What is it about steam engine chugging sound that makes it so soothing? I really like hearing it, but I can't explain why.
>>2077468Thanks, I would like to thank MFNY's "Cherry Lime x O2 OG Kush" live rosin gummies for that shitpost
>>2077357steam engines CHUFFit's diesel engines that chug
>>2077357it's fire and water turning to steam like at home on a woodstove
Because believe it or not, steam engines are living, breathing creatures. Now I want you to imagine the immense sound this guy was making back in the day as a helper over this 4% grade
>>2077367>>2077367The harmonics of the long, individual, intake and exhaust and thus low rpm.Steam expansion causing the pipes to ring. The noises of steam condensing after being dumped into normal atmosphere. The noise of the condensate collection. High horsepower AND torque at low rpm. The work done per liter is much better because it is all mechanical, no chemical combustion stoichiometry/spark impulse/bang timing/thermal waste retarding efficiency.
my car didn't pass inspection, so I decided to get a bike because I live in a bike friendly city anyway, and I've always been jealous of cyclists who are able to keep going when I'm stopped at a red light or in traffic.I walked into a used bike shop with a cute city bike in mind (like the retrospec beaumont), but they didn't have any city or basic step thru bikes. The smallest bike they had (I am 5'1) was a road bike that is slightly large for me. I can't fully stand over it.I stupidly bought it because I was already there and just wanted to get my transportation issue out of the way.The more I ride this bike the less stable I feel. I don't feel like I am riding the bike but I am part of the bike and unlike a step thru bike, I will just go down with it if I fall. There's zero recovery. I just practiced riding it on the bike path today and it was so crowded so it was hard to just go slow and cruise on it. I can't sit on it idly with my feet on the ground or even just one foot, I always have to get all the way off. I can't swap or return it, so I guess I'm stuck with it. I appreciate how lightweight it is, but I wanted something more relaxed. Is practicing on this for a year a waste of time or will it improve my skills in the long run until I'm able to get my dream bike? like pic related.
>>2076509I guess you could look into a shorter and/or riser stem, and some swept back handlebars. that will at least give you a cockpit setup like you prefer.since you can't stradle the top tube, when you come to a stop sign/light, start getting used to keeping one foot on the pedal and lean over on the other foot while remaining seated. spin the pedal crankarm up and when it's safe to go you push back up with your leaning leg and then mash the pedal with the other leg and you're right back to riding. this is useful for all riding since even on a correctly sized frame, if your seat height is correct for your leg extension you can't put both feet on the ground while seated anyway
>>2076541>My ex girlfriendIs this her and her girlfriends?https://youtube.com/watch?v=xt0V0_1MS0Q
What does it mean pass inspection? I just got a cage and I'm afraid of what this means. Who inspects? Do I need to do anything to make sure I pass?
>>2078829Not safe enough to be confident that your shitbox won't kill you when you drive it. Could be anything from extremely worn tyres of non working indicators(blinkers), brake lights that don't work, brakes that don't brake well enough you get the idea.
>>2078829It varies by jurisdiction
>take job interview>"Do you have Reliable Transportation?"How do you explain that your bike is "Reliable Transportation" in the High Figgies Job Interview?
>>2076533Pretty much this. >good healthy cardio>muscle building>can sometimes beat rush hour traffic>use trails to get to work quickerautomobilfats hate this one simple strategy.
>>2076284>High Figgiesdon't inquire about reliable transportation because they assume you have a car like a functional adult.
>>2076284The answer is yes. Did you just turn up in lycra and a hat to a proper interview.
>>2076284I have never been asked this outside college kid insternships, it just hasn't even been a question. Of course I own a car, I'm not a fucken bum. Multiple people ride their bikes to work a lot of the time at my office. They all own more than one car too.
>>2076316If you aren't a poorfag incel you have at least two cars. Wife has one and your kid has one, too. So at least four cars in a normal and healthy family, they won't all break down at once, right?
What are the advantages of these things as opposed to, idk, a bus?
>>2076826DC has a very robust existing heavy rail and bus network already. Most North American cities trying out trams are just using it as a cope.
>>2057440>Tram goes DING DING>Bus can only go beep beepIt's quite obvious, OP
>>2057440Take up an entire laneCostly to maintainNot very useful most of the time, but somewhat useful during rush hourExtremely inefficient
>>2057440A bus only gets your elected politician a few K at most to sway the purchasing contract. That monstrosity gets them millions for funneling billions of tax dollars to their totally not mob construction buddies.
