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>2 mile Disneyland-like streetcars are shit
Who would have thought.

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Clapistanis use Skodas?
pic rel

>ambitious 37 mile network
kek

>>1098775
People didn't know this?

Low department store class. Canada is loaded with mountain bikes. A quality used one at a comparable price should blow the wheels off that hiten steel piece of crap.

New bike for a 100 bucks?
Abort man. Abort.

We all (or most of us sans douches with rich mom and pop) understand what being on a budget is.
The best way you can go with a 100 dollar budget is get a decent USED hardtail mtb and put the rest of the money in decent tyres and whatever accessories you may need (mudguards are definitely a plus).

What you posted is worst of the worst Chinesium grade stuff that noone sane would recommend to anyone.
If you're going to put work into a bike (no bike is maintenance free) at least make sure you're not trying mend what the stupid Chink in factory did to save production costs. A baseline of a decent old MTB frame will give you much less hassle in the long run.

You might even stumble on some gem that has good mid to hi-end groupset and hardware from the 90s too.
I bought my shoddy commuter/tourer for like 120 USD and it had a 90s STX-RC groupset in it probably from a different bike. It was a good deal.

OP you should be completely aware of the difference between spending $100 and wasting $100 on garbage that falls apart after a month. If reviews are saying it falls apart then that's a massive warning sign, since people who don't maintain their bikes don't complain about their bikes falling apart.

It may not be responsive enough for CX depending on how serious you want to get.

>>1098353
how wouldn't it be responsive? It's full carbon and has the "overdrive" headtube which is supposed to be the best steering system out there.

Have alu CX bike as my commuter. It's great around 95% of the year and the 5% it sucks on are days when fatty would be the only type of bike with which riding wouldn't be a chore.

We don't want your trashy miner people over here.

Fun trivia fact, nikolasv was born in dis island:
>Long Island

That's like a step above Walmart crap. Save up some more money, or buy used.

>>1098084

what manufacturer should I look at?

for the price of a new decathlon bike you'll get a superior in every way used bike and you'll have enough money left for repairs and a set of decent tyres.

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Plane?

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>>1098066
That's not even the first time Boeing has done something like this. They did this for the Dreamliner a few years ago.

>>1098066
>not having at the very least 3 engines

for bling and comfort mostly if you just do short rides, nobody is saying you're going to turn into a superstar from riding an s-works but the cranks probably feel a lot more smooth than the 200$ shitter that you ride. Bikes are an art, if you ride every day as your main transportation then might as well get the cassette, the brakes, the tires, the saddle, the cranks you prefer. If you're touring then you need the reliability regardless.

>>1097937
It looks like the same cheap "mountain bikes" that walmart sells but with drop bars

>>1097937

Why do you buy meat, and vegetables? I have survived the last 20 years on potatoes and mulitvitamins. I haven't died yet, fat cat!

>>1097903
what

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>>1097903
that was you being visited by the spirit of Elvis Presley via a retarded prophet. wish I had been there.

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>>1097903
>big momma black lady gets on train
>few stops go by
>big momma walks to back of train car
>drops pants
>starts shitting in front of everyone
>"YOU GOTTA DO WATCHA GOTTA DO"
>whole train car smells like shit
>mfw

>>1097862
http://www.bikesdirect.com/canada/

http://www.bikesdirect.com/products/trackbikes.htm

>sub 400
>not shitty
Pick one

Get a real bike instead

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>>1097812
>heres the kicker- I'd prefer American made.
>I'm think 300-400 is my max range
Buy a bus ticket to northern NJ and steal Nikkipoor's used Waterford

>>1097812
Giant is taiwanese but still great quality. However, specialized is an American company.

>>1097812
>Go anywhere commuter
>Gears
>$300-$400
>Murica
That's a tall order and it's likely not going to happen. Your options are winning the Craigslist lottery, dropping one of your requirements, building your own bike starting from a relatively low cost made in America frame, or a 90's rigid mtb.

Many big name American manufacturers, have their frames made in Taiwan anyway.

>>1097755
holy shit that guy was mobbing

>>1097699
You fix the NEC not Acela.

>>1097777
Quads speak truth. That whole line is barely up to high speed grade, which means the Acala can barely stretch her legs.

I just do not understand how they make it a high speed train, and then limit it on subpar track. Bringing it up to snuff with better track and catenary would be an economic initiative and would make the service even more noteworthy.

>>1097699

The trains are fine. It's the tracks that need to be upgraded to handle high speed traffic. Frankly I'm not sure why amyone rides the Acela except for the longest trips across the NEC. It costs about twice as much as the regular Northeast Regional and is only about an hour faster on the whole stretch from Washington to Boston.

>>1097516
>>>/o/
Look for cyclists and peda at all times, all times. Use your blinker at all times or I WILL FUCKING KILL YOU.

>>1097516
It has to do with the 'mechanism' by which our brains allow us to be tool users: Any tool you use becomes, so far as your brain is concerned, an *extension* of your body, like a new limb you've gained. Believe it or not that also applies to driving any vehicle. The catch is that you have to be consistent and experienced enough with that 'tool' for that phenomenon to occur. You're not experienced enough yet for the car to feel like an extension of your body, it's still this foreign 'thing' that you're struggling with. This will come with time, consistency, and experience.

just keep at it and eventually you'll find it becomes natural.

it took about a year for me to get to that point, although you can drive just fine before everything becomes fluid.

>>1097341
you can get a whole bunch of other shit for operating an aircraft on a roadway

da fok outta heah nigga