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>What do you carry
>Why are all saddle bags shit
The recall affects about 500,000 units sold in the U.S., and about 8,510 sold in Canada. The affected Delta Cycle stem raisers are model numbers TD3318B, TD3318S, TD3418B, and TD3418S. The Dimension model numbers are SM1977 and SM1979. All of the models were sold in black and silver and measure between 5 and 7 inches high.
Consumers should stop using the recalled models and contact Delta Cycle to schedule a free repair at an independent bike dealer. Delta Cycle can be reached at 800-474-6615 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday; by email or online.
No injuries have been reported, but there has been one report of a stem riser shifting during use. The stem risers were sold at REI and local bicycle stores nationwide and online at designbydelta.com and Amazon.com from January 1998 through January 2024 for about $46
Old >>1972124
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.
why don't they just ignore the people flying by them at 40mph having a ton of fun being super fit and not fat and angry like themselves?
Why they such haters?
Read this:
https://www.sheldonbrown.com/
https://www.parktool.com/en-us/blog/repair-help
Old >>1991219
Strange ship. Seems like it’s a few decades out of place given how small it is and how old it looks. Like the kind you would’ve seen in the 70s.
we used to be a real country
previous: >>1972682
I'll start with "But but but, AMERICA'S TOO BIG"
>do nothing
>stay winning because your only competitor can't build anything except a rehash of a 60 year old design that keeps nosediving
Discuss transportation, zoning and walkability improvements in your city or nationwide.
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!!
Old Thread: >>1938049
Slow Roll Spring Edition
Previous Edition
>>1977471
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/
Previous: >>1962890
US Mariners: https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1lxDKFTLO4x771l06T9y331XYhlc6TqYj-hfhl91iXXU/edit?pli=1
UK Mariners: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yjRTjwJRkW_wYqis7E-c9U0xTQZWLXbsP--2qgYKUdM/edit
All you need
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
All you have to do to solve this is rotate the grid 45 degrees. Now the sun is never directly in front of you. When it's low in the horizon it will dip behind trees and buildings on the side of the roads. Buildings following the street grid won't get no direct sunlight on the North and South facing windows and blasted on the East and West facing windows.
Why did nobody think of this when cities were being planned?
https://vxtwitter.com/NatMakesMaps/status/1776259750310912335
It's an interactive map to show the best places for transportation and walkability.
The default is Grocery + Library which makes the map really really narrowly defined and there's no real way to weight the options, so I recommend disabling Library and/or using just one at a time. But it does an incredible job of highlighting walkability and would make a great tool for deciding where to develop or move
this doesnt seem sustainable in the long term
>whatever it's cold soon anyway
>also bought a car in december
>missing outside activity other than running, really miss going on trails etc.
>considered buying another bike but also like the idea of skating because I enjoy ice skating and am pretty good at it
>also would fit in car easier than a bike
What are some good beginner cheapish skates for a big guy with wide feet?
What do you think?
"I'm not paying Park for a fucking bike stand, or cleaning my shed" Edition.
A place to ask questions, and to share tips & resources. Post your projects, your finished & in-process builds, restorations, etc.
Resources:
Barnett's Bicycle Repair Manual - https://www.flwlib.org/DocumentCenter/View/2461/Bike-Repair
UCSB Associated Students Bike Shop Manual (2022) - https://bikeshop.as.ucsb.edu/files/2021/08/AS-BIKE-SHOP-WEB-MANUAL.pdf
Sheldon Brown's Bicycle Technical Info - https://www.sheldonbrown.com/
Bike parts, tools, etc. - https://www.universalcycles.com/
Chinkshit:
https://www.aliexpress.com/category/200010436/bicycle-repair-tools.html
https://www.aliexpress.com/category/1222/bicycle-parts.html
>Bike Questions General >>>/n/bqg
>Wheels General >>>/n/wg
>Bike Apparel General >>>/n/bag
>Post Your Bike Thread>>>/n/pybt
The ONLY exception, and there are caveats even to that, is on carbon rims, which are gay.
Watch the first part to see the sciencey bit about how the industry lied about disks to force consoomers into buying cheaper to manufacture disk brakes for more money
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3P4IIWsaS5I
tfw when they pushed disk brakes in order to usher in a world where everyone would be proud to pay over the odds to ride bikes made of chinese plastic, including fragile plastic rims that cannot withstand the forces of rim braking without exploding in a catastrophic fashion.
I know passenger trains in Europe tend to be MU but freight is always locomotive hauled.
>The Line - part of the country's audacious and futuristic NEOM project - was meant to be home to around 1.5 million residents by the end of the decade, with plans to ultimately increase its full capacity to nine million people.
