thoughts on Alto?https://www.altotrain.ca/enpersonally I think it is a shitty project, deeply political and cynical. the timeframe and expense estimates are massive and no real work has been done yet, as is typical for North American HSR.I am all in favor of HSR on the Quebec-Windsor corridor, it makes sense, however as someone who doesn't live in one of the major cities it NEEDS to be supplemented with a good regional service. Unfortunately there is zero political will for that in Canada right now since most of the entire country's population lives in one of the big corridor cities, and the areas outside of it are very conservative and don't give a shit about rail.I think it would make much more sense to focus on improving Via first, giving it its own trackage and improving the quality of the existing corridor services. But Via seems to be coasting by on what they have until Alto comes to kill off their core business - and then what will happen to Via's non-corridor services, or indeed the parts of the corridor that Alto doesn't cover?And there is a massive political operation surrounding Alto to where all criticism of it is heavily suppressed and strawmanned. Although it's not hard to strawman given that most of its opposition is retarded nimby farmers throwing a fit even though we have no idea where the tracks will actually go through yet.But yeah, it's so political that they have routed it through specific cities just because they are tossup ridings and the LPC wants to win votes in those areas. What a mess.
>>2080971Just fucking build it.The regional services you are talking about will happen organically. Once you have something to drive demand for transportation, the rest of the network will get built. The cities will add more buses servicing the station. The neighbouring suburbs or exurbs will start looking at intercity connections. The larger nodes like Toronto and Montreal with existing commuter services into the neighbouring municipalities will add more trips and off-commuter trains to facilitate transfers.No one is going to nationalize CP/CN land (unfortunately), so while building along the existing right-of-way is theoretically appealing it's a devil in the details. A lot of this railway land was given out before Canada's "modern" (like late 1800's IIRC) legal framework for land ownership, so it includes legal rights that other landholders just don't have. Like, railway land includes air rights and mineral rights! It's insane we never harmonized this shit. But it makes it much more expensive to take away that land from the railways. So what do you do? Do you lease the right-of-way to build tracks that... are basically direct competitors to the railway that owns the land?As expensive as it is to draw a new right-of-way, it's the best way forward and makes things like high-speed rail possible (which wouldn't be possible on the existing right-of-ways).I'll agree that Alto probably should have been packaged politically as the most ambitious format possible. Like, promise "phase 2" as an extension all the way to Windsor, promise "phase 3" as high-speed rail to New York City (never mind that they don't have HSR to connect to), promise "phase 4" as a new Atlantic Canada route. Doesn't matter if it's impossible, or unfunded. Just hold out the promise that it's going to happen (in 30-50 years) and give people a vision for what it looks like.
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?
>>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?
>>2077648Watching someone with a 70 IQ trying to understand the already brain dead chicago school economic mentality is truly something to behold
>>2077632some later ones had detachable mags THOUGH
The wonders of American industry
Say that everyone on a commercial jet gets knocked out, except for one passenger. Can a person with zero flight experience land it if they're guided by air traffic control?
>>2080116Pilots are overpaid 3D bus drivers.
>>2080116modern planes have autolanding but the person onboard has to call for instructions
>>2080120if you can't breach an airplane door with no around to stop you and the entire rest of the plane's worth of tools, skill issue
>>2080116>everyone on a commercial jet gets knocked out, except for one passengerPassenger CANNOT access cockpit due to armored door.Updated federal regulations (such as FAA 14 CFR 25.795) require flight deck doors to withstand extreme force and to have no single point of failure such as a single latch point. Opening methods that work on houses or businesses such as crowbar, gunfire, and a reasonable amount of explosives do not work on the updated cockpit doors. However, flight attendants have an emergency code they can enter on the numeric keypad. As long as the pilot has not set the cockpit lock to "DENY", the door latches will be electronically unlatched for a brief amount of time after a 30second to one minute delay. So the lone passenger will need to wake up a flight attendant to get the code.
>>2080116i could land it even without assistance
What is the intent behind statements like "I'm not a cyclist, I'm just a person who gets around by bike"?At a surface level it is obviously meant to (proverbially) throw other cyclists under the bus, but to what end? Would it somehow appease the anti-bike people if the person "blocking traffic" didn't agree to be referred to by the word "cyclist"?
>>2077231Didn't know that was a thing. It's pretty sad how people who aren't physically active manage to find reasons to resent people who are and try to make it out to be a bad thing to have an activity they enjoy that gets them outside and having fun.
>>2000001It's just to separate yourself from the wannabe lances. You don't have to wear lycra to have fun or get around.
