For when you want to fall over in front of a crowd without getting drunk first
>>2043375Those are for homos
>>2043414>>2052692>>2052797>>2052795>>2052829>>2052818What did I miss
i tried clipless the other day and i couldnt even tell if the pedaling was better or worse because i was terrified of falling over due to not unclipping, i practiced a bit beforehand and just couldnt stop worrying about it, ill stick to flats for now
>>2070326Loosen them all the way until you get used to them.
Girl tries clipless. Real content or gooner bait?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQG24Cb0MIY
>learning spanish>start drinking heavily>day labour at Lowes>get into 4mm, 5mm, 6mm hex specs>boss wants me to adjust his handlebar
>>2066378I still find the seething over this guy incomprehensible
>>2045557>day labour Ah, an English poster!>at LowesHmm, we don't have that in England...>>2045559>x-acto knifeWe don't call them that either. OP must be Canadian or something.>tesco supermarketFOR FUCK'S SAKE NONE OF THIS MAKES ANY SENSE
>>2066378>>2067914lit. whomst
>>2068462I think it's clavicular
>>2068462Tom Waits
>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
>>2072825>cyclists don't kneeljust croak
>>2072585>those stupid selfish cyclists disrupting trafficObey rules of the road and you'll be OK.Notice, I don't say "laws" because with sufficient political sympathies, cyclist organizations have succeeded in having some of the dumbest rights written into traffic laws.>advocate for bike lanes so everyone gets their wayThe biggest lobby against bike lanes is the John Forrester crowd. Pic related.
>>2072825>cyclists don't kneelNow, change this to automobiles and train crossings. And explain why the logic should be any different.
>>2072836because a car doesn't take several miles to come to a dead stop
>>2072825this is the gayest shit ever
I am currently using a xiaomi smart band 9 to track my rides (so thats GPS from phone + HR from band), I start and end the ride from the band and the app automatically transfers the route, speed and heart rate to stravaI am wondering if I should upgrade to a bike computer cus I am not worried about how much calories I burn nowadays, as I got the idea of it. I just want to know how far I went and how long it took me, and to keep track of cadence so I learn to ride optimallyI have been looking at XOSS G2+ (pic related) with 2 sensors - one for cadence on crank and other on rear hub for speed (rotation)my questions about bike computers in general are:>do the bike computer accessories (cadence, speed, HR) connect to it, or to the phone>does only the bike computer connect to your phone and stay connected constantly, or only to transfer data to strava or an app once the ride finishes?>can I just get on my bike and ride, and the bike computer will then automatically upload my ride to strava once I am done?>can I still use my xiaomi band 9 to measure my HR? will I be able to see my HR on the screen? or the bike computer only connects to HR sensors and not other "smart" devices>should I get a bike computer with an actual screen to show maps/route?>should I even get a bike computer to begin with, I am riding actual gravel and trails, basically exploring my region on weekends and driving 2-3 times to work a week, will the sensors and shit survive the rough terrain?>will my mechanical watch (8 year old skx007) get fucked by the vibrations from the single/double track?Thanks
Have they solved the light problem? I want a bike computer with 400+hr runtime but it needs to be compatible with my lights for safety.
>>2072890I'm not bragging, just doing basic math
>>2072936imagine biking for less than 2 hours at 1 time KEKW KWAB
>>2072979I live in VT, 2 hours of biking means 2K feet of elevation change. All rolling hills, so you never have a chance to catch your breath on the descents. I have to do base miles on my trainer because it's just not possible to stay in zone 2 on the roads unless you just ride around in circles in your neighborhood
>>2072987>2 hours of biking means 2K feet of elevationhomeboy is everesting
Can someone explain what the fuck cyclists mean when they say "countersteering"?I understand it as either>initiating/assisting a lean into a corner by turning the wheel to the outside of the corner, necessary on particularly heavy motorcycles >leaning into the corner only a little but turning the wheel to the outside slightly, keeping your contact patches aligned to to the direction of travel but the bike not, used for bowing over or other high-speed constant rate long turns or fine adjustment on straightsboth of these apply really only to motorcycles and even trying it on a bike makes no damn sense since you can literally just lean with your bodyweight and turn the wheel where you want it to point. wtf are these 10kmh fixie riders talking about when they insist on namedropping "countersteering" every five seconds?
