Why don’t we fly DC-10’s anymore?
>>2058477>t. thirdie pilot
>>2052023bet you feel pretty silly now>b-b-b-but it was an MD-11same thing
>>2055272read thishttps://www.vanityfair.com/news/business/2014/10/air-france-flight-447-crash
>>2051314Beautiful plane. I miss them.
>>2051896Would travel.
Im wanting to figure out what is it that makes some bicycles have a more comfortable wheelie position than others?By comfy i mean a point that sits further back and also has freedom of movement before loopingSo far it seems higher bars help. And maybe a steeper seat tube?And i want it to be figured out for a hybrid/gravel bike with an upright position similar to picrelIf you are going to blab on about wheelie bikes, please at least help me understand what it is that makes wheelie bikes wheelie so well so I can find a hybrid that will wheelie well
>>2054525i got this and learned on ithttps://www.citygrounds.com/collections/big-wheel-bmx-bikes/products/gt-performer-29-bmx-bike-2022
>>2055480
short chain stays
short chain stays.also rear suspension can make it easier to pop up and balance against the tension in the shock while it does it's job.
Is it the blimp trains time to shine?Could this be used to get Ukraine grain to the rest of europe?They have different rail gauge between rooskie and EU tracks but blimp can be handed off with out even slowing downTHIS CAN WORK???!!!!!!!BLIMP TRAIN HOLEY ROLLERRIDE ON THE BLIMP TRAINBLIMP TRAIN SAVE THIS COUNTRY AND MAKE IT WHOLE AGAIN Now Im on the edge of something Wondering bout the blimp train ooooohhhhaaaaa eeeeeaaaaahhhooooaaaaTalking bout the blimp train
>>2040522>mfw
>>2050246It's not very healthy. I could see how motorists look at this and see no issue with it, especially if they had a cabin air filter for themselves.
>>1935520do it like>>2050566describes. you see: Helium or hydrogen provides neutral bouyancy at ground level.A heater inside will be used for attitude control.
im love blimp t so much what do?
>>2050570Thats very intereseting doctorI am a doctor also
GPS used to be fancy, and is now affordableCarbon frames used to be fancy, and are now affordableCarbon aero wheels used to be fancy, and are now affordableHydraulic brakes used to be fancy, and are now affordableWireless shifting used to be fancy, and is now affordableGood tires used to not even exist, and are now available albeit a little expensiveLighting used to be heavy and annoying, now it clips to anything and you can light up the road with something the size of your thumbWide range cassettes used to be unimaginable, now some lazy people are even going 1x because they got filtered by 2x It seems like it's all been done. Seriously, what's left. What else is there to improve? We even got bonuses like thru-axle, 3d printed saddles, internal routed everything, and aero frames/cockpits, which let's be honest, you weren't really expecting were you?Can the cycling industry outdo itself or is it now a plateau of stagnation?
>>2056853They will be covered in rubber ding dong
>>2056274What about a small creature that gets zapped with increasingly high voltage shocks depending on the watts, how loud it's screaming tells you how many watts. An analog solution from a more civilized time
>>2020903Alloy rims/bars and other parts. Big improvements in weight just through that. Then the bearings got smoother. Cotterless cranks on square taper instead of cotter pins. 4 speed to 6 speed with higher PSI tubulars.Lots of improvements became common in that era.
