Dia dhaoibh

I've been directed here to inquire as to why ebikes are bad. My opinion as of yet is that if I get to work safely (for me and others) without needing to take a shower, it's good. Cycle lane availability means I don't need to go near pedestrians and don't mix too much with cars. This all adds up to me pointing to that ebikes are positive, could anyone explain to me their viewpoint as to why they would be negative? I personally hate escooters as they are always ridden by knackers unstably and in dangerous manners.

Go raibh míle céad maith agaibh.

Any of my dirt friends still on here?

Is this the future of transport?

I’ve accomplished everything I wanted to in life and now I have no purpose. The girl that rejected me 5 years ago when I was 17 still hasn’t found anyone and I’m pissed off. She knows I liked her and now I’ve absolute lookmaxed and money maxed. She still is a poor npc with no job. Anyway, she’s a normie unlike me. But everything I think about her I want to kill everyone around me. I hate how humiliated I feel every SINGLE DAY. I’ve been mistreated my entire life, I want to have some power, I want to have respect.

What would your dream transportation job be? Any time period, any place.

For me, it would be running steam locomotives on the ATSF from the late 1930s to the end of steam. A close second would be an airline captain in the 1950s and 60s to experience the beginning of the jet age.

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>it's another "anon has nothing to do on a beautiful weekend so he goes on an aimless 20-25 mile bike ride for an hour or two just to be out of the house" episode
haha gee it was great biking past all the families, friends, people with children, eating at restaurants, walking the streets together, doing stuff at the park, and living their lives happily while i was complete self-congizant how im the autistic retard biking alone through town

Keep in mind this is for bikes meant to be loaded up. I guess a marketing exec at some point decided kickstands are for poors so no expensive bike can have them now, just like MTBs got stuck with Presta valves.

They will literally drill 15+ holes just in case your bike bags use bottle bosses instead of straps, but outright refuse drilling 2 for a kickstand

It seems Calcutta trams will finally be going the way of the dodo once and for all. It's been a slow agony for many years now, apparently the local government wasn't putting any money into the system and used any excuse to close down more and more lines. Strange to still see a 1st generation tram system get shut down.

Face the facts, cars are superior to bikes. Now get the fuck out of the road!

THEY SHOULD'VE CARVED A FREEWAY THRU THIS GODFORSAKEN CITY

When will personal gliders be viable for transportation?

Brian Shaw? Yeah I know him by that name. Hell, I worked with him in Nam. Back then we called him "slant-eye slashing" Shaw because he never came out of a tunnel without a scalp, an ear, or covered with blood.

Most would call him insane, but that is why the green berets trained him. They saw potential. It wasn't until they learned his methods that they truly realized what a monster they created.

You see, most guys that go tunnel clearing take guns. Not Brian. No, he took knives, clubs, hatchets, sometimes nothing but his bare hands. After a few missions I got a chance to talk to him in the mess. He was wearing his blood stained hat, sunglasses, and combat fatigues, smoking a cigarette and drinking johnny walker black. It was contraband, but you NEVER told Brian what he could and couldn't do.

I asked him why he never took guns with him. He lowered is head and took a long slow draw from his hand rolled cig, pulled off his sun glasses and looked me right in the eyes, piercing my soul.

"I do it out of respect. Respect for the white race. These slant eye'd scum bags don't deserve the mercy of an American made bullet, but the slow torturous death of the hands of an American man!"

In a flash he pulled out his weathered, but razor sharp knife and stopped just short of sticking my gut. "The look in their eyes when I slip this baby into their swollen, rice filled bellies is reason enough. To see the last lights flick off in their heads as they see a real killer work."

Why couldn't you just leave the tunnel, you stupid bastard?

>wears a rolex daytona while driving, just like paul newman
Fine
>wears a rain coat when it's raining, just like gene kelly
Fine
>wears gym shorts at the gym, just like wilt chamberlain
Fine
>wears aviators just because, just like val kilmer in top gun
Fine
>wears tacticool ballistic nylon cargo pants when working, just like steven seagal in under siege
Fine
>wears cycling shorts when cycling
Whoa wait WHAT NOOOOO YOU CAN'T DO THAT YOU TRYHARD WHAT IF SOMEONE THINKS YOU'RE LANCE ARMSTRONG AND YOU WOULD HAVE TO TELL THEM YOU'RE NOT A PROFESSIONAL RACING CYCLIST THEN THE UNIVERSE WOULD EXPLODE NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

We have contacted Brian Shaw regarding an ongoing issue between him and Mike Trainson. The former World's Strongest Man allegedly got into an altercation with Trainson, where he supposedly told him, and I quote: "he touches me one more time, I'm going to un-lisp that locomotive myself".
During our call, Shaw stated: 'hey listen man, I made it clear that he tries something, and the ropes in the ring won't be the only ropes he'll be seeing in his life". He then refused to elaborate in the matter and before closing the call, he said: "Hitler did nothing wrong, but I will".

