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>In Caltrain’s transition from diesel to electric, the transit agency opened a new online store featuring a variety of branded merchandise. In addition to holiday sweaters and exclusive boxed models of the new electric train, a much larger commodity is up for sale: the “Caltrain EMD F40PH-2 Locomotive (Used).”
>“These gently used, lovingly maintained 1985 F40 diesel locomotives could be yours,” the listing states. “The historic locomotives come with 40 years of service, and more than 1,000,000 miles traveled. Perfect for your model train set, train-themed diners, ornamental lawn decor or planter box, unconventional bed n breakfast or just to show up your overly gnomed neighbor’s lawn.”
> When Caltrain completes its electrification project with full service Sept. 21, it will retire most of its diesel fleet. Almost 100 gallery cars will likely be sold to another operator, said Caltrain spokesman Dan Lieberman, and the locomotives are being split up by age.
>Nine newer diesel locomotives will remain in use for the Gilroy service, which isn’t undergoing electrification because Caltrain doesn’t own that portion of the corridor. However, Caltrain has 20 diesel locomotives that have passed their expected retirement dates and will no longer be operational.
>These older trains might be scrapped, Lieberman said, but first, Caltrain wanted to give rail fans the opportunity to bring them home and make something out of them.
>The engine must be disabled and the buyer must cover the costs of storage and transportation, according to the listing. The locomotives will officially go up for auction in October.
https://www.smdailyjournal.com/news/local/want-to-buy-an-old-caltrain/article_5e80d0d2-77c4-11ef-8753-8f597dfafd08.html >be me
>ride Amtrak for cross-country tour across the United States
>have lunch
>can't have a burger and fries
Explain yourselves Americans. Today, Bay Area Rapid Transit formally retired the last of its original rolling stock that had been in service since the system opened in 1972. The occasion was marked by speeches from BART officials and a farewell excursion between McArthur and Fremont (where the very first train had run on September 11, 1972). I was there and rode the last train. Let's discuss bike tires here.
>tfw after two years and ~6,500 miles on it, it's time to replace my rear gatorskin because I've gotten two flats from tiny shards of metal within the past week
Quick flats from minor shit is always my sign that it's time to retire it, it's also peeling in a few spots. I have rotated it before this, last May.
I know you guys meme them here, but I've only used GS on my bike, these were my 6th set. I was going to try the Continental 4 Seasons because I heard it has a nicer ride than GS for not too much worse flat prevention, but a seller on Amazon was selling a GS pair like new in packaging for $68 so I couldn't pass it up. This is my only bike for everything that I use almost exclusively for commuting and transportation >b-b-bikes are unaffordable!!
No, they aren't My nuts rub and squish together when I ride, how fix? >wears a rolex daytona while driving, just like paul newman
Fine
>wears a rain coat when it's raining, just like gene kelly
Fine
>wears gym shorts at the gym, just like wilt chamberlain
Fine
>wears aviators just because, just like val kilmer in top gun
Fine
>wears tacticool ballistic nylon cargo pants when working, just like steven seagal in under siege
Fine
>wears cycling shorts when cycling
Whoa wait WHAT NOOOOO YOU CAN'T DO THAT YOU TRYHARD WHAT IF SOMEONE THINKS YOU'RE LANCE ARMSTRONG AND YOU WOULD HAVE TO TELL THEM YOU'RE NOT A PROFESSIONAL RACING CYCLIST THEN THE UNIVERSE WOULD EXPLODE NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! A female Fred is named Doris edition
Resources:
https://www.sheldonbrown.com/
https://www.parktool.com/en-us/blog/repair-help
Neutral Support News on Youtube
previous thread >>2034787 How in the fuck are they pulling this shit off? These commies are making us look like clowns! What is the reason for this?! The Eternal Debate...Which one should I get /n/? 
European aerospace giant Airbus has revealed a new design for its upcoming fully electric, hydrogen-powered ZEROe aircraft. powered by hydrogen fuel cells.
The single-aisle plane now has four engines, rather than six, each powered by their own fuel cell stack.
The reworked design comes after the news that the ZEROe will be in our skies later than Airbus hoped.
The plan was to launch a zero-emission aircraft by 2035, but now the next-generation single-aisle aircraft is slated to enter service in the second half of the 2030s.
Airbus has spent years evaluating different hydrogen propulsion methods, including turbofan, turboprop, and blended-wing body designs using hydrogen combustion.
After extensive research and testing, the company has selected fuel cell technology as the best option.
Unlike combustion engines, hydrogen fuel cells generate electricity through a chemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen, producing only water as a byproduct.
These engines will receive hydrogen from two liquid hydrogen tanks, stored cryogenically at extremely low temperatures.
Airbus believes this setup will provide the most efficient and scalable solution for future hydrogen-powered commercial aviation.
>https://interestingengineering.com/transportation/airbus-unveils-new-hydrogen-airplane?group=test_a 
This thread is for talking about railways, and things related to railways, in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - that means we're all about big intercity trains, modest rural trains, long freight trains, trips, tracks, (deep breath) trams, subways, stations, and a partridge in a pear tree~.
If you're unfamiliar with train travel, take a look at National Rail's journey planner, at nationalrail.co.uk/ - tell it where you're travelling from and to, and it'll show you a few options before handing you over to a train company so you can buy a ticket. For the same journey, they'll all charge the same price, so it doesn't matter who you buy one from. The best option for overseas visitors would be to use thetrainline.com/ - it'll support your language and payment card.
