I flew down to the Bay Area to take a journey on the Niles Canyon Railway's mysterious and rarely traveled Eastern branch aboard the M200 Railbus. The last of its kind still operating, the M200 once served the California Western Railroad as a literal schoolbus for children. Today is its first publicly available excursion in several years.
>>2055081Oh look, track maintenance equipment
Timestamp :)
>>2045316Looks like it was used for torture. Very surprised the chairs are unsecured to the floor.
>>2044526Why do you still have your birthday hat on, boy?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyjhjSFL0yo
>>2055600Don't like
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?
>>1976567If anything, Roadies should be psyched about the developments in the last decade. Tons of people got into biking because of the pandemic, realized they enjoyed the fundamentals of it, but spent like 5 minutes engaging with the culture and realized that it's super fucking gay and weird, and then swapped their wheelsets to gravel and changed over to that. So now there's a fuckton of money pouring into biking overall, but you still get to keep your section of the hobby pure.
>>1962645>weird thread about how much an oldfag you are in le cycling werld>doesn't mention e-bikes being a problemhuh?
>>2055617ebikes are not cycling
>>2055618What about conversions where people take a cheap 500$ walmart mountain bike and throw a hub motor on the front and then call themselves "bike commuters"?
>>1962685True
Not a single fucking shop in Ontario wants to touch electric stand-on kick scooters for any reason. I'm not going all the way to Toronto to fix a single wiring issue that killed the throttle after driving through an ankle-deep puddle. Google keeps bringing up Durham E-Bikes Sales and Service which specifically says in their website "SORRY WE DO NOT SERVICE STAND-ON KICK SCOOTERS". What is with these things that make repair shops so scared of them? With how popular they are getting there are gonna be a LOT of angry stranded scooter users when they start breaking down.
e-scooters are for faggots in the first place, e-bikes only recently got good enough to not be purestrain cringe. even if they werent theyre 90% proprietary junk and parts that are non-serviceable by nature (control boards, batteries, solid rubber wheels, etc)get a real vehicle>>2048433modern e-bikes are basically just a way to get an electric moped without needing a license and anything that lets me skirt licensing laws is beautiful
>>2055236I'm not sure if Amish women should be called ChadsIt doesn't feel right
just chuck it in the landfill and get another from wherever the Uber Pajeats get theirs
Buy a bike like a normal person you retarded faggot clanker jockey.
>>2055647No
>live in small city>main road through town is 4 lanes>city removes one lane on either side and puts in a bike lane>cyclists still ride on sidewalk>traffic has now doubled and gets horribly backed up several times a daywhy are you fucks like this
>>2055577roundabouts are cancer because they make navigating them absolute ass without a responsive navigator. trying to count turns while moving along the curved lane along with other cars and wondering if it's the right misery. meanwhile it's impossible to fuck up navigating an intersection, you either go straight, right or left and you can always check and plan it beforehand so you can actually pay attention to the road when you're in the middle of traffic rather that trying to find the right direction at speed.roundabouts need to be color coded according to the cardinal directions so you can put a compass on a dashboard and instantly know where to go.
>>2055575>"20 minutes by foot">driving
>>2055577Its le traffic calming curve :)
>>2055579>compass on a dashboardmotherfucker are you amish or something? who the fuck uses a compass while driving? you know we have GPS now right?
>>2055661Sorcery
just saw this on craigslist
>>2056735and this
>>2041376Based and the other replies are judgemental cowards. I've ridden motorcycles with way worse chains/sprockets and haven't died or lost any legs
>>2045075Cool Bimota
>>2056735any justification from owner?I love trolling craigslist and facebook retards, like calling out backwards forks and shit
Hear me out, we need one of these.