The bike is a solved invention, so probably something that adresses the dangers attached to the act of cycling as i don't see the world getting on the level of Amsterdam anytime soon.>a directional airbag that deploys in the direction of an oncoming vehicle and the side you're falling on in case of collision.>cheaper, more comfortable and more stylish protective gear and clothes>an airbag helmet
>>2058538There's an airbag helmet already. Nobody bought it because it turns out the accelerometer can't differentiate between "about to die" and "just fucking around lol"Also if anyone turns my city into Amsterdam I'm going postal, FUCK that shit, a bicycle for normals weighs between 15 and 20 pounds and has a derailleur, I like to ride a bike not sit on my 50 pound 3-speed barge in bicycle traffic jams
Theoretically speaking, if I was an entrepreneuring billionaire and I wanted to bring back one of the great American passenger trains (Super Chief, California Zephyr, Panama Limited, Empire Builder, City of Los Angeles/San Francisco, 20th Century Limited, Broadway Limited, Powhatan Arrow, Coast Daylight, etc.) to run on a regular basis (let's put it at at least two times a month for a start), which option would be more feasible from an economic/technical/legal perspective?1. Acquire all of the surviving rolling stock (sleepers, dining cars, dome/observation cars, baggage cars, etc.) from the original consist from private owners, heritage railways, and museums, as well as matching surviving locomotives (can be from ones different railroads since thousands of functionally and aesthetically identical EMD F and E units were sold to all Class I railroads). Renovate them as necessary to make them FRA-compliant, obtain waivers wherever possible. Put them into service as a part-luxury train, part-mobile museum.2. Commission the construction of a replica consist. Building entirely new streamlined cars from scratch, designed to match the internal and external appearance of its original as much as possible, with changes only being made when it's literally required to make the car FRA-compliant/modern user friendly (updated wiring, HEP, power outlets at seats, WiFi support, replacing wooden paneling with MDF paneling etc.). Motive power consists of custom-built Siemens Chargers designed to resemble the original E and F units (streamlining, bulldog noses, matching paint schemes, etc.) as much as legally possible.1/2
>>2053389This thread's been up for over a year and most of the replies are just you bumping your thread. Not much interest in it. Let it go
>>2053390nta but I've ghost bumped it a couple of times
>>2011902
>>2056951Why?
>>2056965Why not?
>The San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway (reporting mark SDAE) is a short-line American railroad founded in 1932 as the successor to the San Diego and Arizona Railway (SD&A), which was founded in 1906 by entrepreneur John Spreckels. Dubbed "The Impossible Railroad" by many engineers of its day due to the immense logistical challenges involved, the line was established in part to provide San Diego with a direct rail link to the east by connecting with the Southern Pacific Railroad lines in El Centro, California.>the railroad has a checkered history, with periodic disruptions in service to rockslides, storms, fires, and derailments, and has never been profitable>the line ceased being used in its entirety decades ago and has been bounced around by owner to owner ever since>at present, only a fraction of the line in San Diego, Mexico, and Campo is actively used, with the rest being left to decayHere's my questions:1. Were the "Impossible Railroad's" issues inherent to the climate and terrain, or more so the technological/economic limitations at the time of its construction (the railroad was built with anachronistic infrastructure such as wooden trestles)?2. If funding could secured, would it be possible to rehabilitate or even rebuild the line in its entirety using modern engineering techniques to negate the hazards that plagued its previous incarnations?3. What services could be provided to make the line economical, or even turn an actual profit? Obviously there's tourism, Carrizo Gorge attracts thousands of tourists a year (many of whom come to gawk at the ruins of the railway). I recently found out that the Mexican portion of the line is used to host the Tijuana-Tecate Tourist Train (pic related, several gallery cars that were originally intended for it but ultimately left unused) and has proven quite popular. But I'm also wondering industries could be served or even if a US-Mexico commuter service would be feasible (ignoring current diplomatic issues)
>>2038870Of course not
>>2038870The biggest problem was that the original railway was built on a shoestring budget (it was basically the brainchild of one man, John Spreckels), hence the antiquated shit like wooden trestles and had the misfortune of construction starting just prior to the start of the Mexican Revolution. The fact that a significant portion of the line runs through Mexico complicates things further because piece of cargo and passenger traveling the full length of the Desert Line will have to go through customs inspections, twice, just to reach their destination.Honestly the view is scenic enough that I think it would have potential as a tourist line, especially given that one of the termini is downtown San Diego, but you would need to essentially rebuilt the entire line before that became feasible. It doesn't help that the route is 70 miles long and the other terminus, Plaster City, is a complete shithole with nothing but Gypsum mining to it.Maybe, you could do it as a hotel train where you depart in the early evening (5pm) running at a leisurely pace of >10 miles per hour (slow enough to make the journey around 14 hours and run comfortably), treat everyone to a fancy dinner, have the train turn around in Plaster City and return in the morning (7am). Restore some old heavy Pullman sleeper and dining cars and better yet, a working steam locomotive, and you might find a niche market for being the only play in the world where you can relive the zenith of American rail travel.
