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Cake day: July 5th, 2023

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  • But I get the appeal of the ebus it just sounds cheaper. One city I won’t name started to build trolley bus network again after they got rid of it in 70’s (because of metro construction and expansion of trams), but they just doing it bit idiotically by wanting to have like 30% of it on wires and rest run on batteries.

    Why? Because the infrastructure is just more expensive upfront.

    Will it work? Nobody knows, people that are building it lobby to get it up to at least 50/50 then it is maybe just feasible.

    I think that roads and buses have place in the transportation but you just need more options not just that.


  • I am for electrification but I just can’t get behind electric buses.

    My city made some study last year and the best way forward in terms of public transport is expansion of trolley bus network. With batteries and constant use it just doesn’t make much economic sense. If you can build the wiring it is much better in long run. You don’t have to have 100% coverage, 70+% is enough for partial battery powered trolley bus, then it starts to be economically feasible in the operating cost sense.

    Also they will need to build some kind of metro system - probably as an extension of commuter trains.


  • I think that if you don’t do the same job at some point in time or have really deep insight in the industry/job, you newer know what he’s doing.

    From my work experience I can say that most work tasks I had wasn’t that simple (if I don’t count the “human robot” type summer jobs).

    Even some simple sounding job titles hide lot of different tasks most people don’t talk about or even don’t think about.

    For example I was brew master in small brewery (3 people including myself) - you would think I was there to only make beer, my boss deals with paperwork, and my colleague is there for maintenance and cleaning. In reality I was more of Jack of all trades - maintanance, planning, cleaning, sanitation, kegging, helped with tasks you wouldn’t think about.

    And I think business man covers lots of different tasks that are quite boring so I wouldn’t mind not knowing about them.








  • There are few things to look for and it all depends on what bike you want.

    • derailleurs and shifters: With friction shifting you can slap any derailleur on bike and it will work. Otherwise look at the brand, model and number of speeds, they can have different cable pull standard that isn’t in production.

    • bottom bracket: It is mess of different standards but it shouldn’t be problem sourcing replacements.

    • frame: Good steel frame will outlive all the other components, so look at the mounting points for them. Flat mount disc brakes or type of V brakes, BB diameter and type,…

    • fork: Go for rigid fork if you want less things to worry about.

    Basically look for all the parts, how to buy them, change them, if they require special tools…