Here's a few links:
~The Man in Seat 61 (seat61.com/) - easily the best rail travel resource out there.
~A Visual History of Railway Rolling Stock in Great Britain (gaelan.me/br-stock/)
~Geoff Marshall (youtube.com/@geofftech2) - likes trains. Mostly harmless.
~Jago Hazzard (youtube.com/@jagohazzard) - London train history. Ditto.
...and some cool 'open data' stuff:
~Realtimetrains (realtimetrains.co.uk/) - live train timetables: ideal for keeping on top of ETAs and platforms.
~Openrailwaymap (openrailwaymap.org/) - not quite 'Google Maps for railway infrastructure', but close.
~TIGER (tiger.worldline.global/home/) - live station departure boards.
~Traksy (traksy.uk/live/) - live signalling information.
What's happening?
~Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill: bills.parliament.uk/bills/3732/ - (mostly) renationalising the railway.
~Phase One of High Speed 2 (Birmingham-London): hs2.org.uk/
~Belfast Grand Central: weaverscross.co.uk/belfast-transport-hub/
~The Transpennine Route Upgrade (electrifying the Liverpool-York mainline): thetrupgrade.co.uk/
~The Midland Main Line electrification (still no website!)
~The East Coast Digital Programme: nextgenerationrailway.co.uk/ Hey guys, I need advice to buy a new bicycle for commuting to work (and also start delivering after work)
I've been using pic related for a year or so now and it was pretty comfy, but I realized that parts and replacements for that kind of bike are rare and very expensive for some reason
To the point that I think is better to just buy a new bike and just forget about it, I have like 300 bucks so maybe I get a cheap fixed gear or single speed since I liked that kind of bike
But do you think I could get a gravel bike with my budget? what bike do you recommend me? >Finally there's a 100% green, non-congesting method of transport that people are eager to ditch their cars for
>Cyclists hate on it
>Governments try to ban it how should you store smaller items (phone, keys, etc) while riding a bike? assuming your clothes don't have secure pockets do you have one? or is it too dorky? Does Bezos have good taste in yacht design? "Wofür ist das?"-Edition
Anything public transport in German-speaking Europe is fair game. t. 2022 Marin Alpine Trail E2 >front derailleur and a second chainring are soooo heavy! we must remove them in the name of efficiency
>how are you going to climb now, you ask? don't worry, we'll just put four more sprockets on the back, three of them larger than the one you got on the front
>also fuck your chainline, buy more of these fancy expensive thin chains
Casette race is getting ridiculous. Everyone should go back to 2x9 and never stray away from that. Road signs. What do you think of them? Which country does them the best? Would you change anything in the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals? Begin training for your big summer ride in the spring winds. 78 Days to Unbound 200. 127 Days to RAGBRAI.
>/pybt/- post your bike thread
>bad vibes discouraged
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>2028188 in 2026 Iran enters heavy the international aviation transportation market. Main routes are in Central and South Asia, Indian and North African areas. New Talks about heavy transport, long range airplane developed in Russia and China started. With this new air traffic with up to 40% less costs can be developed parallel to the Western airlines. Which new (i.e. not used, directly from the manufacturer) airplane to buy for $700k or less with operating costs of $60k/yr or less? Night Rides Edition
Previous Edition
>>2020610 
Space transportation general: Stage Separating into a new year edition.
This general is here because spaceflight is increasing exponentially. We are up to at least a launch per week and we are now in the midst of flight testing an industry revolutionizing fully reusable
super heavy lift launch vehicle.
Upcoming launches:
>https://www.spacelaunchschedule.com/2025-launch-schedule/
SpaceX livestreams on Twitter/X:
>https://x.com/SpaceX
Upcoming NASA operations:
>https://www.nasa.gov/launchschedule/
SpaceX Mars goal.
https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1740847084646040048
>https://youtu.be/921VbEMAwwY
>https://www.spacex.com/human-spaceflight/mars/
Starbase 24/7 streams
>https://www.youtube.com/live/mhJRzQsLZGg
>https://www.youtube.com/live/60YnbafD6vY
Old Starbase tour
>https://youtu.be/t705r8ICkRw
>https://youtu.be/SA8ZBJWo73E
>https://youtu.be/9Zlnbs-NBUI
>https://youtu.be/3Ux6B3bvO0w
Newer but less quality starbase tour
>https://youtu.be/aFqjoCbZ4ik
>https://youtu.be/InJOlT6WdHc
Latest news on Artemis.
>https://youtu.be/aFqjoCbZ4ik How do I psyop myself into liking trains? Any good books/videos/documentaries? I'm really into other methods of transportation/infrastructure and I keep trying to spark that same interest in trains, but I haven't been able to. This is my imaginary island country of Regalia.
What kind of transportation would be feasible on this island? I imagined the country as a British colony settled in the early 18th century and gaining its independence after WWII. The population is around 1.8 million, though the overwhelming majority live in the twin cities of Kingsport and Arkham. The interior of the main island is sparsely populated and mountainous, with a few dormant volcanoes.
I'm trying to imagine the rail lines connecting all the cities on the south coast, and the ferry system between Kingsport and Arkham. another one down in Philly boys, reports say fatalities on the ground >puts Surly out of business I live in quite a busy inner city area of Sydney (Surry Hills) and I’m thinking of riding to work in the inner west, which is 23 mins ish. It’s quite busy and there are lots of cars about.
I wanna cycle to work because the transport in this city has gone to shit lately, and it’s expensive. I realise I could save on average about $30-$40 a week and that’s just travelling a few inner city suburbs.
