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>>985406
Composite planes wouldn't look like that if you just gave them a clear coat.

The new silver paint is much more silver and more consistent than the old gray paint, it's just less silver than aluminium.

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The new livery looks cool too, deal with it.

Composite planes don't look so good with clear coat. The reason for only clear coating the planes was to save weight and thus fuel. They had significant fuel savings on long flights thanks to it.

I want this like I want to win the lottery.

>>984853
I'd wear that as is.

Do it faggot(s)

gimmie this and a bepsi plz

Second guy was right, you aught to HTFU.

>>980668
Well anon I heard from someone once that helmets save lives and didn't want to get clotheslined by a door

>>980672
Then take the lane kid.

>>980307
sagan is awesome.. too bad he is currently in 80th place.

I'd really like to see what he could do with a team supporting him towards the yellow jersey

but yeah, green, 5 years in a row is still pretty cool.

Before Sagan showed up, who was considered the best bike handler in the Peloton?

I want pictures of the bike he won his first race with

>>979906
Is this that same fucking faggot from chicago, I don't know if you can tell by the incoherence of my posting but I recently lost a loved one and have been drinking a whole lot and the only thing I take solice in is shamelessly harassing you. As soon as someone gets dubs in this thread I'm gonna dox you then SWAT you too.

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>>979906
Where the streets have no trains. >>979939
Can somebody tell me what I missed.

>>979906
Next time post the new strawpoll on your old thread and don't fill up the catalog. Your other one is on page 1 as I am writing this.

>>975847
Personally I think they're great for bicycles used for transportation or recreational purposes only, since they need less maintenance less often than a standard double chainring/rear cassette drivetrain does. But the 'servicing' of them, if they need anything other than their internal lubricant flushed and replaced, is beyond the capabilities of the average home mechanic, and I'd imagine it requires some special tools in addition to special training to service it properly, and (I didn't look so I'm not sure about this at all) you might not be able to get internal parts for them anyway.

That all being said, pair one of these up with disc brakes and a drive belt instead of a chain, and you've got a drivetrain that relative to a standard drivetrain, would be more or less maintenance-free, except maybe once a year.

Performance-wise, they're lacking however. They're heavy, and they shift slowly compared to a standard derailleur type drivetrain, and I'd suspect it might suck up a few more watts of leg power compared to a standard drivetrain, too, due to internal friction, but as previously stated this is something you'll find on a city bike or a recreational bike or maybe even a cargo bike, not a high-performance carbon-fiber super-lightweight road racing bike anyway.

Lastly, they're not particularly cheap, but if you pair it up with a drive belt-style system instead of a chain, the inital cost might well be offset over time due to lack of having to replace worn parts.

On a personal note, if I actually could afford a bike for every different use, and I wanted one just for around town to run errands and such, I'd consider something like this. I do pretty much all my own wrenching and would welcome something that potentially doesn't need babying all the time.

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Hmmmm I wonder why the american marketeted nexus 3 hub has 2 underdrive gears+1 direct drive while most 3-speed hubs and the older nexus sg-3r40 have one underdrive,one direct drive and one overdrive gear.
The SG-3D55 has a roller clutch for some reason too,interesting.
Nexus 4 is weird too as it has only direct drive and 3 overdrive gears

>>975847
Servicing basically consists of an oil change every so many miles (for oil filled hubs) and then similar stuff to a derailer drivetrain like replacing cogs, chains, and cables when they wear out. An oil change on an Alfine is fairly easy.

Reliability depends on the particular hub, they have the potential to be very reliable though.

>>975931
>They're heavy, and they shift slowly compared to a standard derailleur type drivetrain
I switched from a 2x9 to an Alfine 11 and only gained about 700g, not a huge deal. Some are heavier, but then some are also lighter if you're fine with having less gear range. As for shifting it's much faster than a derailer, as soon as the shifter clicks you're in a different gear. You can go from one end of the range to the other as quickly as you can mash the trigger.

>>975939
I don't know if you missed my reply in the other thread so I'll repeat it, the American one would have lower gearing with the same chainring and cog combo and for some reason that appeals more to the target market in America (I'm taking your word for that).

That said I can't imagine it would be very hard to get whatever hub you desired. The amount of under and overdrive gears doesn't really matter that much as you have a lot of choice when it comes to choosing the overall gear ratio (chainring and cog).

>>988571
>I am looking for one that is under $450 and won't break on me doing some downhill biking on rocks/roots
Then you have to buy used. pinkbike.com/buysell
Look for a hardtail, they're cheaper, and at your pricepoint, you'll probably have to go hardtail unless you want something shitty.

