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?
>>2074310these guys say it's the greatest bike ever inventedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQX_NbjnF3k
>>2060788Never got my answer on what percentage of bikes it is.....
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 itlycrafags and dentists get trek or speshJustCrooze™ hipsters are still on fixiesthe spiritually brown and DUI riders are on fat tire ebikessometimes you see lower-middle class "it's a nice day i'll bike it" people on ancient peugeotspoorfags who wanna No Name© Cruise-like Product are all on rusted-out schwinns
An Electra Townie just flew over my house!
>>2076229i hope xhe gets shot down with an ASRAAM
Can anyone tell me why shipping is more efficient than rail? I thought water has more friction than air
>>2069005>>>/s4s/
>>2068722Yes, why do yo think the largest cause of drag, 1:1 , is air? Is your infographic for theoretically flat ground? Or real world averages?
>>2068722Water is 30 times thicker than air, but its self lubricating.
>>2068722Ships expend zero energy to produce lift.
>>2076449So to trains....
Heavily encouraged Bike use in the city. Advertise the convenience of taking your Bike on the Train. Literally don't make a place that bikes can be put for the journey. The only way you can relax and feel comfortable doing this is if you're a wanker
>>2074735It's just to Show the Train I take money often. But it doesn't even matter since all the Trains are crap hah
>>2074719Sad thing is those arent even good feet....
>>2074761i will never understand footfags but also i really like touching stuff with my feet. i need to get a footfag bf to give footjobs like a sultry monkey but also i will not help him moisturize his soles or massage his toe gaps, he can do that shit in his morning shower by himself
>>2074686>north europeWhy? Marc is Maryland regional.
I take the lizzie line every day for work (jesus christ I hate indians and spanish tourists) go on the first or last carriage and put your bike in front of the drivers door.
These faggots should be strictly restricted to class F airspace, with well defined dimension and NEVER EVER LEFT OUT, sick and tired of avoiding them. Yesterday while flying a personal Cessna 310 from a buddy of mine and 3 weeks ago on the Dash 8 with the small airliner I fly for. >23 year old co pilot
>>2012675Guy 2nd from right, was convicted of raping a dog. :-(
>>2071235Indeed.
>>2074771
>>2074775>>2074771
>>2074771>>2074775>>2074793I don't understand the connection
We had to destroy the plane in order to save it edition.Crashes year to date:https://aviation-safety.net/database/year/2026/1Last thread:https://boards.4chan.org/n/thread/2062242/
>another week, another american jet crash
Happening incoming What an unfortunate turn of event.Ivan what did you do with the Pantsir ?
>>2076115you're retarded
Ubisoft co founder, and head of Thrustmaster dead, w. flight instructor.
>>2076411I was sadder when Oliver Tree died to be honest
>learning spanish>start drinking heavily>day labour at Lowes>get into 4mm, 5mm, 6mm hex specs>boss wants me to adjust his handlebar
>>2066378>>2067914lit. whomst
>>2068462I think it's clavicular
>>2068462Tom Waits
>>2068458
>>2074759
Cyclists of /n/, do you wear a lot of loud obnoxious advertising logos on yourself when you ride?
>>2053794sex with this creature
>>2063452what a crazy idea
>>2058734He looks like a small child.
>>2076346MTB clothing is specifically designed to make the wearer look like a literal man-child (reflective of the person)
>>2063980Not him, but everyone is superior to yuppie suckers overpaying for a Victorian toy, poisoning the market against real people.
The great debate
>>2076278unless it has 2 engines, like this one >>2072168
>>2071652>pass roads in the italian alps>on perfect roadslol, lmao even
>>2076278Planes don't need parachutes, they can glide. Using a parachute gives you far less control than simply being able to perform an engine-out landing. Imagine if you panicked and threw the parachute only to find out here are power lines directly underneath you and there's literally nothing you can do about it. If you simply looked for a proper landing area within your glide range instead you could've avoided such a scenario. A parachute if anything is just the manufacturer admitting their plane is shit and that they don't trust the engine not to die in a bad circumstance.
