What the fuck is wrong with these mongoloid slackers? They completely underschedule longhaul trains everywhere outside the NEC so almost no one can use them for shorter trips and then wonder why ridership is in the shitter. Each route should be minimum 3x a day per direction.
>>2075832How much is the NJT fare
>>1994042Might as well just live in the chicago area and stop being retarded but, it's your wallets funeral
>>1999706Americans were unironically psyopped into the status quo. The history bears it out. At the same government action tilted for cars and suburbia, it tilted against trains and cities, and a massive propaganda campaign was launched. It was very deliberately engineered to artificially inflate the consumer economy. HOWEVER, what trainfags never want to admit is that cars are legitimately useful and have their place in society. Rome had traffic problems 2000 years ago; they had traffic control in cities too small for sewers. European chariot racing predates European literature. And something that literally never gets brought up when discussing American transit policy in comparison to Japan is that Japan has abundant, profitable expressway, and actively expands them even in urban areas. They're not mutually exclusive at all. You can have high quality rail funded by station real estate, and you can have high quality expressways funded by tolls. Both modes are useful and deserve their place in society.
>>2078761Which vlogger told you that
>>1993796>The jews did this.I mean sometimes it's trueAnd trains can be enormously comfy but usually not in America. Some rural European regions used to be lovely. I'd like to go on a trip through Japan.
How retarded would it be to buy one of these as a first purchase? I will get a tailwheel cert before I do. The Champ has always been a favorite of mine.
>>2078718Get the bush cub thing that can take off in like 50 feet.
>>2078723I could do its predecessor (Sport Cub), but not the ones after it (Carbon Cub or XCub). Sport Cubs run $130k and up. Sport Cub can do it in 400', but most GA aircraft do not need a ton of runway. The one I posted needs about 650 ft.Now this is under optimal operating conditions, so runs can be longer or shorter based on a variety of factors (wind, temperature, humidity, etc.). So even a 50' claim comes with a caveat.
boo janny boo
>>2078721I agree, champs etc. are deeply based but I think they are just victims of today's world. In my head they probably made a lot more logistical/financial sense back in their heyday, but having to spend 202x real airplane money to operate one seems very frivolous
>>2078718I am thinking of buying a vintage fabric tailwheel as my first plane too, currently training exclusively in tailwheel planes like this, first a cub and nowna citabria. A couple things to consider though, first check AOPA for a local flying club that has one already. This is a much cheaper route than owning the plane by yourself as you split hangar and maintenance costs with other people. I will be going with this route for awhile before buying my own as there is a cheap club local to me with a piper cub. Secondly, if you are dead set on being an operator owner, make sure you secure a hangar spot before buying the plane. Fabric planes really need to be stored in a hangar. There is one guy at my local airfield who bought a fabric plane that has been sitting in a tiedown spot for lole 3 months now because he doesn't know anyone and couldn't find a hangar spot.
Mechanical perfection.Why do coastercucks, rimjobs, or mech dicks exist when you could have picrel?
>>2078077>brings you to a complete haltOnly part of that not true. The bike comes to a complete halt. You carry on without it.
>>2078078Install a seat belt so you stay with your bike, there problem solved, and while we're at it you might at well put the bike in an enclosure to keep you out of the sun, also single track vehicles tend to be less stable than 4-wheels so you might as well add an extra 2 wheels for stability, oh and while we're at it you can add an engine, gonna need all the help you can get with all that extra weight. There, now it's perfect. It's like a carriage but without the horse, or a "car" if you will.
>>2077748But the ground itself digs into your tires when you stop the wheel rotating with any other style of brake anyway.
>>2078620you aren't actually meant to skid your tires when you brake anon, if that's happening then it means you're braking way too aggressively
>>2078078seatbelt
Should more American transit systems buy Chinese rolling stock?
>>2074215This. It doesn't even look Japanese, it looks American.
>>2076175I saw the Oscar Meyer weiner mobile in south Dakota. Not at an event, just rolling down 80. Trippy.
I have no idea what rolling stock they use nor do I care, but this is the only American train general, so I'll post these here.had to go down near the airport so I took the train there and rode my bike the rest of the way.MARTA has brand new maps since were hosting a bunch of World Cup games.also, Big Boi from OutKast did the announcement for new riders on how to use MARTA. as usual, I had a completely unremarkable trip and nobody paid any attention to me whatsoever except one old tourist lady. and it was just the slightest second glances, I guess because I had a bike.
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>>2071969a lot of environmental laws & landowners who don't want their property values to drop constantly getting in the way.
4chan Virtual Divegrass is about to enter its 15th year with the 2026 Summer Cup, and unlike those real world soccer fans you don't need to brave American public transportation to watch.Stream: https://isthisliv.com/4cc/stream.htmlVODs: https://implying.fun//n/'s team page: https://implyingrigged.info/wiki//n/
bancage,,,has me weak.,,,comfy sidelined.,,,,,restof you /N/s,,,,getuff!