I’m pretty vigilant but what are the risks? My biggest fear is being hit by a car or suffering a nasty injury. I’m a pretty good bike rider and wouldn’t zoom around like an idiot. Anyone else getting tired of the blatant disrespect? All you had to do was make a basic pathway. Nevermind how you have to cross two streets without a crosswalk in one the busiest highway.
Like seriously. Someone approved this. If your child had to use this bus stop, would you be okay with this? I hate them all so much. Cagies are the least empathetic people on the planet and all deserve to be strangled to death by a grizzly bear. I'm tired of seeing them and their metal boxes of Ignorance. I applaud satan for creating such a monstrous sheeple. thread for /n/ related AI-slop >get salary
>urge to spend it on a gravel bike becomes unbearable The end of ebike terrorism is in sight. Let's not count our chickens before they hatch, but I'm tentatively feeling hopefully about this. During the time that the last thread was up, hundreds of people were killed by ebike fires. We need to put a stop to this. I just hope they make sure to add prison time for people caught with unlicensed ebikes. I was watching videos about UK railroad and London tube.
Holy shit.
Turn off power on subway rails by shorting the power supply? Telephone wires in the tunnel? Trains can ride thru red lights without any issues?
Repairs on tracks without cutting power off? (technicians butt was like inches away from spicy rail).
Is it still true, but holy shit it was wild in the 90s. Do you cycle in winter, or are you worried about ruining your bike with all the salt on the roads?
If you do ride, how do you maintain your bike afterwards? Passenger Rail is the superior mode of transportation. Nothing can beat the speed, safety, and luxury of riding on the original form of mass ground transportation. Airlinetards will never get to this level of prestige, only MCAS failures, door plug blowouts, and flight path collisions.
The Railroad once again reigns supreme. What are some examples of important buildings that were torn down for car infrastructure?
I know a lot of cities in the US had entire neighborhoods leveled for freeways. Is it the blimp trains time to shine?
Could this be used to get Ukraine grain to the rest of europe?
They have different rail gauge between rooskie and EU tracks but blimp can be handed off with out even slowing down
THIS CAN WORK???!!!!!!!
BLIMP TRAIN HOLEY ROLLER
RIDE ON THE BLIMP TRAIN
BLIMP TRAIN SAVE THIS COUNTRY
AND MAKE IT WHOLE AGAIN
Now Im on the edge of something
Wondering bout the blimp train
ooooohhhhaaaaa eeeeeaaaaahhhooooaaaa
Talking bout the blimp train >here's your air traffic in 2025 bro My single speed mountain bike needs a new chain. Any recommendations? It needs to handle heavy loads without snapping/stretching. GPS used to be fancy, and is now affordable
Carbon frames used to be fancy, and are now affordable
Carbon aero wheels used to be fancy, and are now affordable
Hydraulic brakes used to be fancy, and are now affordable
Wireless shifting used to be fancy, and is now affordable
Good tires used to not even exist, and are now available albeit a little expensive
Lighting used to be heavy and annoying, now it clips to anything and you can light up the road with something the size of your thumb
Wide 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? San Antonio Sewer Pipe Edition
Previous thread >>2017188 
Jet-100
Work is already underway on the 14th aircraft. That is, it is obvious that by the time certification is completed, many of the MS-21s currently under construction will be virtually ready and will be immediately handed over to customers.
Earlier, news appeared that UEC had already handed over the first PD-14 engines for installation under the wings of commercial airliners - thus, for some, fuselage sections are currently in production, but some are already at a high level of readiness and ready for engine installation.
So, despite all the efforts to stop the Russian aircraft manufacturing program, it was obviously not possible to stop it, neither by direct sanctions, nor by a total discrediting operation. Russia has done what today only the US can do (but that is not certain). No other country in the world will be able to create a passenger airliner without close international cooperation. But we were able to do it, and not just one. We can already speak in the present tense, because it is obvious that we will succeed. Can I into gliders as a poorfag? I guess it's finally time for new thread.
what are your touring plans for 2025? cooking up some months long big adventure or just few small trips every now and then?
maybe you're already on a tour or just finished one recently?
I'll be going across the Europe to Santiago de Compostela, starting in April. I quit my job after ten years of being a railcar repair technician. AMA girl cabin edition
Previous: >>2017914 
The US Airways Flight 1549 'Miracle on the Hudson' was a great news day and Sullenberger warranted praise for DOING IT RIGHT, but I can't shake the feeling that in order not to 'sully' a good story, we've been bullshitted to and handwaved about Doreen Walsh opening the rear door allowing water to enter the cabin.
I can totally understand someone panicking under those circumstances, and also understand she was injured and otherwise traumatised by the water landing. Nobody would go that hard on her if she forgot her training and didn't look through the window before cracking the door.
What I can't abide is the possibility this bitch lied about checking for water as per her training, then "some passenger" pushing past her and cracking the door, along with some heroic story of fighting them off to try to close it again. There were witnesses who claimed otherwise:
>No [attorney Frank Scudere] said, he and others saw the flight attendant open the rear door. "Nobody was there to rush past her to open the door. I saw her back turned, and she was opening the door, and she said, 'Oh my God, we're in water!' I don't want to be critical. She hadn't gotten any warning that we'd be landing in the water. I just want to set the record straight."
More accurately I can't abide the apparent lack of curiosity about the fucking truth. Sure the NTSB did their investigation, but as far as I can tell they didn't conclude anything about the identity of the 'some passenger', or whether Doreen lied. Just giving some waffle praising the crew in general and basically saying all's well that ends well.
