This stuff is ancient but I hope that it wasn't posted here before:The construction of the Japanese Shinkanzen high-speed rails, form 1964.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYjFOYLAtoEBoth the footage and the tempo if that of the '60s, so do NOT expect some twitch footage and on point editing. But, I think you all would appreciate it, or - at least - should see this!ps: use auto-subtitles. While at some point it it definitely an 'eh', it is better than nothing.
>>2024166fuck, that was great, thanks./r/ more old documentaries
>>2024166Wished that guy finished his translation. It should be there for the first 10 minutes or so.>>2030183Here's another good one from the same time period, with translations. About the life of Japanese steam train crews.https://youtube.com/watch?v=7esbkGHoWUs
Why do they only make documentaries about economically-sound train lines where everything went right? Shinkansen became much more interesting after the government starting building them for political purposes, bankrupted the JNR, and is now going through the same motions again in the form of JRTT which the government retained ownership of
>>2030237Wasn't there a whole viral meme video about a chinese railroad boondoggle in africa?
>>2033340if you're talking about "it's all so tiresome" that was a road building project iirc
Today, Bay Area Rapid Transit formally retired the last of its original rolling stock that had been in service since the system opened in 1972. The occasion was marked by speeches from BART officials and a farewell excursion between McArthur and Fremont (where the very first train had run on September 11, 1972). I was there and rode the last train.
>>2030312The only thing I know about hayward is there's a bart there
Spring has started in the warmer climates and the worst snow is behind us. Did anybody pick up any cool clothes to wear on the bike? A new jersey is 15 bucks on Ali. High fashion stuff like Syn and Pas normal have hipster cred. Vintage 80s throwbacks are in. Everyone has figured out taint pads rule even if sewn into 'tactical' mtb shorts. It's never been cheaper to look good. What is your bike style and what are you doing in 2025 to make the scene?
>>2033135I've been riding with the cheapest 155gr/m2 merino shirt from decathlon 5 years now, it's great and was like 15 euros, so a week later got 2 more. using them all year, rinsing with water every now and then and washing in washing machine every few months. they also have merino jerseys but their front is too short for normal shorts, gotta use bibshorts
>>2033150Very cool and noted for my fall wishlist. Good tip about the merino jerseys being too short to run with shorts
>>2033133>6xl or 5xlThese are way too baggy. I'm actually not obese. I gave up on chink jerseys for my physique.>>2033135>How do you clean a merino wool jerseyMy Tørm one is merino. I just toss it in the washing machine? Washed it countless times, no issues
>>2033150>using them all year, rinsing with water every now and then and washing in washing machine every few months.what the actual fuck am i reading lol
man just because you can do that doesn't mean you should. I take merino touring and don't wash it that often and it's fine but fuck man it's so much nicer to wear clean clothing i know it's antimicrobial but its not magic gross
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.
>>2024335there is nothing wrong with any of that
>>2027638Yeah there's nothing wrong if you don't mind the frame snapping
>>2027655nothing is infinitely stiff, you can see when a bike is being pedaled on a turbo trainer that it flexes with the bottom bracket moving from side to side and it's not a problem. it's not common for a frame to fail unless there was a manufacturing defect or you crashed it. an aluminium frame has a limited lifespan in theory but will probably last for decades without catastrophic failure even with a lot of high mileage riding.
>>2024331do they even make those anymore
>>2019204oh coolyet another sports faggot tech
Why are modern train stations not built with beauty in mind?
>>2033172https://carmelitegothic.com/gothic-church-design/#
>>2031856>passengers literally sitting on the floor because they would rather treat people like animals than risk one single homeless man resting on a benchgrim.
>>2032994>what track it's going to be on, because although it's usually the same one, it's not guaranteedThis one so much. When I picked up someone from our main station I waited upstairs until I actually see the train because otherwise they WILL change tracks last second.Due to common late arrivals it's more fun to meet in a cafe or store upstairs anyway.
>>2033193pretty much describes what's happening to america right now>we had to destroy the entire country because a minority existed
>>2033193>risk one single homeless man resting on a benchI went to a train station where hostile architecture wasn't used once.I ended up rolling my luggage through a puddle of piss. Would not do it again, plus the station stank like rancid body odor.It was Philadelphia, the Market East SEPTA station, in case you're wondering.
3 speedAll you need
>>20288673v Sunrace Sturneys are bad bow?
>>2031289No, but they offer the same ratio as everyone else now, it used to be that Sturmeys were 25% reduction/increase and Sachs and Shimano about 33%. Correct if I'm wrong, but at the moment, there's no 3 speed on the market that would have ratios other than ~33%?There are still plenty of that era Sturmeys around in the 2nd hand market so I don't think the advice was that unreasonable, keeping in mind the general caveat that with the last old Sturmeys the quality was hit and miss. Can we count on the survivor's bias at this point?With 25% it would be feasible to treat the 2nd gear as the default by gearing slightly up. 3rd would still be usable for good conditions and 1st becomes the 'coasting' gear for bad terrain. For hills, there's pushing.With 33% and upgearing the 3rd becomes too heavy for almost every condition. Instead one tends to treat the 3rd as the universal gear and adjust the overall ratio down if anything. 2nd is the 'coasting' gear and 1st is reserved for hills and snow.Curret market options force a certain driving style upon us, is all I'm saying.A 5 speed would be the solution, an overall range a bit more as with Sachs/Shimano, but extra gears also where Sturmey has them. Unfortunately: >the intermediate products have vanished between that and the 'carbon fork'.
