What would you do in this situation?
>>2062901Poke this white pos eyes and make him blind
>>2077891Your wife first orgasm, Nobita-kun
I just always look back, smile and say "shit-surey-shimas" while I recline.
>>2063425>>2063441>>2080158it's because of the Aum Shinrikyō cult terrorist attacks in 1995. they dispersed sarin in the subway in what looked like ordinary trash bags abandoned on the floor.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_subway_sarin_attacksince then the Japanese authorities think that any piece of trash in a public space can be literally nerve gas, so public trash cans were banned altogether.typical bureaucrat overreaction if you ask me. but the Japanese are obedient enough to accept taking trash home as the new normal, so streets didn't become dirtier (at least until the tourists arrived).
>>2083295The Mad Lads video on this(the attack) was good
I flew this Summer on a An-2 and i was curious if the an-2 is rare, but i don't know because thousands have been manufactured.
That's awesome OP, any more pics? Anything interesting about its flight characteristics?
There's only 7 registered in the USA and 3 in Canada, but I'm sure if you're in Eastern Europe they're more common.
>>2083101still pretty common in ex-commie EU countriesit just werks and a typical aeroclub of 30 people just can't afford to buy a 208 or pc-6 while An-2 was free and now it only needs gas, oil and tires to keep running
>>2083111It pretty much has no stall speed.>>2083239Only 3? Wow. I feel really lucky then seeing one at the Beloeil airport south of Montreal, QC. I've also seen one fly over my datcha back in Russian.
The An-2 in Beloeil Quebec from streetview
Why did bi-level vehicles go out of style?
>>2069068>Why did bi-level vehicles go out of style?They become forced to use only a few routes due to overhead obstacles such as:-- pedestrian walkways-- roadway overpasses-- plaza exchangesThey also require right turn modifications in USA cities or else the bus, which has no hinge in the middle, will sweep people standing curbside. With all these problems, it's far easier and cheaper to just not have these buses around.
>>2082167Why would double deckers cut the corner more than a normal bus you utter retard
>>2069068
>>2069068>Why did bi-level vehicles go out of style?Too many overhead obstacles existing in cities. And any city with electric buses or light rail will have low-hanging electric lines that these double-decker buses would run into.
These are widespread in the UK, I probably see more doubledeckers than single, and I live in a town not a city
SS United States to be sunk, creating the world's largest artificial reef. RIP to one of the greats.
They called it the unsinkable thread
>>2015994Why don't they just restore it? It looks in better shape than the USS Lincoln.
>>2081260It's not. And no one wants to spend the money. Shitty bait, btw. ;-)
the ss united states has accomplished what titanic attemptedbe unsinkable
Finally a sink date... range!Okaloosa County has updated the timeline for converting the SS United States into the "World’s Largest Artificial Reef" and has announced that the ship's deployment is planned for the second week of November.Though weather could affect that.
fuck electronic drive trainsfuck ebikesfuck 32"fuck >26" on mtbsfuck 25mm+ on road bikes (unless riding cobbles or gravel)fuck droppersfuck tubelessfuck constant new bb standards, in fact fuck all threadless bbsfuck boa shoesfuck mixing carbon fork with steel framefuck power metersfuck the industryfuck you if you disagreeliterally the ONLY good changes/trends/etc of the last 30 years are fat bikes and disc brakes, and disc brakes mostly only belong on mountain bikesthanks for listening
>>2082886good
>>2082566these fucks are incapable of not speedinf and being recklessi dont want technical limitationsthat is just govenmental tyranny against all because of the fewI want speed limits and forved confiscations (and auctioning) of offenders vehiclesThis has proven extremely effective against retards abusing and being reckless with e-scooters in Austria and Switzerland respectively
>>2082884yeah, fuck sram gxp especiallybearings got gritty and craky after under a year when i replaced that expensive piece of shit with an oem partfuck you srami will never buy something from sram again and will have no lack of disdain for shimano eitherthe chinks arent better eother necaise its chinsy shit (even worse than sram/shimano at times, buyer beware)the only thing one can do is simply stubbornly going a few yeats behind amy trends and using old and proven tech
>>2079641>steel poverty bike unc brake take I bet you look that too
>>2079641fuck carbon anything
Why do they use flexi-posts in bike paths? Why not actual fixed metal ones designed to stop drivers trying to kill you?
