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have you ever hitchhiked?
what is your experience?

Share your ride, ask for advice, shitpost about 'em, so and on and so on.

All posters with pedal less monstrosities like Sur Ron's will be summarily executed.
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>>1984722
Apoo didn't let me take my regular bicycle inside Dunkin and I got so mad about it
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>>1984722
Because the gas pan/oil pan+exhaust made can be considered a huge no no for many places. My apartment has a rule where gas powered devices such as mopeds have to stay outside, great way to be robbed from by anyone with a chain cutter in virtually any US city. Electric bike under X wattage is fine though.

99% sure it has to do with how gas and oil is classified via insurance. Batteries might get the axe at some point depending how fires go.

>>1984619
My e-bike might get up to 30-35 if I have a strong wind to my back in PAS mode, most everyone I know with an e-bike is only looking to go 20ish mph. They are perfect for lots of people who don't need to be in the office 5 days a week and don't live that far. I don't think anyone above the age of 18 thinks it's a motorcycle replacement. It's just a different option
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I have two Jetson bolt pros. How do I mate them with reversibility? Im thinking a little car by a bridging seat. I was gonna do front motor, but there seems to no way to have a single throttle cause of the hall effect switch. Powered training wheels or reverse trike for a full size pedal would be good too.
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bump
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>>1986978
Sage is not a downvote. Begone redditeur

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The biggest problem with rail in America is branding. Literally, who does it appeal to?

There are two demographics American Rail can lean into: comfort people or busy people. personally I love amtrak because there's always a nice area to relax and work. its like having 16 hours to spend in a cafe to chill and focus on my work backlog while I'm traveling and enjoying a nice view. Its a unique pull since many are now working remotely

structure it as a trendy way to travel rather than the way other countries see it as a way to quickly get from A to B. it's the best bet if American rail refuses to update the infrastructure imo. Put whoever was in charge of the McCafe rebrand in charge of rebranding Amtrak and you'll see improvements. Good rail dependence always starts as a luxury service and improves from there as a commuter service

https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/california-high-speed-rail-interior-design/
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>>1985822
>he thinks train discussions consisted of constant "why are the parking minimums preventing hyperloops between chattanooga and memphis" garbage takes before corona
If you weren't here you are not required to comment on this topic and are invited to keep your mouth shut
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>>1985643
>Amtrak at present exists in a different context than what HSR supporters want it to be. It's a luxury you take if time isn't an issue as it exists now, whereas if you're poor or in a hurry, you fly or take a greyhound.
Not entirely. Amtrak in the NEC is what HSR supporters want for intercity in other US regions. Frequent, fast service between nearby major cities and the smaller towns in between. It's a very different service from the long distance sleeper trains, which run at best once a day and are more of a "cruise, but train" style luxury as you described.
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>>1985824
>screaming about parking minimums in a train thread
Meds anon
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>>1985397
>>thinks paris - bourdeaux (>500km) is short distance
$150-200 per 500km per person is expensive af, in a car you can pool cost with other people
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>>1986938
In a car the same trip is going to take 5-6 hours compared to 2.5-3 hours on the train. If you're only carpooling with one other person, using the French government's mileage reimbursement rate for a small car, cost of driving is still about 150 euro each way (584km at .529 euro per km is 308~ euro, split between two people). Just because you don't think about the cost of wear and tear on a personal vehicle doesn't mean the trip is "free" other than gas.

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>used to riding motorcycle and cargo ebike
>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
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>>1986299
Most of the weight of a bike is the rider....
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>>1986434
average cyclists don't go 30mph ever, try 14-17 max, maybe 20 going down here. These folders are for going that speed, if you want to go fast get a proper roadbike.

t lycra sexual who actually can hit 30mph on the flat and knows you won't go that fast without straining
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>>1986966
you probably don't live in an area where people ride bikes. let me guess texas? florida? mississippi?

this is why you have this bizarre idea that you're some kind of undiscovered pro-athlete-tier rider and everyone else is beneath you. almost everything you believe happens to be incorrect but this being 4chan you are free to take my post as being argumentative rather than an attempt to clear up your confusion about what is and isn't normal
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>>1986967
i live in philly even when I see pro urban cyclists riding they are going like 20mph max. Any faster than that and it's a lycraboi

> undiscovered pro-athlete-tier rider and everyone else is beneath you
that's a lot to assume, I get passed by people all the time on roadbikes but they're always wearing spandex with $4k bikes and you know they do it all the time, not commuters.
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>>1986983
oh no wonder, yeah I've been to philly, bought a bike there once and took it home on the train. the riding is granny-tier. pancake flat, narrow streets, and blind corners, you don't even need gears because there's no way to go more than 15mph unless you're suicidal. sucks for you I guess

bicycles should be fun colors, not boring solid colors
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>>1984119
thanks doc
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>>1984119
I heard purple makes you transition
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>>1984333
gay
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i was thinking of buying this bike but the swamp green is just too ugly
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>>1986963
I happen to think the paint scheme is nice but I'm just a schizo from /n/. I think with a saddle and wheel upgrade it would look quite nice indeed. though you'd probably say "but I'd rather upgrade the drivetrain". it's not for me to tell you what to upgrade but the paint is not the issue

Soul.
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GOD I LOVE SAAB
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Thanks, GM

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lol
rofl even
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>>1980789
F
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y'all jelly
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>>1985733
nice one. now do infant mortality

>>1985779
texas needs to be cleansed in atomic fire
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>>1985779
>Copeland Road
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>>1980864
Amerimutts were a mistake

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OH CAGIE
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Oh cagie, cagie
Give me your answer do
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>>1986922
I'm a wagie
All for the cage of you

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Old beater edition
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Can anyone give me a ballpark figure of how much weight a Fergie TEF-20 can tow?
Assuming the surface is cement/asphalt.
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>>1986442
Bouut 350
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>>1986442
rule of thumb that Ive heard is ~1 metric ton per 10 horse
so by that logic, you should be able to get about 2.5 to 3 tons out of it
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>>1984737
>Would you intrested in some progress pics?
yes
>should I spam them or make a mega folder
Im good with either
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>>1986539
Cheers for being helpful.

