QOTT: 1) If you could travel on any ocean liner in history, which would you choose?2) Aesthetically, what do you think is the best looking liner?
>>2023690Based Britannic enjoyer, easily my favorite of the Olympic Class liners
>>20228851) NS Savannah2) See 1. No smoke stacks.
>>2025366That's an ocean liner? All the cranes make it look like a freighter
>>2025393>All the cranes make it look like a freighterIt was a combination freighter/passenger liner. Built as a demonstration project.
>>2025491Cool idea, looks like shit.A nuclear passenger liner would have been cool, but the dual purpose looks like a cope ship. Also, stacks are a big part of what makes liners look cool.
Days are getting shorter, here is your last chance to ride a century in a comfy autumn setting, are you prepared? I will be bringing plenty of food this time.
>>2023177impressive work anon
>>2019427lol did you estimate it as the crow flies?
>>2021597>60 days per yearbro sort it out, 20 a year is a better target, once a month plus some special occasions
>>2019383Did two this fall. First was a very long group ride and I got done 170 miles at a pace of about 12mph avg. Lots of stop time though for meals and chilling. Great vibes even though I was spacing out 10 hours in at 5am. Sunrise makes all the difference.The second was tougher. 12.7mph pace but banged out 114 miles with only about 90min so stopping over the day. Thighs were feeling it that night. I think I'll manage another metric or something on a random weekday this coming month, I really don't mind riding in pre-dawn and into the evening. It's less about having daylight and more about having the day free to do it. All of my centuries have also been on the touring rig with big tires and low gearing too so that didn't do me any favors. I really want to spend a day on either my road or quasi-rando bike just crushing pavement, I suspect I could probably bang out a metric with a long lunch stop and still be under 6 hrs. It really tests your bike fit too.
>>2025872Surely a metric can be done fairly easily with a 2 hour ride, 45 min lunch and then a 2hr 15 ride to finish in 5 hours
Any of you guys live in New York and ride the train? What was your experience?
>>2022891>he worst part was actually the stations, jesus christ, they looked like they went through fucking nuclear war. Rust stalactites and dirty cracked tiles and god knows what soot is covering half the beams there.most stations haven't even been repaired in ages, especially on the F line.
>>2025525Would be a good simple job for some of the migrants or poorer citizens... Tile lasts a damn long time and it isn't that hard to install or fix, just a lot of labor.
>>2025556mta unions would throw a shit fit and theyd have to get paid prevailing wage as per any state funded job ($50+ a hour)
>>2025559Of course so, but it would be perfect apprentice work and paying prevailing wage for this type of stuff is just.... unsustainable so it will rot.Just seems like you could kill 2 birds with one stone.Or bundle up whatever you are paying these families for housing/being migrants and just pay them in it instead via this. That could cover some of the wages.Oh well. I don't use trains stations either way.
>>2021189Used to live in Manhattan. Subway has had its ups and downs, but on balance it's better than it was 8 years ago. New trains are kinda ass because the seats are super uncomfy and you will probably have to stand.Pretty efficient way to travel. Bus is underrated, especially the SBS. Usually more comfortable to sit, can scroll on your phone (no service in tunnels), and not much slower. Express bus service (coaches) are far superior to the subway unless it's peak rush hour traffic.>>2021215Lots of jews, very wealthy. Safe area. Usually pretty quiet.
could you /n/oggers keep up with nyc bike messengers from pre-9/11? what do you think of their setups? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyitrLKUUJI
>>2022117it's funny that they made this guy a semi-antagonist for riding a nice road bike instead of a brakeless fixie
>>2022223drugs.Lots of uber eats etc
>>2018713Hardcore. 90s early 00s NY had some gritty yet pulling vibe to it, now it's just yuppie jews owning everything.
>>2021239you speak as if new york was le great before covid. it was always an ugly, kinda unsafe city with lots of cool things to do
>>2025727Yeah, New York has always elated itself in its own eyes and yet always been thought of by outsiders as a shit stain on the map, if not worse. Even people from Albany, New York look down on people from New York City, and rightfully so, it's like how I as a real Texan feel about mutts from Houston.
>>2011329Where's the switch?
I guess it's worth saving
>>2008570>gore posting on /n/
>>2008570yep
>>1962883
So could these things provide any utility in the future or is the idea of a car with legs just a sci fi meme?
>>2015605>So could these things provide any utility in the future or is the idea of a car with legs just a sci fi meme?Yeah i don't like memeing around diff locks.
>>2015672i tried looking but what is that machine called?
