*shuts down your entire city’s supply chain*
>>1577105>Not giving it the full Sherman Bowtie treatment.
There was a time I think in the 90s where people kept sabotaging the rail network in Germany. Had to have police helicopters patrol a lot of it and a few derailments occurred.
>>1577150>What is yield stressThe steel can deform retard
>>1577418>in the 90s where people kept sabotaging the rail network in Germany.why?
>>1577426East German communist radicals, or turk roaches.
doinitwrong editionPosting pictures of your issues helps.https://www.youtube.com/c/parktool/videos
>>1578316>The bots are learning
>>1578403? It was a genuine question. I also have an gold gt idrive where I'd like to be able to carry stuff arround on the bike and not on my back
>>1579025>I need to put things on my backpack like tower, because I shower before work and I don't think it gets 6kg heavy.Huh?
>>1579068>towerdidn't see.. was suppose to see towel, as well as second clothes and other things as I take shower before work, so the backpack gets a bit heavy for 18km rides.
>>1579025that bike is blue not gold
Ahem... Hello gentlemen riders and the sundry sophisticates of /n/, perhaps we should discuss the proper and mature side of cycling, unracing. To all those that say no to consumerist frivolity and yes to beauty, utility, humility, and craftsmanship. We welcome all who see through the lies of the corporate disposable plastic racer agenda and choose to just ride on fine steel velocipedes
>>1576155t. BUMP, BUMP, WHY IS NO ONE RESPONDING!?!?!? guy who posts wat car iz gud and expects a detailed answer in 10 minutes
>>1576162>why yes, I approach every conflict in my life by assuming anyone that disagrees with me in any way is the epitome of everything wrong in the world, how could you tell?
>>1556416The dream
>>1576067Man those kids seem so happy. Maybe they had to walk two hours to get to school before some white people gave them a bike.
>>1556367I have a pair of similar brake lever/shifters.Just because I like friction shifting, but wanted to use a frame bag w/ the dank Miyata I got from a pawn shop.They're tite, but man do they bring out the haters.>>1556368>>1556372I have the ones from IRD, they chose to bolt the shift boss to the lever in a sane way, and they're cheaper.>>1557711Occasionally I used to pass this one hippie chick while going to work. She would be barefoot, but her pedals were the plastic platform type, with molded-on pins.I asked her, "Don't those pins hurt your feet?" and she replied, smugly, "Don't those shoes hurt your feet?">>1557941>Is there even a picture in existence of these types of poseurs on the drops?Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Over two years ago, Tesla open-sourced all its patents for electric vehicles – a surprising announcement in our IP-centric business climate. CEO Elon Musk explained the move as being in line with Tesla’s mission to accelerate the advent of sustainable transport:“If we’re all in a ship together and the ship has some holes in it, and we’re sort of bailing water out of it, and we have a great design for a bucket, then even if we’re bailing out way better than everyone else, we should probably still share the bucket design.”We might get access to yet another bucket design thanks to Proterra, a leading manufacturer of all-electric buses. The bus maker announced today that it will be opening its proprietary “on-route fast-charging technology” on a royalty-free basis.https://electrek.co/2016/06/28/electric-bus-maker-proterra-tesla-lead-open-sources-fast-charging-patents/
>>1576618Byd and Elon both saw where the sure thing tax payers money was going. Just like all these investors are going away from oil to renewables* . After of course using proxies to lobby government to put the money towards renewables*. Just the rich getting richer off of the working classes.
>>1576752Renewable energy will only become a thing if ITER turns out to be successful.
>>1576743It's not. But again, you don't understand the very basics of corporate structure, so you'll continue to be retarded and think that.
>>1576756I have some bad news for you. Every utility disagrees with you.
>>1575040Battery electric is pure shitembrace the trolley
City parks are probably one of the most underappreciated aspects of urban infrastructure. >Public space open to all nearly all the time that encourage healthy lifestyles>Provides commercial opportunities for local vendors>Increases value of local community, even in rundown areas>Provides an attractive transportation experience with parkwaysWhat do you like about parks? What are the best parks, in your experience?
>>1574519im surprised such an eyesore of a freeway was built in the CBD in the first place, imagine how many kino buildings were knocked down to build itshould have been a tunnel from the beginning, like montreal
>>1576236Boston downtown before and after the freeway
>>1576236>>1576612sourcehttp://iqc.ou.edu/2015/01/21/60yrsnortheast/
>>1576236I'm not sure how many buildings were knocked down but there are a bunch you can clearly see where they got cut off at the end to make room for the Central Artery. The bigger tragedy IMO was that the West End was completely razed for "urban renewal" (read: we don't want poor immigrants living on valuable land).
>>1576867I read that Jacobs piece for my class. It was pretty interesting and kinda sad.