>>2076324you have 0 flight hours and it shows
>>2076324>Imagine if you panicked and threw the parachute only to find out here are power lines directly underneath youHas that ever happened in the entire existence of the Cirrus CAPS system?
How does everyone feel about spirit airlines shutting down? I saw that it shut down in May. Anyone know more about that?
>>2075752
For me it’s just reason #9999999999999 that America needs to build a high-speed rail network. It wouldn’t even be hard at this point given the expertise accumulated around the world.
>>2075989>It wouldn’t even be hardAmazing how proud some people are of their ignorance. It might be a worthwhile project but it wouldn't be anywhere near what could be considered "not hard".
>>2076331It's some ESL who wants to use any opportunity to steer the convo to Indian trains
I rode an ebike for the first time today and I hated it. I fell off once when I tried to stop before a curb but accidentally stepped on the pedal just lightly and the bike accelerated, causing me to almost faceplant. Every time I pushed the throttle it felt like the bike was moving ahead fast while my body was still behind, causing me to also nearly fall back.I just got my motorcycle permit because I want to replace my car with a 150cc scooter. Do scooters feel jerky like ebikes? If so I might have to give up on my dream. I'm kind of bummed.
>>2076238it depends on the type of clutch, power of the engine, suspension settings, etc. but you're just a retard who should not be on any vehicle ever if you're actually unironically too stupid to use brakes at a stop and marvel at your body moving under acceleration
>>2076238Peak dumbass. Stay off the road, for your sake.
Wear no helmet and go as fast as you can, it's the best way to learn. Can you live stream it so I can give you pointers?
>>2076238>I want a vehicle!!!>NO I WILL NOT LEARN HOW THIS VEHICLE WORKS BEFORE USING IT IN PUBLICWhy is this acceptable for cagies but not for scooter riders?
personally, my moped has better throttle response on gas than on battery but idk what op means by "jerky"
Just saw this Japanese train sim about to come out and it looks pretty kino. Got me thinking about other vidyas that might appeal to regulars here.Some that I enjoy>American/Euro truck simulator>OpenTTD>SimRail>Flight Simulator>Bus boundI never found any cycling games that really scratched the itch, either too arcadey or boring race team management stuff. Would quite like an open world to cycle around, with ability to spec bikes, train avatar fitness and maybe set up some touring or bike packing trips.Feel free to share any more
>>2074484I meant that each US railroad sets its own signal rules. A larger authority didn't make them all adhere to a master signalling plan. It's further complicated by the signalling mechanisms and rules of the predecessor railroads that make up modern carriers; e.g. ex-Southern territories have different signals and rules applicable to them than ex-PRR territories at NS; ex-Frisco lines have slightly different rules than ex-ATSF lines at BNSF. Over time they've been standardized or changed to be more similar within their own company.
>>2074496Those are nice platitudes that you have, but do you have any facts supporting them? Do you know how to read any signal system?
>>2074498Yes, I worked for BNSF on ex-ATSF/SLSF/CB&Q lines and did interchanges onto the NS, CSX, UP, and KCS (before it was taken over). Within BNSF each division can have its own slight variations of signal rules because of legacy signaling from the predecessor lines, all of that was in the rulebook.
https://youtu.be/PiNg3pG_pPE
>>2074462Sweden has a very intersting speed signaling system where the signlas represent the aspects that the old semaphores used to show. One green = 80 km/hTwo greens = 40 km/hTree greens = 40 km/h short routeOne green and two blinking greens 80 km/h and expect 40 km/hOne green and one blinking green 80 km/h and expect stop.One green and one blinking white 80 km/h and expect 80km/hetc.All of this is already kind of obsolete, and singlas are going away completely when tracks are migrated to EMTS. But it's still very interesting for a nostalgic perspective.Norway has a similar scheme, but they use yellow instead of white, and cross boarder trains of course need to follow both standards.
I saw there's threads of any kind but not for the most important part of the bike, the seat.So this it will be a /bsg/ Bike seat generalTell me your most comfortable seat, because I got a shitty standard one that break my ass
>>2065659Best seat I've had is bridge sport specialised its cheap cycled from London to Brussels on it with no discomfort while also wearing normal basketball shorts. Currently replacing saddles on all my bikes with it.
