*blocks your path*
>>2058180SHIIIEEEET
>>2059872Jaywalking is fake and gay, it's made up.
>>2058180What are you're opinions on having timers on these things?
>>2059952I like these even when I'm driving, it lets me know how long the light is going to stay green.
>>2058180Humiliation ritual
If i take a class that teaches about boat repair at community college.I can afford to repair a boat.
>>2055627>Bicycles have an inverse relationship between utility and priceYeah well what's wrong with that? At least back in 2009 or so, I figured the sweet spot for me was around $500. I got a brand-new picrel with essentials (lights and lock). Was extremely useful for commuting around the city as well as some exercise and recreation. I didn't go off-roading but it was sturdy enough to handle shitty Boston/Cambridge/Brookline streets without ever getting a pinch flat or having an accident. It had straight handles for stable maneuverability and was light enough to be reasonably fun to ride and easy enough to carry up and down staircases. I've since moved away to the interior and a semi-rural area, so don't use it much anymore. But I got a solid 8 years out of that bike. WELL worth the $500. I could have gotten some cheap beater from craigslist but I didn't need to save $300 to roll the dice on getting piece of junk. And I didn't need (or even want) a specialty bike (racing bike, mountain bike, etc). Everyone who had more performance-oriented road bikes seemed to be constantly getting flat tires, and all the extra weight and complexity of a mountain bike would have been a waste on city streets.I did always wonder why it's so rare to find a decent performance-oriented pedal-powered boat. Traditional 2-seater paddleboats are kind of a joke.
>>2054274>boats are actually pretty affordable if you just own a drydockyou don't say
I want a boat
>>2054274Best days of owning a boat are:>Buying the boat>Selling the boat>>2054349Pic related
Boats are probably cooler if your backyard is boatable. If I had a boat i'd get a small boston whaler like this one for 5 grand>>2058711And then venture around a shallow sound where if you do manage to sink your still in warm shallow water.Plus it would be cool to be able to boat into gameland or setting up a camp along the coast.I was dreaming about it and would take like a waterproof power station and 2, 200 watt solar panels to a secluded beach via boat and camp under the stars with my electronic creature comforts.A outboard is nice cause if they break you can just replace the entire motor unit, twins are the most reliable cause if one fails you still have a backup motor.Plus I would get an extended fuel tank so I can go at least 100 miles to any pier to get gas. Then one could boat the intercoastal waterway from the chesapeake to florida.I wonder if people do backpack out of boats around the eastern coast, seems like fun.
Post your favorite or most used train station or bus stop.Once a year or so I like to start this thread, it usually ends up pretty interesting.
They are taking their sweet, sweet time installing the elevators. Apparently elevator installation and replacement is the single most difficult engineering task known to man.
>>2059831This transit has a shoestring budget in such a small town, pls understand
>>2040941To fix Penn Station, they have to bulldoze MSG, rebuild every single platform and track from scratch, and then force NJ Transit, the MTA, and Amtrak at gunpoint to work together.My deranged fantasy is that they build a 2,000 ft tall skyscraper on top of the site, complete with a grandoise train station, a 40,000 person stadium on top of that, and then many floors of hotels and apartments and offices on top of all that; basically the capitalist equivalent of the Palace of the Soviets, and then connect it to Grand Central Terminal (Station?).
I might make a whole thread on SMART it's a splendid little system for commuters
>>2059836>then force NJ Transit, the MTA, and Amtrak at gunpoint to work togetherLIRR as well I would presume. What is NJ Transit and Amtrak doing to fuck each other over?
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.
>>2058450nah its just that airports suck
>>2049551>low-cost airlineI hate flying and i'm not in a hurry. Besides, I can't help but think that the reason it's cheap means the airline is cutting corners somewhere... usually maintenance. Modern business practices means CEO's never take a fucking pay cut. Ever. Revenue down...? Make cuts because a CEO can't live on less than $7 million* a year.Besides, the clickity-clack of the wheels over the rails is comfy as you doze off.(* random obscene salary picked as an example. CEO salaries vary by region. Your experience may differ than this post.)