>>2057523>will have to go through customs inspections, twice, just to reach their destination.Check out the big brains on Brad. It's not like similar things don't happen between the US and Canada with no customs checks required.Most people on /n/ are completely fucking clueless yet pretend to be total experts.
>>2039300>The real money-maker in railroads has never been people, it's been freight.The real money maker in highways has never been people, it's freight.
>>2058499What point are you trying to make here
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?
>>2055390People in China need jobs too
>>2043723I've got a Trek Crossrip LTD that was my first "nice" bike once I got a decent job out of college. Yeah, the bike has some weird issues, but I didn't know anything about bikes yet. It sat in my garage for the last 5 years mostly unused as I got fat and lazy. It's got TRP hy/rd brakes and they work well enough for me. I've been riding it as heavy as 240lb. They'd probably be more than enough for someone that's 150lb. If I could magic hydraulic breaks onto that bike I would though. I don't find that frame to be worth putting upgrades into, so I'm saving up for a nicer bike and will keep the Crossrip as a beater.
>>2056930The issue with hyrd brakes is you have to be in the drops to get decent braking power out of them, and they have to be set up absolutely perfectly using their autistic non-standard technique and they don't self adjust
>>2058492the fuck? no. just no.
>>2058493Yes. Just yes.
In which we discuss the Bikelighting culture (Fahrradbeleuchtungskultur) of our countries.Here in Germany, because of the Danger, it is not allowed to have a blinking Taillight. This is also the Reason that all emergency Vehicles in the World have blinking Lights. By attracting other dangerous night Vehicles to crash into the Ambulance, instead of the civilian Vehicles, it spares Drivers in smaller Vehicles, where the Occupants are less able to administer emergency self-Aid. This is the Consequence of what we call a „high trust Society“; our culture of Politeness dictates the most Risk to the most capable Roaduser. The same Expectation is extended to Police and Construction Engineers who are paid more for occupational Hazards such as a blinking Light.Do you have a Law about blinking Bikelights in your Country?
>>2053772Most lights seem to be garbage, not just in bikes, i general.But more so on bikes. The problem is Most average people don't see light very well.And you can't covince me otherwise.You see, for average people to see a light, it needs 2 things.1 - VERY bright, like brighter then the SUN2 - big, how big? Well traffic lights are very big?At least bigger then most of the shit lights on bikes.I would probably try a Front light (brighter) on the Back of bike.https://shoprealitybikes.com/products/giant-recon-hl-1800Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2055209Thats nice, and even if it causes trouble (maybe not recommended.It would work pretty well.Where do you find something like that?https://www.nightprovision.com/products/ps1200-police-bike-light-set-1200-lumens-xm-l-t6-led-with-red-blue-strobeThats what i found.
>>2056905If you buy an american taillight not a shitty german one, $45 from a legacy brand like cateye or nite rider will be blindingly bright at 10 meters and impossible to ignore at 100 meters. The reason you think taillights suck is that you bought a gimped Busch & Muller taillight from some hipster store that cost $100 and is barely visible when it's 5 inches from your face because of german laws
>>2056827nah. i see you fuckers out there at night using LED road flare strobes as bike lights.
>>2057205>i see you
I am a railway fan from Moscow. In my free time, I make videos of trains, subways, and transportation. Ask questions about my activities, and the transport of my country, stereotypes, in general, everything that is interesting, I will try to answer.
>>2055187Last year they announced they're selling the only built station of Omsk metro with a starting bid of 2.5 million dollars, but it doesn't look like it went anywhere.