>>2025298https://www.kaiser.li/products/s2-emission-stage-eu-iiia
>>2015605my grandpa had one of these when i was a kid, i was certain walking vehicles would be everywhere when i grew up
I seen a video of a little robot on gif and it cruises around legs with wheels for feet but if it needs to walk it just puts the brakes on and can walk and climb stuff
Super Big Fork edition Resources:https://www.sheldonbrown.com/https://www.parktool.com/en-us/blog/repair-helpRJ the bike guy on youtubePrevious thread: >>2020978
>>2025562Send a picture, what color did you go for
>>2025920humiliating
>>2025890what part of NZ nigga
>>2025919ogre is the bike i would buy today if i was looking for a new do-it-all bike> don't own an ogre
>>2025749I rode before with my stock gravel tires but then I actually slipped since there is ice too and the roads aren't really that well sanded and if they're sanded they add salt to the sand and the sand just melts slowly through the ice and then makes no real difference in the preventing me or other vehicles from gliding
What could have been done to save the Pacific Electric Railway?What would public transit in LA be like today if it had been?
>>2020215>>2020238An entire month of dealing with you retards openly displaying your debaucheryGrim
>>2020238Literally me
>>2020238basedDown here in Australia, cunts do burnouts on fagflag crossings. Also, police horses are scared of them. They understand and detest anomalies in nature.
>>2020301>seething
>>2015105To be fair, that would still have put PE in a bad position once passenger rail started declining in the late-40s and those terminals started seeing much less usr
A token system:>A person buys ~10 tokens>Can use 1 token for bike, 2 for bus, 3 for train and/or 4 for short term ride sharing>Now people have an incentive to use buses/trains/bikes, but also have something cheap for last mile.You're welcome.
>>2023238>We fix transportation for good.Cut immigration to 0 so that western cities can build adequate infrastructure and not be on an infinite treadmill of population growth and construction.
>>2024820>The solution seems obvious. Stop paying the exorbitant fees and become a cyclist.In Canada the roads are frozen half of the year and we still have cyclists demanding bike lanes be installed everywhere. They still never get used because there's no grade separation and they don't feel safe.
>>2025339>Use the money made to improve various bus/tram/rail connections and frequency up to and including an Amtrak-style consolidation of greyhound/(former) Megabus into a state-run entity that at least provides a coherent, country-wide standard to the current most robust, flexible and widespread form of public intercity transitThere's absolutely no need for the government to run the intercity bus networks
>>2025362Agree to disagree
>>2023238>bro just one more line it will fix overcrowding this time it's different this time I swear
>In Caltrain’s transition from diesel to electric, the transit agency opened a new online store featuring a variety of branded merchandise. In addition to holiday sweaters and exclusive boxed models of the new electric train, a much larger commodity is up for sale: the “Caltrain EMD F40PH-2 Locomotive (Used).”>“These gently used, lovingly maintained 1985 F40 diesel locomotives could be yours,” the listing states. “The historic locomotives come with 40 years of service, and more than 1,000,000 miles traveled. Perfect for your model train set, train-themed diners, ornamental lawn decor or planter box, unconventional bed n breakfast or just to show up your overly gnomed neighbor’s lawn.”> When Caltrain completes its electrification project with full service Sept. 21, it will retire most of its diesel fleet. Almost 100 gallery cars will likely be sold to another operator, said Caltrain spokesman Dan Lieberman, and the locomotives are being split up by age.>Nine newer diesel locomotives will remain in use for the Gilroy service, which isn’t undergoing electrification because Caltrain doesn’t own that portion of the corridor. However, Caltrain has 20 diesel locomotives that have passed their expected retirement dates and will no longer be operational.>These older trains might be scrapped, Lieberman said, but first, Caltrain wanted to give rail fans the opportunity to bring them home and make something out of them.>The engine must be disabled and the buyer must cover the costs of storage and transportation, according to the listing. The locomotives will officially go up for auction in October.https://www.smdailyjournal.com/news/local/want-to-buy-an-old-caltrain/article_5e80d0d2-77c4-11ef-8753-8f597dfafd08.html
>>2024728Thanks anon, I figured it would at least be somewhat cheaper compared to moving it by semi across several states.
Looks like they're sending them to Peru instead of stupidly destroying the engines and trying to get people to buy them in the US.https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/caltrain-equipment-is-bound-for-peru/
>>2025623I can't believe people are this autistic
>>2025624I don't know what you're referring to, champ.
>>2025625You do though
Remember when people thought this was cool? Lol. The best part was they were all slow as balls IRL
>>2025552I've never seen one IRL but I assume it's mainly gook type people who have a trispoke
>>2025558> Steel dropsAre you going NJS or just evil?
>>2025601Paint job. >>2025604I pulled the stem and bars and they are hanging up.
>>2025608You are a good and honest man.
>>2025587jesus dawg that frame sounds toast
Anyone been watching these? The guy at the end of the hearings yesterday accused Stockton Rush of intentional murder/suicide. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4sHdLICwKMThe livestream today will be here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgJVVgPSR2ISo far method of failure seems to be the connection between the titanium dome and the carbon fiber cylinder or buckling of the carbon fiber cylinder, from what I can gather.
