Quill stems are pretty editionRead this:https://www.sheldonbrown.com/https://www.parktool.com/en-us/blog/repair-helpOld >>1991219
>>1994138embrace them, it's the coolest thing trying to align in an aesthatically pleasing way valve hole, rim stickers, tire brand and name, hub logo
>>1994164I hear ya but I only posted it because it was actually the only link I could find on the bike, I'd never even heard of blue bike before>>1994220>>1994079I'm gonna go check it out today. I've been looking awhile for a good name brand bike under $100. A couple Giants but they never responded. It may be a tad small but we'll see. Thanks for the feedback
do you pronounce nitto like neato or nittohearing people say neato bothers me, why shoule ni make a nee- sound over a nih sound
>>1994340You say it like two words “neat toe” in japanese
>>1994340It's a Japanese company with a Japanese name, it doesn't matter how you think it should be pronounced, it's just how it is.
A thread to discuss bike touring - bikes, routes, gear, stories, etc.
>>1993975lmfao agp i get it
>>1993955in this anonymous board I can finally say I WEAR WOOL UNDERWEAR underneath my bibs. I did this for months of touring including the hottest summer months summer, maybe washing my boxers and bibs once in 3-4 days or more, showering every day.Never had any problem.This fucking weirdo just confirms that going naked under bibs isn't a necessity if you're not cruising at racing rpm
>>1994273what wool undies do you rec? have been looking for some desu, i think they sound comfy.
>>1994311I'm euro so... surprise! Decathlon.
>>1994273Thank you for your bravery. I hate how road bullshit invades every other cycling discipline.
What are the most /n/ films?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
>>1988913Mexico city had a pretty large tram system which actually worked as a sort of interurban system between the city and outlying towns, which nowadays are completely grown together.But I meant because mexican films from the 40s and 50s were shot largely on sound stages and never showed trams or much realistic city life.
>>1892051Based>>1892545Rips off the above film. The speed they can't go below even stays the same (80kph is 50mph)
>>1993808Well, it's about building a road
https://youtu.be/0sH0__SpV88
>>1972050https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zck9hlMl6w&t=88s
Grew up on 90s MTBs in the 00s, fell for the fixie meme around high school and college '10s, and now that I have $$$ I really don't care for peak performance Road nor MTB. I just want to cruise around the same dirt roads and trails around me in no rush. I had a gravel bike, it was okay. I saw what you guys meant by being under biked.Money sorta isn't an issue and for the first time ever I can afford high end shit, but instead of listing after the latest full suspension trail bike or high end proper gravel bike, I just want some old school and as simple as possible.... but capable of mild trails and dirt roads. I had some trek with 35mm tires. A Giant Fathom 29er.... KHS Zaca... Cannondale F400 I just get bored and want something different, not necessarily/better/None of my friends care to ride. I don't like group rides. I Don't like riding on the street.What should I get? It has to be all black and I'll put on a Brooks saddle.
A Jones complete might work well for your needs. I have one and it's bretty gud.
You sound like a faggot Go buy a surly or crust or something.
it would be pretty cool to build up a "modern" gravel bike with fenders, upright bars, and shimano 7spd internally geared hub.
>>1993793jewwww white Chinese, the shit hole racist pedo American white pigs, experience Pearl Harbor again and be slaughtered and exterminated!from japan
surly lowsides are made for taking money from people like you
/bbg/ Bike Building General"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-RepairUCSB Associated Students Bike Shop Manual (2022) - https://bikeshop.as.ucsb.edu/files/2021/08/AS-BIKE-SHOP-WEB-MANUAL.pdfSheldon 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.htmlhttps://www.aliexpress.com/category/1222/bicycle-parts.htmlComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>1993916neat. are those suntour cyclone derailleurs? I have one of those cranks, the logo looks similar
>>1992580>building a nice diy bike stand?Does 'nice' mean 'looks good' or 'works'?I'm gonna assume you think something like a Park stand is too expensive for what it is. There's two cheap ideas that I've seen, that I think are reasonable.1st, if you have an exposed rafter (garage, porch, basement, etc), you can just use a piece of string. Either loop the string over, or use an eye bolt, etc. One at the saddle, one at the handlebars.I think most people dislike this, because it's not absolutely fixed/your bike can swing a bit. Kind of the formal version of hooking the nose of your saddle over a tree branch.2nd really cheap way is to make a tubing block, like what you'd use to hold tubes when building a frame. Tends to be some kind of hardwood, where you bore out the correct size hole (holesaw, auger, forstner bit), then saw the block in half & put a 'hinge' on it, usually a bit of leather. Then you clamp this block to/in something.It's low-tech, but assumes you have some round tube on your bike (seatpost?) to put it on. Not my pic.I used to ride with a guy, he had one of those basement screw jack pillars, and he made a block to fit the pillar, one to fit his seatpost, and used two wood clamps. There's a bit more to it, but you get the idea. He was 6'3", and the ergonomics were surprisingly good.
