Why is /n/ in general so much more friendly and cordial than other boards?
>>2047059>friendlyTry asking something about disc brakes or carbon frames and they want to literally strangle you with their onions powered 50kilo twink skinnyfat bodies
>>2052185They moved my electric train thread to a "/test/" board that doesn't even exist, the only reason I haven't made a new one is because I haven't gotten any progress in clearing out the room I'm going to build my setup in, so I don't exactly have any new pictures to post anyway
>>2052292Remember that model railroad foamer who used to post his trains here a lot in the early daze of /n/ who later died and it turned out he was a black guy in his 50s or 60s who worked for metro north or something? What was his name?
>>2054530I have no idea, I'm relatively new in the full timeline of this place
>>2047059Endorphins are supposed to make you happier - and thus friendly.btw, the most friendly and laid-back forums on the internet are that of pipe-smokers. You don't find a single choleric smoking a pipe (they're abundant among cigarettes smokers obviously)
For when you want to fall over in front of a crowd without getting drunk first
>>2052833>using plebbit wordsI think you've forgotten how to be a human
>>2043378>Tied upWhat kind of shitbox/roads could possibly keep your hand tied up?
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>>2054527https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IUuBxejgoxs
>>2043382>Cube isn't poorfag
Hey guys I love when school busses are repurposed either for USA van lifers or as public transit in other countries like MX, Nica, Guatemala, etc. SO I saw this and took a picture to share with you all I love the green color.
I'm actually surprised at how cheap Blue Bird All Americans and Blue Bird Micro Birds are for sale, also Grumman LLVs, I've always had a weird curiosity about these former government issued fleet vehicles
>>2048275>or as public transitNah it's clapped when they do that
>>2048275The tires are surprisingly dry for how wet that street is
>>2048426mhmm.
>>2048426That's why cults use them to transport their members
https://media.amtrak.com/2025/08/amtrak-nextgen-acela-debuts-on-august-28/>A new era of high-speed rail to begin between Boston and Washington, DC>WASHINGTON – All aboard the future of East Coast travel! Starting Thursday, Aug. 28, customers can travel on Amtrak’s NextGen Acela – America’s high-speed train – connecting the Northeast Corridor between Washington, D.C., New York City, and Boston.:)
I hate this ugly hook nosed piece of shit. Just keep the old ones.
>>2052647>I hate this ugly hook nosed piece of shit.turn your monitor on
>>2052647I hope Amtrak and NS never get rid of PRR Position Light signals.
so how are they holding up in service? didn't hear much about teething problems.
>>2053913everyone's favourite 'I now live in Amsterdam and let me tell you, I've learned a lot about trains in the past few years' youtuber has been having a melty about the lack of 'proper recline', but, gotta get those contrarian takes in
Looking for the EZ-lynk file for deleting an L5P any help?
hello /n/, i’m a so called mechanical designer (shameless larp) that makes trains half the time.i’m constantly seeking inspiration to base things off for my fictional railway, mostly locomotivesany sort of piece of rolling stock of any era and country is appreciated
>>2054329It’s a funicular that raised and lowered streetcars on Mt. Adams in Cincinnati. There’s a current funicular thread here on /n/ where I posted this pic.
>>2054330Sad that this Gigakino is long gone, however the closest thing still in existence is the Trieste tram, which has a funicular section where the tram cars are placed above a dummy car and then run as funicular for a stretch, to then continue on as normal trams.
Double decker streetcars were rare in the U.S. The “Broadway Battleship” in New York was a one of a kind experiment that only lasted a decade.
>>2054465But it was a hundred years worth of kino. Wish one would of been preserved.
When the FUCK is the Northeast going to get High Speed Rail? Why does it take 9 hours to go from Pittsburgh to Philly? 4 hours to go NYC to Boston?
>>2051389The 3.4 oz. rule is still in effect for carry-on. Checked is different, but you're paying $30 for a checked bag and that's additional time waiting around in the baggage area.
>>2051371>Trains are and will be subject to the exact same sort of thing airports have like long security lines, restrictions on luggage, and overpriced food and drink in the stations.This sentence is doing all of the lifting in your post and half of it is wrong and the other half is baseless speculation. First of all, trains ARE NOT subject to the same exact burdensome security requirements as airports. I can literally show up 5 minutes before the train leaves and there is nothing between me and stepping on the train. So don't say that they ARE subject to the same nonsense as airports, because as of right now they ARE NOT. Secondly, you have no reason to believe this will magically change because we've updated the routes and trains. Some sections of the Acela route already hit 150mph, and again I can get on that train without dealing with an hour of TSA bullshit. So I'm sorry but if you're entire argument is >IF someone successfully carries out a terrorist attack on a train at some point in the future then maybe you might have to deal with the same nonsense as an airport HYPOTHETICALLY!then you don't really have an argument. I'm not talking about the magic land of if and maybe that lives in your mind, I'm talking about reality as it is now, and the reality as it is now is that you don't have to deal with any of this crap to get on a 150mph train.