>>2059496>$7 millionThat's poorfag wages. You can make that as a Front End Developer if you work in SF or have a Clearance. If you're not making at least 100mil you're a poorfag and you only get to start calling yourself middle class once you hit 1bn.
Do other countries put the toilet next to the seat or is it just an American thing?
>>2059941That is so gross lol
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.
>>2048275The tires are surprisingly dry for how wet that street is
>>2048426mhmm.
>>2048426That's why cults use them to transport their members
>>2051821Isn't that a french mail truck
>>2051793if you drive fast enough you can hydroplane just above the surface of the water
Since there's already a thread about Pacific Electric, I think I'd dedicate one to its younger Northern brother.
>>2056715Would have taken you 33 minutes by the 1954 timetable. Although the off-peak frequency of trains every 40-45 minutes has some room for improvement
>>2056623This might seem like a silly question but were the Key System trains ever coupled up to each other?
>>2057995OP’s photo shows those articulated bridge units with couplers so they must have been MU’ed at some point, maybe during rush hour.
>>2057995Bridge units (which were two cars each) were coupled together up to three (or four? units. Not sure). Trains of different lines were afaik never coupled together.
Did the Key System really die or did it just evolve into BART? BART was already in the planning stages when the last Key trains ran in 1958 and from there it was a mere 14 years before the first BART trains started running.
>free busesCagebros...should I be afraid...?
>>2059762you should move there
>>2059730RethugliKKKlans love pointing this out like their Lord and Saviour Reagan didn't cause this in the 80's.
>>2059817>RethugliKKKlansLmao, this must be satire.>like their Lord and Saviour Reagan didn't cause this in the 80'sWhile reagan did cause massive damage by closing mental institutions and letting non-people like (you) out the whole anti-racist nigger worship dates to the 1960s civil rights movement.
>>2058476As someone who also lives in upstate ny, basically a different country
>>2059837You pay taxes to the same corrupt state government. Certain things can be ignored many cannot.
Do you wear a helmet while riding your bicycle?
>>1960158
>>1960161>crashes and lands head first>survive>is rendered a useless vegetable retard on 24/7 life supportshur showed everyone there, Kyle, and everybody clapped how cool you are.
>>2012335>he's on a bicycle riding to work>>this makes the fat cagie in his plastic cuckbox irrationally angry
>>2059174Tbh those multisport type helmets don't have enough ventilation I'd just wear a low profile road helmet in black
>>2059853Other issue with helmets;>shroom head like you're Toad from Mario
What would your dream transportation job be? Any time period, any place. For me, it would be running steam locomotives on the ATSF from the late 1930s to the end of steam. A close second would be an airline captain in the 1950s and 60s to experience the beginning of the jet age.
Tram driver for one of the lines on the edge of town, but unfortunately the pay and hours are currently pretty bad.
>>2053197>>2057084that's the best
Some sort of public sector railway planning job. Maybe something at a higher level, maybe being the guy who goes to talk to local mayors to build consensus on the project.
>>2053197Same except running on the N&W dragging coal through the Appalachians with the boys.
>>2058941>My dream is to waste money and suck cock.There's nothing stopping you from living your dream right now.
>Bike TrainingNot sure if this is better on /fit/ or here but I assume I'll get probably less shittier posts here. How are you handling training in the winter? I've been forcing myself to zwift more and I have no idea how people do races so frequently where they can do 2-3x a week.
>>2059247tfw no pics of finnbert rape cave
>>2059206I mean if you live in southern spain or california then it can make sense but if most of your ride is spent making sure not to slide out on a patch of black ice or whatever then it's garbage miles sure
>>2059173ride until you can't ride ride anymore (consider winter bike and/or studded tires.) Then ski. You know how whenever you see those lists of how hard different cardios work your body or whatever nordic skiing is way up at the top? And it's bretty fun
>>2059173Live in the South where it never snows and the lowest winter temp is like 30, feels good man
I run smart trainer + rouvy. Get a big fan for cooling else you die. that's about it really, just find enough time to hammer in some sweet training sessions.
