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
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
>>1994335Just a case of predators keeping the local population from growing out of control
>>1994317It appears to distort the landmass so that the population density is equal across it. The farther apart the line spacing, the denser the population in an undistorted map.Basically it swells high population density areas like India, China, Europe, Nigeria, East Africa, etc. while shrinking low population density areas like Canada, Siberia/Central Asia, the Sahara, the Amazon and Congo basins, etc.
Totally random late night thoughtsAt the current known speed of travel throughout space (maybe not max) but at the speed the JSWT (telescope) reached the L2 zone in space. It would take 7291 generations of astronaut to reach some planet they believe has a civilization on it meaning it would take 324.7 Million Kg's of food for the entire journey assuming only 1 breeding pair or humans at any one time (inbred as fuck) 583333.3 years assuming 80 year lifespan which isn't including the 20 year overlap having 4 people on board whilst children are brought up to speed and left at age 20 by their dying parents. They would they be dead because the amount of inbreeding required at those levels would make them so fucking retarded they would forget how to breathe. In closing. Close to 700,000 years worth of life, 389.7 Million Kg of food (including the 20 year overlap) is what would be required to make it to that planetWe aren't making it to any other civlized planets before our finite resources are depleted. Humanity is fucked unless we come leaps and bounds in space travel and shielding technology.
>>1971504The concept of seed ships have been speculated in scifi since the 1960s. Essentially you send autonomous AI ships stocked with human sperm and ovum. The ship wanders the cosmos at "slow" speeds for hundreds or thousands of years until it finds a suitable planet. Then the ship AI inseminates thousands of ovum with the sperm and artificially birth the babies. Robots will become the surrogate parents and educate the children. Once the humans are ready, they will be transported down to the planet. The seed ship then departs to repeat the process elswhere.
cryostasis sleep + relativistic speedorFTL warp
intersteller,,,,bumpstake time.
>>1973625this>>1982855it's not Malthus, it's a problem of society and politics. the point is not that we're somehow teleologically doomed by our birthrate or lack of earthly resources. precisely the opposite--we know pretty well what we could be doing to keep the earth habitable and even to erase the staggering inequality amongst humanity, but we won't or can't, at least under any form of social structure yet devised. if we can't get our shit together down here, how the fuck are we going to do all that needs to be done to colonize space, even if such a thing were rightly possible.
>>1985879>Anon, wait--Back to the Future was just a movie.>No, Anon, Back to the Future was a documentary, and the events happened in real time.
Why would anyone own a car when you can buy this, go 30mph and never pay for fuel or car maintainence again?
>>1993841most people don't want to die in a fire
>>1993841Because legislation requires us to register those as motorcycles and pay taxes and insurance and registration
>tiny brakes meant for 15mph >tiny narrow tires meant for 15mph if you want a moped buy a moped
>>1993841I need to haul shit regulary.Not everyone can work from home with a macbook.
>>1993841Average bicycle speed is half that>speed is even lower if trying to haul anythingNo space for family or tools>mandatory shower upon arrivalRain, wind, snow and ice exist. >still only a fraction of the speed even the cheapest cars can do
Do trains cause autism or do autistics enjoy them naturally
you're not as funny as you think you are, op.
Selection bias, when you put anything under that kind of intense scrutiny you're going to find more of anything that might otherwise have flown under the radar with the default trans portation, it's like how the rate of left handedness appeared to spike dramatically and then stabilized after they stopped punishing left handedness
This is what my city does with land next to a transit station
>>1995546I will never live in an apartment. Sorry but I'm just not gonna do it.
>>1996302Ok retard, buy a few acres outside a small rural town instead.
>>1996338Nah I'll just keep living on the same land my ancestors in the past 200 years lived on. I will NOT take a mortgage nor pay someone else's mortgage.
>>1995459That's like a train or two full of people. Cars are space inefficient, honestly it looks like it could use more parking.
>>1995423Boohoo the world doesn't roll out the red carpet for your every whim. There are greater tragedies in this picture than the lack of a coffeeshop. You sound like my wife when she tries to tell me that we should just drive and pay $100 for parking whenever we go to an event that we can get to just fine by train for $10
Oh hey guys, just going to walk my herd down this here road a few miles. You don't mind waiting, right?
>>1994624Couldnit he have just kept his tiny horse even though they were losing the farm?I mean, it fit in a box and all , he could have kept it under his bad
>>1994401>revs>scares all the cattle >road clear, farmer seething
>>1994401They are you roads more than anyone else's, local resident. Thank you for letting my parasitic ass use them at all. Maybe I'll use this as a lesson to not pointlessly travel through land I don't own to other things I don't own, at the expense of everyone's time, resources, and the surface of the earth.
>>1994621>Would have fucking slapped him, comment on the photo was also implicitly lewd.He was Kiwi?
>>1994401Thank you for your service.