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Thoughts about quadcopter/"flying cars"? Can they become your average Joe's flying vehicle because of Its automation and safety features?
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>>1956570
get a pilot to do right
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>>1972582
>the value of the vehicle is all that matters
ebike logic, I suppose if you kill someone it doesn't count either?
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>>1956570
>50 meters
cool, now do 20
>>1979805
>kill someone, it doesn't count
That's why the chinks prefer to finish them off.
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>>1967379
thefuture,,,is,foggy.,
,,tiny flying taxiscaresome,,,butifit can,itwill.,
,,,,ballistic parachutes make itake off,and land!,
,iwantone.,mountains make 27 mile trip 50,,,and theres deerabitsnakesnow.,
,,,,,ill riskites and hawks.
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>>1968363
2 more weeks..

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>they used to serve McDonald's Happy Meals on United flights.
we used to be a real country
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>>1986304
"Honk, honk!"
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>>1986304
Terrain. Pull up
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>>1985926
>>1985927
Oh fuck I actually remember this, never had it but I definitely bugged my parents trying to get them to do it when we were flying somewhere on United.
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>>1985926
>>1985927
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>>1986304
>>1986336
why did he gaan?

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These are absolutely atrocious lmao

>women's football team line
>AIDs charity line
>immigrant line
>suffragette line

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68296483

Not even a /pol/ type at all, but these are disgustingly on-the-nose righteous, and will date quickly compared to the Underground line names.

They couldn't even call the Gospel Oak to Barking line the Goblin Line like it's always been, the cowards
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>>1984917
>i could ask you the same thing
I don't believe I've ever repeated myself. I've made 2 posts on this thread and one of them was to call you a pedant.
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>>1984917
>>1984930
>2 posts
3 posts actually. The 3rd post was the most recent one you've replied to and the one where I tell you that you're repeating yourself.
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oh, okay
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Who rides the overground lmao
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>>1986470
Enough to make 157.1 million journeys between April 2022 and March 2023, apparently.
https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/media/2240/london-overground-key-statistics-2022-23.pdf

When you see it

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>>1982820
>>1982828

They were bretty gud at switchers. This is the DS-4-4-660, a 660 horsepower yard switcher belonging to Pennsylvania Railroad who bought over 100 of them. I believe there's a couple of these still out there, many of them in awful inoperable condition.
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>>1982820
>>1982828
>>1982834
>>1984561
you don't seem to understand the theme of this thread
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>>1984968
you didnt see it
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The Dutch railway network has to be opened up to foreign bidders.
According to the EU, the Dutch Railway Company (NS) is no longer allowed to use the Dutch rail network unless it bids against foreign companies.

Right now our train system runs more like a metro with a train every ten minutes.
If DB or SNCF get the rights to the dutch network we will be lucky if we get one train per hour (at most).

Look at France and the rural areas! One train per day. That is it.
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>>1985101
Fuck the EU? Fuck you! I would welcome competition on the Dutch railroads, because NS isn't what it used to be. Fewer trains on many lines, shorter trains, the interior of newer trains is less comfortable, prices have skyrocketed, the communication with customers is in a dire state, and service is a lot less punctual in my experience. But hey, why work on bettering yourself when the Dutch government grants you the monopoly without contest every five years.
I've heard that Spanish High speed tracks really flourished when they liberalised I. Three options: cheap train, mid train, expensive train. Perfect.
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>>1985239
>The Netherlands is too small for this and in the end most companies merge to save costs and are becoming cartels pushing up the prices.

And then a disruptor comes in with lower prices and higher quality and the process begins anew.

You do realize you are describing the free market process
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>>1985239
You're just describing the natural trend of capital. It consolidates. Doesn't matter how big the country is. For example the US used to have shitloads mainline rail companies, now we have 4, and they have geographical monopolies and don't actually compete. The whole "capitalism drives competition" schtick is just false.

>>1985812
Disruptor then either gets bought or lobbied out of business, and you're back to status quo.
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>>1985183
the only real long-distance trains in the netherlands are the Thalys down to Brussels/Paris and a handful of ICE and Eurostar trains in Amsterdam. The rest are all basically on the same level as commuter trains even if they are factually cross-country
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>>1985820
Even when we had dozens of Class 1's competition wasn't very good, it's why the ICC existed

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Ebikes should require registration and an active insurance policy. $15 million in liability insurance per bike, minimum, to cover the average damage they do every time they explode. That doesn't even cover the loss of life but it's a start. Possession of an unregistered ebike or unregistered parts such as batteries should be a mandatory minimum sentence of 5 years in prison and being banned from touching another ebike ever again. Second offense is life in prison, you can't prove me wrong.

>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?
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>>1982886
Implying people on e-bikes weren't motorists just like cageoids.
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>>1982976
Nah setting buildings on fire is completely fine because it pwns the cagetrolls
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>>1917453
Amish ebikes
https://thisebikelife.com/e-bikes-overtake-buggies-for-some-amis/
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you guys sound like redditors
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what does /n/ think of giving ebike criminals the van? it's a cost effective and humane way to deal with the ebike problem.


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