K Line bros... we won
>>2073178
>>2068778Let me know when there's a G-line>>2073164>imageholy astroturfing batman>>2073206it's also a problem of getting somewhere specific on your own time, carrying a lot of things with you, having independent shelter, etc. I hate how reductive cityfags are because they must all think "well since /I/ go to the same places everyday and nowhere else, that means no one else should be able to!"
>>2073254The G line is what they call a bus line: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G_Line_(Los_Angeles_Metro)Which I still confuse for the C line sometimes, because that original alignment along the 105 freeway and to EL Segundo was originally the Green Line until they started using letters.Driving isn't an option due to finances and mental condition (severe ADD and ASD) and I get free rides on transit with disability benefits.
>>2073268G lines and K lines are also an IRC thing, which was the point of my jokeBut thank you for the neato infoAlso sorry about your retardation. I hope you beat it
>>2073318Developmental disability is nothing to be ashamed or embarrassed about.Certainly there will soon be porn made of chicks riding the D on the D line and I'll beat my meat to it.
I miss this lil dude like you wouldn't believe
>>2073124they look so happy together...better times, man.. better times.
>>2073071you never met that nigga in your life
>>2073124is this /ss/?
>>2073132SIEG HEIL
>>2073308This is when humanity peaked.
I’ve always wanted to live the mid-20th Century experience of riding a Pullman Sleeper hauled by a steam locomotive roaring through the night and while I have been fortunate enough to ride steam excursions many times and even do an overnight ride on an original Pullman car, I’ve never been able to do them together.Is there anywhere in the world where I can actually still take an overnight train hauled by a steam locomotive? The closest I’m aware of is the modern Orient Express being steam-hauled through Hungary as a one-time thing in 2017 and the Cumbres and Toltec possessing a restored tourist sleeper coach (idk if it’s ever been used in that role).
>>2068932>bl00dyWhy?
>>2068933Having a mishmash of non-matching rolling stock isn't exactly a pretty sight. SP 4449 and N&W 611 used to haul their original coaches and looked better for it but the consists have been broken up and dispersed to different owners since the 90s.Kinda sad if you ask me. I'd love to see 4449 in particular pull a recreation of the original Coast Daylight route from Los Angeles to San Francisco using its original cars (or at least ones that have been appropriately repainted to match it).
>>2068027>there arent coaling stations everywhereUP 4014, SP 4449, and N&W 611 have all successfully gotten around this by using additional tenders/conversion to oil-firing (coal was already going out of style when they were built).
>>2067924Steamy, dreamy... creamy?
>>2067924Long story short: insurance kikes and bean counter kikes.
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?
>>2071010>just as lethal as a carskill issue. just let off the throttle, moron. they would have died on a bike too making an equally dumb maneuver
>>2071013Yes, learning to pilot an e-bike, or really any kind of vehicle, is a skill issue. I'm glad we're all on the same page here.
>>2071016okyay <3
>>1966530>When you lump in the regular average joe cyclist to the stravafaggot cyclists>Lol you bought a Cervelo?Ok, and?>You have a dork diskOk, and?>Lol aero barsOk, and?>That's not the right bike for this eventOk, and?Point is, who gives a fuck what other people think. Enjoy the ride, the weather, the scenery. Who cares what neon spandex wearing faggots thinks. Let them seethe and allow you to live rent free in their heads. Hope it tanks their Strava stats.
>>2071074imagine not riding a Cannondale Dutch Bike with the Dork Disk removed and front rim brakes only. LMAOing at you life from my Brooks Saddle. Enjoy your anal damage from using "straight" bars you fucking homo.
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.
>>2058163For the health of society. Should be armed guards shooting taggers.
>>2058177it's nonsense
>>2070767>*coughs times square
I love bombing. I was thinking about taking it up myself, but I just don't have the time at the moment.
>>2073276>I love bombing.same
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?
