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.
>>2069482That's textbook stolen valor
>>2054377>It may seem like it's just another puffer jacket. But it was my Grandpa's.>And the value is 1000000 higher, because I love stuff that carry history and good energy.
I don't care about the culture that much, other than paying lip servoce to the whole tarck bike thing.Anyway - this is my daily commute bike. Got a chill 20 min ride to work.
>>2035612simpleminimalbloat-freejust werkshonestly unless you live in extremely hilly places like istanbul or san francisco, multigears is a retarded choice by retarded people.
Surly stopped selling the Steamroller :(I'm thinking about watching craigslist for an old road bicycle to turn into a fixie, but I don't really want to die.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmmfOvlia0Y
Want to show my new vibe coded London rail app at https://navlndn.com It an unnecessarily detailed enhancement for your Citymapper/Waze/Google maps. Has real time lift guides, visualized route disruptions, step-free wheelchair user info, all sorts of other things most people won't use but it's there if you want to nerd out.
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.
Time to oil up them chains
my chinese carbon wheelset hub goes ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzno need for a bell
>java makes a perfect brompton>modern, standard everything aside from the frame>rides great>actually stops>looks nice>light as fuck>but>a ratchet hub>on a fucking 16 inch wheel with half the circumference of a 700c you'd normally put it on>now you can announce your prescense at a walking pace!>in fact, you are expected to announce your prescense at a walking pace since it rolls on the rear wheel when foldedWhat the fuck were they thinking
>>2077004BUT I NEED INSTANT ENGAGEMENT
>>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.
How do these large cargo backpacks compare with a bicycle trailer? I need to haul 100kg of cargo on a bicycle
>>1957568lol how is this thread still alive
>>2071959You just answered your own question.
I love this thread. I'm a messenger and carrying even 15-20kg on your back feels like shit.
>>2074013>I'm a messengerGood morning sir
>>2071349Did you mean 105 pounds or lb?
Am I the only one who feels like a fucking loser wearing the dork helmet? Every time I go cycling the only ones wearing helmets are>elderly couples>loser nerdy white and asian guys>childrenNone of the cool masculine guys wear a helmetEven skinny short girls will stop next to me, with no helmet and I just feel like a fucking faggot for being a helmetcuckOn the other hand I don’t want to hit a pothole or a car and become a vegetable - so maybe I really am a pussy cowardWhat do you guys think of this?
>>2073807I like mine for smashing branches out of the way.
>>2075687Rhino helmet?
>>2073853This. My front wheel just slipped away last winter on a nice snowy single trail.It happened so fast and without any warning at all. I slammed on my side doing around 35km/h and my head hit some boulders and ice.My helmet was broken, my hip looked terrible and 2 ribs hurt like hell.Dont know if i had survived if i didnt wear a helmet. I was also lucky i didnt get unconscious because it had like -10°C and the only thing i wore were some thermo bibs and a really light jacket.Really remote location too without any hikers or other bikers on that day. I had other slams in the past but this was the one that sold the helmet for me on every ride. Dont care what others think if i stroll around on my cargo bike wearing one.
>>2075677>20km/hr
>>2076682km/h makes you feel like you're going faster than you are so I like it
The fundamental problem of any form of public transportation is the other people you're unfortunate enough to be forced to spend time with. Prove me wrong.Pic related
>>2066408>Unless it's pouring rain, freezing cold, burning hot, they're carrying a load...We've become soft, this is essentially what our bodies were made to do.I have nothing against cars (far from it), but sometimes people should know how to navigate themselves when cars aren't easily accessible.Whether or not you're on foot, bike, bus, etc. it's really worth being ready and agile when necessary if you aren't physically crippled and disabled.
>>2066451Californians have only experienced such things in the past few years, please understand
>>2076988>when cars aren't easily accessiblewhat natural disaster would be able to cause this?
>>2067975i once transported a 3.5 feet-ish tall tree on the bus. not an enjoyable experience whatsoever but i was 14 at the time and beggars cannot be choosers
>>2076988>nothing against carsEssentially, me either. If every car had at least a 100 pound of stuff, or a SINGLE OTHER PERSON in them, let alone four, and was only going as far as a bike couldnt, id shut up a bit. I watched a guy at a body shop, hop in his lifted truck (blue lives matter flag and all), and drive it to the royal farms next door. It was such a on brand event I thought I was being ranked. I spun around and asked where the cameras were.>>2076992In a perfect world, where a vehicle is a utility, not a fashion item, you have quick and available rentals for one such occasion.
Have right wingers ever been btfo so hard? Reminder that recreational cyclists who drive everywhere have nothing to do with /n/.
