yeWax or Oil?What do YOU like better?I don't wanna listen to the youtube silca shills
>>2054955wax all the wayoil always grinds against the chain whenever you go out, it gets mixed with dust and other elements and destroys the chain in no timewax on another hand will always stay clean, I leave for ~300 km before re-waxingoil was a painful experience and had to change the chain frequently or keep cleaning it every now and then (only to end up buying a new one)
>>2054955I used to use PTFE but I'm looking for an alternative because of the health and enviornmental hazards. I'm leaning towards parafin.Also include your riding conditions, you fucks. I'm in dry desert.>>2054958Wet vs Dry condiditons.
>>2058970PTFE and parafin are not the sameone is a base, the other an addetive
>>2058970por que no los dos?
>>2058970drip wax is fool proof (except for initially stripping the chain to bare metal). and it prolongs chain life by a large margin vs oil/dry lube.
If all children's (geared and break-pad) bikes were banned and everyone rode fixies (adult bikes), then we wouldn't need any of the polarising debate over 'bike infrastructure'. We wouldn't need to slow down traffic through cities or dig up roads and pavements, everyone would be a lot safer and bikes could flow freely among cars.Is it finally time for governments around the world to ban geared bikes (at least for people above the age of say, 10) and give up on the idea of seperate bike and car infrastructure, letting all modes of transport to flow freely among eachother?
>>2061088I used to be gas/o/holic in the 00s with a manual FC and S13 back in the day, I now ride fixies and yes it's the manual of the bicycle world. The motorcycle equivalent is carbureted and no abs/tcs.>"its better cuz u have to pay more attention"the real answer is more road feel for better man-machine connection
>>2059840>it's less parts/cables you need to buy how fucking poor are you
>>2060248i hope he died
Saint John Forester says you need 7+ speeds, so you need 7+ speeds. Fixies are toys for hipsters and brokies.
>>2058000>It's a totally effective brakeIt's a shitty coaster break.>>2059961Fixed gear cx is a thing.>>2060082Pretty much.
I see you all are intimidated by my obvious superiority
>>2061359>uses the latin alphabet>uses gregorian calendar>eats pastait's too late, italians already got you
can you drift on a vespai would buy one if i can throw sparks from the shitty undercarriage negative banking that shit
>>2061370No. You can skid a bit if you really try, but you're not drifting on a Vespa
>>2061370>>2061371I think you actually could using the same technique for drifting motorcycles, start by initiating a skid with the rear brake, position the rear so it's moving sideways, then crank the throttle. The initial skid breaks the traction so when the throttle goes on it doesn't need to fight the tire's traction. Vespas have automatic clutches though so I'm honestly not exactly sure if it'd work the same
>>2061369>eats pasta
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.
I had a full-blown medical emergency on Sunday night, like a seizure, while riding home. I fell off the bike and just lay at the side of the road for probably close to an hour. A guy walked past and helped me pick up my helmet, then just kept walking and left me there. I eventually recovered enough that I could stand up and walk the rest of the way home, which was about two miles, but when I got home I didn't have my bike. I went looking for it the next day, but I couldn't find it and wasn't entirely sure where I'd left it. I think local entrepreneurs took it away for scrap metal. I'm fucking seething and I don't know what I'm going to do when I get a new bike. Will I ride it less? I definitely have the PTSD at the moment, even though I was barely hurt, and I certainly don't want to buy an expensive bike.
>>2060872You died that night. Rip in piss anon
I usually just get really mad after a crash because if anything breaks you gotta walk from there, and walking a bike sucksit also feels like i only ever take a spill when i decide "nah conditions are good, i dont need 90kg of emergency gear today" and then have some catastrophic failure precisely halfway through, often when i have places to be as well and then i gotta call in saying I'll be late and shit and there's so many more embarrassing follow-on effects than just breaking one thing and getting some ouchies
This thread gets funny if you pretend everyone's talking about car crashes
>>20449016 months and my arm still hurts
let me guess....you need more?
That would actually look bad ass if they did internal cables, got rid of the stupid dropper post, and put on a proper aerocockpit. I realize it's not necessary and not what the customer wants, but it would look totally sick
NOI need less!
>>2061162>full sussy gravel bike
is the dart silver line /n/ approved? it’s scheduled to open in october
>>2058438There you go again being your own worst enemy. Telling other people to get used to it and making up straw man arguments isn't a solution and will lead people to stop taking you seriously.
