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"?
>>2077229Chaffing, but I thought that's only for marathon runners. Your nips will literally bleed.
>>2077189They have separate bike roads, tho
>>2077231Didn't know that was a thing. It's pretty sad how people who aren't physically active manage to find reasons to resent people who are and try to make it out to be a bad thing to have an activity they enjoy that gets them outside and having fun.
>>2000001It's just to separate yourself from the wannabe lances. You don't have to wear lycra to have fun or get around.
>>2077279I'm more of a wannabe sagan personally t b h senpai
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?
>>2065584Terrible movie, nothing but a collection of clichés and trend following.
>>20566855pBpHe should stay home.
>>2071627Eh some cats are fine with it especially when they're young or if they're accustomed. When my cat was smol I used to take her to the park on a leash and she didn't mind much
>>2071626The only reason anyone went to see it was because it was christina ricci as a nympho getting chained up by a large black man
>>2077182There is LITERALLY nothing wrong with 26 year old chrstina ricci in a basement wearing only panties and a heavy cast iron chain while a black man in a wifebeater who is old enough to be her dad tells her she can't have her clothes until she embraces jesus and they have a deep spiritual bonding session about sin
How in the fuck are they pulling this shit off? These commies are making us look like clowns! What is the reason for this?!
>>2073935alright I'm wrong it was a metro north train but they use the same tracks and it was when I was coming home from spring break in 2013 https://mx-schroeder.medium.com/dazed-debacle-the-2013-spuyten-duyvil-usa-derailment-3c2c67421928
>>2068617What is kermit so scared of
>>2031662They are smarter and more efficient than western societies, which are all in decline.
>>2031662it turns out that having a centrally planned economy is good for making a railroad network that spans your entire continentalso no ni
>>2031662https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJe7wGUMyTo
Anyone here into it? Or even just into collecting models of trains. This shit is so expensive only codgy old boomers partake.
>>2078201bonus weird ass motorist digger >inb4 OTmake a ge
>>2072723>Pretty neat design but sounds like it was quite limited in its usefulness.Go read about the US railroad gun teams and how effective they were. They would lay a track spur aiming the gun at's target, obviously they wouldn't limit themselves to whatever the track happened to be aiming that gun at. This is something a good team can do in a few hours.
>>2072723>>2078203iirc some of the German ones ran on purpose-built permanent tracks as well, I know the Schwerer Gustav actually ran on two sets of parallel ones and arguably was less of a rail vehicle and more of an artillery piece that was just so huge that rails were the most practical traverse mechanism.
how do i get ahold of die cast construction equipment for cheap? when boomers die, do they just trash all their toys?
>>2064738N gauge autist here, specifically Japanese passenger trains with a soft spot for oneman diesel cars.I find it to be relatively cheap, the expense is mostly in the space rather than the actual rolling stock and other stuff, you can get nice n gauge passenger trains for like 50$ before shipping and import from places like yahoo auctions (just use buyee or similar), track is ridiculously cheap except for the technical parts if you just buy flex track by the foot.The real problem beyond the space requirement is that making the layout is more of a creative endeavor than a technical one, and most things you will suck at first few tries. This means you either accept shitty first attempts or spend a lot of time on experimenting which means a lot more time and space is needed. That’s how most people end up quitting the hobby or at least delaying it until retirement.
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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.
>>2077004BUT I NEED INSTANT ENGAGEMENT
>>2074727I got a dollar store party air horn and strapped it to my bike. Works wonders. Best time was using it on a convertible that was blocking the bike lane in an underpass for no good reason. The acoustics of the underpass amplified the sound of the horn and I saw that asshole jump up in his car and get startled, and he moved out of the way. Would recommend.
>>2077015Actually the optimal engagement degrees is 6 not 0
>>2074733fucking this.i feel like i'm imagining my bell sounds or something. and it's the ringing type not the ding ding type.
>>2038727BAD TO THE BONE
Let me guess… you NEED more.
>>2078715same as every 2x and 3x derailleur setups. people still say "ten speed" or "twenty-one speed" even though there are lots of redundancies. it's just another way of saying 2x5 or 3x7
>>2078800Yes, like I said, that's bot very sensible. But there is a difference. If you have a 500% range and 3x9 there will only be very few gears that can be considered redundant, depending on how close they have to be for you or anyone to be 'the same'.Meanwhile the '252 gears' bike can not simply have a much greater total range, as there exist very practical limits at either extreme. This leads me to suspect that if you apply the same definition of redundancy to this case you'll find that speeds are not simply redundant but even redundant severalfold. And probably occurr at very unpredictable intervals through the common sequence of shifting that is a nested loop. This is not the case with a 3x9 and this makes 252 speeds pretty retarded.On a sidenote: I guess most amateurs, probably including myself, can not even accurately assess which of two very similar speeds is physiologically optimal and results in faster pace or better endurance.
>>2078571why ai? there are actual seatless unicycles. they dont even have cranks
>>2078618I kneel
>>2078618
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).
>>2067924Steamy, dreamy... creamy?
>>2067924Long story short: insurance kikes and bean counter kikes.
>>2073307Yikes
>>2073167heh
You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.