>>1993930leather flap was smart.
>>1991676jewwww white Chinese, the shit hole racist pedo American white pigs, experience Pearl Harbor again and be slaughtered and exterminated!from japan
>>1993916Those shifters look caveman, what are they?
Urban sprawl is good as long as you have extensive coverage of railways, it's comfy too because it makes the urban core larger and takes longer to navigate through which is a vibe. Does your city qualify for CHAD status? Requirements:>central urban area footprint of >=300 km^2 >at least 5 major intercity railway terminals within the urban zone>metro footprint >=1200 km^2
>>1994215Picrel is not relevant, just a depiction of urban pop concentration, problem is that urban areas are often interchangeably conflated with metro area, I'm defining urban area as "city footprint".
>>1994210>Urban sprawl is good as long as you have extensive coverage of railways
Asshurt schizophrenic troll thread
>>1994216Ok, but i too would like to know what is going on in that map. what do the black lines represent, why is it so distorted?
>>1994210How many Indians do you reckon have died on those tracks
My maglev proposal for China.What do you think?
nah too expensive
I legitimately do not understand the preoccupation some people on this board have with chinese maglev, waco to branson maglev, ougadougou to bujumburi maglev, or any other such irrelevant speculations, and it makes me think the "chang" shitposter might be on to something. Literally what is so boring about the NEC, western europe, taiwan, peninsular malaysia, or japan, that makes these other (irrelevant) places so worthy of your attention? Other than the fact that you see them as probable future colonies for the CCB-Tencent corporation's future workforce, but if that were the case you'd be targeting Taiwan too so it just doesn't make any sense
I don't understand the appeal, especially when they already have an impressive HSR network. The benefits of maglev compared against HSR are very minimal. Maglev pretty much exists as gadgetporn.
>>1992504Niche autism is just fun, seethe more
>>1992504Why are you uncontrollably seething?
I’m a pilot doing aerial work and approaching 1000 hours and I’m about to apply to a company, I have all my licenses and rating’s however since I graduated, I’ve only been flying VFR since there’s no ifr operations (even if I consider myself to be very good, If not better in IFR) but still tho, it’s been a year. Anyway, I feel like my knowledge in aviation has gone so low, like I feel like idk what I am doing but when I open the aviation books, I instantly know the answer. Like do you get it? If someone or an exam asks me, I’ll know the answer but otherwise I’ll be lost. Also are there any airline pilots that can tell me if the airlines train you well in terms of their operations and their IFR procedures and is it normal that 70% of the stuff I’ve studied in aviation, it doesn’t apply in real life. (For example I used to know the entire FAR AND CAR AIM by heart, now I know like 30-60% )
>>1992977Don’t overthink it brotha you got it
>>1992857Calm down seat 27B
>>1992645Look up vagus nerve anti-anxiety techniques on youtube. You will find a lot of lilac clack hippy chicks humming and breathing, and all of it works. Daily 4-7-8 breathing exercise for 8 reps helps to build immunity from overactrive panic response. t. ex-panic disorder fag
>>1992605>>1992611I'm in the same boat but takeoffs and landings are the only part in ok with. The rest of the time I'm paranoid about turbulence. Used to fly all the time with no issues, it's a new development since flying with my kids. I'm going to get a valium prescription for my next long haul flight.