Old beater edition
>>1994999gonna argue that one. case 5130 maxxum has hydraulic clutches that are engaged by solenoids and spools. if ur shifting is failing, it can be the diode on the back right rear of the cab, or the shuttle switch are most common. the hydraulic clutch will also last 3 to 4 times longer than a dry mechanical clutch, though i do agree the feel is different.picture of a hydraulic fwd/rev clutch
>>1994999check'd digitsnothing you described can't be fixed. a factory service manual is worth spending the money on and much cheaper than paying somebody to come out even once. it's silly to piss and moan when a few hours wrenching will remedy the issue
>>1970907>300hp v12>powerquad>converts to large loader>giant cab with a bench for your babuskacommies got it right occasionally
in keeping with the thread theme;field beater on a small farmheavy work gets done with the telehandler + backhoe so the JD is semi retired, just pulls stuff around the 10 acres
heres my shops landlords janky ass loader built semi commercially by his uncle. 345 intertrashional married to a twin disc 2 spd powershift. 4 wheel steer pettibone axles geared low enough to shear the wheel studs if you deadhead it. this is 1 of 4 remaining. maybe 20 total were built in the 60s and 70s
Last thread hit bump limit>>1912751Spring is coming, get the winter stuff when it's on sale. Except people from Argentina, for you, get the summer stuff when it's on saleAnyone use winter-specific road or MTB shoes? I've been depending on overshoes for too longDiscuss bike apparel. Engage in catty tribalism between "lycra lout aero fred" and "practical normal not-a-cyclist' (actually still marketed to cyclists but with reverse psychology) apparel. Boast of your metric century (not a real century) wearing just jeans and a t-shirt. Conveniently, there is no strava of it but it totally happened I swear!>>1912751
I wish bike racks didn't destroy the aesthetics of a bike. I know frame mounted luggage is better than backpacks, that's why I have a rack fitted, but Jesus it fucks up the look of my bike.I also know that a bike is a tool, and practicality, functionality, comfort etc all trump aesthetics, but Holy shit can't someone design a nice rack that actually improves the looks of a bike? You know how the best machines just look right, it's like great design, engineering and optimal usefulness sometimes combine to create beauty. Why doesn't that seem to work with bike racks?
>>1996114Everything about this bike is fugly though, I'm not sure what you're trying to say. Those handlebars, the stem, the br**ks saddle, the frankenstack, for some reason the head tube is too long, random out of place bell, grip shifters? I'm sure it's a fine shitbox for commuting and comfy on various levels but on the astatics angle it never had a chance
>>1996114I actually quite like that rackto me the cockpit and the wheels/tires are the ugliest parts black spokes on classic frames tend to look awful and those grips are disgusting
I came to the conclusion bike mounted bags are just a meme.I had frame bags, I had top tube bags, I had handlebar and saddle bags. They all suck.Frame bags rob you of space for bottles and make your bike look like a hobomobile; top tube bags while looking better than the alternatives touch my legs when climbing out of the saddle or.my crotch when I dismount.Handlebar bags destroy aesthetics, can't really be accessed while riding most of the time and don't even get me started on aero. Finally, saddle bags are a necessary evil, as I don't really wanna carry spares on my pockets every time i ride and take them out every time I arrive. And all of them rub and mark your bike.So yeah, gym sack for the win, a backpack if I need to.
Cheap mtb shorts are my jam bros
This is what they took away from you.
There are tons of used 26 full sus bikes for sale. Seen multiple giant atx 970's go for sub 100old specialized epics around 250-300, trek fuels, etc.
>>1995115$0 is too much for a FS 26er
>>1995297not even worth a decent reply
>>1994807My grandma is a nice lady you take that back
>>1995115i got this for 70 dollars (with old tires of course)>>1995297mean and rude
why are guys like this so racist against anything that isn't old and farty?why don't they just ignore the people flying by them at 40mph having a ton of fun being super fit and not fat and angry like themselves? Why they such haters?
>>1976871not eveybody has money mr richard
Sayonara,Grant "once I reach page 10 I'm free" Petersen
>>1996307They must not have lyme disease in california
>>1996307Can those thin-ass tubes (in mixte geo no less) survive actual mountain biking?
>>1996367That's a shit question set up for going "No Real Scotsman". I used to regularly take worse tyres than that around the locala MTB loop when I was a student, for what that's worth.Also, you don't know what a mixte is.
Do you guys ever talk to fellow passengers on your public transit?>another week of riding the subway>another week not talking to anyone, barely making eye contact, just standing facing the door/looking at the floor>another week seeing the same people at my home station and never talking to them>another week seeing the same qt girls and never looking at them let alone talking to them, even if a seat opens next to themI know it isn't common for people to talk a lot on the train nowadays with everyone having headphones on but it still feels horrible
>>1995806nobody here was around for bianchi-kun (now bianchi-chan)
>>1995809>I guess if you're seeing the same people every day you can't help but get to know each other a little better>see the exact same people on my commute at my home sttion daily for years now>never speak to any of them>even see cute women who clearly live in my area or at least near me>still avoid social contact
>>1989970>>1989903This is how I met my wife. We used to take the same bus to work and after having exchanged flirty looks for a while I sat next to her one day and said hi.
