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t. 2022 Marin Alpine Trail E2
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>>2030832
You pedal, therefor its a pushbike
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>>2030832
Would you count a runner who had springs on his legs to be a true runner? What's the line between crutch and enhancement? Is MTB with suspension a crutch or enhancement?
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>>2030633
On modern mtb geometries yes, but even so not by much, the the chainring and especially cranks will always protrude much lower.

Also if youre hitting rocks and trails like that you should also know mid drives are not only proffered for the extra torque and power they provide but also because they lower the center of mass and they are also "sprung weight" much like the rider's weight. the motor weight is absorbed by the suspension along with the riders weight unlike a heavy hub motor that is not sprung weight and messes up balancing on a bicycle. i mean you can still ride on the street and stuff but if you going to be hitting rock gardens and trails like you said you might as well know that.
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>ride emtb over 10km to get to trail
>enjoying riding up and down very steep firetrail
>only a superman would be able to ride up these trails without the most absolute granny gear
>someone who drove to the trail head says that's cheating

Emtb is just more fun. Fuck haters.

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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?
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>>2030978
the entire internet fucking sucks now, there's no place to go. nobody talks about things they like, it's all just 24/7 screaming about whatever the outrage mill told us to hate based on our psychometric profile, and of course bots
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why does dressing like you have a sealed juvenile criminal record for coasting down the hill in the MTB park not get the same kind of hate that wearing comfortable cycling clothes gets for riding a bike all day, sealed juvenile criminal record is not more comfortable and serves no real purpose other than to advertise your low IQ, poor impulse control, and having a well connected dad who knows who to call and bully into burying whatever shoplifting and statutory rape convictions you did before 18
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>>2033752
what the fuck is this post trying to say
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>>2030154
I don't like talking to corporate branded "people"
And if your bike isn't personalized/customized then I really have zero interest at all
I don't give a fuck if anyone passes me so long as that's all they do
I'm sure they would like to think all bike riders are similar but I just loathe competitive people, they're so annoying
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>>2033752
i hate lycra faggots and mtb faggots. you're welcome.

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Why did people ever think wide one-ways downtown are a good idea? Just making it two-way would slow the traffic down and help the local businesses while encouraging pedestrianism.

In some places it's so obvious I wonder why the one-way still stands.
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>>2033145
Depends on the situation. Not a big deal
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>>2029058
people don't buy things, cars buy things. that is what business owners unironically believe.
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>>2033921
This baffles me every time. When my city announced plans to create a pedestrian zone in the city centre, it were the business owners who most fervently argued against it. Luckily, the city didn't give a fuck, and we got it anyway. The result was, of course, that business picked up.
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>>2029793
>>2029812
>100 miles of metro rail
That's the light rail system, which doesn't cover the entire MSA of 18 million, but parts of the LA Basin, and the San Fernando and San Gabriel Valleys, which covers about 10 million. The heavy rail commuter system (metrolink) covers a lot of the 18 million MSA area, has over 500 miles of track, goes as far as 65 miles out to the exurbs, yet only manages 24,000 unique commuter trips per day. Based on what they spend annually on that system, that works out to $13,000 per commuter per year.
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>>2032701
By the way, the turnpike authority is soliciting bids to build a direct turnpike to I-70 connector and kneecap that strip of businesses.

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>have a bike rack
>no girl is sitting on it
what even is the point?
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>>2032591
>Ywn go back to your childhoo and fix your mistake of playing games by hanging with friends, falling in love, going on bike rides on a summer with your pretty girl etc
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>>2032591
>have no rack
>my girl rides her own road bike with me
feels good man
>>2033664
you can do all those things now
in fact now is the only time you can do them. you don't exist in the past or future, only in this moment. everything you will ever do you do in the moment.
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>>2033758
i wish there was a gta set in japan where you are a delinquent school girl committing petty crimes and traffic violations
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>>2033758
based

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>hugest aircraft database
no one fucking cares

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What are some examples of urban freeways just being removed? How did it affect traffic flow?
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>>2033783
Bullshit, you can't compare winter PNW to Summer PNW they are different worlds.
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>>2033873
Snake parachutes into the dense forests of the PNW, where he encounters a series of checkpoints manned by heavily armed car enthusiasts. Using his stealth skills, he avoids detection and begins gathering intel. He discovers that The Asphalt Vanguard has been using abandoned highways built during World War II—rumored to be part of a secret project commissioned by Hitler—as their base of operations.

As Snake infiltrates deeper, he uncovers evidence of a massive cannon mounted on a custom-built supercar, capable of firing 5,000-pound shells. The weapon is codenamed "The Final Solution," and its purpose is shrouded in mystery. Snake overhears conversations among the Vanguard members, who speak in coded language about "cleansing the roads" and "eliminating the undesirables."

