Performance enhancing drugs editionOld >>1972124
>>1994564>>1994568>>1994569southrons need to be put down
almost crashed into an e-mtber while off roading.
I hate the bike industry so much. It's the biggest collection of dogshit products with retarded engineers/designers of anything I can think of. -Brand new Hammerhead Karoo2...400 dollar computer. Fails after 3 months. Brand new Time ATAC pedals, left side pedal bearings fail after 500 miles. Brand new Shimano BB, bearings shot after 600 miles. Have 105 Di2, attempt to use Shimano E-Tube, biggest piece of trash software ever made. Never connects, there isn't even a 'go back' button in the software to navigate back. You have to go out of the app and renavigate through it. Most pindar bloody bob and vagene shitware I've ever used. Buy some fancy 150 Eliel bibs, the chamois is basically a wet paper towel. Bought 300 dollar Stages PM, constant drop issues, WHOOPS WE JUST WENT OUT OF BUSINESS LOL Buy Lezyne bike light for rear. Retards that engineered/designed it thought for some reason there should be 300 different light flashing patterns on it, they put the most useful one at like position 243rd so you have to cycle through all these useless light patterns/intensities. No way to just have a default. Puts me in a bad mood.
>>1997036>I just buy dumb shit without lookingnice self own but >skill issue
>>1996948aye, but who among us cowardly yankees is man enough to do it?
Is there anything more based than 90s mountain bikes?
>>1996665>They've gone too hard into off road or just became "descending" machinesbut then, that's what they're good at in the first place - doing things you wouldn't be able to (or want to) on a road bike. if you're skilled, you can ride anything you'd have fun riding a 90s rigid MTB on with a skinny tire 80s or 90s road bike - but a modern MTB will actually let you go fast places you wouldn't want to on any rigid bike
>>1996665Just buy an XC full suspension bike if you want more geometry designed for normal bike trails. Or go.... 5+ years back. Great bikes from the 2008 and on that have steeper head angles.
>>1993029>more based than 90s mountain bikes?70s "mountain" bikes
The top 2 are the best bikes simply because they are decent in pretty much every kind of situation a cyclist will find himself in.Capable off road, comfortable and adequate on the road, good for commuting, touring, bike packing, cruising and any other kind of cycling, except track or downhill competition.Also light enough, durable as hell, reliable, flexible and adaptable, small changes to set up, for example tyres or handlebars, turn them into completely different bikes.The last few on that list are great at one thing and one thing only, but utter shite at everything else.80s atb/90s mtb is peak bike.
Do you wave to other riders?
>>1996901>worried about waving at childrenJust give them a thumbs up, they know what it means.>>1996906>to wave-through other traffic when they have ROWIf a cager is doing the wrong thing at an intersection, first they get a 3x "headshake No", then a "thumb out, cutting head off" gesture, then a middle finger.Don't encourage their regressive, "gracious" behavior.
>>1996901(You) suck, and i do not want to acknowledge your existence
>>1996929yea, i don't wave to lycrafags.
>>1996962hmm, I'll try it
I just nod in a non committal way and assume they saw the quality, rarity and desirability of my custom built fillet brazed 90s mtb decked out with Chris King, Ringle and Gravity Research
It disgusts me how today's so-called "cycling activists" are doing the work of the automotive lobby while thinking that they're the good guys.Imagine if a bunch of politicians started pushing for a special residential area for a certain group, after having them habitually assaulted with weapons for many years. "We're terribly sorry about all the bloodshed but can't guarantee your safety, if you want to be safe, you have to go in this special place we designated for you".That is what bike lanes are. We've tried "separate but equal". It doesn't work, because tyranny of the majority means a highly flexible definition of "equal".People who have been riding bikes for many decades know what the game is. But zoomers and corona cyclists believe they know best. Instead of demanding justice, they demand segregation. Which is exactly what the automotive supremacists want.
