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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSliqXE86Po
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkQA23IF5rQ
>can go on footpath
>can do a U turn way faster
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Let's shill and share some experiences on what works well and what doesn't.
Dreams of better circumstances edition
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super heavy lift launch vehicle.
Upcoming launches:
Nov 2
>Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Tundra n°6L 3:30 AM EDT
>Falcon 9 Block 5 | Hotbird 13G 11:26 PM EDT
Nov 6
>Antares 230+ | CRS NG-18 5:50 AM EST
Nov 8
>Atlas V 401 | JPSS-2 4:25 AM EST
Nov 11
>Long March 7 | Tianzhou 5
7 10:00 PM EST
Nov 14
>SLS Block 1 | Artemis I 12:07 AM EST
>RS1 | DEMO-1 (Test Launch) 5:00 PM EST
Nov 20
>Falcon 9 Block 5 | CRS SpX-26 4:40 PM EST
Nov 22
>Falcon 9 Block 5 | HAKUTO-R Mission 1
Nov 23
> Vega C | Pléïades-Néo 5 & 6
Nov 26
>Long March 2F/G | Shenzhou 15
NET Nov
>PSLV-CA | EOS-06 & BhutanSat
>LauncherOne | STP-S28B
>Jielong-1 | Yizheng 03 & 04
>Kuaizhou 11 | JSBT, Xiangrikui & Others
>Terran 1 | Good Luck, Have Fun
>Firefly Alpha | VCLS Demo-2FB (ELaNa 43)
>LauncherOne | Prometheus 2 & Others
>Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 4-37
>Falcon 9 Block 5 | Eutelsat 10B
>Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 2-4
DECEMBER (just a few highlights not full dec schedule)
>ZhuQue-2 | Demo Flight
>weekly Falcon 9 flights
>Ariane 5 ECA | Galaxy 35 & 36, MTG-I1
>GSLV Mk II | IRNSS-1J
>SSLV | BlackSky Global
And last but not least we finally have
>THE SPACEX STARSHIP SUPERHEAVY ORBITAL TEST FLIGHT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzpsJQN4o-Y
ITT: we post masculine chads make better representation
The current tire on the bike says it's 700x38c. But when I measure, physically with tape, the wheel is 25 inches in diameter. But google says a 700 tire is supposed to be 27.5 inches.
What the fuck is going on?
tryhard "earned" cyclist
>has to wear skintight lycra
>arrives at destination covered in sweat
>miserable "look at me suffer" facial expression while cycling
>has to "fuel up" for the long ride
>spent $4000 on a road bike with diminishing returns
>wears weird quirky "clip in" pedal shoes that actually don't provide any extra power and can't be walked in comfortably
>wears funny brain shaped cranium protector
ascended ebike rider
>gets where he needs to go effortlessly
>can wear anything he wants, from boots to shorts
>no need to worry about being "aero"
>no hard as a rock saddle
>no bent over inducing drop bars
>fat, delicious, comfortable all terrain tires
>rip that throttle baby, broooom broooooom!
Face it, manual bikes are now objectively obsolete. It's the same as manual transmissions in cars, unneeded bullshit used to get from point A to point B. You cannot refute that ebikes are inferior to manually bicycles other than weight & transportability through cars/trains/etc.
The only argument you can give against ebikes it fitness related. But guess what, humans aren't even naturally designed to pedal bicycles for long periods of time. There this thing called prostate cancer.
Pic rel is Sunalta C-train station in Calgary just a few blocks from my apt.
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>he lets a dynamo hub steal his watts
>he doesn't modify a power bank to have direct access to the cell trough an XT60 connector
>he doesn't modify an aliexpress light with said connector, thermal grease, silicone for water resistance and a polycarbonate cover with a fresnel lens to create a cutoff line
>he doesn't have 30 hours of battery life
Why didn't you take the powerbank -pill yet?
Also lights thread, touring edition.
Example for me is Headcorn Junction station on the Kent and East Sussex Railway.
Urban planning is /n/ related.
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Sticky: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lxDKFTLO4x771l06T9y331XYhlc6TqYj-hfhl91iXXU/edit
If you tell me what updates the sticky needs I can add it, even though all the computer science fags that want a career on ships don’t read it anyway
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Any form of PUBLIC KEKSPORTATION isn't welcome.
>forced sharing of a vehicle that smells like hobo shit and rotting blood sausage
Bus.
>forced sharing of a cucktube on rails funded by your money taken at gunpoint by the gubbermint (50% going to pay for the cucktube, and 50% going to minorities)
Train.
