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?
>>1993331uh huh
>>1993270In the old times, when lights were on a timer, 2 minutes green in one direction, 2 minutes red in the other, the button forced a switch to make one red. If you waited, then you could cross the street either way.The new "smart" intersections for vehicles will not waste time with a red cycle if there's no one on the opposing side, but that's not as obvious for pedestrians, because there's no way to tell which way pedestrians want to go or if they want to just hang out at the corner and beg, spin signs, or otherwise draw attraction.
>>1993266just jaywalkit's that easy
I just hit it since I don't want to be half way across the cross walk when the light turns green and a cage runs me over.I don't want to wait in the car lane since no one is in it, and being there may not trip the light so 9/10 times it's quicker for me to hit the crosswalk button.Beyond that even if I am going to be first to the light I don't trust cagies to not run me over, since that's very common for motorcycle accidents is to get rammed from behind.I also try and avoid using crosswalks by riding on the bike trail, sidewalk, or taking routes that are mostly right hand turns for training.Another play is just using a less busy section of the road to cross. I find this leaves me less interactions with drivers too.
>>1993266>Why are they so (apparently) hated?Because it's annoying to have to do an extra step to cross. Sometimes people forget. Sometimes people are running to catch the light. There's an infuriating thing here where the "open" crossing counts down in anticipation of a window to start a red light, but if you don't hit the button or the car detector in time, it will abort the red light and reopen the crossing. So yeah, you can literally see that your opportunity to cross is about to happen, run to try to hit the button, only to see the timer run out before you get there and lose the red light.Also, all these beg-button intersections with car-detectors are SHIT at detecting bikes. They put little markings on the pavement where you are supposed to put the bike for maximum sensitivity or whatever (which will already piss off drivers, because now you are blocking a car that wants to turn). I have literally never had a detector meant for a car pick up my aluminium folding bike. Not once.Picture how infuriating it is if you were in a car waiting at a red light, and it literally never turns green. You can even see the cross walk count down and think, "oh, here comes my green light—WHAT THE FUCK??? IT RESET?" You have to get out of the car and hit the beg button, cagey.>>1993270>Anyway, it's a little more complicated, because some beg buttons now will emit audible signals for blind people to know when to walk, and if you press them aggressively they'll be like "wait" or something.>But knowing urbanists and the yimby crowd, they'll be getting rid of those soon, because urbanists want to eliminate anyone who isn't in the NSDAP catalogue of "productive people" and seeing blind people around is bad for muh property values.My city kept the buttons and the audio, but that's now the only role for the buttons. The crossing activates regardless of whether the button is pressed, but if the button is pressed then the audio cues for the intersection are activated.
WITNESS ME EditionPrevious: >>1962890US Mariners: https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1lxDKFTLO4x771l06T9y331XYhlc6TqYj-hfhl91iXXU/edit?pli=1UK Mariners: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yjRTjwJRkW_wYqis7E-c9U0xTQZWLXbsP--2qgYKUdM/edit
>>1992849what? no. Far East is where all the consumer crap industry is, so there's more traffic of shit coming from China and going to the Americas/Europe.
>>1992772OS aren't allowed on epf and I'm on a TAO.
>>1992860>engineers >patientLol, lmao evenHeres how to survive ER as an apprentice:>dont be a smartass>take advice to heart>show interest by asking questions (at the appropriate time)>"hey Anon i saw you do X in the Y way, why like this">if they explain something write it down in a notebook>grab tools and shit before they even ask>DONT BE A SMARTASSGood luck if you have the stressed out engineers who yell at you for everything and anything. Theyre assholes and dont mind them too much.
>>1993044>>1992860Don't touch clipboards unless you're told to. ESPECIALLY don't move them unless you're told to.
does SIU still require you to take a covid vaccine in order for you to begin training?
Is there anything more based than 90s mountain bikes?