>>2055187>>2055223Every time I see the word "omsk" I think of this one troll guy who called a FSB operator and asked him about the thing in tomsk and they went back and forth a few times about whether it was omsk or tomsk and anyway the FSB inadvertently leaked some info but I forgot what it was
>>2056846https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwvA49ZXnf8Thanks for reminding me about this
>>2036639Can you still go from Moscow to Beijing with a train? I heard they scrapped the service during covid
>>2056880I don't remember it being navalny, crazy. I thought it was just some random troll.
hongcouver getting some china ferries…elbows up?
>>2046273Based, can't wait for Canada to become a Chinese province so it will finally have proper infrastructure.
>>2055505>the idea is if you buy local, it makes local jobs, and increases economic velocity. it's basically a way to do stealth welfare; instead of just paying hobos who will just spend it on crack, you fork over the cash to Irving who will then employ the hobos who will still buy lots of crack but also be emboldened to do things like rent property or eat groceries and otherwise participate in the normal economy, which in turn requires they pay taxes. its kinda like a pyrimid skeemI am aware of the economic arguments like this. I actually have an undergraduate economic background. Which is precisely the reason I say the arguments are retarded.Paying the hobos the money straight up will cost less than your elaborate stealth-welfare program. Especially when you consider how much the Irving clan that owns the corporations are going to skim off the top before it gets to the hobos. And the money stolen by the Irvings will not be going into the economy because they will just put it in overseas bank accounts.The only reason we don't pay the hobos straight up is that it has bad optics. Hobos look dirty and don't make for good photo ops compared to the Irving clan. And if you start giving money to some of the hobos in Nova Scotia, the ones in BC start to notice and get uppity, and there are a lot more hobos in BC than in NS.
>>2055588true but remember that the irvings will either kick back the money or have a politician driveby'd as appropriate if they dont do it that way whilst BC only has namby pamby film studios and techbro startups who do not enjoy such power
>>2046273So?
>>2046182are they auxillary invasion ferries?
This thread is for talking about railways, and things related to railways, in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - that means we're all about big intercity trains, modest rural trains, long freight trains, trips, tracks, trams, subways, stations, you get the idea. Trains are cool.If you're planning a journey, take a look at the nationalrail.co.uk/ journey planner - tell it where you're headed from and to, and it'll show you your options before handing you over to a train company so you can buy a ticket. Doesn't matter which train company, they'll all charge the same price for the same seat on the same journey. Overseas visitors - trip.com and thetrainline.com are your best option.Here's a few links:~New rolling stock currently on order, listed (trainlogger.co.uk/units/)~A Visual History of Railway Rolling Stock in Great Britain (gaelan.me/br-stock/)~The Man in Seat 61 (seat61.com/) - easily the best rail travel resource out there.~Geoff Marshall (youtube.com/@geofftech2) - likes trains. Mostly harmless.~Jago Hazzard (youtube.com/@jagohazzard) - London train history. Ditto....and some cool 'open data' stuff:~Realtimetrains (realtimetrains.co.uk/) - live train timetables: ideal for keeping on top of ETAs and platforms.~Openrailwaymap (openrailwaymap.org/) - not quite 'Google Maps for railway infrastructure', but close.~TIGER (https://tiger.worldline.global/home/) - live departure boards.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2057755>Genuinely makes me wonder if they could replicate that success by introducing this concept to other large cities.If someone manages to unclench the iron fist of the Treasury and stop the ORR from goldplating everything and dithering for decades, then maybe.
>>2057741The Orange Army marches on. WCML trains back running again.
>>2057860Leeds is a prime example.Largest city in Europe to not have a metro/light rail system. It needs a tram system pre-metro that can be upgraded into a metro like Tyne & Wear. Trams can deal with pretty steep gradients so Leeds shouldn't be an issue.Manchester, Birmingham & Glasgow could benefit from a proper metro. Sheffield needs another link to Manchester (not Woodhead) and a proper commuter rail service.Additionally, a rolling program of electrification should be followed, and make it a legal requirement to meet _x_ stk per year so the Treasury and government can't cancel easily.