This is from an organisation the will dredge up literally a million parts from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean and reassemble them in a hanger to find which $2 bolt failed. But we're not interested if your stewardess is going to freak out when it counts, endanger everyone on board, and then lie about it? Not worried that even a female 'some passenger' could overpower them and open the door? I'm looking for a decent bike computer with 15h+ battery life and good navigation.
No need for power meter connectivity, cadence sensor, heart rate monitor or any other trimmings.
Does such product exist? Not very keen on paying €300+ for a bunch of stuff I don't need. 
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.html
https://www.businessinsider.de/leben/bahncard100-17-jaehriger-lebt-seit-jahr-2022-in-den-zuegen-der-bahn/ Does this ever not look gay?
Would you ever ride with your friend/another male behind you? Technically they are like a train but vertical It's been two years. Was there a coverup on the Tempi train crash? I realize there are a lot of /general/ bike threads right now but they have nearly reached capacity so I thought a thread of my own would get more attention.
This is currently the bike I own and use as a daily to go to the beach, get a coffee etc and I have done a few decent rides on it. It only has a few gears so when doing a somewhat longer rides (31m/50km+) it really starts to struggle. (I am aware its a cheap bike but I got it for free and made it work)
I want to buy a quality bike I can do some good rides on but I want to keep the vintage aesthetics and have new age tech on it. Can anybody recommend me any bikes which have these attributes? I would pay a few thousand but I don't want to be paying crazy money. What is the intent behind statements like "I'm not a cyclist, I'm just a person who gets around by bike"?
At a surface level it is obviously meant to (proverbially) throw other cyclists under the bus, but to what end? Would it somehow appease the anti-bike people if the person "blocking traffic" didn't agree to be referred to by the word "cyclist"? What could have been done to save the Pacific Electric Railway?
What would public transit in LA be like today if it had been? I wonder how many people here actually practice what they preach? Not many I'm sure, I can smell the the hypocrisy. Rules for thee and not for me is the rule of the internet.
So let's post our walkscores and let's see how bad things really are. If any of the there numbers are under 90 you don't belong here. I am a railway fan from Moscow. In my free time, I make videos of trains, subways, and transportation. Ask questions about my activities, and the transport of my country, stereotypes, in general, everything that is interesting, I will try to answer. What are some examples of urban freeways just being removed? How did it affect traffic flow? 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. Old thread finally hit its bump limit >>1750878
2023 started out as a crazy year on the collectible market but things seem to have settled down a bit
Have you made any new acquisitions ?
What do you wish to buy year?
Collectible bike thread!! Do you wear a helmet while riding your bicycle? How do we stop the piper on cessna sexual assault epidemic? If steel is so great, why do the companies that make the best steel tubing in the world use carbon for their forks?
If steel is so great, why do the finest steel bikes in the world use carbon forks?
It seems to me that steel has an aesthetic value that cannot be substituted by anything else, but as a material for building bikes, its value decreases the more that is demanded of a component. I’m a 20 year old dash 8 first officer and I’ve never used an ADF in my life. For example in this approach. Do I have to do a procedure turn? If I come from the south west (244) can I just fly at the MSA and has I’m 10 dme from the vor descend to 1700 feet and then start descending at 4.3 dme until the MDA? Is that good? I’m looking for wheeled transportation that is smaller than a bike
Pros
>can ride on sidewalk
>can fold and carry inside easily
>wheels
Cons
>??? Post your favorite or most used train station or bus stop.
Once a year or so I like to start this thread, it usually ends up pretty interesting. which one of you faggots wrote "sneed's feed and seed formerly chucks" in the bathroom of CP 8168 What would be the feasibility (both from a business and legal standpoint) of a cruise line building ships made to outwardly resemble classic ocean liners but with fully modernized interiors? Say Cunard decided they wanted their next cruise ship to mocked up with four funnels and a profile resembling the Lusitania-class or Aquitania, could they get away with it?
No, Titanic II doesn’t count, be serious.
Pic related, the MS Dixie II based out of Lake Tahoe, a ship with the outward appearance of a 19th Century Mississippi River paddle steamer, but was built in 1996 and uses a modern motor engine. What the fuck is wrong with these mongoloid slackers? They completely underschedule longhaul trains everywhere outside the NEC so almost no one can use them for shorter trips and then wonder why ridership is in the shitter. Each route should be minimum 3x a day per direction. Is it really fair to call a railway profitable if all their profits stem from side gigs like selling land around the station? When the government does the same, it's not counted as directly profitable because it's different departments doing either of these things. Why are you destroying the environment with your discount bargain bin chinese carbon wheels with no warranty, when you could be saving the environment with the revolutionary new FusionFiber™ that come with a lifetime, no questions asked replacement coverage for the original owner? Sure it costs about 3x as much but think of the moral superiority it gets you
The only problem is it's made in Utah which is full of crazy people, which kinda negates the moral superiority, I'd almost rather send money directly to the CCP at that point
Also discuss wheels and stuff SS United States to be sunk, creating the world's largest artificial reef. RIP to one of the greats. 
Whoever was in control of MH370 took extreme measures to avoid detection after deviating from the scheduled flight plan. Maneuvering the aircraft at the exact moment of ATC handoff, choosing a route that avoided military controlled airspace ,disconnecting SATCOM systems and disabling power control to run off the APU to avoid system rebooting , among other direct inputs shows an incredible knowledge of aircraft communication and aerospace detection methods. I think it's obvious who did this, and it was no doubt planned.