>>2058445>There you go again being your own worst enemy. Telling other people to get used to it and making up straw man arguments isn't a solution and will lead people to stop taking you seriously.
i now commute on the silver line three days a week it goes:home->bike->silver line->bike->workand its so comfy guys
dart has funding issues now
checked videos and ridership looks pretty low, less than 10% full
>The San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway (reporting mark SDAE) is a short-line American railroad founded in 1932 as the successor to the San Diego and Arizona Railway (SD&A), which was founded in 1906 by entrepreneur John Spreckels. Dubbed "The Impossible Railroad" by many engineers of its day due to the immense logistical challenges involved, the line was established in part to provide San Diego with a direct rail link to the east by connecting with the Southern Pacific Railroad lines in El Centro, California.>the railroad has a checkered history, with periodic disruptions in service to rockslides, storms, fires, and derailments, and has never been profitable>the line ceased being used in its entirety decades ago and has been bounced around by owner to owner ever since>at present, only a fraction of the line in San Diego, Mexico, and Campo is actively used, with the rest being left to decayHere's my questions:1. Were the "Impossible Railroad's" issues inherent to the climate and terrain, or more so the technological/economic limitations at the time of its construction (the railroad was built with anachronistic infrastructure such as wooden trestles)?2. If funding could secured, would it be possible to rehabilitate or even rebuild the line in its entirety using modern engineering techniques to negate the hazards that plagued its previous incarnations?3. What services could be provided to make the line economical, or even turn an actual profit? Obviously there's tourism, Carrizo Gorge attracts thousands of tourists a year (many of whom come to gawk at the ruins of the railway). I recently found out that the Mexican portion of the line is used to host the Tijuana-Tecate Tourist Train (pic related, several gallery cars that were originally intended for it but ultimately left unused) and has proven quite popular. But I'm also wondering industries could be served or even if a US-Mexico commuter service would be feasible (ignoring current diplomatic issues)
>>2038870The biggest problem was that the original railway was built on a shoestring budget (it was basically the brainchild of one man, John Spreckels), hence the antiquated shit like wooden trestles and had the misfortune of construction starting just prior to the start of the Mexican Revolution. The fact that a significant portion of the line runs through Mexico complicates things further because piece of cargo and passenger traveling the full length of the Desert Line will have to go through customs inspections, twice, just to reach their destination.Honestly the view is scenic enough that I think it would have potential as a tourist line, especially given that one of the termini is downtown San Diego, but you would need to essentially rebuilt the entire line before that became feasible. It doesn't help that the route is 70 miles long and the other terminus, Plaster City, is a complete shithole with nothing but Gypsum mining to it.Maybe, you could do it as a hotel train where you depart in the early evening (5pm) running at a leisurely pace of >10 miles per hour (slow enough to make the journey around 14 hours and run comfortably), treat everyone to a fancy dinner, have the train turn around in Plaster City and return in the morning (7am). Restore some old heavy Pullman sleeper and dining cars and better yet, a working steam locomotive, and you might find a niche market for being the only play in the world where you can relive the zenith of American rail travel.
>>2057523>will have to go through customs inspections, twice, just to reach their destination.Check out the big brains on Brad. It's not like similar things don't happen between the US and Canada with no customs checks required.Most people on /n/ are completely fucking clueless yet pretend to be total experts.
>>2039300>The real money-maker in railroads has never been people, it's been freight.The real money maker in highways has never been people, it's freight.
>>2058499What point are you trying to make here
Nobody would want to use an ancient ass ROW that dips into Mexico.
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?
Those cheap as fuck button lights (a rechargeable one obviously). Theyre kinda good cuz they arent meant to be bright, so a lot of time they provide visibility for quite a while on one charge, they arent heavy and can be spammed.Brightness is not as important as most people make it out to be. At night, any light stands out great. The important part is you have a light that works.strap them to your backpack straps or jacket so theyre always kinda around indoors to charge and such- and you dont have to bother attaching them to your bikeand here's the real key, theyre cheap so you can have multiple. Just buy a 2 pack, so when one runs low, you have another and have a few days at least to remember to charge it and swap it back in.---I tried superbright lights with massive batteries. They do last longer but often times have bad mounts that snap. I couldnt find a convenient solution.
>>2053772Craziest thing ive ever read, but in happy motoring madness, completely expected.
I am tired of cagies and their ridiculous 1250000 lumen high beams that they keep on all the time. what is the brightest man-portable light I can get for riding in the cityI found a 2500 lumen flashlight at a hardware store but i want even brighter. the kind of shit ships carry for portable searchlights kinda shit. i want to outright blind people and cause lasting vision damage to cagies
>>2053895I would have 10 years ago but everything has an internal lithium battery that charges over USB these days so why fucking bother. i just pop it off the bike and charge it in the office when i get in>what if ur battery failes THOUGHwhat if your dynamo wiring freezes and cracks
Anyone have experience with magnetic lights/signals (e.g Reelight)?
