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Bike seatz

Anonymous Tue 17 Sep 2024 19:43:14 No.2018886 View View Reply Original Report

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Saw a hilarious noseless bicycle seat on sharktank called the v seat. It seems like to would make it tough to steer.

Has anyone bought this?

I know SMP has been selling a nose down bike seat for years but Ive never seen it in the wild on group rides.

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Anonymous Sun 22 Sep 2024 22:07:33 No.2019548 Report

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I've toured for decades on brooks and they were comfier than a fully plush leather sofa. I'd be off the bike to get something from a kiosk and I'd just want to get back on the couch again because it would be better than standing.
Today, it's not that great and I don't know why.
Actually I do know why, I'm 105kgs and that weight is crushed onto a tiny bit of leather and two steel rails.
If I were at a fighting weight, like I used to, then the brooks would handle it no problem.
Anyway, I've bought the SQLabs and the Selle SMPs and they are all worse than the brooks because the leather and the plastics they use are sticky and your shorts become abrasive within an hour. The brooks leather is slippier.

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Anonymous Tue 01 Oct 2024 08:18:02 No.2020530 Report

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saddle hardly matters
most saddles will work fine, if your bike fit is good
personally i go for short nose saddles that have good grip

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Anonymous Tue 01 Oct 2024 11:14:59 No.2020534 Report

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Anonymous Tue 01 Oct 2024 21:32:02 No.2020566 Report

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I ride a bike (technically a trike) with no seat at all, it feels better than any seat.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 02 Oct 2024 00:18:54 No.2020579 Report

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>>2020566
oh god

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Front trike conversion

Probsol Wed 21 Aug 2024 15:49:09 No.2014505 View View Reply Original Report

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Where are all the kits?
>fixes the inherent instability
>reblances inherent load distribution
>instantly makes biking more accessible to disabled people
>maintains ride height unlike recumbents
>saves shipping costs off-standard trikes that balloon costs
>keeping 60% of the bike standard and deconvertible

I have 4 pairs of identical junk bikes but no welding equipment, so ideally bolt on everything, and possibly maintaining original front fork that saddles into reversible bike trailer. Other rules are all same wheel size. Someone explain to me the instinct to go small or slightly smaller wheels. Just to carry different inner tubes? Sell more overpriced specialized equipment?

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Probsol

Probsol Mon 23 Sep 2024 17:08:54 No.2019623 Report

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>>2019151
Amen. As much as because of the modestness if human power, justifies chasing light materials, classic human irrationality intrudes, and we get people who bike 50 miles on a weekend polluting the market with 12,000 dollar carbon fiber abominations, in the only option poors have for conveyance.....

In my decade of buying Walmarts cheapest bike to fix the market, everyone of these u.s. hollowing chinesium widgets has had the rims become untrue/spokes break. Either cause they brag about being aluminum now....in cheapest possible imitation of yuppie poison.....

I have a Huffy 10 speed form the 80s whose steel rims, while the chrome has rusted a bit, have been of jumps, potholes, curbs.....and I have NEVER had to touch them.....but man, so they weight a pound or two more, and that wears me out so badly....it's worth buying a brand new 100$ bike every year....

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 28 Sep 2024 18:14:09 No.2020295 Report

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>>2019623
absolutely, steel is king, aluminum needs to be heat treated in an huge ass oven just to get it the proper rating suitable for riding.

even if you weld something little on one side of the bike the whole bike's aluminum rating is ruined due to its heat spreading properties.

This summer i met a northern euro fella that was bikepacking his way around europe and the middle east on a cheap used belt driven city bike.

The seat and chain strays on the side of the drivetrain where both somewhat bent and made the wheel go out of alignment after a car crashed into it i think. anyway with a little rubber mullet and a heat-gun/torch and plastic jaw'd pliers we managed to massage those stray pipes back to alignment and that was only possible because it was steel, if that was aluminum or god forbid CF it would be a total loss.

Though I do still see the appeal of light materials for sport stuff and for rich people that like wasting money like that, many top brands will sell additional CF lifetime frame warranties that let you replace it upon breaking, many aluminum frames are warrantied for decades or a lifetime.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 28 Sep 2024 18:26:23 No.2020297 Report

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>>2015195
Those tadpoles are really fun if you put a good electric motor on them. Tons of fun to shoot right under garage gates. Otherwise they're pretty much for the infirm or cross country touring.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 28 Sep 2024 20:24:06 No.2020306 Report

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>>2014505
>pic
Why would someone do this? I just disregard it as being some kind of meme machine. Seems incredibly inefficient to ride too.
>>2014947
So many things wrong with the OP pic but yes the chain slack might be the worst thing about it.