If the pilot's job was to kill a specific target on the flight, it would have been incredibly easy to cause an aerodynamic stall and crash the aircraft into the ocean. He could have even pitched the aircraft into the Indian ocean after leaving radar range, yet WISPR data shows the aircraft flew for over 7 hours until it was ditched in an incredibly remote location.
The question which should be asked is what or who on board the flight to Beijing needed to disappear (and also be completely un-investigatable) why was a regular crash not sufficient to accomplish this goal, and who benefits from an unrecoverable aircraft accident? 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 > be me
> 19 ameritard
> have job nearby
> dont want to fork over fuckton of money for car, tax, insurance, etc.
> also you would have to be the most inbred retard on the planet to buy a car just to drive 1.8 miles to work
> buy cool ass e-bike instead
> drive it on sidewalk bc drivers in my neighborhood are assholes
> it has lower range but fine because the trip to wagemart isnt even a fraction of the range of the bike.
> eventually, after a week of conveinently using my bike to get to randalls without needing a car yet, oneday police car flashes behind me.
> turns out someone called the fucking cops on me
fuckmylife.shit
> find out im not allowed to drive moterized vehicles on sidewalk
> on top of that im also not allowed to drive it on the road either.
where the FUCK am i allowed to drive then?
> I eventually bought a used civic
taylorswiftsjet.co2
Ted Kaczynski was right. fuck this country 
I've been riding a hybrid bike for my errands and short transportation within the city. However as I just learned to ride a bicycle this year I'm still a beginner and still having problems especially if there are lots of cars passing by. There are no protected bike lanes in my city and there are cases wherein I worry I might lose balance and a car or motorcycle might hit me.
So I'm thinking of getting a city bike like this Elops 120 to replace my hybrid bike since I read they are easier to balance and are more stable overall. They also have a bike rack and due to the upright position, more comfortable especially for a beginner rider like me.
However someone told me it would be better to just stick with my bike or get a mountain bike because I will outgrow a city bike after a year. Also my city is full of potholes and speedbumps that aren't comfortable with a city bike. Also there are steep inclines here that I won't be able to climb due to lower number of gears and also since it is a heavier bike overall. I also don't need to spend anything if I just stick to this bike.
All advice are appreciated. >be me, born 2002
>given the gift of train autism
>foam over dash 9's and GEVOs
>witness the majestic site of an IC SD40 deathstar leading a long distance freight job
>waow-based-based-based.jpg
>suddenly become nostalgic over time period i was a part of
>realize i will never see this again
standard cabs were the peak of american railroading and i never got to see it :( 
Is this a decent bike?
I already bought Shimano MT-201 front and rear hydraulic brakes to put on it ($60)
Bike is $500 from Walmart
Frame: Full aluminum alloy; Horst-Link design; tapered head tube; dropper post ready
Fork: SR Suntour XCM30 120mm travel suspension
Rear Shock: Kindshock 185mm*48mm coil spring with adjustable oil dampening
Frame Size: Medium
Shifter & Rear Derailleur: Shimano Cues 9 Speed ARDU4000GS
Crank: 170mm length; 30T, narrow-wide
Bottom Bracket: Neco B910 cartridge, 131mm spindle length, 68mm width
Cassette: Shimano 9 speed, 11T-46T, CSLG3009
Pedals: Plastic
Saddle: steel rails; 140mm width
Seatpost: 31.6mm alloy, 350mm length
Handlebar: 31.8mm*22.2mm alloy, 30mm rise, 720mm width
Grips: Double lock-on
Stem: Threadless alloy, 7 degree, 50mm length
Headset: ZS, 44mm, 56mm
Brakes: Logan mechanical disc, 180mm front and rear rotors
Front Hub: Alloy 6-bolt, 100mm; 108mm QR
Rear Hub: Alloy 6-bolt, 12mm*148mm boost thru axle
Rims: Double-wall alloy; 36 spokes, 25mm width, presta valve
Tires: Kenda 29" x 2.35"
Assembled Weight: ~39lbs >An oil tanker and cargo vessel have collided in the North Sea near Hull
>The tanker involved is on fire
>Reports of people abandoning vessels after collision
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cgq1pwjlqq2t When you see it
Previous: >>1781074 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. IME
>American: staff is rude black women and they are shilling credit cards and rewards programs constantly (fits the name desu)
>United: cheaper, good service, but far less routes
>Delta: somewhere in between the other two in terms of service and route availability How is this guy alive? First one or two videos I watched, I thought he was just going for (You)s but they just get worse and worse. The only way this makes sense is if he has terminal cancer and he wants to die riding a bike and not in a hospital bed. 
I've been getting into the steelisreal, rim brakes are good enough side of youtube lately, and the clickbait has gotten me thinking about my next bike. How much truth do you think there is to these memes that say that high end steel isn't like the cheap shit I think of when I think of steel? I refuse to consider cantis and if I get disc steel I'm told that's no better than carbon because it's "overbuilt" at that point which "defeats the purpose". So it has to be dual pivot classic road frame made of thin walled fairy tubing, and no I will not elaborate because we all know why.
So it looks like if I'm not too hung up on getting a name brand duende meme bike I can probably pick up what looks like a pretty good steel frame for under $3k. Possibly even less. But then I'd really have to go with some pretty narrow, hard, puncture-prone tires, and I just don't have the energy for that shit. I haven't struggled with inner tubes and frame pumps in pelting ice cold rain by the side of the road in years and I like it that way, latex blood runs through my veins. But TPU was invented, and that's caused me to begin doubting my faith.
