(continued from >>2035254 )Let's discuss bike tires here.>pic related currently using>27.5 x 1.60 (650b x 40)>1000 miles in>pulled a few glass shards out>extracted a broken glass bottle shard that was wedged 6mm in the tread at an angle>no punctured tube>no flat>rolls great>doesn't weigh as much as a Marathon Plus or Mondial>installing them wasn't too bad eitherWhat's your daily driver? Do you run tubed or tubeless? General thoughts, experiences of tires you've ran with?
>>2058253How long are your crank arms? Bike looks kinda fun.
>>2058253Beautiful bike.
>>2065695I have marathon supremes. three of them.I will never mount the spare. they suck.
>>2065707>>2065695
>>2065710good tyres
I saw there's threads of any kind but not for the most important part of the bike, the seat.So this it will be a /bsg/ Bike seat generalTell me your most comfortable seat, because I got a shitty standard one that break my ass
>>2065694I would like to try this one, is really comfortable?
>>2065727sure
>>2065694>>2065696>>2065706i looked it up and apparently it's for "prostate problems" and "designed by a urologist" so i think it's actually for people who piss themselves
>>2065734It's for fat people like bike cops etc. Being fat can put a lot of pressure on the perineum if you're too dumb to adjust the saddle
>>2065737i thought that at first, that it's for 'rhoids or something, but that manufacturer already makes other saddles that specifically say they're for lower spine/butt bone/butt hole health. that one mentions "urology" and "prostate" too many times so i think it's genuinely for people who have prostate cancer or some other up-the-butt rather than around-the-butt problemi dont think its literally designed for catheter or ostomy toobs but it does seem like the conversation that leads you to get one would go something like>you have non-metastastizing ass cancer. eat right and exercise and it will help ur 12% insurance-subsidized McTreatment™>But doctor, I hate all forms of exercise except for biking, and whilst I biked here I felt a sharp pain in my lower abdomen and then peed a little bit. Is there another way?>not my problem, either you're going in diapers before you hit 40 or you pay me personally 129,594.97 for a special bike seat that retails for a couple hundred bucksand then the fat dentist chooses to buy one of those on amazon instead of having a recurring charge to Rearz, Inc. billed to his insurance
A few years ago people starting referring to certain China wheelsets as not just "the best Chinese wheels" or "the best budget wheels" but simply "the best wheels". This year, Winspace released the T1600, a CDM (Chinese Domestic Market) product that costs more than a Madone or a Tarmac. It's UCI approved right out of the box (though you may need to tape some lead weights to it to get it to pass the weight restrictions). Western buyers need not apply, though they no doubt will try.Western brands were folding right and left before the iron curtain 2.0 was raised, now the "tiro de gracia" has been fired and big companies like Trek are going to go bankrupt because their supply chains have been cut off by Import Substitution Industrialization, a popular third world development tactic pioneered by visionaries like Pinochet and Galtieri.Is this the end of the western bike era? Will tomorrow's dentists settle for nothing less than Chinese bikes on 100% Chinese groupsets?
>>2059389>so not "gaspipe" at leastall surly steel is cromo. never understood where the "surly gaspipe" meme came from. maybe it was true in the early days?>the question “Is (Surly steel) Natch just 4130 Chromoly?” Yes. Well. Technically we use SCM430, an Asian equivalent to 4130. Because our bikes are proudly produced in Taiwanhttps://surlybikes.com/pages/some-things-about-our-steel?_pos=8&_sid=01d522485&_ss=r
Attention Sinischizos;You don't need to regularly bump China shill threadsThere are a total of 10 regulars on this board at most and we've seen them alreadyTell the 50 cent party to assign you to a different website
>>2039960that dude looks like my cousin and I laugh every time this thread gets bumped
>>2064293Is a "sinoschizo" pro china or anti? Either way I'm going to bump this thread and all china threads until you learn to like it
>>2061580>Pardus is a Linux distribution developed with support from the government of Turkey. Pardus' main focus is office-related work including use in Turkish government agencies./n/?What did he mean by this?
