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What's next in bicycle tech?
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>>2057728 >What's next in bicycle tech? KERS
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>>2060682 Honestly I don't see why they don't just put the whole cassette in the front and the "derailleur" is just a spring-loaded arm that only moves on one axis. 99% of crappy off-the-rack bikes never have all their gears used anyway. Literally just make every bike a 3 to 5 speed and call it a day.
ESPECIALLY if they're electric or pedal-assisted.
Though speaking of, I saw a thing on hackaday of someone using "electric transmission" -- the pedals crank a dynamo, and the wheel has a motor. You crank the dynamo, the motor on the other side moves. Only a very small battery more as an extra big smoothing capacitor than anything. It's probably horrendously inefficient, but now you don't have to deal with a derailleur, I guess.
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>>2061439 This doesn't seem dangerous at all.
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>>2057728 Tweels, or solid tires will finally be practical with deep travel or active suspension. Reverse trike front fork kits with baskets and low slung batteries effectively making them bakfeits. Canopies.....somehow. maybe just for the bakfiets with a Kermit Muppet caper puppet on the pedals like some mock rickshaw. KERS or standard braking recovery. Super fast charging. Essentially every innovation or cars but goes 10 times further cause of leanness of bikes. Nerds wank on about Tesla plaid, but dont think about dragging 3 empty seats....best we get it old 911 conversions for half the weight, but where is the electric cabin motorcycle that is a 1/4 of the weight, therefore fixing the charge time, and making toxic mining of rare earth's 4 times more efficient. Or micro turbo diesel front wheel kits instead of a castrated motorcycle (moped).
And of course the inexcusable off the shelf upgrade that never comes: all stainless bearings and chain for zero maintenance. Cost preventative and planned obsolescence in a tens of thousand dollar car, real world beater in a bike that never breaks.
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>>2057728 time to upgrade to e-bikes/electric motorcycles (the distinction is not that clear)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh4Ebv2HWyw
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Is it worth trying to become a pilot, or will everything be AI by the time you have your license?
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By the time you get a licence the AI will be watching pr0n while the dog flies it. Go for it.
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AI only will be illegal. Pilots will just be babysitting it.
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>>2064231 Garmin's auto-landing thingy landed without a pilot like a month ago.
>>2064226 go fly sailplanes, it's fun.
>b-b-but I want to fly cargo jets and aspire to bang flight attendants nah not happening
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>>2064232 >Garmin's auto-landing thingy landed without a pilot like a month ago. AI will easily be capable enough. But the FAA will force humans to be in the loop for airliners.
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As you guys may know, theres now huge subsidies coming from the WEF or the EU to remove car traffic from city areas its a bit sad because some of these towns and cities used to have extremelly walkable main streets in the early 20th century, beautiful cobblestone pavements, etc, and it was all removed for cheap asphalt when cars became the thing. Now the pedestrian pavement is often just cheap concrete or modern materials imitating older cobblestone. You even see some retarded mayors destroying an entire 19th century park to replace it with concrete and fake grass and it just breaks my soul. How can we conserve and preserve true traditional urban planning and 19th century walkable standards?
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>>2064160 >So what fucking "mask" is there, brainiac? For someone so insistent on projecting your selfish ignorance on others you sure have little self awareness.
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>>2064159 upvoted! wait until r/communism sees this!
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>>2064160 >Humanity as it is (you) destroys the greatest miracle in the known universe Mom and dad are literally destroying our planet by having a backyard so i will teach them a lesson by forcing everyone on a bus, importing foreigners, taxing energy and pushing more manufacturing out to China.
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>>2057079 >becoming lets be real here. everyone who lives in the western parts of europe knows how slow and painful meaningful change is thanks to bureaucracy. I assume most people here are in their early 30's +-5 years. By the time you guys notice the change (if you do at all) you are probably around an age where you cant or even want to use a bike or go by foot. talking about 20-30 ears into the future.
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>>2064198 I live in a big city of Western Europe, and I have seen significant change in how walkable the city center has been, not only in the big cities but also in the smaller ones.
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Two trains collided into each other, at least 21 dead. Developing story.
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>>2064131 I subscribe to the WhatsApp channel for Rodalies and every day there’s delays for infrastructure problems, breakdowns, theft of copper wires, corpses being scrapes from the tracks…it’s just getting reported on now because it’s the current happening.
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>>2064146 So there's been a severe lack of proper maintenance for a while and the problem has surfaced now
An you think everything is alright?
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>>2064176 who thinks everything is alright? nobody likes it, but it's just the way it's always been. it's only getting attention now.
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>>2064197 Your reductionist bullshit tells me enough, leftoid
No matter how hard you try to normalize the situation, you only tell on yourself
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>Why are you so afraid to fly anon? >You're just going to be in an air-tight cabin seated for several hours 40,000 ft in the air going at 600 mph in a machine being controlled by someone you don't know How am I supposed to get over this fear?
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>>2064109 ferries are pretty safe and sea travel is highly regulated. but there was a HUUUUUGE one in corea you may be thinking of
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>>2064109 Possibly that the number of ferry trips that are extremely short distances (acting as a "bridge" before there's funding for a permanent bridge) makes for a high number of opportunities for an incident but with a comparatively low number of miles. Even if those incidents are just "drunk person stumbles overboard."