Would I be consumed with post-purchase rationalization if I fell for the steel meme? Are steel bikes and rim brakes the cast iron of bikes? Opinionated attention whores who need to have something to argue about at all times so they pick the most argumentative pointless crap that has a grain of truth that gets overemphasized at the expense of the big picture? Or is there something to this memery?
Before you start your angry typing, I am a mamil with crabon and aero and absolute black and all that stuff, so please, be accurate with your strawmanning. I can supply some other personal aspects of myself if you wish to find something to be aggressive about but I trust I have given you enough information to get irrationally angry over bicycles. E10 Series Edition
Old Thread: >>2014518 all aboard!
headed to Fresno...
https://www.youtube.com/live/bBMw-gIjLuI 
Last April, a company called Dreamstar Lines announced plans for an overnight service between Los Angeles and San Francisco, in effect, restoring Southern Pacific's Lark service, the overnight equivalent of the more famous Coast Daylight, which ceased service in 1968.
What we know:
>the train would run between Los Angeles Union Station and San Francisco's 4th & King Street Caltrain station
>rolling stock will consist of streamliner cars built in the 1940s and 1950s
>actual train consist would be a locomotive, 5-6 sleeper cars, and a lounge car serving drinks and "tavern food" (idk what that would entail)
>the train would run on a ten-and-a-half hour schedule, departing around 10pm and arrive at its final destination at 8:30am
>Tickets will be in the $300-$1000 (the minimum is slightly higher than the current price for a private room on Los Angeles-Oakland on Amtrak's Coast Starlight at $284)
>there will be no coach service, sleeper class only
>the company hopes to begin operations by Summer, 2024
>the project is far enough along that negotiations with Metrolink and Union Pacific for right of way have already started
The most detailed sources I could find
https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/la-sf-night-train-proposal-dreamstar-17891587.php
https://www.railtech.com/infrastructure/2023/04/21/new-rail-operator-dreamstar-lines-to-run-luxury-night-trains-in-california/?gdpr=accept
https://www.railwayage.com/passenger/intercity/dreamstar-lines-back-to-the-future/
The company's website
https://dreamstarlines.com/
What do you /n/iggers think? Is the LARK finally back? Or is this all just a big LARP? Siemens left. they started to make own.
https://youtu.be/lypdU_Kf3js?list=TLPQMTEwMzIwMjWe3ntDFavfKQ Damn wtf are we supposed to do Robinson's newest helicopter just dropped. The R88.
Thoughts? >Paramotors are regulated under FAR 103 which means no license, medical certificate, training, or registration is required.
Gee I wonder why all these paratubers drop out of the skie like flies. Imagine flying without having read the PHAK once. Imagine not knowing shit about weather. 
Well, it just keeps happening this year and /n/ is no exception. After a spectacular air disaster and failing to advance from the 2024 4chn Autumn Babby Cup Qualifiers, furthermore completing the set on our star with a rusty coathanger, /n/ are back in divegrass action with a bye into the 2025 4chn Spring Babby Cup. Pre-flight checks are beginning and we're hopefully preparing for take-off this time with the destination being Summer 25 and /n/'s first elite cup appearance since early 2023. But first some important information is required on the team going into Spring.
What's your thoughts on the current roster (attached in next post), is it a good reflection of the board and team or would you like to see some minor updates and a new player or two. perhaps referencing this year's never ending spate of crashes? Are the medals still good? The full annual poll for players will happen in either Autumn or Winter depending which cup we appear next, but we're open to changes before then.
We're also for the time in the team's history now completely managerless and will need a new autopilot export for the upcoming Spring cup so although we do still have a caretaker for the team looking after things. If you are interested in getting involved and in managing /n/'s divegrass team please get in touch through the link below for the 4chn Cup wiki.
Team page and in depth information here: https://implyingrigged.info/wiki//n/ I'm looking at getting a bike and my choice is between these 2
Trek Zektor B
Shimano Alfine hub, belt drive, hydraulic brakes
$280
Or
Cannondale Bad Boy 3
Shimano Alivio 3x9
Mechanical brakes
$300 Post Your Bike Thread
>Winter Commuter
>"I'm not a cyclist"
>Limited Edition
Previous Edition
>>2018643 >i don't need fenders, they slow me down https://youtu.be/Cq1kV6V_jvI
Thoughts on the Dutch using Klinkers instead of asphalt for their streets? The Dutch seem to have an edge on anything transportation-wise compared to the US. 
I just got my first bike.
It's a used 7-speed mountain bike called the "Schwinn Sidewinder".
The seller did say it needed a "light tune up" and while riding it, it did seem cranky/slow/weak.
Even the chains are rusty although I'm not sure if that matters much.
I plan to go to a "bicycle cooperative" near me that offers space/tools/parts and guidance to repair a bike YOURSELF at a low price. I guess it would be a good way for me to learn since I am completely new to bikes.
Other than normal repair I plan to add the following things to it :
>Lights
>Back rack for baskets/panniers/backpack
>(Possibly?) front rack
>Security (U-Lock + Chain + tracker)
>Electric conversion using info from endless-sphere.com
I plan to use it mainly to commute to
>work(1.3 miles away)
>college(18 miles away)
>some stores I go to for "business" (5 miles away).
But most likely I will use the train in combination to the bike for college, until I convert it.
I live in densely populated urban area with a lot of restaurants so I am also planning to do DoorDash/Instacart/Uber Eats part time. I have in fact seen a few individuals do so on bikes around town.
And also just for fun. It is very comfy to ride a bike in nature and I like some cardio.