>world's longest halftime show.
smoooooothlandinng!
Well somehow we managed to make it to the Final Day, and a match against /sp/ starting at the top of the hour. The odds might seem stacked against us, but I saw the same said of the last two matches, so who knows?>>2078363Sorry about that, I'll try to do better today.
Full VODs are now up at https://implying.fun/summer26/Thank you to everyone who showed up. I'll be back after Christmas, and we'll see if we can maybe get a new player or two added to the roster.
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Where is it? There is a mesabi range in minnesota
>>2076727Presumably that's what he meant. DMIR ore jennies had a seperate brake pipe/valve. It's called "straight air" or Orinoco retainer. There is a seperate handle on the engine to set up the brakes and it can be maintained as you use your normal automatic brake. The Orinoco *retainer* name hints at its intended use. It basically takes the place of a conductor going back and flipping some retaining valves to hold a set on cars.This system still exists today with CN keeping captive AC44C6Ms in the area(3300-3350 mostly) being fitted with the straight air handle.
>>2076727>>2076731>The Mesabi Range was known to the local Ojibwe as Misaabe-wajiw ('Giant mountain').[1][2] Throughout the Mesabi Range, Mesaba and Missabe spelling variations are found along with places containing Giant in their names.
I guess it's like allegany/allegheny/alleghany where there's a bunch of places around that drainage basin where they spammed a different transliteration onto it because there was no agreed system at the time
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?
>>2078216>hospitalizedDamnToo bad she didn't die.
>>2078679Ow that edge
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.
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
>>2074719Sad thing is those arent even good feet....
>>2074761i will never understand footfags but also i really like touching stuff with my feet. i need to get a footfag bf to give footjobs like a sultry monkey but also i will not help him moisturize his soles or massage his toe gaps, he can do that shit in his morning shower by himself
>>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
>ride bike on road>those stupid selfish cyclists disrupting traffic>ride bike on sidewalk>those stupid selfish cyclists trying to run over pedestrians>advocate for bike lanes so everyone gets their way>those stupid selfish cyclists wasting our tax dollars making everything about themselvesThere are jackass cyclists like there are jackass motorists and jackass pedestrians. Yet we get the hate because we’re trying to be both economically and environmentally efficient while getting to places as soon as possible?>t. a cyclist who uses the sidewalk because there are no bike lanes, people hardly use sidewalks, and i don’t wanna risk car accidents
>>2078695>>This means you must be fascist since Hitler rode bicycles!Is this even true? Didn't Hitler invent freeways and founded Volkswagen? Isn't that why we used to have a resident schizoposter that called all cars gas chamber and spammed threads with really bad AI generated memes? What ever happened to that guy anyways?
>>2078558because it's exclusively a leftist position to invent grievances and participate in oppression/virtue signaling olympics which is all cycling discourse ever is.
>>2078699And there it is. The memory erasing pipeline in action.Anon. Listen closely it is urgent. Stay as far away from combustion engines as possible and do not breathe in the exhaust.
>>2078710Odd again! For everyone I know that is more involved in cycling than just occassionally getting around states that issues like ableism, public health, readiness, resilience, operational independence and similar issues are the key motivating factors.
>>2078699Once again, the left can't meme. Because learning history just makes you far-right... whatever that means.
This is some actual Fallout looking stuff
Cool design but it was underpowered and the coaches were repurposed GM bus bodies that rode rough on Talgo style wheels. The only good thing from the Aerotrain was it inspired smaller versions that ran at parks and zoos for decades.
>>2078477For me it's Otto Kuhler
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>>2078704
What's next in bicycle tech?
>>2076628>cablesholy shit your so fucking POOR
>>2057728lithium batteries for every bicycle
>>205772832 inch wheels, i just got a new gravelbike and it's already outdated :(>>2057859tires that are too wide have an aero penalty though>>2060682belt drive should really already be the standard for single speed urban bikes>>2072866alfine is 90% efficient, derailleur is 99%. that's almost a 10% loss. which might not sound like much but it adds up, especially when you're going uphill or against the wind.