>>2054858That doesn't actually do anything, your test levels are going to stay the same
>make thread about semi truck safety>it gets deleted for being off-topic>twice>make coomer thread>doing fine 144 days later>"transportation board"
>>2054439that girl in the middle is hideous and the slut in front has a huge overbite.They're all going to hit the wall hard at a young age. That webm is like 5 years old so those girls be worthless already
>>2048020
That’s a weird asss and i personally don’t like it so thank’s OP, i’m gay now
This stuff is ancient but I hope that it wasn't posted here before:The construction of the Japanese Shinkanzen high-speed rails, form 1964.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYjFOYLAtoEBoth the footage and the tempo if that of the '60s, so do NOT expect some twitch footage and on point editing. But, I think you all would appreciate it, or - at least - should see this!ps: use auto-subtitles. While at some point it it definitely an 'eh', it is better than nothing.
>>2041099You just know.
>>2052922Know what?
>>2046477Is it afraid?
>>2049693>It wasn't until 1985 that trains actually stoped here and people going to Tohoku had to take a relay train to Omiya.w-why didn't they just go to Tokyo Station? It's in the opposite direction but just four stops away, surely it would of been faster than taking a slow train all the way to Omiya first.
>>2056769Couldn't remember off the top of my head, so I checked a reference book I have. Basically, budget at the time was very tight. Pretty much every shinkansen line project has gone massively over budget, and with the development of the Tohoku Shinkansen, the cost continued to increase further due to having to develop the line in response to protests regarding noise pollution. A lot of money was also wasted on development of the cancelled Narita line. Although, it was mostly the issues with protesting against noise pollution that made it impossible for them to get any closer to Tokyo at the time. I can't find the pages talking about the development of the Shinkansen in Omiya station, but I assume that it was a combination of protests happening less frequently and more effort put into designing railways to dampen noise and vibrations via walls and viaducts.
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AYO CHOOOO CHOOOO Chooo choooo.....
Anyone else feels like absolute shit after crashing? it's not even the pain of it it's just the faith in your ability slowly dying inside. When I was younger it was whatever but now it feels like someone chipped away a chunk of confidence.
>riding my bike to a seminar>Passing through a metal bridge>avoid huge puddle from rain last night>wheel just slips under me and I fall downHelmet protected me that day. But now I have some kind of PTSD when cornering. Does this shit ever go away?
>>2044901every time I've crashed I've learned from it and became a better rider as a result. if post-crash analysis undermines your confidence that's probably a good thing for you in the long run.
>>2054880Daytime running strobes are a game changer. The two times I've had a crash involving a car, it was in the daytime, and I had left my lights at home that day
>>2054961That's why i don't use Gatorskins. Awful handling in wet conditions.
>>2044901i felt fine about the crash, the cast and brace less so. be careful guys, never think you can take the right of way, be careful going downhill.
I am currently using a xiaomi smart band 9 to track my rides (so thats GPS from phone + HR from band), I start and end the ride from the band and the app automatically transfers the route, speed and heart rate to stravaI am wondering if I should upgrade to a bike computer cus I am not worried about how much calories I burn nowadays, as I got the idea of it. I just want to know how far I went and how long it took me, and to keep track of cadence so I learn to ride optimallyI have been looking at XOSS G2+ (pic related) with 2 sensors - one for cadence on crank and other on rear hub for speed (rotation)my questions about bike computers in general are:>do the bike computer accessories (cadence, speed, HR) connect to it, or to the phone>does only the bike computer connect to your phone and stay connected constantly, or only to transfer data to strava or an app once the ride finishes?>can I just get on my bike and ride, and the bike computer will then automatically upload my ride to strava once I am done?>can I still use my xiaomi band 9 to measure my HR? will I be able to see my HR on the screen? or the bike computer only connects to HR sensors and not other "smart" devices>should I get a bike computer with an actual screen to show maps/route?>should I even get a bike computer to begin with, I am riding actual gravel and trails, basically exploring my region on weekends and driving 2-3 times to work a week, will the sensors and shit survive the rough terrain?>will my mechanical watch (8 year old skx007) get fucked by the vibrations from the single/double track?Thanks
>>2056744>vary by up to 10 minutes>on a 15 mile commutelol
>>2056746In fact that's a conservative estimate. A 5mph headwind can add 10 minutes if you pedal at the same wattage. So plus or minus 5mph means a 10mph difference, I assume you can do the math since you're clearly such a smart guy
>>2056748>In fact that's a conservative estimatelmao even
>>2056750Sorry you can't do the math, but it's 45 watts vs 128 watts to maintain the same speed
>>2056746i commute 19 miles (one way) a couple times a week and I can confirm his numbers. I don't use my bike computer for arrival estimates tho
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.