>>2068949>every individual device has to have its own battery because bike manufacturers and cyclists are too stupid to figure out a wiring harnessIt's the only way to do it. If you're so smart, maybe you should figure it out. You'll be a millionaire if you can connect both a bike computer AND a headlight/taillight set to the same battery.
>>2068223>front engine rear wheel drivethe bike industry is full of wrenchlets who dont even ride
>>2068223the main reason THEY dont do this is that it counts as a motorcycle in north america, most of yurop, and industrialized east asia, so at that point just get a proper motorcycle or sit-down scooter. actual mopeds (as in purpose built motorized pedal bikes) are still popular in southeast (tropical) asia and russiaalso the two stroke died because it doesnt pass emissions regulations, and four-strokes are just physically too large to put in a normal bike frame. also four strokes arent useful below a certain displacement (150ish cc and smaller they just arent worth compared to a big 2-stroke) so again may as well just make it a shitty baja bike, but at that point it is essentially a motorcycle and the pedals are vestigial, so may as well stop pretending and just design and sell it as a 200-250cc motorcycle even in markets that would have allowed small displacement 2 stroke mopeds since at that size it's either it's a 4-stroke that is too small to justify its complex structure or a 2-stroke that is too big to comfortably go on a push bike anymore
>>2071002Can't they just put a small turbine engine in it? I know they exist and they work in other vehicles
>>2073262saar white man cannot be allow to see our high technology saar
>>2068605Yeah
>>2070451>4m wide bike path can support nearly infinite bike traffic,not when it's nice out and the dentists get out there and slow everything down by riding their 5200$ bike right in the middle at Two Miles An Hour
>>2069712>Making nitrocellulose based smokeless powder at home isn't exactly all that difficult,when someone tried to bomb a DNC office during the jan 6th shit a bomb specialist had to go on record "AKSHUALLY"-ing the autist's attempt at doing this because it is in fact quite hard to make high enough quality gunpowder to do anything useful and is only the realm of hobbyists because simply buying it is so fucking cheap but requires so much inexpensive but unfamiliar to normies manufacturing equipment that you would have to be a moron or an enthusiast to bother making it at hometurns out you dont just mix the ping pong balls and horse piss in a bag, you also need to use a sieve and have a proper drying oven and shit that internet weirdos somehow always seem to miss
>>2069752>no need for the acid,>bacteria growth, That's not what the acid is for.
>>2068605Sailing.
The end of ebike terrorism is in sight. Let's not count our chickens before they hatch, but I'm tentatively feeling hopefully about this. During the time that the last thread was up, hundreds of people were killed by ebike fires. We need to put a stop to this. I just hope they make sure to add prison time for people caught with unlicensed ebikes.
Dindu nuffin "ebike enthusiast" was trying to enjoy his quick ride home.when will they stop the ebike menace? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoZK6Ja2r5E
>>2027639
>>2071072>hit him on purpose on an ebikelmaohe should have gotten his driver's license so he could have just gotten a 65$ Failure to Yield ticket instead
>>2071071but when cagies do it
>>2071072>orange countyno part of this counts.
I'd like to learn how to ride a bike, but I'm a few hundred pounds overweight. What can I do?
>>2072019op, are you even in the thead anymore?how's it going?
>>2072097Imagine trying to stop that on 190mm hydro discs, even.
>>2073090them discs gonna turn haystack to blue, to purple after trying to slow down
>>2073023I used to be able to walk but I’ve been bedbound for the last few weeks after a hard session in the gym led to me throwing out my spleen
>>2073109that's why i never ego lift.
This thread is to discuss anything and everything related to chopper style bicycles. I personally find them really cool and do not understand why do not people want these.
>mexican containment thread
>>2072970They are stupid to actually ride, and bike cranks usually cheapen the look hard. They should make more of them with batteries hidden inside the tubes.