>>1993508Thanks Ill try it.>>1993626I'm convinced alot of it has to do with having things you feel very responsible for the future.
If I want to train-hop from Temiskaming Shores to Moosonee or Rouyn-Noranda, I shouldn't be HARRASSED by security and BOPPED on my FUCKING CAP for doing so. Even if I toss the security a twenty for my fare they still accost me. Why are they such assholes? Why am I not allowed to start the locomotive whilst the engineer is checking his brakes? I was so close to moving. This isn't FAIR! It's COLD OUT HERE.
I was about to say "a thread died for this" but on this dead board it's probably for the better
>>1993971Indeed a thread died for this. It's a serious and a NUISANCE. I got treated worse than I did on the Keewatin Railway to the pit of PUKATAWAGAN!
>>1993977What has you freight hopping across the north?
>>1993908jewwww white Chinese, the shit hole racist pedo American white pigs, experience Pearl Harbor again and be slaughtered and exterminated!from japan
>>1994326Haha got em Bold choice for a jap to bring up allegations of pedophilia though
Why are you destroying the environment with your discount bargain bin chinese carbon wheels with no warranty, when you could be saving the environment with the revolutionary new FusionFiber™ that come with a lifetime, no questions asked replacement coverage for the original owner? Sure it costs about 3x as much but think of the moral superiority it gets youThe 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 pointAlso discuss wheels and stuff
rip :( I got about 4 to 5 years of courier service with about 60k miles of sand, snow, salt, and frequently neglected cleaning. After a full day of work, I went fast going down a bridge when my rear brake suddenly started pulsing. I ignored it until I arrived at the grocery and decided to check out why my brakes were pulsing. I was about 4 miles from home and the call to limp it home. We made it without the tire exploding. I just ordered the same wheelset, H+Son Archetype laced to Origin8 hubs. At least I have new wheels and a few days off now (I don't feel like making the shitter backup wheel work, I'd rather give myself a mini vacation after like 3 weeks without a day off)anyways thanks for reading my blog see you next time don't forget to hit the like and subscribe button down below to make sure you're part of my notification squad see you next time friends
>>1994305Is that rim steel?
>>1994309G609 Aluminum alloy
>>1994305I wonder what percent of cyclists can say they've worn through an entire rim. can't be more than half a percent.
>>1994314It would've been two rims if I didn't retire the set before this one early, it was about 10-15% life left maybe. I also cracked a frame from overuse, I kind of throw down serious mileage
Not polished yet: https://close.city/https://vxtwitter.com/NatMakesMaps/status/1776259750310912335It'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
>>1994282Speak fucking English, you demented tard! I'm not going to have a conversation using terms you've invented/redefined to fit your outrageous worldviews.
>>1994213Because of criminal justice reform, any commercial concentration with a bus stop quickly turns into a shithole. There was a guy with multiple past offences attack a bus driver the other day for not stopping where he wanted. https://okcfox.com/news/local/video-assault-on-embark-bus-driver-leads-to-crash-into-oklahoma-city-business-okcpd-police-department-investigation-suspect-victims-cooper-britton-lumber-jeff-minor-injuries-hospital-released
>>1994299Still not a single argument. Nice retard.
>>1994096I did too. Wouldn't buy a house there though. Property crime is high, schools aren't great, property taxes are higher than surrounding areas. Fun when I was younger though.>>1994205>it's not sustainable as a whole as well."Not sustainable" is just a code for "I don't like it." I don't take it seriously.>you are cherry picking bad areas that have thisWrong. Chic neighborhoods are the cherry picked examples.>Besides people can choose not to live in bad areasThat's why they live in subdivisions the minimize through traffic and are away from commercial/retail.>lol you have to be trolling now.You're bragging about having a business that attracts the clientele that necessitates a security guard on the premises.
>>1990039jewwww white Chinese, the shit hole racist pedo American white pigs, experience Pearl Harbor again and be slaughtered and exterminated!from japan
This thread is for talking about railways, and things related to railways, in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Trips, tracks, tickets, trains and stations, they're all good - making up rules is boring so let's just be normal. Questions are, of course, most welcome.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/Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>1994267Frog Island?