>>1963277just build more parking then
>>1992832imagine seething so bad because you can't pass the driving test
>>1995507Jokes on you, I never attempted it
>>1995514High altitude and shirtless. I hope he is wearing sunscreen, otherwise that looks like a recipe for a horrible day after
Daily reminder that the people who want to force you to use bike lanes for your own protection also curiously support summary executions for cyclists who don't obey they rules that they intentionally make impossible to follow
Streets were made for people. Bikes, buses, pedestrians, and streetcars belong on our roads. Personal cars do not.
>>1997018Motorized transportation is degenerate. Refuse to participate. Do mot accept the motorists intrusions into public space.
Anyone unironically defending this shit is anti-bike by definition. John Forester did nothing wrong
3 speedAll you need
>>1994981yes.But alfine=/=nexus
>>1994950What's the problem with nexus 7? Got one on my bike and it's been fine.
>>1995353There aren't any
>>1995593>tHeRE aReNt AnY!!!11
>>1997028neck yourself
A 17-year-old German teen has been living life as a modern nomad, leaving his parents’ house to live on trains and travel all over his country.While most 17-year-olds are only just beginning to consider the idea of leaving the nest, Lasse Stolley has already been on his own for over a year and a half. Convinced that his school studies were already behind him, he convinced his parents to allow him to leave their home in Fockbek, Schleswig-Holstein to embark on a unique train-hopping adventure. It took a lot of convincing, but they eventually agreed, and for the last year and a half, the German teen has essentially been living on trains, traveling all over his home country, working as a self-employed coder during the day, and sleeping on night trains at night.“I’ve been living on the train as a digital nomad for a year and a half now,” Lasse told Business Insider. “At night I sleep on the moving Intercity Express (ICE) train and during the day I sit in a seat, at a table and work as a programmer, surrounded by many other commuters and passengers. I travel from one end of the country to the other. I’m exploring the whole of Germany.”He gave into his wanderlust in 2022, selling most of his possessions and packing what was left in a 36-liter backpack that he has been carrying with him ever since. Minimalism and resisting the urge to acquire new stuff are an essential part of his lifestyle, as he needs to take everything with him wherever he goes. It’s not always easy, but he has found a way to make it work.https://www.odditycentral.com/news/german-teenager-left-parents-home-to-live-exclusively-on-trains-for-the-last-year-and-a-half.htmlhttps://www.businessinsider.de/leben/bahncard100-17-jaehriger-lebt-seit-jahr-2022-in-den-zuegen-der-bahn/
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>>1987505>article about young boy adventuring around his country>immediately jump to dreaming about molestationWhat the fuck is wrong with you ?
>>1992458I always thought it was a war crime that Truman insisted they must treat their water with oestrogen.
>>1992874Agreed. His grandfather, who probably sacrificed his life for the fatherland on the Eastern Front, would die again out of sheer shame if he could see this basedcuck of a grandson now - i bet he also got all the clotshots.
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IM SICK AND TIRED OF THIS SHIT FUCK YOU FUCK YOU
>>1996727CS degree
>>1996299>We also get 15 days of vacation time>10 days of sick timeI feel sorry for Americans
>>1997006That doesn't include weekends which is why I said you can have up to 7 weeks off. The same position at a European airport pays half the amount with less take home pay and worse healthcare.
>>1997011It might pay less but you will have twice the amount of days off and not have to pay for healthcare.
>>1997021My healthcare is unironically awesome I can go to any specialist without referrals, 95% of doctors are covered, and copays are $20 a visit (they were $5 prior). I've never ever ever had to pay out of pocket for anything other than prescriptions and even that was cheap. It includes dental and vision which also covers everything including surgeries and orthodontics. It's $140 a month for a family of 4 and $80 a month for myself (my taxes are 35% avg between city state and federal inc. SSI and Medicare as single...and that's also including me putting 10% of my pre tax pay into a Roth IRA every check called NYS Deferred Compensation which is a easy). US Govt/State Worker healthcare is not the horror stories you see veterans or white collar wagies deal with...they usually get the best healthcare of anyone making under $200,000. I actually work with people who had children that needed multiple surgeries for issues during child birth and they paid zero out of pocket (and people that own businesses and work as paper pickers/jannys here for the healthcare)And I doubt Euro countries give 3 months off. Take the hours there, add them up, divide by 8 (8 hour work day) and then divide that by 5 (5 day work week). That pic shows I have theoretically up to 6 weeks off (128+28) + 1 week paid sick (40). The comp time is another 11 days (2 weeks 1 day) I can take off on top from converting my OT into time off.
