Why do they do this? Happened this Friday
>>2075472We aren't allowed to notice.
imagine having to write off a dozens of millions dollar plane because of some swapped tiny rod and a nose boop
>>2075325If you ever actually left your basement and even spent all day every day in the burning sun on the tarmac you'd turn brown too.
>>2075218>someone put the safety-pin in the wrong hole.No. This has happened before. There was an AD issued to plug that "wrong hole". So, more likely safety pin was never installed.
>>2075236>Why did he put it in the wrong hole?New maintenance procedure: Pin in both holes. DP that bitch.
yeWax or Oil?What do YOU like better?I don't wanna listen to the youtube silca shills
Gonna put a gold chain on a bike so will have to start waxing because I want the whole thing to stay pretty.
i use teflon based lube from the hardware store. works same as the bike shop dry. lasts the same amount of time.
>>2055408if lube isn't the most toxic shit sold without a loicense it's garbage
>>2072141Working quite well so far, lasts around 200km.But it does come off a lot quicker when riding in the rain.
>>2076102Sorry chuddy, there are no teflon "based" lubes
I like mixed trainsPost mixed trains
>>2071685>Do they expect me to pull THAT?!
>>2069444
>in Germany, riding cattle cars is a death sentence>in Ecuador, it's 1st class
>>2071821That’s such a great photo. A classic Maine two footer Forney, boxcar, a derailed upside down pulpwood car, what I think is a snow flanger (but no sign of snow) and then a mixed train caboose. I’ve been to the WW & F museum where they have a lot of Sandy River and other Maine two foot stuff running.
>>2067904Based
I NEED electronic shifting!It's SOOOO much better and faster and smoother than cable shifters!Shimano please take my one thousand american dollars to make my shifting divine forever! *(*- until next iteration of Di2 releases)
>>2064907>part 4>part 9>quill instead of handle bar mountgg no re
Imagine needing gears on your bike. Are you too fat to just pedal harder?
>>2056412iconic post that I've come back to for months
>>2056523hey at least they use shimano B01S pads>idk why disk brakes have so many pad shapes
>>2076097it's pretty much all to trap you into a Device Ecosystem
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWQ3iLVr-0E>That cylinder is a mass dampener also known as a J dampener in physics.The purpose is to neutralize high frequency low amplitude oscillations.Mass dampeners are currently used in Moto GP and were banned in F1 in the mid 2000s.The mass dampener can also be placed on the fork,above the bottom bracket and as shown on the rear swing arm/triangle on a full suspension bike.have these been used on road bikes yet? i have a stiff track bike fixie, anything that could improve performance or comfort would interest me. i haven't paid attention to bike stuff lately so idk if it has been mentioned on GCN/GMBN yet. GCN has done a lot of videos on tire pressure so i could see them experimenting with tuned mass dampers.
>>2045216That doesn't look very comfortable
>>2045216that rear fork looks actively unsafe
>>2033307Technology is only ok if it's cars
>>2019204Anyone else notice that the op's title stands for TOTAL MAMIL DEATH and this thread is just a subtle dig at road biek enjoyers?
>>2074296I thought that went without saying
Hey /n/, what strategies do you use to mitigate ass pain and skin health? I only experience deep muscular soreness on very long rides, but as I get older my skin is getting irritated more often. Painful red bumps crop up and ruin the ride. I hit them with neosporin and cover with a bandage, which works, but I want to prevent them in the first place. I always ride with a clean ass and clean undies, but now those padded cycling shorts are suddenly making more sense. I might even pick up some chamois cream even though the idea always seemed gross to me.Anyway, how bout you? Is your ass chapped like mine? Tips from ass masters would be appreciated.
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>>2072406ESL detected
ive got a brooks saddle, the leather is smooth so my clothes slide against the leather, not my skin against my clothes. i've got padded shorts, but i don't find that i "need" them. i adjust my riding position to change the pressure points on my sit bones
>>20742710.02$ have been deposited into your account
>>2074236English is actually my fourth language.