>>2077279I'm more of a wannabe sagan personally t b h senpai
>>2079057
>>2056878>I was walking on a shared use path and didn't dive out of the way to avoid him.In my state, pedestrians and baby strollers on shared usage paths have right of way over bicycles. When possible, I ride outside the path to avoid pedestrians. Otherwise I dismount and walk the ebike past the slow pedestrian. The worst are pedestrians that walk abreast AND REFUSE to stop blocking the path. Three teen girls did that to me until there was finally a place I could ride around them. There is no way to shove or touch a teen girl blocking the path without accusation of SA because that's how they are.
Are there any actual disadvantages to them? They seem to perform as well as standard bike frames but with the advantage of being easier to mount and dismount without the top bar getting in your way. I know they were originally marketed to women who wore skirts because the top bar on traditional bikes got in the way and exposed their panties but it never quite made sense to me why these weren't just the "default" frame style in the first place, especially since most utility bikes and pretty much every single E-bike on the market uses this style of frame.
>>2077580>when your car is already fully paid offwew lad
>>2077584What is "paid off" did you get yours from the cosa nostra?t. cash chad
If you are a fatso, the frame will eventually bend and become unusable. Where I live, there's story about that guy in pretty much any blue collar workplace who broke his step-trough frame by virtue of being obese as fuck.
S-frame or bust.The 36% overdrive in this isn't exactly comfy, but fun to play with.
>>2046762>Are there any actual disadvantages to them?Not for mountain bikes.
why do kayaks not have sails? longboats had sails and rowers, worked out pretty well. with a counterweight at the bottom, some ballast water, perhaps with pumps to balance it out you could put a sail on a kayak.
>>2079253huh, neat. what do you call it? trikatamaran?
>>2079254A kayak with sails.
Kayak hulls exists TO roll in heavy seas. The kayak hull shape is about the paddle's utility for doing everything.>>2079253The hull shape here is doing nothing different than any boat the same length can do. Never get a boat that is not compact when docking.
>>2079254its a bicycle
>>2079305>sailsI only see one sail.
> this cyclist shows up> he slaps your gf's ass while riding his bike> he turns his head back and stares at you while he rides slowlywhat do you do? you have the choice of one vehicle to get into in 2 minutes
>>2078146>word salad
>>2078114The worst girlfriend I ever had was an adult virgin. Extremely low libido, bad at sex, introverted, and just watched a bunch of instagram reels
>>2078023>what do you do?Be forever grateful towards that bold stranger for magically conjuring a girlfriend into my life, simply with the swipe of his hand. (T_T)
>>2078140whoa cool it with the deadnaming.
>>2078023not happening because he would lose wattage doing so
What would be the impact of just banning cars from the roads every Sunday, and letting people freely ride their bikes, walk down the roads, letting children play in the street?Emergency vehicles would be exempt obviously.I am not really anti-car, but surely 6/7 days of cars completely dominating the streets is enough?
>>2080963>Annoying part of car ownership is that the car battery slowly drains over time so you are forced to go for a drive once a week just to keep the car alive.Use a battery tender.
>>2080538I pay taxes to pave the roads so I'm going to use them whenever the fuck I feel like it, if you want to be car free go to a park and let your kids run/bike around it.>N-no but I'm entitled to the streetWrong, goodbye.
>>2080928yea, horrible time to be a cycling advocate
>>2080972nah, you'll use em when we say you get to use them. :)
>>2080988>wenobody cares what some unemployed underage loser wants
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.
>>2051893wheres the one with a lady holding a baguette vs one holding a rocket launcher
>>2038819Sounds based as fuck, intellectuals get the rope
>>2060832Link?
>>2054986While searching Google sat-view looking for Wildberries targets for an upcoming mission, I noticed that there seems to be a respectable rail museum in Nizhny Novgorod.
>>2079060I think you mean gorky, zoom zoom. Nizhny Novgorod is some revisionist
Are pleasure horses /an/ or /n/?
>pleasure horsehow does one rent such a thing
/d/
>>2080858Why are you pleasuring yourself with a horse
/trash/
>>2080910Call my number baby and I'll be your pleasure horse
What is it about steam engine chugging sound that makes it so soothing? I really like hearing it, but I can't explain why.
>>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.
>>2077357Reminder of days gone by
>>2077363>>2078665I would like to add to what anons said by also mentioning that of all the vehicles out there locomotives are the easiest to personify, It's quite easy to see a train as something more than a simple machine or object. Probably because they are large, powerful and smell of oil. They evoke a reminder of the great beasts of prehistory that etched their memories into our collective subconscious. It's less obvious with electric trains as they are too clean and clinical to evoke a primal sense of awe, but a diesel and especially steam locomotives have that je ne sais quoi that makes people relate to them as a beast of burden more than a engine on wheels. Diesel locomotives grunt and sputter and cough as they haul their load to who knows where. With steam it's even more obvious, a steam train is a steel beast with a fire in it's core. it breathes, pants and roars hot steam as it races across the countryside like bull or a stallion in heat.
