Quill stems are pretty editionRead this:https://www.sheldonbrown.com/https://www.parktool.com/en-us/blog/repair-helpOld >>1991219
how freely should a cassette keep spinning after you twirl it with your fingers? because mine stops after like a quarter turn which doesn't seem right. it's a 11-34 cassette on a zipp 176D freehub
>>1993969my pants pocket
>>1993987that's sus.without taking my wheel off and checking, I know it's at least a full rotation and I'd say more, depends on how strong you flick it I guess
>>1993994so I took it off the bike and I can actually feel some play in the axle. grinding noises when I just push it back and forth with my fingers. and I can find a lot of talk about issues with the bearings in these wheels. this is going to be annoying because where I got these is a 25 mile ride from here
>>1993999pack them with grease and hail mary
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"
Carcels flying off the rails in this thread and giving proof of every bad faith argument against better transit systems
>>1993571My city has a patchwork bicycle path network and honestly I don't find it too bad, I have certain routes I know that get me to work or the shops and I've got the main routes mapped out in my head. I can stay off main roads, and although there is a compromise of extra turns/ getting on and off of shared paths and perhaps having to slow down in parks it's still quite good, crucially it gets me where I need to be without too much danger.
>>1993301Fair, I agree it only takes that 1/100 experience of a schizo to turn you off it, and most people (especially women) feel more threatened by that stuff.I also find the same that high traffic/ volume usually means less schizos. Really the schizos have little to do all day so I think them hopping on a train or bus is just something for them to do.
>>1988638roads are payed for by the people who use them via a gas tax. Trains are mostly funded by people that don't use them.
>>1988255bike lanes should only exist in cities, putting them in suburbs is retard tier.
Any tips for sneaking a lil hotheaf on a domestic flight?
>>1991087They’d probably just ask you to chuck it or give you a ticket honestly
>>1992054>no no you don't get it i MUST take my own weed to travel or else i get hecking anxiousThe absolute state of "not addicted" potheads who "don't really need" to get high
>>1992112Who said I'm not addicted? I have to rob white grannies every day for my reefer money. If I can't inject an eight ball of primo mexican cartel marihuana every morning I will literally kill someone.
>>1992110On an international flight like the guy i was replying to said? No fucking way, smuggling drugs across borders is a big deal.
>>1992054>Literally every single product works a little bit differently, I'm not going to experiment with some random garbageI know what you're saying. We have Kidd Valley hamburgers here. If I have to travel somewhere with In-N-Out burger joints, I go into withdrawal.
pedals with clips or without?
>>1993294pinned flats sucknubby rat trap style pedals are good because you can move your feet around easily. retention failure is largely a skill issue.
let me guess, you "need" more
>>1993484Really retarded take and you obviously don't ride on trails much
>>1993978when they get wet, that type of pedal, whether metal or plastic, feels like it's coated in grease.
>>1994003just grip with your toes
A thread to discuss bike touring - bikes, routes, gear, stories, etc.
>>1993395i wanna do half of that but its all uphill and 90% wilderness
does anyone else get a little horny being outside in bike shorts. like the ones that are single layer. no underwear. little bit of synthetic fabric between being naked and not. hugging the shape of my strong glutes and huge cyclist/lifter quads. btw I'm male and straight.
>>1993955Yeah I always try to take care of business before riding otherwise I can have intrusive thoughts about all those big strong working class brutes in the cabs of their work trucks seeing me from behind and wondering if I'm a boy cyclist or a girl cyclist and it's hard to conceal the problem unless I get in the drops and just pedal as hard as I can until the bad thoughts go away. Pic unrelated.
>>1993955>>1993975wow, I remember being 16
is riding 100km in a single day doable for a fat dude?
Tell me your favourite loco and I'll rate it/base my opinion of you from it/foam at the mouth about it if it's cool or I haven't seen it yet. Pictured is mine, class 170 (in ScotRail saltire blue livery) they're kinda clunky and old but god do they ever make the best engine noise in the world, you aren't a railfan unless you've heard one thunder out of Glasgow central station. (Can you tell I'm a foamer for this thing?)
>>1993081I do not care for the flatround .
>>1993084That look is pretty kino actually...I prefer it to the F40PH actually don't kill me. Also a big fan of the original Acela Express trainsets.
>>1986354Understandable many are filtered by Japanese locomotives.
>>1993216its like the E60s little brother>>1993084>>1993079>>1992947it's annoying how little scale model stuff Boston in general has. if you're lucky you can find some F40s (that aren't even entirely correct livery wise) and the comet cars. once in every 3 blue moons some HO scale Bi-levels will pop up on ebay. maybe a poor-quality Boeing LRV from the 70s. no left-hand door PCCs either.
Why are they so (apparently) hated? People seem to dislike the fact that they have to wait for the lights to cycle before they can cross the road. But isn't this literally how they work in other normal parts of the world??Also why are they called this? Because you have to "beg" cars to be able to cross the road? Do Americans really?
>>1993266>But isn't this literally how they work in other normal parts of the world??https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQheHhUUs6sIn most of the world you make eye contact with the coming driver and give her.
>>1993623I am a fan of this method desu
>>1993623Thanks, but I already carry a gun.
>>1993636Do you brandish it at vehicles while crossing the street?
>>1993338>In the old times, when lights were on a timer, 2 minutes green in one direction, 2 minutes red in the other,Yeah. The old days.Now with car sensors, the light timing can be much shorter than that. So the crossing buttons bump up the minimum time in order to let your Aunt Milly to cross without getting slaughtered by a bus.
America has globally, objectively low commute times. And generally the more public transit usage and walking there is the longer the commute.
