Why are Japan's freight railways so underutilized?
Freight rail works great in North America and Europe, but not Japan.
>and Europe
Better than Japan maybe, but nod really.
>>1045236
Japan is a mountainous island with limited natural resources - so rail is more expensive to build, there's fewer bulk materials to be transported than in most countries of comparable geographic size, and sea transport is a competitor in many places.
>>1045244
Japan is only the size of California and most of the population is concentrated in a few major urban areas on the coasts so it makes more sense to ship most goods by water or trucks.
/GAG/
2017 EDITION
Welcome to the new year boys.
Hope you like the cold.
That airport looks like fun...
Ok lads
Road or field in an engine-out scenario
Road is somewhat straight has light traffic, field looks relatively smooth with no cows and light grass-like vegetation
Do people who cycle without a helmet deserve what they get?
wew what happened here? Run over by a truck?
I don't think a helmet would have saved her.
i usually never wear a helmet but the times ive fallen on my head, ive had one on.
while bmxing*
Should I go for a 2012 GTR or a '16 Hellcat Challenger? Opinions, suggestions?
>>1046675
Neither. 90s MTB with slicks
/o/
>>1046675
The GTR for sure, while the Hellcat would be very fun, the GTR is more refined and practical.
Challenger is pretty sexy desu. I saw one in real life for the very first time and was surprise to see they still made good looking cars.
Suggest some upgrades for my bike please.
It's adventure/gravel. Under-utilised for it's true purpose & mainly just used for commute at the moment.
It's Reynolds 725, so not light at all - wouldn't mind losing a few grams where possible...
Dildo saddle
Rack, panniers, lights
get rid of the dork disk
also when will they learn
>Driving in the subway
>It's crowded as hell
>Stand up and offer my seat to an old lady
>A little brat jumps on it and laughs
>I slap him and get him out of his chair
>The lady thanks me and some people laugh and applaude
I had a shitty day and old but I feel sorry for the boy.
I hope the boy wasn't just being a cheeky lil cunt. If he sincerely was being an asshole, you did the right thing.
And the name of the lady? Abraham Lincoln
>>1041682
He was being an asshole. Of course, I asked him politely to stand up but he was just laughing.
After that he became red like a tomatoe and exited the next stop.
Went to my LBS for spare tubes for my 27,5 inch wheels. MFW this guy never heard of this kind of wheel size.
MFW 26+ is the new flavor of the month wheel size because 27.5+ was actually more like a 29er and no longer hip.
>>1039288
Sonic pressure.
>>1039279
mtb industry is a fucking meme. Roads bike sport has more than 100 years and the changes on the wheels have been pretty minimal.
Fapable bikes thread.
Post "the one".
>>1038540
Ugh, so boring
>>1038545
Obviously you need a more refined taste to appreciate a surly ECR with a carbon belt Rohloff drive train, hbar handlebars and a fine brooks saddle. That Eddie Merikx is "hrng" tho.
>>1038545
The shifters and derailleurs are a turn off on that though. They look so out of place.
The industry will soon push 28mm to replace 25mm just as it pushed 25mm to replace 23mm, mark my fucking words.
>b-but my bike came with 23mm, and I swapped to 25mm when you told me 25mm is fastest, now you say I need 28mm? oy vey, I don't have enough clearance, so now I need to buy a whole new bike, because these narrow tires just aren't fast enough! Here's my 6 million shekels rabbi, now give me that fast shiny new 28mm bike! Oh what's what? I need a fat bike too, cause 5" is just as fast as 25mm? Okay here's more shekels, I'll take a fatbike too! And I'll win all those cat 6s against roadies on this new fat bike!
>>1046042
It's indisputable that 28mm tires are faster than 25's, though.
>>1046042
And then, next step is to push back to 23mm because of groundbreaking new memetunnel research that shows that in fact 23mm is fastest
>b-but if I put 23mm tires on this bicycle designed for 28mm, I'll have too much gap between my tires and my stays/forklegs, and I'll look like the fred that I am! We can't have people knowing I'm a fred so I guess I'll have to go buy a new bike made specifically for 23mm tires! Here's more shekels rabbi, thank you for this enlightening information on which tires are fastest!
>>1046044
industry shill pls go
Are there any rail orientated animes?
>inb4 pic related
Aside from Rail Wars, I don't think so.
>>1047333
Thanks, I'll be sure to check it out
>>1047332
Kabaneri had steam trains carrying zombie outbreak survivors
Galaxy Railways is set in the Leiji-verse (Yamato, Harlock) with SPACE TRAINS motherfucker
Classic 999 stuff
But nothing about real trains offhand aside from Railwars recently,, maybe that one about female JP foamers...
>be me
>fell for the peer to peer taxi meme
I can't make money from this! Gas is expensive!
70's rigid rickshaw with slicks
Sunrun.
>>1045837
But if being a taxi is your job, can't you write off gas as a work expense?
Like this?
>1038089
good but more points for steam
I'm OK with less points
old thread
>>1041710
memes edition
I'll get started. Looking to get or build some lighter wheels for my gravel/adventure/whatever bike, and came across some interesting DT swiss ones: https://www.dtswiss.com/Components/Rims-MTB/XR-331
They're listed as mtb, but at 24 mm outer width they're not even particularly wide. They are however quite light (among what I've found), which is nice, so is there any reason they wouldn't be compatible with 700c tyres?
I built a wheel today that has a radial outward kick that just won't seem to go away with any combination of tightening spokes immediate to the kick or manipulating spoke tension at the diametric opposite of the kick. Do I just go ahead and redo the whole thing? Rim is circular and it was fine before I pulled it apart.
I'm looking to buy a new commuter, will this be sufficient? I don't trust amazon reviews
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AYCY15Y/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=marketorder-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B00AYCY15Y&linkId=21dcc28c07515ccbea126bf3201b5c8c
>>1043959
It'll fall apart in less than a month.
I'm more embarrassed that cycling is associated with edgy narcissistic anarchists than with fred dentists
why can't bike punks just grow up?
is he playing bike polo? bike polo was one of my favourite ways to get minor injuries back in the day
That's a thing?
Does it involve those guys who have Harley like bicycles and then struggle to get them above 8mph?
>>1042899
>why can't bike punks just grow up?
they'll grow up or die of a heroin OD. they're generally crypto-marxists over actual anarchists as well, because punk rock is brainwash. i know this because i used to be one.
Find a flaw. There is not any.
Cost
>>1013659
Track switches
If you get run over, you are pancake