"deep aero" rims look stupid and are inappropriate for any bike not actively participating in a race.
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>>2080759counterpoint: you can draw cute girls on full disc wheels
>>2080759The only people you will see riding on those things outside of a triathlon is the fixie guys and fixie gals and I'm pretty sure they don't care what you think since you have never seen a vagina in real life
dgaf
>>2080779>deep aero is for people who crave vaginaWow, seems kinda homophobic to me. Twitter, can we get a cancel on these folks?
Can someone please explain this shit to me, an out of touch boomer who apparently isn't the right demographic to be brainwashed by my hand computer into committing suicide by I-beam? Why are today's no-good teens so eager to grind themselves into hamburger meat in front of hundreds of commuters? And apparently the thing to do is when your friend gets dismembered you run away and send a message to the group chat about this epic thing that happened, instead of calling an ambulance. It happens at least once a month.When I was a kid the naughty kids would play hookie to waste $4 worth of quarters on street fighter matches against much older kids, we didn't have these tick tocks rotting our brains. Is that what this world is coming to? Can't a kid just play a wholesome game of street fighter while smoking a cigarette and throwing up?
Teenagers taking stupid risks is a timeless part of human nature and since we don’t have “take this spear and sacred amulet and go hunt the bear, son” rites of passage, the darn kids will find outlets for these primal urges. How common is subway surfing around the world? I’ve read about kids in Brazil riding on the tops of commuter trains and getting pulped, will do a bit of research.
https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/brazil/2024/11/rooftop-train-surfing-resurges-in-rio-raising-concerns.shtmlThere’s also a popular video game in Brazil called Subway Surfers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Train_surfingA lot of this is “millions of Indians piled on a train” but there’s a section of recreational train surfing, with the most interesting part on post Soviet Russia.
>>2078730who is driving?
>>2080745Eddie the detective in Roger Rabbit does this with some kids to emphasize how broke and cheap he is. I imagine it's a common thing on any tram that has a place on the exterior that's sittable
This thread is for talking about railways, and things related to railways, in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - that means we're all about big intercity trains, modest rural trains, long freight trains, trips, tracks, trams, subways, stations, you get the idea. Trains are cool.If you're planning a journey, take a look at the nationalrail.co.uk/ journey planner - tell it where you're headed from and to, and it'll show you your options before handing you over to a train company so you can buy a ticket. Doesn't matter which train company, they'll all charge the same price for the same seat on the same journey. Overseas visitors - trip.com and thetrainline.com are your best option.Here's a few links:~New rolling stock currently on order, listed (trainlogger.co.uk/units/)~A Visual History of Railway Rolling Stock in Great Britain (gaelan.me/br-stock/)~The Man in Seat 61 (seat61.com/) - easily the best rail travel resource out there.~Geoff Marshall (youtube.com/@geofftech2) - likes trains. Mostly harmless.~Jago Hazzard (youtube.com/@jagohazzard) - London train history. Ditto....and some cool 'open data' stuff:~Realtimetrains (realtimetrains.co.uk/) - live train timetables: ideal for keeping on top of ETAs and platforms.~Openrailwaymap (openrailwaymap.org/) - not quite 'Google Maps for railway infrastructure', but close.~TIGER (https://tiger.worldline.global/home/) - live departure boards.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Posting this simply because I like it, as well. London Gateway > East Midlands Gateway through Stenson, apparently.
>gay>poor>twee>brainrotten (politics, self-hating)
The new DLR trains are finally, finally starting to come into service. This is the first of fifty-three: better late than never.
>autosageyay
>>2076272>>2076297>>2076698Looks like there's a small update to this unpleasant business from a few months ago: https://www.railmagazine.com/news/bedford-collision-aws-fault-stopped-emr-810-after-passing-green-signalSounds like the 810 went past a signal showing a green aspect, but for whatever reason an AWS alarm was triggered, as though the signal had been showing red - the driver was then understandably busy with a 'what the fuck?' response, during which time the alarm wasn't acknowledged - the AWS then duly slammed on the brakes. So that's why the 810 had come to a screeching halt.What's weird is, the driver of the following 360 seems to have acknowledged his own signal warnings, but still kept his foot on the accelerator shortly before an 'oh fuck oh shit' kind of brake application. So, an 'almighty driver cockup' indeed - seems like they're still looking into this part of the puzzle.