>>2071776staying straight is actually simple infact you're advised to stay straightish to do a series of micro turns instead of one big turn
>americans need to come up with a "technique" for something every kid picks up intuitively they first time ride a bicycle
>>2071793
>>2071628>>2071258>>2071226I drive my bike no hands and watch the handlebars, counter steering doesn’t happen, it’s just something youtubers say
>>2073004Based observational neanderthal.
SS United States to be sunk, creating the world's largest artificial reef. RIP to one of the greats.
>>2062070it would have to be born inside and grow too big to swim out
>>2016128How come they haven't invented a better material to build ships than the one the sea is actively eating away?
>>2068411Still no firm date. There's a bunch of probably click-bait articles about the ship feeding off the chromate issue. The SSUS Foundation created another group, US Maritime Patriots Alliance. Their angle on not sinking is that it would look bad both during "wartime" and during the 250th US anniversary. Completely absent is any mention of who would pay off Okaloosa county or for restoration work, or even docking costs.
>>2070523Postponed to sometime in June while they wait on approvals from Army Corps of Engineers and EPA
I find it amazing that the paki's nor the chinese haven't grabbed this for recycling.
I want to strangle every single big buck roadie fred and especially every single downhill-bike-in-a-park pomp who rides around just to do chainsaw sounds with their bicycle's very very expensive hub. "Give way, the asshole is coming!". Like, if you wanna make motorcycle sounds, get an actual motorcycle. A Harley actually sounds cool. A freewheeling bicycle sounds supremely annoying, and also means you are a weak shit who is not pedalling. Fuck you, go ride into a river.
>>2031845Welcome! (Or b8? Can't tell anymore.)
>>2064840No one here actually rides, they just look up specs to get angry about
>put a Sturmey freewheel on my bike>RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR>replace it with another of the same model>.......................................................
>>2031782>harley sounds coolDevoutly homosexual opinion discarded.
>>2056925even worse when it's people going for a walk, taking up the width of the path, wearing headphones that block out your attempt of alerting ahead of time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnKUwr2Lj7o?feature=share>car comes around blind corner on wrong side of the road>still people in the comments are blaming the cyclist for not slowing downI've seen motorbikes parked at the lights been hit head on and still people will somehow not blame carswhat's the most egregious example you know of a driver not being blamed for causing an accident?
>>2070312i saw one once of a guy who stopped his car, busted out a shotgun, and fired at a peloton three times. he didnt hit anybody so all he got was charged with discharging a firearm in city limits and ordered to take anger management classes
>>2070312most of the comments are dunking on the illegal overtake though
>>2070323>You can't maneuver when ur going 30mphSo he's extra retarded
>>2070312He did weirdly turn into the car last second....but what suprises me is your suprise. People arent people (creatures of reason). They are giant babies that "i want" and all reason warps around that like a blackhole. They live in a fantasy world of cheap fuel and heavy machinery and hate when a non-pos reminds them of that. There is your jury.
>>2070323maybe *you* can't, but non-retarded people can.over 40 is when it starts to get dicey for me, but there was a hill on a busy road that I used to do it regularly anyway.
In which we discuss the Bikelighting culture (Fahrradbeleuchtungskultur) of our countries.Here in Germany, because of the Danger, it is not allowed to have a blinking Taillight. This is also the Reason that all emergency Vehicles in the World have blinking Lights. By attracting other dangerous night Vehicles to crash into the Ambulance, instead of the civilian Vehicles, it spares Drivers in smaller Vehicles, where the Occupants are less able to administer emergency self-Aid. This is the Consequence of what we call a „high trust Society“; our culture of Politeness dictates the most Risk to the most capable Roaduser. The same Expectation is extended to Police and Construction Engineers who are paid more for occupational Hazards such as a blinking Light.Do you have a Law about blinking Bikelights in your Country?
should i buy a laser from a metal engraver to put on my ebike to flash at retarded cagies and dentist karens with their 90000lm lights shining directly in my eyes?
>>2070724sudden activation of strobe is just as effective but 100% more legal
>>2070713If you want to bet your life on some dinky little reflectors it's your funeral (literally), I'll continue to use active lighting though because I'm not in the mood to sudoku just to prove a point about the CPSC always being right
>>2070725i want to cause lasting, possibly permanent damage
>>2069996I dont believe it without a link to buy.
Elon Musk wishes he was 1/10th as GREAT as this English manlet.
