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Starting with a pic the neat Tatra KT4DCs of Potsdam.
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Bicycle discussion!
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Now that we are up to a launch per week, two fully reusable launch platforms are about to enter service and the martian/lunar transportation system is about to start its flight tests its time to have a thread that discusses space transportation infrastructure and transportation vehicles.
June schedule:
>June 8
Nilesat-301 SpaceX Falcon 9 Cape Canaveral SLC-40
>June 12
TROPICS x2 Astra Rocket 3.3 Cape Canaveral SLC-46
>June 13
CAPSTONE Rocketlab Electron Mahia LC-1B
>June 15
Various cubesats (4) KARI NURI Naro LC-2
>June 18
Bundeswehr SARah SpaceX Falcon 9 Vandenberg SLC-4E
>June 22
MEASAT-3d Arianespace Ariane 5 Kourou ELA-3
>June 28
SES-22 SpaceX Falcon 9 Cape Canaveral SLC-40
>June 29
USSF-22 ULA Atlas V Cape Canaveral SLC-41
>June 30th
STP-S28A Virgin Orbit Launcherone Cosmic Girl Mojave
Other launches TBA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1Yuwtpyu4Y&t=26
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So it makes me think. Was the death of trams and streetcars really down to evil companies wanting to make more money; or is there something more to it?
Anything about public transport in Switzerland, Austria and Germany is fair game.
Old Thread: >>1675297
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/aug/06/cyclists-in-uk-who-kill-pedestrians-could-be-prosecuted-same-as-motorists
> They follow.
> I fly.
These buildings can be found in any area of a settlement, from urban city centres to quiet suburban fringes.
The benefits of flats cannot be understated; they solve the current housing crisis by providing each family with only what they need and are highly efficient in their land use.
Due to the high density nature of this type of housing, transportation for occupants are often a troublesome dilemma for urban planners.
More often than not, flats are built as isolated blocks of towers separated from the rest of the local community.
In this general, we discuss possible solutions for the difficult task of providing adequate transportation for the occupants of this type of housing.
Is this how the pod life will look like?
Cyclists need not apply
Post train photos from your country, be they old or new
Heres a combo of both on my own photo, a fairly modern ČD Class 380 locomotive next to the old mechanical signals at the Heřmaničky station on the old railway line from Prague to České Budějovice. This section of track was taken down earlier this year and replaced with a brand new railway corridor which opened just a few days ago.
Heh nothing personnel kid
CCTV showing how Sky King got his plane released after 4 years.
>'Seattle ground, Horizon guy, about to take off, it's gonna be crazy'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uejeh7T2VM4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kF4MBa1TzY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPa3xIgBTq8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2JMcpeTum4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xYxJ_ZSxAY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrWhtpLKsH0
Happily continuing from the old thread: >>1719617
- good tier brands: Inmotion, Kingsong
- fast and dangerous: Begode, Veteran, Bull
- retired tier: Solowheel, Gotway, Ninebot
- homemade tier: RecioWheel
Search youtube for "electric unicycle".
Search "мoнoхoлeco" for Russians extreme modding.
>b-but, it's not the fastest/safest PEV!
You must be one of those people wasting more time parking/securing their PEV than riding it.
Also, gear up! (at least helmet, wrist guards, knee pads, elbow pads).
The video thread on Electric Unicycle forum (recent ones on the last pages, currently 684):
https://forum.electricunicycle.org/topic/1019-the-video-thread/
Previous thread is ded, post those bicycles
POST JUMBOS
The purpose of this thread is to discuss various light electric modes of transportation, such as ebikes and escooters.
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What are your plans for summer?
I will be telling and discussing about Indian Transportation, its history, present and future here, theme of this edition will be Indian Railways
I will be starting with few random facts:
First train in India, ran from Bombay to Thane, a 34km stretch.
Indian Railways is the fourth largest rail network in the world, carrying more than 23 million passengers a day.
Indian Railways is managed by the state and is among the world's largest employers, employing more than 1.4 million people.
Seems like the only option to find nice rims for an old school MTB is to scavenge 2nd hand stuff.
The newly made ones all seem to add 200g to 250g in weight each...
>have no fucking idea how to ride with 1 hand
what do
I got Transport Fever 2 in a sale recently. I expected it to be an uninspired OpenTTD clone, but it's actually great. The game itself is meh, but the graphics are very nice and it really does feel like a digital model train set. It's just fun trying to build aesthetic stations, depots, sidings, junctions, etc.
