Hey there, trying to improve, idk where to ask, bear with me.

I talked to some anons in the story thread, and I see there's a frogposter thread about MTBS being shit. both these things got me thinking. since I recently got one/am waiting for it to show up, figured I'd ask.

I have upgraded saddle, grip, and got some raceface chesters. What's the next thing to upgrade, if I want to maximize the lifespan/usability of the bicycle?

There are no classes or good-reviewed LBSes near me, only big box stores. I do not believe there are any physical, hands-on teachers for bikes nearby, but don't want to pay out the ass over and over and over every single time something breaks on the thing. Are youtube guides/owners manual sufficient? I have not owned a bike for longer than a week or two before, and havent ridden for more than 9 or so miles total in my lifetime.

I see MTBs have forks, is what the front suspension pipe thingers are called. They look like a potential problem area; prone to breaking or easily damaged if a tiny pebble or bit of dust gets in between the squishy thingers and the wall of the pump thingers. Is that the case or am i just schizo?

Lastly is there any sort of post bike/post questions and comments general on this board? Don't like making threads, dont ask why, just never did. Thanks

This'll prolly get deleted and me banned because 4chins has somehow decided to have worse censorship than old Twitter had but in any case let's do this

How would you respond if this were to happen to you?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuiRejZ7HY8
>be South Korea
>spend billions on building new "low-carbon, green" cities from scratch
>end up with sterile, car-centric hellscapes anyway
Is it even possible to build a good city from the ground up? Or are we doomed to repeat the same mistakes? This guy goes to a few of them and some look better than others. What do you guys think?

This is my first post, be nice

>be me
>31yo single father
>Deep clean my 2001 truck interior yesterday
>previously was naaaastyyy
>Went by my folks after Mass
>Raining heavy while taking my son out of truck
>change oil waiting on rain to stop >vacuum aaaaaalll the nooks and crannies
>dad-s_shopvac.wav
>start heading out
>blew a deer's leg clean off driving home
>mfw no dent
>mfw no venison

If multiverse were real, every other version of me would've just cleaned his entire truck, in and out, just to become a venison generator.

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/

i watched a bunch of air craft crash videos on youtube and my only question is

why is a VFR certification not obligatory for all pilots?

This was the Bicycle used by the United State military during the Second World war for support operations, the Columbia Compax Sports Traveler
>Single gear
>Step-through frame
>Wide handlebars
>You now realize the military were Cruiser-Chads
How will Gravel/MTBFags ever recover?

Why do normal bikes suck so much compared to electric ones, especially in terms of price?

You can get a cool ebike that goes 50km/h with a simple twist of the hand for like 1200$ and for the same money you wouldn't even get a top-end manual bike.

It's impossible to go back after zooming through with an ebike leaving carbrains seething

https://x.com/boomaero/status/1931078659290349930