Btw Kona makes good stuff. But so do a lot of companies.
Oh and while hardtails aren't designed for downhill, you'll have to pay at least $1500 or so for a downhill/enduro bike, maybe $1000 if you get lucky. And that's if you're buying used. If you mean lift accessed downhill then you're out of luck at 450. If you mean just something that is capable of going over rocks/roots while descending during your cross country rides, then a used hardtail could do the trick.

>>988587
Will do, thanks.

125 psi

>>988316
1. No
2. Optimal tire pressure depends on tire width, rider weight, and to a lesser extent, surface conditions and rider preference.

>>988316

25psi is a good starting point.

Do not do >>988318

Do you live in Iraq or something? What's causing your flats?

Memeskins aren't very good at handling glass for some reason, really odd since they're marketed as endurance tires. An endurance tire should bare minimum be able to handle a normal amount of glass on urban streets.

>>987194
He's probably just fat and running at 60psi

I average thousands of miles between flats on my memeskins and I ride over broken glass all the time

Try some Caffelatex with latex tubes in those memeskins if you want puncture resistance.

Stick with normal butyl tubes if you don't want to pump up your tires on daily basis. The sealant won't work as well but air will stay in them for much longer.

>>986878
DESIGNATED

>>986888
I don't get it. What's being designated? The service? Designated as what? Or in what way? What does "service" mean in the context? I'm just trying to wrap my mind around why "designated service" means "b-unit".

Is this the same as "trail only" as I've never heard of designated service before this.

Or are all these motors dead in tow?

I think this is one of those things that just never really occurs because the engine will be taken out of service instead and repaired.

>no EPO/PEDs
>muh traditionalism
Those are the two main reasons why the tour isn't as exiting as before. The riders simply can't put out 7 W/kg for entire climbs.

The traditionalism because Sky rides to win. As a 9 man team with a single objective. None of the other teams challenge Sky as an entire team but they have 1 or 2 guys with the Sky train on climbs and then everyone complains how it's impossible to attack Sky when they need to drop 5 guys before the GC rider is alone. The Sky way of riding isn't traditionalism and if there is one defining factor in cycling it's traditionalism. That is why Sky's way of riding pisses people off so much.

Well that attack is really hard if you're alone or have 2 men to do it. However if you rode like Sky and had 5, 6, or 7 guys to pull off that attack it isn't as impossible anymore. Sky obviously has world class riders that could be the captains on a lot of other teams helping their GC rider. But that isn't to say other teams don't have the resources to acquire a team of similar caliber.

Sky will dominate the tour for as long as it takes for other teams to realise why they're losing and fix their shit.

Watch a discipline that actually requires skill instead of just fitness.

>>985641
Sagan really is a refreshment to the sport, so unpredictable...just look at his Richmond ride, risked everthing and won by 3s. He remindes me of Tom Dwan in poker, I hope those triathleete faggots will loose.

>>985647
>Watch a discipline that actually requires skill instead of just fitness.

cant blame you for the impression though, but cycling is very different than fitness oriented triathlone and other autist disciplines.

the one that fits you just right

Something by Thorn.

>>985495
>no genesis vagabond/datum/tour de fer
>no salsa deadwood/vaya
>disappoint.jpg

okay, so i know most people have heard of 69er mtbs, with a 26 inch wheel in the back and a 29 inch wheel up front, but what about a commuter/street bike with a 700c wheel in the back and a 26 inch wheel up front? would it be manageable at all? seems like it might be kind of fun but i cant find anything significant about it on the internet anywhere

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>>985231
Oh it's fun alright

I think i might need a multi-tool. Which one do i get? Which one would you like to carry?

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/se/en/tools/multi-tools
http://www.wiggle.com/cycle/multi-tools/

>>984945
You don't know if the pilot dedices to bane post irl.

claustrophobia+acrophobia

because if something goes wrong the chances of survival are nil as opposed to shipwrecks or car crashes or low speed biking accidents.

>>984371
Honestly I'd be too afraid to ride one in today's world. I work for a freight railroad and just the other day we heard about an Amtrak crashing into a barricade made on the tracks by some drunk fuckheads on a 4 wheeler. It's almost a guarantee in America that some degenerate is going to sabotage the rails just to watch it crash. We are used to freight railroads and most people don't even think about them, but give them something nice, shiny, fast and new and they'll want to fuck with it.

>>984371
earmark a trillion or so and decades later you might get a 40 mile line which is overpriced and under 80mph.

if land rights ever get sorted out.

>>984371
A nationwide one? Can't be done.

Separate ones for a handful of megaregions? State + federal buy in and/or infrastructure bank.