All welcome
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DMU's, EMU's, loco's, steam, narrow gauge, broad gauge. You like 'em, you post 'em.
Somewhat upright bicycle, full length longboard fenders + short Poncho cape?
Post here for help buying a bike.
If you want recs off craigslist, post your local site, height, budget, and intended use.
Recommending specific models of new bikes is kinda pointless because of availability. If you want help choosing between real options post for hot takes.
Always buy a bike you like the look of and like the paint of. And that fits you well.
Pic not related
>arcology is a portmanteau of architecture and ecology, an arcology being a human habitat.
>arcologies are totally self sufficient, they grow their own food, produce their own electricity, and manufacture their own goods all without outside influence.
>everything from the water, air, and human waste is recycled and reused in an arcology making it a closed loop environment.
>arcologies are incredibly dense and take up less space than a city is an equal population.
So why haven't you taken the arcology pill, too afraid to join the hivemind cuck?
https://road.shimano.com/105di2/#stories
I do all the time. There is nothing more worse than stopping every 300 yards with a 9 mile trip to work. fucking 50 stops.
Cycling already is annoying and slow af, loosing all the momentum that you had to put hard work into, is the worst
a gallon petrol is 4$ and gives 31kwh, the engine of a scooter makes maybe 6,2kwh out of it.
me averaging 200 watt means 31 hours of body work... okay, a scooter is heavyer then a bike, but even if we divide it by 2, fuck it
Enter PodRide.
Starting with the metal death trap MV22 Osprey. Every one of these I've flown in has had some sort of engine malfunction/failure midair or stalled on VTOL.
Embarassing
Sticky: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lxDKFTLO4x771l06T9y331XYhlc6TqYj-hfhl91iXXU/edit
(Needs updating and greenhorns dont read it anyway)
Previous thread: nobody cares
Maritime jobs: so hot right now. Pay raise? Better schedule? endorsement upgrades? NGMI if you arent getting it now.
Captcha: Deckies lmao
It was a good morning.
As a kid, I was very much into planes/flying and flew lots of flight simulators, played air combat games, always got excited when flying commercial, memorized most of the Jane's Aircraft Recognition Guide, etc.; however, I always saw it as something that was really expensive and sort an unobtainable thing to do like being an astronaut or a top Hollywood movie star.
Somewhat out of nowhere, I realized I'm an adult with money and I could potentially pursue flying. I started looking into it more and more while being honest and critical (not just looking at the upsides and ignoring the downsides) and I just have a hard time seeing how it's worth it.
(cont)
In my opinion, bikes should have:
>a battery inside the seat tube that feeds both lights and can also feed the gps unit, should you have one
>bottle cages in the down tube and seat tube, but a container in the top tube for a pump and a spare tube
>standardized mounts for front/rear bags/panniers
All of that is easily achievable within the UCI limits for bikes, but companies are just too greedy and freds too gullible. They'll keep on selling chink carbon for sportsbike money and nothing can stop them. Hell, now they're even selling bikes without adjustable saddle heights, you're literally cutting the fucking thing.
So many have been butchered into ebikes and its only going to get worse
What can be done to educate the public about this wasteful fad?
It crushes me inside to see them like that
It sucks I can't post voice on the WEBM, this dude sounds like a fat girl.
Yeah!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwWCOoREFJw
>die on a 4 lane stroad in a high speed accident killing you and your children instantly
>can't afford a home to raise kids so constantly in debt instead of just a comfy flat in europe
>can't let your kids go outside because of stroad suburbia
>can't bike anywhere or walk anywhere without getting shot or ran over by a car and made into red paste
>meanwhile kids in netherlands bike everywhere and play outside
>meanwhile parents in netherlands can afford rent and food
https://youtu.be/oHlpmxLTxpw?t=658
Why is America so third world and why do mutts cope CONSTANTLY. Who would want to live in safe and peaceful netherlands anyways?
>based on electoral promises
>originally just a branch of the 2nd line, now it will require an interchange going up and down the stairs at Stadion
>a tram would be faster from Gocław to the centre (also planned but put on hold after metro was announced)
>there was no overall city study on where a next line should actually be build to serve the most people
>"Etap III" runs parallel to existing heavy rail just 500 metres north while its the N-S 1st line that is at full capacity
>11 august
Why?
Shouldn't road cycling be in autumn, spring and summer, and track cycling winter only?
>The body of a co-pilot who got off an aircraft mid-flight during an emergency landing near Raleigh, North Carolina, has been recovered, local police said. The co-pilot, identified as Charles Hew Crooks, 23, was not wearing a parachute... Authorities believe Crooks either jumped or fell out of the plane. Crooks and a pilot were onboard a twin-engine CASA CN-212 Aviocar when it took off July 29.