>>2078700and a trolley goes CLANG CLANG CLANGhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwP6kNIDg30
Just got one of these.>https://kross.pl/esker-1-0-szary-grafitowy-polyskWhat's worth upgrading?
>>2078786you don't even have your other bikes properly fit, you don't know enough about bike fit to fit a TT bike, you're not going to pay for a TT fit so the bike will never even come close to fitting you properly, and you can't actually pedal a 54+ tooth chainring up a modest hill
>>2078787bike fits are an overrated corona cyclist scam
>>2078786I had an accident on my TT once. Here's how it played out:>be me, young>think it cool to go to uni on the TT>back then other options would have only been road / race bikes anyways>its winter, snowing, thick slush onnthe roads>ride home from uni, the trip starts downhill>on aero bars to close in on car infront so I can draft it the rest of the way down the hill>drafting car, still on bars, probably wouldn't have even made a difference if I were not, probably thought it cool again>cager spots a parking lot>ohshit zero time to act, slush on road and braking surface, pull on brake before weight transfer, one arm still on bars>nothing first>then everything>car stops>I flip OTB just a foot behind the bumperComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2078774>>2078775Do a search for the manual:131264 rev 0718 cd om bicycle owners manualenter that into google, and goto page 57 (or 55 if looking at page number at bottom of pages in document itself)Model = Quick"Maximum Weight Limit1", of Rider: 136 kg
>>2078789most areaerobars introduce a lot of extra nuance and complexity and you absolutely need a good TT/tri-specific bike fitter BEFORE you buy the bike if you want to get the benefits of having that style of bike. if you just want a cool looking bike that's fine ofc, but you're not going to see any podiums.
What the fuck is wrong with these mongoloid slackers? They completely underschedule longhaul trains everywhere outside the NEC so almost no one can use them for shorter trips and then wonder why ridership is in the shitter. Each route should be minimum 3x a day per direction.
>>2075832How much is the NJT fare
>>1994042Might as well just live in the chicago area and stop being retarded but, it's your wallets funeral
>>1999706Americans were unironically psyopped into the status quo. The history bears it out. At the same government action tilted for cars and suburbia, it tilted against trains and cities, and a massive propaganda campaign was launched. It was very deliberately engineered to artificially inflate the consumer economy. HOWEVER, what trainfags never want to admit is that cars are legitimately useful and have their place in society. Rome had traffic problems 2000 years ago; they had traffic control in cities too small for sewers. European chariot racing predates European literature. And something that literally never gets brought up when discussing American transit policy in comparison to Japan is that Japan has abundant, profitable expressway, and actively expands them even in urban areas. They're not mutually exclusive at all. You can have high quality rail funded by station real estate, and you can have high quality expressways funded by tolls. Both modes are useful and deserve their place in society.
>>2078761Which vlogger told you that
>>1993796>The jews did this.I mean sometimes it's trueAnd trains can be enormously comfy but usually not in America. Some rural European regions used to be lovely. I'd like to go on a trip through Japan.
Mechanical perfection.Why do coastercucks, rimjobs, or mech dicks exist when you could have picrel?
>>2078077>brings you to a complete haltOnly part of that not true. The bike comes to a complete halt. You carry on without it.
>>2078078Install a seat belt so you stay with your bike, there problem solved, and while we're at it you might at well put the bike in an enclosure to keep you out of the sun, also single track vehicles tend to be less stable than 4-wheels so you might as well add an extra 2 wheels for stability, oh and while we're at it you can add an engine, gonna need all the help you can get with all that extra weight. There, now it's perfect. It's like a carriage but without the horse, or a "car" if you will.
>>2077748But the ground itself digs into your tires when you stop the wheel rotating with any other style of brake anyway.
>>2078620you aren't actually meant to skid your tires when you brake anon, if that's happening then it means you're braking way too aggressively
>>2078078seatbelt
4chan Virtual Divegrass is about to enter its 15th year with the 2026 Summer Cup, and unlike those real world soccer fans you don't need to brave American public transportation to watch.Stream: https://isthisliv.com/4cc/stream.htmlVODs: https://implying.fun//n/'s team page: https://implyingrigged.info/wiki//n/
bancage,,,has me weak.,,,comfy sidelined.,,,,,restof you /N/s,,,,getuff!
>world's longest halftime show.
smoooooothlandinng!
