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Literal fascism

https://x.com/CityPolice/status/1940400434822402336
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/PYBT/ Shadow Rider Edition
asdadadaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa_11zon
Please remember to hydrate in this summer heat.
26 days left to RAGBRAI.
>/pybt/- post your bike thread
>bad vibes discouraged
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>be cop
>drew the short straw and put in a patrol car at a popular cyclist route
>90% of my day is now spent explaining basic cycling laws to motorists as I hand out fines
I'm going to shoot the next person to say "they shouldn't play with their toys on the road!" I swear to fucking god

Why are motorists so bad at basic traffic laws about bikes?
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/bqg/ - Bike Questions General
commute
Vietnamese Commuter's Edition

Resources:
https://www.sheldonbrown.com/
https://www.parktool.com/en-us/blog/repair-help
Neutral Support News on Youtube

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Step-Through Bike Frames
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Are there any actual disadvantages to them? They seem to perform as well as standard bike frames but with the advantage of being easier to mount and dismount without the top bar getting in your way. I know they were originally marketed to women who wore skirts because the top bar on traditional bikes got in the way and exposed their panties but it never quite made sense to me why these weren't just the "default" frame style in the first place, especially since most utility bikes and pretty much every single E-bike on the market uses this style of frame.
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Why is /n/ in general so much more friendly and cordial than other boards?
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They will literally put 15+ bottle bosses on a frameset, but refuse drilling 2 for a kickstand
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Keep in mind this is for bikes meant to be loaded up. I guess a marketing exec at some point decided kickstands are for poors so no expensive bike can have them now, just like MTBs got stuck with Presta valves.

They will literally drill 15+ holes just in case your bike bags use bottle bosses instead of straps, but outright refuse drilling 2 for a kickstand
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we've gotta talk about china
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How in the fuck are they pulling this shit off? These commies are making us look like clowns! What is the reason for this?!
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homebuilt aircrafts
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what's stopping you from building and flying your own flying machine?
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Coomer Thread
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Hear me out, we need one of these.
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Resurrecting classical trains
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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
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Maritime foghorn
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I bought a 20 foot sail boat to sail the apostle islands on lake superior. I would like a fog horn, but don't want to spend like 10k/have a 900 pound horn on the front of my boat. Any way to get that iconic BWOOOAAAAAAAAAHHHH Sound on the cheap?
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bridge toll
The Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge averages 260,000 vehicles daily, each paying a $8 toll.
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The Impossible Railroad: Is it really impossible?
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>The San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway (reporting mark SDAE) is a short-line American railroad founded in 1932 as the successor to the San Diego and Arizona Railway (SD&A), which was founded in 1906 by entrepreneur John Spreckels. Dubbed "The Impossible Railroad" by many engineers of its day due to the immense logistical challenges involved, the line was established in part to provide San Diego with a direct rail link to the east by connecting with the Southern Pacific Railroad lines in El Centro, California.
>the railroad has a checkered history, with periodic disruptions in service to rockslides, storms, fires, and derailments, and has never been profitable
>the line ceased being used in its entirety decades ago and has been bounced around by owner to owner ever since
>at present, only a fraction of the line in San Diego, Mexico, and Campo is actively used, with the rest being left to decay

Here's my questions:

1. Were the "Impossible Railroad's" issues inherent to the climate and terrain, or more so the technological/economic limitations at the time of its construction (the railroad was built with anachronistic infrastructure such as wooden trestles)?

2. If funding could secured, would it be possible to rehabilitate or even rebuild the line in its entirety using modern engineering techniques to negate the hazards that plagued its previous incarnations?

3. What services could be provided to make the line economical, or even turn an actual profit? Obviously there's tourism, Carrizo Gorge attracts thousands of tourists a year (many of whom come to gawk at the ruins of the railway). I recently found out that the Mexican portion of the line is used to host the Tijuana-Tecate Tourist Train (pic related, several gallery cars that were originally intended for it but ultimately left unused) and has proven quite popular. But I'm also wondering industries could be served or even if a US-Mexico commuter service would be feasible (ignoring current diplomatic issues)
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/PYBT/- Spring Winds of Change Edition
pybt ragbrai
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
previous thread
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/btg/ Bike Touring General
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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.
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/STG/ Space Transportation General
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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
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REPILL ME ON THE NYC METRO SYSTEM
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Loius Rossmann really doesn't seem to like it, is he correct in his criticisms? Are the administrators really that incompetent and has anything changed in 2 years?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_Uxe5sCyvw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwBBjAChTBQ
How can NYC fix their metro and should everyone HOP DAT SHIT? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijQsBY4BeiQ
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Do you wear a helmet while riding your bicycle?
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s-l1200
How do these large cargo backpacks compare with a bicycle trailer? I need to haul 100kg of cargo on a bicycle
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a321xlr
Thoughts?