>>2020462>done as cheaply and as fast as possibleThis is what commercialization in space is bringing. Imagine that. Gotta protect "investor value".. ie: corporate greed.
>>2020449for when QC is your only factor of safety
>>2019878we need to round up the communists again
>>2025528nah we just need to build more titan submersibles, d e s u. thousands of them.
>>2020384The dude was trying to build a cheaper submarine. Fantastic goal to have, noble journey to undertake, in some perspectives, he succeeded in a making a promising design that was a fraction of the cost of anything else. He shouldn’t have tried to turn it into a business to fund it, experimentation is expensive and nobody in charge of these things is going to support cheaper submarine access with him. The Titan sub is going to be remembered as the beginning of a success
Winter is coming. What is your experience with picrel, /n/? (It's hard to find reviews online that aren't just bait for Amazon affiliate links, and of course Amazon reviews themselves are often sus). Any particular brands/models you've had success with? From what I gather one of the main general issues is noise.
>>2025294look locally used too. Lots of these for sale nearby for me. Since at home fitness equipment either gets used super hard, or rarely, and most use it rarely.
>>2025329I guess I'm a boomer already. Still, kind of gay
>>2025311>these aren't good on the bike, they make you wear your bike outI have a tacx boost I use and aside from having to put the special blue gum rear tyre so it doesn't wear out the gum on my normal tyre my bike never had an issue
>>2025311turbo trainers will void your warranty if you have a canyon
>>2025311>drop a thousandThe current gen Elite Direto turbo trainer costs sub 500 new. I think I paid something 250 used.>>2025319It measures power and cadence>>2025353>Still, kind of gayCorrect. Whats worse though is the "Zwift frame" (a bike you can't ride, only mount in a smart trainer that you have to buy seperately). They made it "single speed" with "virtual shifting" to slash costs lmao.Or the "peleton bike"
Post your most hated roads
This fucking bridge right here makes everyone a retard
>>2011516Lol breezewood is a dying town
>>2011824It’s a dead town regardless well poisoning cock huffer
>>2011827Yeaaaah neither have I, it was just expected once you approach Illinois, Illinois bullshit greets you
>>2010812The Autoroute Métropolitaine portion in Montréal is the busiest highway in Quebec, the busiest section of the Trans-Canada Highway, as well as the second busiest highway section overall in Canada after Highway 401 in Toronto.Built from 1960, this road axis was initially not intended to play the role of a highway, but rather a bypass boulevard, explains Gérard Beaudet, in an interview with Patrice Roy. The Métropolitaine was built on stilts so as not to harm urban development.However, today it is the only highway that crosses Montreal from east to west. In addition, it has no effective bypass route since highways 30 and 440 are too far away or too difficult to access.Worse still, the road was saturated as soon as it was inaugurated since the population growth rates and the increase in automobile travel were poorly assessed.This problem is all the more relevant because the number of vehicles on Quebec roads continues to grow at the rate of 85,000 new vehicles per year for 10 years.However, Gérard Beaudet insists on the fact that while motorists generally manage to adapt to road closures and traffic obstructions, delivery trucks are often unable to do so, in particular due to the unique status of is to the west of this 12.5 kilometer section.
I used to be a really avid cyclist around a decade ago, and I’m interested in getting back into it. I really loved my old fixe, and I was looking for something cheap but worth it to help get me back into cycling again. I’ve never used AliExpress before, so I don’t know- you tell me. What’s your assessment?
>>2025383You have to trust the seller. Personally id just get a Mercier Kilo TT from bikesdirect if you want a steel fixie under 500. Its reynolds 520. The state fixie is 4130 chromoly. The fuji feather is a good fixie but theres no feathers on sale now.Or the 250 usd walmart gravel grinder https://www.walmart.com/ip/Ozark-Trail-700C-G-1-Explorer-Gravel-Bike-Medium-Frame-Green-Adult-Unisex/3405271473?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=0&wl13=4590&gclsrc=aw.ds&adid=222222222783405271473_117755028669_12420145346&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=m&wl3=501107745824&wl4=pla-394283752452&wl5=9023205&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=8175035&wl11=local&wl12=3405271473&veh=sem_LIA&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1
>>2025384520 is just plain 4130
It's probably fine. If you are up towards the 185cm height mark you might feel it's a little short/low but it will be fine with either a taller stem or longer one.I would budget for pedals and handlebar tape if it doesn't come with it, maybe think of a brake too if you need it.If you do get it double check that everything has the right amount of grease, since those are things that cheap bikes might have skimped on....
>>2025383>>2025384Get the state 4130 single/fixed. It has more room for wider tires than the Kilo TT.Just wait a week or two, it should go on sale soon during Thanksgiving/Black Friday.
