When I first saw them I was convinced that they are the future and by 2020 most bikes will have belt drives and internal gearing. At least single speeds for sure. What happened?
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When I first saw them I was convinced that they are the future and by 2020 most bikes will have belt drives and internal gearing. At least single speeds for sure. What happened?
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>250W is the maximum allowed in Germany
What am I in for?
Should I buy a shifting sensor as well or is that a meme?
Anything else I should be aware of that could go wrong?
Video of SpaceX's goal of making life multiplanetary
>https://youtu.be/tdUX3ypDVwI
First hop of their full flow methane "Raptor" engine on "Starhopper"
>https://youtu.be/bYb3bfA6_sQ
Hop of SN5 their tank design
>https://youtu.be/s1HA9LlFNM0
Hop of SN6 (tank like SN5 but improved)
>https://youtu.be/MdAKrzOLQTg
SN8 flip manuver test
>https://youtu.be/_qwLHlVjRyw
SN9 flip manuver test
>https://youtu.be/_zZ7fIkpBgs
SN10 first successful landing with explosion at end
>https://youtu.be/gA6ppby3JC8
SN11 test
>https://youtu.be/gjCSJIAKEPM
Post pics from your rides friends
Last one >>>1671029
We built everything around the car, then if there's a shortage of even one part for the cars, everyone's cost of transportation goes up. That's what happens when you build all your transportation infrastructure for just one mode of transport.
Dealers literally can't get more than 10 cars a month.
Meanwhile production lines are shutting down entirely, and Detroit workers are losing work.
Plus we could be using these semiconductors for something more important than cars anyway.
if each of these lines had high speed rail, they could compete with the airplane any time of the day between the two next major cities in the midwest, and probably actually make money instead of having to get bailed out by the government with enormous subsidies
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General Aviation (GA) refers to all non-military or Part 121 flying. GA flying includes gliders, single engine trainers, expensive twin training, Part 135 prop or jet, corporate, fire fighting, personal ownership, fractional ownership, etc. Regional peasants pls get bullied.
buses can go anywhere, trams are trapped on a track and use up space on the road same as buses.
>can be bought for ~£200
>faster on the road than a £10k mountain bike
>smoother on the road than a £10k road bike
>comfortable, upright position
>made of real steel
>bike thieves won't even look twice at it
>if they do, it's so cheap you can just buy another one, or 25 lmao
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Sticky:
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Also
>Battersea Power Station Station
Also, wrapping pallets in general is dumb.
Why wrapping a pallet, only to it be cut open in the inspection check, and wrapped YET AGAIN? Stretch is not inexpensive, it is actually one of the most costly materials in a warehouse operation, but I can't see a better option.
Enlight me, /n/.
LHT (non disc)
ECR
Pugsley
and Troll
what the fuck, lht i get but the others were literally the only interesting bikes they really sold. Why is the bike industry so fucking gay its so hard to find a non suspension corrected mtb or a more touring style plus/fat bike. I feel like people haven't even tried anything but disc brakes and just automatically have a panic attack at the sight of a rim brake. I really wanted to get a pugsley or an ecr but now both those options are gone, I really didn't want to have to drop 3 grand on a fucking jones bike but looks like the only option left. >650b fat bikes are a meme, all of salsa's shit so fucking ugly and has retarded geometry, everything else is so expensive it's not even worth considering.
I thought surly was supposted to be the punk rock frame makers, theyre doing this by making all these standardized bikes that are all morphing into the same thing then? Is there any other steel bike manufacturers like that or am I just looking into custom at that point.
> Newsom earlier this year requested $4.2 billion to keep work moving in the San Joaquin Valley. He hit a wall in the Legislature, where Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon and other Democrats have argued for directing the money to other urban transportation projects.
Seems reasonable to me desu.
I learn English now so,I want to improve English skill.
Big F
Why do people actually waste their time replying to these sort of posts? Stop fucking taking the bait you idiots. They don't actually care, I've seen one troll argue with himself until a merry band of retards stepped in and started doing it for him. Aren't you tired on not being able to have ANY discussion on here?
![1920px-Detroit_July_2018_(QLine)[1]](https://i.4cdn.org/n/1630955302622s.jpg)
Post your story about a bike you got, that either was a meme or turned out to be one. Poor excuses welcome!
>be poorfag all my life
>sell my crap 90's mtb years ago to get a modern crap mtb
>hate it, still ride it, have to fix it every 4 months or so
>finally make it at work
>big money, put most in savings, still plenty left
>let's party!
