I guess it's finally time for new thread.
what are your touring plans for 2025? cooking up some months long big adventure or just few small trips every now and then?
maybe you're already on a tour or just finished one recently?
I'll be going across the Europe to Santiago de Compostela, starting in April.

For when you want to fall over in front of a crowd without getting drunk first

I want to strangle every single big buck roadie fred and especially every single downhill-bike-in-a-park pomp who rides around just to do chainsaw sounds with their bicycle's very very expensive hub. "Give way, the asshole is coming!". Like, if you wanna make motorcycle sounds, get an actual motorcycle. A Harley actually sounds cool. A freewheeling bicycle sounds supremely annoying, and also means you are a weak shit who is not pedalling. Fuck you, go ride into a river.

After 13 years, this is my final post on 4chan. I left a while ago, and I need to tell you something I never thought I'd say: I don't miss it. At all. In fact, I feel better in ways I didn't even know were possible.

This place doesn't just waste your time - it steals it. Hours, days, years lost to meaningless threads, recycled jokes, and arguments that go nowhere. You tell yourself you're here for the real talk, the uncensored truth, but most of what's left is either bots, schizos, or people so terminally online they've forgotten how to think like human beings.

Worse than the time, though, is what it does to you. Without even realizing it, you start adopting its cynicism, its cruelty, its detachment. Things that would've once made you cringe - or better yet, feel something - just become more content to scroll past. You laugh at things you shouldn't. You dismiss things you should care about. You become a parody of yourself, all while convincing yourself you're the one who gets it.

And for what? None of it matters. None of it ever mattered. The threads vanish. The insults are forgotten. The wars are just pixels on a screen. The only real, lasting thing is what you lose - your patience, your attention span, your ability to enjoy anything without irony.

Without the addiction of 4chan, I've had the drive, time and energy to pursue things that make me actually feel good. I've got healthier. I've read books. I've engaged in my hobbies. All without feeling anchored to this website I deep down truly despise.

I won't lie and say life outside is perfect. But it's quieter. Clearer. I can think without hearing this place's voice in my head. I can have normal conversations. I can like things again.

If you're reading this and even part of you wants to leave - just leave. Just close the tab. You won't regret it.

I shall not be monitoring this thread. It either gets noticed or it doesn't.

Goodbye, and good luck.

>it's another "anon has nothing to do on a beautiful weekend so he goes on an aimless 20-25 mile bike ride for an hour or two just to be out of the house" episode
haha gee it was great biking past all the families, friends, people with children, eating at restaurants, walking the streets together, doing stuff at the park, and living their lives happily while i was complete self-congizant how im the autistic retard biking alone through town

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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?

WHY WONT MY BIKE STOP CREAKING AAAAAAAAA

This thread is for talking about railways, and things related to railways, in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - that means we're all about big intercity trains, modest rural trains, long freight trains, trips, tracks, trams, subways, stations, you get the idea. Trains are cool.

If you're planning a journey, take a look at the nationalrail.co.uk/ journey planner - tell it where you're headed from and to, and it'll show you your options before handing you over to a train company so you can buy a ticket. Doesn't matter which train company, they'll all charge the same price for the same seat on the same journey. Overseas visitors - trip.com and thetrainline.com are your best option.

Here's a few links:
~New rolling stock currently on order, listed (trainlogger.co.uk/units/)
~A Visual History of Railway Rolling Stock in Great Britain (gaelan.me/br-stock/)
~The Man in Seat 61 (seat61.com/) - easily the best rail travel resource out there.
~Geoff Marshall (youtube.com/@geofftech2) - likes trains. Mostly harmless.
~Jago Hazzard (youtube.com/@jagohazzard) - London train history. Ditto.

...and some cool 'open data' stuff:
~Realtimetrains (realtimetrains.co.uk/) - live train timetables: ideal for keeping on top of ETAs and platforms.
~Openrailwaymap (openrailwaymap.org/) - not quite 'Google Maps for railway infrastructure', but close.
~TIGER (https://tiger.worldline.global/home/) - live departure boards.
~Traksy (traksy.uk/live/) - live signalling information.
~London Underground Live (www.londonunderground.live/) - a real-time, geographically-accurate Tube map.

What's happening?
~The railway is being put into public ownership: gov.uk/guidance/great-british-railways/
~Phase One of High Speed 2 (Birmingham-London): hs2.org.uk/
~The Transpennine Route Upgrade - upgrading & electrifying the Liverpool-York mainline: thetrupgrade.co.uk/
~The Midland Main Line electrification (no website...)
~The East Coast Digital Programme: nextgenerationrailway.co.uk/

https://media.amtrak.com/2025/08/amtrak-nextgen-acela-debuts-on-august-28/
>A new era of high-speed rail to begin between Boston and Washington, DC
>WASHINGTON – All aboard the future of East Coast travel! Starting Thursday, Aug. 28, customers can travel on Amtrak’s NextGen Acela – America’s high-speed train – connecting the Northeast Corridor between Washington, D.C., New York City, and Boston.

:)

this guy converted his prius intro a truck, check the timestamp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rDO9kWaE5A&t=1642s