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>>2063282 Try taking off from John Wayne. Planes practically go into a stall pitch on takeoff so the rich folks living at the beach aren't bothered by the engine noise
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>>2064167 Planes take off North from John Wayne because everything north of it is just the Irvine and Tustin business complexes and then the foothills. It's not just richfags by the beach, the airport is surrounded by suburbs and bedroom communities from the West, South, and East where UCI is. I can already faintly hear the fireworks from Disneyland from my house every night, I don't need to hear constant plane traffic, I already experienced that when I lived up near LAX
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>>2064112 >sea travel is highly regulated It is because of all tragedies and accidents that happened in the past.
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Anyone else feels like absolute shit after crashing? it's not even the pain of it it's just the faith in your ability slowly dying inside. When I was younger it was whatever but now it feels like someone chipped away a chunk of confidence.
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>>2044901 Usually more annoyed than anything. Worst crash happened to me couple years ago, week before my summer holidays.
>cycling to work >dog walker's dog runs towards me >swerve to right, hit kerb >next notice I'm lying on the pavement, one shoe few meters from me, bike another few metres to another direction >road rash on one knee, rear derailleur busted, handlebar is twisted, couple of ribs busted Managed to straigthen the handlebar, but still that maneuver cost me pair of shorts and a derailleur.
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>>2044907 >there's a steel plate for water drainage it's probably the incorrect type of plate and is just super fucking smooth. my city does the same shit and people constantly eat shit in winter because they have these smooth metal plates all over the fucking place
you're supposed to use special non-skid ones but cities are not only cheap but overtly hate anyone who is not currently in a car
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> Second time ever bringing out the bike I built from scratch for a test drive > Come around a blind corner > Road work, with no sign. > There is no pavement anymore. It's a 6 inch deep hole. > I go into the hole while braking and turning into an uphill corner. > Still not used to the new geometry and weight > Flip over the bars > god damnit. Lots of airtime to anticipate the pain. > sacrifice my wrist to arrest my fall and save my face > faceplant anyway > Broken wrist, still hurts to this day > Road rash > new bike is already fucked up on the second time I took it out > nearby do-gooder calls 911. Fuck. > Blood everywhere, clothes shredded > It's 8 months later, my wrist is still pretty janky a lot of the time. At least it doesn't click and pop anymore whenever I use it. > PTSD now when cornering. Fuck my life.
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>>2063446 >my wrist is still pretty janky a lot of the time. At least it doesn't click and pop anymore whenever I use it. What's the Dr saying about it? Was there a problem with the cast or something?
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I feel like I'm quite lucky. I'm not as big of a rider as many of you, but I've put on 3000-3500 miles a year for nearly a decade on purely commute road riding. I'm pretty much always riding on a busy street and quite frequently at night. Sure there's lots of bike lanes but sometimes it's just a shoulder next to the car traffic, or needing to cut across car lanes to get into the bike lane, etc. And I have literally never had an accident. Never been hit by a car, never fallen off the bike, nothing. Sure I've had a few close calls with cars, and once I had a deer bolt out in front of my on a torrential downpour and got so close to t-boning me that I could hear its hooves on the ground passing in front of me.. if it had tboned me it probably would have destroyed me and the bike. But yeah, I don't know if I'm just lucky, or a safe rider, or what.
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Let's discuss bike tires here.
>pic related currently using >27.5 x 1.60 (650b x 40) >1000 miles in >pulled a few glass shards out >extracted a broken glass bottle shard that was wedged 6mm in the tread at an angle >no punctured tube >no flat >rolls great >doesn't weigh as much as a Marathon Plus or Mondial >installing them wasn't too bad either What's your daily driver? Do you run tubed or tubeless? General thoughts, experiences of tires you've ran with?
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>>2063959 its also because our society developed into giving high value to the most worthless to society jobs that do nothing but make the company richer (ex. most white collar jobs, all tech jobs, etc)
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Got Schwalbe G-One Overland 365 on my gravel commuter, work alright.
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first puncture on panaracer gravelking semi slick after 700-800km ish, would going tubeless have prevented this?
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>>2064137 Tubeless wouldn't have prevented the puncture but the sealant would stop any more air from leaking (would because sometimes the sealant fails at this job, especially if dried out)
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I start a 12-week program next week to become a ship's rating; navigation, steering, docking/mooring, radio comms, lookout, survival craft, firefighting, various marine logistical duties; all prerequisites for deck work on major ferries. Any mariners around with advice/tips?
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My city is cutting bus routes starting in 2026, so tell me me/n/, do you ride bus routes for fun?
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>>2058540 My 3 year old loves bus days out, we get the bus to the local beach a lot, and the bigger town nearby for soft play and bowling. Sometimes just get the wee town bus rather than walking for 30mins
Kinda prefer trains for that stuff, can get into the nearby city for the big museums etc, bus takes ages to get there though, train only takes 20mins
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>>2058540 Chicago has no right to exist. Naturally segmented cities are immoral.
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>>2064006 >another tranny shill bump 1+ month in clocking in a full shift today?
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I had fun riding random routes when I was in a new city for college and sightseeing all the neighborhoods
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>>2064010 You need to leave.
>>2064097 On foot is still better.
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It is said that if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem. Are you one of the good ones, /n/? Do people say you're not like those other cyclists?
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I don't own a car because I don't need one, I wear aged cycling hats, have a beard, helmet mounted mirror, a rack on a vintage steel bike and slow my roll generally. I tend to piss off freds and make them risk their lives overtaking me because they MUST go faster and then simply draft them to annoy them even more. you mad?
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>>2062326 This ironically angers the obese motorist for no valid reason whatsoever
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>>2064095 >>2062326 no need to samefag like that bro
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>>2064101 no need to be a retard faggot like that bro
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>>2028039 >all that to get a 16oz coffee ......