https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnKUwr2Lj7o?feature=share>car comes around blind corner on wrong side of the road>still people in the comments are blaming the cyclist for not slowing downI've seen motorbikes parked at the lights been hit head on and still people will somehow not blame carswhat's the most egregious example you know of a driver not being blamed for causing an accident?
>>2070312i saw one once of a guy who stopped his car, busted out a shotgun, and fired at a peloton three times. he didnt hit anybody so all he got was charged with discharging a firearm in city limits and ordered to take anger management classes
>>2070312most of the comments are dunking on the illegal overtake though
>>2070323>You can't maneuver when ur going 30mphSo he's extra retarded
>>2070312He did weirdly turn into the car last second....but what suprises me is your suprise. People arent people (creatures of reason). They are giant babies that "i want" and all reason warps around that like a blackhole. They live in a fantasy world of cheap fuel and heavy machinery and hate when a non-pos reminds them of that. There is your jury.
>>2070323maybe *you* can't, but non-retarded people can.over 40 is when it starts to get dicey for me, but there was a hill on a busy road that I used to do it regularly anyway.
Elon Musk wishes he was 1/10th as GREAT as this English manlet.
>>2064937And what an eden its become...
>>2064937Oh dear God! :-O
>>2064937And yet they invented "road trains" (tractors pulling multiple trailers).
>>2064937nothing annoys me more than mixed gauges, especially within one countrythe whole world should use 3m hitler gauge
>>2070099Why do they act like its so tough to retrofit to a single standard? Are the ties matched to the track somehow?
Hear me out, we need one of these.
>>2041960I don't think that's where the chamois pad is supposed to go
>>2041981I hear they're constantly sexually harassed if they ride alone, like guys will cut them off and force them off the road to hit on them
>>2042163This is what FOSTA/SESTA took from us. You can chart the decline of western men and the rise of hoeflation directly to the enforcement of digital porn laws
>>2053963the fuck is going on with those cleats
>>2072876As it should be
Keep in mind this is for bikes meant to be loaded up. I guess a marketing exec at some point decided kickstands are for poors so no expensive bike can have them now, just like MTBs got stuck with Presta valves. They will literally drill 15+ holes just in case your bike bags use bottle bosses instead of straps, but outright refuse drilling 2 for a kickstand
>>2064872Very soulful webzone and some crazy bikes there too.
>>2066365if you worry about bending a derailleur hanger from bike's own weight, your bike's a fat piece of shit
>>2068319>if you worry about bending a derailleur hanger from bike's own weight, you deeply misunderstand physics
>>2067982helicopter tape
>>2068321Ive done it. Granted this was on a walmart special, but most still have a guard bracket for the derailleur.
>makes public transportation irreleventYou're welcome.It's scientifically demonstrable in transportation modeling if your population density is low enough, local government should just subsidize rideshare and it solves all transportation demand
>>2067829> some logistic issue around having posession of a car (parking, no license, whatever)You say this like the logistics of having to find a place to park your car is nontrivial in all major cities, and doesn't cost money.I can budget $100 a week for public transit in virtually anywhere I visit and that's it for transportation costs. Even including an uber or two.>But what about going places without public transit?If I'm going deep into the woods or whatever, then renting a car pencils out. But the vast majority of the time, it's stupid. I've rented a car one single time as an adult for a trip where it was absolutely required. I've never felt the need otherwise.
>>2067599I hate standing around at a place waiting for a car to show up to be driven to place2. I would rather just walk or drive myself.
>>2069710Look, if money is your biggest issue, and if you're always traveling within/to big cities with good pubtrans, then good for you. And I mean that without a hint of sarcasm. But for me, and I think for a lot of other people, time is a more precious commodity on vacation, and unless a bus or train happens to go directly from where you are to where you want to be exactly when you want to go, then private transportation is going to be quicker; usually significantly so. Hailing a cab/uber, or better yet having your own car (rented or otherwise) is going to let you visit more destinations in a day rather than piddling along on a bus that stops every block to let people on and off.
>>2067599Now they just need to make the drivers not smell, and have forced interaction.
>>2067844Is this english?
>you will never quit your job as a middle aged man, move to bumkfuck nowhere, and drive trains for a living
It became a movie precisely because it’s such a rare case. It’s just like Hanks’ *The Terminal*.
>>2069622Believe it or not, you can do this right now. Except it will be freight trains, and its not very romantic. It does pay very well though.
>>2069622Thank you for the movie recommendation.
