Archived threads in /n/ - Transportation - 201. page

>>900897
>What went wrong?
Pennsy and NYC were suffering from the rapid de-industrialization and rapid motorisation in the Northeast which didn't give the best chances to PC.

Still, they would have probably faired a lot better had the financial blunder that was NH not been part of the merger.

>>900902
Why was New Haven so shitty?

Full chain guard with oil bath

>>934838
>chainrings and cassettes only last a few thousand miles each
That would be because you're not taking proper care of your bike.
It would also be because you're letting your chain wear/stretch too much before replacing it -- assuming you're replacing it at all. Wouldn't at all be surprised if you don't clean and lube your chain when you should either, or the rest of the drivetrain for that matter, which also accelerates wear.
A chain is cheap compared to chainrings and cassettes, not to mention the amount of time it takes to replace them. A worn, stretched-out chain will literally ruin chainrings and cogs. Decent solvent and chain lube is cheaper than a new chain plus all the above.
I only let a chain go for a maximum of 2000 miles before replacing it, and they're never stretched a significant amount when I do. $35 for a chain beats the hell out of the cost of adding chainrings, a cassette, and shipping charges.

Compare a bicycle chainring to a motorcycle sprocket. They are about 1mm compared to 4.5mm. More surface area where the chain contacts the drive, less force exerted thus slowing wear. You honestly can't figure this out yourself?

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First for helicopters and cameras with rolling shutters.

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I haven't been able to fly for a month now because the only available Cessna has been perpetually stuck in maintenance limbo.

Please kill me.

>>929678
Is it at least warm where you are? It's gotten so cold here that the chopper I fly has been shuttered in its hangar for weeks at a time

>>933947
if you want to talk about paint schemes, we already have a thread for that >>887950

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>>933947
you'll be wanting a copy of this, OP

>>933209
They are always tripping all over the bike path and causing pileups. Please don't do this.

Longboards are fun to bomb hills on, and nothing else.

>>933215
yeah, sure, because I don't want to be a nuisance to other people
>>933216
can you give some more details? what's wrong in using them as a transport?

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i'll give you $20

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>>937091
I know.

>>937090
>clean what is dirty
>new cables, brake pads, saddle, grips
>read park tool's site and tune up bike
>keep as backup bike or spare bike to lend to friends for rides

Assuming the drive-train and wheels are in good shape fixing the saddle and putting new cables on will get you close to what you paid for it. For more people a used trek for $125-150 beats $350+ for a new one. The brand is important for some buyers.

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Pic related. It's an EUFAB 16414, costs about 50 €

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I use one of these.

>>936601
>>936605
I knew about these. I hoped there was some easy way out. Leaning my bike against the wall is extremely frustrating.

>>935410
>(personal information redacted to protect my privacy, please do the same for yourself.

It doesn't even batter senpai, did you get your email about the database breach?

>>935410
>You must be in posession of one of these, valid for 2016, to post in this thread

Guess not.

This board is called "Transportation." Why do so many people talk about bike racing? Racing topics belong on /sp/ if you ask me.

>>935454
Not op, but probably for the same reason why people talk about model railroads, or hobby flying in circles. You want to ban those threads too, I'd be fine with it. I would be fine with a pure transportation board. Let's get rid of hobby pilots shitting up the board with their talk about how to sound "cool" when talking to ATC, and posting pictures of their R-22 which is used to fly in circles for an hour before landing again. Or those gliders which can't even transport anything except for if it's Nazis in which case it belongs on /k/. And let's get rid of the model trains. Vehicles in question must be discussed from the perspective of moving people or goods from Point A to Point B, no exceptions.

You good with that, I'm good with that.

>>935120
Disc brake cleaner and a rag for rubbing is excellent to remove the little residues of glue if you can't pick it up by dabbing the sticker.

Also, other than wheel stickers, what kind of bike has stick-on branding and not painted?

>>935120
What is the F measurement called and what is the point of it?

Seems rather pointless, especially as it looks to be measured from the centre of the headtube so a longer headtube with a shorter fork would have a different measurement despite being functionally identical.