>>2078101no need to be a dick m8
>>2078101you'd be lucky to have a Somec
>>2075850what is the name of this bar?
>>2075028is that a fish grill basket?
>>2075346This.
>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!!!!!
>>2073670I only wear 100%s because I wanna be like sagan
>>2018683I just don't want to dress like a faggot, desu.
>>2075681>wearing moderately expensive "cycling" clothes that keep you comfortable>wearing absurdly expensive "not for cycling" (actually, pretty much for cycling) clothes that don't really keep you comfortable but appeal to your sense that "cyclist" is a bad thing and you don't want to look like you're riding a bike, while riding a bike>dressing like a faggotHappy pride month!
>>2071534>as long as you didn't impregnate them.What did they mean by this
I typically wear mtb shoes bib shorts an German army surplus t shirt I got for 3€ and a "gravel" helmet which is just a mountain bike helmet with the peak removed
>*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
>>2070133yeah but they dont sell to (you). they make ice cream carts and coffee vending trikes and shit, not vehicles designed for personal use
>>2074851I had that set up, but after blowing several spokes and finally having my freehub open like a flower, I bought something purpose built for 550 lbs.
>>2074851>motorFaggotry. Pure unbridled faggotry.
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+
Want to show my new vibe coded London rail app at https://navlndn.com It an unnecessarily detailed enhancement for your Citymapper/Waze/Google maps. Has real time lift guides, visualized route disruptions, step-free wheelchair user info, all sorts of other things most people won't use but it's there if you want to nerd out.
Why are you begging for money for a vibe coded app where you're contributing nothing new and it's off the back of other peoples hard work and data?
Can anyone tell me why shipping is more efficient than rail? I thought water has more friction than air
>>2068722>water has more friction than airand ground has more friction than both
>>2070081ah sorry i never saw this (probably you wont see this, but ill reply anyway)you are right, i read my comment again and i missed a lot of details. the factor of 3 comes from what you said, the factor of 4 comes from needing to haul extra fuel and being a more 'robust' vehicle in general. bigger engine, stronger walls etc. i posted a different comment in this thread back before about how i missed out on explaining rolling resistance (which is where a heavier vehicle gets done in). i put the factor of 4 in instead of the 3 to make it more accurate to the real world without having references to rolling resistancei know its wrong and knew it before but i figured no one else would know it (or care)
>>2068722I do not believe for one second that a jet is only 47 times less efficient than a cargo ship. What is the source for this image?
>>2078987 (me)I did the napkin math myself, and this actually looks roughly accurate. A 777 consumes 35,000 gallons of fuel on a flight from China to LA, and has a capacity of roughly 20 TEUs. A large container ship might have a capacity of 10,000 TEUs, and might consume roughly 725,000 gallons of fuel travelling the same distance. According to these numbers, the tanker is about 25x as efficient as the 777.
>>2078990>777>capacity of roughly 20 TEUsTEUs are not a useful measurement in aviation, in fact they're not used at all in aviation. Use weight or volume.
When are we getting nuclear powered ocean liners?
>>2076073I hardly knew him
>>2063465>When are we getting nuclear powered ocean liners?1. You would have to make the reactor a non-serviceable modular unit that you simply plug into the ship as if it were a container. Split this power requirement across multiple containers if you have to in order to meet the average limitations of dockside container cranes.2. You would then have to convince every country with an international port to amend their port laws and regulations to allow nuclear-powered vessels to moor in them. This is a bigger hurdle than any of the technical requirements of actually making a sea-faring vessel.3. You would probably have to forcibly declassify the Navy's nuclear power DoE manual. So it could be used for training operational and safety requirements for that class of small reactor.
>>2077785You'd also have to make the mariner's union somehow accept an upper caste of nuclear technicians, with more privileges compared to the average seafarer.
>>2063465>how to make ocean liners even worseKYS
>>2078973>he doesn't want to be luxury zooming across the oceans at 40 knots
Redditification of hobbies edition Resources:https://www.sheldonbrown.com/https://www.parktool.com/en-us/blog/repair-help/previous thread:>>2075646
>>2079055I've heard good things about cork. I have a trekking bar i need to wrap. Was thinking of going natural cork route
>>2079055Bbb
should I get a trek checkpoint alr 3 or surly preamble(the one with Shimano parts)
>>2078989>So, before resigning myself to expensive ass saddles as a wear itemthe chinks have a thing.I can only attest to the comfort of their non-carved one which was okay for the $20. Feels like a lower quality leather since it took longer to break in and it was very stiff when I got it.
>>2079029>if it's new geo/slanted too tube you need at least L or probably XL if you can find it.>a little smaller is preferable to too bigThat makes sense>if you find a bike you want and the seller is asking too muchI was just wondering about the used market in general, but now that I think of it, I know someone who wants a bike but needs to be frugal about it, so I will pass that tip on, thanks Anon>pic is a long headtube which tells you it's a big boy frame>>2079030>the really small frames will actually have the top tube and downtube touching each other at the headtube.I see what you're talking about, and I have seen how geometry doesn't scale in proportion for each sizeI'll keep an eye out for potentials
