How in the fuck are they pulling this shit off? These commies are making us look like clowns! What is the reason for this?!
>>2031666They hated him because he told the truth
>>2031666nice digits
>>2035189what conclusive proof do you have that only 100 people died. You are basing this off accident statistics in the being moderately reliable for the last 80 years.
>>2053483Are you implying there isn't an active organ harvesting operation in china?
>>2031662americans do mass transit (among other things) badly on purpose to "prove" that these things MUST be in the hands of private industry alone so that number go up
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.
>>2056005You can tell this guy is smart because he's explaining it in a tone of voice like he's telling a toddler he needs to pull his pants down before peeing and I'm just not following at all>the first thing to understand is it's power preserving because the product of voltage and current is a power and anything that's passive in the electrical domain is... oh but there's 2 analogies and the first one that's about 2 and across variables and series connections and topologically identical and ground is a datum voltage and...
>>2019204Lol just lolYou best thing you could do is sell that single speed shit and get something with gears, and 32-40mm wire tires unless you only ride on glass smooth velodromes, in that case, keep your 23mm ice skate tires. Pros are setting records on 28mm tires now, the world has changed, more rubber is sometimes better. I think XC MTB uses 2.3" now, 2.5-2.8 trail.
>>2058735sir this is a thread about tuned mass dampers
>>2019224Damper. Unless you're talking about making it wet.
>>2019204>have these been used on road bikes yet?yes, you literally posted a picture of such. but it's snake oil, your bike doesnt vibrate at a high enough frequency for such a small weight to matter and in general vibration is mostly caused by external factors like road surface or you being too stupid to maintain your bike properly >>2019229f1 tracks are also flatter than your sister thoughbeit and f1 drivers complain incessantly about road circuits where the asphalt isn't better surfaced than airport tarmac>>2019237this but for my shitty ebike. the 90kg of batteries make me go like 30kmh on the gentlest downhills without doing anything.>>2019396compound bows rule, i own one and it owns in general
I NEED electronic shifting!It's SOOOO much better and faster and smoother than cable shifters!Shimano please take my one thousand american dollars to make my shifting divine forever! *(*- until next iteration of Di2 releases)
I'm AuDHD and bipolar and once in a manic state I stayed up for like 9 days and invented a 200g retrofit for any derailleur bike that gives it automatic shifting and automated manual. True story. Still have the technical design document lol
>>2060662License it to a company who can actually market and produce it so you get residuals, given your mental state I would also have an intellectual property lawyer present to help guide you and prevent companies from fucking you over
>>2060649isn't that just normal shifting? just gently pedal when you shift instead of putting power into it
>>2060662that actually sounds interesting, how exactly does that work? with like a flywheel adjusting to wheel rotations like the auto shift or something?
>>2060870No. It intercepts the shifting cable and ads logic. I invented a clever mechanical trick too where it reverts to regular shifting upon power down without adding drag.
My city is cutting bus routes starting in 2026, so tell me me/n/, do you ride bus routes for fun?
funny how our grandparents afforded to build the bus but we cant afford to let niggers maintain it
>>2059530We call that progress
>>2058552i love a good ramble, nice post anon
>>2058540I'm poor and don't have air conditioning, so I ride the bus and shitpost in the cool air
>>2058540My 3 year old loves bus days out, we get the bus to the local beach a lot, and the bigger town nearby for soft play and bowling. Sometimes just get the wee town bus rather than walking for 30minsKinda prefer trains for that stuff, can get into the nearby city for the big museums etc, bus takes ages to get there though, train only takes 20mins
Is riding on top end groupsets if you're not a top end cyclist stolen valor? Or is this sour grapes?What groupset would you ride if you could get any groupset you wanted for free, but when/if you sold the bike you would have to price it as whatever groupset you ride now. That is, if your financial circumstances were no different and you were subject to the same "rules" as you currently as in terms of other people judging (because we all know unlimited wealth begets shamelessness), what do you choose?