This thread is for talking about railways, and things related to railways, in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - that means we're all about big intercity trains, modest rural trains, long freight trains, trips, tracks, trams, subways, stations, you get the idea. Trains are cool.If you're planning a journey, take a look at the nationalrail.co.uk/ journey planner - tell it where you're headed from and to, and it'll show you your options before handing you over to a train company so you can buy a ticket. Doesn't matter which train company, they'll all charge the same price for the same seat on the same journey. Overseas visitors - trip.com and thetrainline.com are your best option.Here's a few links:~New rolling stock currently on order, listed (trainlogger.co.uk/units/)~A Visual History of Railway Rolling Stock in Great Britain (gaelan.me/br-stock/)~The Man in Seat 61 (seat61.com/) - easily the best rail travel resource out there.~Geoff Marshall (youtube.com/@geofftech2) - likes trains. Mostly harmless.~Jago Hazzard (youtube.com/@jagohazzard) - London train history. Ditto....and some cool 'open data' stuff:~Realtimetrains (realtimetrains.co.uk/) - live train timetables: ideal for keeping on top of ETAs and platforms.~Openrailwaymap (openrailwaymap.org/) - not quite 'Google Maps for railway infrastructure', but close.~TIGER (https://tiger.worldline.global/home/) - live departure boards.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Basically the Azumas are fine, and anybody saying otherwise is either neurospicy or dishonest or both.
Lastly, while I'm thinking about it and it's still fresh: we were stuck in Carlisle for about two hours yesterday afternoon, all northbound trains were stuck due to a broken-down freight train up ahead. We pulled into the station and the news came over the tannoy, along with a blanket 'we're terminating here, if you're going any further then head to the train on Platform <whatever> where they're also stuck for now, but show them your ticket and they'll let you travel, no questions asked, they'll be the first off the mark once it's sorted' announcement.So we did: and the substitute train staff were absolutely fantastic, checking in over the tannoy every 15 minutes or so with news or 'may as well stretch your legs for a while longer' as needed. Obviously it's a shit situation but, nobody lost their head, nobody died, and by and large things picked themselves up as best as could be expected. I've written both Avanti and TPE a glowing email, so, hopefully the train crews get a pat on the back or something.Blogposting, but it's nice to point out when things go right when things go wrong.
>>2065452iirc drivers have directly said "the limiter means you can't go above 124.9mph"
>>2064843The tri-mode thing's useful. While the main ECML's electrified, north of Edinburgh there's a lot of track that isn't, and it's useful to have the operational capability to use alternate routes (when the main line is blocked by something). Ideally those would be electrified too, but that'll take a very long time; trains don't involve nearly so much hand-wringing as tracks.
>>2065500I don't expect much different than today's bimodes - obviously it depends where they'll end up being used, but I reckon they'll only change-over to battery power on the way into stations, then switch to either the overhead or the diesel generators once they've left the station again
Old thread from 2023 finally hit bump limit >>1955863New thread. "Cycling infrastructure" is harm reduction. But not in the way you probably think. The anti-bike crowd considers riding a bicycle on public roads as an offense against the interests of motorists. An so, they wish to create infrastructure to reduce cycling (harm). Yes! Those who advocate for "separate but equal" are (whether they admit it or not) working against the interests of bicycle users:-The American Automobile Association strongly supports bike lanes-Countries that place responsibility on car drivers have 70-90% fewer fatalities per billion km traveled by bike. This is of course beyond the pale, drivers must always have total immunity. But hey, look, green paint! We solved safety!-The true purpose of bike lanes is to neutralize the opposition by corrupting the discourse. Don't support bike lanes? Then you must not care about safety!-Bike lanes have a curious pattern of appearing where they are superfluous, and vanishing as you approach potential traffic conflict zones. This way, when you get run over by a dump truck making a turn, it's your fault! You shoulda been in the bike lane that wasn't there!In conclusion: bike lane activists hate cyclists and want to eradicate cycling as a form of transportation.