>>2050231>highspeed rail from victorvillecool story bro
>>2050611do you really think they could move super heavy cargo like tanks at "high speed rail speeds"
>>2051441I'd say his point is that the restrictions on airplanes aka TSA is essentially pointless and just political hand waving, So its likely even possibly inevitable that the same restrictions for "safety" will be applied to trains. The only reason they are not applied now is because the average american never gets on a regional train in their life whereas getting on a plane is average
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.
>>2051726I remember that video. The glasses girl seemed incredibly hot to me at the time. I miss the 2010s.
>>2035707Your mom
>ride fixed for 7 years in 20s>hurt knee>stop riding for the next 5>recently decided to try it again for nostalgia while listening to MASH soundtrack>crash badly and fuck my bike and arm upit's over
Are there any actual disadvantages to them? They seem to perform as well as standard bike frames but with the advantage of being easier to mount and dismount without the top bar getting in your way. I know they were originally marketed to women who wore skirts because the top bar on traditional bikes got in the way and exposed their panties but it never quite made sense to me why these weren't just the "default" frame style in the first place, especially since most utility bikes and pretty much every single E-bike on the market uses this style of frame.
>>2046900Hello, based department?
>>2046762>most utility bikes and pretty much every single E-bike on the market uses this style of frameI guess it's default most common nowHere's mine, any seat tips? Thinking just cover it in black vinyl again or something, maybe walmart has a yard of material or something
>>2054042Never seen a step through frame bend in a minor collision. That's not true
>>2054336it's a neat looking bike but are you getting proper leg extension with the saddle slammed all the way down?I upholstered a plain carbon saddle with gel cups for shoes, some thick foam and a cover layer over them for my fast bike. it was definitely a project but it came out fine. lay paper over it and cut out a pattern that allows you to glue/staple tabs of the fabric underneath all the way around.I'd probably just get a Fabrik saddle unless you just really like that one.
>>2054042>They are weaker in minor collisions, thus the tube can bend whereas the diamond frame would have withstood the minor collision>posts major collision where the bike frame is the only thing that surviveslollmao
>Ctrl + F>No grassy tram threadWe can fix that.
Warsaw trams have sedum planted instead of grass, does this count?
This line (43 in Łódź) was going from the city to small town Lutomiersk (18km from city centre) and it had a lot of greenery on the route. I miss that route.
>>2052048I want to say no, but I'd really need more pics of the sedum tram in order to have a strong opinion.
>>2052048I sure like Warsaw. Great city, great trams, great metro.
Tram 1 to Delft on the Scheveningseweg, on King's Day hence the flags
How in the fuck are they pulling this shit off? These commies are making us look like clowns! What is the reason for this?!
It's pretty obvious that having an authoritarian government that cares little for human rights can achieve more than a bureaucracy that gets bogged down by dozens of random bullshit on every single bill that passes
>>2034068>they try pretty hard to cover it up, including burying train carriages with injured people still aliveYou're the same dumbasses who claim China runs organ harvesting camps yet you are now saying they would bury precious living organs in landfill without harvesting them lmao retard.In addition to the damaged train carriages itself being worth money for scrap.If you want to make up lies make it believable.Say they harvested the organs and then melted everything for scrap.
>>2046915Japan has Ainu and Ryukyuans.>>2043587>spectre of one child policy Population control was forced on entire East Asia by the US, dumbass, the US forced Taiwan and South Korea to sterilise and abort their own people in the 1950s and 1960s.Taiwan and South Korea are near population collapse because of the USThey did that with Japan and South Korea and Taiwan in the 1950s-1970s.The US forced Taiwan, South Korea and Japan to implement mass forced population control and sterilisations in the 1950s-1970s including forced sterilisations and abortion.South Korean men got vasectomies to get exempted from military conscription Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2050714Japan relies on America for its military. US has bases in Japan.
Fastest electric road legal car is now also in the hands of China.It's wild, almost 500km/h
>Faster>More aerodynamic>More comfortable>Easier to ride at any age>Retains all benefits of cyclingWhat is the point of using a normal bike?
>>2054018Price.Worse handling.More dangerous in traffic since you are less visible and see less due to your low seating position.Annoying to stop and start (keep in mind : your average bicycle is a commuter or used for short trips in cities where you will stop all the time)Meanwhile the main advantages are too niche to justify the price for the overwhelming majority of people.I've only known one guy who switched to recumbant entirely (rather than getting one basically as a novelty while already having a fleet of several bikes) and that was because he broke his hip and leg in a motorbike accident and could no longer pedal upright bikes without pain.