>Now, according to people familiar with the project, the development will only stretch 1.5 miles and house fewer than 300,000 residents by 2030, according to a new report from Bloomberg citing sources close to the project and documents.
Lol it didn't take long to happen exactly what /n/ said would happen.
>picrel OpenTTD, the best transportation game
If not a game, what software would you use to make model junctions and rail systems? /diy/ has solidworks, autocad, etc. Unironically a dumb game like OpenTTD seems to be the best option for exercising what you learn in your hobby, at least for free (so, not including real model railways.) It's also just fun as fuck.
rofl even
The /n/igger fears this
Article:
https://www.businessinsider.com/francis-scott-key-bridge-baltimore-collapses-after-struck-large-boat-2024-3
Port camera livestream:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83a7h3kkgPg
For me its Kontroll, the hungarian masterpiece
>Opens with a budapest transit official say they were happy to help make this film, but please don't think it reflects on our actual service
>Entirely set in the subway
>Excellent soundtrack
I don’t think people realize how bad it is. No public transit, no taxis, no bike lanes america is HELL. things like this are necessary. Everything is miles away and there’s not one bit of transportation.
For many it’s the only way out of the house at all.
Sarah Rodo, from Dortmund, Germany, found love on her first flight with a Boeing 737 - after an unfulfilling attempt to date humans.
Since then, the 23-year-old has also 'met' 60 figurines and three larger models who she considers part of a 'collective being' that she is dating, and so she often refers to her lovers as one.
Keeping up a relationship with an object requires real commitment.
The avid jet-setter is so loved up that she has booked 30 mini-breaks in the last 12 months just to be close to her original beau, the Boeing 737.
Despite their many trips together, Sarah, who identifies as objectum sexual [having a sexual or romantic attraction to an inanimate object], is heartbroken that she's never been fully alone with her partner.
Sarah said: 'I'm proud to be objectum sexual – it's a wonderful sexuality, the only sad thing is that I can't be alone with a real plane.
'I flew a lot in the last year to be with the Boeing as often as I possibly could, I took about 30 flights and always combined it with a city trip or vacation.
'I also love to travel and discover new things [in the cities].
'With my love, I've travelled to Stockholm, Malmo, Copenhagen, Budapest, Vienna, and Paris.
'I also often visited Katowice in Poland as a day tour.'
Although Sarah struggles to have alone time with her beloved aircraft, she has an impressive collection of models that she also shares a bed with.
She is so devoted to her planes that she's forked out over £3,550 on 60 figurines and three large models of her significant other.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-11825563/Im-sexual-relationship-PLANE.html
All posters with pedal less monstrosities like Sur Ron's will be summarily executed.
it can be a moped or something else
If you feel like travelling, head over to National Rail Enquiries (nationalrail.co.uk/); tell it where you're leaving from and where you're going to, and it'll tell you how you're going to get there; then it'll hand you over to a train operator to buy a ticket. The golden rule is that it doesn't matter which train operator you buy a ticket from, as they'll all sell you a ticket from anywhere to anywhere, for the same price. If you're a visitor from overseas, your best option is probably Trainline (thetrainline.com/) - they charge a booking fee on top of the ticket price, but they'll accept just about any payment card. There's also trip.com/, who are apparently a 'thing' with overseas students: I've not used these myself, so please speak up with any thoughts.
Here's a few links:
~The Man in Seat 61 (seat61.com/) - easily the best rail travel resource out there.
~Geoff Marshall (youtube.com/@geofftech2) - Likes trains. Mostly harmless.
~A Visual History of Railway Rolling Stock in Great Britain (gaelan.me/br-stock/)
~Realtimetrains (realtimetrains.co.uk/) - live train timetables: ideal for keeping on top of ETAs and platforms.
~TIGER (tiger.worldline.global/home/) - live station departure boards.
~Traksy (traksy.uk/live/) - live signalling information.
~Openrailwaymap (openrailwaymap.org/) - railway infrastructure, mapped.
What's happening?
~Phase One of High Speed 2 (Birmingham-London): hs2.org.uk/
~Belfast Grand Central: weaverscross.co.uk/belfast-transport-hub/
~The Transpennine Route Upgrade (electrifying the Liverpool-York mainline): thetrupgrade.co.uk/
~The Midland Main Line electrification (still no website!)
~The East Coast Digital Programme: nextgenerationrailway.co.uk/
super heavy lift launch vehicle.