>>2050190i do this but even worse: i posted on Secret Area of VIP Quality maybe three times total but call myself a VIPPER and make references to Daddy Cool
>>2058613wisdom.if people shopped for bikes the way they shopped for cars, everyone would know that this is what you need, like a Toyota Camry or something.instead, the whole bike industry is structured around selling people the equivalent of supercars or monster trucks and normies just assume they need this shit because they want something "good"
>>2058613>mt200NOOOOOO IF THE PARTS YOU HAVE ARENT THESE SPECIFIC MODELS YOU'RE DOING IT LE WRONG AIEEEEEE
>>2058708what is the strawman you are attempting to lampoon here?
People need to stop acting like 20 year old record is a flex
hongcouver getting some china ferries…elbows up?
>>2055588true but remember that the irvings will either kick back the money or have a politician driveby'd as appropriate if they dont do it that way whilst BC only has namby pamby film studios and techbro startups who do not enjoy such power
>>2046273So?
>>2046182are they auxillary invasion ferries?
>>2046273if it causes BC to become /n/ I see no problem with thist. not from canada but I know how much they hate transportation in saskatoon
>>2060831please don't talk about canada if you don't live here then. We are a failed state and your attitude about our politics indicates to me that you have no second clue on how bad things can and will get where your from aswell.
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?
>>2056274What about a small creature that gets zapped with increasingly high voltage shocks depending on the watts, how loud it's screaming tells you how many watts. An analog solution from a more civilized time
>>2020903Alloy rims/bars and other parts. Big improvements in weight just through that. Then the bearings got smoother. Cotterless cranks on square taper instead of cotter pins. 4 speed to 6 speed with higher PSI tubulars.Lots of improvements became common in that era.
The bike is a solved invention, so probably something that adresses the dangers attached to the act of cycling as i don't see the world getting on the level of Amsterdam anytime soon.>a directional airbag that deploys in the direction of an oncoming vehicle and the side you're falling on in case of collision.>cheaper, more comfortable and more stylish protective gear and clothes>an airbag helmet
>>2058538There's an airbag helmet already. Nobody bought it because it turns out the accelerometer can't differentiate between "about to die" and "just fucking around lol"Also if anyone turns my city into Amsterdam I'm going postal, FUCK that shit, a bicycle for normals weighs between 15 and 20 pounds and has a derailleur, I like to ride a bike not sit on my 50 pound 3-speed barge in bicycle traffic jams
>>2058538will he be boiled soon, Alhamdulillah?
18 injured as Mobile Lounge Crashes into Dulles Airporthttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/us/dulles-airport-crash-mobile-lounge.html
>>2058521this is a bus tho its so they dont have to climb stairs
another mobile lounge crash at Dulleshttps://www.fox5dc.com/news/no-injuries-after-another-collision-involving-dulles-mobile-lounge-shuttle
>>2058928So it's a stupid jetway that crashes into the terminal?
>>2059292IIRC mobile lounges were made before articulated jetways became a thing, back when you still had to board using air stairs. And even after it makes sense at an airport with limited gate spaces- having planes out on the tarmac you shuttle passengers to means less planes crowding the terminal
>>2058495>Dulles has a fleet of 19 mobile lounges, which transport passengers between the terminal and Concourses A and D.surely they could just extend the existing train to D...
The Melbourne Metro Tunnel just opened. What are some other ongoing transit projects that you are excited about?
>>2060282>Define "western builders".Not going to let you pilpul me
>>2060273Forgot to reply. >I think the cost overruns the MBTA had will haunt the CRRC's attempts to expand into the US. I think that Congress or at least the White House has pretty much banned China from being a rolling stock manufacturer in the US.>However I also don't discount the power of corruption and outright ineptitude of transit agencies either.While agency incompetence and soft corruption are definitely an issue in American transit agencies, I personally would place the majority of the blame with the state legislatures. Those fucking inbred dumbasses are allergic to spending a dollar this year to save ten dollars next year. Just look at the recent SEPTA crisis or all the shenanigans around the NYC MTA. I do have hope for the new Illinois NITA that starts operation in June.