I can't leave well enough alone, and I'm mildly interested in Clik valves. Anyone have any experience with them? They seem better on paper. The only disadvantages that I see are that I'll have to carry an adapter for my on bike pump, good Samaritans won't have anything to help me, and that it won't catch on and become a dead standard. But it does just seem like Presta but better.

Theoretically speaking, if I was an entrepreneuring billionaire and I wanted to bring back one of the great American passenger trains (Super Chief, California Zephyr, Panama Limited, Empire Builder, City of Los Angeles/San Francisco, 20th Century Limited, Broadway Limited, Powhatan Arrow, Coast Daylight, etc.) to run on a regular basis (let's put it at at least two times a month for a start), which option would be more feasible from an economic/technical/legal perspective?

1. Acquire all of the surviving rolling stock (sleepers, dining cars, dome/observation cars, baggage cars, etc.) from the original consist from private owners, heritage railways, and museums, as well as matching surviving locomotives (can be from ones different railroads since thousands of functionally and aesthetically identical EMD F and E units were sold to all Class I railroads). Renovate them as necessary to make them FRA-compliant, obtain waivers wherever possible. Put them into service as a part-luxury train, part-mobile museum.

2. Commission the construction of a replica consist. Building entirely new streamlined cars from scratch, designed to match the internal and external appearance of its original as much as possible, with changes only being made when it's literally required to make the car FRA-compliant/modern user friendly (updated wiring, HEP, power outlets at seats, WiFi support, replacing wooden paneling with MDF paneling etc.). Motive power consists of custom-built Siemens Chargers designed to resemble the original E and F units (streamlining, bulldog noses, matching paint schemes, etc.) as much as legally possible.

1/2

Thoughts on this transcontinental rail line proposal put up in preperation for the world cup?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWQ3iLVr-0E
>That cylinder is a mass dampener also known as a J dampener in physics.The purpose is to neutralize high frequency low amplitude oscillations.Mass dampeners are currently used in Moto GP and were banned in F1 in the mid 2000s.The mass dampener can also be placed on the fork,above the bottom bracket and as shown on the rear swing arm/triangle on a full suspension bike.
have these been used on road bikes yet? i have a stiff track bike fixie, anything that could improve performance or comfort would interest me. i haven't paid attention to bike stuff lately so idk if it has been mentioned on GCN/GMBN yet. GCN has done a lot of videos on tire pressure so i could see them experimenting with tuned mass dampers.

Why can't cyclist use the sidewalk instead of the road? It's right there just move 2 feet, it would be safer for you.

infrequent poster here
is there any room on this board for a city builder vidya general?
there's a general on /vg/ that includes city builder games but it also includes a few other genres so city building is rarely talked about

i just wanted to get the opinions of my fre/n/s on this topic
pic related is cities skylines 2, btw

What the fuck is wrong with these mongoloid slackers? They completely underschedule longhaul trains everywhere outside the NEC so almost no one can use them for shorter trips and then wonder why ridership is in the shitter. Each route should be minimum 3x a day per direction.

If steel is so great, why do the companies that make the best steel tubing in the world use carbon for their forks?

If steel is so great, why do the finest steel bikes in the world use carbon forks?

It seems to me that steel has an aesthetic value that cannot be substituted by anything else, but as a material for building bikes, its value decreases the more that is demanded of a component.

These faggots should be strictly restricted to class F airspace, with well defined dimension and NEVER EVER LEFT OUT, sick and tired of avoiding them. Yesterday while flying a personal Cessna 310 from a buddy of mine and 3 weeks ago on the Dash 8 with the small airliner I fly for.
>23 year old co pilot

Im wanting to figure out what is it that makes some bicycles have a more comfortable wheelie position than others?
By comfy i mean a point that sits further back and also has freedom of movement before looping

So far it seems higher bars help. And maybe a steeper seat tube?
And i want it to be figured out for a hybrid/gravel bike with an upright position similar to picrel

If you are going to blab on about wheelie bikes, please at least help me understand what it is that makes wheelie bikes wheelie so well so I can find a hybrid that will wheelie well

one (1) fucking accident and they were gone, I don't get it

>peugeot is selling brand new steel framed fixies, can be found under 500 euros
what the fuck? it kinda slaps frfr