Upcoming launches:
>https://www.spacelaunchschedule.com/2023-launch-schedule/
SpaceX livestreams on Twitter/X:
>https://x.com/SpaceX
Upcoming NASA operations:
>https://www.nasa.gov/launchschedule/
SpaceX Mars goal
>https://youtu.be/921VbEMAwwY
>https://www.spacex.com/human-spaceflight/mars/
Starbase 24/7 streams
>https://www.youtube.com/live/mhJRzQsLZGg?feature=share
>https://www.youtube.com/live/60YnbafD6vY?feature=share
Starbase tour from last summer
>https://youtu.be/t705r8ICkRw
>https://youtu.be/SA8ZBJWo73E
>https://youtu.be/9Zlnbs-NBUI
>https://youtu.be/3Ux6B3bvO0w
What now?
>fix the flat on my old shitty bicycle to get some exercise on a nice day
>trail angle super aggressive and unstable
>center of gravity stupid high
>leaned all the way the fuck over, can't see shit
>wheels feel comically oversized, steers like shit
Now I am a fatass that knows nothing, can someone explain why I would need the stupid geometry outside of racing, which I will never do? Explain to me how pic rel wouldnt be better than a normal bicycle if you just want to have a fun experience riding
![title_world_us_washdc_red[1]](https://i.4cdn.org/n/1713504940260769s.jpg)
>Red Line train to
>Shady Grove
Resources:
https://www.sheldonbrown.com/
https://www.parktool.com/en-us/blog/repair-help
Old thread
>>1988691
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjKHh5To_4E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByB1RgqPXts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FbWLTegeJs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVOb8-cEWnI
>A Southwest Airlines flight bound for Houston immediately returned to Denver Sunday morning after a removable sheet of metal covering one of the Boeing 737-800’s engines sheared off during takeoff.
>but muh cost of deliveries
Muh cost of rebuilding the entire block after it was leveled and rebuilding the lives destroyed, cash me outside howbou dah?
The only problem is it's made in Utah which is full of crazy people, which kinda negates the moral superiority, I'd almost rather send money directly to the CCP at that point
Also discuss wheels and stuff
>>1912751
Spring is coming, get the winter stuff when it's on sale. Except people from Argentina, for you, get the summer stuff when it's on sale
Anyone use winter-specific road or MTB shoes? I've been depending on overshoes for too long
Discuss bike apparel. Engage in catty tribalism between "lycra lout aero fred" and "practical normal not-a-cyclist' (actually still marketed to cyclists but with reverse psychology) apparel. Boast of your metric century (not a real century) wearing just jeans and a t-shirt. Conveniently, there is no strava of it but it totally happened I swear!
>>1912751
>fucking
>screw
Eurosistas, they'll make fun of us...
No tags or documentation in the crate they came in to let me contact the shipper or company they came from.
Pic unrelated.
The thing that keeps me orbiting towards a Brompton instead of the countless chinkshit knockoffs is the reputation. It seems everyone has mods, solutions, know-how to how to get the best out of the Brompton.
So what's your take /n/?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2lT4oE4DxE
Just do it:
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=cW8VLC9nnTo
Previous: >>1781074
5gal bucket panniers, homemade bags, diy anti-theft solutions, etc.
p.s., picrel was absolute useless 3d printing and raspberry pi bullshit
Everyone knows that Staten Island is the bumhole of NYC transit, having one heavy rail line that runs worse headways during off-peak than any 24h Subway line during the night. That even includes the Rockaway Park shuttle whose five stops are among the nine least used on the entire network according to 2014-2019 figures.
Now every half assed transit enthusiast knows that Staten Island once had a line going from St. George along the north coast of the borough. The continuation of that line is now a cargo rail line into New Jersey. This provides two opportunities
>A rail line along the existing right of way to Elizabeth and Newark, providing direct rail service to Newark Airport and potentially midtown Manhattan
>A subway (PATH) or light rail (in collaboration with NJ Transit) line that crosses the state border over the Kill van Kull and then uses the existing right of way at Port Richmond
All three options will need at least a 3 mile long tunnel to reconnect St. George with the elevated section at Port Richmond. The rail line option would need a connector to the Northeast Corridor line at Elizabeth Port, while both the subway and light rail options would need a bridge or tunnel to cross the river. And of course the Subway would need a major extension project across Hudson County.
How realistic would such a project be, and do you think it would be reasonable or maybe even needed? Also I am not an American so I don't have expert knowledge on all the different parties required to make such a project happen so feedback would be welcome in that regard.
So let's post our walkscores and let's see how bad things really are. If any of the there numbers are under 90 you don't belong here.
How are your trips anon?
Why is it only used for bulk cargo at the moment?
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?
Will dump my album and go over some history of the railroad and its equipment below.
P.S: I know it is a death trap, but it is better than a Helicycle, plus the Mosquito Factory is close to home.
