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Ok, Americans..

Anonymous Sat 21 Dec 2024 07:42:05 No.2028361 View View Reply Original Report

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...why in the love of Hitler did this happen?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-t5lbPJGsY

Did nobody consider that oversized loads (giggity) need to be protected? Did nobody call UP dispatcher to inform them of the blockade once it happened? This wasn't some soccer single mom doing OF in her car to support her mutt kids, those were professionals moving a high-value freight. Yet - two men are dead and millions of material damages were sustained.

How fucking come?

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Jeb Brooks is /ouravgeek/

Anonymous Sat 21 Dec 2024 04:19:55 No.2028357 View View Reply Original Report

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Jeb Brooks is basically the leader of the internet AvGeek community

His YouTube videos on airlines are phenomenal, and he doesn't get paid by airlines to post AvGeek content like Sam Chui. Jeb's desire for aviation knows no bounds

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Fatbike general

Anonymous Fri 20 Dec 2024 15:55:18 No.2028330 View View Reply Original Report

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Redpill me on the rarest and stupidest type of bicycle and why i should/nt get one.
I plan to build up a fatbike to do everything with. Commute, shopping, taking it on vacations and riding it literally on every terrain. Maybe even get a small trailer for my dog.
Any frame recommondations?
Been looking at some surlys recently because i like the contrast of fat tires with a nice steel frameset.

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Anonymous Fri 20 Dec 2024 17:34:56 No.2028335 Report

Quoted By: >>2028341

do you live in a place with near constant deep snow or quicksand or rugged, brushy desert? If not it will be convenient 1% of the time and a fucking slog for the other 99%. Something like the Bridge Club also from Surly seems like it would be much more suited and versatile if you indeed do not live in those harsh environments.

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Anonymous Fri 20 Dec 2024 17:38:27 No.2028337 Report

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Why would you do this....

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 20 Dec 2024 18:17:48 No.2028341 Report

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>>2028335
Deep snow, no. But i have a lot of trails with handsized rocks and woods with a lot of big roots. I can ride around perfectly fine with my full sussy trail bike but i want something without a suspension and 'tractor' like. I know that it will be slow but i already have my fast bikes so theres that. A bridge club would be not the right thing because i really struggle with my gravel bike with 40c tires on said surfaces.
>>2028337
Because i still have room in the bike shed.

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Anonymous Fri 20 Dec 2024 19:56:22 No.2028344 Report

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>>2028330
I picked up one of these used a few months ago for $80 and it's been a load of fun. I ride it on pavement and gravel trails.
It's basically the bottom of the fat bike quality hierarchy, but even with some less than optimal design choices its been fun.

Lowest gear is 36T chainring and 28T freewheel, which is less than optimal for a bike that weighs almost 50 pounds, but I am able to manage ok through sheer strength.

I think a higher end fat bike with better gearing and lighter, lower rolling resistance tires would be awesome regardless of where you ride it.
Riding one is kinda slow like a cruiser, but cooler and more fun.

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Anonymous Fri 20 Dec 2024 22:09:53 No.2028351 Report

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>>2028341
I'd say get a 650b version of the bridge club and you can still put like 3.0s on it which are obviously narrower than a fatbike tire but still absolutely massive when it comes down to it. I mean if you just wanna throw money around do what you want and get the fat bike, but considering you want to do more than just ride through the dumbest conditions I really do think it would be a waste and a massive pain to run errands in and travel with if you really do wanna do that.

Also when it comes to big rocks and roots the massive tires begin to offer diminishing returns, like getting that rear tire up and over cumbersome shit becomes a bigger and bigger chore and the handling becomes worse as well. Which is counter productive for trail riding. The reason I mentioned snow and sand in the original post is because I've ridden fat bikes before and the only time they felt useful was in deep snow in Quebec. The only time I've even seen one around me was a guy riding it in the middle of nowhere desert and his reasoning was deep sand and fear of punctures when being far from water. Two extreme use cases. If you have money to waste, do what you want.

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New Toronto Station Names

Anonymous Fri 20 Dec 2024 00:58:55 No.2028292 View View Reply Original Report

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Well, it didn't pass, obviously, but it could have in an alternate reality.