>>2069622>wanna get a comfy subway driver job>good working hours, good benefits and vacation days, decent enough pay, don't have to move to bumfuck nowhere and can stay in the city>they started boasting about autonomous trains on the lines in the last year so it'll all be gone in a decaderip
Smallest job market in the world?
> I need to ride a bike > i dont know how to ride a bike I need to ride a bike I dont know how to ride a bike > I need to ride a bike > i dont know how to ride a bike I need to ride a bike I dont know how to ride a bike where do i start with riding a bike
fatherless post
>>2069165buy a bike buy a helmet go to a parking lot late at night where no one can see youjust get on and peddle
>>2069165Start on flat grass to avoid abrasion and to cushion the impact if you fall. The slower you go, the harder it is to balance. Starting to move is the hardest part.
Do americans really?
>>2069165Single principle to remember: bikes remain stable by moving forward. It raises a good question: are their training wheels for adult bikes? Could their be auto ones that retract/deploy for two wheel attempts? Bikes should all be reverse trike anyway.
What's next in bicycle tech?
>>2070670we had that in the 60s
>>2057728>What's next in bicycle tech?Brake by wire.
bicycle that instantly seizes completely solid if you ever try to service iteven cleaning it will have to be done at an Accredited Dealership
>>2057792but it already exists, alfine hubs
>>2072854Deere bikes. Ferrari already has a bike.
Instead of HSR, why doesn't California build a high speed ferry between LA and San Francisco?
>>2072528San Francisco to Los Angeles in 7 hours by sea is not bad compared to 6 hours by car or 7.5 hours by bus.
>>2069658Cool idea, but Ekranoplan between LA and San Fransisco would be higher speed
>>2072765Not much internal space compared to a traditional boat.
>>2072803merci garchomp
>>2069842>>2072765>>2072803The problem with ekranoplans is the same one as hydrofoils: it's too dependent on sea state. If the waves get too high, then the ekranoplan loses the ground effect cushion, which suddenly cuts lift, and causes it to smash into the water. Even the relatively placid Caspian Sea was too much for the Lun class and A-90s.An LA-SF route would have them flying over open ocean known for waves. Even worse, those waves would be traveling west-east, while the craft flies south-north. As the wave peakes travel across the wing span in flight, they would cause moving lift peaks which would induce a rolling moment on the craft. It would be terrible to fly, let alone ride. That's to say nothing of the danger of having aircraft flying at wavetop height along a famously foggy coast with heavy ship traffic. There's an extreme collision risk to be sorted out.All of the ekranoplans problems could be solved, however, by having them fly at higher altitude, overland routes like anon points out here >>2069694. Ekranoplans are just bad airplanes that only work in a vanishingly small niche.
Cyclists of /n/, do you wear a lot of loud obnoxious advertising logos on yourself when you ride?
>>2068377yes, it is common for helmets to be assigned to retards. most people can pilot a vehicle competently, though
>>2054271Mine lasted several years but they did indeed eventually die. Levis did cheap out in the last few years of the commuter jeans though. They did away with the gusseted crotches without telling anyone.>>2055796I was riding on a shitty old schwinn original saddle. Those '70s-90s plastic saddles seemed 'okay' on pants esp if you ride out of the saddle (use saddlebags)
>>2051742
>>2063972>noooo you can't mix belt drives with electronic shifting, you just can't ok!??!Shimano seems to disagree
>>2063085The quality for price on modern bike lights is completely ridiculous, I remember having to keep my bike headlight batteries in the water bottle cage and try to optimize wire gauge to avoid transmission losses, now the entire system including battery is the size of a chap stick and stronger and runs cooler and lasts longer and charges faster
Can anyone tell me why shipping is more efficient than rail? I thought water has more friction than air
>>2070808With distributed traction string-line derails are less of a problem than before when all locomotives were at the front of a train.Still happens sometimes
>>20708086,000 feet is on the shorter side of stack trains. 7,000-7,500 was average for the line I worked on. BNSF started running 10,000 foot stack trains on the transcon from LA to Chicago 20 years ago and they're probably longer now.
>>2070808they do, the only reason they dont go higher than 2 is for tunnels and bridges (and sometimes the containers/cars themselves)
>>2068745>Cargo ships are typically manned by IndiansJust feed them an occasional bridge and they'll be happy.