>>2074163This is how i found this "electro drive" seat, that is the best Ive had.
>>2076213girls don't poop or fart. they shidd and fardt
>>2074136Cant believe this thread is still up. Crazy board...Anyways thanks for the rec anon, i bought a WTB speed and hated it but returned it for a Volt which is really comfy. Planning my first 60km ride this weekend. Cheers
Hell, I ride the ass hatchet
>ride bike on road>those stupid selfish cyclists disrupting traffic>ride bike on sidewalk>those stupid selfish cyclists trying to run over pedestrians>advocate for bike lanes so everyone gets their way>those stupid selfish cyclists wasting our tax dollars making everything about themselvesThere are jackass cyclists like there are jackass motorists and jackass pedestrians. Yet we get the hate because we’re trying to be both economically and environmentally efficient while getting to places as soon as possible?>t. a cyclist who uses the sidewalk because there are no bike lanes, people hardly use sidewalks, and i don’t wanna risk car accidents
>>2076157Strange take, not seeing the beauty of people enduring the consequences of their decisions.>>2076167By not factoring the irrationality of motorists as a facet of reality?>>2076181By car-ifying cyclists....>>2076186>"girls">weaklings who press gas pedals are "real men"
>>2076192>weaklings who press gas pedalsas opposed to mentally ill neets with erectile dysfunction?
>>2076158Actual real people who drive (not larping as a supercommuter while telling people how awesome cyclists are) know when they go into a small town and the speed limit drops they slow down, because there's that one cop with literally nothing else to do if someone is going 39 in a 35.
>>2076226This. There is not one recorded instance of anyone speeding in a town. That shit is for nons in (((cities))).
>>2076226>actually, nobody speeds because there's a 250 population sundown town in alabama no outsider has set foot in since the civil war where the inbred town sheriff kills you for going 26 in a 25 zoneWow you must be a REAL cager not some stupid just commuter
Why is larping as a turn of the century messenger while blocking traffic on a weekday considered fundamentally a Good Thing, while larping as a pro athlete on a closed course at the ass crack of dawn on a Sunday, where you paid in advance and you bring business to the community and bother literally no one, is so heavily derided?The GF thing isn't my cup of tea personally, but it seems like about the most harmless way you can be edgy and have a little light "competitive" fun without intentionally irritating anyone (or seriously endangering yourself in a high stakes pro race), unlike Critical Mass which is just jacking off about how you're Doing Good (while actually just being a jackass)Is that the issue? The irritation has to be declared in advance? If you irritate someone who will never even see you just by existing, you're uncool, but if you irritate people for the sake of irritating them you're cool?Change my view on this, Gran Fondos are actually something we should encourage, all the benefits of sport with few if any disadvantages, and Critical Mass is seriously misguided
>>2072184Anything that hedges cars is good.
>>2072568>this poster sadly died pretending to be a car soon after>>2072807His point still stands.
>>2076199i wish i were a car. kachow, niqqa
>>2072807It's obviously the mainland you passportless burgercringe. There are no streets that look like that in Hong Kong
>>2076221The answer is the crash worthiness of a car, off set by power assist, so your output is identical to whatever all carbon frame yuppie bullshit rip off super bike.
I just noticed biketubers are saying "de-railer" now. I could have sworn when I was younger this was contentious. Only weirdos and Sheldon Brown called them that. The standard pronunciation was "de-railleeoor"". How do you say it?>use the generalNo.
>>2074209They are saddlebags, frenchie.
>>2074360a saddlebag mounts to your saddle, dummy.
>>2074401>>2074360>>2074209>>2074148pannier literally just translates to "basket" btw
>>2074404Panniers are different to baskets in the same way that raisins are not grapes in the English language
>>2076200panniers are basically any temporary bin-like storage. it probably translates best to "basket" and is used more like "pouch" but really it just means a bin. even trash recepticles are more politely called "pannier" instead of "poubelle", or if the trash can in question is particularly fancy or specialized (much like the bags on hung off your bike that are 900$ leather sacks that accomplish nothing but holding crumpled up newspaper for insta posts)
