Why does a graffitied train have to be taken out of circulation immediately? How much does it cost in your country to clean up one graffiti piece? In Finland, the average cleanup cost is 600-700ish.
Graffitti """"artists""" should have their spray cans shoved up their rectums. Doubt they'll be "tagging" anything any time soon.
>>2078008>Graffitti """"artists""" should have their spray cans shoved up their rectumswhile you watch, right?pervert.
>>2078008spray can is too small for good feelings and butt pleasure
>>2078026Yes, and? >>2078031It's to make a point.
>>2078031You have to shake it before cramming it up your ass though
If I went around in the heaviest most inefficient shoes possible to make a statement, people would rightly think I was a tryhard, trying to show off how strong I was, or otherwise basically see it as impractical, quixotic, or foolhardy. Normal people prefer lighter shoes that are more comfortable and efficient. Especially elderly women, people who aren't fitness freaks, etc.Yet if I do the same with a bicycle, all the urbanists want to suck my cock for being "practical". With bicycles, riding something comfortable, efficient, that doesn't ride like a boat anchor, is tryhard, show-off behavior. The least practical bike is seen as practical down to earth stuff for normals, and the most practical bike is seen as status-seeking show-off sports equipment for the very strong. Casuals belong on bikes that convert most of your pedal input energy into rattlecan noises and heating up the tires. Bikes that are reasonably effective at "bike things" are classified as competitive hobby gear.When did this mentality take root and who is responsible?
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EPISODE 10: THE NEON BETRAYALEXT. VENICE BEACH BOARDWALK - GOLDEN HOURThe sun is dipping low, casting a heavenly, honey-baked glow over Venice Beach.MAKO leans against a wooden piling, looking like a man who has achieved enlightenment through board shorts. Next to him is The Big Kahuna. Calling it a bicycle is generous; it is a moving museum of iron oxide, held together by structural rust, bumper stickers, and purely good vibes. The bamboo wind chimes dangling from the handlebars clink lazily in the breeze.His SandDash app chimes. A high-priority, ultra-premium order.THE CARGO: A single, $38 "Deconstructed Matcha-Avocado Toast" (the avocado, the bread, and the matcha are all in separate, environmentally friendly, extremely fragile glass vials).THE DESTINATION: An influencer photo shoot at the very end of the pier. Sunset is in exactly nine minutes. The lighting waits for no man.Mako nods to the ocean, taps the Big Kahuna’s rusted top tube, and sets off.THE CATASTROPHIC UNSPOOLINGMako is making great time, cruising past the outdoor gym at Muscle Beach. He decides to give the Kahuna a little extra juice to beat the setting sun. He stands on the pedals, puts his weight into it, and—SPROING-CLANK-TING-TING-TING.It doesn't just snap. The Big Kahuna’s eighty-year-old chain violently disintegrates, exploding into a cloud of red dust and showering the pavement with brittle, fossilized metal links.Mako coasts to a sad, pathetic halt. He stares down at the pavement. The chain looks like a crushed pretzel.MAKO(Falling to his knees)Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
THE CORPORATE STEEDDesperation sets in. Mako spots his only salvation: a docking station for the city’s newest bikeshare program, "Omni-Pedal."The bikes are identical, aggressively neon green, and possess the aerodynamic grace of a household refrigerator. They weigh approximately eighty-five pounds.Mako approaches one like a wild animal. He pulls out his phone to scan the QR code.APP PROMPT: Please verify your identity. Select all images with a traffic light.Mako furiously taps crosswalks, traffic lights, and a picture of a fire hydrant, sweating profusely.APP PROMPT: Processing... Please connect a major credit card, a blood type, and agree to the 400-page Terms of Service regarding biometric data harvesting.Mako hits "Accept." The bike unlocks with a loud, sterile, corporate BEEP that completely shatters his aura.THE FRANKENBIKEMako tries to place his beloved tie-dye "Cold Storage" bag into the Omni-Pedal's front basket, but it’s a tiny, shallow plastic tray designed for a single briefcase, not a courier's haul.MAKO(Shaking his head)I can't ride this. It has no soul. It has no basket. It has... an integrated bell. This is a sin against the wind.He looks back at the disabled Big Kahuna. He looks at his cargo. He reaches into his Hawaiian shirt pocket and pulls out a fistful of heavy-duty industrial zip-ties.In a blur of desperate, MacGyver-esque engineering, Mako rips his massive, vintage wicker basket off the Big Kahuna. He completely ignores the Omni-Pedal's intended design, violently zip-tying the enormous wicker basket and the bamboo wind chimes directly over the digital display screen of the neon green bike.