How much does this stuff annoy you train autists? I love trains but in a different way to you
>>1996413nta but they're right and you're wrong neener neener
>>1993521its better on trains where people dont actually care - freight trainsid be pissed if a spray paint blocked my fucking windows unless it was a soijak
>>1995943>>1995945I was actually gonna bring these up. They're Romanian (Bucharest) commie-era Metrorex subways, I think they sometimes still run on some lines. They were very often graffitied to shit, but he new Bombardier ones we got in the late 2000s almost never were. First time I see one above ground.
>>1995945They still work >>1996926IVAs still run on M4 and sometimes M3. They used to run overground regularly until 2004-2006 when they were withdrawn on M2. (See Berceni station). Also Militari, Berceni and Pantelimom are partly or fully overground. The picture iirc is from Militari.Si salut romane
>>1993552Based
"most dangerous job in aviation? boeing whistleblower" edition.
>>1996833Approximately 400-500' AGL. It depends on how far out you extend your downwind however and if you properly account for the wind on your base leg. Keep a tight pattern in case you lose your (simulated) engine.
>>1996851Thanks, tight as in the length of downwind? Are you not at the risk of being too high when you enter base if you've made your downwind too short?
>>1996833i dont know how your video game works but if you are in the VFR circuit pattern you descend by airspeed and attitude (looking out the window), not staring at your altimeter. i literally never look at my altimeter if I'm making a pattern approach except to establish I'm at 1000 ft AGL on the downwind.pick up the glideslope when you turn final, if you're really high forward slip to land and if you're really low just stay on the power and keep her at 65kts.you really shouldn't be low. high is fine, low is weird. then again here I am talking to you like a pilot when in reality you're just playing a video game.
>>1994899Best job is fuel taster this this drop is 43.2 proof
>>1995279One crashed in the past month during an unmanned test flight.>>1995167I know that I am 10 days too late, but what is your experience? If none, just spend $30k on a Champ, Chief, Cessna 120/140, Stinson, Taylorcraft, Funk, Luscombe or Ercoupe (or $40k on a Cub, Vagabond, Clipper, Canuck, Porterfield Collegiate, Commonwealth, Interstate, Pacer or Tri-Pacer). >>1995196Citabria is also good, if you widen your budget to $60-80k, but at $80k CAP-10s, which are better aerobats, become available.Just one thing: Avoid purpose-built LSAs like the plague, unless you are looking at one from CubCrafters. They are seen as death traps. Same goes for anything powered by a Jabiru engine.The engine is what matters when it comes to repairs and spares, for classic aircraft only the order is as follows:Continental=Lycoming>Franklin>>>Aeronca/Prestwich>>>Inlines and radials.For modern aircraft, Rotax follows Continental and Lycoming and Jabiru, Revmaster/Aerovee and FlyCorvair follow Franklin.
New Apartments EditionDiscuss transportation, zoning and walkability improvements in your city or nationwide.
>>1996445Why not improve both, you retarded nigger?
>>1996501>valuable downtown spotsIt wasn't downtown. In fact, the particular photo wasn't in America (it was a Czech shopping center). Also, downtowns are typically exempt from parking minimums anyway.
>>1996492>>1996507You never see YIMBYs advocating for development of rust-belt or criminal shithole areas, they always want to upzone some (usually already densely populated) pleasant area to spite the normal people living there
Long Island City is fucking awesome. Haters gonna hate. Super clean, convenient, safe, people of all races getting along together, nice parks, good restaurants. It’s a shining example of what happens when you let people build new apartments.