Any advice? >have a bike rack
>no girl is sitting on it
what even is the point? Amtrak makes me so sad man.
How did we fuck up this badly ameribros? I need help. I'm a fat fuck (~260lbs). A while ago I had bent some 20+ year old aluminum 27" wheels and still haven't gone around to straighten them out and buy new spokes. I went to a bike shop and the guy was really weird about not letting me take a picture of his disassembly tool and saying that I would only find it from the manufacturer if I were a special boy, but later saw a chinese copy for like $2. What would you /n/iggas do?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTJ3taJHOn8 Can we implement congestion pricing in basically any American city?
I used to think you needed a downtown that was segmented from the rest of the city via a waterway (like South Beach Miami or San Francisco or Manhattan), but now I'm thinking you can just employ it on any urban freeway.
Also, is there any reason NOT to use congestion pricing? It seems like the only way to fund urban freeways. It's been tried and tested in several countries around the world. if it's Boeing, I'm not goeing
simple as phoning it in edition
Resources:
https://www.sheldonbrown.com/
https://www.parktool.com/en-us/blog/repair-help
RJ the bike guy on youtube
previous thread >>2031441 $1,000 for this hunk of shit.
Remember when cycling was exciting? There were new design innovations every year. Now it's all static. Just the same shit over and over at lower levels of value. Surly is an embarrassment these days 
Theoretically speaking, if I was an entrepreneuring billionaire and I wanted to bring back one of the great American passenger trains (Super Chief, California Zephyr, Panama Limited, Empire Builder, City of Los Angeles/San Francisco, 20th Century Limited, Broadway Limited, Powhatan Arrow, Coast Daylight, etc.) to run on a regular basis (let's put it at at least two times a month for a start), which option would be more feasible from an economic/technical/legal perspective?
1. Acquire all of the surviving rolling stock (sleepers, dining cars, dome/observation cars, baggage cars, etc.) from the original consist from private owners, heritage railways, and museums, as well as matching surviving locomotives (can be from ones different railroads since thousands of functionally and aesthetically identical EMD F and E units were sold to all Class I railroads). Renovate them as necessary to make them FRA-compliant, obtain waivers wherever possible. Put them into service as a part-luxury train, part-mobile museum.
2. Commission the construction of a replica consist. Building entirely new streamlined cars from scratch, designed to match the internal and external appearance of its original as much as possible, with changes only being made when it's literally required to make the car FRA-compliant/modern user friendly (updated wiring, HEP, power outlets at seats, WiFi support, replacing wooden paneling with MDF paneling etc.). Motive power consists of custom-built Siemens Chargers designed to resemble the original E and F units (streamlining, bulldog noses, matching paint schemes, etc.) as much as legally possible.
1/2 These guys passed you on the last big hill before the cafe. Didn't even take pulls.
What do you tell these Freds to not seem mad? 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? An entry level new bike, that is agreeable to ride, not dragged down by antiquated standards like QR, that you won't regret buying, nor immediately feel the urge to swap out half the components because of cut corners, cost approximately USD $1500 at standard retail prices as of late 2024, give or take a few hundred (depending on the finer details).
Now, the prices are going to go up by at least 20%, and the smaller independent brands are going to go under as only the largest players will have the spare cash to ride out the sudden loss of consumer confidence. The most interesting and original bike products will simply disappear from the market permanently until the next wave of prosperity (which may be entirely concentrated somewhere far away and foreign, so that only the wealthiest of your peers will be able to import and use such goods).
How does that make /n/ feel? I want to strangle every single big buck roadie fred and especially every single downhill-bike-in-a-park pomp who rides around just to do chainsaw sounds with their bicycle's very very expensive hub. "Give way, the asshole is coming!". Like, if you wanna make motorcycle sounds, get an actual motorcycle. A Harley actually sounds cool. A freewheeling bicycle sounds supremely annoying, and also means you are a weak shit who is not pedalling. Fuck you, go ride into a river. Here is mine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2lT4oE4DxE
Just do it:
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=cW8VLC9nnTo How do these large cargo backpacks compare with a bicycle trailer? I need to haul 100kg of cargo on a bicycle >In the 20th century we had two supersonic airliners with the Concorde and Tu-144
>In the year 2025 we have zero
How have we literally moved backwards in commercial airline technology? What does /n/ think of tomorrow's upgraded, more inclusive bike lanes? Cagetrolls will hate this, but I for one think it is perfectly reasonable for bike lanes to be open to any vehicle that doesn't have an ICE or require a Class A CDL to operate legally. What's the point of bike lanes if nobody is going to use them!??!? I just walked outside to flip some chicken on the grill and I could hear what sounded like extremely loud high altitude jet engines circling over the house. I went onto this website
https://www.flightradar24.com/
and there were no flights anywhere near my house at the time. So my question is: what kind of aircraft are these? What type of extremely high altitude jet doesn't show up on a flight tracker, and what are they doing circling the house in a rural area? Happy 20th Birthday 4chan. I traveled to Fremont, CA to meet up with some dear friends and family and found out that the the Niles Canyon Railway was doing a steam excursion to commemorate the Bronco Billy Film Festival where they were showcasing silent-era films that were shot in Bay Area at the turn of the century so I booked a last-minute ride aboard it.
Will dump my album and go over some history of the railroad and its equipment below. It disgusts me how today's so-called "cycling activists" are doing the work of the automotive lobby while thinking that they're the good guys.