> archive(dot)ph/NIhO2
No you don't
But I haven't figured out what DCC system I want.
The layouts nearby me are mostly Digitrax, but there's the occasional NCE layout, a ProDCC layout, and one using Ring engineering radio.
Right now I'm split between Digitrax and a DIY with PiSprog.
DigiTrax has very nice throttles; the new full duplex ones are great, but its got the other Digitrax pain points.
PiSprog is appealing because its linux based, so I don't need to go find some retarded windows computer to do shit with it, and I already have one of TCS's wifi throttles
Which DCC system do you guys prefer?
OH NO NO NO AMTRAK BROOS, WE GOT TOO COCKY
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Previous Thread:>>1832612
The complex structure consists of 11 ramps going in eight different directions stacked on five layers. With its largest vertical drop of 55 meters, the interchange has been dubbed as a super "roller coaster".
https://youtu.be/jHVPcpbzuBo
>over 10 billion passengers have safely travelled on this rail network since the 50s
>In Canada passenger trains share lines with commercial rail
>people are surprised when pic related happen
Just build separate rail lines Jesus fuck, is Canada and the USA run by actual retards?
And the gaming company that made that game where you rape Peter Pan, the game where you can literally fuck your idols and that other game where you fuck Goddesses and famous people comes as well as being an online shopping site to buy censored porn COMES...
The game where Train Stations are turned into Cute Girls AND you get to fuck them- Mist Train Girls (but censored)
What does /n/ think of this game?
This is Paddington (Station)-chan. Would you lewd a Paddington?
![20210831_west_trd[1]](https://i.4cdn.org/n/1657808385963s.jpg)
Brings an e bike.
>walked and ran everywhere
>walk to school
>take train to University
>walk to work
>watch stranger things
>realise I wasted my life not having friends
>I'm a grown ass man cycling through town and crying
>I will never cycle with my friends around town
Shit sucks man. How do I make cycling friends?
Also if someone knows how to reload a save from 20 years ago I'd make drastic different decisions. Like making frens and acquiring gf.
(if you don't have it tipped forward considerably it means you're slow)
i'll wait
Pic rel is a new bridge being built, it'll remove necessity for a stop light at the intersection and let more traffic flow through nonstop. It'll make my commute much quicker to work once it's complete.
What interesting/exciting projects are in your neck of the woods, /n/?
There was a time Los Angeles was the best place in the world to be a cyclist, there were cycleways that crossed the entire city.
>105 Di2 (3 KG) for £1730
WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON?!!! Are we all dying or what????! WTF is with this regress and HOLY FUCK prices jesus fucking christ...
Thinking of moving to Chicago in a few years myself. I can still visit my family and it doesn't cost an arm and a leg like some cities.
What have your experiences been?
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Specifially a 10 foot gauge where giant flatcars could be loaded with a total of 18 53 foot intermodal shipping containers (2 across, 3 high and 3 long).
>Ressurect it but in a SOVLLESS version
Why are they like this ?
I want to get a gravel bike because I feel like the mountain bike is hindering my speed on roads
why are they cool all of a sudden?
fucking redditors taking all the credit as always
Would we see 5000$ bikes become 20 000$ bikes or see pro's on microshift gears? oh wait that's also made in taiwan...
shit
>cast iron skillet of bicycles
>victorinox fibrox of bicycles
>tipping argument of bicycles
What other boards do you frequent, /n/? Do you see any parallels between your home board autism magnets, and /n/ things?
You can ride a normal road bike on dirt roads just fine, and for anything rougher, you’ll want suspension and wide handlebars
>could have revolutionized city traffick
>ruined by brussels bureocrat fuckery
HURR U CAN NO GO FASTIE THAN 15 KMS WHAT IF U HURT URSELF ;____;
Btw you still have to pay for the whole ass engine and battery even if they are locked down by software
Btw fucktards going 40 km/s standing on a unicycle is perfectly legal
I am a university student and am looking for a cheap, fast transportation option, these seem to be the best two available.
These cruisers have 80cc motors on them and can go around 100 miles on 1 gallon of gas. They cost around $400.
Alternatively, an e-bike has less than half the range, but charging is basically free and they require basically no maintenance.
