Just the other day I rode the new Brightline train. It was really nice, modern, and for once it's faster than going in your car.U.S. will never be like Japan, or like Europe, but its the closest thing we got.How does /n/ feel about this new train in Florida?
>>2073975From my personal experience, while it is nice, it is in no way worth that amount of money. My greatest gripe with it is however the way in which it overcoddles the passenger. What do you mean needing to be guided to the boarding area? Is this an airport? Can't I just wait on the platform? How retarded do you think your customers are? Is a regular check-in via NFC pass or ticket with direct access to the platforms too simple?
>>2074121>How retarded do you think your customers are?it's not just america, it's fucking FLORIDA. even if you remove "Florida Man" memes, it's still full of snowbirds, DUI riders, boomer retirees, and other such n'er'do'wells incapable of reading basic signage or standing in a queue line
>>2073975Florida should be abandoned. It would be uninhabitable with air conditioning.
It kills idiots, so that’s fine by me.
>>2073975Brightline West STILL hasn't even finished the damn parking garage for the station. I suffer.
man biking up hills sucks ass
If the reason biking uphill is worse than walking is because you can reverse unlike walking then why don't we make wheel that can only spin in one direction for bikes?
>>2074511>e bike intensifysor really just walk, its faster, and it gives the legs a break.briddy much need 1.43 meters of development to even bother with biking uphill.>>2075580wear padded shorts, the pads are kept inline with your body.main problem with seat shapes / profiles is having to sit in the same spot.padding too soft will just take pressure off your sit bones and put it onto the soft parts.if a seat is too wide your gracilis muscle will just carve into the padding over time.>>2075587quit cycling, before it obliterates your knees, wrists and lumbar.
>>2074517>>2074529tfw I have the same bike as biden
>>2074511This bike is good for climbing hills. I've ridden one for seven years, and I will never need to buy an electric bike.
>>2074529Try finding a photo op of a US president on any other bike brand. They are literally a lobbyist.
Rec me bikes similar to picrel: Giant Attend CS 1 (which i am having a very hard time of finding)>hub gear>perfect diamond frame (slightly downward-sloping top tube is acceptable like picrel)>rim or disc gears>front suspensions>that cargo thing behind the saddle
>>2077607>pinion model is expensiveare you retarded?
>>2077610anon, i just checked. the bike costs like 5000 EUR
>>2077611No shit. If you're poor better stick to alfine
>>2077607did you pick their most expensive model to make a point or do you think they all cost like that? the pinion gearbox is extremely expensive but they make a lot of bikes with cues etc that go below €1000
fuck iti bought
They're the definition of cattle class. They're slow, expensive, and you're sleeping in a tiny room with total strangers. Any sleeper route can be better served by a low-cost airline, and cheaper to boot. Sleeper trains made sense in the 19th century when they were the only option, but they make absolutely no sense today.
>>2075867Where was this? Sounds lile something maybe from eastern Europe.When you have a private cabin you can lock it from the inside so that not even the conductor can get in. I think the shared cabins as well, though you'd be at the mercy of some other passenger being in cahoots with the thieves.
>>2069203>They used to make Rolls Royces where you could take a dump through the floor of the carNo they didn't, that was basically a one-off for royalty because due to safety considerations stopping for toilet break could be difficult. It also didn't just plop onto the road but had a waste tank.
>>2075907>eastern EuropePoland, several years ago if not more.
there are actually good sleeper tho
>>2055909Indians are obsessed with trains
Post your ride during sundown Post your favorite lights and light setupsDo not: Be a haterTalk shitPost daylight ride photos
>>2058814is it a dumb idea to ride my bike on the road at night in the middle of the country? I wanna start riding to work but when I get done it's like 10pm
>>2073782I do this. Keep a tight schedule so you see mostly the same people, and be visible with a good tail light. Consider using two for redundancy. Maybe avoid Fridays when the drunks are numerous.
>>2073614I found a plethora of knives on a bike path. I like to collect hobo stabbers :)
>>2073782yeah, country drivers are usually worse and more often drunk. however there is less traffic overall so it evens out. but still, get lights. and as tempting as it is to get gorillion watt lumenblasters, they dont actually make you harder to hit
>>2075927
This is the perfect brake system. Why do rimjobs or mech dicks even exist when picrel exists?
>>2076859>this fucking cagebraine'd
>>2076859>>2076814Where am I going to fit such a huge battery on my fucking bicycle? It's not a moped with an alternator you retarded non
>>2074983Use stiffer grease than multipurpose in the brake end.