This is the perfect brake system. Why do rimjobs or mech dicks even exist when picrel exists?
>loses chain going downhill because you were pedalmaxxing too hard (as one does)>"oops guess you can't brake anymore during the single moment you need to brake the most"I've unironically had this happen to me but luckily I had enough distance to safely slow down with my feet like a fixie. Never again dawg. Get a proper brake
>>2074958sadly i don't think it's just a feeling
>>2074984Just use a Gates Belt.
>>2074960He's doing it again here >>2075012
>>2074957Pair it with wireless electronics and it would be perfect.
how soon can an out of shape person adapt to cycling 8 miles a day? 4 miles to and back. I am thin, skinny fat. I bought a used trek bike and I tried cycling just straight for 10 mins and lost my breath. I got a foldable ebike as a gift but I haven't tried it yet.Do I just keep doing it? Can it be dangerous if you continue to push yourself?I just really hate sitting in traffic. My city is very bike friendly, but hilly. But I also don't want to give myself a heart attack to save on gas money.
>>2076001>ebikeYou need to kill your self NOW
>>2075996Idk if you’re just being dramatic or actually serious with that heart attack talk, but no, some exercise won’t kill you…Just get out and ride and you’ll notice your stamina improving after just a week or two, since you’re basically starting from zero.
>>2076001It takes me 20 minutes on a normal hybrid bike with slow schwalbe Marathons to do 4 miles and that's when I'm feeling not at my best. I'm shocked by your physical state.
>>2076061i did the conversion wrong in my head and it's not 4 miles. for some reason i was thinking that that's a bit over 8km. my commute is about 9km. still slow but i was thinking of what my speedo normally reads on or off power and the math wasnt lining up. 4mi is more like what i did to get to college and yeah that would take me ~20 mins including traffic lights and such and not really trying. i think i did it once in like 15 but got every light and actually ate that day. but i wont lie about being a fat nigga who vapes now. if i can do it so can op
>>2076014>don't use knobby tiresok brpo
It is said that if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem. Are you one of the good ones, /n/? Do people say you're not like those other cyclists?
>>2068079I don't dispute your post but I would be interested in your sources so I can use them. I know the CDC lists cars as the number one killer in the US that isn't disease (neck and neck with firearms, anyway, and that's only because new safety features in cars made crashes slightly more survivable, allowing guns to finally edge them out), but that's all I got
>>2028005it's called a wet dream.
>>2068082There was a radio show on NPR that did a piece on this if that's not too woke/anti-white
>>2069948NPR doesn't exist anymore grandpa
>>2068079National driver here: truer words have never been spoken. Only the public self policing and reporting plates of offenders is the only hope. Police are goofy, clumsy janitors and at a 10,000 to 1 ratio effectively dont exist. Only hiccup is nearly everyone would get their license pulled, cause as youve said: it everyone. So we should start with the bottom 10% of drivers per year. If thar doesnt scare these morons into stop playing hotwheel track, who cares, de-motor everyone.Great way to start private ride share buses.
When are we getting nuclear powered ocean liners?
>>2066180Just replace them with jets.
>>2063465You really want niggers messing around with nuclear components, especially if one exists on a Carnival Cruise ship?
>>2071865They can just eject the core into the sea. It'll be fine.
>>2063465I want self piloting hybrid yachts, where they have a motor but also use sails that are electronically controlled for through pneumatic wind gauges. Something to make solo sailing possible for a person out of the box.
Thorium.
Just the other day I rode the new Brightline train. It was really nice, modern, and for once it's faster than going in your car.U.S. will never be like Japan, or like Europe, but its the closest thing we got.How does /n/ feel about this new train in Florida?
>>2073975I live in Lakeland, so I've been waiting and hoping year after year that they will finally expand westward. At this point, Brightline, Sunrail, anything will do. As long as it bypasses the dreaded I-4 rat race and asphalt rivers from hell.