I guess my question is - how do gas powered bikes compare to e-bikes? Why are they less popular than ebikes?
https://youtu.be/9ABn4onueVQ
Here in Vic, nothing much has changed other than the announcement of the G-class: https://transport.vic.gov.au/our-transport-future/our-projects/new-and-upgraded-trains-and-trams/next-generation-trams
Personally can't fucking wait, I am on a line that just uses old B-class and they're fucking shithouse.
>b-but muh SOVL
Don't care.
Do you stop at stop signs? Do you run reds if it's safe to do so? Is the sidewalk nothing more than a bike lane?
I'm going to be commuting to work by bike for the next year and the city I live in does not have a large cyclist population nor are the drivers friendly/cautious of cyclists. For those who commute by bike what are some suggestions and never-do's for commuting?
This, this would happen.
https://youtu.be/KOiYKZ5-pIM
>https://www.hs2.org.uk/in-your-area/map/
At the moment, two tunnelling machines are racing each other underneath the Chilterns (with more to launch later), prepwork to expand London Euston is ongoing, Old Oak Common station is under construction, and construction of the Colne Valley viaduct is in progress.
https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/hs2-timeline-of-major-events-to-2025-revealed-15-07-2022/
>HS2 Ltd has revealed the timeline for key contract awards and works up to 2025, which will see a large proportion of the construction for Phase 1 to Birmingham completed.
Per the article:
>2022
>August - Tunnelling begins on Northolt tunnel [OP: suburban London]
>September - Contract award for Phase 2a [OP: the part from Birmingham to Crewe] design and delivery partner
>October - Concept design completed for HS2 trains
>December - Invitation to tender for HS2 main works
>2023
>January - Long Itchingdon Wood tunnelling [OP: SE of Birmingham] complete, contract award for railway track
>February - Construction starts on Curzon Street [OP: Birmingham] station
>March - Tunnelling starts on Bromford tunnel [OP: just outside Birmingham]
>May - Contract award for signalling systems
>October - Contract award for Washwood Heath depot and systems control centre, all rail systems contracts awarded
>2024
>February - Tunnelling starts on Euston tunnel
>March - Tunnelling complete on Chiltern tunnel
>April - Old Oak Common west box complete
>August - Tunnelling complete on Northolt tunnel
>September - Tunnelling complete on Bromford tunnel
>2025
>May - Colne Valley Viaduct construction complete
>June - Euston tunnel complete
>September - Major Network Rail interfaces complete in Birmingham city centre
TLDR - there's a long, long way to go still, and the current work is mostly boring (pun intended) and/or invisible.
My reasoning is that steel takes quite a lot of emissions to create and cargo ships require a lot of steel and big engines that spew emissions. Thus sail + wood = awesome, right?
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>never been outside europe
>longest flight ever been on was 3 hours
>13 hour flight to japan in economy class incoming
bros, how do i make sure i survive shit like this? the 3 hours in economy last time really fucked me up, my legs were swollen and hurt, i had a headache, my knees and hip hurt from being in a weird angle due to limited legroom(i'm 6'2), and my mask was really uncomfortable.
if you have any tips for people in peasant class, share them here. The ones i've heard are:
>compression socks to keep your feet comfy and avoid blood clots
>neck pillow
that's about it
I came up with a frame geometry based around a standard headset, of the style where your legs and the frame go around the front wheel rather than over the top. I haven't locked in the geometry for holding the bottom bracket, I have my leg measurements and crank measurements etc and I need to figure out what gives the most amount of seat and bottom bracket adjustment before hitting the wheel on either side. What I'm mainly focused on here is achieving the steering and aero characteristics I want. In the picture, the top row is the geometry I drew from first principles, with the aim of having the rear fork adjustment allow for transition from an upright, low trail geometry to a lowrider, high trail geometry.
Beneath that row is an equivalent copy of the geometry of a racing flevobike I found plans for on the internet, which in reality has the front frame go over the front wheel with a dog leg. I will post some more pics to show this difference.
For now, I have begun construction of something close to my geometry in the top row of the image. I do not know what happens with such a shallow steering pivot. I have only read that mechanical trail (the perpendicular riser from the wheel contact to the steering axis) is important, so I have tried to have that range between common racing bike and touring bike values. Perhaps having such a shallow pivot will not work well - the racing flevobike geometry has a sharper pivot than my drawing. I was wondering if anybody had any more insight into the steering.
The purpose of this thread is to discuss various light electric modes of transportation, such as ebikes and escooters.
Reputable Dealers
https://alienrides.com/
https://revrides.com/
https://www.ewheels.com/
https://e-rides.com/
https://www.euco.us/
https://eevees.com/
https://www.voromotors.com/
https://fluidfreeride.com/
