What's next in bicycle tech?
>>2070670we had that in the 60s
>>2057728>What's next in bicycle tech?Brake by wire.
bicycle that instantly seizes completely solid if you ever try to service iteven cleaning it will have to be done at an Accredited Dealership
>>2057792but it already exists, alfine hubs
>>2072854Deere bikes. Ferrari already has a bike.
Instead of HSR, why doesn't California build a high speed ferry between LA and San Francisco?
>>2072528San Francisco to Los Angeles in 7 hours by sea is not bad compared to 6 hours by car or 7.5 hours by bus.
>>2069658Cool idea, but Ekranoplan between LA and San Fransisco would be higher speed
>>2072765Not much internal space compared to a traditional boat.
>>2072803merci garchomp
>>2069842>>2072765>>2072803The problem with ekranoplans is the same one as hydrofoils: it's too dependent on sea state. If the waves get too high, then the ekranoplan loses the ground effect cushion, which suddenly cuts lift, and causes it to smash into the water. Even the relatively placid Caspian Sea was too much for the Lun class and A-90s.An LA-SF route would have them flying over open ocean known for waves. Even worse, those waves would be traveling west-east, while the craft flies south-north. As the wave peakes travel across the wing span in flight, they would cause moving lift peaks which would induce a rolling moment on the craft. It would be terrible to fly, let alone ride. That's to say nothing of the danger of having aircraft flying at wavetop height along a famously foggy coast with heavy ship traffic. There's an extreme collision risk to be sorted out.All of the ekranoplans problems could be solved, however, by having them fly at higher altitude, overland routes like anon points out here >>2069694. Ekranoplans are just bad airplanes that only work in a vanishingly small niche.
Cyclists of /n/, do you wear a lot of loud obnoxious advertising logos on yourself when you ride?
>>2068377yes, it is common for helmets to be assigned to retards. most people can pilot a vehicle competently, though
>>2054271Mine lasted several years but they did indeed eventually die. Levis did cheap out in the last few years of the commuter jeans though. They did away with the gusseted crotches without telling anyone.>>2055796I was riding on a shitty old schwinn original saddle. Those '70s-90s plastic saddles seemed 'okay' on pants esp if you ride out of the saddle (use saddlebags)
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>>2063972>noooo you can't mix belt drives with electronic shifting, you just can't ok!??!Shimano seems to disagree
>>2063085The quality for price on modern bike lights is completely ridiculous, I remember having to keep my bike headlight batteries in the water bottle cage and try to optimize wire gauge to avoid transmission losses, now the entire system including battery is the size of a chap stick and stronger and runs cooler and lasts longer and charges faster
Can anyone tell me why shipping is more efficient than rail? I thought water has more friction than air
>>2070808With distributed traction string-line derails are less of a problem than before when all locomotives were at the front of a train.Still happens sometimes
>>20708086,000 feet is on the shorter side of stack trains. 7,000-7,500 was average for the line I worked on. BNSF started running 10,000 foot stack trains on the transcon from LA to Chicago 20 years ago and they're probably longer now.
>>2070808they do, the only reason they dont go higher than 2 is for tunnels and bridges (and sometimes the containers/cars themselves)
>>2068745>Cargo ships are typically manned by IndiansJust feed them an occasional bridge and they'll be happy.
>>2069005>>>/s4s/
The great debate
>>2071652I just want to fly over traffic in California and not be stuck in it
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imagine trying to compete with thismurricans could never
>>2072168I'd like to see one in a good custom paint scheme instead of the boring factory livery
I've never flown a Cirrus, but I have a few hours in a DA40-180 and really liked it. I'm a big fan of the traditional stick and its solid linkages that make the controls super responsive and direct, which I find much more intuitive than the sloppy cable controls of 172s etc., and the one I flew also had a CS prop with a lever which I also really prefer, I think manifold pressure is much easier to manage than prop RPM when doing maneuvers.