>>2073975From my personal experience, while it is nice, it is in no way worth that amount of money. My greatest gripe with it is however the way in which it overcoddles the passenger. What do you mean needing to be guided to the boarding area? Is this an airport? Can't I just wait on the platform? How retarded do you think your customers are? Is a regular check-in via NFC pass or ticket with direct access to the platforms too simple?
>>2074121>How retarded do you think your customers are?it's not just america, it's fucking FLORIDA. even if you remove "Florida Man" memes, it's still full of snowbirds, DUI riders, boomer retirees, and other such n'er'do'wells incapable of reading basic signage or standing in a queue line
>>2073975Florida should be abandoned. It would be uninhabitable with air conditioning.
It kills idiots, so that’s fine by me.
https://www.swamedia.com/news-and-stories/news-release/southwest-airlines-announces-partnership-with-america250-and-unveils-independenc-MCTQHRBXFATZFTBOQBNURKSSTEMIWe've been waiting 99 years for this reg.
American society is centered around...
>>2071948There's a T-28C at the Planes of Fame museum that has the 1663 registration.
>>2071877I'd rather just have open boarding back
This was uncontroversial during the Bicentennial.
>>2071877Business and government should never meet.
K Line bros... we won
>>2073318Developmental disability is nothing to be ashamed or embarrassed about.Certainly there will soon be porn made of chicks riding the D on the D line and I'll beat my meat to it.
>>2068778Sure did
>>2073268>I never learned to sit still, so the government gives me free moneyA microcosm of how the state with the richest natural resources has a budget shortfall.
>>2074055"Move Fast And Break Things" is literally the west coast techbro motto
As if anything could ever the first city designed around cars....
Due to a labor union strike the busiest train system in North America is completely shut down https://longisland.news12.com/2026/05/17/lirr-service-suspended-on-day-one-of-historic-strike/4loTlXtTUwBPvTZquC1dIhLIRR workers in the striking unions have a median/average salary around $131,000–$136,000 (highest-paid railroad workers in the U.S.), with total compensation often exceeding $200,000 including benefits. Many top earners make over $250k with overtime. https://www.newsday.com/long-island/transportation/lirr-pay-highest-wages-deovhmtu
>>2073997>a BYD couldn't happen in the westA BYD couldn't happen in the west because we already have automobile manufacturers and they all agree "fuck any new competition."And even with all the uphill struggle, Tesla happened somehow. The real reason it was over-valued wasn't entirely because it was Elon Musk (but he did cash in on the over-hype). It was because it was a brand new automobile manufacturer that wasn't saddled with decades of debt restructuring after debt restructuring, and investors were like, "holy fuck, if this actually happens against all odds..."
>>2073997Eh, Tesla is still considered to have somewhat better ride quality overall, no? And both BMW and Mercedes are coming up, they just need to improve the software a bit, the actual cars are really good now. And the most sold EV brand in Europe was VW last year.
>>2073680Public sector unions ARE the mob. They went legit like 30 years ago, now every garbage collector, track layer, and pothole filler in NYC is Italian.
>>2074054explain all the moolies and mulignans in the mta its the caribbean mafia unironically the only public agency that's majority white would probably be fdny...i dont even think dsny is majority white if you've seen the average sanman in nyc
>>2074087>cant get firedThe naive think d.c. turned nigger cause they walked out of the south and sat on the captial steps so they couldnt be enslaved again. The reality is they know government jobs are a cakewalk, and secure. Anyone says anything just cry racism, and the government being at heart a liberal endeavor, they get away with everything. Meanwhile, real racism is all these offices being fat, middle aged, unfuckable black women. They've been getting reparations for decades while the rest of us have to live in the real world.
Lets recommend each other literature specifically about the design and engineering behind your favorite locomotive or piece of rollingstock.
Definitely on top of my shopping list.
>>2073789Fixed
EXTREMELY important thread. Should also be a rail jobs/lobbying pinned thread.