>gets hot >boils all the grease out of the bearing >wheel seizes
I commute to work on my bike and the bike lanes are completely packed during rush hour. Because of all these random idiots everywhere, doing random things randomly, I often need to brake hard without much warning. Especially retarded tourists on those orange "rent-a-bikes"... you never know what they're gonna do.Hand brakes facilitate a significantly faster reaction time than having to fiddle around with the pedals. Also, obviously, the front brake provides most of the stopping power.
>you know what to doThe flight instructor then stood up and jumped out of the plane, leaving the student to land on his own.https://g1.globo.com/mundo/noticia/2026/07/08/voce-sabe-o-que-tem-que-fazer-instrutor-de-voo-abre-porta-e-se-joga-de-aviao-em-pleno-ar-na-argentina-aluna-consegue-pousar-em-seguranca.ghtml
At least he didn't take out the student with him. Mentally ill pilots (but I repeat myself) are usually good for some dead civilians and a massive government coverup.
spee here what the fuck is wrong with pilots>>>/sp/156507255
>>2077507he didn't fly so good
>>2077507Just log it as solo
In which we discuss the Bikelighting culture (Fahrradbeleuchtungskultur) of our countries.Here in Germany, because of the Danger, it is not allowed to have a blinking Taillight. This is also the Reason that all emergency Vehicles in the World have blinking Lights. By attracting other dangerous night Vehicles to crash into the Ambulance, instead of the civilian Vehicles, it spares Drivers in smaller Vehicles, where the Occupants are less able to administer emergency self-Aid. This is the Consequence of what we call a „high trust Society“; our culture of Politeness dictates the most Risk to the most capable Roaduser. The same Expectation is extended to Police and Construction Engineers who are paid more for occupational Hazards such as a blinking Light.Do you have a Law about blinking Bikelights in your Country?
>>2075759No one said that, zoomer. Stop trying to align yourself with generations that actually aren't brain dead covid zombies. You and the alphas stay in the back of the bus where you belong
>>2073653>farpoint
While I dislike having a blinking headlight on a bicycle I realize it is a necessity. When driving my car and looking in the mirrors I do not necessarily have it click in my head that the tiny small light I see moving in the mirror is a bicycle, I might think it's a static porch light or something, but if it's blinking I know right away it is a bicycle.
I made my own with a custom blinking circuit, a 1W 10 degree lens royal blue LED, and a harbor freight light. It sens the full battery current to the LED through a mosfet when pulsing, it's VERY bright. Makes people look 100% due to "oh shit the po-lice" color. I don't care if it's illegal.
>>2077599god i wish radio shack still existed so i could do shit like this on a whim as a weekend project
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.
>>2077568slop
>>2077569No this was all drawn on paper in charcoal
>>2077568By 2030 poorfags like you will be banned worldwide from owning cars, and you will not be able to afford them anyway.
>>2077580Did you post this in the wrong thread fren
>>2077580>when your car is already fully paid offwew lad
A 17-year-old German teen has been living life as a modern nomad, leaving his parents’ house to live on trains and travel all over his country.While most 17-year-olds are only just beginning to consider the idea of leaving the nest, Lasse Stolley has already been on his own for over a year and a half. Convinced that his school studies were already behind him, he convinced his parents to allow him to leave their home in Fockbek, Schleswig-Holstein to embark on a unique train-hopping adventure. It took a lot of convincing, but they eventually agreed, and for the last year and a half, the German teen has essentially been living on trains, traveling all over his home country, working as a self-employed coder during the day, and sleeping on night trains at night.“I’ve been living on the train as a digital nomad for a year and a half now,” Lasse told Business Insider. “At night I sleep on the moving Intercity Express (ICE) train and during the day I sit in a seat, at a table and work as a programmer, surrounded by many other commuters and passengers. I travel from one end of the country to the other. I’m exploring the whole of Germany.”He gave into his wanderlust in 2022, selling most of his possessions and packing what was left in a 36-liter backpack that he has been carrying with him ever since. Minimalism and resisting the urge to acquire new stuff are an essential part of his lifestyle, as he needs to take everything with him wherever he goes. It’s not always easy, but he has found a way to make it work.https://www.odditycentral.com/news/german-teenager-left-parents-home-to-live-exclusively-on-trains-for-the-last-year-and-a-half.htmlhttps://www.businessinsider.de/leben/bahncard100-17-jaehriger-lebt-seit-jahr-2022-in-den-zuegen-der-bahn/
>>2071703He's 19 now though
>>1986079based and Fastman pilled. Does he use X230 or X220?
