I am currently using a xiaomi smart band 9 to track my rides (so thats GPS from phone + HR from band), I start and end the ride from the band and the app automatically transfers the route, speed and heart rate to stravaI am wondering if I should upgrade to a bike computer cus I am not worried about how much calories I burn nowadays, as I got the idea of it. I just want to know how far I went and how long it took me, and to keep track of cadence so I learn to ride optimallyI have been looking at XOSS G2+ (pic related) with 2 sensors - one for cadence on crank and other on rear hub for speed (rotation)my questions about bike computers in general are:>do the bike computer accessories (cadence, speed, HR) connect to it, or to the phone>does only the bike computer connect to your phone and stay connected constantly, or only to transfer data to strava or an app once the ride finishes?>can I just get on my bike and ride, and the bike computer will then automatically upload my ride to strava once I am done?>can I still use my xiaomi band 9 to measure my HR? will I be able to see my HR on the screen? or the bike computer only connects to HR sensors and not other "smart" devices>should I get a bike computer with an actual screen to show maps/route?>should I even get a bike computer to begin with, I am riding actual gravel and trails, basically exploring my region on weekends and driving 2-3 times to work a week, will the sensors and shit survive the rough terrain?>will my mechanical watch (8 year old skx007) get fucked by the vibrations from the single/double track?Thanks
>>2041218>show magene
>>2041180Contribute a USD$3 (they do get that cheap, shipped through Aliexpress) speedo install on my scooter. Works, the small diameter programmed in with no problem and it fits and signals pic related. Needed a wire extension however with somewhat tricky soldering. I did this more for odo than speedo. One thing I don't like the battery is an AG10 which is tiny - I feel its going to materially affect utility.
>ywn buy random chinese shit from ali express againfeels bad man
I recommend getting an igp sports bike computer ie. bsc100 for basic, bsc200 for nav and basic or the bsc300 for a full bike nav computer with all the fancy flares. They got cadence and speed meters you can strap on too. You can get all of em extremely cheap, especially during sales like Black friday, christmas, 11/11 and stack global aliexpress coupons on top.
>>2040025>over 3+ hourscute
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>>2053556Picture of the rock
>>2053556couldbe,,,might,,,signature,,,questions,,maybe.
>>2053557Chances "we" brought that life there?
>>2053571From thousands of yeara ago maybe. But this is fossilized, basically indication of bacteria a long time ago
Firefly just announced they lost the first stage of the alpha flight 7>During testing at Firefly’s facility in Briggs Texas, the first stage of Firefly’s Alpha Flight 7 rocket experienced an event that resulted in a loss of the stage. Read more here https://fireflyspace.com/missions/alpha-flta007/
Hear me out, we need one of these.
>>2041959not a natural fabricshe is literally disrupting her hormones and will end up infertile
>>2052294its an AI image bro fuck u on about>>2053966god I love fake boobs
i faped 5 times today alreadyonly 2 first time was good, i feel raped by porn
>>2054052that's a solid point of view, but it is worth noting that not all synthetic materials contain toxic endochrine disrupting chemicals. as a precaution, however, it is best to avoid them similar to how someone might shop only usda verified foods even though that label may have been subject to underhanded deals or an oversight on the part of the producers and or federal officials.
>>2054439I stopped altogether because of that.I give myself one orgasm a week and my test levels and hornyness are through the roof for 6 days.It really helps with working out and riding tho.
I want to strangle every single big buck roadie fred and especially every single downhill-bike-in-a-park pomp who rides around just to do chainsaw sounds with their bicycle's very very expensive hub. "Give way, the asshole is coming!". Like, if you wanna make motorcycle sounds, get an actual motorcycle. A Harley actually sounds cool. A freewheeling bicycle sounds supremely annoying, and also means you are a weak shit who is not pedalling. Fuck you, go ride into a river.
>>2052779If you just want to rip around challenging nobody but yourself, you can be pretty much any size as long as you can put some power down. If you're lacking in power, just pedal harder, do squats and leg lifts, and have patience.Weight helps on the downhill anyway. I'm considered slightly overweight for a cyclist both in muscle and fat, but that's because I don't want to be a skeleton. Cycling doesn't entirely define me as a person to the point that I strive to have the best body I can possibly have for cycling, I have other hobbies and like being capable of lifting heavy things or rowing. But doing 120 down a big hill feels good. Although I can't do that with my current gearing, I spin out around 105 with a 44T ring.All that being said, I do agree that coasting down hills (especially on winding roads) is super comfy. At least some intermittent hard pedaling is recommended though, perhaps just coasting on the corners, because going 100 is more fun than going 75.
>>2052784yeah but the fanciest bikes tend to be rated for something crazy like just 70ish kg. even if it doesn't break on flat road i'd be scared on normal roads as high speeds amplify any impact. brakes also can't keep up with the freaky speeds of such downhill racing and im confident they too have some low weight rating seeing how a brake i had issues with was working perfectly fine when the store guy tried it
>>2052785>fanciestWhy would you care about that? I'm just riding a 1x11 aluminum Kona JTS with a carbon fork and mechanical disc brakes. Speedbumps are ramps as far as I'm concerned. It's a smooth and solid ride, especially with 28-32mm tires.