>>935140
It's how the rear wheel tracks the front wheel, and why head tube angle is very important to your discipline.

>>935009
For most things I drive my pickup truck. XDDDDD
Then again I'm not an underage child, or a NEET, or poor, so I can afford proper transportation.

Of course I have two road bikes, one of which is a Cervelo P2, and 'riding' is synonymous with 'training' or 'racing'. I spend more than enough time every week on one bike or another (10 to 15 hours a week). Such is the life of a semi-pro road racer.

U mad, /n/? XDDDDDDD

>>935009
that image is making me uncomfortable. pls delet this.

>>935009
Metro supplemented by trams and/or buses. Both of my schools are on top of metro stations so it's convenient. When I go home I take a train (and then someone picks me up) or a bus directly to my village.

When I'm at my village - my bike or brother's car.

>>934491
Why wood I?

My whole bike is wood (bamboo actually) including the gears and belt drive. The belt is made of bamboo fibers. The bottom bracket even has bamboo bearings and is lubricated with bamboo oil.

>>934691

bamboo tires and bell?

Too autistic?

Nobody?

I doubt ryanair cares about you mate bar the London to Glasgow/Edinburgh flights.

There is literally nothing wrong with using rolling stock from the 80s.

>gigantic sprawling city and suburbs of 18 million people
>metro has two too short lines
lel

>>930432
>LAMTA
>dirty
LA is pretty shitty when it comes public transit but I've never had any problems with sanitation on the LRT and subway lines.

>I am all aboard going on my long commute to work this way but the steel seats with nasty used up padding
Rough seats are used everywhere because padded seats tend to be vandalised and they are massive bacteria magnets (just look at the reports on the seats that used to be used by BART in SF if you want an example of the problems with 'comfy' seats).

>Last week they had 20 minute waits between lines, their reasoning was they're adding wi-fi ??? How about you get some new real trains...
You sure that was the reason? They're on the verge of opening the Gold Line extension and that has been causing some delays.

>complaining about trains from the 80s
Those are practically new by rolling stock standards. Rolling stock can last upwards of 50 years in many cases.

Don't ride on MUPS?

I just go on climbs. No fair weather cyclists and very few carbon dentists and certainl no female cyclists there unless they are taking riding seriously which is just fine by me.

>>929949
this

mups is literally only for fairweather cyclists

People are really butthurt over literally every brand on earth. Specialized is shit because they sued someone once. Trek is shit because they make hybrids. Bianchi is shit because transvestites ride them. Surly is shit because it's not expensive enough. Dengfu is shit because nikolasv doesn't like asians. Habanero is shit because it has a spic name. Moots is shit because he sold us to the japanese. Waterford is shit because nikolasv has a used one.

Nothing is ever good enough, so if you're looking for validation you're in the wrong place, bucko. Just buy your garbon and make up your own mind. It's probably going to turn out fine.

>>932747
Bombing down a steep descent at >30mph on a frame that you can't be confident isn't going to shatter on you if you hit a bump and get you killed isn't enough of a 'con' for you? Or are you Bruce Willis in 'Unbreakable' and you can slam into the pavement at those speeds and magically not get injured?

They're SHIT. The 'companies' that produce them don't give a fuck if you get killed, they only care about getting your money. You may as well be playing Russian Roulette.

>>932751
You're assuming that the cunts of /n/ who complain about these things are really posting to complain about these things. They're not. They complain because they like complaining. Wouldn't be surprised if they don't even own or ride bikes, they just want to whine and whinge and make piss-and-vinegar posts because in some fucked-up way it amuses them or makes them feel relevant or whatever it is that gets them off from doing it. Or they're just so far into the fringes of humanity that nothing even remotely resembling 'normal' suits them. Or they're NEETs that can't and never will be able to afford anything other than a $20 rusted-out thrift-store bike and the only way they can not feel like slitting their wrists every day is to pretend that anything better really isn't worth having. There are many reasons why you see shitty posts like that, but I'll put down cash money that the reasons have nothing to do with what they're posting about.