>>2031617The SR-F3 has 25%
Is it possible to make the gears inside IGH modular, choosing the right step for yourself? 2-3 speed IGH with a range of 400-500% would be IDEAL!
>>2032946>400-500%>3 speed
Are 24"x6.2" the future?
>>2032158Yeah riding at 5mph and stopping every 100 yards isn't strenuous activity also your knees are going to get fucked if you ride like that every winter
>>2024503Fuckin sick looking bike! Hater's gonna hate...
>>2024635I don't believe you have actually experienced fat bikes.
>>2032696I have actually experienced your fat mom.sexually.
Wait, so fat bikes actually sucks on trails that aren't broken in?
>be me>ride Amtrak for cross-country tour across the United States>have lunch>can't have a burger and friesExplain yourselves Americans.
>>2019360>>2019332> if they had a train following Sherman's march to the sea i'd take that tripbased
>>2027022I can't read cursive.
>>2027323it' says 200% sinuq
>>2027323>>2031639
>>2013790cheaper to pay for deisel than to maintain power lines over all the distance trains cover. you could probably electrify a couple of lines and have locomotives with both capabilities but then you run into problems with large freight loads (the part that makes enough money to maintain the infrastructure) on leased tracks and put amtrak even deeper in the red on ones they own
Road signs. What do you think of them? Which country does them the best? Would you change anything in the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals?
>>2025880>Stop and give way are distinct shapes to make sure you can tell what they are even if snowed/iced over.Also, you typically have to look for the backs of these signs to know if you have priority in the intersection or not. (Though usually the general road layout makes it clear enough.) Because they are very stingy with these >>2031484 around here.Like the priority sign is reserved for high speed country roads and never seen in urban environment. The sign tells you that all the intersecting 'carriageways' are to yield. This, even if most of them don't have the fucking yield sign, just a name sign, which is supplied by the road maintainer, that is the sole owner of the road, or like a cooperative with 3 members in it. That you are supposed to yield coming from there because there is a priority road is just 'everyone knows' territory. Besides, the cars are going 100 at the main road and you ar approaching at 30, what are you supposed to do even if you are coming from the right? Many of such places where there is no priority sign yet this is what you do.
Just learned that burgers use stop at literally 90% of intersections. Seems really pointless. You don't need to actually full stop at roads with good visibilty and with no one coming.In Europe almost all of them would be just yield signs.
>>2032943The worst is the 4-way stop. Most of those places would be fine with a hierarchical road structure, or a roundabout
>>2033175>The worst is the 4-way stop.Why?>Most of those places would be fine with a hierarchical road structure,What's that mean?>or a roundaboutThey take up a lot more room than a 4-way stop, driving up the cost. Also terrible for 18 wheelers to get through unless the radius is sufficiently large, which again drives up the cost.
>>2033175>>20331774-way stop seems to be the same as an equal intersection in europe. although I assume it's distributed differently
Does anyone here like Baldwin/Lima-Hamilton diesels?
They had some weird shit.
>>2028166based
When you see itPrevious: >>1781074
>>2030442nice
How do these large cargo backpacks compare with a bicycle trailer? I need to haul 100kg of cargo on a bicycle
>>2028742tighten your chain
>>2028805It's track slack dad!
>>2028805Can’t tighten anymore. Good to go until it pops out 3 times per week
I beat my record, this time it's even more water, way longer distance, and less money. 16.9ozx24x3 = 76.05lbs going 2.7 miles to a student center so I made much less on this job than delivering to let's say a luxury apartment but I needed to prove to myself I could handle 3 24 packs and so I took the mission
>>2028680Talk about being a blatant shill postFuck off back to your redditsoy den
I wanna explore the east coast and take amtrak cascades around the country
Riding Amtrak sucks shit if you’re a light sleeper, I could not fucking sleep for more than a few hours. I’d recommend driving around America using the interstate highway system instead. Then you can at least fucking sleep every night.
It is almost better idea by every possible metric to buy a beater and travel the country in that
Any yard jockey /n/iggers on here? I've been offered a position, seems like a slightly better gig than my current local route. What am I missing? How gay is it really?
do you guys listen to music while riding a bicycle whether its commuting or not?
>>2032846god no, I don't have a deathwish
>>2032846i use small wireless earbuds, but mostly out of habit when it comes to music. lately trying to either not wear them or listen to audiobooks or podcasts.
>>2032846mostly podcasts at 1.5 speed, but I primarily stick to cycle paths.
>>2032846I bought a JBLgo shock proof speaker and a pack of zipties and I put it on the bike snd blast my mix when I start gps.I can mute it from my phone mount. I think headphones are unsafe. Plus it's a wide pipes moto cope for me: if I blast music on my roadie then soccer mommy won't run me over. I mute it or ask for what they like to hear if I ride with humans
>>2032846Yes after getting earbuds that allowed outside noise to pass through I am fine with music and riding