Is there still a fixie subculture anywhere out there, or am I showing my age? Im still enamored with the whole “fixie punk” aesthetic. Considering jumping back on social media is there are still people doing this. But I realize its a niche subculture from the early 2000’s thats been made fun of since day 1.
>>2067265it started with messengers in the NE USA back in the 90s and started leaking out to non-messengers in I'd say the mid 2000s (or that's when I noticed.)the shit in your "started" category is like a decade after that.
>>2067274Nebraska is where fixies started?
>>2069081Nebraska is in Tanzania?
>>2067227Dang, ain't that the truth?
>>2040087my brother in christ, this is mental illness or bait, call it; retard.
Post some Low Cost Carrier (LCC) experiences. Personally, I've never had any positive ones and avoid them whenever possible
Zip air is not bad. Wholly owned by Japan Airlines and has low flat business class (unbundled)
Design a transportation network for Middle-Earth
>>20690702 wordsEagles
>>2069070get a hex cast on you that makes you ressurect in a location of your choosing, then kys yourself
>tfw no Isengard-Mordor railway operated as the Palantir express
Why did bi-level vehicles go out of style?
>>2069068They only work for a very specific type of route (high-traffic feeder routes where the majority of passengers get off at a single stop). In all other routes, articulated vehicles just do the job better.
They were never popular in the U.S. but the “Broadway Battleship” was a notable exception.
Why do you think?
>>2069068idk what you're talking about, they're still all over yurop and even in the us and canada most commuter trains have two decks.
>>2069113So tolerant and diverse!
go out and do some centuries
>>2069216>zero dirt on the bike, not even on the tiresyou literally drove your Nissan Cube up with that in a 400$ rack, lifted it out, and posed it against that bench.
todays ride
>>2069249nomud,,,coatingin the fenders.,,,nosquirel in thespokes.,,,,nosharton theseat.,,nosnot wipedon the handelbars.,,,,,not ashattered piece of Crap like My bike.,,,like, i can trustyou?,,gooday.
>>2069213I like it>>2069216The idea just occurred to me one day in a Marlboro red fuelled haze and i ordered the stickers >>2069219god fucking dammit don’t remind me dude
>evening ride>flipped hub from 15T to 17T side for trying 49x17>good time to practice skidding>something howls at me>lock ring loose>only tool I don't have on me>yes, the lock ring tool>flip back to 15T side>practice skidding anyway>first skid, another noise>bike feels heavy>didn't tighten the wheel>skidding pulled one side of the axle in>tire rubs against framemy luck was that it kept me from getting wet in the rain that started shortly after
We had to destroy the plane in order to save it edition.Crashes year to date:https://aviation-safety.net/database/year/2026/1Last thread:https://boards.4chan.org/n/thread/2062242/
>>2068720Who pays for all this shit? Like is there a crash surcharge sent to airlines when an airport has to hang on to the wreckage?
>>2068721presumably the NTSB pays the bills as part of their investigation, but I think JetBlue would charge a crash fee
>>2068553>Mackenzie Guntherthe first chick I cummed in
>people who blame that DC helicopter/plane crash on the route/ATC/whateverAnd not the clown military aviation who LIE repeatedly about having the plane in sight
Drydock EditionPrevious: >>2033337
>>2068387Well, searching up "US flagged ship OS opening" DID lead me to one potential position I hadn't seen, so I thank you for that at least. Though, I'm not sure if they'll be hiring an American from Bumfuck, North Carolina. All the potential cities and airports were some names I couldn't pronounce, so I had to click "other". The application was in English though.
>>2068359First contracts are always the hardest to get, try mailing your CV to any crewing agencies (Vships, Trident Maritime, OSM Thome) and also crewing matchmaking websites (MaritimeZone, Yotspot if you are into yatching) (be aware of who you send your data and keep an eye on potential scamers, this is getting out of hand D:).And if you made contacts, use them!! Its always worth the try.How much it will take to get a contract and how long it will be will depend mainly on your CITIZENSHIP (sad but true), and after that rank, flag of the ship and employer... The filipinos on my ship usually do up to 8 months OB without taking into account their experience. Other nationalities (moroccans, hondurans, eu-citizens, ukranians) normally do between 2 to 4 months.
>>2065617Kill yourself furnigger.
