this is NOT a race!

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

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>>1991356

Has anyone thought about using one of these scaled-up for large diesel engines?
Having these allows for keeping air/fuel ratio optimal (λ = 1) through a larger range of power outputs and increases efficiency by allowing for the extraction of more energy from the exhaust gases.

For instance, a diesel locomotive could use one to boost power to its motors or for head-end power. LNG carriers could use the energy generated to refrigerate the cargo.

I understand it'll be complex and difficult to implement but the potential is huge.

America is a whorehouse where the revolutionary ideals of your forefathers are corrupted and sold in alleys by vendors of capitalism

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>>1912751

Spring 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 sale

Anyone use winter-specific road or MTB shoes? I've been depending on overshoes for too long

Discuss 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

>have perfectly good bike lane SPECIFICALLY FOR YOU
>choose to ignore it
KILL EVERY LAST CYCLIST ON EARTH
TCD (Total Cyclist Death) 2024

Whoopsie doodle!

>https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/09/ef2df47080f1-bullet-train-in-northeastern-japan-stops-after-cars-disengage.html
>A shinkansen made an emergency stop between northeastern Japan and Tokyo on Thursday after its two linked trains uncoupled, railway operator JR East said, but no injuries were reported among the some 320 people aboard.
>The incident involving the Komachi and Hayabusa high-speed trains on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line marked the first time they have uncoupled while in motion, according to JR East. The trouble occurred at 8:10 a.m. between Furukawa and Sendai stations in Miyagi Prefecture.

Please tell me why I shouldn’t harvest parts from abandoned bikes

>initially super cheap compared to taxis
>taxis have to raise fares to remain profitable after losing business
>uber raises prices, now more expensive than taxis prior to uber’s existence (even when adjusted for inflation)
So the advantage that made them a better alternative to taxi cabs isn’t true anymore. This is VC money at work.

https://buffaloride.org/buffalobicycle

The US has Worksman Cycles which is build with a similar mindset.

But nothing in Europe - I just want a simple but sturdy bike, which can carry bigger loads at the backy and isn't a 2000€ Cargobike xd.