>>2060189Fuck you guys
>>2060269I hate people on this site that think r*ddit is a good source of information and that there's nothing wrong with using it
>>2060055the build quality isn't really good at all, lots of panal gaps than a good'ol xtrap1Despite branded as modern, CRRC still decided to cheap out the in train speaker and display as crap as possible(stage 3 refurbished comeng has a WAY better PIDS speaker and UI though it sometimes being glitchy)while having a worse ride quality than a 20YO Siemens train and motor carriage comengMaybe the good thing is the seat layout is more capable as a modern commuter train than a subpar suburban train, with a lot of standing space by ditching lot of crossbench layout?
hey /n/ this is my cat rupert i was thinking about taking him on the bus to see the sights of the city but i couldnt find any rules on it, do you know if can cats go on busesi have a cat carrier but would he be allowed out to see out the window?
>>2056672i remember seeing rupert shopped in with a bunch of tits on either /s/, /aco/, or /d/
>>2057427There's a Rupert the cat thread in /k/.>>>/k/64450053
>>2058633Wait a minute, I thought it was Ru/p/ert the photo cat >>>/p/4476309
>>2056672Rupert you cute little motherfucker!
>>2057259>cats actually enjoy their fulfilled lives where I liveHoly shit, they are airline pilots?!?
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.
>>2060182what if i hit you with a Kel-Tek abomanacion
>>2058434>passover shitholeIt's a flyover shithole, Mr. 145 iq, jesus fuck how about I pour a Mazel Tov cocktail down the front of your pants
>>2060719awww the poor little doe-eyed bengalaru ESL doesn't know how to have a little fun with words without getting rhythmically spanked by the 10 lakh crore per hour engrish tutor hired by her father
>>2060749Yom Kippur!?! She's in your lap, how about you Yom Kippur!
>>2060758kippur? I hardly knew her!
Ocean liner fans rejoice! The Queen Mary reopened for hotel guests in May and in June, I had the privilege of spending two nights on board. I'll be uploading my album of the ship over the next few days and discussing the history of the ship that I learned while onboard.
>>2039697Only one propeller is left (the others were removed when the ship was decommissioned) and it's basically permanently stuck in place.
>>1938375just found this thread OP, i didnt look through it yet but i can see its qualitygonna look at it tomorrow because it sso late already, thanks, ive been really interested in the QM
>>2054639It was used to lob 1900 pound shells at a renowned wine producing region of lebanon in the 1980s
>>1938375Ok GAYwhat's it like to be GAYDo you like taking dick up the ass GAY
>>1956400fuck you, sicophant. you aren't that politician, you aren't winning.
>learning spanish>start drinking heavily>day labour at Lowes>get into 4mm, 5mm, 6mm hex specs>boss wants me to adjust his handlebar
>>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
>>2045564All good stories begin with it
>>2054700You need thinner tape probs
SDJS-034 edition Resources:https://www.sheldonbrown.com/https://www.parktool.com/en-us/blog/repair-helpNeutral Support News on YoutubeWatch Yumika (1997) - Nagaremono Zukan (1998) - Shiro (1999)previous thread >>2057027
>>2059733Big tire good. Fenders bad. Simple as.
>>2060736Wha why not both?
>>2060715you don't use thick grease or oil on your drivetrain because it'll pick up every bit of grit and grime from the road and stick, then you're running all that shit through your drivetrain causing faster wear. you can get regular 3 in 1 oil anywhere for cheap
>>2060700claris works fine for me, as for fenders you have types that wrap around the fork like sks raceblades. >>2060736>Fenders badnotice how you didn't take that pic in the rain
new thread>>2060795>>2060795
just thought y'all might like it
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>>2058137Thanks doc
>>2058137Thanks for the daily dose.
>>2058136can planes fly backwards?
>>2059312yes but only when upside down