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?
>>1962645More people ride bikes today than at any point in history kill yourself niggerfaggot
>>2076946because the "responsible" adult is travelling 38 km/h on a sidewalk because he is not, in fact, responsible, and unlike a regular bicycle that's self-regulating through effort expended, electric shits take no effort so he doesn't see a secondary downside in travelling too fast somewhere that can't support it
>>2076962>travelling 38 km/h on a sidewalkBut bikes don't belong in the road??? And there is no speed limit on the sidewalk. Do you roll at Two Miles An Hour on the main road in town?
>>2076967>Two Miles An HourI liked them before they were cool
>>2076967>But bikes don't belong in the road?They belong in the road in this jurisdiction, faggot.
What's the deal with bus drivers?
No matter what the cause of the crash is here, there is a way bigger deal with the cagers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdX1eBY64iI
>>2080663cyclist was at fault
A few years ago people starting referring to certain China wheelsets as not just "the best Chinese wheels" or "the best budget wheels" but simply "the best wheels". This year, Winspace released the T1600, a CDM (Chinese Domestic Market) product that costs more than a Madone or a Tarmac. It's UCI approved right out of the box (though you may need to tape some lead weights to it to get it to pass the weight restrictions). Western buyers need not apply, though they no doubt will try.Western brands were folding right and left before the iron curtain 2.0 was raised, now the "tiro de gracia" has been fired and big companies like Trek are going to go bankrupt because their supply chains have been cut off by Import Substitution Industrialization, a popular third world development tactic pioneered by visionaries like Pinochet and Galtieri.Is this the end of the western bike era? Will tomorrow's dentists settle for nothing less than Chinese bikes on 100% Chinese groupsets?
>>2071489This. A wheel has a much wider diameter, so it needs less clamping force to stop. Rim brakes are the solution. With discs, your brakes will simply slip.
>>2075322you genuinely believe that automotive disc brakes are mechanical?
>>2076916Counterpoint: hydraulic hose systems are cheap and effective
>>2076922Some of them must be
>>2078850must be what? poor?
They're the definition of cattle class. They're slow, expensive, and you're sleeping in a tiny room with total strangers. Any sleeper route can be better served by a low-cost airline, and cheaper to boot. Sleeper trains made sense in the 19th century when they were the only option, but they make absolutely no sense today.
>>2061472Everyone hates this. The original design failed but because trains are expensive and heavily-subsidized we've been stuck with them until we can afford to retire them.
>>2049967Fuuuuck, this really tickles my autismImagine if you could just book a sleeper train from anywhere in europe to anywhere else, like you currently can with planesThe comfyness is almost overwhelmingSince trains have carriages there's also so much potential here for splitting up passengers mid-jouney while they're still asleep that you simply don't have with planes, boats or coaches.You could have a sleeper train with 6 carriages travel from Glasgow to Paris, and then the train gets divided up and each group of 2 carriages travels to a different part of France. Could even join up with carriages that have come from other countries (e.g. Germany) to build up a full 6 carriage train again.The logistics of this would require more planning that people currently put into rail now, but this isn't infeasible, this is something we could easily be doing right now.We could also automate a lot of it, instead of the decades we've spent trying to invent self-driving cars why don't we just create train carriages that can self-propel themselves at low speed enough to automatically couple and de-couple, tied in with an automated points system. We easily have the technology to do this. A sleeper train could arrive at a station, detach the cab and then automatically split its carriages into 4 groups, then another 3 trains could come along and do the same and now you have 4 full trains again ready to go off to different parts of France.