You wake up and find yourself in the cockpit of a jet airliner. It is night. There are no runway lights in your field of vision. You hear "Minimums. MInimums. Bank angle, bank angle." What are your immediate actions?
>>1574976wonder wtf I'm am doing in an aircraftquickly google Minimum bank angle on me phone (no time for this desu)find the bank angle indicator and try to reduce the rate of turn as to increase liftthen slowly sort out the rate of decent as I just want to fly strait and level for a while to pick up speed and gather my surroundingsnext check speed and altitude set throttle to high check flap position and nose up the aircraft a little to for a slow climbtry and get on the radio to another aircraft or air traffic control just to find out where tf I am if the nav system is too cryptic>>1575098but more realistically this, panic and try to jump out of the aircraft ASAPfugg this shit I'm out, I ant going down with the ship
>>1575558I see you post this everywhere you seething Pan Am defender
>>1574976Look at where the sky indicator is on the artificial horizon, take corrective action, press TOGA and climb to a safer altitude.At that point, work out where the hell I'm supposed to be, and then see what happens on the emergency radio channel after requesting position by radar.
>>1577316upboated epic pan am reference
>>1574976Go around, max thrust, flaps 9, positive rate, gear up, follow missed approach if its pink needles, if not... pray.
You're at the cyclist cafe when this lady compliments your orchid collection.What do you do, /n/? Oh and she's 163cm and 49kg, all slow twitch.
>>1374361How the actual fuck does she even know I have an orchid collection? Is she stalking me or something? Should I get a restraining order?
>>1572165Yes
>>1566666so much cope. did it hurt coming out?
>>1374361>Thank you Ma'am. This may be sudden, but might I ask, would you go out with me? would this work? bearing in mind my mom says im a handsome young man
>>1574994considering that this thread is over 1 year old she's probably hit the wall by now and will settle for someone just like you
A lot of old road bikes I'm looking at have an extra tube next to the seat tube. What is it and what does it do?
>>1574610/bqg/
What's this tab, opposite the canti post?I've seen a bunch of doodads on old steel frames, but this one's new to me.
>>1574964I'll note that it's only on one side.
>>1574964I suspect it's for a bottle dynamo taillight?
>>1575000Yeah, that makes sense. Seems obvious, in retrospect.I've only ever seen them use shitty clamps, but I was able to find other pics where there's a braze-on for it.Thanks anon.
90s meme. post em.
>>1577300>hate the people your business and job depends onShitty shop, shitty bike mechanic, low IQ
>>1577522na its the big money boomers and their kids that keep the bike shops afloat around here
Got this for 25$ at goodwill
>>1578585nicejust keep an eye on the rear U brakethey are vulnerable to road grime
>>1578585that's really nice, enjoy it.
Any believers in Hyperloop here? Didn’t see a thread about it.Musk is finally putting humans in the testing and doing 100mph tests. I’d prefer rail over hyperloop in >90% of routes but I think this has potential for the inland West where distances between cities are long.Btw if you think Hyperloop is completely stupid please elaborate why because I don’t know the technical specifics. https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/8/21553014/virgin-hyperloop-first-human-test-speed-pod-tube
>>1577205I went schizo on this post a little I’ll admit so what I’ll say is this- all of the standout cities in each state in the US that it would be fun to be able to hop between on trains are still like 6 hours away from each other on a 220 mph train. Just look on that map how far each one of the actually worth visiting cities are, they’re almost evenly spaced.
>>1577205I think the answer to your questions is SAC. Specifically a tactical nuclear carpet bombing campaign on the flyover states. Think about it. What even is the point of Topeka or Dallas? Or Omaha or Quincy? Why bother with them? Just glass them from the sky with the cleansing power of the atom.
>>1577205>>1577209this map is dumb, there are a half dozen corridors in north america that would benefit from the construction of high speed railyou screeching about the impracticality of high speed rail in topeka doesn't change the fact that boston-dc, vancouver-portland or toronto-montreal would be extremely popular and could even edge out air traffic
>>1577051>Braess' paradoxI'm sorry that these terms are abused so much it's meaningless. At least your photo's lanes (not to mention whether this is a toll plaza or checkpoint) appears to show the implications of widening, instead of a new road.
>>1577205This guy is getting to the meat and potatoes of what's dumb about hyperloop.Hype Loop is and always has been a solution in search of a problem. The USA doesn't need vacuum trains--it already has airport infrastructure. Hype Loop, much like most other Musk projects, has always been a scheme to milk subsidies. A way for the rich to get richer. Musk just shit it out as a dumb idea and then realized that Space X and Tesla were already making enough money and then gave up on it--leaving others to work with the scraps left behind. Right now, Hype Loop is 100% just a ponzi scheme waiting for dumb government money, because that's the only way that this shit will ever make anyone any real amount of money. Hope to God Joe Biden people don't actually do.
Saw these weights on a couple of the Railway post near my place, always wonder what they do they attach to a wire but i cant see what it leads too, Any Ideas?