>>1995452>just doing nothing with that timeListen to a podcastListen to an audiobookRead articlesRead booksPlay billiards with your nutsYou have options
>>1996290Wholesome
Delta Cycle and Dimension stem raisers are being recalled because they can shift during use and pose a fall hazard.The recall affects about 500,000 units sold in the U.S., and about 8,510 sold in Canada. The affected Delta Cycle stem raisers are model numbers TD3318B, TD3318S, TD3418B, and TD3418S. The Dimension model numbers are SM1977 and SM1979. All of the models were sold in black and silver and measure between 5 and 7 inches high.Consumers should stop using the recalled models and contact Delta Cycle to schedule a free repair at an independent bike dealer. Delta Cycle can be reached at 800-474-6615 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday; by email or online.No injuries have been reported, but there has been one report of a stem riser shifting during use. The stem risers were sold at REI and local bicycle stores nationwide and online at designbydelta.com and Amazon.com from January 1998 through January 2024 for about $46
>>1996191I dno't care about your ebike kvetching but I do agree we need to ban cranks over 170mm or at least require a licensing system where the police can break into your home at any time with no warning to confirm you aren't attempting to put them on a non-circus clown bike
>>1995679>>1996191Any 700c bike (so almost all modern bikes) is designed first for people around 175 to 190 cm. Because that tire size naturally makes for bikes to that demographic. Anything below 170 cm and you'll get into serious trouble on where the fuck are you going to fit the big ass wheels in such a small frame and it will change the handling. Anything bigger just looks goofy but is usually perfectly rideable with similar geometry. Also if you're struggling with getting the handlebars high enough you're not in a position to use 175 mm cranks. You simply do not have the flexibility and hip mobility for it. Smaller cranks helps you inflexible fuckers because your hip angle will stay more open. Which is a major limiter for all the inflexible people.
>>1996214long cranks are put on bikes for the same reason knobbies are put on bikes that will never be taken off road. regardless of whether it's the right choice for the user, it helps the sales process move alongwe all know why normies want knobbies for their commuters. in the case of cranks, long cranks make otherwise lackluster bikes feel more responsive/light, because of the extra leverage on the downstroke. if it fucks up your pedal stroke and makes it uneven, well hey, it must be because the bike is so fast, normally you're on something slower
>>1996214>175 to 190 cmi have no idea what you are talking about. the bike industry has startled around 2015 to make MTB bike frames with alright proportions for people above 6'1.if you think a 700c wheel is a big wheel you have never seen a size 60 road bike and how minuscule 700c wheels are.Fun fact, the extremely rare xl 80s and 90s MTB frames still suffer the same issue of a low stack for the reach they have. That's why so many high reise handlebars are bought to people who restore them.>flexibility You are clueless.
>>19962942015 is also around when MTBs started to use bigger 700c wheels. And if you can read you'd notice that I said they do look goofy on bigger bikes because the proportions are wrong. But they're still rideable because while the proportions are wrong they don't have to compromise on geometry nearly as much as the smaller bikes.>muh 80s and 90s MTBsOh I thought we're talking about bikes that have been relevant in the last decade.
>going nowhere in my dead end worthless life>hear about being an air traffic controller, seems really cool>interesting and important work, good salary, benefits, etc.>look into it>already past the age limit to applyanother failure. i would love to work in aviation somehow. im probably going to just be forced to be a baggage handler or some shit.
I thought about doing that as well as a way to make money while doing my flight training. Was also surprised by the age limit.
Apply to your local airports operations or maintenance division. Alternatively FAA Tech Ops or Air Marshals if you have prior mil experience. Being a ATC sucks those people seem stressed constantly and they work rotating shifts. I wouldn't recommend it.
Share your ride, ask for advice, shitpost about 'em, so and on and so on.All posters with pedal less monstrosities like Sur Ron's will be summarily executed.
>>1975554Cheapest thing with the quickest charging and regen braking? I really want to make the world flat.
>>1995777So at minimum, you want pedal assist only?
>>1995857Yes, and all UL certified. That would be a good start. I mean come on Chinese seem to have nailed the fat america oh so well, since they sell the vast majority of cheap fire hazard throttle assist bikes. Also really the whole class two seems like a stupid category. It wont address people trying to mod their bikes to remove the limited but its a good starting point.
>>1995904That would be my next comment/question: regulation is mostly a dream. But not to be evasive, it would keep your average dummy from hurting most people. Probably a net positive. But I don't want anything to hinder a car replacement. First step of that is stay just below the line of regulation.
>Retards think their electric bikes are reducing their carbon footprint
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 downTHIS CAN WORK???!!!!!!!BLIMP TRAIN HOLEY ROLLERRIDE ON THE BLIMP TRAINBLIMP TRAIN SAVE THIS COUNTRY AND MAKE IT WHOLE AGAIN Now Im on the edge of something Wondering bout the blimp train ooooohhhhaaaaa eeeeeaaaaahhhooooaaaaTalking bout the blimp train
Train plane https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRH5BO-bnDw
>>1992718Is he one of us?
>>1992718And they say azns cant be creative
>>1992718can he make a blimp onecan someone reach out to him