>>2080537Anon discovers the magic of through coaches
>>2080537What this anon said >>2080560This was standard practice before flying became commonplace.In theory this could be revived, would need some investment but if done well it wouldn't be too expensive in subsidies to keep prices reasonable.You could define a list of cities that will definitely get night trains and establish all the necessary logistics for it systematically. Right now this gets subcontracted and is one of the things that makes operation so expensive because there's no economy of scale.But the EU isn't actually about doing neat things, it's a neoliberal project that seeks to privatize all basic services within a state-directed oligarchy. They don't gaf about trains.
>>2058558butthurt alcoholic failure's shaking hands typed this post
ÆRO edizionehttps://www.sheldonbrown.com/https://www.parktool.com/en-us/blog/repair-help/previous thread >>2077464
>>2080616meant for >>2080604
>>2080599Aside from the seized chain it looks ok, Shimano Claris 2x8 at that price point is really good. Only weird thing is open dropouts on a disk brake bike, which is weird to see in current year. Woulda thunk everyone had moved to thru axles for disc brake bikes. Not necessarily a bad thing, I have the same setup on one of my bikes, have never had a problem. Looks like a heavy hi-ten steel fork, too. The bike will probably feel slow to accelerate with slow handling. For 600 eurobux? Sure why not>>2080604>(non-bike) storeBike's setup will likely need to be adjusted by a decent bike mechanic
that's bump limit, folks
>>2079062So which of these 4 worked best?
Direct your questions here >>2080737
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
>>2080359they still make these and even if you're a brand-obsessed base slave who needs it to be Bike Thing, Garmin still makes gps map units that are just your position on a map from 5 years ago and that's it
>>2075963>Residual magnetismDo americans really?
>>2061289They make standalone Apple carplay screens for pretty cheap now, that would probably do the job if you could find a way to power it.I was actually thinking about this the other day. But then you need the screen, some kind of battery, and then still need to carry your phone. At that point why not just mount your phone?
>>2061289>>2080566I recently mounted one on my motorcycle that has the option of being powered either 12v or USB. Use case for it on a bicycle is kind of extra though, not really needed
>>2080590>motorcycleFUCK YOU FUCKING FURFAGGOT GO BACK TO >>>/o/
nature's bridge Pulkkilanharju in Lake Päijänne, Finland
>>2077132yeh, no americans around
>>2079112>American Derangement Syndrome takes another
>>2069942i drove 200km/h there once
>>2077025the stuff we put in coffee is not classified as vodka here
>>2079378>American DerangementThat's a pleonasm
For the first time in over ninety years, there's a new international crossing between the US and Canada in Detroit. The Gordie Howe Bridge, built by the government of Canada at no cost to the United States, joins the Ambassador Bridge (1929) and the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel (1930) in connecting Detroit and Windsor. The bridge will vastly increase trade capacity between the industrial Midwest and Canada's most populated area. With direct connections to limited access highways on both sides, the new bridge will avoid the mess of surface street routes required to use the other crossings. In addition to vehicle traffic, and unlike the other crossings, the Gordie Howe International Bridge allows for pedestrian and bike traffic to cross between the two countries. While vehicles pay a toll to cross, there's no charge for pedestrians and cyclists. This morning, the family of Gordie Howe had the honor of being the first to officially cross the bridge.
>>2078501They should rename the Peace Bridge in Buffalo to the Tim Horton in compliance with the custom
>>2079440Plus Niagara Falls is now full of Indians, just like Tim Hortons.
>>2078517Anywhere in the US is better than everywhere in canada.
wtf I live here
>>2080352You live on /n/?
Want to show my new vibe coded London rail app at https://navlndn.com It an unnecessarily detailed enhancement for your Citymapper/Waze/Google maps. Has real time lift guides, visualized route disruptions, step-free wheelchair user info, all sorts of other things most people won't use but it's there if you want to nerd out.
Why are you begging for money for a vibe coded app where you're contributing nothing new and it's off the back of other peoples hard work and data?
>>2078998The app is free m8And nowhere else has all the data compiled in one place that this app does - compiled with substantial effort and independent data gathering btw. Link to it if you know otherwise.
>>2078998>off the backs of other peoples hard work and dataDo you think programming languages are a natural property of the universe or something? Even if you're using machine code and programming completely offline with no reference materials you're still leeching off the back of other people's work, get over yourself