>>207693010 dollar beers?! eugh
>>2076959>This but without the last part with the gay shit.
>>2076959>white flight shit is for the traitors who gave the cities away to nigger drug addicts in the biggest wealth exchange in human history.whose fault is it that cities were forcefully desegregated and discrimination was outlawed?
>>2076986white traitors
>>2076968Miss Brea, please no. Twas just a joke. Do they look like monsters to you?>>2076986This: >>2076986, but please tell me.
Disasters never have one root cause and neither did the destruction of cycling. But I know some important milestones in the decline and fall:1. COVID 19. Enough said.2. Full suspension mountain bikes. Enough said.3. Reddit. Enough said.4. Twitter. Enough said.5. British "people". Enough said.6. The d-tch. Enough said.7. The state of Utah. Enough said.8. Zwift, Peloton, "Spin Class", and other cancer. Enough said.What were some other key moments?
>>2076932so why is it a problem when a responsible adult with a job travels at a blistering 38kmh?
ebikes are based because they generate so much seethe from unracers, freds, dentists, and stravaphilies alike. even the Just Commuting, Bro bros fly into a jealous rage at the ease with which a person can acquire a Vehicle and do Vehicle Things
>>1962645More people ride bikes today than at any point in history kill yourself niggerfaggot
>>2076946because the "responsible" adult is travelling 38 km/h on a sidewalk because he is not, in fact, responsible, and unlike a regular bicycle that's self-regulating through effort expended, electric shits take no effort so he doesn't see a secondary downside in travelling too fast somewhere that can't support it
>>2076962>travelling 38 km/h on a sidewalkBut bikes don't belong in the road??? And there is no speed limit on the sidewalk. Do you roll at Two Miles An Hour on the main road in town?
The end of ebike terrorism is in sight. Let's not count our chickens before they hatch, but I'm tentatively feeling hopefully about this. During the time that the last thread was up, hundreds of people were killed by ebike fires. We need to put a stop to this. I just hope they make sure to add prison time for people caught with unlicensed ebikes.
>>2075709week bate
>>2027639You’re all sarcastic and shit but I genuinely hope they do this.You fatasses are riding motorcycles on our bike trails and you need to get bent the fuck over the grill for it.
>>2076936You have autism and are seeing sarcasm where none existed because you've gotten humiliated too many times not picking up on actual sarcasm. This is why you go on /n/ to attack people with superficially similar opinions because your autism has become a significant enough social impediment that you have no friends.
>>2076937Damn you’re not even good at armchair psychoanalysis. Do better
>>2076936boomers are allowed to ride their literal mobility scooters in the street, why can't I?
I’ve always wanted to live the mid-20th Century experience of riding a Pullman Sleeper hauled by a steam locomotive roaring through the night and while I have been fortunate enough to ride steam excursions many times and even do an overnight ride on an original Pullman car, I’ve never been able to do them together.Is there anywhere in the world where I can actually still take an overnight train hauled by a steam locomotive? The closest I’m aware of is the modern Orient Express being steam-hauled through Hungary as a one-time thing in 2017 and the Cumbres and Toltec possessing a restored tourist sleeper coach (idk if it’s ever been used in that role).
>>2068933Having a mishmash of non-matching rolling stock isn't exactly a pretty sight. SP 4449 and N&W 611 used to haul their original coaches and looked better for it but the consists have been broken up and dispersed to different owners since the 90s.Kinda sad if you ask me. I'd love to see 4449 in particular pull a recreation of the original Coast Daylight route from Los Angeles to San Francisco using its original cars (or at least ones that have been appropriately repainted to match it).
>>2068027>there arent coaling stations everywhereUP 4014, SP 4449, and N&W 611 have all successfully gotten around this by using additional tenders/conversion to oil-firing (coal was already going out of style when they were built).
>>2067924Steamy, dreamy... creamy?
>>2067924Long story short: insurance kikes and bean counter kikes.
>>2073307Yikes
A few years ago people starting referring to certain China wheelsets as not just "the best Chinese wheels" or "the best budget wheels" but simply "the best wheels". This year, Winspace released the T1600, a CDM (Chinese Domestic Market) product that costs more than a Madone or a Tarmac. It's UCI approved right out of the box (though you may need to tape some lead weights to it to get it to pass the weight restrictions). Western buyers need not apply, though they no doubt will try.Western brands were folding right and left before the iron curtain 2.0 was raised, now the "tiro de gracia" has been fired and big companies like Trek are going to go bankrupt because their supply chains have been cut off by Import Substitution Industrialization, a popular third world development tactic pioneered by visionaries like Pinochet and Galtieri.Is this the end of the western bike era? Will tomorrow's dentists settle for nothing less than Chinese bikes on 100% Chinese groupsets?
