Elon Musk wishes he was 1/10th as GREAT as this English manlet.
>>2064926>Manlet Gauge
>>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
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
>>2067916>if you have a kickstand on your bike it's probably nothing specialI mean it's a Trek, it's no $5,000+ autism race bike but it's hardly a Walmart Special either
>>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
K Line bros... we won
>K Line
You'll be a really old fuck by the time it's actually built. Same for the actual subway reaching Santa Monica
>>2068906
>>2068778congratulations
Any way to strip wally slop and put it on the only thing that should exist and be the world's best seller: an add on kit for regular bike that replaces the human motor? And/or fuck over disaster capitalism greatest villian?
$300 would get you a bafang or something on aliexpress and you would be making more landfill by junking the frame and plastics
I might be making a terrible mistake but I've been researching moving to Chicago because of a job opportunity. I'm also determined to go carless before year's end and there's no where else in the Midwest I can do that comfortably.I understand there's some bike infrastructure but it's been ranked as one of the least safe cities to bike. The L seems decent by US standards though they're a little poopy and your odds of getting shot aren't concentrated in any area like other cities (it happens everywhere in Chicago). What does /n/ think of Chicago transportation-wise?
>>2069643he will get a 60$ ticket for ignoring the traffic signal and that's it. assuming they prosecute him at all
there was another todayhttps://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-lawn-hit-run-crash-kills-damian-gomez-was-delivering-food-doordash-south-kedzie-avenue-family/18849149/
>>2069183>I feel like I'm not allowed to talk about crime with fellow leftists sometimes.as always leftoids are lacking self awareness
>>2069643>>2069825that SUV is out for blood and is painted red by the blood of his enemies (cyclists)
>ride down bike lane>parked car opens door in your pathnow this is chilaga
HAPPY 50TH BIRTHDAY YOU GLORIOUS MOTHERFUCKER
Here's AMTK 360 in more modern service
314 then
314 now
nature's bridge Pulkkilanharju in Lake Päijänne, Finland
>>2069862Finns should really take a cue from the Chinese and simplify their ridiculous language, who needs all those extra K's and U's and N's and A's?
>>2069862>did you know Finlan-no.>in Finland, we hav-don't care.>the winter wa-You've said it before.>do you have saun-no.>we have saun-don't care. didn't ask.>Finnish people like t-don't care.>have you seen Finlan-no.
>>2069977
>>2069978yeah we know you're American, since you don't know how to read.
Did you know Finland?Well, did you? If you knew, why didn't you stop Finland?You knew Finland, but you didn't tell Finland.
30 years after Mavic Zap, I finally tried three different bikes with electronic shifting (Rival, Force, and Red/XPLR) and it reminded me of the first time I got my dick sucked. It was alright. I'm glad I experienced it. But the overall feeling was like.... "that's all? that's what all the hype was about?"I am glad it's a thing, I'm glad it's available, I would never tell them to un-invent it. I suppose if you offered to upgrade my current bikes with all electronic I'd probably go for it (might have to think it through first). Overall, it was a disappointment.So what did I miss here? Is Shimano better or Campy maybe, was the problem fookin SRAM? Is it less about the ride and more the long term ownership experience, the maintenance perhaps? Why do people fork out 2-3x the monies over the cost of perfectly good mech shifting? I can't believe I'm even saying "perfectly good (old thing)". I love my hydro dicks, I love my crabon wheels, I would never go back and those were worth every penny, but the e-shifting was a big letdown. Again, it was fine, but just fine. For all the hype I expected to ejaculate instantly.
Some day electronic shifting will be the default and rich people will dab on everyone else with their expensive boutique mechanical shift bikes
let's be real, 90% of riders actually shift maybe once a month
>>2066779Weird thing to admit but ok
>>2068148just stand on your pedals bro. this isn't a race, it's start-stop traffic
>>2059102In 500 years there will be a taboo against thinking computers and having an unregistered Di2 part will be the technology equivalent of a smallpox vial
I have been on this site for 10 years and I only noticed this board today. Since I'm already here, I'd like to ask a question:Why are train autists so much more hated than other autist brands?
>>2060285/n/ told me poors can't afford cars and therefore the people shutting down intersections to do burnouts are job creators and I should be grateful for their existence, you guys wouldn't lie to me would you?
>>2057954I don't think this is true at all. Train autists are viewed affectionately as they remind us of ourselves when we were 4. They are often declared the most autistic autists but their autism is pure. Most of them genuinely enjoy real life trains, and while I am sure it exists they do not have a reputation for making lots of nasty porn and weird fanfiction. They also do not shit up other spaces or act annoying.
>>2060456>everyone pay for my roads to nowhere and war for oil>others are communists.....
>>2060465why is it so clean
>>2069952Because it was literally brand new inside of the factory.
The EMUs are out of service. Post your pics here of Queensland Rail service- double imaginary bullshit points for rural/discontinued services
>>2058560That's just a Sydney thing.Which isn't in Queensland.>>2060233Because rail was laid before federation.They actually did consider making it all the same gauge. But some Scottish wanker in NSW wanted to use the Scottish gauge over the agreed upon Irish gauge.So Victoria and SA had Irish gauge.Other states were just being cheap or something and so they did narrow gauge.
>>2049223?
>>2060233what border, australia's borders are called beaches
>>2066588nah they have a maritime border with timor-leste
>>2055247Conductor we have a problem
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWQ3iLVr-0E>That cylinder is a mass dampener also known as a J dampener in physics.The purpose is to neutralize high frequency low amplitude oscillations.Mass dampeners are currently used in Moto GP and were banned in F1 in the mid 2000s.The mass dampener can also be placed on the fork,above the bottom bracket and as shown on the rear swing arm/triangle on a full suspension bike.have these been used on road bikes yet? i have a stiff track bike fixie, anything that could improve performance or comfort would interest me. i haven't paid attention to bike stuff lately so idk if it has been mentioned on GCN/GMBN yet. GCN has done a lot of videos on tire pressure so i could see them experimenting with tuned mass dampers.
