What would an alternate timeline where the US favored building vertically instead of horizontally look like? Where they built trans, trains, subways and bike paths/lanes?
>Where they built trans, trains, subways and bike paths/lanes?
They would just be elevators silly.
>>1029304
Westward expansion would have been much, MUCH slower and lots of western America might not actually be, well, America.
>>1029222
You don't have to work very hard to imagine this, just look at pictures of American cities from the turn of the last century and imagine the buildings with more modern facades and taller average heights (especially in the urban core). Chicago, New York, San Fransisco, Philadelphia, Detroit, etc. were all big, bustling places well before the advent of sprawl.
reminder that any transportation that requires effort is bad for you.
take the train, bus, car or even tram next time
>>1029166
I know right, 100% agree.
LOOK AT THIS NET
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>>1029168
Agreed.
Any current pilots have any experience with ATP or know anyone who's trained through ATP?
Currently I'm working on my PPL through a small local flight school and really like it. I made up my mind a few years ago that I want to go Airline for a career. So it's something I'm working on. I keep seeing and reading about ATP Flight School's success rate and how they guarnetee a CFI job and it's easy to get hired on with a Regional with them. But, I've also heard it's a "for money" school. I'm just trying to gather more info. I've been working a lot the past few years and I have the cash to pay for ATP. I just don't know what other options I have? I like how ATP says you'll be at a Regional at about 2 years from the first day of class. I'm 25 now, I'm worried that if I were to just get all my licenses and ratings through a small school that I'd never get hired on as a CFI and I'll have to wait years before I accumulate 1,500hrs
Any advice
Delta has something similar as what ATP offers you just need a ppl
>>1028987
do you have a name of the school or a link to it?
>>1028990
afa.edu
Established by Comair, then Delta bought it, recently it merged with an aerosim company
but it has roots with delta and the regionals so theyll have lots of contacts and ways in to the regionals for you after graduation
Hi,
So, I got a DUI and suprisingly that really fucked my job up in IT (working for government).
I'm sick of office work, and I want to get into pest control (my uncle is one of the best service techs in a top 3 pest control company).
I cant get hired their do to a DUI (lots of work at night, driving vehicles), but I realized I can now get my CDL license in California.
Where do I start, and how do I get it for minimal cost?
>dui
just kill yourself and do everyone a favor
like you've never driven drunk...
or your a city/fag peasent
>>1028866
i've never driven drunk because i'm a normal functional adult and not a retarded manchild
anyway, you chose to drive drunk and now you have to deal with some major issues, I'm glad you're fucked
What do you guys think of vilano bikes?
Looks like shit. Buy it immediately, so you can get your "I can have my cake and eat it too, right?" bike-buying phase out of your system as quickly as possible.
Undiluted crap
It's probably fine.
After doing some research, I've released that there is not a single bike lock out there that is thicker than a bolt cutters spread. I want to make my own lock, one that is incredibly thick and large. I have absolutely no idea how to do this. Any advice? Has anyone done something like this before?
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OP: realised*
>>1028167
>>/diy/
>>1028167
You're pissing into the wind. This has been tried a million times. The best anyone can do is slow down a bike thief. You make it too big for bolt cutters? They get a cutoff saw. You make it too difficult? Maybe they destroy your bike out of spite. Also why make a bike lock that ends up being as heavy as the entire bike? Makes no sense. Just don't park your bike anywhere risky, or never let it out of your sight, or park it inside somewhere. This is like trying to prevent 100% of tire punctures, it's impossible and you'll drive yourself insane trying and failing.
How does it cost $800 million to scrap a $570 million ship in shallow water?
Tools and labor, son. It costs money to scrap a huge pile of worthless junk too, ya smell me bruh?
>>1028094
Probably complying with environmental regulations
It Would otherwise cost, what? Skeleton crew wages, food and fuel to put it out in the middle of nowhere, $200 in explosives to sink it, and another chartered boat to bring back the crew
There couldn't be $800 million worth of scrap metal in that boat.
Knowing that, why don't they just drain of it fuel and oil, tow it out to deep waters and sink it?
what do you guys think of the boosted board ?
its very gay
>>1027980
I kinda want one. Seems perfect for carrying in the airplane, certainly much more compact than a folding bike.