>>2052787i wish my bike had brakes. front is so worn it just makes a loud noise but no braking power and back kinda works but it also was always the bad brake so only natural that its not worn out
I put lithium grease in my zipps and triflow on the pawl thingies and it got quieter and smoother. thinking of switching back to oil to upset the unracers tho
The newest development after gravel bikes with suspension forks: Gravel bikes with suspension forks and flat bars. I simply have to have one!
>>2054746that's cheating
>>2054571Hinged at the wheel, so it is separated from suspension travel.I was considering this buke, but at $3700 for bare frame, 38t max chainring and no FD option it is a hard fuck no from me.
>>2054746Only onions lock out suspension.
>>205466237lbs for a full featured enduro bike is featherweight. Good tires can weigh 1.2kg, or about 3lbs, each.
>>2053092You just got btfo dumbo calm down
I first rode a bicycle in 2022 when I was 31 but didn't stick to it. I want to do it again but my mentor moved ot another country.
>>2054839>I first rode a bicycle in 2022 when I was 311.) That's really sad dude2.) Find a slight downhill gradient, it doesn't have to be that steep, just steep enough to where the bike moves on its own without you needing to pedal, keep your saddle at its lowest position at first, just so it feels less sketchy for you (you'll want to raise your seat later though) and then just practice basic handling and braking while on a slight downhill and gradually start pedaling until you feel comfortable doing this on level ground.,
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We have one here in Turku. Awfully inefficient mode of transportation. It was extremely expensive, does not look like the design at all and is always broken down. Kind of a symbol for Turku. In the meantime our rival city Tampere just built a fucking awesome tram network
>>2053247The clamp itself failed.
Funicular at Montserrat, north of Barcelona in Spain
Angels Flight was built in Los Angeles in 1901 and has since been moved to another nearby location but still runs and has been featured in many films.
would you take a cuban taxi?https://youtu.be/MJR3YbsJ5oU?t=395
>>2054767the USSR collapsed 40 years ago but boomers are still mindbroken about gommunismone angry african owns more of america's wealth than 52% of the population combined and a handful of deranged hyperrich tech bros think physical humans are superflous and have a legitimate and achievable plan to eradicate us within a generation, but the REAL danger to our freedom is that some tropico brown people off the coast of florida still have a faded che guevara painting on their crumbling buildings
>>205478080% of the cuba industry is owned by the govt and if your company has 100 workers or more its seized by the stateat that point i dont think its very different to the way property worked in the USSR afaik
>>2054784A country where people routinely use horses because there's not enough fuel for their 75 year old cars has you pissing yourself in a state of existential terror. Maybe gommunism is more powerful than I'm giving it credit for.
>>2054790I dont really mind cuba i just find it sad, but hey nothing stops you from projecting to justify your political schizophrenia, have a good day
>>2054780My wife and in-laws are from Cuba. Commies are still doing commie shit there and I shan't support it.
Do you guys ever have conversations with other people on public transportation, or try picking up girls there?>yet another day riding the subway sharing a car with plenty of cute girls, normal looking guys, and never make conversation with anyone to try to make friends or get a date>it's been like this nearly daily for 10 years>even see the same people getting on and off at my same stop, they live near me, and still never speak to anyone
I’ve been learning Italian so I’ve practiced with a bunch of Italians on the NY subway. It’s really fun. Assuming you can actually hold a conversation (not just regurgitate some phrases from Duolingo) they’re really impressed.
>>2049342anon, those were mexicans. easy mistake to make, the languages sound about the same and they both have firecracker women and they both have a guy named "garibaldi" who figured large in their early military history (as a modern nation-state)
>>2012325No, I never initiate any conversation although I wish I could. I'm a bit of a sperg so whenever I sit next to someone, either a pretty girl or just some dude, I waste a lot of time thinking what can I actually say to that person. The easy question is the direction, but it really leads nowhere, unless you try to turn it into an uncomfortable interview. Maybe I'm just overthinking it, but I wish I could talk to people but I really don't know how to do it normally.
>>2035592That woman is cute. Does anyone know her name?
>>2054798Lorna
Why weren't these a thing more often in the heyday of railroads?>gives freight trains an additional source of income>passengers can presumably pay for tickets less since freight trains usually run on slower schedules>allows for mixed trains without the need to pull a coach from regular passenger service>can be coupled to the back of a regular passenger train during periods of high demand, the crew will enjoy the added privacy too>lonely freight train crews will enjoy the additional company>can be outfitted as extra crew accommodation when not in revenue service
>>2041453>slow speedsWhy would a freight train have lower speeds? They move the same speed as a train does, pretty fast (barring extreme situations like street-running, which is hardly done for main lines anyway).