Game changer or nah?
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British train thread
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As the title says, just post British trains. A bonus would be export trains (whether built for other countries, 2nd hand, or that country simply copying a design from here) and diversions (especially a train making an appearance at a station it otherwise never would)
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Are Optibikes worth it?
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>learning spanish
>start drinking heavily
>day labour at Lowes
>get into 4mm, 5mm, 6mm hex specs
>boss wants me to adjust his handlebar
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/mu/ here. Settle a debate: is Lou Reed riding a girls bike or is this frame normal for men?
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Post road network gore.
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>free buses
Cagebros...should I be afraid...?
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It has happened
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A few years ago people starting referring to certain China wheelsets as not just "the best Chinese wheels" or "the best budget wheels" but simply "the best wheels". This year, Winspace released the T1600, a CDM (Chinese Domestic Market) product that costs more than a Madone or a Tarmac. It's UCI approved right out of the box (though you may need to tape some lead weights to it to get it to pass the weight restrictions). Western buyers need not apply, though they no doubt will try.

Western brands were folding right and left before the iron curtain 2.0 was raised, now the "tiro de gracia" has been fired and big companies like Trek are going to go bankrupt because their supply chains have been cut off by Import Substitution Industrialization, a popular third world development tactic pioneered by visionaries like Pinochet and Galtieri.

Is this the end of the western bike era? Will tomorrow's dentists settle for nothing less than Chinese bikes on 100% Chinese groupsets?
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Why did hydrofoils never take off?
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Clipless Pedals
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For when you want to fall over in front of a crowd without getting drunk first
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my new vehicle
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> live in punjab, india
> mfw this is the only vehicle available
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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?
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17-year-old has been living on Deutsche Bahn trains for one and a half years
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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/
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York
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, trams, subways, stations, you get the idea. Trains are cool.

If you're planning a journey, take a look at the nationalrail.co.uk/ journey planner - tell it where you're headed from and to, and it'll show you your options before handing you over to a train company so you can buy a ticket. Doesn't matter which train company, they'll all charge the same price for the same seat on the same journey. Overseas visitors - trip.com and thetrainline.com are your best option.

Here's a few links:
~New rolling stock currently on order, listed (trainlogger.co.uk/units/)
~A Visual History of Railway Rolling Stock in Great Britain (gaelan.me/br-stock/)
~The Man in Seat 61 (seat61.com/) - easily the best rail travel resource out there.
~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 (https://tiger.worldline.global/home/) - live departure boards.
~Traksy (traksy.uk/live/) - live signalling information.
~London Underground Live (www.londonunderground.live/) - a real-time, geographically-accurate Tube map.

What's happening?
~The railway is being put into public ownership: gov.uk/guidance/great-british-railways/
~Phase One of High Speed 2 (Birmingham-London): hs2.org.uk/
~The Transpennine Route Upgrade - upgrading & electrifying the Liverpool-York mainline: thetrupgrade.co.uk/
~The Midland Main Line electrification (no website...)
~The East Coast Digital Programme: nextgenerationrailway.co.uk/
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Gear Crankset Shifter Things
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Why are these so hard to understand?

Why are the controls on the back half of my goddamn brakes? Brakes should just be brakes.

Why is there a setting for my pedaling to get even harder? Who wants this. Why isn’t there a little spinny dial like when I was a kid on a bike, it should just say 1 2 3 4 5 6 and then I’d know, higher numbers for hills low numbers for normal.

But wtf is this? Why 30 different gears? Why does the left work for the front and right for back, but you can’t swap them both at the same time? I watched like 4 youtube videos and still don’t get it.