>>1997023>people of all racesYou mean han chinese new money from shenzhen and some white anglos from brookville getting together to negotiate their latest money laundering schemes while the help scurries around in the shadows, LIC is a great example of exactly what NOT to do
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
>>1995660>there's also rim width and height that influence stiffness Yeah maybe my question was not well phrased. Let me be more specific.I have currently some 45mm deep, 28mm wide carbon wheels. I have also had some 29mm deep, 23mm wide alloy wheels, which were ok, not amazing, but ok - pinned, which I understand is considered not so great (though if it's disc, not sure how much that even matters).In a grungy hippie bike shop recently, I saw that the staff had put together a rather attractive gravel wheelset with some shiny, allegedly very high quality alloy rims and hubs. I can't remember which, but they were nice. Pretty wide, maybe even wider than my crabons. Not so deep, of course. I assume welded.I'm not necessarily planning anything now, but my second bike, which I don't use often, has some not so great wheels. I am very happy with my carbon wheels. And I'm not dying to spend a fortune on a bike that gets a couple thousand miles a year at best. But what (if anything) am I missing with those shiny blingy high end legacy style wheels? Other than looking really nice. And the environmental aspect. And I guess if I crash them, which I tend to do inevitably, it's easier to tell if they're ok or not. Obviously it's not apples to apples but is there something actually good about it? Like I know alloy is a little more bendy, so is it more comfortable? I doubt I'm going to notice pinned vs welded on disc brakes, but hey maybe there's something in the manufacturing that changes "ride feel"Or maybe it's like the bike frame materials debate where the shapes and use cases are so different that nobody can ever really come up with a straight answer because there's too many variables.
>>1995664Alright, I hate saying this but the answer is "it depends." Bikes really do find themselves in that position that's hard to find a straight answer for many times, just the reality of such a highly optimized and efficient tool. With regards to aluminum, I wouldn't call an aluminum wheel or frameset "legacy" just yet. There's a continuing field of exotic alloys that is changing the game for aluminum but the same could be said for reinforced composites. The optimal material then becomes application specific. When it comes to ride feel, I think rim/hub design, wheel weight, and tire choice are bigger factors. Speaking of material though, where aluminum has an advantage over carbon is failure mode. (and rim brakes, but let's ignore that) Aluminum is a very ductile metal, that means a hard hit will just bend an aluminum wheel instead of causing the carbon to explode. That ductility also means some hard hits are repairable (although, not advisable unless desperate). Recently discovered exotic alloys have properties that make aluminum 30% stronger, there's even an emerging class of metal-ceramic alloys that are aiming to be even stronger. I wouldn't be surprised if some of those new age materials are finding their way into niche products like bicycle parts. Anyways, I'm going out of the scope of the topic now, for your bike, I think it depends on how good/shit the bike is and its current setup for you to really weigh if it's worth the upgrade, wheels are a huge part of a bike's performance, I'm sure you've felt how much by going from alloy to carbon, good feels incredible.
Been wanting a dynamo/touring wheelset, but I'm not super certain on what rim I want to use. I want something and wide, so the Velocity Cliffhanger looks like it fits the bill, and velomine has this set for pretty cheap even though I'd be getting a new hub and spokes for the front, which would still be cheaper than building my own set from scratch completely. Are there any other (maybe cheaper) options? I'd re-use my rims but someone reamed the fuck out of the valve hole and now they're too big for a schrader to presta adapter even. I also have some wide 28h rims, but I don't see any 28h dynamos for a comparable price to the Shimano dh-3n72. I didn't particularly want to spend $300 on a SON hub.
https://www.chinaglobalmall.com/products/1612100003209>nooooo every wheel has to be solid black with black spokes you're not allowed to have color or personality
>>1997014I'm planning a rebuild and I want to alternate my spokes black and silver, silver hub, black rim. My plans are to convert my coaster brake only cruiser's ultra wide 32mm 584 rims to a front drum and fixed gear rear
It is happening again
>>1984697Could be zero-G when the plane suddenly dived ala the vomit comet.
showindows,,,view?,those biglass thingslaped on the front?.,,when did we gethis fixation onthe wavey needles.,,,,,,,flyinglued to the panel?,,,ya,ive flown twinengine thru thickstorm where gage lock wasathing.,Sucky!nothanks!, gothitwice by lightning tho so.,ya iseethe need,,ocasionaly.,,,,,but,,,,fly,the,,,plane!