I did not see another thread on this so here we go. How does /n/ feel about downtown city airports? I know most world class cities such as London, New York, Washington DC, etc. Have proper downtown airports. It looks like Toronto is going to get one as well. Until now, the Billy Bishop island airport, so named after a Canadian WWI fighter pilot ace, could only accommodate turbo prop aircraft. The Province of Ontario is now looking to extend the runway to allow Jets. This would greatly expand the range of the airport, especially to far cities in western Canada and the southern United States. Potentially even western Europe. Is this a good move, or a short sighted volley?https://www.cp24.com/local/toronto/2026/03/09/ford-doubles-down-on-toronto-billy-bishop-expansion-plans-calls-island-residents-squatters/
>>2070695>Maritime cities are still quite isolated from Toronto,good. fuck off, we're full
>>2071514>>2071546only white men are able to use public transitWomen will get shanked in the neck and noone would help them
>>2071929>train pulls into station>step in>see woman about to get shanked in the neck>uh excuse me miss but do you need he->I HAVE A BOYFRIEND>woman proceeds to get shanked>entire train car erupts in applause
>>2071499Toronto keeps screwing up its airport connections. With federal money we could extend Line 2 north to the airport and have a direct line on the subway. Ultimately Line 2, Line 5 Eglinton and Line 6 Finch should all terminate at a single station at pearson airport. They could have the station connected to the terminals by the existing people mover/terminal link.Idk why this cant be done at the biggest economic centre of our country
>>2067443>I know most world class cities Chicago.No, wait. That's just mob territory.Seattle had a great GA runway years ago. Takeoff and approach over water, so fewer crashes into neighborhoods. But Karen says, "No!"
> solves bikepackingNothing personal kiddo
>>2072706no you dipshityou undo caliper's mounting bolts just a bit so it floats side to side but not verticallyyou squeeze the brake lever to make it grab onto and align to the diskyou lock the caliper in place by tightening the boltsif hydraulic, you're done, if mechanical, undo the inside pad by a quarter turn and you're done
>>2072712>his brakes don't have a centring adjustment screw a cable tension screw an arch spring tension screw
>>2072712>>2072739>>2072741This board is so easy to troll. I feel like it's 2005 and it's baby's first day on the internet
>>2072741That's right. They don't. They are this simple. And they just fucking Work.Sorry I don't want to manage 9 different levers just to make mech dicks either do nothing or send me over my bars when I pull the rear brake lever.
>>2072769give me these or give me hydros, that's all I fuck with. would consider cable-actuated hydros with compressionless brake housing on a drop bar build (fuck me hydro brifters are all $$$) but that's as far as I'll go
Or just the weirdest you're aware of?
>>2067376This looks so cool. I wish we still used elephants for war.I used to speed around in forklifts in an empty warehouse as a kid.>>2067379>>2067382These guys know what's up.
pallet jacks are cool and all but what about this shit
>>2072157reminds me of the tractor in Satisfactory
>>2067382erm, anon, pallet jacks are NOT scooters, you will suffer a deadly injury or death if you use themthis thing on the other hand, is perfectly safe. but ONLY, ONLY for the higher ups with proper training, so not you, understand?
>>2067376My wife and I recently rode horses in Costa Rica, and it really made me wonder why we ever rode these animals. I get using horses or other animals as beasts of burden, or to pull carts and such, but riding on one was an unpleasant experience for me.
Why is larping as a turn of the century messenger while blocking traffic on a weekday considered fundamentally a Good Thing, while larping as a pro athlete on a closed course at the ass crack of dawn on a Sunday, where you paid in advance and you bring business to the community and bother literally no one, is so heavily derided?The GF thing isn't my cup of tea personally, but it seems like about the most harmless way you can be edgy and have a little light "competitive" fun without intentionally irritating anyone (or seriously endangering yourself in a high stakes pro race), unlike Critical Mass which is just jacking off about how you're Doing Good (while actually just being a jackass)Is that the issue? The irritation has to be declared in advance? If you irritate someone who will never even see you just by existing, you're uncool, but if you irritate people for the sake of irritating them you're cool?Change my view on this, Gran Fondos are actually something we should encourage, all the benefits of sport with few if any disadvantages, and Critical Mass is seriously misguided
>>2072691>proprietaryhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbXUSatsCPw
>>207269113 speeds? Why so much speed? This is NOT a race, single speed is all I need
>>2072258>fixie rider with wife and house and jobwhat now bitch
>>2072727and now you'll wake up
>>2072558>"Bicycle Kingdom" in Hong Kong was under UK's rule>switched over to cars around the time of the CCP takeoverUsing Hong Kong as a bicycle advocacy example is wrong on several levels.
