A thread to discuss bike touring - bikes, routes, gear, stories, etc.
>>1993350blessed edition with this nice OP pic. Lesgo guys it's spring already, better start packing,
how retarded would it be to travel 750 miles in 3 weeks, untrained?
>>1993395Its gonna hurt but you can definitely do it. That's not super far for that time frame so you can take rest days.
Is there anything more based than 90s mountain bikes?
>>1993431Well yeah they're for fully developed adults. If you're child-sized, you'll probably feel better on a child-sized bike.Also nobody hates dick breaks unless they only rode a supermarket BSO with cable discs.
90s MTB geometry is shit.Shit on mountains Shit on roadsShit for touring Yeah. Okay have fun on eBay and Instagram you hipsters
>>1993429>spicy geometryYou mean shit geometry. Like we need to ride in the Superman position with the longest slug mode chain stays on earth grabbing on to a straight piece of tube 5" below saddle height on a 140mm stem. Yeah GREAT GEOMETRY uncomfortable AND slow. Wow SO SPIC
>>1993265>mostly a marketing gimmick>well, the only advantage is they're lighter yeah, that's why they're better. that's not a "marketing gimmick", that's genuinely better.
>>1993307what tires would you (or any anon) suggest for this bike. it came with Miyata branded tires (I'm assuming panaracer?) and they're still rideable but I want something that will squeeze as much offroad performance out of a rigid machine. it's not doing any roads or for gravel/hardpack, it's for dedicated off-road as gnarly as it can handle without sus.
>be airbus>do nothing>stay winning because your only competitor can't build anything except a rehash of a 60 year old design that keeps nosediving
>>1990127yeah so do the airlines it turns out. airbus killed the A380 too early.
>>1992675If jumbos are making a come back then why did Boeing just stop manufacturing the best plane they've ever offered?
>>1990074>Can't build plane>Can't build engines either
>>1990074P&W GTF series has problems across the board, and it's not a problem isolated to Airbus. A big part of the reason Bombardier had to unload CSeries was the delays and technical problems caused by the P&W GTF, which was CSeries' sole source engine. Embraer E2 is also having problems with P&W GTF. Mitsubishi's termination of the SpaceJet program was also at least partially attributable to the P&W GTF.
>>1992675No one wanted them for ages and it wasn't viable as a freighter so airbus canned them
bicycles should be fun colors, not boring solid colors
>>1992905Completely? Or cut it into some shapes and sprinkle that shit over the frame so I don't have to take the whole bike apart
>>1992905I'm such a sucker for holographic and color changing stuff. You bet I'm a millennial, back in my day holographic meant limited edition
>>1992916If you got something that didn't completely clash with the colors of your bike, I can see covering only half of the bike working. Say, top/head/down tube.
>>1992596silver chain and cassetterainbow ones even
>>1992596If it's aluminum, strip the paint off the frame and polish it
Quill stems are pretty editionRead this:https://www.sheldonbrown.com/https://www.parktool.com/en-us/blog/repair-helpOld >>1991219
>>1993293afaik that model can take 700x45 by the specs on the website>>1993295I'll check that out thanks
>>1993292look into 700c to 650b conversions. Common in the old road bike to randonneur builds and 650b is 27.5.Generally you can go from say a 700c x25mm to 650b x 42 depending on clearence.So if it's disk brake and either the fork or chainstay/seatstay is wide enough you can run some 27.5 x 2.0(51mm) tires.Or you can run smaller tires for technically easier gears.>>1993252Yeah that's true about rural or offroading. I used to do that with my high school club and we would run one helmet light and a bar light, mostly at medium to high power since it was so dark when offroading.OTOH now I mostly do night time road training rides and it's pretty bright out there+ I am slow on the ascents.
Can I replace a shimano MF-TZ31 14-34t with a MF-TZ500-7 14-34t?
>>1993141installed on a softride for maximum retardation. love it.
https://youtu.be/f6WojQO-nDY?t=321wait, the dumpster diving spares guy is real...?
/bbg/ Bike Building General"I'm not paying Park for a fucking bike stand, or cleaning my shed" Edition.A place to ask questions, and to share tips & resources. Post your projects, your finished & in-process builds, restorations, etc.Resources:Barnett's Bicycle Repair Manual - https://www.flwlib.org/DocumentCenter/View/2461/Bike-RepairUCSB Associated Students Bike Shop Manual (2022) - https://bikeshop.as.ucsb.edu/files/2021/08/AS-BIKE-SHOP-WEB-MANUAL.pdfSheldon Brown's Bicycle Technical Info - https://www.sheldonbrown.com/Bike parts, tools, etc. - https://www.universalcycles.com/Chinkshit:https://www.aliexpress.com/category/200010436/bicycle-repair-tools.htmlhttps://www.aliexpress.com/category/1222/bicycle-parts.htmlComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
and now we wait
gonna need these. i really need to buy a set of tap and dies.
tenatively calling this a success. i'll eventually tap and slot it so it's not a pain in the ass every time i need to change a brake cable. fuck you amazon.