>>1993442looks like tyre clearence could be an issue how wide are the current tyres?i quite like cheap shwalbe / impac or continental tyresgo for 1.95s and what kind of knobs or tread pattern to go for depends on what sort of offroad you meanif you mean mud grass and wet stuff go for big spaced out knobsif its dryer terrain get smaller closer packed knobscant tell if youve got a quick release seat clamp but if not get oneget some kind of metal bashguard for the chainrings or replace the biggest cog with oneif you ever find yourself pushing the bike uphill then you should look into drivetrain upgrades like a bigger cassette or smaller chainringsthats about as much as you can do on a basic ol rigid bike before things start getting silly and expensive like dropper posts replacing forks stems bars cranksets and stuffyour cantis need some work btw they dont look right to me
>>1993095i'm nocar and gravel bikes are the best if you are serious about only using bikes for travel. Rigid MTB a close second but drops are better than flats for long distances.
>>1993422i'm a manlet and 26 feels toylike to me
based? based on what?
>>1993511>mavic equipped/rare/well, besides rims.Wished they didn't fail like the did. >based on what?just is.>>1993422As a KOM(5'11) I love all tire sizes.
Someone died in a train collision last week. HOW TF DO YOU GET HIT BY A BIG AND LOUD ASS MOFO TRAIN???
>>1979311>Then—suddenly, and seemingly coming from nowhere—the poo's natural predator, the box car, appears a half a mile in this distance, and hurling itself at the blistering speed of four miles per hour.>It's over rather quickly for the pajeet.>His friend can only look on helplessly.
>>1979311maybe they were deaf idk>>1979423wow ragdoll physics are real wtf
>>1980168>I wonder what the clean up procedure is after these thingsIIRC the plataform gets cleaned as any other blood related incident (so probably a janny with protection against bloodborne diseases) the tracks just get treated by a white powder cleaned agent
>>1979323>>1979324explain yourself Americans
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% )
>>1992863can't even address me directly. classic beta F/O post. I'll bet the flight attendants peg you
>>1992799Well I appreciate it. I try to apply the same logic I use in my day to day to planes, and I also try to remember how many flights I’ve been on before this new anxiety. Might just start swigging a shot before flights though. Either way thanks a bunch
>>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
Quill stems are pretty editionRead this:https://www.sheldonbrown.com/https://www.parktool.com/en-us/blog/repair-helpOld >>1991219
should i buy a brooks swallow for 150i have chonky legs so i'm thinking my legs will rub less or something...maybe....
>>1993488I heard brooks were "ass hatchets" but I know many love them after breaking them in. I only have 25in quads halfway down the femur and I ride pretty much any saddle as long as I wear thin shorts/pants.If you can run flats allow your feet to sit wider so the q-factor is wider. Thus allowing less saddle nose-thigh contact. MTB cranks do this too since they have to clear the wide chainstays.One of the reasons I like riding mtb's for comfort since I have wider hips.
>>1993490i have pretty narrow hips and 22" quads, but my femurs point inward. i have a b17n and it's comfy, butt kinda clicks in. 150 is just a pretty good price for a swallow and i think it looks pretty sleek in comparison, plus i'd have a more aggressive riding position.
>>1993493I am going to say the swallow might help if you are getting rub issues. Just saw the swallow vs b17n and the b17n seems to have a longer "skirt'/whatever the fuck you call that section that goes down towards the bike.It seems to flare a little too, where as the swallow seems to tuck in so it's narrower.Would ask on other forums like bikeforums classic and vintage section or somewhere else if you get no other answers.
>>1993500yeh, i mean i have read some people either trimming or punching and tying up the wings or whatever. i'd rather not punch/cut a new saddle and mess with the inherent characteristics unless i knew it would be beneficial. i'll check
Is there anything more soulful than taking a Greyhound bus from coast to coast?
>>1993254is this the replacement for greg and vicki?
walking
>>1993231>>1993256Riding coast to coast on a motorcycle
>>1993255reported for racism
>>1993502>fat nigger methhead detected.