When you see itPrevious: >>1781074
>>2058113I'm pretty sure that 8113 has an alternator built into its turbocharger as a testbed.
Post your shitbikesssss
>>2059547that was cute, thank you Anon.>>2059556I would be devastated, I fell in love with my shitty mixte, wasted a lot of money but the project is far from finished.
>>2059559same, which is why the punishment is so dire. you have not just stolen a lover away and have to live with that sin itself, but the lover wasn't even worth stealing so it's like double bad.
>>2053883>>2053892>>2053888>>2054460Great shitbikes in this threadI think I've posted this Giant somewhat recently. I've had it forever and it's one of two bikes that survived a fire years back.Four stainless steel hose clamps have been holding the chainstay to the dropout for over 10 years now without a budge. I could get it fixed but it's come to be a symbol of triumph for this bike.
>>2059765shine on you crazy diamond
gonna steal your shit bike
Why is /n/ in general so much more friendly and cordial than other boards?
>>2047059Find all threads containing the terms "cager" or "Fred ".
>>2056605the guy who used to spam those urbanism threads has chilled out a lot in the last few months or maybe he got range banned, we can only hope
>>2047065I spread seething hatred in the plane and urbanism threads against child raping car brained (R)etard subhumans while posting normally in bike threadsWhere is your god now?
I have a pretty strong hatred for cagies, I'm not going to lie. Car centricity is modern day Satanism and debt slavery in one go. I hate how ignorant and humble smug the average cagie is too.>"Oh you're gong on the bus? Stay safe...">"Are you sure? I can just drive you there..">So when are you buying a car?"They make every day 20% more insufferable since their so invested in their financially illiterate satanic cult theirs literally can't function imagining walking for 20 minutes, but no. It's the governments fault you're living paycheck to paycheck and unable to save and everyone else are just inferior because they don't worship 1920s credit propaganda. In fact, what we need to do is frack MORE for cheaper gas so you can keep paying hundreds a month on a deprecating asset. That will lift people out of poverty for sure.So yeah. I'm a proud cagie hater. Esp that includes my own family, country and community.
>>2047065The last few posts confirm the truth of this post
is the dart silver line /n/ approved? it’s scheduled to open in october
>>2058390do they get mad their neighbors mowing their lawns too? if you live in a suburb or city noise is guaranteed. trains really arent that loud unless you live with a window fronting the track. also if you can get used to the sound it will never bother you again.
>>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
HOLY FUCK
>>2059320See my nuts, AA191 was done in by the left wings slats/flaps retracting, UPS2976 was done in by the #2 engine compressor stalling, if not failing entirely. Notice how the NTSB notably says nothing about the #2 motor, because they're duking it out internally on how to deal with the problem. Neither root cause is the pylon, stop watching tikslop.
>>2059363Standard engine startup procedure for all jets I'm aware of is to crank engine #1 from the APU, then bleed air to engine #2, #3, etc. to start them. I wonder if there's some defect with the starter.
>>2059601Not quite, unless there's a specific aircraft/operator I haven't heard of, if the APU is fully functional, you'll start all motors off the APU bleed. The APUs are always turning 100% RPM for the generator frequency and max bleed pressure, where most engines have to increase above idle power to provide enough crossbleed to start another motor. Compounding this is that jet engines at idle always burn more fuel than the APU, jetblast risks of standing up a thrust lever on the ground, and the difficulty and risk of a crossbleed start while taxiing with an engine stuck at partial thrust, as opposed to just running the bleed from the APU.idk how a potential starter defect would be relevant, but UPS MD11 procedure is to always reach max motoring speed before introducing fuel. I'd guess max motoring for them is something like Boeings, which is less than 1% N2 rise in 5 seconds.
>>2057916>engine probably fell offIs that typical?
>>2059743Well there were a lot of these planes flying around the world all the time and very seldom does anything like this happen.