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NTSB releases animation detailing crash of B-17 and P-63 in Dallas

Anonymous Thu 19 Dec 2024 19:00:09 No.2028262 View View Reply Original Report

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ic4IxdADLcY

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Anonymous Thu 19 Dec 2024 20:13:52 No.2028270 Report

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>>2028262
WHY do these retards keep flying and crashing these vintage planes!

Just stop!

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 19 Dec 2024 21:15:12 No.2028272 Report

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they must spend so much money doing these "investigations"

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Anonymous Thu 19 Dec 2024 21:22:56 No.2028273 Report

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whole buncha bureaucrat buzzword bullshit too

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Anonymous Thu 19 Dec 2024 23:56:27 No.2028285 Report

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>>2028262
Are any of these fragments people? I've stared at this extensively but I still can't tell

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 20 Dec 2024 00:14:53 No.2028288 Report

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>>2028285
Maybe the top-gunner position on the B-17 but I don't know if they had someone in that spot or not. Otherwise, seems the others were still contained in their seats until impact.

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Trains, unironical whitepill

Anonymous Thu 19 Dec 2024 17:35:17 No.2028258 View View Reply Original Report

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>check Mackenzie William's channel
>see "aesthetic train" short
>from meh mood to a motivated and optimistic one
Sometimes the future looks so bright.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HgUq1qlC49Y

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Eglinton Crosstown

Anonymous Wed 18 Dec 2024 21:15:43 No.2028197 View View Reply Original Report

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After almost 15 years, the Eglinton Crosstown LRT is nearing completion. Earliest date being 1st of June, 2025. Thus, 2026 is the reasonable timeframe.

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Anonymous Wed 18 Dec 2024 18:39:17 No.2028188 View View Reply Original Report

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Post Your Bike Thread
>Winter Commuter
>"I'm not a cyclist"
>Limited Edition

Previous Edition
>>2018643

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Anonymous Fri 20 Dec 2024 01:42:02 No.2028298 Report

Quoted By: >>2028307 >>2028319

A 2014 Trek 520 that I had picked up a few months back and refurbished. It needed some work, but I picked it up for $250 and it has been dead reliable once everything was sorted out. Love this bike -- recently took it on a trip to South Carolina and back and it was comfortable as hell.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 20 Dec 2024 02:54:05 No.2028306 Report

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>>2028265
Interesting stem choice lol.
Based on your photo, you can help me with a question. Bar end shifters can fit in pretty much any drop bar?
I've been thinking about putting some on my Mirage frame but I wasn't sure if I'd run into problems fitting them in a vintage drop bar.
Did you enjoy them, and would you recommend them? I'm not excited about putting stem shifters back on.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 20 Dec 2024 02:58:25 No.2028307 Report

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>>2028298
I like the white, it's not that common of a bike color. The matching pedals and bar tape are nice accents too.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 20 Dec 2024 08:57:25 No.2028319 Report

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>>2028298
Interesting paintjob considering you are running old school headbadge, and seatpost decal with a newer trek frame?
The parts are hilarious to me since they are very utilitarian with some expensive options.

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Anonymous Fri 20 Dec 2024 22:35:13 No.2028353 Report

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>>2028306
Maybe someone can correct me but I think control diameter on drops is basically universally standardized. At least, I've always swapped controls between "classic" and modern bars and not had issues.
By all means use bar ends. They lack the instant "snap" of downtube shifters due to the extra bit of cabling, but I imagine nice modern housings and hyperglide would clean that up nicely. That bike had a ratty drivetrain. You can kind of slide your hands down the outside of the hooks to shift from whatever riding position, so you really don't have to take your hands off the bar when it gets bumpy, which is obsiously really nice. You might think they would be fragile in such an exposed spot, but I abused the shit out of that thing and those shifters are the one thing I held onto when I got rid of the bike...

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Anonymous Tue 17 Dec 2024 16:54:54 No.2028133 View View Reply Original Report

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The degree in which we've normalised traffic jams and grid-lock is astounding. It really seems like there will never be a solution at this rate.

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