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>>989360
i hope you're not implying that you listen to podcasts and music without headphones

I use bone conduction headphones because I'm sure nobody wants to listen to my weeb ass music

>>989361
whats wrong with that? its safer on a bike to not use headphones

Def, dude. Mopeds fucking rule.

Don't buy vehicles off your friends

>>989403
Whys that?

Your seat issue is probably just a carriage bolt.
Take off the seat, the without taking the bolt all the way out, smack that shit with a hammer and it should be able to come up and down now.
Your stem might also be this way if it's a shitty dept bike.

Check out your derailleurs and make sure the teeth aren't all worn down, too.

What do you mean your brakes 'grab at different times', like while you're riding and not touching them? Then they're cockeyed or your wheels aren't true.

>>989295
The brakes will grab at different points of pressure when I grab. Instead of a steady increase of pressure it'll randomly grab harder even though I'm holding the brake at the same pressure.

I also checked the action of the brake itself and the rim of both tires. Both don't have any visual blemishes and the same surface, and from what little I can tell the wheels and brake assembly seem to be on aligned and straight. When I spin the wheels I don't see any wobble. When I use either brake though, one side pad of the brake contacts before the other, and the pressure I need to put for both to touch changes every pull by a little bit.

Is it worth buying a new stem and fixing the brakes and shifters or just getting a better bike?

>>989304
You don't need a new stem or a seat post, like I said, take your time and smack the shit out of it.
I trash picked an 80s dept bike, made in mind with the buyer never actually going to ride or adjust it, a fashion item, and it took me a good half hour of smacking and wiggling before anything started to move.

As for the brakes, I dunno. Wouldn't be too hard to get new ones.
So long as they stop you, I wouldn't worry about replacing them until you just straight get a new bike.

In short, adjust your seat, and keep using it meantime, but think about another bike because your's sounds like shit.

>>989244

A used 80/90 road one.

Two wheels. No rust.

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>>989244
Low price. No dampers of fluff. The €400 plain Kona Dew is a good choice. Lack of discs are not an issue for fair weather casual riding.

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>>989227
Btw I need something that's sturdy enough to deal with the million potholes in Chicago

>>989227
1) Not all African Americans are scum
2) Whats your budget
3) Use a better lock/more locks

>>989227
>Believe it or not, a nigger stole my bike
>chicago
>locking up your bike in a public area and leaving it unattended for hours

I hate thieves as much as the next guy, but you deserved it, holy shit you must be naive to think nothing would have happened.
as a community, we can prevent a lot of these thefts if we just stopped giving them opportunities

>not using the train instead
8/8 stupidity

rated.

>>989151
A for effort my friend

I tried Corsa CX tires and they felt more comfy but noticeably less responsive than GP4000SII. Seems to be a common opinion among people who have tried both. the GPs feel fast but ride like wood.

Maybe G+ is the answer to this gap? Couldn't hurt to try em out. Schwalbe Ones are surprisingly good as well, for a tire made in Asia

I have them. Only got them mounted last week and did 50 miles on them. They seem very nice but my only standard of comparison is gatorskins. They are certainly much more comfortable and grippy than the gators.

No experience either, but I did like the schwalbe one better than the 4000sII

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Did some work on my boss' friend's bike and he gave me this set of open pros he had laying around for free! Fucking sick af senpai

Don't mind the saddle position, I think I have a stripped bolt that needs replacing.

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Behold my shitbike.

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burnerbike

GOAT private jet

Does VTEC kick at 100knots?

>>987934
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XM9cXN5Bsng

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You can see in that picture that we're working by hand and with a small sander... also the crankset is still attached. A bit later I tried to remove it and totalled the cotter pin on the drive side. Had to grind it off

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>>987692
Here's where I'm at now. Sanding was way too much effort and couldn't get around the lugs. I used a dremel and some sanding thingys to get those. The rest took paint stripper. Did a few coats, letting sit for 30mins each to get to here.

>>987693
Shouldve used the stripper first

>>986827
I won't say you're wrong, but i think you will adjust your riding style to where if you might easily make the opposite complaint in a few years.
Well YOU won't complain, because you already have the experience of a 26er, so you will just be able to easier transition between riding styles to utilize the strength of each wheel size.

Get a shorter stem.

get a shorter stem

>>986312

that's a dead plane.

>>986320
haha true long live the concorde project

>>986312
For you

>>986263
Firstly, because the train would need gianormous batteries to store all the energy they'd need during a day
Secondly, because you'd have to maintain and replace those batteries which is fuckexpensive
And thirdly, you'd have to maintain the charging stations and move trains to and from there, also you'd need lots of those because all trains would be charging at the same time overnight.

Self-powered trains already exist, they're called diesel trains. But anywhere where you have a certain level of traffic the diesel system becomes uneconomical a nuisance for the same reasons (limited range, costlier maintenance, need to take trains to fueling stations).

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>>986263

trains be slowing?

>>986266
Yeah, we have a couple of trolleys that go over a bridge on battery power for a small section of track. I see both of them in the yard during operating hours often.

And I suppose a diesel train running through downtown every 5 minutes might bother some people.

So a diesel train only makes since with fewer, larger loads? And a bus is small and flexible in a way that would not work for a larger LRV?

Still an interurban no matter what SEPTA says. P&W lives!

An interurban rapid transit light rail.

who else is from philly?? i am :+)

>>986145

>Paris of Asia
There is no metro in Beirut

Nat Geo documentary about MRT Malaysia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBG1ojbCyqo

>>986459
Train testing video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JacM-LEEvfs