Well somehow we managed to make it to the Final Day, and a match against /sp/ starting at the top of the hour. The odds might seem stacked against us, but I saw the same said of the last two matches, so who knows?>>2078363Sorry about that, I'll try to do better today.
Full VODs are now up at https://implying.fun/summer26/Thank you to everyone who showed up. I'll be back after Christmas, and we'll see if we can maybe get a new player or two added to the roster.
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Where is it? There is a mesabi range in minnesota
>>2076727Presumably that's what he meant. DMIR ore jennies had a seperate brake pipe/valve. It's called "straight air" or Orinoco retainer. There is a seperate handle on the engine to set up the brakes and it can be maintained as you use your normal automatic brake. The Orinoco *retainer* name hints at its intended use. It basically takes the place of a conductor going back and flipping some retaining valves to hold a set on cars.This system still exists today with CN keeping captive AC44C6Ms in the area(3300-3350 mostly) being fitted with the straight air handle.
>>2076727>>2076731>The Mesabi Range was known to the local Ojibwe as Misaabe-wajiw ('Giant mountain').[1][2] Throughout the Mesabi Range, Mesaba and Missabe spelling variations are found along with places containing Giant in their names.
I guess it's like allegany/allegheny/alleghany where there's a bunch of places around that drainage basin where they spammed a different transliteration onto it because there was no agreed system at the time
Can someone please explain this shit to me, an out of touch boomer who apparently isn't the right demographic to be brainwashed by my hand computer into committing suicide by I-beam? Why are today's no-good teens so eager to grind themselves into hamburger meat in front of hundreds of commuters? And apparently the thing to do is when your friend gets dismembered you run away and send a message to the group chat about this epic thing that happened, instead of calling an ambulance. It happens at least once a month.When I was a kid the naughty kids would play hookie to waste $4 worth of quarters on street fighter matches against much older kids, we didn't have these tick tocks rotting our brains. Is that what this world is coming to? Can't a kid just play a wholesome game of street fighter while smoking a cigarette and throwing up?
>>2078216>hospitalizedDamnToo bad she didn't die.
>>2078679Ow that edge
Teenagers taking stupid risks is a timeless part of human nature and since we don’t have “take this spear and sacred amulet and go hunt the bear, son” rites of passage, the darn kids will find outlets for these primal urges. How common is subway surfing around the world? I’ve read about kids in Brazil riding on the tops of commuter trains and getting pulped, will do a bit of research.
https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/brazil/2024/11/rooftop-train-surfing-resurges-in-rio-raising-concerns.shtmlThere’s also a popular video game in Brazil called Subway Surfers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Train_surfingA lot of this is “millions of Indians piled on a train” but there’s a section of recreational train surfing, with the most interesting part on post Soviet Russia.
Heavily encouraged Bike use in the city. Advertise the convenience of taking your Bike on the Train. Literally don't make a place that bikes can be put for the journey. The only way you can relax and feel comfortable doing this is if you're a wanker
>>2074719Sad thing is those arent even good feet....
>>2074761i will never understand footfags but also i really like touching stuff with my feet. i need to get a footfag bf to give footjobs like a sultry monkey but also i will not help him moisturize his soles or massage his toe gaps, he can do that shit in his morning shower by himself
>>2074686>north europeWhy? Marc is Maryland regional.
I take the lizzie line every day for work (jesus christ I hate indians and spanish tourists) go on the first or last carriage and put your bike in front of the drivers door.
>>2074658<3 cycling in the rain
>ride bike on road>those stupid selfish cyclists disrupting traffic>ride bike on sidewalk>those stupid selfish cyclists trying to run over pedestrians>advocate for bike lanes so everyone gets their way>those stupid selfish cyclists wasting our tax dollars making everything about themselvesThere are jackass cyclists like there are jackass motorists and jackass pedestrians. Yet we get the hate because we’re trying to be both economically and environmentally efficient while getting to places as soon as possible?>t. a cyclist who uses the sidewalk because there are no bike lanes, people hardly use sidewalks, and i don’t wanna risk car accidents
>>2078695>>This means you must be fascist since Hitler rode bicycles!Is this even true? Didn't Hitler invent freeways and founded Volkswagen? Isn't that why we used to have a resident schizoposter that called all cars gas chamber and spammed threads with really bad AI generated memes? What ever happened to that guy anyways?
>>2078558because it's exclusively a leftist position to invent grievances and participate in oppression/virtue signaling olympics which is all cycling discourse ever is.