>>2075324UCI hates people with small hands (a cohort formerly known as "people who can get pregnant") so they regularly engineer cycling rules that gimp them, strictly for the lulz. Unc breaks require more grip strength and larger stronger hands. See also the ban on lady-size handlebars.
>>2075322The nonsense you spew is genuinely impressive.
>>2071489This. A wheel has a much wider diameter, so it needs less clamping force to stop. Rim brakes are the solution. With discs, your brakes will simply slip.
>>2075322you genuinely believe that automotive disc brakes are mechanical?
>>2076916Counterpoint: hydraulic hose systems are cheap and effective
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
>>2064947i bought a "dutch bike" in a pinch and it had one of those. it was complete dogshit and even had a "feature" where you couldn't remove the fucking key while it's open. so you can't put that shit on your keyring, and if you get a karabiner or something you have to worry about it dangling and getting caught on shit. I know it won't but i don't need that kind of stress wondering if the lock was just sticky or if it'll break one day and the key will fly away during a ride one day later. i took that shit right off after getting it home from my first ride when i got it. i inspected it and it wasnt even a good lock, the shank on it is fucking tiny. also using it just during that ride a couple times it got fucking caught on the spokes every goddamn time and you can't see in there to even sight if you're clearing the shit. awful fucking system. just carry a normal fucking cable or u lock.
>>2064947Recipe to get your shit stolen
>>2064947bro is literally just gonna pick up your bike and walk away with it
>>2075061the netherlands was a mistake
>>2075061Why do you hate Walkable Cities?
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?
>>2068223the main reason THEY dont do this is that it counts as a motorcycle in north america, most of yurop, and industrialized east asia, so at that point just get a proper motorcycle or sit-down scooter. actual mopeds (as in purpose built motorized pedal bikes) are still popular in southeast (tropical) asia and russiaalso the two stroke died because it doesnt pass emissions regulations, and four-strokes are just physically too large to put in a normal bike frame. also four strokes arent useful below a certain displacement (150ish cc and smaller they just arent worth compared to a big 2-stroke) so again may as well just make it a shitty baja bike, but at that point it is essentially a motorcycle and the pedals are vestigial, so may as well stop pretending and just design and sell it as a 200-250cc motorcycle even in markets that would have allowed small displacement 2 stroke mopeds since at that size it's either it's a 4-stroke that is too small to justify its complex structure or a 2-stroke that is too big to comfortably go on a push bike anymore
>>2071002Can't they just put a small turbine engine in it? I know they exist and they work in other vehicles
>>2073262saar white man cannot be allow to see our high technology saar
>>2021767>curved top tubeDisgusting.
>>2075095Why
The image that broke /n/
a kid from my school took my bike and parked it on school grounds so I got it back
>>2076821it's really hilarious how obvious stolen bikes are these days. one would think even a crackhead has ridden a bike beforeother day i saw an ebike on marketplace with the usual no real details, priced oddly, being sold by a sketchy russian boomer, but the kicker was he said>Has FULL DISPLAY CONTROLS with I, + and M buttonsan "I" button. really nigga? yes. the I button. my favorite button. fucking lmao
>>2076762>sp*cialized, sir velo, kona, leather saddles everywhere, etcevery bike in that image was definitely owned by someone im happier got their day ruined
>>2076844What brands are acceptable?
>>2076762Why would you steal a bike with rim brakes? Is he stealing them to donate them to a museum?
Hey /n/, what strategies do you use to mitigate ass pain and skin health? I only experience deep muscular soreness on very long rides, but as I get older my skin is getting irritated more often. Painful red bumps crop up and ruin the ride. I hit them with neosporin and cover with a bandage, which works, but I want to prevent them in the first place. I always ride with a clean ass and clean undies, but now those padded cycling shorts are suddenly making more sense. I might even pick up some chamois cream even though the idea always seemed gross to me.Anyway, how bout you? Is your ass chapped like mine? Tips from ass masters would be appreciated.
ive got a brooks saddle, the leather is smooth so my clothes slide against the leather, not my skin against my clothes. i've got padded shorts, but i don't find that i "need" them. i adjust my riding position to change the pressure points on my sit bones
>>20742710.02$ have been deposited into your account
>>2074236English is actually my fourth language.
>>2043922Be a man and ignore it
>>2043922>Yes, I will spend $4500 to enter a sports hobby simply to drag my hubby/OF top donator around to take pics of me to post onlineA guy picks up a book and he's performative