>>2077470True, but only steam locomotives choo-choo. Diesel locomotives hornk, although sometimes they have a dandy three-horn brass note. >>2080898I like what you wrote. I've only seen American trains in person, but from pictures of nicer-looking foreign commuter trains I can imagine that the inclination to zoomorphize trains and other /n/ things bigger than us is because we're so used to livestock and zoo animals being subservient to us, in a way, but they very clearly have their own needs and quirks that make them individuals. Unlike wheelbarrows, carts, or bicycles, they propel themselves, they make different noises, and come in different colors and shapes. Our brains can easily be tricked into categorizing them as living things. And it feels nice to understand and observe the living things around us.
>>2077357it's the sound of reliable engineering done by White men.
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.
>>2074727I got a dollar store party air horn and strapped it to my bike. Works wonders. Best time was using it on a convertible that was blocking the bike lane in an underpass for no good reason. The acoustics of the underpass amplified the sound of the horn and I saw that asshole jump up in his car and get startled, and he moved out of the way. Would recommend.
>>2077015Actually the optimal engagement degrees is 6 not 0
>>2074733fucking this.i feel like i'm imagining my bell sounds or something. and it's the ringing type not the ding ding type.
>>2038727BAD TO THE BONE
>>2067732>my carPlease leave
>wears a rolex daytona while driving, just like paul newmanFine>wears a rain coat when it's raining, just like gene kellyFine>wears gym shorts at the gym, just like wilt chamberlainFine>wears aviators just because, just like val kilmer in top gunFine>wears tacticool ballistic nylon cargo pants when working, just like steven seagal in under siegeFine>wears cycling shorts when cyclingWhoa wait WHAT NOOOOO YOU CAN'T DO THAT YOU TRYHARD WHAT IF SOMEONE THINKS YOU'RE LANCE ARMSTRONG AND YOU WOULD HAVE TO TELL THEM YOU'RE NOT A PROFESSIONAL RACING CYCLIST THEN THE UNIVERSE WOULD EXPLODE NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
>>2018683I just don't want to dress like a faggot, desu.
>>2075681>wearing moderately expensive "cycling" clothes that keep you comfortable>wearing absurdly expensive "not for cycling" (actually, pretty much for cycling) clothes that don't really keep you comfortable but appeal to your sense that "cyclist" is a bad thing and you don't want to look like you're riding a bike, while riding a bike>dressing like a faggotHappy pride month!
>>2071534>as long as you didn't impregnate them.What did they mean by this
I typically wear mtb shoes bib shorts an German army surplus t shirt I got for 3€ and a "gravel" helmet which is just a mountain bike helmet with the peak removed
>>2079014Why do you even need a peak when you can have hats and it makes the whole thing better
Now that wider tires on road bikes are the default and you can barely even find a rim brake bike for sale anymore (other than at the antique store), how long before Big Cycling realizes there's no more upgrades to sell and if they want to continue selling bikes now they have to promote thin, high pressure tires and turn of the century frames as an improvement (complete with convincing-looking data presented by convincing-sounding "engineers")
>>2080492kys
>>2080460>404ft>1.6 miles>could not ride down safely because if the light at the bottom changed at an inopportune time I would lose my breaks to heat. Thank you for all the laughs. You're hilarious.
>>2065818nah, they're working on shoving 32" wheels down everyone's throats even tho nobody asked
>>2080699They're faster.
>>2080700When you're a 2m tall competitor in a DH race
The Electra Townie is apparently the best selling bike in America. I figured it would've been some gravel bike or hybrid but nope, it's actually just a cruiser/commuting bike with a really weird seating position (even for cruiser standards). Anyone ever ridden one? I just got one used for about $150 as a daily urban rider but the weird tube angle is starting to give me second thoughts but I haven't had a chance to ride it yet. What do you velophiles think of these things?
>>2076155>the only single time i have seen an electra townie irl (i know it was specifically that, it had The Decals) a tranny was riding itOwO can i have her number!?!?
>>2071738peak cyclist brainrot>U GOTTA DO WHAT U GOTTA DOother than maybe idk get at least a different gearing setup, bars that dont destroy your wrists, appropriate seating position, maybe even a coat of paint to commit to the bit of le ebin fun beach cruis're instead of edgy fake carbon black (despite le quirky tassels)
>>2071738>71kmh based.ebikes are too dangerous to allow on roads though
>>2080814Sounds like you're just weak
>>2060815Serious adults get roller brake and internal gear hub dutch bikes instead of some show off cruiser bullshit