>>2078699And there it is. The memory erasing pipeline in action.Anon. Listen closely it is urgent. Stay as far away from combustion engines as possible and do not breathe in the exhaust.
>>2078710Odd again! For everyone I know that is more involved in cycling than just occassionally getting around states that issues like ableism, public health, readiness, resilience, operational independence and similar issues are the key motivating factors.
>>2078699Once again, the left can't meme. Because learning history just makes you far-right... whatever that means.
This is some actual Fallout looking stuff
Cool design but it was underpowered and the coaches were repurposed GM bus bodies that rode rough on Talgo style wheels. The only good thing from the Aerotrain was it inspired smaller versions that ran at parks and zoos for decades.
>>2078477For me it's Otto Kuhler
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What's next in bicycle tech?
>>2076628>cablesholy shit your so fucking POOR
>>2057728lithium batteries for every bicycle
>>205772832 inch wheels, i just got a new gravelbike and it's already outdated :(>>2057859tires that are too wide have an aero penalty though>>2060682belt drive should really already be the standard for single speed urban bikes>>2072866alfine is 90% efficient, derailleur is 99%. that's almost a 10% loss. which might not sound like much but it adds up, especially when you're going uphill or against the wind.
>>2057728Total obsolescence.In the U.S. anyway.>https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/30/bike-lanes-defund-trump-administration-dei
>>2078370The numbers you give paint an incomplete picture.There's a linear component and a component proportional to power when it comes to drivetrain losses. It follows that only at low power you get bad efficiency, literally when it doesn't matter. At 300W the picture is different.According to data I have a singlespeed with a dead straight chain is roughly wastes 6W/200W or is 97% efficient and interestingly does not get much worse if power drops to 50W only, where it wastes ~1.6W/50W.Deraileurs of course depend on gear selection, just like the single speed depends on chainring and cog size but additionally cross chaining. On average 8W/200W or 4W/50W (!).Alfine 11 reaches very close to the deraileur systems efficiency in gear 1 and gradually worsens towards 11, where 26W/200W go to shit. 5.5W/50W in first and 11W/50 in 11th gear.This makes the Alfine 11 perform quite well, it certainly benefits from the chainline. Even more so you get the best efficiency when it matters: High wattage, low gear, climbing loaded in a headwind. We are talking about a difference of 1 or 2 W in the lower gears. This is under lab conditions. Meanwhile in the real world, aside from the chains condition, a sealed unit will perform consistently over weeks of travel and 1000s of km without regular care (something I at least can not realistically or dont want to provide on long trips).So, a couple of watts: The difference is on par with a dirty chain (~4W). At average pace this difference is equivalent to ~0.2 km/h.It's equivalent to half the difference between a butyl and either a latex tube or tubeless setup (~ 8W for 2 wheels). It's a fraction of what wrong clothes, more upright position, wrong tire pressure etc. cost you or to put a nunber on it: The difference is as low as 2% which at speed translates to 0.007% difference.Personally I love deraileur bikes but for daily, business and travel IGH wins. >t. daily and touring on the best drivetrain known to mankind: SG-C3001-7
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?
>>2077629>>2076021>>2050785the C96 (and its chinese knockoffs) has an internal magazine, and thus eats clips.
>>2076016I hate to admit it but it ironically is, every correction makes the system more efficient. Mass layoffs are basically society correcting itself and cutting off "needless weight" in order to survive, every living organism has a similar internal mechanism
>>2077648That's like saying a heart attack is the circulatory system correcting itselfAn actually efficient system would have enough liquidity where mass anything would be unheard of. The problem is that the system is set up to make things illiquid because systemic shocks that are a natural feature of this illiquidity will be fixed by unconditionally bailing out the wealth holders and letting the labor side of the market "just deal with it"But we've got it set up so that your health care and retirement security are tied to not taking the risk of moving to another job, so people hang on far too long and then get purged, and we get growing masses of permanent underclass living in tent cities and you people will be like "just buy more money poorfag commie" while supporting infinite giebs for the people who caused it
>>2071954Uh oh stinky! Jannies deleted the original post, so here you goNapoleon captured Berlin in 2 weeksHitler captured Paris in 6 weeks (and Denmark in 1 day)Japan captured Singapore 70 days after Pearl harborTrump spent 100 days not being able to capture a strait then capitulated to giving Iran cash
>>2078696Weren't you the same retard that got banned from /his/? Are you now here doing your totally organic iranposting?