>>2065548>>2065571This, Forrester isn't a great guy but without him, USA would be filled with half-assed single lane cuck lanes, that end out of nowhere, force you to take large detours through dog poop and junkie needles hidden in small bush, bump your ass every second due to them being sidewalks or force you to wait behind some middle aged mom and her gremlin going about as fast a jogger
>>2065524NotJustBikes actually ruined urbanism, he's a massive well poisoner, which is nothing new, but his production style is also very appealing to redditors, who get their opinions secondhand from this retard and just uncritically repeat them. I couldn't stomach more than a minute of him just doomposting about complete non-issues regarding road infrastructure. Don't get me wrong, cities absolutely could be more bike friendly, but the people who are making this happen are not terminally online assholes like him, but rather people who actually exist in the real world and understand that car based infrastructure does serve a purpose that isn't just getting in cyclists way. I think that's a very unintuitive way of approaching urbanism
>>2065638This claim assumes that:>No level of government, at any point, actually learns from experience and iterates on bike infrastructure after some initial missteps>That jurisdictions actually had and sustained the political will to ban cyclists from riding on the roadNeither is well supported by the actual trajectory we followed over the past few decades.No doubt you will jump to claim that's entirely because of Forrester, but come on, explain how Europe, who laughed him out of the room, still traced much the same trajectory.
>>2065648>Europe, who laughed him out of the roomThis is some NJB-tier disinfo, how exactly did Europe "laugh him out of the room"
>>2065638>USA would be filled with half-assed single lane cuck lanes, that end out of nowhere, force you to take large detours through dog poop and junkie needles hidden in small bush, bump your ass every second due to them being sidewalks or force you to wait behind some middle aged mom and her gremlin going about as fast a joggermy city did this but unironically
I see you all are intimidated by my obvious superiority
>>2061292You are gay and retarded. They are so fucking simple, so you really must be retarded to have problems with them.The only potential reliability issue is the points ignition which you could upgrade to electronic if you're a bitch.>>2065657nta, but..Makes things go fast.It practically is.Makes it possible for the engine to suck down the fuel it needs as opposed to sip it like the original engine would.Light flywheel make it accelerate faster.Tooling? You really only need a couple of special tools. There is a whole catalog of special tools but you can easily do without most.
>>2065657The exhaust? The expansion chamber, the bit painted black, allows the exhaust gases to cool and expand, this creates a partial vacuum so the engine sucks in much more fuel than a standard exhaust.It's still the original engine casing, but 70 to 80% of the internals are either machined, polished, ported or new.Because the exhaust is making the engine suck more fuel the fuel needs to flow much faster.Lightened flywheel reduces inertia and makes the engine more responsive to throttle movement.Tooling? Nothing special, screwdrivers, wrenches, big fuckin hammerAs for top speed, 80-85mph which on ten inch wheels and drum brakes is fast enough>>2065678I've had Vespas since 1981, yes i really am an old bastard. This was years of experience and my personal shopping list that I'd developed over that time. I wanted nippy and responsive but with dependability and a decentish top speed.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2065717>>2065683it must also burn more fuel like thatthat's the opposite of what i want i do want to reduce engine noise though and make it so it's not a pain to go over a little rough terrain by default the shocks are way too flexy i want the instruments to work but the nylon gears keep giving out also want to give this kinda aesthetic where the extra wheel is tastefully tilted along with the curve of the body
Just confirmed my order for a Vespa with my local dealer. A GTS Super 310 in Red with a matching topbox, backrest on the topbox, and a high windshield. I'm so psyched!
I am 37 and got fired from my tech job of 16 years over something stupid. My product manager was mad about it and promises to be a great reference in looking for a new job and I have a security clearance which is very valuable. All that plus my experience I think I can get another similar job pretty easily. However I am tired of tech. I own ~$700k of company stock that I will receive in a year and a half. Tell me how stupid of a plan this is.>sell house for ~$300k profit>use house profit to rent an apartment and pay for flight school>in 1.5 years be probably making peanuts as CFI but can buy a house cash>in a few years be making big bucks again as commercial pilotI also have about $100k of crypto that can be leveraged if need be. Why the hell not?