>First EMR Aurora train will enter service this December>https://news.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/news/a-new-dawn-breaks-as-emr-confirms-first-aurora-train-will-enter-service-this-december>Transport UK and EMR confirm first Aurora from new £400 million fleet will begin running this December>New trains provide more seats, modern, spacious interiors and enhanced accessibility features>The state-of-the-art Hitachi Rail built fleet will transform the experience of customers as they travel on the Midland Main LineLong awaited indeed: if memory serves, the current 222s are being handed straight over to Lumo for their new Stirling-London service, beginning next year.
is the dart silver line /n/ approved? it’s scheduled to open in october
>>2057370>>2057372>>2058388I don't understand why you chose to dig in your heels over sound walls. Most people don't like noise, whether it's from an industry, a highway, or a train. Do you really think you are doing your side a favor by chastising residents who want a modicum of peace and quiet? Please stop being your own worst enemy.
>>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
Why does a graffitied train have to be taken out of circulation immediately? How much does it cost in your country to clean up one graffiti piece? In Finland, the average cleanup cost is 600-700ish.
Did a bunch of you just find out about broken windows theory because of me?
>>2058163Funny thing is, the Romanian Bucharest Metro authority actually encouraged people to graffiti up some ancient-ass rolling stock. They figured out it was way cheaper (read: free) to get vandals to paint the trains for them.
You can barely see out of the windows on most renfe trains
>>2058163I assume because they can not guarantee that the graf artist hasn't fucked with the train in another way (severing lines, tampering with equipment etc) so they need to clean and inspect before being put into service. I've never tampered with a train after painting it but some wilder crews will intentionally break shit. I love metro graf. unofficial, unpaid, illegal penetration testers that show how pathetic modern day metro security is. Imagine having 30+ mins of unrestricted access to mass public transport carriages if you were a bad apple. Unthinkable
>>2058187It would be interesting to have pentesters and metro writers make a presentation for something like Defcon, but a lot of people would get mad after that. There's so god damn many layers to this it's unreal. Emergency brakes, literally stalking for 2+ weeks in bushes for worker and guard activity, looking at timetables.. I hope one day there'll be something like I mentioned, but the secrecy will die along with it. On the other hand, people have been doing this since the 70s in some way shape or form, it'll just get more complicated for those in the sport
Are the wingy bits on the butt important?Why wouldn't you just stop when it was on the ground?
>>2058278boss will kill me if i crash helicopter, and if boss gets blood on his hands he'll kill my family too so i'll kill myself and helicopter in crash and keep boss's hands clean
>>2058282Based and bootpilled
>>2058272Nah, that part is just decorative. The pilot was probably drunk.
>there's a helicopter about to crash and the retard is filming a fucking panoramaAlso he didn't fly so good.
>>2058281My assumption is that they were unaware of the tail situation.But why not land immediately and assess the damage... no idea. Just Russian things.
Is there still a fixie subculture anywhere out there, or am I showing my age? Im still enamored with the whole “fixie punk” aesthetic. Considering jumping back on social media is there are still people doing this. But I realize its a niche subculture from the early 2000’s thats been made fun of since day 1.
>>2056333>Just look at what they took from us Man I wish I just hadn't been socially awkward and beta as fuck when I was literally surrounded by women like this most weekends.
>>2040047real nigga
Single speed sucksFixed gear really suckI'd like a bare bones beater 7 speed cruiser or rigid MTB for my roads and easy trails. 12 gears minimum imoI considered making this fit 2" slicks but I really need to be able to drop the seat. I need more gears. Need front and rear brakes. Why make life hardYo fuck 4chan and this captcha shit man fuck this place I'm out
>>2051979yes cause you live in a passover shithole that leeches culture out of other areas ten plus years later. The interesting thing about small town people is how they've likely never met someone actually intelligent so they don't know how small their brains operating space is like the rest of us who have bumped shoulders with someone who is 145 iq
>>2054377>>2054376so riding fixie is one of those things that requires a trust fund
