I've been riding a hybrid bike for my errands and short transportation within the city. However as I just learned to ride a bicycle this year I'm still a beginner and still having problems especially if there are lots of cars passing by. There are no protected bike lanes in my city and there are cases wherein I worry I might lose balance and a car or motorcycle might hit me.

So I'm thinking of getting a city bike like this Elops 120 to replace my hybrid bike since I read they are easier to balance and are more stable overall. They also have a bike rack and due to the upright position, more comfortable especially for a beginner rider like me.
However someone told me it would be better to just stick with my bike or get a mountain bike because I will outgrow a city bike after a year. Also my city is full of potholes and speedbumps that aren't comfortable with a city bike. Also there are steep inclines here that I won't be able to climb due to lower number of gears and also since it is a heavier bike overall. I also don't need to spend anything if I just stick to this bike.

All advice are appreciated.

A few days ago, The SunRail board approved a $6M environmental study for a Sunshine Corridor expansion with Brightline.

Notably, this is for the northern route alternative with a stop at the convention center and south I-drive. The other cheaper alternative of a route along SR417 with a stop only at Disney has seemingly been shelved.

This environmental study is the first step in the building process encompassing ROW design considerations, environmental effects, and crucially, securing federal funding.

No funding strategy announced yet, but it's safe to say a generous amount of federal grants will be necessary to get this built in any reasonable amount of time, which might be an issue with the current administration.


Discuss? Do we like the route? Happy to see this get built finally?

I've been getting into the steelisreal, rim brakes are good enough side of youtube lately, and the clickbait has gotten me thinking about my next bike. How much truth do you think there is to these memes that say that high end steel isn't like the cheap shit I think of when I think of steel? I refuse to consider cantis and if I get disc steel I'm told that's no better than carbon because it's "overbuilt" at that point which "defeats the purpose". So it has to be dual pivot classic road frame made of thin walled fairy tubing, and no I will not elaborate because we all know why.

So it looks like if I'm not too hung up on getting a name brand duende meme bike I can probably pick up what looks like a pretty good steel frame for under $3k. Possibly even less. But then I'd really have to go with some pretty narrow, hard, puncture-prone tires, and I just don't have the energy for that shit. I haven't struggled with inner tubes and frame pumps in pelting ice cold rain by the side of the road in years and I like it that way, latex blood runs through my veins. But TPU was invented, and that's caused me to begin doubting my faith.

Would I be consumed with post-purchase rationalization if I fell for the steel meme? Are steel bikes and rim brakes the cast iron of bikes? Opinionated attention whores who need to have something to argue about at all times so they pick the most argumentative pointless crap that has a grain of truth that gets overemphasized at the expense of the big picture? Or is there something to this memery?

Before you start your angry typing, I am a mamil with crabon and aero and absolute black and all that stuff, so please, be accurate with your strawmanning. I can supply some other personal aspects of myself if you wish to find something to be aggressive about but I trust I have given you enough information to get irrationally angry over bicycles.

European aerospace giant Airbus has revealed a new design for its upcoming fully electric, hydrogen-powered ZEROe aircraft. powered by hydrogen fuel cells.

The single-aisle plane now has four engines, rather than six, each powered by their own fuel cell stack.

The reworked design comes after the news that the ZEROe will be in our skies later than Airbus hoped.

The plan was to launch a zero-emission aircraft by 2035, but now the next-generation single-aisle aircraft is slated to enter service in the second half of the 2030s.

Airbus has spent years evaluating different hydrogen propulsion methods, including turbofan, turboprop, and blended-wing body designs using hydrogen combustion.

After extensive research and testing, the company has selected fuel cell technology as the best option.

Unlike combustion engines, hydrogen fuel cells generate electricity through a chemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen, producing only water as a byproduct.

These engines will receive hydrogen from two liquid hydrogen tanks, stored cryogenically at extremely low temperatures.
Airbus believes this setup will provide the most efficient and scalable solution for future hydrogen-powered commercial aviation.

>https://interestingengineering.com/transportation/airbus-unveils-new-hydrogen-airplane?group=test_a

While I was flying into KLAX I was hearing weird voices in my headsets, I turned off the radio on my side and I could still hear them trying to “desperately” communicate with me. They were saying my name and they were begging me to answer them (like to start a conversation). I simply ignored them but they kept scaring and intimidating me. I turned back the radio and was doing my best to concentrate on the landing and it went well, I could hear them even throughout the comms but once I took off the headsets, they left

I need new pedal straps and all I've ever owned were nameless cheap shit. What are the best pedal straps? And what are the best pedals for straps?

>New job isn't accessible by public transportation

What do you guys know about chart navigation? I have been learning how to do it all week for my 100 ton masters license

>noo, my software powered chain tosser bricked mid race
>keeps me safe from reaching too high speeds on cobbles
>it's not a bug, it's a feature
>I missed the podium bc of it, it's ok
>Can't claim this, Shimano is a sponsor
>thank you Shimano

Salute this man.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aXA1Yaq8Vs