Good night sweet prince
I feel the needfor speed
I guess it's time for ... the Final Take Off. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtWrcLk7zjo
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>>2065819I've been surrounded by them twice. Once while camping and another time while cycling, at 3am. I have audio recording of the second encounter.I'm not scared of them by any means, but do carry spray just in case. They have attacked several people here the past couple of decades. That thing sticking up beside my stem here >>2065712 is a can of coyote spray. The red tab is visible here: >>2064506
>>2065815>>2065712how many lumens friend
>>2065934I had to check online, this light is ancient. It states 1800 but I doubt it's accurate. Plenty bright though, and the pack is two 18650s. I have gone 5 rides without it dropping more than one indicator bar and have never had it die on me. Great light, honestly. I did de-solder the cable and cut it down though, it was way too long.It's an Evolva, probably some defunct Chinese nothing brand.
Now that winter is almost over in the northern hemisphere, perhaps the Australians will sustain this thread throughout their winter
>>2067400but it's a night ride thread, not winter one.
How in the fuck are they pulling this shit off? These commies are making us look like clowns! What is the reason for this?!
>>2043934Do they not have enough trains to transport everyone safely?
>>2031662>didnt invest in car hellIts an either/or not both. Although they are getting more carish....
>>2031662the invested in a thing that would have a tangible ROI of some kind instead of insisting that they are simply too big to fail and making up reasons why inflation is Good, Actually
>>2031755>I hope to visit someday. Probably when Xi is no longer in power.What the fuck does xi care about some fat 4chan poster coming to visit? Life goes fast, blink and you will miss it.
>>2066129Anon also assumes that whoever replaces Xi will do things that anon agrees with, which seems... optimistic at best.
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.
>>2061472It's a roomette on amtrak, also in the roomette cars there is a regular "not next to the seat" toilet that is ostensibly publicly accessible but the car attendants are really weird about "protecting" it so you're encouraged to use the shitter in your own roomette
>>2049551How can that be when freight is a 1$ a ton?.
>>2061472ackshually indian trains have both western and asian squat toilets
>>2065725Where do they empty?
>>2067353on the floor, regardless
Who built the highways? That’s slave labor man.
the highwayman
>>2067316allah
I hope I see Slave Labor Man makes an appearance in Marvel Forces of Capeslop
>>2067316Well, at least you posted a picture of the Katy Freeway that most people haven't already seen a million times.
If they know you "need' it, no market can function. Its grift all around.
Hear me out, we need one of these.
>>2063244what an absolutely uninteresting control panel no wonder peasants drive trains
>>2063229imagine not enjoying the smell of girl p**p
>>2042017Get a tandem and drag her along. People figured this out 100 years ago.
>>2047118I've been thinking this since I was a kid. Being gay must be the greatest thing ever. I still love my beautiful wife though
>>2041981women ruin cycling, you can't relax, and they don't sincerely enjoy it, it's just another thing they do to have power over men
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
>>2022728peshay studio set 1996 vibes
>>1948669God man I cannot wait until I can afford one of these. As someone who spends all of their time on /b/ and knows nothing about transportation (bikes, cars, etc) this is my dream vehicle. I dont care if its more dangerous than a car.
>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
>Why are you so afraid to fly anon?>You're just going to be in an air-tight cabin seated for several hours 40,000 ft in the air going at 600 mph in a machine being controlled by someone you don't knowHow am I supposed to get over this fear?
>>2064112>sea travel is highly regulatedIt is because of all tragedies and accidents that happened in the past.
>>2063067I was never afraid to fly, but the last one I start to be scared
>>2063219>it's like being on the bus but statistically less likely to crash or involve you getting stabbed over 3$The comparison I often see cited is: Youre more likely to die in the car ride to the airport than on your flight
>>2063067>You're just going to be in an air-tight cabin seated for several hoursLet the fart-fest begin!
>>2063067You dont. Its fucking bonkers that the general public is encouraged to fly.
Anyone else feels like absolute shit after crashing? it's not even the pain of it it's just the faith in your ability slowly dying inside. When I was younger it was whatever but now it feels like someone chipped away a chunk of confidence.
> Second time ever bringing out the bike I built from scratch for a test drive > Come around a blind corner> Road work, with no sign.> There is no pavement anymore. It's a 6 inch deep hole.> I go into the hole while braking and turning into an uphill corner.> Still not used to the new geometry and weight> Flip over the bars> god damnit. Lots of airtime to anticipate the pain.> sacrifice my wrist to arrest my fall and save my face> faceplant anyway> Broken wrist, still hurts to this day> Road rash> new bike is already fucked up on the second time I took it out> nearby do-gooder calls 911. Fuck.> Blood everywhere, clothes shreddedComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2063446>my wrist is still pretty janky a lot of the time. At least it doesn't click and pop anymore whenever I use it.What's the Dr saying about it? Was there a problem with the cast or something?
I feel like I'm quite lucky. I'm not as big of a rider as many of you, but I've put on 3000-3500 miles a year for nearly a decade on purely commute road riding. I'm pretty much always riding on a busy street and quite frequently at night. Sure there's lots of bike lanes but sometimes it's just a shoulder next to the car traffic, or needing to cut across car lanes to get into the bike lane, etc. And I have literally never had an accident. Never been hit by a car, never fallen off the bike, nothing. Sure I've had a few close calls with cars, and once I had a deer bolt out in front of my on a torrential downpour and got so close to t-boning me that I could hear its hooves on the ground passing in front of me.. if it had tboned me it probably would have destroyed me and the bike. But yeah, I don't know if I'm just lucky, or a safe rider, or what.