>>2057728Total obsolescence.In the U.S. anyway.>https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/30/bike-lanes-defund-trump-administration-dei
>>2078370The numbers you give paint an incomplete picture.There's a linear component and a component proportional to power when it comes to drivetrain losses. It follows that only at low power you get bad efficiency, literally when it doesn't matter. At 300W the picture is different.According to data I have a singlespeed with a dead straight chain is roughly wastes 6W/200W or is 97% efficient and interestingly does not get much worse if power drops to 50W only, where it wastes ~1.6W/50W.Deraileurs of course depend on gear selection, just like the single speed depends on chainring and cog size but additionally cross chaining. On average 8W/200W or 4W/50W (!).Alfine 11 reaches very close to the deraileur systems efficiency in gear 1 and gradually worsens towards 11, where 26W/200W go to shit. 5.5W/50W in first and 11W/50 in 11th gear.This makes the Alfine 11 perform quite well, it certainly benefits from the chainline. Even more so you get the best efficiency when it matters: High wattage, low gear, climbing loaded in a headwind. We are talking about a difference of 1 or 2 W in the lower gears. This is under lab conditions. Meanwhile in the real world, aside from the chains condition, a sealed unit will perform consistently over weeks of travel and 1000s of km without regular care (something I at least can not realistically or dont want to provide on long trips).So, a couple of watts: The difference is on par with a dirty chain (~4W). At average pace this difference is equivalent to ~0.2 km/h.It's equivalent to half the difference between a butyl and either a latex tube or tubeless setup (~ 8W for 2 wheels). It's a fraction of what wrong clothes, more upright position, wrong tire pressure etc. cost you or to put a nunber on it: The difference is as low as 2% which at speed translates to 0.007% difference.Personally I love deraileur bikes but for daily, business and travel IGH wins. >t. daily and touring on the best drivetrain known to mankind: SG-C3001-7
An entry level new bike, that is agreeable to ride, not dragged down by antiquated standards like QR, that you won't regret buying, nor immediately feel the urge to swap out half the components because of cut corners, cost approximately USD $1500 at standard retail prices as of late 2024, give or take a few hundred (depending on the finer details).Now, the prices are going to go up by at least 20%, and the smaller independent brands are going to go under as only the largest players will have the spare cash to ride out the sudden loss of consumer confidence. The most interesting and original bike products will simply disappear from the market permanently until the next wave of prosperity (which may be entirely concentrated somewhere far away and foreign, so that only the wealthiest of your peers will be able to import and use such goods).How does that make /n/ feel?
>>2077629>>2076021>>2050785the C96 (and its chinese knockoffs) has an internal magazine, and thus eats clips.
>>2076016I hate to admit it but it ironically is, every correction makes the system more efficient. Mass layoffs are basically society correcting itself and cutting off "needless weight" in order to survive, every living organism has a similar internal mechanism
>>2077648That's like saying a heart attack is the circulatory system correcting itselfAn actually efficient system would have enough liquidity where mass anything would be unheard of. The problem is that the system is set up to make things illiquid because systemic shocks that are a natural feature of this illiquidity will be fixed by unconditionally bailing out the wealth holders and letting the labor side of the market "just deal with it"But we've got it set up so that your health care and retirement security are tied to not taking the risk of moving to another job, so people hang on far too long and then get purged, and we get growing masses of permanent underclass living in tent cities and you people will be like "just buy more money poorfag commie" while supporting infinite giebs for the people who caused it
>>2071954Uh oh stinky! Jannies deleted the original post, so here you goNapoleon captured Berlin in 2 weeksHitler captured Paris in 6 weeks (and Denmark in 1 day)Japan captured Singapore 70 days after Pearl harborTrump spent 100 days not being able to capture a strait then capitulated to giving Iran cash
>>2078696Weren't you the same retard that got banned from /his/? Are you now here doing your totally organic iranposting?
>Name is literally "Pog Car">Is known primarily for cycling Who the fuck write this shit?
>used to be the pot belge>now it's Pogačar
Why are they not popular anymore?
>>2077557you should have multi-use pathways around you>>2077559there are good quality roads in developed cunts
>uphill
I saw a bunch of zoomer chicks blading a few years ago I think these social media trends only last like a few weeks now
>>2077588Just take the bus and ride downhill.
>>2077556We're on the frisbee DLC now
Just saw this Japanese train sim about to come out and it looks pretty kino. Got me thinking about other vidyas that might appeal to regulars here.Some that I enjoy>American/Euro truck simulator>OpenTTD>SimRail>Flight Simulator>Bus boundI never found any cycling games that really scratched the itch, either too arcadey or boring race team management stuff. Would quite like an open world to cycle around, with ability to spec bikes, train avatar fitness and maybe set up some touring or bike packing trips.Feel free to share any more
https://youtu.be/PiNg3pG_pPE
>>2074462Sweden has a very intersting speed signaling system where the signlas represent the aspects that the old semaphores used to show. One green = 80 km/hTwo greens = 40 km/hTree greens = 40 km/h short routeOne green and two blinking greens 80 km/h and expect 40 km/hOne green and one blinking green 80 km/h and expect stop.One green and one blinking white 80 km/h and expect 80km/hetc.All of this is already kind of obsolete, and singlas are going away completely when tracks are migrated to EMTS. But it's still very interesting for a nostalgic perspective.Norway has a similar scheme, but they use yellow instead of white, and cross boarder trains of course need to follow both standards.
>>2074337And it's, what, 2GB? Outstanding.
>>2074034Omsi 2 is pretty in depth for bus simulation but just learning curve because of the mechanics
>>2078588Tokyo Bus Guide 2 on the PS2 is good if you want an arcadey bus sim.