>>2064937And what an eden its become...
>>2064937Oh dear God! :-O
>>2064937And yet they invented "road trains" (tractors pulling multiple trailers).
>>2064937nothing annoys me more than mixed gauges, especially within one countrythe whole world should use 3m hitler gauge
>>2070099Why do they act like its so tough to retrofit to a single standard? Are the ties matched to the track somehow?
Hear me out, we need one of these.
>>2041960I don't think that's where the chamois pad is supposed to go
>>2041981I hear they're constantly sexually harassed if they ride alone, like guys will cut them off and force them off the road to hit on them
>>2042163This is what FOSTA/SESTA took from us. You can chart the decline of western men and the rise of hoeflation directly to the enforcement of digital porn laws
>>2053963the fuck is going on with those cleats
>>2072876As it should be
Keep in mind this is for bikes meant to be loaded up. I guess a marketing exec at some point decided kickstands are for poors so no expensive bike can have them now, just like MTBs got stuck with Presta valves. They will literally drill 15+ holes just in case your bike bags use bottle bosses instead of straps, but outright refuse drilling 2 for a kickstand
>>2064872Very soulful webzone and some crazy bikes there too.
>>2066365if you worry about bending a derailleur hanger from bike's own weight, your bike's a fat piece of shit
>>2068319>if you worry about bending a derailleur hanger from bike's own weight, you deeply misunderstand physics
>>2067982helicopter tape
>>2068321Ive done it. Granted this was on a walmart special, but most still have a guard bracket for the derailleur.
>makes public transportation irreleventYou're welcome.It's scientifically demonstrable in transportation modeling if your population density is low enough, local government should just subsidize rideshare and it solves all transportation demand
>>2067829> some logistic issue around having posession of a car (parking, no license, whatever)You say this like the logistics of having to find a place to park your car is nontrivial in all major cities, and doesn't cost money.I can budget $100 a week for public transit in virtually anywhere I visit and that's it for transportation costs. Even including an uber or two.>But what about going places without public transit?If I'm going deep into the woods or whatever, then renting a car pencils out. But the vast majority of the time, it's stupid. I've rented a car one single time as an adult for a trip where it was absolutely required. I've never felt the need otherwise.
>>2067599I hate standing around at a place waiting for a car to show up to be driven to place2. I would rather just walk or drive myself.
>>2069710Look, if money is your biggest issue, and if you're always traveling within/to big cities with good pubtrans, then good for you. And I mean that without a hint of sarcasm. But for me, and I think for a lot of other people, time is a more precious commodity on vacation, and unless a bus or train happens to go directly from where you are to where you want to be exactly when you want to go, then private transportation is going to be quicker; usually significantly so. Hailing a cab/uber, or better yet having your own car (rented or otherwise) is going to let you visit more destinations in a day rather than piddling along on a bus that stops every block to let people on and off.
>>2067599Now they just need to make the drivers not smell, and have forced interaction.
>>2067844Is this english?
>you will never quit your job as a middle aged man, move to bumkfuck nowhere, and drive trains for a living
It became a movie precisely because it’s such a rare case. It’s just like Hanks’ *The Terminal*.
>>2069622Believe it or not, you can do this right now. Except it will be freight trains, and its not very romantic. It does pay very well though.
>>2069622Thank you for the movie recommendation.
>>2069622>wanna get a comfy subway driver job>good working hours, good benefits and vacation days, decent enough pay, don't have to move to bumfuck nowhere and can stay in the city>they started boasting about autonomous trains on the lines in the last year so it'll all be gone in a decaderip
Smallest job market in the world?
> I need to ride a bike > i dont know how to ride a bike I need to ride a bike I dont know how to ride a bike > I need to ride a bike > i dont know how to ride a bike I need to ride a bike I dont know how to ride a bike where do i start with riding a bike
fatherless post
>>2069165buy a bike buy a helmet go to a parking lot late at night where no one can see youjust get on and peddle
>>2069165Start on flat grass to avoid abrasion and to cushion the impact if you fall. The slower you go, the harder it is to balance. Starting to move is the hardest part.
Do americans really?
>>2069165Single principle to remember: bikes remain stable by moving forward. It raises a good question: are their training wheels for adult bikes? Could their be auto ones that retract/deploy for two wheel attempts? Bikes should all be reverse trike anyway.