>>1993197Brilliant
>>1993197there is a diy bike hacks thread fyi
Why are you destroying the environment with your discount bargain bin chinese carbon wheels with no warranty, when you could be saving the environment with the revolutionary new FusionFiber™ that come with a lifetime, no questions asked replacement coverage for the original owner? Sure it costs about 3x as much but think of the moral superiority it gets youThe only problem is it's made in Utah which is full of crazy people, which kinda negates the moral superiority, I'd almost rather send money directly to the CCP at that pointAlso discuss wheels and stuff
>>1993366A lot of brands have crash replacement
>>1993371Yeah and Trek's isn't actually the best in the business, but it's better than some, and it's nice to be able to just walk to the Trek shop and get it taken care of right there.Unlike say Mavic where you hunt for a Mavic AD and they call Mavic Americas and Mavic Americas calls Mavic in France and six weeks later Mavic in France gets back to Mavic Americas who gets back to your AD who tells you to fuck off because it's user error.
>>1980769so the absolute mouthbreather that shipped my bike torqued down the front wheel bolts harder than I can remove. If I try to loosen with a wrench the whole assembly moves, and if I use two wrenches, one side will loosen but then I have no anchor point to undo the otherside, how to do I loosen the second bolt?
>>1993421I have no experience with BSOs, but perhaps you could adapt the cassette lockring technique which is to put the two levers in near-alignment, and then "squeeze" as shown. Both facing the same direction with one of them leaning against a step or something. This probably doesn't make any sense but I don't have an ipad so I can't draw it.
>>1993432that did the trick, cheers
>a>fucking>screwEurosistas, they'll make fun of us...
>>1991926>he thinks OP wasn't posted by an american
>>1990903I wasn't able to find anything definitive. But it is unlikely that train lengths in the EU are going to go above 750m ( about half a mile ). At the same time there is an effort to raise the permissible axle load system-wide to 25t. This puts the upper limit of train weight at about 5000t. Thus with a safety factor of, say, three you have an upper limit of 15000t.>>1990983Janney is not 'superior'. It is merely semi-automatic. The new euro coupler will automatically couple digital signals for electric brakes and, I think, also air lines. It makes it superior to both Janney and SA3.Granted - it is at least 50 years too late.
>>1991933I'm not a burger thoughbaitever
not a train autist so i don't really know anything about this stuff, but i am kind of shocked that this isn't a solved technology by now. theories/histories/rants/unhinged conspiracy theories on why that is?
>>1993423It's pretty much solved, Europe just hung on to the old way a bit too long
Last thread hit bump limit>>1912751Spring is coming, get the winter stuff when it's on sale. Except people from Argentina, for you, get the summer stuff when it's on saleAnyone use winter-specific road or MTB shoes? I've been depending on overshoes for too longDiscuss bike apparel. Engage in catty tribalism between "lycra lout aero fred" and "practical normal not-a-cyclist' (actually still marketed to cyclists but with reverse psychology) apparel. Boast of your metric century (not a real century) wearing just jeans and a t-shirt. Conveniently, there is no strava of it but it totally happened I swear!>>1912751
>>1991946>>1991947heh, i live in fl too and have been using some el cheapo sunglasses of unknown origin for years. but ok i was wrong, with the tint it brings non polarized to $32 over $45 for polarized because tinting is included. it's just the lenses themselves that are $16 vs $36. but no uv protection? dunno. i would assume my current ones don't have that either so i guess i probably won't notice a difference.
>>1991944Depends on your environment and riding conditions, I don't have a pair of polarized prescription glasses but I used to have a set of polarized Oakleys that blocked a lot of glare reflecting off car windows and glossy paint on clear high brightness days. It's useful if you're sensitive to glare.
>>1991948>but no uv protection?OH, i'm retarded and can't read.
Anybody got experience making/using vinyls on their helmet? Mine is carbon fiber so Idk how it will interact with adhesives?Any tips for placing them?I got some designs I wanna work out while I wait for the state to answer whether its legal or not (Europe so laws are weird sometimes)
>>1991944Polarized are dumb for general use, if you're a sailor or something fine, but for ordinary land use they cause more problems than they solve
I’m starting to feel overwhelmed. I’m 21 years old about to be a co pilot with aircraft equipped with PT6 engines, this is the first time I will be flying a a turbo prop aircraft and I’m baffled. I’m so used to flying 4cylinders 6 cylinders aircraft and aircraft with POH of like 300 pages but now it has 1000 pages. Is it normal to feel overwhelmed? Like what is your advice? I know the basic of how the pt6 works, I understand it. And honestly, the process seems so much more simple. What do ?
>>1992955Bigger planes bigger books. Your AFM will generally be structured the same, and you didn’t know everything in those piston POHs either. Know the limitations and where to find stuff, and learn the rest as you go.
