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Nigeria

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>>1005338

Gare Centrale looks depressing and uninviting. Which is probably à propos, given VIA's Amtrack-level of service.

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>>1005338

Weeks on my ride,bitchhhh

OP SHOULD WAKE UP INSTEAD

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/frame-materials.html

>>1004821
>alumnium frame + carbon fork for maximum danger and death and discomfort
Stop making me scared of riding pls.

>>>/o/

>>1004421
>no pedals
Not a moped

>>1004421

I ride a bicycle and a Motorcycle.


Be a fuckin man and get a real bike, mopeds are for fags from england or gooks from vietnam. No one respects mopeds. Theyre seen as toys. Get a Kawasaki.

Don't work in aviation or the railroad.

There's a reason nearly everyone is an alcoholic.

Pretty much everyone i have asked about working in field *xy* told me to never work in field *xy*.

Working is death.

Being above 30 is death.

>>1003745
>Turned 29 this year

FUCK

>>1003511
Just learn to ride you pussy. Even children can do it

knees together, eyes ahead and just go fast you fagget
what horrible parents one must have to miss out on learning how to ride a bike

>>1003516
>what horrible parents one must have to miss out on learning how to ride a bike

You got that right. Not a day goes by when I don't pray for their death.

Got a new bike and I'm trying to dial in the fit.

I'm getting a dull ache in my thumbs/palms when I ride on the hoods, this is my first time using drop bars. Does that indicate that there is too much reach to the drops and I'm putting too much weight on my hands as a result? Or am I just adjusting to a new handlebar position?

>>1003114
Is your saddle level to the ground?

>>1003115
Yeah seems level, should I try tilting it back a bit?

I don't ride for leisure at the moment really only a commuter, looking to change that.

I do have a place I go to that is about a 54km round trip where I usually listen to a podcast, I used to love listening to The Biggest Problem which is a comedy show.

When I ride my morning commute I love to listen to news/current affairs.

The two weeks I rode on Majorca earlier this summer. First time I had accumulated vacation days, could take time off and had enough money to actually travel somewhere all on my own. Got a cheap room off Airbnb for two weeks, flights, and rented a nice bike for myself. Ended up riding 1250 km with 23 km of climbing during the two weeks with a few rest days.

I didn't know how much I needed a proper vacation before I landed in Palma and got myself on a bike.

>tfw you come back to work having lost 5 kg when others are complaining about the weight they gained.

My best biking experience was when I witnessed a friend of mine fall asleep on a bicycle while riding downhill, crashing into a guardrail, cartwheeling over it and sliding down the hill.
>>1002761
>Majorca
Wtf is that really how you spell it?

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>>1002617
pic very fucking related

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOdoJWzxDJE

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>>1002548
New DMU for Iraq.

Top speed : 160km/h, capacity: ~350 passengers, msdeby CSR Puzhen

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CRH-2

literally who?

Dat silky smooth falling intonation when he is presenting.

>>1001917

2nd best GCN bloke

Lloyd is the top lad

>>1001068
> which one
Everyone on /n/ are regular racers competing nationally

>>1001070
It was meant as a compliment.

>>1001068
It was me I swear.

Not being a dick, but >>>/o/ has a daily motorcycle thread, and is a much faster board.
You'll get a better response if you post there.

>>1000440
1. Can you accept the FACT that every single day, someone on the roads may actively try to kill you? If the answer is "no", then you're not tempermentally suited to riding a motorcycle.

2. Motorcycle recycling yards are FULL of bikes like Ninjas that new riders bought, rode for a while, then got KILLED on, because it was WAY TOO MUCH BIKE for a newbie to handle. Don't be that guy. Get a 250cc twin putt-putt bike to start with. If after a year you're still down with it and have been riding regularly, can handle the freeways without vapor-locking your anus, THEN consider a bigger bike. Otherwise you're roadkill, sooner or later. Not even kidding you.

Good luck, OP.

Buy an old motorcycle, like before 75. Old cars are very easy to work on, and you learn a lot. You save money on mechanics, but you spend more on parts than most. It's worth it by a long shot

>>998046
everyone should just have 2 bikes. One that's nice and looks good that you pour money into and one that's cheap and just works. Then you won't cry when you get nigged. No matter what lock you choose you can't stop a committed thief.

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One time in Brooklyn I literally saw a homeless-lookin' black dude jacking off onto a bike.

Why? He obviously wasn't going to steal the thing after he finished nutting on it. To this day the lack of any possible motivation haunts me.

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>>998049
>everyone should just have 2 bikes. One that's nice and looks good that you pour money into and one that's cheap and just works.

I agree with you in principle, but when do you use your non-shit bike as opposed to your bait bike?

My locking strategy, gleen from what I've read from various sources:

>have $50 mini-U lock, $20 cable and $20-30 cable lock.
>if the bike rack is good, I put the mini-U lock through the back triangle and wheel, or just the wheel inside the triangle if that's not feasible.
>sometime the bike rack is shit, so sometime I have to lock it through rear wheel outside the triangle.
>use the cable to wrap around a frame tube and the front wheel; connect it to the mini-U lock.
>use the cable lock to wrap around a frame tube and the front wheel. If I can mange it, I will lock to the rack, if possible.

I can do this call within 5-10 minutes, which I find reasonable.

>Then you won't cry when you get nigged. No matter what lock you choose you can't stop a committed thief.

True, but they can work well as deterrence, which is worthwhile to pursue even if it's not 100% foolproof.

Black bikes are ugly. What do I look like; some DUI having retard riding a BMX to where I buy cigarettes?

>own it yet

Because my current bike hasn't broken yet, why would I buy a new one?

Meme's aside, that is a sweet looking bike, desu

>>1006217
The correct about of bikes to own is n+1

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That bike looks about a size too small and the stem about 20-30cm too short. Try getting a longer stem.

Otherwise saddle position looks fine.

Also your bars are tilted down