I just got a new bike and I need a new locking systemwhat should I get? lock and chain with those big O thing on the end?what do you use?
>>2070403
"locking system"Stop being gay
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>>2072613https://youtu.be/KsUv5Wg8EXc
What would be a good e-scooter to use for a ~25km daily commute (50% highway, rest smaller roads)? It should be able to hit 100kph and manage medium inclines.
>>2067813Stark Varg or a Zero S or DS or something like that.
>>2072730retard those are motorcycles, not scooters
>>2072730this on Stark Varg you have Stark Pairing , phone pairing is the most important part of any ebike , even more than the pedals ,
>>2072733y-you know the phone comes with the ebike...right?
>>2072734So based. Thank god Iron Man made me an ebike for me personally that i can pair my phone to his phone to
My city is cutting bus routes starting in 2026, so tell me me/n/, do you ride bus routes for fun?
>>2058540Yeah, I like to travel while listening to podcasts. Before I went to college that meant I did a lot of driving just for fun. When I went to college and moved to the city I got rid of my car, and we got a bus pass as part of our tuition. So I did a lot of walking and riding the bus while listening to podcasts. I have ridden most of the busses in my city for the entirety of their routes.
I like taking the bus to work if I see I'm ready to leave just as it's about to come. The stop is a 3 minute walk from my house, and it stops right across the street from my job. It's usually almost empty and I get to have a chill morning.
>>2058540>cutting routesGood. Stop being poor and buy a proper bike.
>>2058540The searchers all say they'd have made Whitefish Bay if they'd put fifteen more miles behind her
>>2058540I took a Greyhound up to Tallahassee for a concert. Never again. I'd rather ride my single speed up there. Blacks are a damn plague.
Anyone here into it? Or even just into collecting models of trains. This shit is so expensive only codgy old boomers partake.
>>2072170I wonder if you could actually simulate the firing with pyrotechnics. I've seen model warship that do it, although it's probably much safer when they're outdoors on a lake.
>>2072675Seems like the recoil would require that it only be fired in line with the track, which limits its utility. Still, nice design and would be fun in a model.
>>2072685it's a real gun: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krupp_K5
>>2072675Most railway gun models are plastic but with a metal barrel you could probably use those toy cannon carbide pellets.
>>2072688Pretty neat design but sounds like it was quite limited in its usefulness.
Hey guys I love when school busses are repurposed either for USA van lifers or as public transit in other countries like MX, Nica, Guatemala, etc. SO I saw this and took a picture to share with you all I love the green color.
>>2066371sorry but I'm not into porn
>>2048275Buses are everything, but nothing can escape the karma of compulsory schooling.
>>2048426>it's not car, it's GNU plus car
>>2048275Literally
>>2062297She didn't say that.
The Amtrak redemption arc continues?>https://media.amtrak.com/2026/04/amtrak-takes-big-step-towards-new-long-distance-trains/>It’s official! We’ve started the procurement process for Amtrak’s largest-ever Long Distance train order.>Our customers deserve the best, and this new fleet will move us full speed ahead into a new era of American train travel.>We’ve issued a formal request for suppliers to bid on the new Long Distance fleet replacement contract. Interested carbuilders are now preparing their proposals for submission. Following an extensive evaluation, we plan to announce our selected supplier by the end of 2027. >This once-in-a-generation fleet replacement program was developed in close coordination with the Federal Railroad Administration, with the goal of modernizing overnight and cross-country travel for a fleet that includes many cars today approaching nearly 50 years of operations.>The program calls for more than 800 new railcars across 14 routes.
>>2070947All single level cars is gay and lame.
>>2070952bi-level cars are racist against wheelchairs
I just wish I could take interstate sleeper car trips at a price that was competitive with air travel or a long ass drive + hotel. I mean it is like that if you stay in $1000/night hotels but jesus
>>2070948Looks soulless
>>2071117rail isn't as heavily subsidized as air travel and I don't want them to be. then you get shit like the tsa and other authoritarian bs we don't need.