Worst of all I can’t pedal backwards

Who asked for this rocket science shit
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You know what really grinds my gears? When multiple knobs create misinformation and then spread it by citing eachother (Woozle effect)
I wanted to look up why 26 inch wheels became a de facto standard and all I found were retards on otherwise reputable sites like GCN saying "It's because they were common in the 20th century". That's not a fucking answer, that's circular logic, because it just shifts the goalpost to "Why were they popular?" and these lazy fucks don't even attempt to answer this
I finally got my answer when I realized 26 inch wheels became popularized because of Mountain Biking, because that was the wheel size Joe Breeze chose when designing and building the JBX1/Breezer 1, the first Mountain Bike, even utilizing rims made by Araya, and the reason he chose this was because it was the most optimal size for mountain biking because the wheel was large enough to roll over most terrain yet small enough to be easily responsive and more manuverable than larger 29 and 30 inch wheels. 27.5 is just a "middle ground" wheel size that came later
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Damn wtf are we supposed to do
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deathwish
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.
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I am a railway/transport fan from Russia, Moscow. Ask questions.
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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.
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on-bike storage
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how should you store smaller items (phone, keys, etc) while riding a bike? assuming your clothes don't have secure pockets
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Doreen opened the door
Sully
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?
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ass pain & abraision
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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.
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He didn't say this
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is the dart silver line /n/ approved? it’s scheduled to open in october
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bike computers
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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 strava
I 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 optimally
I 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
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Music while bicycling?
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Here is mine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2lT4oE4DxE

Just do it:
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=cW8VLC9nnTo
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wifematerial
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?
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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?
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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.
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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.
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Cyclists of the sky
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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
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collectible bike thread
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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!!
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brightline west
>groundbreaking was over a year ago
>was supposed to start heavy construction 2 months ago
>still no progress whatsoever
HSR bros, did we get bamboozled again?
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BIGGEST DANGERS TO CYCLISTS POWER RANKING
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BIGGEST DANGERS TO CYCLISTS POWER RANKING

>1. 40-50 years old hags who hasn't be fucked correctly in years
>2. 65+ years old ladies who can't see shit anymore
>3. 35+ years old work van driver who needs to be everywhere 10 seconds ago


>91. Kids who just got their license


>901.Bikers


>9001. Other cyclists
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In Switzerland, particularly in cities like Bern and Basel, some people utilize rivers as a unique way to commute home, especially during warmer months. They swim or float downstream with their belongings in waterproof bags, taking advantage of the river's current.
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MH370 thread:
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Okay /n/, it's been more than 10 years, what the fuck really happened? All ideas and conspiracies are welcomed and will be judged equally.
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Railbus photodump incoming
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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.
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>have church on sunday
>it's right next to a bus stop
>the city buses don't run on sundays
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How the fuck is this legal?
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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?
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On this day in 1894, the Manchester Ship Canal was officially opened by Queen Victoria; linking a city that's 40 miles inland, with the Atlantic Ocean.
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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?
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>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
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Shinkanzen documentary
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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.
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cum
/mtb/ general

xc/trail//dc/enduro/freeride/allmountain/dh/trailbuilding/dailyride/skills/cum
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How is one supposed to find a comfy bicycle saddle?
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I currently have a very basic one that came with the bike (pic rel). It's at proper height so I get zero pressure on the perineum, but if the terrain doesn't require me to get up every couple of mins, I quickly get sore sit bones. I wanna do some touring (min 50 km daily) so that won't do. So, I measured them bones and set about finding a new one.

Thing is, I have zero experience with other saddles and have no clue what to look for. It seems like saddles under 50€ aren't worth looking at, but it also seems like I'll have to buy multiple either way until I find the right one. It baffles me that saddles go up to 300€ and there's never a way to try them out. Am I just supposed to waste money until I luck into one that fits? Is there at least a flowchart?
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Can you save people lost at sea yet?
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/cbsg/ - cargo bikes suck general
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>*combines the aggressive solipsistic entitlement of an exurban helicopter parent SUV karate lessons karen with the sanctimonious humblebrag better-than-you instagram mentality of a childless upper middle class urbanist in your path (literally in your path because it's in your physical path being as expensive and space-hogging as an actual car, while being as slow and annoying and needy and pointless and "look at me" as a dutch bike, in everyone's path) in your path*
>*heh, nothin' personnel kid, as in, look at these kids of mine that I am effectively using as human shields, so give me everything in return for nothing or you're a monster and I will have you cancelled for not buckling immediately and catering to my massive sense of entitlement, kid*
When did cargo bikes go from being a crusty, get-it-done, no-nonsense niche improvised delivery tool for reasonable humans, to being the single most punchable conspicuous consumption fashion accessory in the history of wheels?