>>1986079>He gave into his wanderlust in 2022He's been living on the same train in the same country for years. That's not wanderlust, that's just homelessness.
>>2051902
Is picrel livable if there's a long bike trail nearby? I've never lived anywhere like this
>>2077200Vast majority of households will use cars, so you might have safety issues and from what I know, such suburbs lead out only into major highways pretty often.
>>2077257>and from what I know, such suburbs lead out only into major highways pretty often.They don't. I don't know where the fuck you heard that from. Unless your definition of "major highway" is just a slightly wider road. And those roads almost always have a dedicated bike lane at the bare minimum
>>2077115>>2077120>>2077131California still has dedicated bikeways such as the Santa Ana River trail, which spans over 100 miles across several counties. It's pretty useful if you want to quickly get from, say, Central OC to Northern OC, but the southern terminus ends right at the bike lane in Newport Beach on PCH so it's not quite as useful for accessing Southern OC
>>2077115we should bring this back, the infrastructure is not too dissimilar to some sections of bike trails in the Bay Area
>>2076897Why do you need a bike trail near your house? Just drive to the trail and go for a ride like everyone alse.
For when you want to fall over in front of a crowd without getting drunk first
>>2050921>>2043512>Rain>SlippingYou don't need more than this.Solid metal, huge for man sized feet.Covers a good portion of my size 13 (American) shoes.I have been through downpours where you wish you had eyeball wipers and winter in Michigan Are the cheap, stock plastic pedals from Walmart your only point of reference for normal pedals?Because I could see that making sense. I've snapped and cracked a few of those before upgrading.I'm only 160 pounds at just over 6 feet, nothing should be breaking under me.
>>2077302forgot image.A week of waging in triple digit weather has fried my brain
>>2050921nikolasV, RIP
>>2077302>my size 13 (American)
>>2052672>That's not what they're for.What are they for then?
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.
>>2077510Did you ask Grok to write you that post?
>>2077527So much for being utterly unperturbed and nothing gets under your skin, huh. Remember this one is also a bicycle related thread. If you have nothing to add, you are invited to pipe down and let the grownups talk.
>>2077510>I didn't say anything about what was required>>2077337>I have superstitious fear of key logging even though a microphone and some AI could easily crack my passwords.IDIOT
>>2077529Were you home schooled? I'd hate my parents too if I were in your shoes.
>>2077393>>2077347>>2077340>>2077333>>2077330There he is. The incredible retard.
Why did hydrofoils never take off?
>>2072101They chew through fuel at 3 times the rate of other ships, which is their only real operational disadvantage. Aside from top speed, their other advantage that doesn't get discussed much is that they can lean into turns so their maneuvering circle is a lot smaller than ships in the same displacement class.The Navy wanted to decommission their hydroplane cruisers primarily because the role they ended up in (drug boat interception) is something they wanted to get out of. So they invented a lot of technical and operational reasons why they didn't want to keep their fleet operational.It was all an indirect excuse to try to push that specific job onto the Coast Guard.
I drew a boat that has a bilge keel with winglets, elevators, 3 rudders with a center to get prop wash for turning at stop, and a M bow that blends with the bilge keel.The idea is to get a semi-displacement hull that can plane past hull speed at like 15 knots. Bermuda sloop with a genoa for solo sailing capability. I would also have electrical winches for auto-pilot Would it work? I don't know. Drawing is incomplete cause I need to learn all the parts of sail and lines, and layouts.But the keel would be filled with foam to decrease displacement and so would the keel canards, Also the boat could rest on it's keel at low tide so it would need to be structurally strong like an arch to support 5,000 lbs. I would have ballast above that and use a double hull construction where the inside hull has access panels and filled with foam.I want a ocean voyaging sail boat that can sail itself autonomously and do so quickly.
>>2044074Happy Birthday, Hydrofoil Thread!
>>2044074Weren't going fast enough
>>2059691Nations and states aren't the same thing. A nation is a people, on a territory, with a shared culture. So yes, Texas is a nation, but not a state. Even though it's a "State" as in province within the United States.
we wonhttps://www.petalumanews.com/2026/06/02/tax-measure-smart-train-election/https://archive.is/V4JLP
Stop pointlessly moving around.
>>2075064They have to start running more 3 car sets because theres no room on the damn Nippon Sharyo DMUs. High ridership is a good sign though. Finally someone mentions my backwater part of the country. Also expand it to Fairfield!