>>2082245i wasnt talking about funding though, i was talking about willingness of an individual officer to run over a flexipost. even in da hood police occasionally exist. otherwise we wouldnt have so many hilarious Suspect Decentralization videos
>>2081397>Why do they use flexi-posts in bike paths?Besides the need to allow emergency vehicles to move if the road is blocked, the presence of hard metal posts would cause serious injury accidents to the bicyclists who are NOT inside of a nice automobile that protects passengers' legs from being scraped by a metal post.
>>2082142>i've never seen a cyclist do anything wrong or unexpectedHilarious. I've seen them blow through lights many times, even when it's separate lights just for the cycle lane, I've seen them riding in the cycle lane that's clearly marked for cycles going in the other direction and much more. Seen it in a bunch of countries as well. I figured they'd be better in Holland where there's a massive culture around cycling - nope, they're even worse there.
>>2082173Also, you've personally witnessed multiple fatal traffic collisions? Doubtful.
>>2083185>I've seen them blow through lights many timesBut do the bikers put their shoulder down and shove the pedestrian out of the way?
Hear me out, we need one of these.
>>2042017depends of the gf tho.speaking from experience, if she's a normie basic chick, then yeah, she's typically more annoying than worth it.but if you've never had a gf, the first few months/years will be very exciting, later on, you'll get over the lovey dovey comfort bullshit and you'll want a better chick, a smarter and less annoying one or no chick at all, just pump and dump.>>2042053you're mostly correct, I can tell you've seen that most women aren't actually worth hanging out with. this all comes to men after some time when they get over the initial excitement of having a woman. when the red-tinted glasses fall away with time, you being to see that most women are simply too basic and boring (just like most men; modern society in general). there are gems but are rare.
>>2060616reminds me of the flood of AI bike memes we had in /sfg/, all because of one (1) photo of a lady biking along the road to the Starship pad
>>2077213classic. some cousins had a poster of an all nude start of a bike race, probably from the same era.
>>2081184it's almost certainly the fold-out from the Queen "Bicycle" record. google it .
>>2081192indeed it was!this whole thread, and nobody has talked about "the area", the exposed part of the back you get from shirt riding up and normal pants riding down when bent forward riding a bike. Closest is this:>>2042955
>virtual group ride with the GOATFishboy could never.
>>2083139>t.
>>2083141>911I thank God everyday i was born in a first world country with a functioning public transport network. It's like winning the birth lottery.
>>2083141>in america if you dont have an iphone you cant get emergency servicesBased.
>>2083136mywhoosh kinda sucks tho ngl. At least its free
>>2083162I use it for ERG workouts. For the price it's alright.
How do these large cargo backpacks compare with a bicycle trailer? I need to haul 100kg of cargo on a bicycle
>>1957712Thank You for Your Service
>>1964713if it makes u feel better this photo made me mald for being a amercuck
>>1957568>bicycle trailerwhat are they like?
>>2046395delusional pedonigger lmao
>>1957568I know what he's reffering to. I know exactly what the fuck he's making a reference about. there was this debate on some british news broadcast and some dumbfuck retarded woman say that delivery vans and all vehicles for that matter, iirc, had to be banned out of Britain because "muh net zero, muh decarbonization"and the two men were so fucking flustered about the dismal fucking display of absurd retardation got them stunlocked for a whole 5 minute on air. shit was typical British On-Air Woman retardation.
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?
i have a 70s steel road bike and the only thing I wish I had is disc brakes and standardized parts who cares about allat other nerd shit
>>2021297your saddle could transdermally give you estrogen
>>2021297>>2080005someone now needs to make a gooner comic featuring a feminization bike
The bike everyone needs but it's all stuff that isn't made anymore: Long Reach drop barsSuntour Ratcheting barconsV brakesAlloy frame, steel fork2x9Pinned flatsFull fenders700x35 tires That's it. Can't buy anything like this anymore. The cycling industry is a meme
>>2020833>What else is there to improve?electric motors for the lazy
Have you had any close calls? I was t-boned by a car at speed but just rolled over the hood and had some physio sessions
>>2081796*Coconut sound effect*
>>2081669I'm back and just reread what I typed noticing half the incoherence of my speech my brain is so fried
i almost died from a bus. unfortunatly i soiled my trousers when i nearly fell under the wheel. the lady who helped me noticed. she didnt say anything but i could tell by the way she looked that she felt sick and disgusted. nothing like that happened to me before, thought shitting yourelf was a myth, aparently not.riding home with shit in my pants was no fun.