>trusting your life to Silicon Valley megacorportations or Chinese sweatshops to not spontaneously combust / shut down at 50km/h
>owned on a subscription-based model half the time - "financing"
"PEV", Electric Unicycle, Electric Scooter, etc.
>trusting your life like a KEK to another man such that he doesn't ram your flying cucktube into a tower
>overpaying for the privilege of doing that
Planes.
>depending on a MASSIVE, globalist supply chain revolving around importing a limited, dwindling resource from various shitholes, controlled by a handful of gubbermints and megacorporations, and an equally MASSIVE globalist supply chain to produce all the parts necessary to make it
Cars (all critiques here are applicable to every other form of transport listed above too.)
I want to say the tricycle is the pinnacle of free transportation.
>can repair it yourself
>cheap to buy outright
>practical, like a car, can add a pretty big trailer to the back, and most have a large "truck" bed in the rear, can haul incredible amounts of shit
>ergonomic seat, can go pretty far without getting tired
>can strap electric or gas engine without much threat of crashing due to inherently better stability when starting and stopping
The bicycle is very good too, but it's unfortunately there's just a higher risk of being invisible on the road (you can put a massive slow vehicle warning sign on the back of a tricycle, a bit tougher to do on the bicycle without sacrificing cargo space.)
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
>requires enormous amounts of parking space, all of which is basically dead space from an urban planning perspective and makes these areas substantially more unpleasant
>urban roads carve up cities
>these two problems become especially in cities with layouts from pre-car times quickly problematic (every square meter where cars aren't explicitly banned getting quickly clogged with them)
>extends normal travel distances to the point every other method of transport, like public transit, walking and cycling, quickly starts to become uneconomic and uncompetitively slow
>especially at fast speeds, cars produce large amounts of noise pollution
>severely limits the mobility and independence of anyone who either can't (children, elderly, disabled, poor) or doesn't want to drive
>this in turn forces parents and relatives to constantly act as chauffeurs for them
>alternatively forces people to rely on expensive taxi or similar services
>forces people to continue driving regardless of their ability to do so (for example elderly who are increasingly unfit to drive and would like to give up their license, but can't because it would massively impair their basic mobility and independence)
>makes the financial ability to own and operating a car necessity for basic participation in society
>worsens health by eliminating even the smallest bit of walking or other physical activity while traveling outside the immediate vicinity of one's destination (and occasionally even that when you pick up your food from the drive through and eat in the parking lot)
What problems am I still missing on this list?
![635908755343402751-lee-road-roundabouts[1]](https://i.4cdn.org/n/1668087712968794s.jpg)
I like 'em
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/
https://voltride.com/
All it does is bleed money, surely with such low ridership compared to airlines it can't be stimulating enough economic activity to make up for it.
Doesn't even offer viable competition to airlines, rail tickets are generally just as if not more expensive than flying.
>The value of your locks
>The type of locks you use
>How many times your bike's been stolen
Go.
>see a doctor
I will try, it's just hard this time of year. Thought there might be some simple exercises I could do.
Furthermore, this kind of apparel only exists to pander to normie NPCs who think bicycles should have stupid little 25 cent reflectors in the spokes and cute widdle safety bells preferably made of kawaii Japanese bronze, instead of proper life and death road safety equipment. You are basically doing the jersey version of wearing a foam safety hat (also does nothing, exists because of respectability politics, and broadcasts that you aren't fit to ride except on those early summer chaperoned community rides where the oinky piggy oinkers shut down the streets and put up little boo-boo stands with band aids and neosporin and go "seee? we care about your safety soooooo much!")
Quick test: if you can wear a ninja suit treated with vantablack and still be safe, you're dong it right. Stop enabling trojan horse mind virus "safety" (sic) ideology, use your lights and never ever buy a hi-viz safety shirt again, if not for your own dignity then at least for the safety of others, thanks.
planned on it recently and i might have the funds to go through with learning to drive and etc but i found out that i also need to get another document specific to cab drivers only, and it specifies that i need 3 years of experience.
as someone that has no experience at all and wants to start...is it possible or will they decline you?
is my cab driver goal ded just because i have to wait 3 years?
it's another one of those "you need experience but you won't get experience anywhere because you need experience" kind of situation which is dumb as f*ck
any advice?
posted in this board because it's related to cars
Later losers!
POST JUMBOS
Starting with a pic the neat Tatra KT4DCs of Potsdam.