>>2019204A good saddle and bigger tires is all you need, get a b17 and 32s or 35s. But you deserve to suffer if you are riding a track bike on the streets.
>>2060905>yes, you literally posted a picture of such.that is not a road bike.
>>2045216That doesn't look very comfortable
>>2045216that rear fork looks actively unsafe
>>2033307Technology is only ok if it's cars
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?
>>2067987more or less the same. I don't hate cars generally because people are trapped in a culture that revolves around them and pushes them on people. I like neat old cars that look cool and that car guys can work on and maintain themselves. but they are pollution machines that depend on foreign wars to fuel and infra that literally destroys communities and cuts off foot traffic from either side, literally forcing you to use a car to get around even places that are only 20 meters apart. so in that sense, I hate cars. and the drivers that threaten my life. but apart from philosophical stuff, most drivers are fine, I go about my business and they do to and it's not anything I focus on in general.everything else you wrote applies to me. I don't participate in "cycling culture" which is just a manufactured culture designed to sell you stuff. I was a messenger in the 2000s and there was a comradery and sort of a culture there, it wasn't anything more than "we all ride different stuff and use different gear but we're out here 9-5 Monday to Friday and we see each other on Peachtree and certain offices all the time."
>>2068057>most drivers are finei have encountered very few cars on the road that don't immediately pull a dangerous, illegal, and generally boneheaded maneuver. most average car commuters are fucking terrible at actually driving and should never have gotten their licensemost places are making it harder* to get a license now because there are so many dogshit drivers on the road (and they are collectively aging and going blind/deaf/stupid as their bodies turn to mush) that the only means left to reduce accidents is to reduce the number of cars on the road at all. *unless you're indian, in which case here's your free Class 1 with Airbrakes>>2028137there's a reason people say "if you want to get away with murder, use a car"cagies that kill pedestrians only even face court like 5% of the time, and something like half of them who have been identified (so excluding hit n runs where prosecution is impossible because you don't even know whodunnit) don't even receive a fine
>>2068079I don't dispute your post but I would be interested in your sources so I can use them. I know the CDC lists cars as the number one killer in the US that isn't disease (neck and neck with firearms, anyway, and that's only because new safety features in cars made crashes slightly more survivable, allowing guns to finally edge them out), but that's all I got
>>2028005it's called a wet dream.
>>2068082There was a radio show on NPR that did a piece on this if that's not too woke/anti-white
What would be a good e-scooter to use for a ~25km daily commute (50% highway, rest smaller roads)? It should be able to hit 100kph and manage medium inclines.
>>2067828incorrect. im black and tire of laws seemingly designed to simply make anyone who isnt a rural boomer unable to get on the ladder of vehicle ownershipthey should never have gotten rid of the rule that <50cc motorcycles count as mopeds, which effectively count as bikes with the only difference being they have to have mirrors and lights
>>2067834i've heard these are actually dogshit. and not because they are electric, like you are just better off getting any electric motorbike at half the price point because Can-Am got collective dementia and hasn't made anything good since the original Spyder (which itself is already at least subjectively bad)i've heard good things about Emmo thoughbeit
>>2067813>financially support ceos that drive off cliffs
>>2067820so do all electric vehiclese-scooters are generally lower quality so they are more likely to catch fire than a bike
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.
>>2063151Be careful to specify woman, otherwise you might be gay
>>2063281did he die?
>tfw you’ll never have a bike riding gf whose bike seat you can sniff after you two go on a hot sweaty bike ride together, then fetch her sweaty bike shorts out of the laundry to wrap on your face to jerk off with while she showers
>>2065227Trust me, you don't want that
Sometimes it is possible for a saddle to be too hard, though
For the first time in its history, Alaska Airlines is about to cross the Atlantic.On April 28, 2026, the airline will launch nonstop flights from Seattle–Tacoma International Airport to Rome Fiumicino Airport, marking its first-ever service to Europe.The route will start with four flights per week, increasing to daily service during the busy summer travel season.The new flight will also introduce another first for the airline: the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.Alaska gained the widebody aircraft through its 2024 merger with Hawaiian Airlines, giving the carrier long-haul capability for the first time.The Dreamliner will feature 34 enclosed lie-flat business class suites, allowing Alaska to compete with other major transatlantic airlines.Rome is only the beginning of the airline’s international expansion.Alaska also plans to launch flights from Seattle to London Heathrow year-round on the 787-9, along with seasonal service to Iceland’s Keflavík Airport on the Boeing 737 MAX 8.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2067725>didn't know Seattle moved off the coast of virginiaor that Rome is in Greece for that matter>>2067737there are no made up landmasses, so probably not AI, just sheer incompetence
>>2067709Boy, that map really puts the "Sea" in Seattle(by putting Seattle in the Atlantic Ocean)
>>2067709Alaska sucks nowadays and I ended my decade long loyalty to them for Delta which is the only airline competing with them in any serious way for the SEA hub. Alaska went from a "home team" airline everyone in Seattle was proud of to American Airlines, but with white planes instead of silver. Ever since they joined OneWorld its been downhill.The prices they're charging for these new international flights are batshit compared to equivalent flights with Delta, they seem entirely marketed to frequent fliers redeeming shitloads of miles they've saved up.
Alaska miles devaluation just went live... DESPITE giving the feds a guarantee they wouldn't devalue anything post-Hawaiian merger. Fuck Alaska and the jew that runs it
Hawaii should be an enthno state for those coconut niggers. That would mean no flights in or out, of course.