You should fly for a hobby first and then make a career switch. You are at least 5-7 years away from regional metal and then another 5-10 years out from legacy metal. That first 5-7 years you will make nothing if you even make it that far. In your way are: medical issues, weather, maintenance, check ride failures, economic tides, geopolitical events, oil prices, supply chain issues affect airplane / engine manufacturers, etc all of which can easily fuck over your second career. If you make is to commercial pilot, you'll need to either CFI for peanuts or take some shitty pipeline job (which your tech bro buddies will automate away with drones). During that time anything can also fuck you over like a pilot deviation or an aviation accident / incident. 1500TT means nothing anymore. Better think more along the lines of 2500TT and plenty of multi time in that mix. It's not for the faint of heart and you must love aviation and think of doing nothing else other than aviation to make it work. Having family will definitely make it harder. >t. 37 year old with a CJO that did this for the last 5 years.
>>2065680I've heard a lot of the same, though the people I have talked to say 1500TT is still the gold standard. I know it will be very challenging, particularly the period of time training and making peanuts as CFI. I think I am now in an economic position where this is actually possible though. I can almost coast on the money I have indefinitely, heck I could do it if I was a single man. Economic tides and geopolitical events can easily fuck over a career in software development too, just go over to /g/ and see how many junior devs are complaining about the lack of entry level jobs. Health is an issue I have considered, I'm still in perfect health and lead a healthy lifestyle but as a certified unc you never know when things could go south. I still believe it is worth pursuing though, and this is probably the only time in my life where it's actually possible.
>>20656861500TT is not the "gold standard." There was a 2 year window when it was but it's not anymore. Everyone I know that got hired was 2000-2500TT and had good resumes with 0 check ride failures. Those that got hired had a good amount (100+ hours) of multi-time. Those that did get CJOs are waiting 6-12 months to get a class date. By time I go, I'll be closer to 2500TT. And you cannot just stop flying either once you hit 1500 because some airlines will want you to keep grinding and have recency. >very challenging, particularly the period of time trainingYou won't know this until you are doing it. Your two biggest challenges will be finding a good CFI who won't rip you off and/or provide shitty instruction and finding a decent, fair DPE. >and making peanuts as CFI.It's not just the low pay. It's the unpredictability of the weather. Working in hot, humid conditions in the summer and cold weather in the winter. Having flight cancel due to IFR conditions and sitting around all day trying to get a flight in. It's shithead students who don't prepare or cancel on you last minute or generally suck at flying. And if you suck as an instructor, you won't get students or will get canned. It's flying shitbox airplanes that have 30-40000 hours on the airframe and have engines that are 50 hours away from being scrapped while management or maintenance suggests doing hip pocket write ups or pressuring you into making a flight after the engine had a partial failure and they couldn't duplicate that on the ground. I sure as shit don't enjoy doing 8s on pylons back-to-back-to-back all day long in an airplane like that. I haven't had a vacation in 2 years and work 7 days a week to get my hours and my pay. All the other instructors I know hustling to the airlines have done the same thing. >certified unc don't talk like a nigger faggot.
>>2065698Still sounds cool to me. School racecars are the same way, absolute hoopties. And instead of canceling for weather you go out anyway. Once I drove in 120 degree heat. The cars kept vapor locking leaving us stuck out on track, in full nomex, in a hot car, waiting for a flat tow. On the way home I waited 8 hours at the tiny airport because it was too hot for the jet. Another time I drove in a goddamn hurricane. Standing water across multiple sections of track, just point the car and hope you come out straight. Couldn't see shit except the rain light on the gearbox of the car in front of me and brake marker flags in peripheral vision, drove half from memory.At least with airplanes you have a roof and a reasonable expectation of being net positive on money someday.
>>2065716Flying airplanes is nothing like driving a car. I will 100% be net negative on money at the end of the day. I just love aviation and flying airplanes. That's why I am still going into work today to fly around in a 152 with some retard student for pattern work.
Mexican railways thread? The government of Mexico is trying to bring back long distance passenger routes and building light rail in the Mexico City metropolitan areaRailway history in Mexico is actually very interesting. They used to have a national railway company called FNM after they nationalized all the railroad companies in 1908, until the 1990s when they privatized it. >Isthmus of Tehuantepec railway - three lines >Buenavista to AIFA airport to Pachuca intercity railway>Texcoco to La Paz light rail >Costeno, Jarocho route revival>Mayan Train
>>2065393>Homophobia asideEres un maricon?