>>2069005>>>/s4s/
I did not see another thread on this so here we go. How does /n/ feel about downtown city airports? I know most world class cities such as London, New York, Washington DC, etc. Have proper downtown airports. It looks like Toronto is going to get one as well. Until now, the Billy Bishop island airport, so named after a Canadian WWI fighter pilot ace, could only accommodate turbo prop aircraft. The Province of Ontario is now looking to extend the runway to allow Jets. This would greatly expand the range of the airport, especially to far cities in western Canada and the southern United States. Potentially even western Europe. Is this a good move, or a short sighted volley?https://www.cp24.com/local/toronto/2026/03/09/ford-doubles-down-on-toronto-billy-bishop-expansion-plans-calls-island-residents-squatters/
>>2070695>Maritime cities are still quite isolated from Toronto,good. fuck off, we're full
>>2071514>>2071546only white men are able to use public transitWomen will get shanked in the neck and noone would help them
>>2071929>train pulls into station>step in>see woman about to get shanked in the neck>uh excuse me miss but do you need he->I HAVE A BOYFRIEND>woman proceeds to get shanked>entire train car erupts in applause
>>2071499Toronto keeps screwing up its airport connections. With federal money we could extend Line 2 north to the airport and have a direct line on the subway. Ultimately Line 2, Line 5 Eglinton and Line 6 Finch should all terminate at a single station at pearson airport. They could have the station connected to the terminals by the existing people mover/terminal link.Idk why this cant be done at the biggest economic centre of our country
>>2067443>I know most world class cities Chicago.No, wait. That's just mob territory.Seattle had a great GA runway years ago. Takeoff and approach over water, so fewer crashes into neighborhoods. But Karen says, "No!"
> solves bikepackingNothing personal kiddo
>>2072706no you dipshityou undo caliper's mounting bolts just a bit so it floats side to side but not verticallyyou squeeze the brake lever to make it grab onto and align to the diskyou lock the caliper in place by tightening the boltsif hydraulic, you're done, if mechanical, undo the inside pad by a quarter turn and you're done
>>2072712>his brakes don't have a centring adjustment screw a cable tension screw an arch spring tension screw
>>2072712>>2072739>>2072741This board is so easy to troll. I feel like it's 2005 and it's baby's first day on the internet
>>2072741That's right. They don't. They are this simple. And they just fucking Work.Sorry I don't want to manage 9 different levers just to make mech dicks either do nothing or send me over my bars when I pull the rear brake lever.
>>2072769give me these or give me hydros, that's all I fuck with. would consider cable-actuated hydros with compressionless brake housing on a drop bar build (fuck me hydro brifters are all $$$) but that's as far as I'll go
Or just the weirdest you're aware of?
>>2067376This looks so cool. I wish we still used elephants for war.I used to speed around in forklifts in an empty warehouse as a kid.>>2067379>>2067382These guys know what's up.
pallet jacks are cool and all but what about this shit
>>2072157reminds me of the tractor in Satisfactory
>>2067382erm, anon, pallet jacks are NOT scooters, you will suffer a deadly injury or death if you use themthis thing on the other hand, is perfectly safe. but ONLY, ONLY for the higher ups with proper training, so not you, understand?
>>2067376My wife and I recently rode horses in Costa Rica, and it really made me wonder why we ever rode these animals. I get using horses or other animals as beasts of burden, or to pull carts and such, but riding on one was an unpleasant experience for me.
Why is larping as a turn of the century messenger while blocking traffic on a weekday considered fundamentally a Good Thing, while larping as a pro athlete on a closed course at the ass crack of dawn on a Sunday, where you paid in advance and you bring business to the community and bother literally no one, is so heavily derided?The GF thing isn't my cup of tea personally, but it seems like about the most harmless way you can be edgy and have a little light "competitive" fun without intentionally irritating anyone (or seriously endangering yourself in a high stakes pro race), unlike Critical Mass which is just jacking off about how you're Doing Good (while actually just being a jackass)Is that the issue? The irritation has to be declared in advance? If you irritate someone who will never even see you just by existing, you're uncool, but if you irritate people for the sake of irritating them you're cool?Change my view on this, Gran Fondos are actually something we should encourage, all the benefits of sport with few if any disadvantages, and Critical Mass is seriously misguided
>>2072691>proprietaryhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbXUSatsCPw
>>207269113 speeds? Why so much speed? This is NOT a race, single speed is all I need
>>2072258>fixie rider with wife and house and jobwhat now bitch
>>2072727and now you'll wake up
>>2072558>"Bicycle Kingdom" in Hong Kong was under UK's rule>switched over to cars around the time of the CCP takeoverUsing Hong Kong as a bicycle advocacy example is wrong on several levels.
