Narz's Alternative Transportation Thread

[Desmond Hawkins]

I mean, a lot of people are influenced by what seems likely rather than what is likely. The reason that plane crashes make the news worldwide and car crashes don't aren't because there are more but because there are fewer of them.

Except that it makes logical sense for bikes on city streets to be more dangerous. When a car hits a car, the majority of the time everyone escapes with only minor injuries. When a car hits a bike at even 40 km/h, the cyclist is usually either dead, paralyzed, or brain damaged. The results of a car-on-bike incident are generally so catastrophic that it magnifies the risks, even if the probability of an occurance is still low.

I wish I had stats on me, but looking at it objectively, I would believe a stat that said cyclists using the roads were three to five times more likely to be killed per km (or whatever the standardized unit is).

 

[Desmond Hawkins]

Man, that looks pretty nifty. The disc brakes are a bit of an overkill, though they're damn nice to have in winter. This winter went by with v-brakes and it was murder when I got water on the rims in zero temperature and it promptly froze. Like riding a sledge with wheels.

I'd take that for trekking. Unfortunately right now, being a poor, poor student, I'll just have to do with slick tyres in the summer. Plus, I'm trying to save up for a full-suspension MTB.

I'd recommend typing Ktrak into google and seeing what you find. If that thing hits Scandinavia this year, I know what Santa can bring me next christmas.

Those things are pretty cool!

Mountain bikes are cool, but I would still prefer a hybrid that leaned towards road characteristics (smaller, slick tyres and what not) simply for the summer. In fact, as much as I like the Kona's, I might lean more towards the Specialized hybrid, Sirrus. Although, to be fair a lot of that is simply because mountain bikes with fancy looking shocks and brakes just seem to be more of a target for theft.

When it comes to winter, the most important characteristic to me is expendability. In Calgary they dump so much bloody salt on the road that by the end of the winter your components and frame are just rusting right off. It sucks

 

[Raisin Bran]

Teleportation is the way to go. Fast and low emissions.

ethanol is supposed to be worse than gasoline in the long run btw.

 

[Desmond Hawkins]

Teleportation is the way to go. Fast and low emissions.

ethanos is supposed to be worse than gasoline in the long run btw.

Ya, it is basically a new farm subsidy scheme.

 

[stuge]

When it comes to winter, the most important characteristic to me is expendability. In Calgary they dump so much bloody salt on the road that by the end of the winter your components and frame are just rusting right off. It sucks

Yeah, the salt can't be good for cars either. I really hope there would be some other solution. Plus, the salty, brown sh*t on the edges of driveways sort of ruins the winter feeling.

 

[Tykinruoka]

Bicycle/walking, weather is not an issue. Or if Tesla motors manages to develop a reasonably priced car for everyday use, I'll drive one of those.