>>2065407Building proper train lines reaching to the urban areas and industrial districts and having affordable passenger services towards other regions and cities of the country, tailored to serve the working population will incentivise development.Building meme trains for tourists, with stations far outside the cities only reachable by car and going between tourist hotspots instead of population centers and industrial areas ,and with overpriced services tailored for sightseeing instead of the working population will not.Most of Mexico did have rail coverage. Even in the less developed south trains reached the Isthmus, Mérida in Yucatan and Oaxaca. Now the government isn't looking to re-establish extensive passenger service, at least not in the south. They're just building meme lines.
>>2064770Around 30 million tourists visit Cancun every year, if they use the Tren Maya to get around instead of buses, it will be worth it. Tourists actually outnumber locals during peak season. Yucatan + Campeche + Quintana Roo only has about 5 million permanent inhabitants. It's very empty
>>2065701Imagine building a meme train to ferry a bunch of tourists between tourist attractions. And then still needing buses to get them to and from the stations which are in the middle of nowhere.Pants on head retarded.
>>2064734wouldn't it make more sense to have an overlaying suburban network with bigger gaps between stations like in Paris? alternatively quadtrack some parts of the network and run express metros
Seishun 18 Kippu EditionOld Thread: >>2035672
>>2065442Not like JR East can't afford to keep it operating, why do the towns agree to termination of it?
>>2065565it's only the last ten km which get a shit service anyway and they got jr east to fork out for two decades of a replacement bus service
>>2065566>they got jr east to fork out for two decades of a replacement bus serviceAnd then they'll have nothing, why would they give it up so easy, retarded bwakas.
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Is the railway museum in Saitama all it's hyped up to be? I have a full-day layover in Tokyo (flying from the USA to Australia via Haneda) in August and just want to focus on a couple of things instead of dashing around Tokyo in the humid summer heat.Also, what train companies in the Kanto region have the best merchandise? I'm probably going to want to get a few souveniers.
>Why are you so afraid to fly anon?>You're just going to be in an air-tight cabin seated for several hours 40,000 ft in the air going at 600 mph in a machine being controlled by someone you don't knowHow am I supposed to get over this fear?
>>2064167Planes take off North from John Wayne because everything north of it is just the Irvine and Tustin business complexes and then the foothills. It's not just richfags by the beach, the airport is surrounded by suburbs and bedroom communities from the West, South, and East where UCI is. I can already faintly hear the fireworks from Disneyland from my house every night, I don't need to hear constant plane traffic, I already experienced that when I lived up near LAX
>>2064112>sea travel is highly regulatedIt is because of all tragedies and accidents that happened in the past.
>>2063067I was never afraid to fly, but the last one I start to be scared
>>2063219>it's like being on the bus but statistically less likely to crash or involve you getting stabbed over 3$The comparison I often see cited is: Youre more likely to die in the car ride to the airport than on your flight
>>2063067>You're just going to be in an air-tight cabin seated for several hoursLet the fart-fest begin!
They're the definition of cattle class. They're slow, expensive, and you're sleeping in a tiny room with total strangers. Any sleeper route can be better served by a low-cost airline, and cheaper to boot. Sleeper trains made sense in the 19th century when they were the only option, but they make absolutely no sense today.