>>2047999It’s inefficient to run most freight at high speeds. What’s the rush with a mile long load of coal to a power plant? In the U.S., container trains have a little more zip, but what’s the big hurry in getting those Chinese TVs from Los Angeles to Ohio when there’s already a warehouse full of them and more on the way? At best, high priority freight will match Amtrak speeds but after that it’s a waste of energy and gets dangerous with such a long heavy train.
>>2041354>lonely freight train crews will enjoy the additional companyNo one wants grumpy passengers as company
>>2050459trvke
>>2041354Sacrificed crew space for a relatively minuscule number of passenger seats
i am looking for something that i can ride for 7 miles to work occasionally and also to the railway stationi was thinking of an Manual kick scooterwhat are the odds people will laugh at me when they see me on it?also will it even be doable or is it too slow?
>>2049512this is more likely to be stolen.
>>2050378this so called world has you contemplating transportation on MiniDvdsyou retard, fuck em
>>2049510yes people will make fun of you, both in front of you and behind your back. you will also hate yourself for riding one to work everyday, wind blows in your face, it halfs your speed, there are bumps or gravel on your path, you have to walk. its just pure pain that's not worth it.for a 7 miles trip to work, in your budget (because you are looking at manual kick scooters), a bicycle or a gas moped should do the job nicely.i highly recommend 2 stroke mopeds from the 90s, very reliable, easy to maintain and fix and you can tune it if you want to do wheelies or go above 65mph. cheap chinese scooters are alright too but those tend to be more complex and have their scuffs here and there so you are looking at way more maintenance or down time than with an original second hand scooter. with bicycles its really what you prefer and can afford
>>2049510just drive the car, dorkif you wanna feel the wind in hair buy a cabrio
>>2052564>this so called world has you contemplating transportation on MiniDvdsI had a minidvd once for an episode of yugioh but what does that have to do with anything?
Old thread from 2023 finally hit bump limit >>1955863New thread. "Cycling infrastructure" is harm reduction. But not in the way you probably think. The anti-bike crowd considers riding a bicycle on public roads as an offense against the interests of motorists. An so, they wish to create infrastructure to reduce cycling (harm). Yes! Those who advocate for "separate but equal" are (whether they admit it or not) working against the interests of bicycle users:-The American Automobile Association strongly supports bike lanes-Countries that place responsibility on car drivers have 70-90% fewer fatalities per billion km traveled by bike. This is of course beyond the pale, drivers must always have total immunity. But hey, look, green paint! We solved safety!-The true purpose of bike lanes is to neutralize the opposition by corrupting the discourse. Don't support bike lanes? Then you must not care about safety!-Bike lanes have a curious pattern of appearing where they are superfluous, and vanishing as you approach potential traffic conflict zones. This way, when you get run over by a dump truck making a turn, it's your fault! You shoulda been in the bike lane that wasn't there!In conclusion: bike lane activists hate cyclists and want to eradicate cycling as a form of transportation.
>learning spanish>start drinking heavily>day labour at Lowes>get into 4mm, 5mm, 6mm hex specs>boss wants me to adjust his handlebar
I need to learn the bike part words but in other languages
>>2048456Better than someone chucking a 12.9 hex in there and doing it up until they're satisfied the too small seatpost wont slip. Many such cases.
>>2045557>learning spanish>start drinking heavily>day labour at Lowes>start throwing used toilet paper in the trash instead of the toilet>get tanned>blast shitty music>get deported by ICEPretty sure you could've handled that better
>>2045557Why can't my bar wrap jobs ever come out looking this good
>>2048456the sugino ones are really good. the campy ones are cancer
Americans are so violently carbrained and oppose any form of infrastructure not just because they dislike bikers, but because for the average fat american, it's, for all practical purposes, IMPOSSIBLE to use bikes as transit>too fat to reliably fit on a bike>would pedal too slow to get anywhere>even just walking exhausts them, let alone cyclingThe idea of "cycling" being anything other than an exercise done on a stationary bike in a gym is unthinkable to them because anything else is physically impossible for them
>>2054697
>>2054697at least post the cycling table
>>2054680this bicycle i feel like was made specifically for people with huge balls and i think would be perfect for any amerifat (if the suspension can handle it), aspecially since its an e-bike so you can do long distances. i always wanted one because my bicycle is beating the fuck out of my balls on longer travels but i'm too poor to just buy a fancy e-bike like that
>>2054726You are legally prohibited from operating one of these if you are white. These are brown people exclusives.
>>2054680its more that bikes are slow and have nearly no cargo capacity.also gg if you encounter any adverse weather or terrain>>2054686>hit bump on one of the rear wheels>nearly flipthose three wheelers are spooky
It is said that if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem. Are you one of the good ones, /n/? Do people say you're not like those other cyclists?
>>2048874your foam hat won't save you
>>2048874>youre dumbfollowed by>becausewhich implies an argument or logic would follow>agsdjfhe sbsb circular ehehdgI do not think (You) have authority in the evaluation of others mental capabilities.
>>2042246It's a pejorative for a type of investor who overemphasizes CAGR over everything else
Being passionate about things you like or care about is based.Go be doe-eyed niggercattle on preddit.
>>2054689go be a faggot somewhere else