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
THE RIDE OF SHAMEMako mounts the Omni-Pedal. He pushes down on the pedal. It barely moves. The bike is so heavy it seems to generate its own gravitational field.He tries to shift gears. There are only three speeds: "Molasses," "Quicksand," and "Wet Concrete."MAKO(Straining, veins popping in his forehead)This... isn't... cruising! This is... crossfit!He pedals furiously down the pier. The Omni-Pedal's solid rubber tires aggressively transfer every single bump in the wooden planks directly into Mako's spine. The bamboo wind chimes are thrashing around like they’re in a hurricane. Mako is sweating through his shirt, his bucket hat flying off his head, his face locked in a grimace of pure anaerobic agony.THE DELIVERYWith exactly ten seconds left of usable golden hour light, Mako crashes the neon-green, wicker-basketed monstrosity into the railing at the end of the pier. He is panting like a golden retriever in August.The INFLUENCER is waiting, tapping her foot.Mako, trembling from the exertion of pedaling an eighty-five-pound smart-bike, reaches into the wicker basket. He gently pulls out the three glass vials of deconstructed matcha-avocado toast. They are miraculously unharmed.INFLUENCER(Snatching the vials)Finally! The natural lighting was about to literally die.She looks at Mako's bizarre, neon-green-and-wicker contraption.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Go for speed!
GPS used to be fancy, and is now affordableCarbon frames used to be fancy, and are now affordableCarbon aero wheels used to be fancy, and are now affordableHydraulic brakes used to be fancy, and are now affordableWireless shifting used to be fancy, and is now affordableGood tires used to not even exist, and are now available albeit a little expensiveLighting used to be heavy and annoying, now it clips to anything and you can light up the road with something the size of your thumbWide range cassettes used to be unimaginable, now some lazy people are even going 1x because they got filtered by 2x It seems like it's all been done. Seriously, what's left. What else is there to improve? We even got bonuses like thru-axle, 3d printed saddles, internal routed everything, and aero frames/cockpits, which let's be honest, you weren't really expecting were you?Can the cycling industry outdo itself or is it now a plateau of stagnation?
>>2020833RIP Hayden Panettiere 1989-2026
i have a 70s steel road bike and the only thing I wish I had is disc brakes and standardized parts who cares about allat other nerd shit
>>2021297your saddle could transdermally give you estrogen
>>2021297>>2080005someone now needs to make a gooner comic featuring a feminization bike
The bike everyone needs but it's all stuff that isn't made anymore: Long Reach drop barsSuntour Ratcheting barconsV brakesAlloy frame, steel fork2x9Pinned flatsFull fenders700x35 tires That's it. Can't buy anything like this anymore. The cycling industry is a meme
usecase?realistic reliability and chances of failure?
>>2079295I was once talking about shimano with a friend and we both kept getting confused wtf the other one was talking about until we took a moment to figure out he was talking about fishing and I was talking about bikes
>>2079149>can easily be reteofitted>chain onlyIf you go to the lengths of retrofitting one of those to *any* existing bike and even call doing so easy, then I don't see what stops you from putting a closed loop belt in too.Anything can be retrofitted if it can otherwise be made. It's just that at some point it's not economical as the effort rivals complete manufacture from scratch. It's like replacing seat tubes. I can do that. But usually I would not.Also belts that split exist.