>>2050046add another 0
>>2059941GOOD FUCKING JESUS CHRIST ALMIGHTY WHAT IN THE FUCK. If this isn't in India(because it would be a squat toilet with hardly any borderings and be more open for everyone to see/smell/worship/bathe)This is beyond fucking repulsive, this is how you give everyone ass parasites, gastro&other bacterial flus,hepatitis,tuberculosis&fucking dozens of other illnesses. That will spread like AIDS at a pride event across the train in the span of 48 hours.SRSLY what the fuck is the story &or context to this. OH but its a small cuck cabin there is a door its perfectly fine and the lid is a perfectly ok table. This is literally worse than fucking prison in the shu under 24hr lockdown. That shit is 4-8X the size than this. Why add a private shitter in a tiny ass 6 foot cuck cabin just why. What company would think this is ok.J U S T imagine youre on this train and you see two people in their tiny cuck cabin, they walk out. You bust in and take the most awful of shits making sure to stuff the shitter first so it cant flush. Leave quick as fuck and wait nearby devilishly for your reward. Only for staff to tell them>SIR YOU CLEARLY DID THIS TO GET A FREE UPGRADE WE'RE REPORTING YOU TO HQ. THIS IS ABUSIVE TOWARDS STAFF IF YOU RAISE YOUR VOICE AGAIN WE WILL STOP THE TRAIN AND CALL FOR RAIL TRANSIT FEDERAL AUTHORITIES TO REMOVE CHARGE AND ARREST YOU
>>2061472It's a roomette on amtrak, also in the roomette cars there is a regular "not next to the seat" toilet that is ostensibly publicly accessible but the car attendants are really weird about "protecting" it so you're encouraged to use the shitter in your own roomette
>>2049551How can that be when freight is a 1$ a ton?.
>>2061472ackshually indian trains have both western and asian squat toilets
go out and do some centuries
>>2065604thanks, there I was thinking I'm simply retarded
I added magnetic connectors between my heated gloves and extension cables. So much easier than trying to plug in dc plugs one handed while wearing gloves.
tons of mud everywhere, I'm getting tired of it. shan't ride.
>tfw no snow
>hydraulic disk brakes would have prevented this editionResources:https://www.sheldonbrown.com/https://www.parktool.com/en-us/blog/repair-helphttps://www.youtube.com/@RJTheBikeGuy/videoshttps://www.youtube.com/@durianridersNeutral Support News on YoutubePrevious thread >>2064038
>>2065699>The manual says 5mm gap maxI mean, you could move it further away, spin the wheel, and see if it still reads, manual be damned.but I think you're right about a stronger magnet. it certainly won't hurt anything to try it out.also, if you move the magnet more towards the hub, that'll put it further outboard and put the sensor down to meet it, it won't be angled as much. it looks like your sensor is halfway up the fork
>>2065700Yeah I tried that but it seems the manual is pretty much correct. It’s close to the hub already the pic just has a bad angle on it. Pain in the ass.
>>2065699Mount it on the other side where the disc isn't in the way.
>>2065704I’m retarded sometimes thanks anonymous.
>>2065713You're welcome. So am I anon, I went through the same thing until I realized and even then took like 3 years to bother moving it over.
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>>2065520Nah you wanna cut through that shit, especially your front wheel or you just end up sliding out of control. A solid wall of snow either side of your wheel gives you something to push into to keep you upright (especially wet snow) and you can fishtail your way around without actually sliding out.
>>2065651hello! current trip or old photo?
>>2065652Hey. That image is from two days ago. I'm close to Khmelnytskyi now.
One of my rides home this week.>>2065682Based.
Has the vintage market finally shit the bed? I remember these selling for $400 back 10 years ago
>>2065023well lack of mounting points is the biggest offender for sure but then you also get "tite gaps" that barely fits 25-28 tires, aggressive racer geometry, 90s garbage aluminium and also frame size is difficult to find since most people here are manlets.
>>2065027I see. You want the larger tyres and larger frame size. Might be better to buy a new entry level bike and replace the parts you don't like.
>>2065024I've mismatched shifters before with no consequence so that's probably ok. Shimano standard is pretty uniform as far as I know.
>>2065028yeah I had a choice of getting some new hi-ten mystery steel frame that is practical but even the cheapest one would cost double in comparison to a good vintage bike. I will stock up on a few vintage frames when I see some on sale since in comparison to say 12 years ago the market is very dry now and some of them aged poorly with rust and neglect. Right now the market is full with BSO, electric and used aluminium/ carbon bikes, clock is ticking for practical steel bikes.
>>2065027>tite gaps" that barely fits 25-28 tires, aggressive racer geometry, 90s garbage aluminiumThey are ripe for 650b conversion. Then you get a suprr zippy bike with cushy tires and with room for fenders.