Imagine if a bunch of politicians started pushing for a special residential area for a certain group, after having them habitually assaulted with weapons for many years. "We're terribly sorry about all the bloodshed but can't guarantee your safety, if you want to be safe, you have to go in this special place we designated for you".
That is what bike lanes are. We've tried "separate but equal". It doesn't work, because tyranny of the majority means a highly flexible definition of "equal".
People who have been riding bikes for many decades know what the game is. But zoomers and corona cyclists believe they know best. Instead of demanding justice, they demand segregation. Which is exactly what the automotive supremacists want. >it's another "anon has nothing to do on a beautiful weekend so he goes on an aimless 20-25 mile bike ride for an hour or two just to be out of the house" episode
haha gee it was great biking past all the families, friends, people with children, eating at restaurants, walking the streets together, doing stuff at the park, and living their lives happily while i was complete self-congizant how im the autistic retard biking alone through town >Parallel’s battery-electric cars — which can run alone or together as an autonomous platoon of up to 50 cars — can each carry a single container
https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/fra-approves-first-test-program-of-autonomous-rail-cars/
Phase 1
>2 mile section of track with no crossings
Phase 2
>30 miles of track
>no other rail operations
>crossings flagged
Phases 3+4
>84 miles of track
>incorporating track warrant authority
Phase 5
>actually hauling containers
Phase 6
>160 miles
>incorporating system into usual railroad operations
>containers now have test loads
Phase 7
>"limited" revenue cargo
>"platooning" operations of up to 50 cars Why are modern train stations not built with beauty in mind? I'm so very tired of adjusting brakes and replacing brake pads. Convince me why pic related is a bad idea? 
Since the days of Repack the sport exploded and splintered into various specialist sub genres, but for me this is what cycling has always been about, simple bikes out in the wild, taking on terrain that shouldn't be bike friendly.
Here's a nice film that covers the birth of the sport from the perspective of a photographer who was part of that American story, tons of cool images.
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsbJojnbdYY
Of course off road cycling has many points of origin, in the UK we have the 'rough Stuff fellowship', which claims to be the oldest off road cycling club in existence and predates the Repackers by several decades, here's a link to a thread that talks about that.
>https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/rewriting-mountain-bike-history.226245/
No doubt throughout the history of the bicycle right across the planet, small groups and individuals independently 'invented' mountain biking' by simply taking whatever bikes they had and riding them in the wild. It would be great to learn more about the history of mans off road cycling adventures and perhaps discover where this amazing sport really was birthed.
Share any images and stories here. What type of disc brake pads you guys like to use? Does the organic or semi-metallic ones squeal when wet like the sintered ones do? >Trend setters
ENVE, Time, Winspace, Officina Battaglin, Crust
>Cognoscenti
Scott, Giant, Rivendell, Merida, Brompton, Felt, Ritchey, LOOK
>The crowd: Aspirational
Cervelo, Spesh (S-Works), Pinarello, Santa Cruz, Velo Orange, Tern, Electra
>The crowd: Conformity
Spesh, Canyon, Trek, Liv, Panasonic, REI, Cube, Surly, Bianchi Why do trains keep murdering innocent people? I want to get a secondary bike for doing errands, shopping etc around the town. I want something relatively small (don't have much space in the bike storage), with mudguards and a rack, maybe a basket too. I found this selling for 80€. Would it be worth it, and would it work for my use? Anything that would need an upgrade right away to turn it into a nice bike? Also, if I wanted to turn it into a dropbar (to make it more narrow for storage), how much money would that take approximately? 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? Can you tell me the differences between asphalt and concrete roads and what’s better for each topography, soil, traffic load, climate, seismic activity, lifespan and cost?
Are there other types of modern roads or future concepts?
You can go into detail as long as it's easy to understand. I'll read all posts with joy. Perhaps you can even tell me something about roads in Greece. 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. What happened to fat bikes?
Even Canyon has seemed to stop making their own model. 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=iYjFOYLAtoE
Both 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. Do you guys ever have conversations with other people on public transportation, or try picking up girls there?
>yet another day riding the subway sharing a car with plenty of cute girls, normal looking guys, and never make conversation with anyone to try to make friends or get a date
>it's been like this nearly daily for 10 years
>even see the same people getting on and off at my same stop, they live near me, and still never speak to anyone This build costs at least $4,000 but will perform like a $500 hybrid. Why is this allowed? Delta owns 987 aircrafts, of which about 130 are regional jets. So - what if delta expanded its fleet to include trains?
Let’s say you are going from Augusta, GA to Los Angeles. You could leave AGS at 5:35 and take a 1h4m gate to gate flight to Atlanta, have a 2h16m layover in ATL, then continue on your cross country 5h9m flight to LAX. Add in 2 hours to get to the airport and you have a full day of 10h29m of travel. 5h20m of this time was dedicated solely on getting from Augusta to Atlanta. This is a trip that could take less than one hour on High Speed Rail. >only 4 carriages from Birmingham to Manchester?
>An entire carriage wasted on first class
>1/5 of each carriage taken up by luggage space, toilets or food court
>No air conditioning
>Insane pricing where it's cheaper to buy multiple tickets for some reason
>Not even a single electrified train in their entire collection Does anyone here like Baldwin/Lima-Hamilton diesels? *whistles tune* *SNAP* ACK! all aboard!
https://www.youtube.com/live/DOIActVh4YQ I used to be a fixie fag and a "send it" bro-dude mountain biker but now unironically look like this in my 30s. The Grant Petersefication is a real thing if you are above double digit IQ and value fun and adventure over fads, just embrace it. 
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