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>>Do you post anti-cager posts on /n/?
Yes.
>>If the answer to the above is yes: Is it seriously or jokingly? Do you actually hate cagers?
In the middle. I hate cagers as in the bad drivers that act like they own the road and don't give a fuck about anyone or anything. I also hate people that drive all the time when it's a short distance and they could easily commute by bicycle or by foot instead.
>>Do you have a car?
Yes
>>Do you drive?
Yes, but I prefer to commute by bike when feasible
>>Do you have a driver's license?
Yes

Sometimes
Both
No
No
Yes
Yes
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Yes

>>963609
>Do you post anti-cager posts on /n/?
LOL no
>If the answer to the above is yes: Is it seriously or jokingly? Do you actually hate cagers?
n/a
>Do you have a car?
Yes!
>Have you ever had a car?
Several!
>Do you drive?
Duh, yes!
>Have you ever driven?
Duh, yes!
>Do you have a driver's license?
For decades!
>Have you ever had a driver's license?
For decades!


OP your post, and all posts like them, stink of being Underage B& and a NEET.
Try getting a job, and a life, and stop demonizing people and things you obviously can't afford. All it does is make you look rediculous.
Need I remind you that without these horrible 'cages' you seem to hate so much, many of your friends an family wouldn't be alive, including you, you wouldn't have even half the things you have, including your bike? Stop acting like a silly child and posting nonsense. One day you will have a car, and you'll LIKE having a car. Even if you resist up to the point of being married, that'll all come to an end the day your wife says to you "Honey, I'm pregnant!" because you'll be a bad parent if you can't get your sick kid to the hospital or doctor fast enough. So how about you stop being silly, okay?

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Plug doors are more or less an aesthetic choice, makes building things easier when you have windows very close by. Speed is pretty much never a factor

The Siemens Nexas is all plug door for example just for shits and giggles. On the other hand, Tokyo's subway trains (among others around the world) lack plug doors and run at over 100km/h with no fucks given. You will also note that on some sets like the 15000, they opted for a windowed slot instead of plug doors (not unlike some Japanese suburban trains), partly because it's harder to push people into a train with plug doors though an arguably ugly solution

this is a really good discussion, I hope everyone on the board becomes involved in this discussion

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>>963010
225km/h, no plug doors.

>>962739
Take a train there you fag.

>>962928
can I take my bike on the train?

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>>963021
Hi! I see you're posting a thread about biking in Denver. Yes, you can take your bike on the train, I do it every single day. Also, tonight is Denver Cruiser Ride, check it out, it's a blast! I'll be there. Look for a guy on a black Pugsley and say the codeword: ">implying".

Also, keep in mind that you can only ride your bike on 16th street mall on Sundays, you will be ticketed on other days. Remember, if someone parks in the bike lane downtown, go right ahead and fold their mirror out.

Motorists are *generally* pretty friendly towards cyclists here, because it's a very active city, but there are always going to be a few assholes. Have you explored the cherry creek / platte river / highline canal trails yet? Have you gotten any good mountain biking in yet?

A few great places to ride that are accessible via the light rail are:
Lookout Mountain (Road)
Deer Creek Canyon (Road)
Waterton Canyon (Gravel)

A favourite of mine is to ride the front side of Lookout, and then come down the back side, up to Red Rocks, and then back through Morrison.

See you at cruisers tonight!

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troll or not?

>>948848
I mean why not just use bottle cages...

move to a white neighborhood

>>966677
This. Every one in my town has a nicer bike than me so I don't have to worry about it

>>966679
It's a very white city but I'm close to downtown where there's a healthy number of crackheads.

I guess my biggest fear is someone watching me ride it to my house and targeting me.

That person is not cycling and that thing is not a bike
>tfw work at LBS and have to work on one of those pieces of absolute shit
>comes in for hub overhaul
>overhaul the hub
>comes back the next day cause the faggot wants a derailleur adjustment even though the derailleur isn't in need of adjustment
>adjust the derailleur anyway, very very slightly to perfection, even though it wasn't necessary
I hope that faggot doesn't bring that piece of shit back. I work at a bike shop, not an exercise toy shop.

A group of people did the 1200 km PBP on them last year, there are some videos on youtube.

>>966114
Probably took them a month. Is that that event in England?

>>966059
Fucking segment chasers man. You see them all the time, kom's on 1.5k technicals and the odd climb but when you have a full lap they aren't even top 25.

Their killing their times by going full gas on one spot.

>>966059
Strava terrorists. I am one myself. We ride to a segment slowly as a warmup, tactically crush it then go home.

>>966059
>kills it on Strava
>can't actually race
This right here is a prime example of why I think Strava is lame: You have an entire crowd of riders who think they're 'racing' each other, but all they're doing is riding a bike. Actual road racing is an entire skillset and you can't acquire it riding by yourself all the time. The best these 'Cat-6' riders might be able to do is do time trials. Real road racing? Not likely. Do they even bother with fast group rides, even? Some of them, they may as well just have their bike on a stationary trainer in their living rooms, and be hooked up to that online riding game; you're just turning pedals, not even getting so much as bike handling experience. Hamsters on a wheel..

Real road racing >>> Strava. Every single time.

>>965858

>unironically living in LA

>>965858
>not selling your car and riding your bike and public transportation in LA

>>965875
Sucks man. The city of LA is trying with the subway but a lot of residents are just dicks, move somewhere else less crowded.

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This design was approved by Goodyear engineers

>>962541
>to go to Akiba for my animu stuff

Riding is fun, it also helps depression.

>>962541
Fuck sharing take over the road

>>885638
Could the old Electroliners still run on the loop today or has too much track been realigned for such a thing to happen?

>>966230
Post more, son.

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>>966249
Well, since you ask nicely...

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Flying Scotsman and Morayshire (another Gresley design) together.

Technically a dedicated single speed wheel will be better because it won't be dished. Whether that really matters is personal preference, if you have to ask probably not at all.

If you want any flexibility to use a cassette one day it's definitely worth it to just get a cassette hub. If you'll never ever want to do that consider a dedicated wheel build. Another small thing to mention - often freehub bodies running single speed conversions get grooves where the single cog sits.

>>966162
>Technically a dedicated single speed wheel will be better because it won't be dished. Whether that really matters is personal preference, if you have to ask probably not at all.
This is exactly what my question was aimed at. How would that realistically manifest in driving/feel? I can't imagine this would be significant or noticeable at all, or would it?

>>966167
by the way there are cogs with a wider surface to prevent cassette bite

>>965827
We need to make it harder to get a license.
We need to make it harder to keep your license.
If you fuck up, you should be fucking DONE.

Honestly, as it stands, something like a DUI is littler more than an inconvenience.

>>965873
>We need to make it harder to get a license.
>We need to make it harder to keep your license.
>If you fuck up, you should be fucking DONE.

I agree, licenses to cycle are necessary to avoid what happened. If they weren't on the road they wouldn't have been harmed.

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>>965889

>>965679
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRtbDHqYkzQ
This is the link if anyone cares.

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>>965680
It's a fun trail and I was going a bit faster than this guy but here it is on the downhill. My rear tire hit the paint which is bumped up a bit and it was enough to my rear fly out from under me.

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

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Here is the leg, it's on arm and ass too.
Thought there might be some /n/ protips or something. I probably have to get new bars maybe... Idk. They're carbon and the tape is scraped off on side but I got them clearance and like the flat top they have for resting my hands on.

I'm going to stop posting now.