B-17 got kamikaze'd by a P-63.
https://youtu.be/rfWd3yzd4vs
https://youtu.be/RLZyYjkn-6g
https://youtu.be/DctMfHEcWAo
Do you have a geared road bike as well? I don't like them, at least not modern ones.
Went for a nice ride today, mainly on gravel paths along a river, only about 20 miles but I was riding hard and I'm pretty pooped, too tired to take a more inspiring picture.
I just put the DIY bullhorns on it yesterday, they're pretty cool but they seem to combine the bad control of drop bars and the bad aero of flat bars.
vs.
>slowly wearing your rim down until your wheel collapses beneath you
which is better?
Same with just commuting and riding around the town, you don't need a helmet.
If you ride around in fast traffic with cars, then you're retarded, a shitty styrofoam and milk jug helmet will not save you.
Bicycle helmet should be earned by participating in bicycle sports, not worn by every idiot pedaling at 3mph around a storm water pond.
I just wish I had friends now. Ti ride centuries with them.
I'm pretty new and don't know how to correct it if I roll to the side during a jump. So far all I manage is a quick prayer and that usually works out. But I'd like to correct it for real.
Gotta joomp!
Here's hoping we get it back again soon, before we starve/freeze/get arrested for having the incorrect opinion/car type
>entire rail network coordinated at nodal points (ie main stations)
>entire rail network electrified
>most interurban buses run hourly, the rest with few exceptions every two hours
>bus lines and secondary train lines coordinated for convenient transfer with main lines at the station where they meet
>nationwide integrated schedule and compatible fare system, even within urban areas
>can look up any timetable and buy a ticket on one app, or buy a ticket for any place in the country at any ticket machine, even those for urban transit
>some places can only be reached by public transport and not by car
Seriously: are other countries even trying??
https://youtu.be/sCSkNiyYv8g
https://www.cnbcafrica.com/2022/why-cities-are-banning-cars-around-the-world/amp/
I am not shitting on other hobbies but take cars for example. The community is one of the most disrespectful and condescending group of individuals that shit on you if you have a basic commuter car.
Guns you’re a poorfag if you own a cheap gun or a wannabe LARPer if you have an expensive one.
In aviation is like… do you have a 1959 Piper? Amazing bro let me help you work on it. Own a Cirrus? Damn that’s cool.
What makes Aviation such an enjoyable hobby and one less toxic than the other two examples.
What do you ride?
How much do you make every day?
https://twitter.com/WPLGLocal10/status/1560383313273131008
https://youtu.be/yLmNXrqDAho
Yeah!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwWCOoREFJw
If this is correct how do they work?
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.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zvq9pybXg-4
https://youtu.be/VpavEMVQpW8
When will this myth die?
I mean you can argue whether blocking traffic is a viable form of raising awareness for climate change or whether it hurts the movement more than it helps.
But the fact remains boomers are absolutely foaming from their mouths over this. It's friggin hilarious. They literally feel their entire worldview and way of life being threatened by a bunch of zoomers causing a minor traffic inconvenience. People are already calling them terrorists in my country and demand years-long prison sentences, it's unreal.
Never again let a boomer tell you how you kids are so fragile and sensitive and shit. Just show them pic related and watch them sperg out like crazy. Like, how can you flip your shit so hard over such a non-issue? Literal "stare rape" levels of fragility. >nnnoooo I'll be late for work this is literal terrorism I'm so sorry Mr Shekelstein
Great fun.
>But I've had the stick back the whole time!
ITS GETTING COLD, KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS???
CHEAPER BICYCLES!
Post here for recommendations on a bicycle purchase. Useful tips: include your height, weight, intended riding and budget. And a picture is always best.
Calling people fat will be met with a shake of the head and a slight frown.
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>they don't care about environment
>they don't care about congestion
>they don't care about your health
>they don't care about your happiness
Do not fall for the meme.
Do exact opposite.
Move out to the country and buy the biggest trugg you can afford.
this is what they took from us
mostly for MTB but for some city riding too
some stuff I've looked at:
O'Neal Pinned Pro Flat (bonus ankle protector, about 62€)
Five Ten Sleuth MTB Shoes (bout 60€)
Leatt 1.0/2.0/3.0(picerl) Flatpedal Shoe (60-100€)
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.
As long as people think cycling is a pointless hobby we'll never get good infrastructure.
Should we come up with a new word for the lycra fetishists like the dutch do?
Now I know what you're thinking, but we need something a little more pc than "faggots".