>get a grabel bike, cause it's two things I love from my childhood riding - dropbars and a rigid fork while still on fat tires
>spend a lot, but first two weeks say it's worth it
>steel frame, comfy, fast, glides over rough stuff, rides great, couldn't be happier
>catch first flat, tyres are almost impossible to remove
>spend days trying to figure out ways to switch tubes on ride
>go tubeless, 90% of online advice is lies (fuck gorrilla tape, fuck cafelatex, fuck duct tape
>brakes get glassed every second ride, switch to no-name pads
>wheels are asymmetrical and shit for taping and putting tires on, get out of whack real easy
>fork is garbon, impossible to find a steel replacement that would fit in case it brakes
>love riding it, but required maintenance is insane
>at least the drive and BB works perfectly
>riding it feels great, when it works
Who else made stupid choices like this?
Whenever I visit my hometown I see a bunch of new apartment buildings downtown and a few new bike lanes every time. It’s pretty impressive considering how shitty my city was growing up.
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no submarine designs allowed
Is he right?
Discuss and share your bicycle touring wisdom. Ask questions if you need too.
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I can get it with racing bikes actually used for racing by pro-racers, dedicated team of mechanics etc, but why the fuck every not-bottom-tier bike with a rigid fork, has to have that fork made out of carbon? Any damage to that that shit or too-much / too-little torque and you're fucked according to the interwebs. Steel is durable and flexible and aluminum is durable and light. Both are cheaper, why bother with carbon in consumer bikes? Also, the stiffness and bump absortion is bullshit, you get better results with lower tire pressure and tubeless really pays off and can be done for cheap.
So far this is what my tiny brain deduced. So either it's a shill's world and bike manufacturers fuck the customers selling shit that will not last and can be a potential hazard, or there is something I don't get and carbon is actually magic and all the internet "better not ride it cause a dentist cost more" are the actual shill trying to convince you to buy a new part.
Also carbon parts thread, I think.
Here's a quick video explaining why: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORzNZUeUHAM [Embed]
Tell me what you think is the best way to eliminate these cumbersome, unseemly, and dangerous stroads from the streets of north america.
I know my way around mechanics but almost nothing about bikes
Weekends in roadie land: all the slowpokes are out on their basic bitch TREK SPECIALIZED TREK SPECIALIZED bikes and RAPHA RAPHA RAPHA, I blow past 99% of them like they're standing still
What do I have to do to become to the weekday roadies the way I seem to the weekend casuals? Surely riding more isn't it, I ride a lot.
Should I get into recreational flying?
https://youtu.be/3-_r1Gh5JrI?t=5
>*straps a $1000 phone to the bike, rapes the non-removable battery in 2 weeks of riding*
>crashes, destroys the phone
Why do people do this?
First, let's consider the advantages of equipping your bike with these
>Achieve the exact same pedalling efficiency as flat pedals (proven by countless studies)
>The pros use them... because... uh.. all the other pros are using them
Ok wow very convincing, now let's consider the minor downsides:
>have to buy expensive pedals
>have to buy expensive special shoes you can't use for anything else
>you can't even walk properly in the shoes
>takes longer to start from a stop
>takes longer to get off the bike
>can't adjust foot position while riding
>can't bail off the bike
>you stay attached to the bike in a crash
https://www.shopbmwusa.com/product/11239/3T-FOR-BMW-GRAVEL-BIKE
>I bought a Chevy gravel bike with full Ultegra and Goodrich tires. The dealer even threw in free cup holders!
OH NONONONO BIKEBROS, THE CAGERS ARE TRYING TO BUY OUT THE MARKET
Some say it's because long cage derailleurs don't have the leverage to maintain chain tension. Some say the inertia of the larger sprockets can't stop rotating when the pedals stop turning. Some even blame the user, saying you should never stop pedaling, or that pedaling backwards a quarter turn while freewheeling is not something that "the pros" do.
Regardless, what everyone can agree on is that when cassettes went beyond 11-28, that is when the problems began.
What can we do to educate consumers against the 11-32/11-34 menace? Screenshot this post while you still can, because THEY don't want you to talk about this. Just don't save it to iCloud, I don't think I need to explain why...
From the looks of it, it seems awful but they claim this is good bike infrastructure. Has any country built roundabouts like this?
The thing is that the cyclists have to yield to all cars. When they enter, they have to yield to cars exiting the circulation area, from the left, and then they have to yield to cars coming from the right to enter the roundabout.
Jus seems really bad, and makes it impossible to cross if there's heavy traffic. Could as well just remove the bike lines in the roundabouts and tell the cyclists to push their bikes on the sidewalks.
But maybe one of the bike friendly countries have actually tested this and it turned out to work better than expected?