Also, cargo bikes hate thread, and yes I took my meds thanks for the reminder though
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canyon endurace all road
Canyon_Endurace_Allroad_2025_Test_GF_WEB-7397
>makes a GOAT cheap bike that BTFOs everything around its price range
>out of stock instantly
what were they thinking? like whats their engame? will they raise the price cus "muh demand
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Flo_Nuroad_EX_32
>get salary
>urge to spend it on a gravel bike becomes unbearable
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A rail line connecting mainland northern Germany to the Halligen islands in the North Sea
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zzzZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzz
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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.
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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
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Untitled
I moved out to Southern Wisconsin a few years ago, and for the life of me I cannot find a suitable pavement only bike trails, everything here is a gravel trails on old railroad paths.
AllTrails filters dont seem to work as all the trails I tried so far are at least half gravel.
I have a nice Trek Madone on slicks that I cannot take anywhere fun. And no, I will not share the road with car traffic.
I've been using my single speed gravel bike in the meantime.
I am willing to drive 45 minutes out, looking for a 10-20 mile loops or one ways.
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Chinese airlines expand in Europe
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How long will Europe and Russia keep their airspaces closed off from each other? The bad relations between Europe and Russia due to the Russo-Ukrainian war gave Chinese airlines, which can still overfly Russia, a massive competitive advantage.
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Dash 8 first officer
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I am suffering from severe insomnia. I tried melatonin but it’s not working anymore. It used to always work. I don’t know what to do anymore help
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Post crash depression
sddefault
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.
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SS United States to be sunk, creating the world's largest artificial reef. RIP to one of the greats.
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one (1) fucking accident and they were gone, I don't get it
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Share your experiences.
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This dapper gentleman has appeared and said: it is time for an /n/ stories thread. What things, good, bad, strange or confusing, have happened to you on an outing?
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Blimp Train
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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
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20250108_063142
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?
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We won. This marks the start of a new era for public transportation.
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loaded vs bare
What do you prefer, /n//?

To add accessories to your bike as much as possible, or to keep it as simple as you can, even to the point of removing bottle cages and even brakes in the case of fixies?

What do you think of modern bikes (and specially in "gravel"), the trend towards adding bags, in the handlebars, top tube etc, versus just throwing your shit in a backpack and calling it a day.

I can't say I like the looks of bikes with bags and all, but I do hate the lack of praticality of a bike with nothing on it at all. I dislike saddlebags as much as anyone else but I'll be damned if I ever leave the house without a spare tube.
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E-Bikes!
Holly Shit You Won't Regret It
E-Bikes and Trains are the transportation of the future.

>Why the heck aren't you using an E-Bike?
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John Forester did nothing wrong
81EFeBwasWL._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_
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.
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Opinions on hybrid brakes?
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IMG_5132
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.
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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.
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/bqg/ - Bike Questions General
file
Resources:
https://www.sheldonbrown.com/
https://www.parktool.com/en-us/blog/repair-help
Neutral Support News on Youtube

previous thread:>>2043590
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latajacy_slazak
We might get he Flying Silesian back. The national rail line nr. 275 in Poland is slowly getting rebuilt:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP4bP7MxaVo
This is where it is on the map:
https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linia_kolejowa_nr_275
Threse are the coordinates of the station in the video:
51.7843201,14.9622149
This is how the line looked like before they cancelled it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7ns7U1baG0
The train in the old video goes from
51.7843201,14.9622149
to
51.9399812,14.7117261
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I stayed aboard the Queen Mary
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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.
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What destroyed cycling: a root cause analysis
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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?
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respectability
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?
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Amtrak hate thread
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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.
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Post your station or stop
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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.
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ttc
>literally everyone else: functioning subway system
>ttc: picrel
nothing personnel kidd
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bikelanes
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!??!?
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Passenger cabooses
Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Rail Road Caboose
Why weren't these a thing more often in the heyday of railroads?

