal improperly they could cause a car accident and cause people to die or be hurt.Why do we not have renting licenses? Shouldn't people have to prove they know how the rent process works so that landlords can be assured that their slaves will pay them on time?Why do we let people post on 4chan without a posting license? They could spread misinformation, or post a low quality image like OP which breaks rule #7So many licenses need to be written to law! Porn! Grocery stores! Bowling! Karaoke! Bus riding! Uber! Gaming! Buttfucking!
>>2057476If we end up having to get sidewalk licenses because ebike "people" can't control their electric motorcycles, it will be your fault
>>2057476There is an inviolable human right to travel peaceably in publicTHE human way to travel peaceably is walkingEvery technological improvement on walking is not your God given way to travel, so can be meaningfully restricted into a privilege. Walking cannot be restricted this way.
>>2031427Their greed was their undoing. I hope they learned their lesson.
We won. This marks the start of a new era for public transportation.
>>2055492That boss was actually Albert Einstein.
>>2055492cause you only arrived 5 minutes earlier by pure luck, he knows that to consistently be on time with transit you have to be over a half hour early even if your lucky and have a 15 minute bus schedule not a 30 minute.
>>2048825We should have a generalized mileage tax. Gas taxes don't fund the roadways, and EVs certainly aren't helping.Put a GPS in every car that spits out a report of what roads you drove and how many miles, and maintenance funds are apportioned accordingly.And then if govts want to discourage certain trips from there, they can add on additional tolls, but traditional tolled routes will become toll-free by default since highway maintenance will no longer need to be funded by dedicated tolls.
>>2056126Wrong. I've literally never had been late to work and my main bus is a 30 minute service. The only times I've been late is because I was negligent and deliberately waited for an "on time" bus
>>2045365add more buses and bus-only lanes/roads
What exactly happened here?
>>2055865In a clearer video of the crash you can see the grey linkage i(the piece hanging vertically down across the tail rotor shaft) in the centre of the pic coming loose before the helicopter starts spinning, and the tail rotor blades in an abnormal pitch
>>2056032How do i get a job doing this
>>2056118Work for a grid company. I had days where i sat in that deathtrap for over 6 hours. 3 2 hour flights just hovering and doing 20mph along powerlines. It gets dizzy and the kerosene fumes are pretty bad
>>2056032I think I have a total of 1000 hours flying as loadmaster on Mil-8 helicopters in Sudan and Afghanistan. The only times I've been scared was when we had to land in a hot zone, other than than it was pretty chill. I think it's a personal thing, some people are scared shitless of these loud rattling mofos, can't blame them. I guess just embrace the fact that you will die one day.
>>2055851Ouch, that's bad
I first rode a bicycle in 2022 when I was 31 but didn't stick to it. I want to do it again but my mentor moved ot another country.
>>2054839>I first rode a bicycle in 2022 when I was 311.) That's really sad dude2.) Find a slight downhill gradient, it doesn't have to be that steep, just steep enough to where the bike moves on its own without you needing to pedal, keep your saddle at its lowest position at first, just so it feels less sketchy for you (you'll want to raise your seat later though) and then just practice basic handling and braking while on a slight downhill and gradually start pedaling until you feel comfortable doing this on level ground.,
>>2054839You'll remember, It's just like riding a bike
>>2054841yeah as long as you are going fast enough the bike sort of keeps itself upright. the hardest part is getting up to speed
>>2056786>>2056792Just do it.
https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/giant-bikes-and-accessories-made-in-taiwan-prevented-from-entering-usa-based-on-forced-labour-allegations>US Customs and Border Protection has issued an order preventing all goods manufactured by the Giant Bicycle Company in Taiwan from being distributed and sold in the US, after finding what it says is "information that reasonably indicates forced labour".>The 'Withhold Release Order' applies to bikes, bike parts and accessories, says the CPB, and is effective immediately. Giant owns brands including Giant, Liv, Stages and Cadex.This seems like a pretty big deal
I thought child labor is based tho
>>2054611Yeah they don't actually care about child labor, someone in the admin asked for a suitcase full of cash, and someone in Taiwan erroneously assumed that there's still a coherent set of rules in place on the US side and figured it had to be a bluff
>>2054588A third or more of my store's (became a wrench monkey this year) volume is Trek so at first I was a bit worried - assuming your info is accurate/up to date, I myself can't substantiate - but most of the Trek product we sell is their Malaysia slop. I do know Giant sells manufacturing capacity to other brands but not sure about specific companies such as Trek.
>>2054676Any updates from a store POV? I've seen little to no news on this since it was announced.
>>2054542so it's not just tariffs?
I NEED electronic shifting!It's SOOOO much better and faster and smoother than cable shifters!Shimano please take my one thousand american dollars to make my shifting divine forever! *(*- until next iteration of Di2 releases)
>>2056380Speaking of these types of shifters. Should I get these ones for $40 or just get ltwoo's 3x8 shifters which are $10? Or are shimanos atlus shifters better?
>>2057369My point is that a derailleur hanger doesn’t exist to be bent on an IGHI feel like you are underestimating the lack of maintenance normal people do to their bikes. I also feel like you’re underestimating the effect of wet/winter weather on derailleurs. I know a shit ton of people with gummed up hybrids which sit unused because they won’t shift well. If IGH were similar in price to derailleurs they would be the norm, and derailleurs would be the “performance” option. Further more, good derailleurs group sets are indeed great but bottom tier ones one very bad for reliability. Tourney and likes. That cheap shit is on a lot of bikes. Also, even if your derailleur is working well, without some knowledge of shifting you will have some skipping, delays in shifts, cross chaining. Its the same shit why 1x took over, IGH just works.You think your derailleurs is perfectly reliable because you take care of your bike, but most people don’t even do the minimum. I don’t know you but i feel like actually you’re quite autistic about your bike and you are not representative of most cyclists. I don’t know my perception of the average cyclist is a very low bar, amd they would all love an IGH precisely because it requires absolutely 0 thought.Also im not that igh guy i don’t even own a igh bike but the benefits of them is extremely evident to me.
>>2057361>that issue you’re having? Yea, its actually not real and its not happening at all.
>>2057386>obvious lies are obviouswhoa
>>2057386Yeah I fucking hate greasy ass derailleur nonsense fiddling with cables to adjust the shifters by millimetres. Oh your bike fell over on the derailleur side while you were getting a beer? Time to find your specific niche hangar and a whole new mech. Get fucked. Waiting for chinaman to set the standard for central pinion style IGH mounts and positions and start mass manufacturing so we can be rid of this ass cancer forever.