>>2079079>usecase?Burning money while instilling a sense of smugness >realistic reliability They'll mail you a new one>and chances of failure?100% but the boomers who buy them don't ride enough to find out
>>2079145>>2079146>>2079147Rohlsissies on suicide watch
>>2079183Allee on cyclingabout used to rave about his belt drive and rohl hub, but I know he recently went back to chain
Does anyone else love good bike stuff but hate how much moralizing has gone into what bike parts/standards are socially acceptable to use?I miss the good old days when the most controversial thing in cycling was not am I a mean judgmental asshole for having something even $1 more than the worst possible piece of shit death trap BSO, but rather, whether you should eat bananas before you ride, or how much water you should be drinking. Can you imagine how much better things would be if we focused on things that matter like whether it's stolen valor for a 50 year old cyclist to date a 25 year old cyclist? Most of all I want misguided luddites to fuck off to the netherlands and stop shitting up a perfectly good thing. There is literally nothing wrong with dicks, crabon, aero wheels, lycra, extremely bright lights that blink, and stuff like that.And furthermore you aren't making things better for cyclists by performatively hating people who enjoy cycling. You're always going to be the annoying faggot who should get off the road (or get off the sidewalk for some of you). Even if you scream how much you hate Castelli gear as you bleed out on the pavement underneath some karen in her SUV.
>>2079122basically you went on the internet and people were having dumbass flame wars, that has been happening since bible days man.there are numerous road riding forums where everybody has the most bike they can afford and rationalizing $1000 hunts for the perfect saddle. Maybe you're hanging out on average iq 70 subreddits and arguing with engagement bots, try not doing that. Well fuck, maybe that's exactly what I'm doing right now.
its less about the hardware itself and more that the market around these sorts of things is dumb as hell and abusive to the consumer, but thats also the case for tons of hobbieslook at what nvidia, AMD and intel did to the PC hobbyist marketlook at what a new car costs these daysand not just the prices but the reasons why, the same things apply to bicyclesif you want to spend 10 grand on a bicycle have at it, its a hobby, its expensive, you can enjoy it to your financial content, but youre not getting 10 grand worth of bike at all and in general youre not seeing anything unique or special to justify such a massive price hike on whats otherwise standard stuff anywayits why people look at 32" wheels with contempt, we all know its just so companies can sell you a new thing, and thats fine, but im still gonna laugh at anyone buying a $2000 steel frameset just because they think having a bigger wheel will make them ride better
>>2079298underrated take in general. By both sides of the "debate." You can't really seperate the equipment and the industries peddling it. We're in an era where the mainstream for most things is comically proprietary and borderline demands lock-in, which is an almost complete about-face from what cycling was like, mechanically, in the 80's. Sure, you always had your french bullshit and your campangolo weird stuff but even with that you can pretty much read up on what the pitfalls are and then just know. Luckily the alt market is still well served, like dia-compe exists. But if you want to really feel anywhere close to the cutting edge you have to buy in hard as fuck and even with the money aside a lot of people just can't bring themselves to it.
Riding a fast bike? Uh no. That's a hate crime
Cycling is about dressing up like a fun toddler with doodles on your body riding at 10mph to drink beer and smoke weed with some lgbtqts
I've been riding hookless toobless for like 10k miles now and I won't go back. I know I'm supposed to be dead or something but I've never had an issue. If it's reliable enough for my fussy complicated european car, it's good enough for my simple mechanical shifting bike. Why do retards think they need hooks? Because they're too stupid to inflate to the correct pressure? Literally just don't pump them up like they're your unc rims from 2007 with 23mm tires. It really is that shrimple! Well that and don't be morbidly obese.
Hookless rims are PROVEN to be faster. Enjoy losing watts while I KOM all over you
>>2078579We learned it from watching you
Tubes are better and easierEnough saidAlso rims are also better and easierNouf sed
i would rather the rim has lips (not "hooks", cyclists stop using the wrong terms for machine elements PLEASE) on it because seating a tire is already enough of a pain in the ass that i dont want it flopping out of the rim every time a fly farts nearby before the job is done>>2078579cyclists are all wannabe renaissance men but are actually complete wrenchlets with no skills beyond memorizing datasheets (but not even able to internalize the datasheets' meanings)
any one here have zipp wheels?i kind of want to get them but i have concerns about hookless and how shit the hubs are compared to chinese wheels
What is it that makes a BSO a BSO and not a Bike? Can a BSO be elevated to Bike status with upgraded components?Is the term BSO throw around too liberally to even be taken seriously anymore?
>>2077690looks perfectly cromulent to me
>>2077703>anon teaches me a wordDoesn't happen very often. Many thanks.