Where on earth would you leave it while you're inside the store without having someone steal it?
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I dunno if this is more suited here or /diy/
I've been go at it for weeks, go down a shallow hill to learn how to balance but I still can't get it.
My balls ache, my abs are sore.
I feel like burning the bike itself and be done with it.
I was thinkinh of doing it, does it look as good and bright as picrel?
Why is this discrimination allowed?
>construction contract already signed for $16 billion
>100% private, not going for state or government gibs
>land completely bought, just waiting on permits from the federal government trying to cuck it at every step
>physical groundbreaking beginning this year, will be completed in 2023/24
If anything, comparing Texas Central Railway to California's fully government-run high speed rail project that still doesn't own all the land along its proposed route and has been in construction hell for 2 decades shows that private infrastructure is the only way America can build high speed rail.
There's gonna be 3 stations - in Dallas, Houston, and a central one near College Station that's probably gonna allow a new line later into Austin and San Antonio. This is just the start, once this route proves its profitability (which it obviously will on one of the shittiest highway commutes in the country) you'll see private HSR zooming ahead leaving Commiefornia in the dust.
https://youtu.be/gVASwXudabw
/n/'s thoughts?
The only sane solution is to extend commuter rail service via the same route and upgrade commuter rail to Tokyo/Keihanshin standard.
I'll begin with Houston, Texas. Pop. ~7 million (fourth largest city in the USA)
Houston sees six trains per week. Eastbound departures scheduled for 12:10pm; westbound departures scheduled for 6:55pm.
I keep a bike at my parents' house and ride around the burbs when I'm visiting them. You can't actually go to any destination but it's a nice ride. Almost no traffic and some moderate incline hills.
The only problem is some people look at you like you're crazy for riding a bike.
All of this is extremely inefficient in my book. All of these people could fit into one block in a mid-rise, mixed use area with small businesses on the ground floor where you can socialize and buy food etc. The kids could walk to school. Your commute could be 200 meters.
Just think about how good things could be - europe can do it right, why not america?
Great for your health, great for building resilience and courage, at it's best it's beyond fucking art. It's great for the environment, it's cool as fuck and it's cheap as chips.
Name a more based mod eof personal transportation, I dare you!
I’m gonna assemble them in a blog.
>walk into LBS, tell them I'm hear to buy their finest, medium level carbon bike
>"ok sure. how tall are you?"
>around 5'11
>"okay we have a 56 emonda right here"
>I'd like to size down to a 54; I ride a 56 now nad it's too big. I want to be more aero
>"No, I really think you should try the 56, I'm shorter than you and I ride a 56"
??? /b/itch
>after a verbal onslaught, finally convince the guy to let me test ride a 54
>fits like heaven
>new jersey day
>walk into LBS
>I'm a medium in DHB so I try a medium at shop
>skin tight, can't breathe in this gimp suit
>try XL
>still too small
How is your LBS anon?
>test ride bike
>fart on the seat a couple times
>don't buy it
For me, it's basically PEDs
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WebM related I guess.
HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO GO TO WORK NOW REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Behold
The main (and only) train station of Australia's capital city
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ddrOt6-L1Y
> https://www.inquirer.com/transportation/septa-signs-directions-rail-transit-el-metro-20210907.html
>Learn how to maintain
>Can go anywhere
>Loling at floodfags
>Cheap docking
>Fishing
>Grilling
>str8 chilling
>Can shitpost globally
Why isn't this taken more seriously?
I wish to return to boat. Captain of seas.
- buy a good bike, yes they pay over the odds, vs the components, but it is good
- if Shimano, is at the very least XT / Ultegra
- any slight problem, take it to the bike shop
- sticks to regular maintenance schedule, doesn't care if bike shop rips them off because they can afford it
- at most they oil the chain and change a punctured tire
I don't envy these people, they're constantly taking the easy option.
Also, regional airliner thread. Post short hoppers.
>SR-71 is cheating
Like there is no separation between you and the bike
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Essentially, only having to pay for recharging the battery.
Freedom is slavery
Ignorance is strength
Less gears are more
>Riding feet away from cars going 45-60mph with drivers scrolling instagram
>Breathing in all their exhaust fumes and hearing the constant drone of their road noise
>Hot as balls from all the heat being reflected off the concrete/blacktop
The only real solution is dedicated roads for bikes to connect major parts of the cities and bike lanes being something you only use to go from the hubs to your destination.
Pic unrelated
>mid climb through upper sectors
>requests FL370 out of nowhere
Why do these faggots gain from this ? Why don't you just file the actual level you want?