For me, it's the Cloverleaf; Intelligent, Nihilistic and with a Wicked Sense of Humor.
What about you, /n/ - Transport?
>>1086451
> Le title
> Le full cloverleaf
> Le self-proclaimed interlligence
> Le collector-distributor road absence
A 3-level stack roundabout or any non-free flow system interchange in is already better than this.
Tell me about the EM-11 Orka, /b/.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margański_%26_Mysłowski_EM-11_Orka
The EM-11 was designed by Edward Margański of Margański & Mysłowski Zakłady Lotnicze (Margański & Mysłowski Aviation Works), renowned for world class glider designs (Swift S-1, MDM-1 Fox). Work on this new low cost, light utility aircraft, of unorthodox configuration, with slim glider-like fuselage and two pusher engines, started in 2001. The plane was constructed of composite materials with a car-like 4-seat cab placed low over the ground, for convenient and easy boarding. Room for cargo was created aft of the rear seats.
The first prototype EM-11, registered SP-YEN,first flew 8 August 2003. It has a fixed tricycle landing gear and Rotax 912 (100 hp) engines. The second prototype, registered SP-YEP, being a pattern for serial production variant EM-11C, flew 20 October 2005 with Lycoming IO-320 engines and retractable landing gear. In April 2011 EM-11C Orka was EASA certified and is currently in production. Prior to certification, the prototypes and three further aircraft had been built.
Several variants are planned including, a patrol aircraft with an FLIR head, an air ambulance, a cargo plane, and an amphibious version.
http://www.marganski.pl/index.php?str=8&idk=1
This design looks nice, but two engines in such small plane... Is it a good idea?
da propellers are at da back
>two plastic bottle cages
>two house-brand insulated water bottles
>literally $90
and they wonder why retail is dying.
Does anyone have a transportation-related job? Is there any value in a degree focused on transportation/logistics/management/urban planning?
>>1086293
I work as an entry level traffic engineer in a large consulting company. We have two main teams in our transportation division: traffic engineers and transportation planners. The planners have a wide array of backgrounds. One of my planning friends had a degree in geography for example but still here he is as a planner.
The traffic engineers generally have a minimum of a BS in Civil Engineering. Some will also have a MS in Civil with (ideally) some focus on transportation. I will use my own experience as an example here. My degree (BS Civil) was pretty expensive BUT I'm making quite a nice salary even in my first year. So is there value? I say yes, absolutely. I'm not sure of the planners' salaries, but I can say my more experienced planning friend in the company is supporting a wife and kid in Manhattan which implies he can't be doing that bad.
I would say if you are genuinely interested in the field, you should really look into pursuing it. Traffic and transportation engineering is a real thing. You can believe this or not about salaries: I was offered $53k starting for a position at the NYCDOT. I was offered more than that for a position at a private consulting company. There is money to be made. You can sort of take the benchmark Civil engineer rates and assume a traffic engineer will probably be making similar amounts since we hold the same degrees. If that sounds like a good amount to you, I say go for it. I'm biased to say stick to the engineering side because a technical background may be worth more and seems like safer bet to me. We always need engineers.
>>1086503
Also, at the end of the day you would still have a degree in Civil which can be used to help you get into other fields: structural, geotech, etc. So, even if you want to focus on transportation, you won't necessarily be locked into it forever, you'll have options and other engineering skills.
Im in the process of finishing my BS (its a mix of computer and transport science) and currently working as a student employee for a one of the agencies in pic related. After the thesis I'll enroll in a transportation-only MS program because coding sucks, and there is still a lot of demand for specialised transportation people, especially here in Germany.
The people I work with have different backgrounds, most of the younger ones studied Transportation Science or something similar, the rest come from Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering or various Business programs. Most people I've met while studying and working are passionate about what they're doing, and had no trouble finding work in their preferred field. If you're passionate about transportation, I'd say it's a good basis for a carreer. We'll always need people to at least maintain the networks we've built.
I'm thinking about getting a motorized longboard for cruisin around new cities. I'm an over the road truck driver and I compact device for traveling the streets. Bikes seem like too much of a hassle to strap to a truck, I'm thinking one of these would be better. Thoughts?
id put a nice lil folding bike in your cab senpai
>ride bike all around city and surrounding countryside
>have to go somewhere in my deathcage
>know how to get there so I don't map it
>drive the most inconvenient and slow way
>realize I drove the way I would ride there and completely neglected to use freeways and major highways
I suppose that's a good thing
I used to be that way. It became pretty hard to transition from my cycle routes to motorized routes after I upgraded transportation. Especially since a lot of my routes were off road and cut through a lot, cycling was very convenient that way.
Now I've moved to a big city that I would not have any fun riding in. So I'm looking at mountain bikes to ride rural roads and explore trails.
cool story bro, you should totes blog it
Alright so I'm considering buying one, and it's in decent shape, not a lot of rust along the frame, nice interior, the guy I'm considering buying it from is relatively reliable. It's selling at 4500 and has 115000 miles on it. what do ya think?
>>1084453
If by decent you mean reliable,
Yeah they're alright.
Who /650/ here?
>>1089163
Is that you, Anon? Such awkward posture
>>1089163
Babby wheels for babby cycl... *sees tribars*
Never mind. Not even cycling. Fuck of to /sp
>>1089163
beautiful bike.