>>2061270cagers will never understandhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pa4qpLos3xs
Very important thread.
imagine being a voltagelet
>>2067193the seether is you and will always be you
>>2067194>N-no uThirdie comeback.
>>2067196I'm not the one who refuses to explain himself and resorts to calling everyone a foreigner!
>>2060365>electric trains powered by poop burning power plants
>>2060374Only some commuter railroads are electrified. Even then, there is little interoperability. In the New York area there is:>12.5 kV overhead to the Northeast>25 kV overhead to the West>Hot-side-down third rail to the North>Hot-side-up third rail to the EastThe railroads weren't built by a common authority
hey /n/ this is my cat rupert i was thinking about taking him on the bus to see the sights of the city but i couldnt find any rules on it, do you know if can cats go on busesi have a cat carrier but would he be allowed out to see out the window?
>>2056672Why not just take him on your bike?
>>2057259Just chain them to the radiator so they can't get in trouble. Like Christina Ricci in cat form.
>>2056672>>2064014how do people take cats out like this aren't they worried that the cat will panic and fuck off in a random location never to be seen again
>>2065597They do, but you don't see pics or videos of the ones who do because the owners are embarrassed
>>2056672Sex with this creature.
>wears a rolex daytona while driving, just like paul newmanFine>wears a rain coat when it's raining, just like gene kellyFine>wears gym shorts at the gym, just like wilt chamberlainFine>wears aviators just because, just like val kilmer in top gunFine>wears tacticool ballistic nylon cargo pants when working, just like steven seagal in under siegeFine>wears cycling shorts when cyclingWhoa wait WHAT NOOOOO YOU CAN'T DO THAT YOU TRYHARD WHAT IF SOMEONE THINKS YOU'RE LANCE ARMSTRONG AND YOU WOULD HAVE TO TELL THEM YOU'RE NOT A PROFESSIONAL RACING CYCLIST THEN THE UNIVERSE WOULD EXPLODE NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
It just shows you how small a fan base cycling really has. Everyone who isn't into cycling basically thinks it boils down to who is riding the lightest bike. They know nothing about the rules, the strategy, etc. Among actual cycling fans, just about every one of them has a repro jersey of some sort, and they'll wear it to show they're part of a fan group.
>>2064062I don't have tacticool ballistic nylon cargo pants because those kind of pants are stigmatized in my age group
Cheap watches are based, I have a collection that's 20-something strong now.
>>2065693You could have had like 3 nice watches for the price of 20 shitters though
>>2065693why do you have more than one watch? why isn't the first cheap watch good enough? are you an /fa/ reject?
My city is cutting bus routes starting in 2026, so tell me me/n/, do you ride bus routes for fun?
I had fun riding random routes when I was in a new city for college and sightseeing all the neighborhoods
>>2064010You need to leave.>>2064097On foot is still better.
I took the bus the other day because all the overhead signs changed to "delays" simultaneously on the subway platform, I didn't stick around to find out why
>>2058540No, but that's an interesting idea. I'll ride metro routes for fun.Milwaukee needs a metro system. I want to live there but my autism prevents me from living in cities that don't have metro trains, and from living in parts of the city that aren't covered by said metro. Because I like riding trains, you see.
>>2064010Are you ok?
The San Francisco Bay Area's BART subway system is so financially fucked that it is likely going to be cutting 10/50 stations by January 2027 and 5 more by July 2027, cutting a total of 70% train hours and 25% of the system's miles, while also ending service at 9 PM every day and starting weekend service at 8 AM. Funny how the richest region of the United States with a bunch of Ponzi Scheme tech companies can't fund public transit. Looks like the tech workers and tech industry have ruined yet another thing.
>>2067070>when one of them dies during an arrestThere's a highly advanced technique that works quite well in advanced countries, and that is to avoid putting a bullet in the base of their skull at point blank range. I know it's quite a leap of logic for americans but trust me, this reduces mortality rate by about 100%The other thing is, american cops don't go to jail for anything, it's common for them to pick up teen runaways and gang rape them, or strangle people to death who are already fully restrained, just for fun. They even make special prizes called "Challenge Coins" to commemorate their atrocities. So I wouldn't worry about that one at all
>>2065186I bet if they looked at where the money was going on the administration side of things you could save the operations without sacrifice.
>>2067257Until you nuke LA, SF, the surrounding areas, and Dan Diego for good measure, yes it's fucked.
>>2067301Dan Diego sounds Japanese
>>2067262>this reduces mortality rates by about 100%lmao. If a cop has you in close quarters and wants to kill you, they won't use a gun. They might sodomize you with a baton or put you in a chokehold for the duration of a Pink Floyd track, but the gun is not coming out.
Is this real or is it bullshit? Is it a publicity stunt, or are they doing something useful with it?
>>2067128It works but it's not really practical. Instead of doing autistic shit like this, you can just invest more into nuclear, since nuclear provides an abundance of energy and is emission free.
>>2067276what a freaking great idea >>2067289you just dont understandngmi
>>2067276Solar roadways used to be such a huge meme like 10-15 years ago
>>2067276Behold:
>>2067128if they actually successfully harvest energy, they have to take energy out of your step, so they would feel like walking on hardpack mud or packed snow (ergo, they would suck to walk on)roads should be hard