The EMUs are out of service. Post your pics here of Queensland Rail service- double imaginary bullshit points for rural/discontinued services

I'm looking for that "do it all" bike, but I'm kinda lost in the weeds. You have anything from people saying that you can put wider knobbys on a road bike all the way to saying that you need a FS MTB. I currently have a Trek Crossrip LTD, which is an XC bike with 32c wheels. I'm looking to be able to do road rides, but would also like to hit some trails, like picrel which is only a few miles from me. The problem is with trail ratings is that they are more catered to MTB riding. Do you think that I'd be better with either A: upgrading my current bikes wheels/tires to something like a 38-40mm allroad/gravel setup. B: Just buying a higher spec'd gravel bike that's more on the MTB side than the road side and keeping my current bike as more of a road/city bike. Or C: Getting a hardtail MTB and having a nice diversity of styles? I'm completely ignorant about MTB's, but I don't think a FS is warranted for my area. I'm not against them, but they are way more expensive, and higher maintenance, and legit downhill stuff is more of a weekend excursion.

Is it the blimp trains time to shine?
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

An entry level new bike, that is agreeable to ride, not dragged down by antiquated standards like QR, that you won't regret buying, nor immediately feel the urge to swap out half the components because of cut corners, cost approximately USD $1500 at standard retail prices as of late 2024, give or take a few hundred (depending on the finer details).

Now, the prices are going to go up by at least 20%, and the smaller independent brands are going to go under as only the largest players will have the spare cash to ride out the sudden loss of consumer confidence. The most interesting and original bike products will simply disappear from the market permanently until the next wave of prosperity (which may be entirely concentrated somewhere far away and foreign, so that only the wealthiest of your peers will be able to import and use such goods).

How does that make /n/ feel?

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When it snows in Japan, the streets spray warm water to prevent ice

>we need better transit in urban centers!
>okay, let's campaign for better transit in your urban center
>uh no fuck you, I'm going to complain about suburbs I literally never go to and demand bike lanes on 20mph side streets
Why is this so common among transit enthusiasts? They claim they want to improve cities and then talk almost exclusively about people who live outside the city. Only exception is high speed rail people and that's just because their autistic fixation is trains.

Quickpill me on keirin racing. What are these /n/ippon lads all about?

yeWax or Oil?

What do YOU like better?
I don't wanna listen to the youtube silca shills

I am a railway fan from Moscow. In my free time, I make videos of trains, subways, and transportation. Ask questions about my activities, and the transport of my country, stereotypes, in general, everything that is interesting, I will try to answer.

Is riding on top end groupsets if you're not a top end cyclist stolen valor? Or is this sour grapes?

What groupset would you ride if you could get any groupset you wanted for free, but when/if you sold the bike you would have to price it as whatever groupset you ride now. That is, if your financial circumstances were no different and you were subject to the same "rules" as you currently as in terms of other people judging (because we all know unlimited wealth begets shamelessness), what do you choose?

Post your favorite or most used train station or bus stop.

Once a year or so I like to start this thread, it usually ends up pretty interesting.

>bulldoze land stolen from natives
>build railroad on stolen land
>use trains to take natives to residential schools
>ffw modern day
>run bomb trains hauling millions of gallons of oil through native reserves
dw bro we care, see i painted it orange for u

Are there any actual disadvantages to them? They seem to perform as well as standard bike frames but with the advantage of being easier to mount and dismount without the top bar getting in your way. I know they were originally marketed to women who wore skirts because the top bar on traditional bikes got in the way and exposed their panties but it never quite made sense to me why these weren't just the "default" frame style in the first place, especially since most utility bikes and pretty much every single E-bike on the market uses this style of frame.

The newest development after gravel bikes with suspension forks: Gravel bikes with suspension forks and flat bars. I simply have to have one!

Have everyone live in giant terraced pyramids and grow food on the sides and top, and all other busnesses and homes on the onside, and just build giant elevators

Ocean liner fans rejoice! The Queen Mary reopened for hotel guests in May and in June, I had the privilege of spending two nights on board. I'll be uploading my album of the ship over the next few days and discussing the history of the ship that I learned while onboard.

Need it or keep it?

hongcouver getting some china ferries

…elbows up?

HEY HEY, COME ON OVER! IT'S TIME TO MAKE SOME CRAAAAZY MONEY, ARE YA READY?
HERE
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>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPdQr5BP7nw

I flew down to the Bay Area to take a journey on the Niles Canyon Railway's mysterious and rarely traveled Eastern branch aboard the M200 Railbus. The last of its kind still operating, the M200 once served the California Western Railroad as a literal schoolbus for children. Today is its first publicly available excursion in several years.