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There are so many of them in the used market they have no value. $50 will get you the bombproof frame and possibly all working parts

Surly makes the Troll. It's 26" - but it's x10 more expensive for the frame alone... only benefit is dick brake option, 26+ clearance, and eyelets all over it

>>983534

80-90's rigid MTB's aren't that strong though. I've broken off canti mounts, bent steer tubes and bent a few frames and that's not even riding hard, just city commuting. A modern $150 frame and a $50 rigid fork will out-perform and outlast any late 80's or 90's MTB. The disc brakes, modern geo and modern groupset are worth it.

>>983566
this bait is shit and so are you

>>969631
>What's your opinion about narrow gauge railways?

They're railways, but the rails are closer apart.

>Would you see them as a legit transport option, not just a tourist thing?
See Japan, Malaysia

>>969702
>Malaysia

have anyone ridden these?

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Narrow gauge railways were built for a need that is better solved with other options. Narrow gauge was laid where there was a need for transportation of some sort, but cutting, grading, and laying a full-sized railway, even light rail, would have been cost-prohibitive. That situation is as easily or better handled by using trucks now. Where even a 2-ft. railway needs some sort of grading and right-of-way, a lot of off-road trucks don't even need established paths to get from A to B, fully loaded.

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>>993729
It's been done.

Bottom

>>993700
top actually.
frontal area matters but not having a "tail" causes more turbulence and drag.

>>993707
More drag than have a face perpendicular to the flow?

Get a bike with disc brakes

>>993701
Not going to buy a new bicycle. I'm not so much concerned about riding in rain, as much as I am of it fucking up my frame/components with rust. I hope to not be forced to use public transit

aluminum frames don't rust, although components can, depending on the materials.. clean them after each ride, there are not many more options

Maybe they're just mechanically efficient rather than financially

>>993597
It's your typical government corruption coupled with bad planning, bad management responsibility, and fraudulent subcontractors.

Nothing to see here, move on.

>>993597

I thought German efficiency/engineering are memes to sucker people into paying more for things [lolnospoiler] that will begin to break in a few years since they are too complicated for their own good [/lolnospoiler]

>Reading the Wikipedia article about it
>Plenty of budget overruns and delays
>The planners are already thinking of expansions despite the main project is still not finished

JUST

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USA!!
Dentist
$410,000 p/a
Riding my carbon road bike with drop bars. It has to have drop bars because that's what they use on the Tour De Francisco.

>>993581
>none of your business
>none of your business
>none of your business
>none of your business
>none of your business
Fuck off. 4chan is anonymous for a reason, you're a gigantic faggot, quit trying to monetize us, eat shit and die nigger faggot cunt marketer.

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>33
>USA
>Knuckle-dragging union goon
>$54k after 8 years doing the exact same job, but I pretend I'm a millionaire on 4chan
>Putting fancy chrome hubcaps on my 18 year old American shitbox to impress my fellow dock workers

Your best bet might be to sell the components and buy a new bike... But ikd, we can't really give you a definite answer for this. If you can get a half decent frame cheap (second hand, ebay, whatever) that'll obviously be the best solution. Just bear in mind that you can get a whole new bike with a carbon fork and full 105 11speed groupset for €1000 - €1300...

>>993215
I might sell it for parts then. I like the idea of having a new bike to cycle around on.

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>>993216
I too like the idea of you having a new bike anon. I hope it brings you happiness and freedom.

No, because I'm not a scumbag.

are you an opprutunist? looking for things not locked up? or do you cut kryptinite locks?

Once, drunkenly, after a house party in an affluent suburb. Friend grabbed a folding bike from down a driveway, we rode it the half hour ride home, taking turns being passenger on the rack. I tried to take a bike from down the side of a house, but it had flat tyres.

Was pretty fun ride home and it became his main form of transport for a few months.

>>992639
i think slamming the russkie like that devalues the achievement, but of course i don't want us lose MERICA POINTS by being gracious winners.

MUH CARMEN SMALL

Everyone is a drug cheat in cycling, she's just never been caught.

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Personal preference really. They also look good and like the name implies, it's a nod to tradition. Just like tan wall tires and wearing black shorts with the WC jersey. Dude is a class act. I think he uses a modern bend bar on occasion though.

Stop being a pleb.

Traditional drops are far mor comfortable, if they arent then you need your bike to be properly fitted m8. That or grt some flexibility

>>992647
Compact is better
Traditional is worse
Ergo is pleb shit

I love how exasperated she looks, like a retard who can't understand why they have to clean the shit off their own underwear.

This may be a dumb question but is it legal/acceptable to sqeeze through traffic like that? I plan on moving to an larger city soon and was curious about this.

>>992127
It's legal, at least in the UK. Don't know about other countries.

You have to be very careful though. Common sense.

>>992065
>Are beach cruisers suitable for 3 mile commutes?

Not ideal at all also /bqg/

>>992065
DOWNVOTE
take this shit to /bqg/

Of courshe.

>>991388
This is sports not transportation, also there's already a thread jackass.

>>991020
use the catalog next time

>>991389
OP is a faggot for making a new thread but you really ought not to complain that your nearly dead board is getting a few threads only tangentially related to the board topic.

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>(lots of jumping to and fro curbs)
>I want more speed
Sounds like the limiting factor isn't so much your muscles as it is your brain

Ever consider a bike computer? Sometimes "feels like I'm going really fast" is rather different from "going fast". If you just want to feel like you're going fast, ride through gridlock traffic, you'll feel like a badass. If you want to actually fast, obstacles are generally not going to help with that.

Flat bar road with 28 mm tyres is what you need.

Look for one with a triple chainset.

>>991385
> flat bar road
that's called a hybrid, ESPECIALLY if it has a triple crank