>>2054018what the fuck is that. it looking ugly is a good enough reason to not use it
>>2054018They look like shit and i cant train my upper body while riding it.Every recumbent rider i've ever seen irl is some skinnyfat 40+ year old virgin
>>2054053>the fastest speed on an upright bicycle without using a draft car (subject to aerodynamic resistance) is 45 mphnigger no
>>2054301I swear I remember reading about this. People like Éric Barone have been able to achieve unpaced records of 140 mph but those were all downhill
Dia dhaoibhI've been directed here to inquire as to why ebikes are bad. My opinion as of yet is that if I get to work safely (for me and others) without needing to take a shower, it's good. Cycle lane availability means I don't need to go near pedestrians and don't mix too much with cars. This all adds up to me pointing to that ebikes are positive, could anyone explain to me their viewpoint as to why they would be negative? I personally hate escooters as they are always ridden by knackers unstably and in dangerous manners.Go raibh míle céad maith agaibh.
>>2051595This desu senpai
>>2051297Owning a home is a cage, you should sleep on a bench outside. Being alive is a cage, you should probably kill yourself
>>2051272>I've been directed here to inquire as to why ebikes are bad.It's not the ebike that is intrinsically bad; it's the riders that let the motorized power influence their lack of ethics in obeying the Rules of the Road. They ignore traffic signs and traffic lights here and I've almost run some over as they use their zippy zip to speed through the intersection right in front of me. They have the red light but I bet I will get sued if I hit them anyways.There are plenty of law-abiding ebike riders. We have those in my immediate neighborhood. They obey the Rules of the Road which our state bicycle laws do require. Many states are starting to enforce the ebike laws that were passed. My state parks started to do that and confiscate illegal ebikes that are actually unlicensed "moped" vehicles. My state defines an ebike as having 750 watts maximum and not able to have electric assist over 20 MPH. More than that and it technically requires a license as a motorized electric vehicle. The state said it would feather out enforcement for the year after the law was passed to allow ebike users and moped users time to become accustomed to the laws. In the meantime, they issue warnings instead of citations or impounding the illegal electric vehicle. The exception are state parks where the state park rangers will immediately impound illegal motorized vehicles. Pretty much no one contests the impound because that means going to court. And right there, they will force you to admit you were riding an unlicensed electrically powered motorized vehicle, riding without a driver license endorsement for that type of vehicle, riding without license plate, riding without current tabs, riding an illegal vehicle in the state park, etcetera. Since no one wants a criminal record, they walk from the bike impound and pay the fines without contest.>>2051272>I've been directed here to inquire as to why ebikes are badMake sure both the battery and ebike are UL rated.
>>2051272the closest comparison to an ebike rider is a motorcycle rider.at least in my area, ebikes get a LOT of hate while motorcycles get littlethe difference between riders of motorcycles and ebikes isfor motorcycles:>pay attention all the time because if they crash they often die>cost around three times as much for the riffraff>will be pulled over by cops>are surrounded by vehicles 10-100x their size>are in an environment where not being human powered is not feasible>are much more skilled than their cager counterpartsfor ebikes:>don't pay attention because wtf is gonna happen if you crash at 20 on a bike trailComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2053366cars do 340 billion in damages annually.The entire market for ebikes is about 1 billion and data for damages caused by them is so small it is not even studied comprehensively. You are arguing about a rounding error.Also, if an ebike does cause an accident, your hypothetical heavily suggests that a car does the damage lol. Cars are awesome tools of destruction. Would you watch an ebike demolition derby?
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>>2053723thiswhy the fuck don't they
>>2053466Is this one of the ports which switched to all automation operation during the Biden era?>https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-24-106498
>>2053874https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eh4I7f5qydo
>>2053874>>2053875The ports of LA and Long Beach are among the busiest ports in the world and were consistently ranked as being among the least efficient because it was slow to automate compared to other ports in East Asia and the Middle East. You can cry about Biden and your retarded partisan politics all you want but if Orange Man did this you'd be fucking praising him for taking steps to improve American port infrastructure while owning dem port worker union commies always on strike. You MAGAs are intellectual poison.
>>2053877LA/LB LOCAL REPRESENT WE ARE THE TOUGHEST OF THEM ALL WE GAVE $20 TO CHARITY YESTERDAY NO ONE CAN TOP US Show playslip
Damn wtf are we supposed to do
>>2032062Lol have you seen the average bike lane user downtown
>>2044827I hope you know all sane people see the font and colour of text that slow talking "so extremely calm and reasonable" high on the horse inner city youtuber uses and immediately ignores the video.
>>2028457so your argument is that because you ride a bike and want to "feel" safe that everyone needs to go the max speed of a bicycle? going slow in a car is 50kmh
>>2054859what about the east end/leslievillealos this hread is almost a year old damn
>>2055189pretentious, arrogant non-argument - from you and not the youtuberjust shut the fuck up if you have literally nothing useful at all to say and are too stupid anywaysdelusional entitled sub-urbanites tgat demand their lifestyle be financed eith public money while actively shitting up sensible investments in the high-throughput and density contexts where they are more cost-effective and impactful can and should be looked down upon with disgust and hatredyou claim that there is sone sort of looking-down problem for these redneck subhumans when in fact the real problem is both politics and people being far too accomodating of their retarded selfish requests and failing to tell em they can fuck off and suck-start a shotgun like many trump-voting farmers will doubtlessly do due to based trade-war policies of the child-rapist in command also raping their multi-generation farm