>gives freight trains an additional source of income
>passengers can presumably pay for tickets less since freight trains usually run on slower schedules
>allows for mixed trains without the need to pull a coach from regular passenger service
>can be coupled to the back of a regular passenger train during periods of high demand, the crew will enjoy the added privacy too
>lonely freight train crews will enjoy the additional company
>can be outfitted as extra crew accommodation when not in revenue service
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2025-06-21 23_52_31-Google Earth Pro
Did old streetcar/interurban lines ever connect up to or share the main freight lines, or were they entirely independent? If they weren't independent, could they have been used for freight spur lines?
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3 speed
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all you need
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/btg/ - Bike Tire General
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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
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casettes
>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.
7 media | 60 replies
Forms of combined infrastructure
csm_wallstrasse-mn7u9gkert5h5drs1fmpak0u3s_5fb4e6d9ac
What does /n/ think about the german concept of the Fahrradstraße?
>speed limit 18mph/30km/h
>bikes can ride side by side all the time
>cars are not allowed to overtake
I think its a perfect way to deal with traffic in big cities. The cars are not discriminated against and just have to deal with slower speeds.
I dont see any cons with that.
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Confess your sins, /n/.
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images (97)
>no qt 100 lb asian wife that takes our lovely hapa children to school on her mamachari
>all asian women that took an interest in me have a penis and cant bear hapa children
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forrestercycling
So no that the dust has settled, are we finally mature enough to admit Forrester was right?
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DSC_0358
>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!!!!!
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Filming bicycle rides?
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How do you film your rides?
I'm going to start filming content on my bicycle/while walking.
Most of it will be done at night time in a big city, in POV.
I'm not sure which camera to pick that would be :
1) bang for the buck(under $200 ideally, would go as high as $300)
2) wearable and discreet enough to film interactions and keep them natural
3) decent battery life(at the very very very least, 5 hours)
4) decent video quality
5) still able to operate with relatively low light (not extreme darkness per se, moreso like 10 PM in a urban area)

Any suggestions?
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the absolute state
Dear Americans,

What the FUCK?
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biek
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"?
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tuned mass dampers
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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.
8 media | 48 replies
Folding bikes
byb
Should I get le Terne BYB, the Brapton or some other type of folding bike?
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Do I need new 27" wheels?
ParkTool
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
2 media | 22 replies
EBike vs Escooter
ebikevsescooter
The Eternal Debate...Which one should I get /n/?
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330px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg[1]
Why are americans so obsessed with my country's dogshit infrastructure? It's a total crapshoot that desperately emphasizes bikes by making all other forms of transport shittier. The public transport is dogshit and road taxes are up the ass. I fucking hate living here and i fucking hate bicycles.
5 media | 46 replies
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IMG_0399
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.
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1730617349990999
>have a bike rack
>no girl is sitting on it
what even is the point?
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FUCK MTB
pepe-mtb
I'm sick of the Mountain Bike craze, everyone involved is a scrawny sØy who watched Bern Peak one time and suddenly wants to waste their time and money on expensive upgrades for their inherently inefficient heavy framed sidewalk princesses. We need more content around actual, practical road biking and not this consoomer shit.
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*whistles tune* *SNAP* ACK!
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Toronto Transit
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This light rail line has been under construction for 15 years. The city chose light rail over subway because dumb counsellors believed it would be cheaper and faster to build.

The line service is fully grade separated and partially tunnnelled in the west half, then an express surface tramline in the East running down the middle of a busy thoroughfair.

After years of mishaps it looks like its finally coming online. Can these mixed use lines actually be succesful? Basically its a midtown subway, and also a suburban midtown tramway. Will it work, or will the city be revisiting how it operates in the future?

https://www.blogto.com/city/2025/06/ttc-eglinton-crosstown-lrt-opening/
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Best engineered airliner ever?
777
Which one is it? What plane was designed with the least amount of flaws? The 787 might be good now, but it had some battery flaws in the beginning that while did not lead to any deaths, did cause it to be grounded. Is it the 777? There has been any loses or grounding of it because of any design flaws that needed to be updated, correct? All loses were pilot error, or intentional, right?
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I'm gonna sue Boeing.

I can't let these SUICIDE MACHINES keep destroying the society.
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Recumberant Bicycles
f40-peter-heish-by-shasta
>Able to regularly reach speeds of 30-40mph (48-64 km/h)
>Yet nobody rides them
What went wrong?
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flightra
>you lost, kid?
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/bqg/ - Bike Questions General
file
Resources:
https://www.sheldonbrown.com/
https://www.parktool.com/en-us/blog/repair-help
Neutral Support News on Youtube

previous thread: >>2041945
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Los_Angeles_Metro_System_Map
>light rail
was it doomed from the start?
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specialized_fUCI_concept
thoughts on more radical/futuristic bicycle concepts?
4 media | 15 replies
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aero car
so we know most microplastic come from car tires
how do we solve this problem? trucks gotta truck. but is there another material than rubber that could work?
i wish everyone could use a bicycle but some things are rather hard to replace
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1746601035041
Just bought a trek marlin 7 gen 3 that was on sale for $479 at my local trek store. Got it mainly to commute to work in my city but to also hit some light trails every now and then. What kind of upgrades would /n/ recommend to make this a more comfortable ride for commuting in the city? I just ordered some better handle bars, pedals and a new saddle so that should help a bit. Was thinking of getting some new tires better suited for the road but not sure which ones.
6 media | 32 replies