>>1993954>All the blue states that’ve gone all urbanist are outrageously expensive to live in. Developers build on every bit of land they can get their grubby mitts on already, whether it’s suitable for human habitation or not. >The mixed development can’t possibly keep up with local job demand. You’d have to have accommodation bolted onto factories and offices made specifically for the staff. You’re still going to need commuting. >who lugs heavy bags of shopping several miles home, possibly with kids in tow? You probably will already be walking or biking at least 15 minutes so it’s reasonable to add another 10-15 on top of that for a few extra miles. Again you presume weather is nice, there’s no drug addicts waiting to help themselves from your bike’s basket.. You clearly fail to understand basic economics. Once competition is reduced, businesses charge more. It’s what they always do. It gets even worse as urbanist city authorities tend to be run by democrats who have practically decriminalised shoplifting. Watch the shops migrate to areas outside the city limits to get away from the thieves who are less likely to have access to a car. >My point about the segregation was this:When the cars and motorbikes have been taxed and regulated out of existence for the masses, you’ll be restricted to whatever is within walking distance. Bicycles are already getting more and more expensive, I might add - although that’s a by the way. You will probably need to use public transport to gain access to alternative service providers and shops. So (currently) if you’re from a poor area, nothing is stopping you from getting in a car and travelling to the other side of town to go to the better gym in the rich part of the city. But when the private motorised transport is gone you’ll have to make do with whatever is available locally. If it happens to be poor… well oh dear, too bad. You’ll just have to make do.
>>1993954>More housing in desirable areas = lower prices for housingWhere has this happened?
>>1993972Literally Austin, Texas, picrelRelative to the rest of the US, Austin's rent is the lowest it has been in a decade.My own city, Atlanta, also has dropping rents thanks to new multifamily construction, though not nearly to the same extent since we aren't building near as much as Austin is. Rent on the unit I live in is down around 8% from 2020.
Typical urbanist ideology: >weather is always good>drug addicts and thieves aren’t running riot>buses and trains actually run on time>poorer areas are actually served by public transport>neighbours in high density housing don’t make excessive noise or cause nuisance>most people can get work suitable for their skill set in walking distance or easily accessible by public transport>governments won’t use a Chinese style credit score to prevent you from using public transport if you disagree with whatever happens to be the current bandwagonComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
The urban planning community is suburban commies who can't afford to live in a city. They literally think HSR will take them to every town possible instead of just connecting major cities.
Vision Zero is achievable everywhere and no town is too suburban or too rural to move past car dependency. Anyone who disagrees with this should simply not be on a transportation board.
,,,,,,,baitaken.,why didibitethis?
>>1993989fpbp
Is there anything more soulful than taking a Greyhound bus from coast to coast?
>>1993231>>1993256Riding coast to coast on a motorcycle
>>1993255reported for racism
>>1993502>fat nigger methhead detected.
>>1993231It's was nice back in the day. Too many wild "Youths" aboard today.
>>1993231Imagine the smell.
>cycling on sidewalks is... le misdemeanor! >you should drive on the streets with a speed limit under 50 km/hname a more braindead law than this, jesus fucking christ99% of people riding bicycles do it all their lifeI 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 systemthe 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 cityfuck I'm so pissed off right now
>>1993941you sound like an auto lobby shill to me ngl
>>1993766I can't imagine that the 1972 bike paths were anything like the ones of today. And sidewalks likely had no curb cuts because they weren't required to (no ADA).
>>1993941I am a 2 wheeled shillMotorcycles, scooters, bicycles, etc.Cities are not my problem and are just becoming homeless encampments.
>>1989534>pull you over.>demand all your documentsWhat kind of totalitarian hell hole do you live in where you are expected to produce documents for anything other than a motor vehicle?
>>1989556>Roads are meant for people.Roads are made for the Roman Legions. Walk in them and risk getting trampled.
Is there anything more based than 90s mountain bikes?
>>1993245I was with you all the way until you had to bring up pickup truck?
>>1993862both happened. but I was seeing CX bikes where I am before I saw MTBs with drop bars or swept bars, by many years
>>1993876whoa! are you my doppleganger? did you build that rear wheel with the same white industries eccentric hub as i did? i got the flip flop one. i've had mine since new and decided to turn it to a single speed once the 7spd drivetrain totally wore out and getting good 7spd parts became more of an asspain than i wanted to deal with. the handlebar i got was a mistake. thinking of getting a riser mtb bar or maybe some cyclocross style drops with a shorter stem.
>>1993029Yes a used bikes that fits your specific need from like 3 or 4 years ago bringing 20 years of bike tech advancements.
>>1993948yes, white industries eno flip flop rear hub, chris king front, each laced to bontrager mustang wheels. I bought the bike new in 1995 also. I built as is in 2007-08. Bar is an early surly torsion bar, when surly was still calling themselves 1x1 and nitto was making the bars. It's one of my favorite bikes.
narrower and higher pressure tire IS faster
>>1988360It's obviously a 110 and 140. Nobody makes 150/55.That's still a relatively wide tire, thoughever, a much lighter prototype racing bike of that displacement uses a 90 or 100 front and a 115 or 120 rear.
>>1959054If you only ride on smooth glass, sure.
>>1959054My favorite feeling is when my tire pressure is dialed in just right and the tire deflection under cornering rebounds so predictably, I love it. It has a weird feeling of being soft and firm at the same time, it's kind of like that feeling of a really good pencil eraser
>>1990337This approximately the same reason why I'm slower with clipless than with pinned flats. It's a confidence issue.
>>1990520or paved roads lol
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!
Performance enhancing drugs editionOld >>1972124
>>1993939that doesnt seem like the CAADs natural habitat
>>1993939Today we ride a little strade bianche
>>1993947Mama didn't raise no bitch
>>1993949comfy
>>1993947every bike is a gravel bike if you try hard enough