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>>1995788I'm impressed by the pilots holding the nose up for that long.
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/05/14/boeing-department-of-justice-criminal-liability/73692655007/>Boeing has violated a 2021 agreement that shielded it from criminal prosecution after two 737 Max disasters left 346 people dead, the Department of Justice told a federal judge in a court filing Tuesday.Tumbling down, tumbling down, tumbling do~wn.
If you want help picking out a bike, post your height, what you will use the bike for, and a link to your local craigslist.>I want to buy a new bike. What should I watch out for?Don't buy Wal-Mart garbage.Don't buy department store garbage.Beware of amazon and alibaba garbage.>Should I buy from Bikes Direct?If you are clueless enough that you need to ask, no. If you have no mechanical ability, no. If the alternative is walmart, maybe. Ask first.>I want to buy a used bike. What should I watch out for and where should I buy?Craigslist is good for old bikes. Pinkbike.com/buysell is good for used modern mid- to high- end mountain bikes.Ask in /bbg/ if uncertain.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>1996955if you specifically plan to ride gravel routes or tour on it, yesotherwise just buy a Domane, or other disc road bike, which nowadays have wide gearing and fit wide tires. Gravel bikes are redundant as allrounders.
>>1996754You got some long fucking legs dawg
>>1996841>>1996779>You can also buy cassette spacers, then find a cassette that has loose cogs. Then install the spacers+loose cogs and run a custom 2,3,4 or whatever speed cassette.Hack: use a punch to tap the rivets out of old cassettes and recover the cassette spacers, you'll never have to buy one again.>>1996841The costs to maintain it are high compared to the purchase price, but maintenance costs will be higher on a more expensive bike. I'm a wrench monkey at Decathlon, and that's why most people are put off by maintaining this bike: the low initial purchase vs the (entirely regular) maintenance cost, which leads to many people discarding the bike. The only possible difference would be not having to replace your rims eventually if you were to opt for a disc brake bike. That said, if you only wear through two pairs of brake pads and one pair of tires in three years, you're quite a way off from having to replace your rims. Use and maintain until your rims wear out I'd say.
>>1996988>Hack: use a punch to tap the rivets out of old cassettes and recover the cassette spacers, you'll never have to buy one again.Good pointsome even used to use 3 bolts to hold them together, next cassette I burn through I will save the spacers.
what can I change my 2x slx crankset for? I'm tired of this bullshit
Disasters never have one root cause and neither did the destruction of cycling. But I know some important milestones in the decline and fall:1. COVID 19. Enough said.2. Full suspension mountain bikes. Enough said.3. Reddit. Enough said.4. Twitter. Enough said.5. British "people". Enough said.6. The d-tch. Enough said.7. The state of Utah. Enough said.8. Zwift, Peloton, "Spin Class", and other cancer. Enough said.What were some other key moments?
>>1962645CARShttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMlf1ELvRzc
>>1970460>for whatever reason, cycling attracts narcissistic do-gooders that think they're "making a difference" by behaving like an asshole in public and not accounting for the massive difference between a dude on a bike going 10 mph and a one ton car that can rip to 120 mph at a moment's noticethis is why I switched to riding a motorcycle outside of short trips around town and dedicated MTB trails
>>1966487>various weirdos too scared of White Slavic ImmigrantsThey got spooked by the Syrian refugee crisis. Sure, some might've been worried about Romanians, but they were mainly concerned about the browns.
>>1978392if you didn't buy the bike, you don't count
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