>>2054432weak genes lmao
>>2054462btw, you may try pure glycerin first instead of this cream as it isn't nearly as gross; it's water soluble etc. It's the main working ingredient of all skin care products (aftershave among them) - also perfectly safe and non-allergic - and it lubricates the skin (thus reducing friction) as well as keeping proper moisture. You'd want about 40% to 50% glycerin solution in water; you should buy medical grade glycerin in some pharmacy or something and you may eyeball the solution - if you buy pure 100% glycerin and then add the same amount of water to it you will get a 50% solution. You don't need to be precise.
>>2043925>just wear bib shortsThis.Also if you don't want to go full fred I have better experience with bib undies + light sports shorts vs integrated bib shorts. While undies are free to perfectly fit body shape the integrated bib-shorts always get weirdly tensioned and pulled by outer shorts misplacing or rubbing them.And avoid the thick ones - extra material is what presses, rubs and irritates. You need only enough to wick you dry and isolate skin from any outer fabric movement. I don't even know what the extra thick padding is for. Maybe for heavy persons who completely compress the thinner one.
I got serious butt cheek chaffing today riding my fixed gear bike 14 miles for the first time. I'm gonna have to stay inside all day tomorrow to get my asshole healed. It's very tender. Sucks brosWhat did I do wrong? Are fixies harder on ur asshole compared to normal bikes?Not sure why this happened. I've been riding my normal bike all year with no chaffing issues until today riding my new fixie.
>>2054894your saddle probably isn't set up right
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/
>>2052837He is not going fast enough to make much difference.
>>2051902>minor's curfew starts at 22:00He's not 7.
>>2051599It's cheaper than renting the cheapest poorfag apartment.
>>2052874DB 1st class train pass costs 6000 bucks a year, dude. You can get nice two-room apartments for that money, if you don't need to live in a city.
>>2054920I'd rather live on board a train than an apartment in an abandoned coal town surrounded by AFD inbreds
>learning spanish>start drinking heavily>day labour at Lowes>get into 4mm, 5mm, 6mm hex specs>boss wants me to adjust his handlebar
>>2048456Better than someone chucking a 12.9 hex in there and doing it up until they're satisfied the too small seatpost wont slip. Many such cases.
>>2045557>learning spanish>start drinking heavily>day labour at Lowes>start throwing used toilet paper in the trash instead of the toilet>get tanned>blast shitty music>get deported by ICEPretty sure you could've handled that better
>>2045557Why can't my bar wrap jobs ever come out looking this good
>>2048456the sugino ones are really good. the campy ones are cancer
>>2048456>>2054732How do you even know where to get good bolts
Since there's already a thread about Pacific Electric, I think I'd dedicate one to its younger Northern brother.
>>2056681>would of>could of
>>2056679>perfectly good train systemIt was losing money by 1948.
>>2056699a man can dream thoa man can dream
>>2056636>ywn board a train straight to San Francisco from the Claremont HotelWould save me so much fucking time every time I go to the Bay Area on business (I stay at the Claremont because fuck San Francisco hotels, they're overpriced garbage).>>2056680Honestly I can understand the rational behind dismantling the streetcars (or at least consolidating them into a smaller number of lines in the most densely populated areas and converting the rest into bus routes) as automobile usage increased, but the Key System's Transbay routes should have been preserved.
>>2056715Would have taken you 33 minutes by the 1954 timetable. Although the off-peak frequency of trains every 40-45 minutes has some room for improvement