[skipped cut scene]

The Road King activates The Final Solution and begins a high-speed chase across Hitler's abandoned highways. Snake pursues him in a commandeered vehicle, engaging in a tense battle of wits and firepower. The Road King's supercar is equipped with advanced weaponry, including flamethrowers, missile launchers, and the massive cannon.

As the chase reaches its climax, Snake manages to disable The Final Solution by targeting its power source. The Road King's supercar crashes, and he emerges from the wreckage, mortally wounded. In his final moments, he rants about his failed vision and curses Snake for "standing in the way of progress."
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>>2033873
You can compare them (and find out that they're different, lol) but the point here is that the utility to the citizen between the two pictures is clearly different. In the one where the highway is dominant, the usage density (number of users per square foot) is low, there's no visual amenity, and it's basically an eyesore. In the other picture, there's a much higher usage density (even allowing for the difference of time of year) and that's always likely to be preferred by citizenry. (It's also part of a structural shift in how that part of the waterfront is used from being principally port structures to principally leisure-related ones. Goods are presumably being handled elsewhere, with better heavy communications access.)
It's the difference between a space for Metal Boxes and a space for People.

I'm amused by how you can see in the first photo the place where the second photo must have been taken from.
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>>2033956
Who do you think is in those "metal boxes", genius?
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>>2033783
>>2033956
The elevated highway structure got replaced with a tunnel, the highway wasn't really "removed" just buried

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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, (deep breath) trams, subways, stations, and a partridge in a pear tree~.

If you're unfamiliar with train travel, take a look at National Rail's journey planner, at nationalrail.co.uk/ - tell it where you're travelling from and to, and it'll show you a few options before handing you over to a train company so you can buy a ticket. For the same journey, they'll all charge the same price, so it doesn't matter who you buy one from. The best option for overseas visitors would be to use thetrainline.com/ - it'll support your language and payment card.

Here's a few links:
~The Man in Seat 61 (seat61.com/) - easily the best rail travel resource out there.
~A Visual History of Railway Rolling Stock in Great Britain (gaelan.me/br-stock/)
~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 (tiger.worldline.global/home/) - live station departure boards.
~Traksy (traksy.uk/live/) - live signalling information.

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>>2026746
>Why's Gatwick up there while Heathrow's not listed, is what I'm getting at.
Heathrow would count as "inside London".
Also split between multiple different stations and also the Tube (which would be in different statistics).
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>>2031479
>It's long overdue imo
Oh god yes. Been obvious that it couldn't go on as it was for decades, and the chaos caused by the extra traffic over the Ordsall Chord just made it clearer.
While they're at it, they should also do something about Deansgate Bottleneck, err, Station.
>it's a nice station
It's the station near work for me, and no, it's not a nice station. Literally the only nice thing about it is the roof, and that only if you don't really expect it to keep the rain off.
It's also even more of a wind tunnel than most stations.
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>>2032648
>I mean Northern aren't a franchise any more
The passengers still see Northern. Exactly what the deal is between them and the government makes little difference on a day-to-day basis.
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>>2033886
Sounds like one of the more waterproof Pacers.
Those things could flood in light drizzle.
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>>2033870
>Lithium reacts with water easily
So the trains get an extra rocket boost, I don't see the issue?

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>only 4 carriages from Birmingham to Manchester?
>An entire carriage wasted on first class
>1/5 of each carriage taken up by luggage space, toilets or food court
>No air conditioning
>Insane pricing where it's cheaper to buy multiple tickets for some reason
>Not even a single electrified train in their entire collection
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>>2033874
>Not even a single electrified train in their entire collection
Based
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>>2033874
>Not even a single electrified train in their entire collection
Well duh. Most of their routes involve non-electrified sections (by the design of where the franchise operates) and they're not leading the way on the introduction of multi-modal trains.

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The Eternal Debate...Which one should I get /n/?
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>>2033665
e-bike will get stolen.
e-scooter is unstable at high speeds.

Rest is same. Same controller, same power levels (or including more in case of e-scooter). Same batteries.
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>>2033665
>The Eternal Debate
Just get a normal bike. You wont cycle or scoot that far anyway and we both know it.
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>>2033683
How much is high speed? Are scooters stable at 55kmh? That's about as fast as I wanna go
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>>2033731
my nigga the smaller the wheel the higher the chance you hit a stick or pothole and frontflip off.
depends what speed you wanna be ejected at
i think ebikes are gay but if you are fat or whatever then go for it
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>>2033731
>How much is high speed?
Above 25 km/h for 8" wheel scooters. Maybe 10" is a bit higher.
>Are scooters stable at 55kmh?
Doubt. If you want to go 55 km/h, you should get a proper moped/motorcycle. They make electric variants. With removable battery so you can steal electricity. They are designed to go fast, and have adequate brakes and everything.