>The aircraft, registered as VT-EHH, was a Boeing 737-2A8F from the Baby Boeing family. Delivered to Indian Airlines in 1982, it later operated with Alliance Air before Air India converted it into a freighter in 2007.>It flew with India Post titles but was grounded at Kolkata Airport in 2012. Instead of being sold, scrapped, or parted out, the jet sat idle in a remote corner of the airfield and disappeared from the airline's fixed-asset documentation.>Kolkata Airport officials eventually contacted Air India to request the removal of the abandoned jet.>This prompted a detailed internal check that confirmed the aircraft had been omitted from multiple documents for years.>Air India CEO Campbell Wilson informed staff that, in the years leading up to privatization, VT-EHH was repeatedly left out of internal records.>As a result, the aircraft did not factor into the valuation during the Tata Group acquisition. Before privatization, the carrier did not maintain the kind of structured fixed-asset registers that well-run airlines use to track depreciation, parking charges, insurance liability, and maintenance cycles.https://archive.ph/cYDOd
I'm visiting India rn and the difference between the level of air travel conduct in North and South cannot be overstated. On my flight from Canada it was all Punjabis and it was fucking chaos. They didn't care if you had your belt buckled, kids wandering everywhere, no sense of personal space, people playing music from their phone. But I had to get a connecting flight down south and it was completely different. Well-dressed, polite people, minding their own business, actually apologising in decent English if they need to get into the aisle or step on your shoe or something. The whole Gangetic plain gives this subcontinent such a bad rap
>>2061118Now compare the experience of working with north Indians vs. south Indians. I'm from Brampton and I've worked with a lot of difficult people from different backgrounds, from Guyanese to Jamaicans to rednecks from rural Ontario and crackheads from Kennedy and Queen, but average Punjabis make the absolute worst colleagues, bar none
>>2060587Fees get paid, no one questions.
>>2061141aye fair enough. but even parking lots will boot your car if you just leave it there for weeks on end even if you pay daily
>>2061141>Going for the banana gets us all hosed, and we don't even need to get hosed anymore because we stop the impetus in its tracks>Heh, stupid monkeys.
should i go with a flight on a 737-700 or an erj-135/erj-140/erj-145
Never going to fly on this. Fml.
>>2060301Post flight number
>>20605090.....0
>>2060473I have flown on both the BAe version of that and the Avro version. Have also flown on an IL-62 and L1011. Flew on a Pan Am 747 SP too. Am I cool yet /n/?
>>2060301That's a 732...
An entry level new bike, that is agreeable to ride, not dragged down by antiquated standards like QR, that you won't regret buying, nor immediately feel the urge to swap out half the components because of cut corners, cost approximately USD $1500 at standard retail prices as of late 2024, give or take a few hundred (depending on the finer details).Now, the prices are going to go up by at least 20%, and the smaller independent brands are going to go under as only the largest players will have the spare cash to ride out the sudden loss of consumer confidence. The most interesting and original bike products will simply disappear from the market permanently until the next wave of prosperity (which may be entirely concentrated somewhere far away and foreign, so that only the wealthiest of your peers will be able to import and use such goods).How does that make /n/ feel?
>noooo you dont understand I NEED thru axles because... I just do ok?!
>>2036140If it's just for transportation, always keep in mind that your bike can get stolen and you can get into an accident with it. Buy something cheap first and see if you use it. A 300 to 400 bucks bike will last you two or three years. Then buy a new one again. By then you'll know if you use it and if you do, you'll know exactly what you want and what you want to spend your money on.Whether you buy 3 or 4 new bikes over the course of 10 years or just one expensive one doesn't make a difference in the financial sense, but the cheaper options hedges your risk against damage and makes you more flexible later on.If it's for offroad sports you can go berserk, but there quantity also trumps quality unless you care competing, which lets face reality, you are not if you're asking here.
>>2060843Good point. Better stand in your nearest toilet and carefully watch all the kids urinating just in case one of those pervert trannies tries one of their perverted tricks!
>>2044726Better than 0km
>>2036140>not dragged down by antiquated standards like QRqr is fine unless it's carbon (and entry level bike won't be carbon)
Would anyone ever want to buy these books? It's a bunch of shit from wild swan. They cover how to paint a model locomotive, how to assemble locomotive kits, and scratchbuilding locomotives. Its all british steam locomotives mind you. It's a mix of currently in print and long out of print books. I don't want them anymore.
i mean you haven't even identified the books in questioni suggest going to second-hand book websites and seeing what the books in question have sold for
I'm also angry, but for me it's stereotypes of dwarves in fantasy. Elves can live in space or grow butterfly wings or whatever and no-one blinks an eye but as soon as you say "Dwarf" it's a drunk autist who lives in a cave.