I notice a lot of dissatisfaction with the current establishment of car-friendly suburbs, meme streetcars and 8-lane highways on this board. So, /n/, what are your political stances? How should we go about solving the problems of transportation, urban planning and infrastructure?
http://www.strawpoll.me/13375760
>>1088459
Streetcars and 8 lane highways are the opposite. I like both, but there needs to be a system to connect them. A RER or S-Bahn system with park and ride features.
>>1088566
I was talking about meme streetcars, such as in New York, Kenosha or Detroit.
Bunch of libcucks.
Fuck you! And fuck this board.
http://racecenter.letour.fr/#/stageprofile
The first stage was a 14km time trial in Dusseldorf, it was raining lightly which caused a few crashes.
It was won by Geraint Thomas in 16m 04s.
Alejandro Valverde had to withdraw after a bad accident (pic related), he's abandoned the tour and was taken off to hospital. He seemed to lose traction on a wet corner.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t46JY1ur8LA
Nicolas Roche slid on some tram tracks, Dylan Groenewegen seemed to spontaneously lose traction on his front wheel and Rick Zabel also went down but all three recovered and continued.
>>1086553
>Dylan Groenewegen seemed to spontaneously lose traction on his front wheel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_VVW2gvHj0
>>1086553
>Rick Zabel
I think this is him.
https://youtu.be/98qIe0e0zZ0?t=4
>>1086553
When did steam services end in your countries?
In the UK where I am from they came to an end on the 11th August 1968, the train pulled was called "The Fifteen Guinea Special"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTY0YPsLePg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifteen_Guinea_Special
Sweden.
Disappeared from the mainlines in the 1940s due to electrification.
Last scheduled revenue service in 1963.
Steam engines kept in commercial reserve throughout the 1970s and in military reserve to the early 1990s.
Sweden has no notable domestic coal or oil, but plenty of hydroelectric power. So electrification was pretty swift.
Not going away any time soon.
>>1080719
Interesting, likewise military here in the UK had their own railways that had steam locomotives of their own.
Like the Longmoor Military Railway 1903-1969.
Can we talk about adding dropbars to MTBs? I really like the concept of gravel bikes, but they are not really available here yet (bike fads arrive here with a quite bit of delay) and importing isn't an option.
I was thinking of buying a 29er and make the conversion, I know that the brakes will be an issue but Tektro's RL 520 brake levers are available.
What I wanted to discuss was mostly more subtle considerations about geometry, for example, if one wanted to use a 700x38c wheelset, you could consider either a 29" frame or a 27,5" one, you would get different clearances, changes in the BB height, etc.
Also, is there something inherently wrong with drop bars and front suspension?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1vSHauv1VY
>>1089250
If you want to use 700x38c tires, why convert a mountain bike? Just grab a cyclocross bike, there will be a lot fewer compromises. The BB will be a little higher and the tire clearances will be a little tighter than on a "gravel bike", but it'll be much closer than a converted mountain bike. Dropbar mountain bikes are fun, but they're not gravel bikes.
I ride a dropbar-converted mountain bike - a rigid frame meant for 26" wheels. Pictured here with 650B x 48mm tires, and I've also ridden it in the past with 700C x 35mm tires. The 35mm tires baaaarely cleared the frame. The 48mm ones on the smaller rims fit fine.
The BB is stupidly high off the ground for a bike that's mostly ridden on pavement and smooth gravel/dirt. The steering is also really slow compared to a gravel bike, because it has a slack MTB headtube and therefor a ton of trail. I'm about to throw on a non-suspension-corrected rigid fork which should drop the front end a bit and quicken the steering, but it might make the seat tube too steep. We'll see.
You'll also have trouble fitting shifters. Bar-ends work, as do things like Paul's Thumbies and Gevenalle that mount the bar end shifters in other locations, but you'll have compatibility issues if you try to run brifters with MTB derailleurs.
No, there's nothing inherently wrong with drop bars and front suspension.
If you need suspension then drop bars are unsuitable. If you mostly ride proper off road trails drop bars are unsuitable. If you want to run drop bars a mountain bike frame is probably going to be unsuitable.
If you just want to ride on gravel and dirt paths then get a CX bike or a road bike with clearance for some chunky off road tyres.
what's /n/'s opinion on the Miyata 210? my neighbour was gonna sell me his for $100 but i don't know if its worth it or not.
>>1087447
Worth it if it fits you, for sure.
You could probably sell that for more than $100, if you don't want it to ride make a quick buck and re-sell.
>>1087559
are they at all coveted or rare now that they're technically "vintage"
new here, i want to start mountain biking on trails. I need a bike, what should i get? should i not even bother with a 200 dollar budget?
pls resond
>>1086729
200 is going to seriously limit your options.
That will buy you a 90's full-rigid and maybe a set of new tires.
You can certainly ride singletrack with that, learn some stuff, and have fun. But you're going to have to be pretty careful on the trails, because the old cheap-ass single-walled wheel rims can be damaged very easily during normal riding at even relatively low speeds.
>>1086734
am i better off getting something off craigslist? or just go to a local bike shop with good reviews.
>because the old cheap-ass single-walled wheel rims can be damaged very easily
basically i can expect them to bend a bit after rough use?
What kind of bike (or other form of transportation) did Moot ride
Some shitty hybrid. Someone will be along within a week with the pic he posted of it.
>Moot
Who?
>>1082926
This, but it wasn't really shitty just very average so I didn't save it.