Falling back into shitty, unproductive habits again, gotta snap out of this funk being sick got me into over the last couple weeks. :hoshino_ultraweary:
wow they're just a tiny country about the size of New Jersey,almost completely dependent on the rest of the world for protection/gibs and yet somehow they can just tell every other world leader to fuck off when they feel like it.
They don't control anything. Thats just a racist antisemitic conspiracy theory, goy! image.png
@icst@MK2boogaloo NO YOU DINGUS
ITS CODE FOR STRUCTURES AND MONUMENTS BUILT TO RESEMBLE VERY BIG VERSIONS OF EVERYDAY OBJECTS
LIKE A CHAIR THE SIZE OF A BUILDING OR THE BIGGEST BALL OF YARN OR A GIANT COWBOY BOOT AND YOU CAN ENTER INTO IT AND ITS A CAFE, OR A GIANT BOWIE KNIFE
SHIT THAT IS ACTUALLY IRRELEVANT FOR BICYCLE PERFORMANCE UNLESS YOU ARE COMPETING, YOU WILL NOT NOTICE IT
AKA FOR SPEED, BECAUSE POWER IS BASICALLY A CONSTANT
"JSUT TRANE BRO :)"
WEIGHT
THE RIDER IS LIKE 80% OF THE COMBINED WEIGHT
WEIGHT SAVINGS ON A CARBON FRAME WHEN RIDDEN AMOUNT TO LIKE A TENTH OF WHAT THEY ARE WHEN WEIGHED AGAINST A STEEL OR ALUMINUM ON A SCALE
TIRE PRESSURE
IT CONTRIBUTES TO ROLLING FRICTION A LOT IN THE LAB
IN REAL WORLD -- TURNS OUT BASICALLY FUCKALL
RUN THEM SOFT BROHER, BETTER FOR GRAVEL
TIRE WIDTH
YOU'D THINK OT WOULD IMPACT ROLLING RESISTANCE OR AERO BUT NO, ITS FUCKALL
RUN FIFTIES AND RUN THEM SOFT
RIM WEIGHT
PEOPLE SAY THAT CARBON RIMS ARE FASTER TO SPIN UP AND HEAVY FAT TIRE RIMS "ROLL THROUGH" BUMPS WITH INERTIA
IMO ITS PLACEBO
YOU'RE PUTTING OUT A FIFTH OF A HORSEPOWER -- THE MASS TO POWER OUTPUT RATIO IS SHIT FOR A HUMAN BEAN
YOU'LL BE ACCELERATING SLOWLY NO MATTER WHAT
WHEEL SIZE
BIGGER WHEEL HAS A SMALLER ANGLE OF ATTACK ON BUMPS, RIGHT?
BUT YOUR NOT IMPACTING ROOTS WITH YOUR RIM, YOU'RE EATING THEM WITH THE SOFT PNEUMATIC TIRE
WHICH IS WHY A LOT OF OFF-ROAD SHITBOXES HAVE TINY RIMS WITH BIG PUFFY TIRES
YOU CAN RUN 26" BMX TIRES AND GO JUST AS FAST EXCEPT THEYRE STIFFER SO IF YOURE HANGING A FUCKTON OF BAGS OFF THE FRAME YOU'RE LESS LIKELY TO FOLD YOUR WHEELS IN HALF ON A TURN
BY NOW I HOPE THE FAINT SILHOUETTE OF THE CLOWNCAR I DROVE TO HERE IS STARTING YO TAKE SHAPE
CHAIN GEOMETRY, CHAIN LUBES, CERAMIC BEARINGS, ETC
ITS FUCKALL BUT VERY SPENSIVE
THINGS THAT ACTUALLY DO CONTRIBUTE TO PERFORMANCE
A FUCKEN MOTOR
TRAINING
AERO
MUCH RANGE IS LOST TO AERO WHEN GOING FAST
THE FRAME AERO IS IMPORTANT-ISH, ITS MARGINAL
RIDER POSITION IS CRITICAL
IF YOU LOOK LIKE A CHROME HYPERBOLOID FLIGHT OF THE NAVIGATOR SPACESHIP YOU'RE GOING GANGBUSTERS FOR SPEED VS A COMFY UPRIGHT POSITION
AERO RIMS, AERO SPANDEX HOMO SKINSUIT, DICKHEAD HELMET
RECUMBENTS ARE THE NEXT STEP, FAIRINGS AND VELOMOBILES ARE THE FINAL SOLUTION, BUT THESE WILL COST YOU ALL OF YOUR DIGNITY, -- PERMANENT TIMESHARE IN A LOCKER
RIDER POSITION
IF YOU LOOK LIKE A CHROME HYPERBOLOID FLIGHT OF THE NAVIGATOR SPACESHIP -- YOU WON'T DRIVE FAR
ITS UNCOMFY TO DEAL WITH THE AERO SHIT LONG TERM
SOME SETUPS WILL HAVE YOU SO SCRUNCHED UP YOU CAN'T PUT OUT ALL THE POWER YOU COULD
CONVERSELY THE COMFY UPRIGHT POSITION IS NOT JUST A WINDBREAK BUT ALSO DOESN'T LET YOU INVOLVE YOUR GLUTES AS MUCH AS IF YOU WERE GETTING FUCKED UP THE ASS BY YOUR BICYCLE
TIRE PROFILE
KNOBBLIES ARE SLOWER THAN SLICKS, HARD RUBBER IS SLOWER THAN MORE SUPPLE TIRES. OT IS WHAT IT IS
@PonyPanda SORRY, I HAVE A MEDICAL CONDITION THAT PREVENTS ME FROM COPING
BHUTAN IS LITERALLY OBJECTIVELY ONE OF THE LEAST DESTROYED COUNTRIES ON THE PLANET AND NONE OF THE BIG PLAYERS CAN EVEN HOPE TO COME CLOSE
CHINA IS TOO SPECKLED WITH THE ROTTED POLYPS OF HEAVY INDUSTRY AND PLASTIC COMMERCIALIZATION TO EVEN APPROACH, BUT USA AND RUSSIA ARE BOTH CONCRETE HELLSCAPES
THEY'RE ALL INDIA, COMPARED TO BHUTAN
@PonyPanda YOU WOULD THINK
"OH, WHAT ABOUT JAPAN?"