I really enjoy Disaster Breakdown, Plainly Difficult, USCSB, Mentour Pilot, etc
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Can't have /n/ without a proper touring thread.
Now that summer is almost over, is anyone planing on doing tours in autumn?
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Also discuss bike touring, post your bikes, and ask your questions. I have a lot of questions too.
The much more important question is if this warrants a high speed rail line connection between Jersey, NYC and DC. Realistically all that volume of vehicles would have to be replaced with something.
Are we watching the birth of the first high speed rail line in America? That is, unless idiots fuck it up.
Have you ever ridden one?
Gimmicky bullshit or revolution?
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So I've learned another reason why they're not popular: they really, really do not tolerate crosschaining. Like half my cassette is unbearable to ride in when I'm in the small ring. The mechanic at my LBS said it's a combination of the chainring being slightly thicker than the Shimano brand chainring, and the fact that the tallest part of the oval extends further into the chainline (which I imagine would be like if I got a 52t chainring, but I've never had anything higher than a 50).
They do make it a lot easier to stay in the big ring while climbing, so that somewhat makes up for the annoyance, but round chainrings are definitely not a conspiracy to make you slow.
There are countless companies working on this Shit, but when will I be able to book a flight from Manhattan to Greenwich or wherever.
Traffic would never be an issue because adding more lanes is as simple as "stacking" them in empty airspace, you could have 30 lanes of traffic all within the width of one. With functionally infinite lanes, the "induced demand" problem disappears.
Parking would be solved too, no more sprawling lots because parking garages could be built as tall as skyscrapers, with cars flying in at whatever level they please. No worrying about driving up 30 floors of ramps.
Like literally, what the fuck do they do during the 10 hours that they're flying?
Can anyone make sense of this?
In most places it's completely legal and socially accepted to have no license, no registration, no helmet, and no armor.
>All the things that made motorcycles great in early part of 20th century are now here in e-bike form.
Just an affordable, liberating, fun and casual way to get around.
>Have you taken the e-bike pill anons?
It's only a mater of time Karens and nannies bring the hammer down, enjoy it now!
I wanted to fly this thing but I hear that the job is a terrible piloting job. Anyone know anyone that was a blimp pilot?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rbj5N5VRdbs
>'nothing personal kid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pxha9T-eScc
>go out riding in lycra as usual
>accidentally think of something sexy mid ride
>pop a raging boner uh oh, try to think of something unsexy
>it's not working oh god I'm going to be on youtube
>think of something else unsexy like how much carbs I should be ingesting or the smell of vagina
>still not working, how the fuck am I going to get through the month?
>do the full ero tuck even though I'm not going that fast
>now they just think I'm a regular faggot
Next time you see someone in an aero tuck not going plaid, try not to judge. They probably are just hiding their boner
They maybe faste and better when climbing, but goddamn they're a nuisance on anything other than pedaling. If I switch from those, I'm definitely not interested in MTB pedals, I'll just ride like a normal guy again.
we know they work why dont we use them?
maybe on a normal bike itd be clunky but i could definetly see a recumbent trike with a flywheel, its basically free energy especially if you live in a very hilly place or have to do alot of stopping and starting like in an urban environment
i did some experimenting in beamng with a flywheel powered vehicle and found it to be very effective even offroad
if we can just figure out how to make a good cvt or just use a regular gearbox and clutch i dont see why a flywheel kers system couldnt allow a medeocre cyclist to set world records in certain scenarios
whats the catch?
and what other future technoligies could change cycling?
Italy Campagnolo
USA SRAM
WE are cycling nations, YOU are just clients.
It ensured that the average "car enthusiast" is a commoner who doesn't actually know much about cars, unlike most other vehicular hobbies that know everything by the book.
This also explains why the car hobbyist seen is actually better in countries that are less car-dependent, I mean the dominant form of auto racing in America is just driving in a circle in a highly modified sedan. Meanwhile places like Europe and Asia have advanced rallying and F1 scenes.
Would you agree with this sentiment? Pic kinda unrelated it's of a train I chased a few weeks ago.
This story is crazy
https://www.taosnews.com/news/crime/bike-frame-maker-who-lost-foot-may-face-fraud-charges/article_32387a43-f391-51ac-af9a-6f7f1982effb.html
Was watching
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OxM46oO1x8?t=1131
this comes up, like.. what is it? some kind of challenge response shit?
>downtown
>the airport
>one major non-downtown trip generator
And it should be mandatory and easy to use.
I can't think of a single city where that would be a detriment.