>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
>>1991109Most laws regard bikes as carriages and that is why you cannot ride them on sidewalks
>>1991136>>1991126stay in your walled garden, newfag
>>1989540is your city that poor that your sidewalks are genuinely unusable
>>1989763Like I said, the new ones are really nice. Unfortunately they go to literally nowhere. They also go the long way around and that increases the miles of your trip. They are just there for recreation. I use a mirror when I use the road and that makes my rides on roads better. If people tried that I think they would not be so scared and they wouldn't let a lack of bike lanes stop them from riding
>>1989520i hate sharing sidewalks with cyclists. they mean you've got to pay a lot more attention as a pedestrian because now you could kill some dickhead and break your arm if you try to walk around someone else. sidewalks for pedestrians, roads for bikes, and the scrapyard for cars.
Should the Port Authority consider the development of a railway/subway line from New Jersey to Staten Island?Everyone knows that Staten Island is the bumhole of NYC transit, having one heavy rail line that runs worse headways during off-peak than any 24h Subway line during the night. That even includes the Rockaway Park shuttle whose five stops are among the nine least used on the entire network according to 2014-2019 figures.Now every half assed transit enthusiast knows that Staten Island once had a line going from St. George along the north coast of the borough. The continuation of that line is now a cargo rail line into New Jersey. This provides two opportunities>A rail line along the existing right of way to Elizabeth and Newark, providing direct rail service to Newark Airport and potentially midtown Manhattan>A subway (PATH) or light rail (in collaboration with NJ Transit) line that crosses the state border over the Kill van Kull and then uses the existing right of way at Port RichmondAll three options will need at least a 3 mile long tunnel to reconnect St. George with the elevated section at Port Richmond. The rail line option would need a connector to the Northeast Corridor line at Elizabeth Port, while both the subway and light rail options would need a bridge or tunnel to cross the river. And of course the Subway would need a major extension project across Hudson County.How realistic would such a project be, and do you think it would be reasonable or maybe even needed? Also I am not an American so I don't have expert knowledge on all the different parties required to make such a project happen so feedback would be welcome in that regard.
>>1983686are the guardian angels still around, get them to do it, these fags are just for show
>>1986301Yeah they beat up random brown people walking down the street for fox news camera crews and call them MS-13 gang banger shoplifters without evidence and then get sued for it, if you want a race war that's how you'll get one
>>1988966we're already in a race war
>>1981035Gov. Christie goes on 4chins?
they should build another bridgefrom alpine to yonkers
A thread to discuss bike touring - bikes, routes, gear, stories, etc.
>>1993454Yeah but there's more to riding than just strength. Have you never gotten a saddle sore? I used to get those at lower mileage than that.
>>1993395yeah it's not exactly fatigue that will get you, but discomfort if your fit isn't dialed in or you haven't broken in your ass yet.
>>1993395so it's really more important to test your fit and setup than to get fitness. do shorter trips first.
>>1993455never gotten that
>>1993395Easiest ride of your life lmao. That's an average of 3 hours a day of riding. That leaves like 14 hours to do whatever. Every day! Absolute joke. You can do that on a beach cruiser easy!! You can do it on a BMX if you get a tall seatpost. The only way that would be difficult is if you WALK!
Comfy Winter EditionOld Thread: >>1938049
>>1974323Doctor Yellow isn't equipped with KS-ATC and I dobut JR Kyushu would want to build its own version of Doctor Yellow, this also applies to West Kyushu Shinkansen as well as three of five the N700S sets they have there also have track inspection equipment installed into them (Track monitoring for Y1 and Y3 plus cantenary monitoring for Y2).