THE CONCRETE HIVE? THE COLONY OF UNITED STATES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY, BARELY HOLDING ON TO THE LAST SCRAPS OF THEIR DIGNITY?
"WHAT ABOUT TOURISTY RESORTY EURO COUNTRIES?"
BROWNS AND LUMPENS
SWITZERLAND AND BALTICS ARE ALRIGHT, BUT THATS ONLY COMPARATIVELY AND ONLY FOR NOW
@merchantHelios@PonyPanda THEY'RE BOTH PRETTY GOOD
FINLAND AND BALTICS MADE OUT GOOD AFTER THE CHAOS, I JUST DONT KNOW HOW LONG IT WILL LAST BECAUSE OF THE CURRENT SITUATION
HOPEFULLY USG GOES THE WAY OF ITS YOUNGER BROTHER THE USSR BEFORE A BROWN TIDE CAN REACH THEM
MONGOLS JUST DON'T CARE
YEAH THEY HAVE A BIG DIRTY CAPITAL CITY BUT BESIDES THAT THE COMMON FOLK LIVE IN FUCKIN YURTS AND DONT CARE WHETHER THE REST OF THE WORLD NUKE EACH OTHER
AND IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE ON THE RETREAT FROM THE WORLD EITHER
THAT GIANT STATUE OF GENGHIS KHAN IS NOT FOR NOTHING
THEY HAVE A HEALTHY SELF ASSURANCE IN THEIR CULTURE AND IDENTITY, AND THEIR COUNTRY IS SANDWICHED BETWEEN TWO PATRON STATES THAT HAVE NO BEEF WITH THEM
THEY MADE IT GOOD
IM PRETTY JEALOUS, CAN'T LIE
I HOPE WE CAN HAVE A GIANT STATUE OF NATHAN BEDFORD FORREST LIKE THAT IN MY LIFETIME
@merchantHelios@PonyPanda I THINK EUROPE WILL FARE BETTER
IT WILL GET CLEANED UP NICELY WHEN THE USG BUY-IN AND THREAT OF RETALIATION DISAPPEAR
PEOPLE WHO STAY IN NORTH AMERICA ARE IN FOR A VERY UNPLEASANT TWENTY FIRST CENTURY FULL OF FAMINE AND WAR
OT WILL BE HURRICANE KATRINA CONTINENT WIDE AND IN SLOW MOTION
THE SMART SELFISH THING IS PRETTY OBVIOUSLY TO FLEE
BUT NOT EVERYONE CAN FLEE
I INTERACT DAILY WITH THE PEOPLE WHO NEVER COULD AFFORD IT OR STOMACH IT EVEN UNTO DEATH
AND I LOVE THESE PEOPLE, THEY'RE THE SAME AS ME
IM NOT GONNA LEAVE THEM
AFTER THE LONG HURRICANE IT WILL BE THESE PEOPLE WHO FORM THE CORE OF WHAT AMERICA WILL BE, AND PEOPLE OF AMERICAN ANCESTRY WHO LEAVE SIMPLY WON'T BE
IT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO THE RUSSIAN WHITEGUARD EMIGRES
A BUNCH OF THEM DID END UP GOING TO RUSSIA AFTER THE SOVIET UNION FELL, BUT MANY DIDN'T BECAUSE RUSSIA HAD GROWN DIFFERENT FROM THEM AND THEY HAVE GROWN DIFFERENT FROM RUSSIA IN THEIR FRENCH AND AMERICAN EXILE
IT'S JUST THE NATURE OF THINGS