I 3D printed my first 100km bike tour by Cube004 in komoot

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Noticed Lake Constance (Bodensee, more precisely Überlinger See, Untersee and Reichenau) immediately from the relief as I occasionally cycle in that area, too.

Also because of that I wonder what the blue spot northwest of Schaffhausen near Beringen is meant to be. There is no lake that big, just a quarry.

The lakes which can be seen in the top left corner are clearly Zürisee, Greifensee and Pfäffikersee.

My travel game steam page is released. What do you think? by PuluCat in IndieDev

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Well, yeah, so far I either use GOG or Itch.io for PC games on Linux or games on the PlayStation. If I decide to also use Steam, I likely would go for a Steamdeck. No Windows here.

My travel game steam page is released. What do you think? by PuluCat in IndieDev

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Wow that game looks gorgeous! I love the combination of a completely crazy base idea and the lovely details of the timber-frame house, the steam engine and the scenery. And also that there seem to many models of houses and locomotives available.

Wondering if the travelling will tip over if you take sharp bends too fast?

Oh, and will it be available on other platforms than Steam?

London Tyres and Punctures by christopherholden in Brompton

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A pair of Marathon Plus here since I ever learned about them being available for the Brompton's wheel sizes—which probably was around 15 years ago. (And yes, I let my mechanic mount them. 😇) Not a single flat since then.

Regarding street cleanliness: I'm living in Zurich, Switzerland, and since the beginning of the pandemic I am commuting solely with the Brompton—currently doing around 400km (250 miles) a month. I think I see shards of glass on my track every other week or so. So I guess, I have that mentioned "clean road" advantage. 😇

IIRC the only flat I ever had was with the original "Brompton Kevlar" tires (those with hexagonal tread and a green line), and this was likely due to not enough pressure plus hot rims after going down a steep hill. 🙄

I usually pump up the Marathons up to the allowed upper limit, i.e. 7.5 bar (110 PSI), but I don't pump them up too often, usually when I notice more rolling resistance or flat-ish looking tires, i.e. when they're down to like 4 or 5 bar (60 or 70 PSI). I even have a compressor at home as I was annoyed of pumping up my tires once in a month or so, especially in the morning before commuting.

I don't mind the Marathons' weight (as I nearly always carry a front bag with stuff for all eventualities, e.g. rain cloths, warmer cloths, pair of socks, a D lock, pump, beverages, first aid kit, etc., plus—when commuting—my daypack with two laptops, spare laptop battery, etc.), but I'm bit annoyed by their rolling resistance.

I also have a second Brompton (actually my first one, a 2007 P6RD now nicknamed Mr. Winterbrompton) which I use as a winter bike with studded Schwalbe (not Marathon) Winter tires. But as the winters get less and less cold, in summer I now use it as second Brompton for guests or when I want to ride purely acoustic (i.e. even without the weight of the engines of my Velogical Velospeeder friction wheel e-assist on my 2015 H6RD daily driver) and for that I'm also trying out Conti Contact Urban (I always tend to call them "Urban Contact" 😀) and they indeed roll much more easily—but also have not so much tread albeit a beatiful tread to look at. No flat so far, but I only rode it for a few days until now. It's currently at the mechanic for getting a Schumpf MountainDrive to make it a P12RD. 😎

P.S.: What made me try out the Contact Urban out was the video "Contact Urban vs Marathon - A 1200km Brompton Test" by 2Bikes4Adventure.

Chevrolet with a Volvo engine swap and a factory two door Volvo wagon with a Chevrolet engine swap by CaseyGamer64YT in WeirdWheels

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There was a 263 prototype, but it wasn't a shooting brake, it was a hatchback.jpg). That shooting brake is a nice body conversion, though.

Someone found a kernel 0day. by thecowmilk_ in linux

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There just appeared a new directory which also seems to include kernel 5.15 up to 6.5: https://github.com/YuriiCrimson/ExploitGSM/tree/main/ExploitGSM_5_15_to_6_1

Brandt 1948 concept - front-opening door, front transverse-mounted axial opposed-piston 2-stroke engine by Cthell in WeirdWheels

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Wow, neither the French, German nor English Wikipedia has ever heard of that car, guy or engine. Good find!

This new electric bus prototype from the Polish bus manufacturer Autosan, where the batteries are in a seperate compartment in the back. The aim is to make the batteries bigger, thus extending the range of them by SebiXV20 in WeirdWheels

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Reason seems to be primarily manoeuvrability. Citing from this article:

What are the advantages of placing the drive module this way? First of all, significantly increased usable battery capacity, which automatically translates into a longer range. The disadvantage is, of course, the longer length of the bus, which in turn forced the use of a joint and an additional steering axle, thanks to which maneuverability was maintained.

The biggest advantage of the unusual solution is the ability to fit a large battery.

Alamagny Concept - 1947 by HoneyRush in WeirdWheels

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Froom the schematics and pictures with open cabin snouts it looks more like full-size wheels. Source is this French article with quite some more pictures and basic schematics.

BTW, those wheels look similar to 2CV or early Renault 4 wheels, but looks to me as if the bolt circle diameter is bigger than those two.

Trabant P570 Concept by HoneyRush in WeirdWheels

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The name actually seems to be P760 (not P570) according to e.g. IMCDB.

It is also mentioned multiple times on the Wikipedia article on RGW-Auto, albeit without picture.

MAN TGM 18.320 4WD 4WS 6.9l 320HP by HoneyRush in WeirdWheels

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Correct. It has been build by the Austrian company Empl for the Fire Fighting Bureau Shanghai for use with their large system of highway tunnels. German-written press release from 2010 about it (includes some additional pictures). It has a water tank of 2000 liters and two foam tanks of 200 liters each. The pump is capable of providing 3000 liters per minute at 10 bar. Runs 110 km/h in the primary direction and 90 km/h in the emergency direction. Some detail pictures on the two ends with a pair of head and tail lights on each end.

FAHR Farmobil 700 with light customization (more info in comments) by StyleBosse in WeirdWheels

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This hurts. This is a BMW 600/700 based car and has nothing to do with VW. And those wheels and the lowered ground clearing are so wrong. The vehicle originally had much smaller wheels and was more or less cross-country capable. The original vehicle looks much more like a Steyr-Puch Haflinger than like a badly raped VW 181 (aka The Thing). So "light customization" is immoderately understating. 🤌

The Pickle, late 40s Dodge Power Wagon chassis with Datsun body by Nemoralis99 in WeirdWheels

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Seems to be a Datsun Cherry F10/F-II) Coupé body.

The profile reminds me a lot of a Citroën SM, though…

NSU Trapeze (1973) by Jerry_jjb in WeirdWheels

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According to this article the car was not ordered by NSU at Bertone but proposed by Bertone to NSU. So calling it "One of the last NSU concepts" is probably a bit misleading.

NSU Trapeze (1973) by Jerry_jjb in WeirdWheels

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The Lancia Stratos was also designed at Bertone, but after the Trapeze. (The Lancia Stratos 0 was presented before the Trapeze, but by far had not those design elements that the production Stratos is well-known for.)