>>2072970looks not only uncomfortable and inefficient but incredibly cringe. if you want a "chopper" that's just a la-z-boi with an engine, get a real HOG>>2073012Harley Davidson literally got "back" into bicycles briefly after realizing that they are totally incapable of capturing a customer under the age of 69 and even they didn't be so cringe
>>2072970I bet this thing weighs at least 50lbs
>>2073177It bout 70
HAPPY 50TH BIRTHDAY YOU GLORIOUS MOTHERFUCKER
314 then
314 now
>>2070057Its ugly as sin. If you are gonna be around for 50 years, dazzle me.
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>>2072911DELET
Why are trainfags obsessed with HSR when 99% of mechanized passenger travel is local.
>>2072469It's amusing to me that zoomies support the state LITERALLY stealing private property from old people who worked their whole lives for that house, while also complaining about immigrants "stealing" their jobs by being willing to actually work and not just sit around playing Amoogus and vaping, fuck principles right? Everything is about you.
>>2072500hands
>>2072500>offer below market rate for your house in your neighborhood>no one not retarded sells>retarded neighbor sells>they build a 200ft high pylon and remove the highway noise cancelling wall>everyone gets fed up and wants to move after the niggers and get in>they try to own the gubberment by selling for pennies on the dollar to Blackrock instead of The State of California>The State of California just buys the entire neighborhood from Blackrock at a bulk rate for dimes on the dollarwe sure showed them
>>2068851i lived in germany for 3 yearsi think i used hsr a total amount of 5 timeseven when doing intercity travel i would rather just pay for a flixtrain/bus or do the local ones than give them my money for their overpriced service to save a few hoursthe only way i could see HSR be worth it is if you travel around the country every week, and you buy one of theirs traincards where you pay a couple hundred euros and you can get 50% off of every ticket
>>2073175>the only way i could see HSR be worth it is if you travel around the country every week,Good thing that the people who actually RUN THE ECONOMY have to travel all over to meet with important clients all the time. High Powered Businessmen have to meet with stakeholders, clients, even occasionally give speeches to consumers and there is NO WAY to replicatehttps://www.youtube.com/@MicrosoftLynchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFmVMkbfJBc
hi /n/I am enrolling the Galveston maritime academy this Fall. By the time I graduate in four years what do you guys predict the American Merchant Marine will appear like? I was told that engineer officers have good job prospects by the colleges and by some Mariners I know. But I also hear that getting a job at MSC is a bitch and that union jobs are drying up? Is the job scarcity mostly on the unlicensed side or even officers will suffer. btw any Galveston alumni pls tell me how bad the Corp of Cadets is
Mexican railways thread? The government of Mexico is trying to bring back long distance passenger routes and building light rail in the Mexico City metropolitan areaRailway history in Mexico is actually very interesting. They used to have a national railway company called FNM after they nationalized all the railroad companies in 1908, until the 1990s when they privatized it. >Isthmus of Tehuantepec railway - three lines >Buenavista to AIFA airport to Pachuca intercity railway>Texcoco to La Paz light rail >Costeno, Jarocho route revival>Mayan Train
>>2067019>>2067013bombardier isnt real
>>2067073What did she mean by this
Based mapThey really need to reactivate the old train lines. Traffic out of Mexico city is terrifying
They never even finished the line from Cuautla to Chilpancingo and then to Acapulco...
>>2064673They can get away with tren maya because the only people living in that area are click language prehispanics with no political power, so they can just lay down a ROW through people's ancestral home and who's going to stop them? The rain god?
I NEED electronic shifting!It's SOOOO much better and faster and smoother than cable shifters!Shimano please take my one thousand american dollars to make my shifting divine forever! *(*- until next iteration of Di2 releases)
>>2068834>>2068841*2x4
>>2068841I think the problem here is your autism
>>2068841Nobody was using friction shifters in 2003 dude
Rim brake look old. Look old bad. Rim brake bad.
>>2070963Nobody says that. People like dicks because they care more about effectiveness, even if they still care about looks, effectiveness matters moreIn your case, budget mattered the most