>>1994267One of my favourite little jokes on the railway: you have this monumental Victorian architecture, common to the old Midland Railway stations, where they took pains to make the entrance look grand and inviting and pleasant. ARRIVALs here, this is the way 'IN', boasts the fabric of the building itself! ... and then the pissant, dowdy, uncreative, boring, uncaring person who redesigned the cab road ignored all that, and they stuck up two piddly little mass-produced 'no entry pls' signs on poles sunk into the pavement instead. Whoever was responsible for that act of architectural ignorance wants something horrible doing to them, imo
like my view is, if the very fabric of the building itself says THIS WAY IN, IF YOU'RE GOING 'IN' YOU SHOULD GO THIS WAY IN PARTICULAR, then ignoring that and doing something else means you're clearly lacking in creativity and imagination, and so you clearly aren't fit or capable to be deciding how buildings should work
Nottingham, of all places, had the right idea: get rid of the dank, gloomy, that-opaque-corrugated-roofing-stuff-that-leaks-in-the-rain cab road altogether, and turn it into a bright, airy extension of the concourse itself.
>>1994283>opaque-corrugated-roofing-stuff-that-leaks-in-the-rainWhat is that stuff anyway, it's always puzzled me. Has it just gone fuzzy from decades of sun exposure or was it that ugly coming out of the factory?
What's the most retarded bad faith argument against improving transit and walkability you've come across?I'll start with "But but but, AMERICA'S TOO BIG"
>>1994064minorities don't own/can't afford cars so the traffic wouldn't change
>>1990923>be me, desiring to visit my holiday home at the atlantic coast>cycle to the closest city, hop on a train, I think to Frankfurt or Mannheim first, change onto TGV from there, TGV leaves and arrives in Saarebruck or Karlsruhe... either of both I don't remember the exact route of that day>once there, as soon as the doors open swarms and swarms of negros, not only italians and spanish no real arabs and africans, flood the train, even making their way into first class until its packedEvery passenger on that route is required to be able to produce a reservation for a seat with its number. Regardless of whatever excemption people benefit from regarding having to be able to produce a billet for the ride.>Train does not leave as not every 'passenger' is seated and going by their number can not be seated.>Operators repeatedly announce over the intercom, 'passengers' without a reservation for a seat must exit the train, otherwise the train will not leave.>No one moves.>Eventually conductors slowly move through the train, asking each and every person to present their ticket and gesture those who have none out of the train.>Little do they know just how smart those types are. Whoever is sent to exit the train just walks to the other end to board it again.>The conductors make one final attempt, closing the doors of every car they have evacuated before moving on to the next one.The whole thing took like what, 3 hours... The remaining passengers were still mostly blacks and distinctly lower class in maneurism. The ride to paris was great, speed was good, west of paris all things train are just shit.I just cycle the route ever since. I must admit it does take me a bit longer than this particular train ride did, 3 days instead of 1.
>>1990707What Timmy gonna do?
>>1988676Shitbox car 5-7k, big city insurance for said shit box 2-3k, fuel in Australia $1.80-$2.10/L, registration $600, 2x servicing $600-800. 12k isn’t even enough, and this is for a low tier shitbox car with no swag. You ameriniggers are bad faith arguing in a thread about bad faith arguments, you guys a truly third worlders that live in a human zoo
>>1992962The smart position is literally the opposite of yours.
Why is every bridge built in the last 20 years a cable-stayed bridge? They're kind of soulless and boring.
>>1990213I think I get it. The road bridge (connection) crosses the water viaduct (separation)
>>1988721>They're kind of soulless and boring.You want soul and excitement?
sovl coming through
>>1988721They're cheap, they're cheap, and they're cheap. Also, they have a bit of visible drama to them that arch bridges don't have without looking as busy as a truss bridge.
>>1991999nta but sure that could be fun
Post Your Bike ThreadSlow Roll Spring EditionPrevious Edition>>1977471
>>1994095neat
>>1992428noice
>>1994173>id change cantis for some old 90s 1st gen XTR or XT v-brakeswell you're a retardthose are unreliable and overpriced
>>1994173i love triples, it's nice having a granny gear for chugging along slowly carrying heavy shit
>>1994313agree