>you should drive on the streets with a speed limit under 50 km/h
name a more braindead law than this, jesus fucking christ
99% of people riding bicycles do it all their life
I am convinced the only reason this law exists is so that the ONE time some cop(s) with nothing better to do blocks your path, they can milk you for fines and report all your personal info to the big brother system
the whole fucking point of a bicycle is that you are not a car and that you can go places cars cannot, but carbrained lawyers the want to regulate the shit out of it for some reason, even in le walkable non-carbrained EU city
fuck I'm so pissed off right now
What do you do, /n/? Oh and she's 163cm and 49kg, all slow twitch.
https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2023/02/can-we-make-bicycles-sustainable-again
We can do it!
I've considered executing U-lock justice a few times and knocking off a mirror or something, but it seems like a good way to go to jail or get killed.
Recommendations? Stories?
I'm a tubby broke neet. I need to save more money and get in shape. I can get somewhere around $7000 for my car, enough to get a really solid bike and have plenty extra. I want to know if anyone has ever done this. I've thought about it for several days, and the ONLY reason I can think against it is "driving is easier". There are bike paths and lanes everywhere in my town. It snows maybe 2-3 weeks a year. Grocery store is a 5 minute bike ride away. Has anyone done this before?
At the current known speed of travel throughout space (maybe not max) but at the speed the JSWT (telescope) reached the L2 zone in space. It would take 7291 generations of astronaut to reach some planet they believe has a civilization on it meaning it would take 324.7 Million Kg's of food for the entire journey assuming only 1 breeding pair or humans at any one time (inbred as fuck)
583333.3 years assuming 80 year lifespan which isn't including the 20 year overlap having 4 people on board whilst children are brought up to speed and left at age 20 by their dying parents. They would they be dead because the amount of inbreeding required at those levels would make them so fucking retarded they would forget how to breathe.
In closing. Close to 700,000 years worth of life, 389.7 Million Kg of food (including the 20 year overlap) is what would be required to make it to that planet
We aren't making it to any other civlized planets before our finite resources are depleted. Humanity is fucked unless we come leaps and bounds in space travel and shielding technology.
>only 5.3 miles in distance
>max depth 80 ft
>average depth 50 ft
>bridge totally feasible
>tunnel totally feasible
>tunnel can be electric train only like the Channel Tunnel if creating an artificial island for mechanical ventilation for car exhaust is a problem
How come there isn't either?
NJ Transit gives you so much more milage and it's literally just across the river.
>23 year old co pilot
What we know:
>the train would run between Los Angeles Union Station and San Francisco's 4th & King Street Caltrain station
>rolling stock will consist of streamliner cars built in the 1940s and 1950s
>actual train consist would be a locomotive, 5-6 sleeper cars, and a lounge car serving drinks and "tavern food" (idk what that would entail)
>the train would run on a ten-and-a-half hour schedule, departing around 10pm and arrive at its final destination at 8:30am
>Tickets will be in the $300-$1000 (the minimum is slightly higher than the current price for a private room on Los Angeles-Oakland on Amtrak's Coast Starlight at $284)
>there will be no coach service, sleeper class only
>the company hopes to begin operations by Summer, 2024
>the project is far enough along that negotiations with Metrolink and Union Pacific for right of way have already started
The most detailed sources I could find
https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/la-sf-night-train-proposal-dreamstar-17891587.php
https://www.railtech.com/infrastructure/2023/04/21/new-rail-operator-dreamstar-lines-to-run-luxury-night-trains-in-california/?gdpr=accept
https://www.railwayage.com/passenger/intercity/dreamstar-lines-back-to-the-future/
The company's website
https://dreamstarlines.com/
What do you /n/iggers think? Is the LARK finally back? Or is this all just a big LARP?
![134239038-two-women-passengers-talking-in-subway-car-on-way-to-work[1]](https://i.4cdn.org/n/1712383937369449s.jpg)
>another week of riding the subway
>another week not talking to anyone, barely making eye contact, just standing facing the door/looking at the floor
>another week seeing the same people at my home station and never talking to them
>another week seeing the same qt girls and never looking at them let alone talking to them, even if a seat opens next to them
I know it isn't common for people to talk a lot on the train nowadays with everyone having headphones on but it still feels horrible
Monkey edition to return soon.
Post your bicycle related questions, whether it's about repairs, fit, buying new bikes, theory, practice, whatever!
Previous thread: >>1986708
what is your experience?
>majestic
>SOVL
>legal, often has right of way over other vehicles
>creates jobs(poop scooper)
>solar powered
>biodegradable
Why are you not taking the horse pill?
CAN'T DECIDE BETWEEN THE GO TRAIN TO NIAGARA, OR THE VIA TRAIN TO KINGSTON!
CHEERS!!!
Pic unrelated.
Old thread: >>1955932
Looks to be a beautiful DAY!!
You have no excusesnow!