Meme board for horrendously ugly youtube vloggers
What does this mean for the future of US transport infrastructure?
Cars Cars Cars and Planes. His oil buddies will ensure it. Will just be whoever pays him the most.
No imported vehicles anymore.
Bikes are deemed communism.
Motoroller/Scooter Thread
Pic is my Roller
Looks nice, top speed?
>>1025111
HEIL
>>1025608
Top speed? Isn't km per liter the hot topic of scoot scoots?
In my opinion the worst cycling subculture that I have ever had the displeasure of dealing with has to be vegan riders.
I used to live in Adelaide where Durianrider lives and since Adelaide is a small town you're pretty much going to run into every semi serious cyclist at one point.
The guy is an absolute sociopath and all of his followers are cringey and annoying as fuck. His diet advice is completely bunk and basically equates to: consume as much sugar as possible and ride as much as possible.
This wouldn't be so bad if it were possible to just avoid the cunt and not have to see him, I moved to Melbourne so it's not as if I've ever run into him but the cunt has completely infected Youtube so now whenever I try to look up cycling related videos there is Durianrider shitting up the search results and in the sidebar for suggested videos.
Not only that but there are other vegan cyclists on youtube doing the same shit as Durianrider telling people to "carb the fuck up" and acting morally superior because they have a retarded diet.
Lol, I just started watching his vids the other day, he seems as narcissistic as an other youtube e-celeb
Only vids I thought were worthwhile were him proving you can keep up with a fast group hillclimb ride on a $500 road bike, and maybe a vid about roadlink/low gears but I'm sure it has been done by others
>>1024602
He's 100% troll.
No way you'd keep the weight off eating that much sugar without cycling constantly.
He acts like he's seriously lacking nutrients for his brain, which he probably is.
I'd bang his ex gf tho
Hey, friends. I just bought my first road bike a few weeks ago and got her all tuned up and running like new. She's got butterfly bars on her now but im wondering: would it be easy to swap between that and drop down bars? Does that include swapping out anything too costly? Or is it simply disconnecting and reconnecting brake/derailleur cables?
Pic related, is boothang.
You'll need brifters
>>1028646
Elaborate?
>>1028646
I understand ill need different brakes/shifting mechanism. But is it easy as disconnecting and reconnecting cables when switching between bars?
Hello /n/iggers,
Does anyone know exactly how handlebar measurements are worked out? E.g. If one bar has 20mm rise and 5° upsweep, and another has 20mm rise and 3° upsweep, are the contact points at the same height? What about backsweep? Does a bar with more backsweep effectively have shorter reach? Maybe this is a stupid question but I can't find it explicitly stated anywhere
http://www.singletracks.com/blog/mtb-gear/how-to-choose-the-best-mtb-handlebars-a-buyers-guide/
The current theme of wide ass risers with a short stem is because modern top tubes are getting longer. Backsweep will shorten reach as will a shorter stem. Idk about rise ratios cause i use flat bars. IMHO the stock bars on new mtbs are way too wide for average size riders but its like seats- very personal preference.
>>1028478
The grip areas will be at the same height if the rise number is the same, the one with greater back sweep will put the grips further backwards and they'll be slightly more angled. Back sweep isn't quite the same as negative reach, you could in theory have negative reach with the grip area still straight (or at the same angle as the back sweep) but bars aren't generally made that way (there are some with forward reach, in which case they'll place the grips further forward than "straight" bars with the same back sweep).
>>1028511
Another thing I forgot to mention, you also have up sweep to take into account. If it's an identical amount then you can ignore it, however if it differs then that will cause some issues as I have no idea where rise is measured to (more up sweep means the end of the bars will be even higher in comparison to the start of the grip area).
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Do people where you live look down upon riding bikes, seeing it as something only for kids and poor people? Seeing people post this kinda shit is almost surreal.
>>1028261
the only people ive seen talk down on biking are those that are very out of shape and unhealthy
he's right though
>>1028266
he's absolutely retarded
What are some good compact transportation tools out there? Ive looked at boostedboard but it looks gay. Specific brand please.. Folded bikes are good but most are too big. I'm looking for something under 20lbs and carried compact.
>>1028226
most road bikes are under 20 lbs these days... just not as compact but more functional
Compact is really important. No more than 3 x 3 ft.