Probsol

Probsol Tue 01 Oct 2024 12:36:07 No.2020542 Report

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>>2020295
These people fighting for 7 pounds of a 200 pound combined vehicle and rider are hilarious.
>warranties
That's great, if try picked up all the costs of walking home with 50 pounds of stuff when their cheap shit breaks.

>>2020306
To fix everything wrong with "bladed" cycling....did you not read? How can two mtb tires at 50 psi, or even two road tires at 120psi....and then one more tire, not be worth the trade offs? No kick stand for one.....

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Titan Submersible Hearings

Anonymous Wed 25 Sep 2024 12:09:40 No.2019822 View View Reply Original Report

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Anyone been watching these? The guy at the end of the hearings yesterday accused Stockton Rush of intentional murder/suicide.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4sHdLICwKM

The livestream today will be here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgJVVgPSR2I

So far method of failure seems to be the connection between the titanium dome and the carbon fiber cylinder or buckling of the carbon fiber cylinder, from what I can gather.

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Anonymous Mon 30 Sep 2024 15:45:00 No.2020454 Report

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>>2020449
Boeing employee detected

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 Sep 2024 17:07:31 No.2020462 Report

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>>2020433
But Anon, he was successful until the end of his life.

>>2020449
Are they discussing the ring as a failure point now? The QA failure (wherever it was) happened because there was no QA. Everything about this was done as cheaply and as fast as possible.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 01 Oct 2024 00:53:01 No.2020506 Report

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>>2020449
So the guy is off the hook because what failed first was just a "qa issue" that doesn't count despite destroying the vessel and killing everyone inside? Glad to hear it was safe after all.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 01 Oct 2024 01:27:47 No.2020512 Report

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>>2020449
Pretty sure the "QA" here was in fact Mr. Rush being there in-person eyeballing it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 01 Oct 2024 07:42:09 No.2020528 Report

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>>2020449
actually, yes it wasn't just QA problems. They chose to use a viewport rated only for 1000 meters knowing they intended to go much deeper than that.

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Anonymous Tue 01 Oct 2024 04:17:47 No.2020522 View View Reply Original Report

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>Revitialize tram infrastructure for the olympics
>Popular among locals and tourists
>Stop running after a year and let tracks go to shit

Is Translink retarded?

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collectible bike thread

Anonymous Sat 19 Aug 2023 13:54:35 No.1941662 View View Reply Last 50 Original Report

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Old thread finally hit its bump limit >>1750878

2023 started out as a crazy year on the collectible market but things seem to have settled down a bit
Have you made any new acquisitions ?
What do you wish to buy year?
Collectible bike thread!!

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Anonymous Wed 11 Sep 2024 16:03:29 No.2018092 Report

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>>2017623
Yes.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 27 Sep 2024 02:14:22 No.2020055 Report

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>>2017496
that thing is clean

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Anonymous Tue 01 Oct 2024 01:37:01 No.2020513 Report

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Is this cool? Made by Rolls apparently

Worth 120?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 01 Oct 2024 01:39:36 No.2020515 Report

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>>2020513
Wait maybe roll is just a bike shop in Ohio lol

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Anonymous Tue 01 Oct 2024 02:16:58 No.2020517 Report

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>>2020513
>>2020515

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Anonymous Fri 13 Sep 2024 20:22:47 No.2018390 View View Reply Original Report

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I miss this lil nigga like you wouldn't believe

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Anonymous Fri 27 Sep 2024 06:16:20 No.2020101 Report

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>>2020041
Well it looks sturdy. The reason for that is because of the short wings and the tail mounted engines. Conventional airliners look a bit janky and awkward as they land the engine pods flex the wings on touchdown and shit. These things look stronger and more aerodynamic since they have small looking wings and rear mounted engines.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 27 Sep 2024 06:31:24 No.2020102 Report

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>>2020076
They aren't, youre just used to seeing larger aircraft who have so many more seats

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 29 Sep 2024 14:20:01 No.2020360 Report

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>>2018390
fly on delta these routes while you can
- mke -> dtw
- ord -> dtw

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Anonymous Mon 30 Sep 2024 02:40:00 No.2020415 Report

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>tfw never got to use the butt stairs

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Anonymous Mon 30 Sep 2024 16:33:58 No.2020461 Report

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Seems like every trip involved a leg on one of these bad boys when I was growing up. There will never be a better regional jet

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Korean Air 737 Max 8 plummets 25k feet; US Gov recommend criminal charges against Boeing

Anonymous Tue 25 Jun 2024 16:47:07 No.2005186 View View Reply Original Report

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It's beyond over now.
https://qz.com/korean-air-boeing-737-max-8-1851556840
https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/jun/24/boeing-charges-us-prosecutors-737-max-crashes
https://nypost.com/2024/06/25/us-news/us-prosecutors-recommend-doj-charge-boeing/