>>1992958I’ve been flying the Cessna 172-182RG since I’ve been 16 or 17 years old, (first time I was 9 lol) and you’re right that at first, It felt extremely overwhelming and you learn as you go but now I know those pohs by heart, I know the dimensions, tire pressiures, everything by heart. Like if an engine failure were to occur, I know exactly what to do, I understand the piston engine. Like I know if there’s a failure, I can prime my way until I reach an airport. It just that in school we don’t learn turbine engine as much as piston engines
>>1992955You were handed things to you your entire life from your parents. And now that you actually have to learn something new, you're throwing a fit and refusing to do so. Fucking spoiled brat. I hope I see you on blancolirio.
>>1993335Kek gotem
>>1992955just get lots of sim practice in youl be ok
America has globally, objectively low commute times. And generally the more public transit usage and walking there is the longer the commute.
>>1993393It's ok to admit you don't know what you're talking about. I'm sure it's nothing new for you.
>>1993396I would if i didn't know what i'm talking about. Unfortunately for you, i do and talk about it instead and that makes you seethe relentlessly.
>>1993398It's pretty obvious you don't understand the basics of capitalism, but those of us with an IQ that starts with "1" (i.e., not you) don't consider an ongoing string of "nu-uh no u" to be an interesting discussion, so I guess you'll have to post your snarky reply, confident that you pwned another libtard/nignog/whatever.
>>1993400I'll have to post a snarky reply bemusing a nigger talking about IQ because that's the most substance your whining has ever produced, communist rambings about capitalism notwithstanding.
Hey guys I'm real smart and you should listen to me. I'm one of the smart people. I have a high IQ. I went to college. I'm not like those people who didn't go to college, I'm smart.
>cycling on sidewalks is... le misdemeanor! >you should drive on the streets with a speed limit under 50 km/hname a more braindead law than this, jesus fucking christ99% of people riding bicycles do it all their lifeI am convinced the only reason this law exists is so that the ONE time some cop(s) with nothing better to do blocks your path, they can milk you for fines and report all your personal info to the big brother systemthe whole fucking point of a bicycle is that you are not a car and that you can go places cars cannot, but carbrained lawyers the want to regulate the shit out of it for some reason, even in le walkable non-carbrained EU cityfuck I'm so pissed off right now
There are plenty of side streets with practically zero traffic. If you ride exclusively on major thoroughfares out of habit you are an idiot. Look at a map and try different routes.You are many times more likely to be hit by a car riding on the sidewalk, especially if you ride against traffic. Drivers stop with their vehicle blocking the entire sidewalk if they stop at all. They don't look for anything coming from the wrong direction.
>>1991142>forrester murderer thinks the people saying you shouldn't do shit that will get people killed are the trolls.Unironically kill yourself.
>>1989521>no one legitimately answered any of those questions
>>1989521Actually answer at least one of those questions or you're just a retarded auto lobby shill. No "you're just a troll!", no dodging the question, no being a delusional narcissistic supervillain like >>1991142. Either answer the question or fuck off,
>>1993415You're frustrated that you're not getting any (You)'s and I want to help, so here have one, it's on me
Many politics of southwest airlines editionprevious: >>1972682
>>1993198Did an engine explode? I guess they decided to come back when it started having problems or caught fire and didn't make it. I would wonder if when whatever exploded it took out all the controls on that wing.
>>1993239Radial engines don't just explode. What may have happened is the engine failed and started a fire. The fire spread until it reached one of the integral fuel cells and ignited fuel vapors, causing an explosion. There could've also been a fire started by a fuel leak.I'm not sure where the Skymaster's aileron control cables run, but they very well could run along the leading edge, in which case a fire would take them out. Tragic, big loss regardless.t. knower
>>1993192that's why you temper your expectations. i'd be perfectly happy with an LCC, largely because of the better QOL while still getting a fat pay (i never had rich parents like some people so getting a hard six figs is a big deal for me)
I wish we gatekept poor people from becoming pilots. I hate how whiny they always are.
>>1993323rich parents fag detected. lift weights or something
New Apartments EditionDiscuss transportation, zoning and walkability improvements in your city or nationwide.
>>1993407I'll sooner trust a petro shill than a green fanatic. At least petro shill stands behind something useful for society while the latter is just a malicious retard that was enabled by it.Greenwashing shit to sell is the standard practice among the green movement anyway, it's only natural that it would also be used against it.
>>1993408Yes it is understood that you never question your own behavior. You don't need to announce it. Anything you do is, by definition, the right thing to do, no matter what those dumb libtards say. That's just how it is.
>>1993409>wah wah waaaaah reeeeNo u, go back to seething about functional societies in your tranny discord you obnoxious crybaby.
>>1993410And here we are back to "no u", I wonder where I've seen this before...
>>1993411We've seen it in your previous post, and the one before that, and so on. No wonder you felt familiar.
Hi /n/, thoughts on package drivers? UPS package car driver here
>>1955377Did you start as driver? If so, how'd you get that lucky?
that unwavering confidence of the screen-based workforce, even in the face of ai. also much of blue collar shit is of questionable greater purpose. I long to just grow food and humans, at the expense of what feels like all social standing. the market demands distractions and brutal ethical compromises
>>1954756getwinning.
Summtrust.
