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QUACK QUACK
YOU CAN ONLY POST IN THIS THREAD IF YOUR CUNT HAS QUACK TRAINS

>>904748
That thing has far bigger problems than just being plain ugly. A fate perhaps worse than ending up in the middle of Libya

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>>889013
Its always that same picture
why you faggots always go to google pics and take the first picture when you could have picture like this which represents riding your bike in winter much better

/personal blog

Wake up to a mig or HTFU.
Get 25mm+ tyres.
Get something to cover your nose and mouth to breathe slightly warmer air

just get a skisuit and a mountainbike

>>911790
Riding on someone's lawn is a dick move

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>>911790
Thanks for linking me to this thread, OP. Like I said, I'm in a similar situation, so I'll be monitoring this thread.


>Used to bike every fucking where as a kid
>Now I'm 30 and want to start biking again because I have shit knees and running isn't really an option
>Live in New Orleans where people thought it was a good idea to put pavement over swamps
>Pot holes and cracked streets everywhere
>Been telling my wife I wanted to get into biking for like 6 months, but I'm lazy as shit so I just bike at the gym
>Wife gets me a bike for Christmas
>Turns out she got me a fucking cruiser from Walmart that is slow as fuck, not built for shitty streets, and can't even change gears
>Been riding that shit since Christmas day just so she doesn't feel like an idiot for getting me the wrong bike


I've honestly been thinking about just getting a cheap mountain bike from Walmart for like 150 tops. I have no idea what made her think about getting me a cruiser. I don't know much about bikes at all, but even I can tell that that shit is meant for slow rides through a flat park.

>>911793
Who said anything about riding through people's lawns? Guess we sometimes did that as kids but kids are assholes. Was mostly thinking of cutting through parks to save time, or like empty fields we have around here. Riding around on campus is a lot of grass too.

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>>910320
Dude I wish I still had these!

because they were fucking gay

>>910320
Having worked in a warehouse for 6 months, I thought about how nice it would've been to have a pair.

Also you should delete the thread.

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1992 peugeot altus

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trek 7.2 hybrid. added bar ends, rack and sks longboard fenders.

wanna upgrade to a real headlight and will forever wish i had just gotten disk breaks

also foud out i love cycling and looking for a road bike now

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This.

Every year there's some faggot coming up with a new jetpack bullshit. It'll never happen.

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>>910795
>Came across this today, why hasn't it gotten more coverage recently?
Because industry consensus is that it's not worthy?

It's not difficult to strap a few prop drives or ducted fans together with a gyro chip and make a "flying thing", people do it making quadcopters all the time.
Making it bigger isn't really much more difficult than making a small one.

The two problems with the person-carrying ones are-
1) the obscene rate of fuel consumption (battery-powered devices are a total non-starter) and
2) the safety issue of what happens if one or more engines fails in-flight.

>>910795
Doesn't look all that much better than the flying platforms that have been around since the 50s. Does it have a much better range or something?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOVh-vlUius

>>910458
>not two wheeled
0/10 would not use

Reminds me of a smart car, 2bh I see these getting tipped over by drunks every weekend

Cool-looking machine, seems fun to ride.
It could make a real difference if they convince people that's it's a tiny car rather than a covered motorized tricycle, and get single people to buy it.

>>909593
>Can't spell Peloton
>Still thinks he has a legit opinion.

Yeah, nah son; shitpost somewhere else. That said, he is a good all rounder though.

>>909593
People make his aero tuck out to be way more than it actually is. It's really not that difficult to get into that position...

That being said, he's EASILY the most entertaining cyclist out of the whole bunch though

>>909593
wrong; Cancellara and Contador are.

>>909643
Very few can descend in such a manner in the "full" tuck though.

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>>911544
>scooter
>get laid

>>911544
Get the cheapest you can find. So long as you can change tyres, spark plugs and clean the fuel filter it'll keep going in a straight enough line.

Get a Japanese 125cc motorcycle from the 90s/early 00s.

Can be kept running with duct tape and a hammer, will last forever, and are still a motorcycle so you wont look like a complete numpty.

>>911619
If it isn't a piece of shit, you should be just fine. Just dry it out.

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I think I did alright considering I don't live in the UK.

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This without that handbeing one.

>>>/n/bqg

>>911138
It's a movie.
He's bike had to be unique and interesting, and at the same time be a sort of underdog like he was.
The movie pointed out how much 'better' traditional geared bikes where, several times, during several races and scenes.
I mtb, so don't really have a dog in this fight, ride whatever you love to ride.

Back in the 90s Messengers used to ride MTBs, nowadays they mainly use Fixies. In the near future.. It will be yet another hype

I'm more curious as to why he's using that fuckhuge retarded impractical chain lock

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physics, economy, technology, etc.
And of we some day find a solution they will come up with clever laws and governmental regulations to prevent this.

>>908877
The moon is pretty close. That's worth visiting. additionally, being able to leave orbit would let you travel across the planet much faster

In a nutshell, the problem is propulsion.

You have to carry a lot of consumables (fuel and/or reaction mass) to get to orbit. So if you want to get 10 tons of people, armor and guns into orbit, you'll need several hundred tons of rocket to do so.

This is the case not because of some momentary technological deficiency, but because of fundamental physics - you can't speed up without pushing against something, and in space there's nothing to push against.

>>906715
Yes, you can respace a Shimano 130mm hub to 126mm by taking 4mm of washers off the non-driveside and then redishing the rim (note that this will slightly weaken the wheel overall). Be aware that unless you have unusually thick dropouts, you'll either need to cut the axle down a bit, or borrow one made for a 126 hub, otherwise the end of the axle made for 130 spacing will protrude and prevent you from closing your QR skewer.

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>>906732
Ahhh I see. Doesn't sound too bad! Pic is project, gonna take my 8 Speed Mavic CXP22 wheelset off my other bike and build up an 11 speed set for it, then put the 8 speed on this!

Although it would be ridiculous, I suppose I could run 10 speed on this hub with friction too couldn't i?

is commuting 25 miles on a single speed a sensible idea?