>>2082608>Rescue a man from a near death experience>Get the ickI jejd
>>2081557>The insurance company offered nothing at first and told her to fuck offrest in piss brian thompsonno amount of not reflecting eill avert our wrath, kevin o'leary, you brainless subhuman
Good news!Funding deadline for the Amtrak Chicago-Moline line has been extended.https://www.trains.com/pro/passenger/intercity/federal-funding-deadline-again-extended-for-chicago-quad-cities-passenger-service/
That's great news, we all know Chicago is the one city underserved by Amtrak
Anyone here into it? Or even just into collecting models of trains. This shit is so expensive only codgy old boomers partake.
>>2082629>LERONE....jenkins?
What I notice about the bachmann T&F range is that their models are a step down in quality compared to the defunct hornby T&F range. Hornby's models had more paint, more detail, was more robust, the faces weren't ugly and based off of the shitty promo art, they were more prototypical to real life and they had a matte paint job. The only bachmann thomas thing I ever liked is the sir Handel model because its not based on the crappy cgi model.
What's the best method these days of train location detection? I had a linear layout run by a microcontroller and hall effect sensors, with magnets glued under the trains. it was not 100% reliable and it wasn't compatible with digital speed control.Other things I've tried:- trackside reflective IR sensing; gets fooled by sunlight if not a missing pulse detector system (mine wasn't)- tiny "IR remote" fit inside a train car which shines out a window and sends a continuous code; not easy to wire into the train, a pain to build, not reliable if the train is moving quicklyThings I want to try:- current loop sensing- camera watching the layout from above and some sort of yolo model trained for train detection which actually sees where the train is
>>2083020>block current sensingThis might be the easiest?In the years before DCC I knew a guy who, when he was 17, designed and built an ABS signaling system for a large club HO layout in the mid 80's. Small PC boards about the size of a credit card, one for each signal. It used TTL logic to sense block occupancy in the block it controlled and the ones on either side of it by sensing the current flow when the locomotives entered the block, and to determine what aspect to display in the searchlight signals. I do remember that the same pin that powered on the LED's in the signal was also used to activate a red LED on a CTC-like dispatchers board which showed block occupancy. Very reliable. We just had to ensure that if we ran a train was longer than a block that some of the freight cars had a conductive axel (a high value resistor soldered across an insulated axel between the metal wheels).There were only a couple of blocks on that layout that didn't have signals so all it used was a simple high impedance circuit with a chip to detect current flow and turn on an LED.Old tech, for sure. Sorry if it's not helpful.
>>2083086I found this:https://forum.mrhmag.com/post/sma23-%E2%80%93-a-new-dcc-dc-car-loco-detector-%E2%80%93-differential-absolute-position-detector-dapd-12203476That's pretty good, all you have to do is make sure there's some ambient light, probably a nearly-invisible 850nm LED would suffice. The sensor just needs an under-track photodiode and a trackside photodiode.
Anyone in USA have problems riding these? It seems like cops in PA only sometimes care, a few reports on Reddit one saying it was impounded. I want to buy an ausom l2 max but don't want to get raped by law enforcement in Wayne county PA.
>>2083003some dude shot at me for riding one once
>>2083003>don't want to get raped by law enforcementJust don't stop. Head towards the nearest bottleneck and laugh as you make good your escape.
>*combines the aggressive solipsistic entitlement of an exurban helicopter parent SUV karate lessons karen with the sanctimonious humblebrag better-than-you instagram mentality of a childless upper middle class urbanist in your path (literally in your path because it's in your physical path being as expensive and space-hogging as an actual car, while being as slow and annoying and needy and pointless and "look at me" as a dutch bike, in everyone's path) in your path*>*heh, nothin' personnel kid, as in, look at these kids of mine that I am effectively using as human shields, so give me everything in return for nothing or you're a monster and I will have you cancelled for not buckling immediately and catering to my massive sense of entitlement, kid*When did cargo bikes go from being a crusty, get-it-done, no-nonsense niche improvised delivery tool for reasonable humans, to being the single most punchable conspicuous consumption fashion accessory in the history of wheels?Also, cargo bikes hate thread, and yes I took my meds thanks for the reminder though
Wine moms and toddlers on e-cargo bikes have now taken over the UWS/Manhattanville transition zone. I assume at least they paid for something expensive enough that it won't burn down their co-op building in the dead of night because the charger didn't have the 3C stamp of approval
>>2077151Most of those are like $8k+
>>2075679That's the point of the thread I think
For me it's cargo trikes.
I bought an old Babboe Curve E bike and I hate it. It is very difficult to drive, and kind of unsafe to turn. I almost fell on the side when turning. Uitritconstructie is insane invention. Rant off