>31 Year old Brit with nothing going for himBe brutally honest /n/, how is the market looking for UK engineering officers? I've been looking at it for a while, but circumstances meant I couldn't until this year. The idea of going through those 3 years only to result in fuck-all jobs is the only thing giving me pause
When Chresten Wilson was 12 years old, she and her mom drove past United Airlines' Flight Training Center in Denver. She looked at the building and told her mom: "I'll be there someday."This year, she became the No. 1 most senior pilot across the entire airline, the highest position on United's pilot seniority list. She is the first woman in the airline's history to hold that honor. Wilson currently flies as a Boeing 787 Dreamliner captain, one of the most prestigious positions in the fleet.At an airline with over 13,000 pilots, reaching the top of the seniority list takes decades of dedication, skill, and persistence. In the airline world, seniority is everything. It determines what aircraft you fly, what routes you get, what schedule you hold, and when you take vacation. Reaching No. 1 means you have been with the airline longer than every other active pilot on the roster.United shared the moment on social media for International Women's Day, showing Captain Wilson at the gate in her uniform, clearly emotional. The post has been liked by Boeing and has received more than 42,000 likes.From a 12-year-old girl with a dream to the most senior pilot at one of the world's largest airlines. That is what determination looks like.
>>2067349>BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP
>>2067349>reaching the top of the seniority list takes decades of dedication, skill, and persistenceNo, it takes>you have been with the airline longer than every other active pilot on the rosterJust don't quit and don't get fired for longer than anyone else (being Continental before the merger helped). It's not like she aced the civilian Top Gun, she was just a glorified bus driver for a really long time and will get retired out in a manner of months
>>2069088>a manner of monthslol
>>2067349If it's boeing....
>>2069089If the guys above her in seniority retired, it means she's about to hit the age where they put her out to pasture
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?
>>2058229ive unironically considered buying the Princess Auto Mini-Bikehttps://www.princessauto.com/en/212cc-mini-chopper-bike/product/PA0009158890only thing stopping me is it's a little TOO mini, looks like sitting on it would be a little cramped
>>1962645I just get on my bike and I ride it where I feel like going. what other people are doing doesn't bother me as long as they don't fucking crash into me. I don't care if the lycra freds pass me on their $15k cervelos. I don't care if the future doctors want to weave between cars on their electric aliexpress deathtraps. I just keep on pedaling my shitty old trek and doing my best not to get run over by a car along the way
>>2067497dangerous subversion . how're we going to get this guy to consoom?
>>1962645Biking is destroyed? Couldn't be, I bike practically everywhere!Of course, if you are an American or otherwise developmentally impaired, this might be different for you. Tough luck.
>>2043438>stone wheels between three pieces of rebar
These faggots should be strictly restricted to class F airspace, with well defined dimension and NEVER EVER LEFT OUT, sick and tired of avoiding them. Yesterday while flying a personal Cessna 310 from a buddy of mine and 3 weeks ago on the Dash 8 with the small airliner I fly for. >23 year old co pilot
>glider>glider, Japanhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjr8GQGWajg
>>1948669>cyclists of the skySo they should be the only ones up there...
>>1948750I thought it was a red tapeworm porpoising out of the ocean
>>1954550no it didn't. mgs4 promised that countries would give another go at the FELIN system and tanks would have legs and jump around and shit and generally be incredibly high tech and that hte only reason we didnt have fully autonomous nuclear-equipped AI battle mechs was because all their traning data was sourced from one mommy dommy who got btfo by an autistic gourmand 20 years prior anyway
>>2012270it's not about creating a useful vehicle, it's about getting VC money
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.
>>2067353on the floor, regardless
>>2061472They used to make Rolls Royces where you could take a dump through the floor of the car, or as the English call it, the footsy-planky of the estate coach.As with all things, India can thank England for its noblest customs
I traveled by night train last week. About 10 hour journey (daytime trains make around 8 hours), flight would be about an hour and a half.Had a private compartment with my wife, without shower (there was a public shower at the end of the car). Cost pretty much exactly the same as flying (maybe a little less because air fare always ends up having some extra costs) You can book shared couchette compartments which are cheaper, nice option if you're young and want to travel on a budget in reasonable comfort. I used to do this in the past, but now I prefer a private compartment. Main advantage is we had the entire day we arrived. If you fly you either leave in the afternoon, arrive at night and pay another hotel night, or leave early, arrive at noon and lose the first half of the day. So with three hotel nights we had four full days.Train was reasonably comfy, compartments aren't too spacious ofc but the beds are fine (positioned as bunk beds one above the other). We got a smol breakfast in the morning.Doesn't feel cattle-like at all. I'd even say that flying feels much more cattle-y than the train: having to stand in line all the time (at check-in, security and boarding), then sitting in an uncomfortable cramped plane next to plebs and third worldere. The train felt like a tiny hotel on wheels. Definitely more dignified than flying. Also more practical if you can spare the overnight time, since the trip was the ideal length for the train to leave late (after dinner) and arrived early.Pic related the morning view from my bed.