https://youtu.be/3yP0iGVNZmw
>>1992752Women who attract 'chikan,' and women who don’t: An illustrated guidehttps://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/women-who-attract-chikan-and-women-who-dont-an-illustrated-guide
>>1992792Related: Aging foid in her 30s is offended she is NOT approached anymore and WANTS to be harassedhttps://soranews24.com/2022/12/11/why-dont-hosts-in-kabukicho-approach-our-female-reporter-any-more/
https://tabiris.com/archives/ikodama/>Ikokka Kodama, a Sanyo Shinkansen equivalent to Platt Kodama introduced>basically you take the all-station Kodama between two stations that are served by the fastest class(Nozomi) for a 20-25% discount>SmartEX reservation system purchase only, up to 11:30 PM the day before departureThe biggest winner here is Fukuyama, served by only 4 or 5 Nozomis per day and Kodama only adding just over half an hour of travel time from either Shin-Osaka or Hiroshima yet still eligible. Shin-Osaka - Okayama makes sense too at 24 minutes extra. Unfortunately it's non-stopover so in for multi-stop trips it'll make more sense to get normal tickets.https://tabiris.com/archives/osaka-monorail-uryudo/>Cost of Osaka Monorail extension construction hikes by 80%, completion delayed to 2033>both primarily attributed to ground around Uryudo being softer than planned forcing more expensive foundations as well as worker shortages>this 80% is already after the planners went around downgrading stations visually to save cash>this, and similar hikes with Saitama Rapid Transit and Nishi-Hiroshima Tram extension may affect cost/benefit calculations of other lines in the future
Confess your sins, /n/.
ive been riding my road bike as my main form of transportation for years, maybe 8 at this point, and i still dont know jack shit about repairing it or anything else. pretty much the only maintenance i do is oiling the chain and repairing flats. i also changed the cassette once. but anything else i would have no clue how to fix, like any cable repairs, or deraileur, or anything else. ive been lucky in that ive really never had to do any big repairs on it. my rear deraileur cable did snap a year ago and took it to my local bike shop. but i dont really have a way to learn repairs anyway, since i only own this one bike.
I used to be a big fan of vintage bikes, liked to "underbike," and posed as a retrogrouch. Turns out I was really just a poor fox and fancy modern bikes are delicious grapes.
>>1985790i like cars
I "invested" in a quite expensive dynamo setup with all Son, but I don't really enjoy using it. My old shimano+b&m setup worked perfectly fine and seeing those cheap but dependable parts light my way made me feel the type of warmth I am afraid the Son setup may never bring. In general I don't really like riding my new expensive things, I always feel much more at home on my older and less luxurious equipment.
>>1985790I’m three years into an urban planning degree, am I fucked career-wise?
I’m starting to feel overwhelmed. I’m 21 years old about to be a co pilot with aircraft equipped with PT6 engines, this is the first time I will be flying a a turbo prop aircraft and I’m baffled. I’m so used to flying 4cylinders 6 cylinders aircraft and aircraft with POH of like 300 pages but now it has 1000 pages. Is it normal to feel overwhelmed? Like what is your advice? I know the basic of how the pt6 works, I understand it. And honestly, the process seems so much more simple. What do ?
>>1992955You were handed things to you your entire life from your parents. And now that you actually have to learn something new, you're throwing a fit and refusing to do so. Fucking spoiled brat. I hope I see you on blancolirio.
>>1993335Kek gotem
>>1992955just get lots of sim practice in youl be ok
>>1992955I hope you make it to the legacies before you start balding. The boys and I will spit roast you like a piggy pink pig and make you squeal.
Well at least he didn't post a frog...
How do you guys mentally prepare for the december - january hell months? I just finished my first year of the holiday torture and almost wanted to an hero myself. How do you veterans take the pressure?
>>1989696can I get a wind check
>uuuuhhhh airport traffi-wait no airport tower this is uuuhhhh four-two-ze-oh wait it's November four-two-zero-six-nine, I mean niner...I'm uhhh thirteen, well probably twelve miles to the west and uhh I'd like to come in.....November four-two-zero-six-niner>oh and we have the information
>>1989696tell us about being an atc
>>1989696Not ATC but I'll be flying for an airline at that time this year so I'll be talking to you!
>>1992221I do this.
Performance enhancing drugs editionOld >>1972124
>>1993388that's a grade a grader, bacon. enjoy your renewed roadway.
buthen,,,,
Did stuff in the woods todayI lost front traction on a very loose berm and smacked a tree which was fun
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