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I want to get a secondary bike for doing errands, shopping etc around the town. I want something relatively small (don't have much space in the bike storage), with mudguards and a rack, maybe a basket too. I found this selling for 80€. Would it be worth it, and would it work for my use? Anything that would need an upgrade right away to turn it into a nice bike? Also, if I wanted to turn it into a dropbar (to make it more narrow for storage), how much money would that take approximately?
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>>2028019
WHEELER was founded in 1972 by CH Yang, one of the future pioneers of the Taiwanese bicycle industry, without any prior knowledge of the industry or technology. Mr. Yang, a visionary who was then working in advertising, realized that the bicycle industry was about to boom after a Japanese cooperation partner asked him about bicycle production in Taiwan and founded WHEELER in response.
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>>2028057
Neat. I've got a 6100 (?) one. Currently has 23mm tires. I used a 3mm and 4mm hex key to measure the tire clearance and the chain stay has about 3.5mm clearance left (on each side of the wheel). You think it can fit 25mm tires?
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>>2025440
Fixie or safety bicycle
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>>2029241
Just found out it barely fits and it is almost hitting the seat tube.

Should I get a third bike?
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>>2029241
you don't need any spare clearance, tite gapz is based.

also tire sizes are commonly ~3mm up or down from stated size so it's just a guess whether one size or another will fit and some 23s are wider than some 25s etc.
higher end new tires especially usually run under on older wheels as they're now designed for the de rigueur wide rims.

>$100M Boeing Super Hornet crashed into the ocean
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>>>/k/
>>>/n/
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>>2033857
How can one single plane even cost so ridiculously much?
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>>2033860
>>>/k/
>>>/i/
>>>/n/
>>>/o/
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>>2033859
>>2033860
>uhh... jets aren't automobiles

Xhe, the Xuper Xornet just transitioned xher gender to an automobile, chuddie. The surgery cost $100M.
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>>2033861
It's an EA-18 which is the electronic warfare variant, so it has extra equipment on board that a regular fighter jet wouldn't have. More $$$

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What does /n/ think of tomorrow's upgraded, more inclusive bike lanes? Cagetrolls will hate this, but I for one think it is perfectly reasonable for bike lanes to be open to any vehicle that doesn't have an ICE or require a Class A CDL to operate legally. What's the point of bike lanes if nobody is going to use them!??!?
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the right move would be to get rid of them altogether, like they're doing in canada
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>>1949123
false
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>>2027585
forester did nothing wrong
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>>1949914
truth
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>>1949121
chinese bug culture is coming to the big apple

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His advocacy for parking reform actually did contribute to dozens of cities removing parking minimums.

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>>2033422
F
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>>2033422
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glad he's dead
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>>2033422
As a cyclist, fuck this commie faggot.
S
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>>2033422
>did contribute to dozens of cities removing parking minimums.
Yeah and in doing so , he stifled economic growth

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>it's another "anon has nothing to do on a beautiful weekend so he goes on an aimless 20-25 mile bike ride for an hour or two just to be out of the house" episode
haha gee it was great biking past all the families, friends, people with children, eating at restaurants, walking the streets together, doing stuff at the park, and living their lives happily while i was complete self-congizant how im the autistic retard biking alone through town
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>>2033469
nta but cycling won't make you tall
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>>2033473
plenty of short dudes I know have no problem getting girls
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>>2033487
Plenty of fat out of shape dudes too but now you're changing the subject
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>>1999701
This is basically why I stopped riding, except the odd midnight on a weekday. Actually I avoid going out as much as possible because the sight of normies being in love, having fun etc has become too painful. It takes me a couple of days to recover each time a witness it
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>>2033663
Happy Valentine's Day, fagboi

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Light Rail Edition

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>>2033912
nice pics
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>>2033912
I've been on this from Matsumoto to Nagoya. The trip felt like it lasted all day, but I believe it was barely 3 hours. Scenery was gorgeous.
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>>2033928
Thanks

>>2033930
It was a comfy ride. I managed to book the front row seat on the green car so I'd have the panoramic view travelling towards Matsumoto and since it isn't the odakyu Romancecar it wasn't so highly solicited (there were a few seats reserved but the ones in front weren't). Pic related, I could see the driver pointing at the traffic lights. Really underrated train, my favourite one so far.
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>>2033903
what camera?
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>>2033952
Canon AE-1


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