>>2060738Shut the fuck up you retard. You know exactly what I fucking have. I don't need to spell it out for your dumbass.
yeah
Old thread from 2023 finally hit bump limit >>1955863New thread. "Cycling infrastructure" is harm reduction. But not in the way you probably think. The anti-bike crowd considers riding a bicycle on public roads as an offense against the interests of motorists. An so, they wish to create infrastructure to reduce cycling (harm). Yes! Those who advocate for "separate but equal" are (whether they admit it or not) working against the interests of bicycle users:-The American Automobile Association strongly supports bike lanes-Countries that place responsibility on car drivers have 70-90% fewer fatalities per billion km traveled by bike. This is of course beyond the pale, drivers must always have total immunity. But hey, look, green paint! We solved safety!-The true purpose of bike lanes is to neutralize the opposition by corrupting the discourse. Don't support bike lanes? Then you must not care about safety!-Bike lanes have a curious pattern of appearing where they are superfluous, and vanishing as you approach potential traffic conflict zones. This way, when you get run over by a dump truck making a turn, it's your fault! You shoulda been in the bike lane that wasn't there!In conclusion: bike lane activists hate cyclists and want to eradicate cycling as a form of transportation.
>>2060998>get yelled at by a karen once a month>or get plastered by a truck 500 times your weightif you can't decide which one between those to choose you deserve what you get, simple as
>>2061004If you think a gun will help you with your road rage you're in for even greater distress and disappointment.
>>2061004This is the worst advice you can possibly take. This happened a few years ago in Florida where someone tried to wave a gun at a car that turned out to be an undercover police car. It didn't go well for him.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ddzYULHL8c
>>2061085There's a huge difference between carrying and brandishing you clickbait addicted faggot.
>>2061085this is why you dont just brandish it, you open fire
I'm having a difficult time deciding on what I'd enjoy most for a weekend/overnight fishing trip boat. I've kind of broken down my wants but its still kind of difficult>reliable enough to run trouble free for 6 month stretches >500 naut. Mile range>purchase price below $20k>space for a full week aboard with 4 people total if neededSo far my 2 top choices have been a bristol with a skeg rudder and fin keel, or a small bertram flybridge like a 28 or something close. Anyone have experience with either sailboats or offshore fishing? I've only been out a few times on a center console which was great to fish off but pretty much only had some bench seats to sit on and had next to no cover from sun.
>>2060804A good amount of smaller boats can be had below $20k. If you're plugged in with other boat owners, you can come across people who have more than enough money but no time or space and just want to get rid of their boat, and in those cases you can find really good deals, especially for sailboats. Free sailboats are never great, but you can find people getting rid of $30k sailboats for $5k just cause they don't have the drive to list it anywhere or deal with people and just want it to go to someone responsible. Boats are always gonna cost money, but with enough diy know-how, you can have a decent, reliable boat for the same as an older sports car.
>>2060806>a three hour tour.. a three hour tour...so comfy
>>2060805>Buying them's the cheap part.I'm tired of this myth. I bought a $15k sailboat (30 ft) two years ago and outside of moorage fees I've spent like $400 on maintenance and repairs, and that includes buying a polishing machine and servicing the sails.If you buy a good boat and take care of it, I really don't see how it can cost these huge figures people are talking about.
I wan't to go, pick me!>I can pull pots really fast>I can keep the bung from getting smoked in a mutiny >I can safely operate any vehicle except helicopter
>>2060949it's mostly shit like marina fees, how expensive "marine grade" consumables are, and first time buyers being like>i bought a boat! yayy it was only like 5 grand, that's less than a car!!>FUCK i dont have a trailer and need to buy that>FUCK it wont fit in my garage i need something built for it>FUCK i need all kinds of weird cables for shore power>FUCK i need to buy radios and epirbs and all kinds of safety shit>FUCK i need xyz because I'm an idiot and didn't do my researchsame shit happens to people buying their first car. they get a 300$ used corolla and then wonder why they pay 5400/mo in insurance and spend 300$ per week just on engine oil
>bulldoze land stolen from natives>build railroad on stolen land>use trains to take natives to residential schools>ffw modern day>run bomb trains hauling millions of gallons of oil through native reservesdw bro we care, see i painted it orange for u
>>2059134Love that pic. A calm soldier standing his ground against an italian organized crime cigarette smuggler masquerading as an aboriginal. And as a bonus: cowardly hides his face.C-liners are my favourite diesel locomotive.
>>2054948Do they need more space and money to get drunk on/with?
>>2059134>>open illegal casinos, sell drugs, firearms, cigarettes, alcool, etc to everyone including minors.Thats actually based though and reminds me Im due to drive up to the Rez to top up on Backwoods and Tomahawks
>>2059421Canadians are truly the most powerful zoophiles on earth.
>>2059134>alcoolfrenchie spotted