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Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Sep 2024 12:27:41 No.2017696 Report

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>>2005320
Replacing the upper management from engineers to mba grads

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 13 Sep 2024 22:17:14 No.2018416 Report

Quoted By: >>2020412

>>2005186
25 000 / 5 = 5000 feet per minute
That's a perfectly controlled descent not a "plummet"

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 Sep 2024 01:08:05 No.2020410 Report

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>>2005186
Boeing can't build safe airplanes. I would only fly on an Airbus airplane.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 Sep 2024 01:17:09 No.2020412 Report

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>>2018416
I was going to say: landing approach? I guess not but this sounds like some operator error bullshit. The dumb trash in here probably have no idea how common errors and minor accidents happen in commercial flight, but it exists only with Boeings because Boeings is undergoing a public humiliation ritual currently.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 Sep 2024 12:46:53 No.2020440 Report

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>>2020412
What's with the
>muh public humiliation ritual
spam on /n/ lately? Someone seems really butthurt over the idea of transportation vehicles being held to a reasonable standard of safety and quality control. Not surprising that a boeing shill would feel that the 737's honor is being insulted by people making fun of stockton rush though.

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/ug/ - Unracer General

Anonymous Thu 29 Aug 2024 05:18:06 No.2015758 View View Reply Original Report

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this is NOT a race!

Post here to discuss unraced cycling for transportation because THIS IS A TRANSPORTATION BOARD

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Anonymous Thu 26 Sep 2024 22:35:24 No.2020031 Report

Quoted By: >>2020262

>>2019406
I have had a set of wald folding baskets for many years and I love them. no rust. the folding hinges are clunky and don't always go the direction you want but once deployed or folded back, they are solid. they will carry literally any weight you can put in them. cases of beer, gallons of milk, and bricks (yes, I've filled them with bricks.)
they are heavy, though.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 28 Sep 2024 08:31:30 No.2020262 Report

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>>2020031
picrel pls

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Anonymous Sat 28 Sep 2024 19:01:49 No.2020299 Report

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>>2020262
I didn't take pics of the bricks but here's ~$100 of groceries

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 Sep 2024 00:10:31 No.2020403 Report

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>>2020299
I means pics of the baskets not the stupid bricks ofc.
Anyways. Thanks for pic. They do look smallish desu. Does having the load on the front not bother you?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 Sep 2024 02:37:46 No.2020414 Report

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>>2020403
I thought you wanted proof that they would hold a load of bricks.
>small
the bottom is the same width as the bottom of one of those reusable grocery bags, and the front-to-back dimension is a few inches bigger. the height is not as tall, like ¾ the height of those bags.
the wheels are 27 (iso 630) not 700c (iso 622) so the baskets may look smaller than they are in comparison . the bottles are one litres if that wasn't obvious.
>load
I prefer to have the load attached to my arms so I can stabilize it (the swept back bars allow the leverage to make this much easier.) on the back, heavy loads rock the whole frame back and forth.
but people argue about their preference being the right one a lot.

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ITT: Locomotives that left us too soon.

Anonymous Sat 07 Sep 2024 10:57:59 No.2017281 View View Reply Original Report

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Literally scrapped because of a refrigerator.

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Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 20 Sep 2024 00:48:37 No.2019182 Report

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>>2018064
The one prototype was apparently well liked by crews from what I remember

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 24 Sep 2024 21:14:47 No.2019744 Report

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>>2018274
The loss of all of the NYC Hudsons is a death sentence worthy crime.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 25 Sep 2024 01:25:22 No.2019756 Report

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>>2018274
they realised too late they'd built a gigantic penis on wheels, complete with glowing urethra

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 29 Sep 2024 12:58:37 No.2020358 Report

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>>2018964
>what a motherfucker has to do to avoid diesel-electric

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 Sep 2024 01:08:20 No.2020411 Report

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>>2018405
A local railroad Museum was more than willing to move it

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Anonymous Sun 29 Sep 2024 04:46:38 No.2020337 View View Reply Original Report

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why did it fail?

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Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 29 Sep 2024 14:29:58 No.2020361 Report

Quoted By: >>2020362 >>2020365 >>2020374

What if I just stuck a big battery on a BMX bike.
Seems like it'd be the same but better minus the boxy swag aesthetic

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 29 Sep 2024 14:30:58 No.2020362 Report

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>>2020361
Actually fuck this I think I'm going to make that a project this spring

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 29 Sep 2024 14:53:48 No.2020365 Report

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>>2020361
The point of the "aesthetic" is that it folds away into a very compact form that stores easily into the car.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 29 Sep 2024 15:40:11 No.2020369 Report

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wheels too small
no suspension
prolly doesn't even reach 50 mph

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 29 Sep 2024 16:15:53 No.2020374 Report

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>>2020361
>>2020362
this

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