As metal heats up, it expands; and likewise when it gets cold, it contracts. The weights you can see in the picture counter-balance this expansion and contraction, to keep the overhead cables in roughly the same place whatever the weather.
every guitar player knows that wires stretch over time. think of them like automatic tuners
>>1576903>>1576938>>1576970Thanks Anons>>1576898Think is is a different one but thanks anon for having a look
>>1576898wtf thats so cool
8 pl8s m8 KILL IT
Dear /n/,I bought my first bike after selling my old one five years ago. I don't remember how things were before, but on this bike the chain gets all black with chunks of the jockey wheels in less than 10km.What does thit mean and how can it be fixed?
>>1545088>>1545086>>1545066
>>1538622>qrs in line with tubeswtf stop
>>1569643? That's the proper way to do it.
>>1538700>I'm pretty sure the jockey wheels are getting worn.well, are they?take the chain off and scrape all the black gunk off the jockey wheels and check for wear. it should be obvious but I mean if your black stuff on your chain was pieces of the pulleys, you would find little plastic bits in the chain. the plastic doesn't liquefy, I promise you.anyway, it's highly unlikely your pulleys are making whatever gunk is on the chain, but it's super easy to check if you want to be sure.
It's almost certainly just brake dust and air pollutantsbut if it's jockey wheels then align your shit
I'm not saying he was right about everything but he should be stickied. Like /g/ has the bird sex guy.Why isn't there a sticky and why isn't it sheldon brown? The fact is this is now the bikes board. All other transportation exists to make cycling more fun and more convenient. It's time we faced the truth, /n/.
>>1519069iunno but I've seen him posting on /out/ before but he wasn't using his name or trip.I tried saying hi but he ignored it, but of course he mostly ignores people here, too.>>1566248there's probably files hidden in all the horse pics.
/n/ should reallt have Sheldon stickied. Maybe some train databse links or something too the foamers don't shit themselves. Also something telling people that cars and motorcycles belong on /o/
I googled something unrelated and found this. Seems like it was made to be an /n/ sticky.http://topnigger.ueuo.com/
>>1568338kys generals autist
>>1568338>that url showing up at all in googleObvious self-promotion is obvious.
I don't know about you, but I think that Great Lakes freighters are pretty neat.
>>1576344what's the draught like on these bad boys? do they sail the missippi and st lawrence? or just stay in the lakes
>>1576517>Fellas, it's been good to know yaRight in the feels every time
>>1576763Burger units incoming...>what's the draught like on these bad boys?The St. Mary's River necessitates a summer draft of 27' but it varies with the age/design of the boats (and yes, they are technically "ships" but they have always been called "boats").>do they sail the missippi and st lawrence? or just stay in the lakesThey're too big for the Mississippi, but they can sail the St. Lawrence provided they don't exceed the "Seawaymax" length of 740'. None of the Canadian boats exceed that length, since much of their business is along the Seaway, but the Americans have built some larger boats (the current "Queen of the Lakes" is pic related at 1014') which stay confined to the upper lakes.
>>1576344>>1576613What's the reason so many lakers have the bridge at the front, unlike most cargo ships?
>>1577112For a little over a century, the majority of the lakers were based on the basic design of the SS R.J. Hackett from 1869. The Hackett was essentially a motorized barge, with the wheelhouse built forward for the sake of visibility, while the enginehouse was located at the stern end so as to keep the propeller shaft out of the cargo hold. This design lasted for so long in part because of tradition, and in part because it was popular with the crews themselves. Nevertheless, beginning with new Canadian boats in the early 1960s, a single, combined deckhouse at the stern end became standard as a cost-saving measure, and the final laker designed with the traditional configuration was launched in 1974.
has anybody else gone full /casual/ and loved it? it seems to me a lot of the anger Roadies have towards casual cycling is based on fear that once somebody tried it, they realize it's so much better, and they never want to do the roadie thing again. it's similar to racists fears about interracial dating. they want you to suffer with them rather than improve their cycling culture, so they try to scare you disparage casual riding on any way that they can. but the truth is really that once you go casual, you never go back. and no, i don't mean unracer. unracer is like racing but for aesthetic points and requires some thinking and tinkering. I'm talking pure casual with poorly maintained bikes, zero thought, 30 tpi at 30 psi riding in a closed loop in a park. true casual
>>1575891That means I have to get up earlier. Which I definitely don't want to do.
>>1576594Yeah well, I guess it depends on the distance I guess.
>>1575332dear god why>>1575477having a deadline isn't casual, that's racer
>>1576821>having a deadline isn't casual, that's racerNo one said otherwise. All you're saying is there's a reason to race cat 6.
casual bikes have unreasonably poor performance, you're wasting your time and energy and being unsafe due to worse handling and braking, and on top of that you get bullied by cars passing you all the time