>>2077690noice
>>2077704>anon gets his vocabulary embiggened
>>2080028>enibignigged
my car didn't pass inspection, so I decided to get a bike because I live in a bike friendly city anyway, and I've always been jealous of cyclists who are able to keep going when I'm stopped at a red light or in traffic.I walked into a used bike shop with a cute city bike in mind (like the retrospec beaumont), but they didn't have any city or basic step thru bikes. The smallest bike they had (I am 5'1) was a road bike that is slightly large for me. I can't fully stand over it.I stupidly bought it because I was already there and just wanted to get my transportation issue out of the way.The more I ride this bike the less stable I feel. I don't feel like I am riding the bike but I am part of the bike and unlike a step thru bike, I will just go down with it if I fall. There's zero recovery. I just practiced riding it on the bike path today and it was so crowded so it was hard to just go slow and cruise on it. I can't sit on it idly with my feet on the ground or even just one foot, I always have to get all the way off. I can't swap or return it, so I guess I'm stuck with it. I appreciate how lightweight it is, but I wanted something more relaxed. Is practicing on this for a year a waste of time or will it improve my skills in the long run until I'm able to get my dream bike? like pic related.
>>2078829It varies by jurisdiction
>>2078829they make sure you have the government mandated lift kit for your F250
>>2078829how did you buy a car without knowing all the responsibilities that come with it
>>2078831Implying the motorist was ever absolutely confident they won't kill when operating their glorified mobility scooter on public roads.Weird how the motorist always claims. it were so but also insists the killings were not on purpose but 'accidential' and somehow those 'accidents' only ever befall other motorists, never themselves.
>>2078829lmao RIP anon here will be like OP soon enough
Heavily encouraged Bike use in the city. Advertise the convenience of taking your Bike on the Train. Literally don't make a place that bikes can be put for the journey. The only way you can relax and feel comfortable doing this is if you're a wanker
>>2074686>north europeWhy? Marc is Maryland regional.
I take the lizzie line every day for work (jesus christ I hate indians and spanish tourists) go on the first or last carriage and put your bike in front of the drivers door.
>>2074658<3 cycling in the rain
>>2078717Kys
>>2078717FUCKING FURFAGGOT, GET THE FUCK OFF MY BOARD!!!!!!!!!
I don't mean to sound retarded , anons , but please help me , i have bought a new bike for the first time of my life , im 28 years old , i have never rode a bicycle in my life , and im keeping the bike inside my apartment , and for some reason , i can't bring myself to actually take it out and start training because i tried only one time and it felt too difficult , i already have difficulty balancing myself while walking and this feels fucking impossible , also there are nobody to train me so i need to do it all and learn to teach myself , but it really feels too difficult .can someone tell me just how to start ? i need hints from actual people because youtube videos sounds more like people who wants to tell me they can ride bikes , they doesn't take in consideration the begginer's ignorance , so these videos didn't make sense.pic related is my bike.
Learn countersteering. You have to turn the bars left to go right.
>>2079716Good adviceDon’t give up OP. The bicycle is self stabilizing and will make up for your issues with balance.
>>2079734>>2079732>>2079800>>2079797Thanks for your time , anons i really am thankful for your help.by the way , >>2079797 care to explain further ?this sounds interesting.
>>2079810>by the way , >>2079797 care to explain further ?He's shitposting
>>2079810>care to explain furtherI've said it before above but I want to reiterate:Do not think about it. Do not read about it. Your kuscle memory does not care about the physics. It is a subconscious process, just do it and track progress. A person who can cycle is probably more likely to fuck up if they tried to consciously steer as to when they tried to just 'go somewhere' and their subconscious does the rest.
This is some actual Fallout looking stuff
>>2078705is that four wheels per car? must have rode like shit
>>2079521IIRC the aerotrain is just a switcher engine with an aluminum body plopped on top so that picrel is closer to the original product
>>2078450Someone should make an RV that's shaped like that.
>>2079588it apparently did ride like shit, which is why it was never popular.
>>2079618Pretty much. The powered truck is basically a prototype of the Flexicoil which was then introduced new on the SW-1200 as an option instead of the standard AAR trucks.