>>2049551Most countries still have intact infrastructure rail networks
>>2059941just american. i have never seen this anywhere ever. even in india you poop out the window/balcony-thing
What is the intent behind statements like "I'm not a cyclist, I'm just a person who gets around by bike"?At a surface level it is obviously meant to (proverbially) throw other cyclists under the bus, but to what end? Would it somehow appease the anti-bike people if the person "blocking traffic" didn't agree to be referred to by the word "cyclist"?
>>2000001I hate other cyclists more than people who don't ride a bike. I usually refer to myself with>I ride a bikebut I don't object to people calling me a cyclist under that term. >appropriately follow the rules of the road as outlined in the driver manual and state code>am fine sharing the road with cars, they don't bother me much>ride on the highway when necessary>more interest in the mechanical parts of a bike, but skeptical of marketing voodoo claims>don't give a shit about road races>don't wear lycra>but do wear a helmet>think mountain bikes are cool machines, but pro MTB is slow and gay outside of things like megavalanche or downhill favela races>trick riding is boring>see carbon fiber as a scam for non-racersComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Holy persecution complexIt just means "I use a bike to get around, it's utilitarian. I don't own a $10,000 Specialized Tarmac and spend my Saturdays in spandex riding 40+ miles on highway shoulders."
>>2069145I'm glad you updated your rageposting, I remember just a year ago you were complaining about the elite snobs in their unfathomably high end $2000 bikes
>>2069139you and i are opposites but in a fun way>pathologically follow the rules of the road because cars can kill me without even noticing>don't wear a helmet>wear bib shorts under a normal cotton tee because they carry a bunch of shit and they're convenient>don't ever announce myself to pedestrians because 90% of the time when I say "ON YOUR LEFT" it's some retard that will look to their right while diving to the left and I fucking hate all of them>luv me carbon but hate Terk and hypebeast fred frames>my daily driver is a carbon bike with Di2, lmao>eventually it will explode at 30mph and kill me>love the idea of crits but i'm a fat retard>carry a gun in my bib shorts
>>2069139>>saw a tweaker randomly cross road from the sidewalk, at an angle, 10 ft from the crosswalki see this shit constantly but you cant get mad at them. they are legitimately tweakers with zero awareness of the world around them or even themselves. they are on their way to get One More Hit, please understand
When you see itPrevious: >>1781074
>>2067610I love me some 40-8s(no W). The B40s are even better.
>>1868072me too
>>2067626Sir, I believe you're lost.
That cozy, old school cabin photo of a Delta Air Lines L1011 TriStar from the 1980s is getting people talking for one simple reason: it looks roomy. Wider looking aisles, big overhead bins, and that warm lighting that makes the whole cabin feel like a different era of flying.Delta's own history of the L1011 explains why it felt that way. The airline called it "high, wide and handsome," noting a cabin about 8 feet high and 19 feet wide, plus wider aisles and large entry doors designed to make boarding and deplaning easier.Delta's first revenue L1011 flight was on Dec. 15, 1973 from Atlanta to Philadelphia, and the airline ultimately flew 70 of the type, the largest L1011 fleet in the industry.Delta retired the L1011 in 2001, after decades of domestic and international flying, including transatlantic and transpacific routes. And over time, the industry shifted hard toward efficiency and packing more people into each flight, especially after U.S. airline deregulation in 1978 changed how airlines competed. Looking at this cabin, you can see why so many travelers say, "Yeah... they really don't make it like that anymore."
>>2062036Bums wearing pajamas and prison shoes didn't fly.
>>2062036I don’t think the actual seats are any bigger though. It just looks like there are less overhead bins and a higher ceiling.
>>2066435They didn't recycle the air in that era, especially since you could smoke onboard.
>>2062036>>2062668where do the middle-row passengers place their bags?
>>2062668>>2062036Ok yeah a bit more room but>costs 3x as much in real terms>chance of dying horribly is like 20X higher>still pressured air that makes you feel horrible
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.
>>2067966look how they massacred my boy
>>2068113you'll cop a ban if you do that, the official dispute resolution method is to call them out on the talk pagethen revert if you don't get a response
It's been confirmed - 22 Class 222s are going from EMR to Scotrail, as replacements for the remaining HSTs. Full interior and engine refurb, phased introduction to service beginning next year.
>>2068314Lumo will be using 222s as well, for the Euston-Stirling service that launches later this year.
InterCity 225 trains are now running to Newcastle, albeit one or two a day.
