/jp/ - Otaku Culture

[Anonymous No.]

Nothing quite otaku like trains
Say hello to the 7000 series Keio
12 years of service upto 96

[Moe !TRONurrVj. No.]

hello

[Yutanpo !1DeKKAi00Y No.]

gonna be hitting up tokyo soon, thinking about taking the skyliner from narita. Is it worth the extra $?

[Anonymous No.]

>>8814806
If you are coming with a visa exception than the best way to go is to get the suika x nex card which costs 3500 one way / 5500 rt but is really 1500 yen less since you get that much deposited in the suika card. Otherwise, the keisei skyliner is the cheapest way to go.

You can get the suika x nex at narita airport soon after taking the stairs/escalator downstairs. Passport is required.

[Yutanpo !1DeKKAi00Y No.]

>>8814822
I already have a suica.

The regular express on the Keisei line only costs 1000 yen.

[Anonymous No.]

Buy the skyliner+tokyo metro 1day pass.
It is like 2000+.
Then use it to go to Akihabara/Nakano for the whole day.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8814847
If you arent hurting for time, take the express. It is a bit a pain if you arent comfortable navigating japanese train stations though. However, usually incoming flights from the US at least arrive late afternoon, meaning if you are staying in a hostel, you need to get there before check in is over.

Theres a lot of regular commuters that use the keisei narita line and it can get crowded at certain hours, but getting a seat will be no problem since the airport is terminal.

[Yutanpo !1DeKKAi00Y No.]

>>8814874
I'm flying in domestically and am well familiar with the trains in Tokyo, I don't really need advice on getting around, just wanted to know if the Skyliner's really as cool as it sounds. Thanks though.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8814885
Skyliner's fine. I haven't taken regular trains from Narita, though.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8814885
Skyliner > NEX.
For one it is faster and the last station is in Ueno.
If you are going to the west and south side, it is better to just take NEX. Trade in your suica and get NEX+suica.
Also ueno is gonna be crowded like fuck for this 2weeks.

Probably 10x as crowded as Asakusa since it is apparently full bloom in Ueno already.

[Yutanpo !1DeKKAi00Y No.]

>>8814898
>>8814899
it goes like 140km/h or some shit right? that's pretty cool.

Not going until well after hanami, and not going to Ueno other than to change trains so no problem.

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>>8814885
Whats fascinating about it? It runs the same track as the NEX so the scenery will be the same. Both are comfortable and reserved seats. The keisei main line runs a different track and as you know, is the cheapest.

If you are going to south tokyo, I belive NEX goes through Shinagawa, making it the better choice.

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>>8814899
>Probably 10x as crowded as Asakusa since it is apparently full bloom in Ueno already.
Indeed it is, and it's busy as HELL.

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>>8814903
Going during Golden week?
It is gonna be worse. Just delay your trip until the end of may for Reitaisai.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8814793
Last call ladies. Get it while its hot.

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>>8814903
Stop being so fucking bitter.

[Anonymous No.]

I never went on the light rail like I said I would. The days are now getting hot, and soon the cabins will smell and be packed with people.

Maybe in a year they will extend the track closer to my house so I wouldn't have to drive a half hour to the station in the first place.

[【スパーキー（④ ＾ヮ＾）】⚡ !FCr.DTJy2k!!54bDy3LQvy8 No.]

>>8814793
nice sexy denki train

[Anonymous No.]

Soubu-sen master race here. Enjoy your overpriced train.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8814793

Why is keio-san so gloomy? It's doing a sad face.

[Anonymous No.]

who's up for some old trains?

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[Anonymous No.]

this really pisses me off

[Anonymous No.]

>>8823683

if you can't tell, that train crashed due to so many railroad ties being stolen. people steal them because they can be sold for a ton when made into tables and other furniture. another pic of a similar incident

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[Anonymous No.]

i remember reading some were that these sold for roughly $2500 when they were produced. i can't believe they were so cheap, even if you account for the worth of the dollar in the late 19th century

[Anonymous No.]

trains are so cool

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>>8814885

Not really cool. Took it couple of times because I was forced to (had to be at Shinjuku for lunch, while landing at Narita at 10am), and it really doesn't worth the extra $.

[Anonymous No.]

No love for buses? :(

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>>8823716
Is that fan supposed to make the train more efficient with suicides and roadkill?

[Anonymous No.]

UK here, damn it feels good to be a gangsta

[Anonymous No.]

This is a Korean KTX. It's Korean in name only, inside it's a French TGV Réseau.

Also, TGV Réseau master race here.

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>>8824024
I'm pretty sure it's a snow plow engine.

Also, I wonder why we have gone for so long without the Nekomimi Shinkansen being posted.

[Anonymous No.]

Ha! All these trains are nothing compared to our Chinese trains!

CHINA STRONG. CHINA STRONG. CHI-

Aw fuck. Looks like our newest one crashed. Again. 500 dead. Make that 5. Gotta go and cover that shit up now. Basic safety considerations and adequate operator training are for fucking pussies anyways.

[Anonymous No.]

Abandoned railroads > Trains

[Anonymous No.]

You know /n/ has decayed hardcore when people have to post train threads on /jp/ because /n/ has been completely overrun by fixie hipster fags.

I used to hang out all the time at /n/, back when it was about tra/n/sportation and not about cycli/n/g, back when it was about trains, rolling stock, subways, tramways, a car every now and then, transportation infrastructure, airplanes and shit.

Bad luck had it that I joined right when fixie hipster faggots started creeping into /n/, because 4chan was the new hot internet shit of today with Anonymous's attacks against big corporate websites, joining that board was saying with their actions "look at how deck and trendy I am", but /b/ was way too hardcore for them and /n/ was not only tamer but relevant to their love for fixie bikes that are impossible to cycle with yet they insist on using it because it made them so unique and shit.

I tried to move to 1chan, but that place is deserted and the few activity that is there is mostly one retard shitposting and all the other retards jumping in a flurry of searing flames. The people there are so pathetic that one dude that was flamed away from my old forum was at one point moderator of 1chan. He was a complete idiot, and yet he still had more composture and discipline than most of the people of 1chan.

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>>8824192
beautiful

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>>8824194
Welcome home. I don't see how you could bother anyone with threads like this, but remember to keep it contained and with good content.

[Anonymous No.]

Continuing from >>8824194

And thus ended my love for trains, which grew up in France as I saw actual rail infrastructure for the first time in my life (unlike Mexican trains, which literally only serve for hauling cargo and Central American migrants across major cities).

;_;

To cheer myself up I'm posting an Odakyu Romancecar 10000, the name comes from its loveseat-like seats. They used to run Odakyu's lines from Tokyo to nearby mountain resorts and beaches. Right since the day of its launch the Series 3000 broke the world speed record for narrow-gauge trains, which paved the way to the beginning of the Shinkansen, which paved the beginning of Le TGV and Der ICE, which paved the beginning of El AVE, Il Frecchiarossa, The Accela, and pretty much every other high speed rail service in the world.

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>>8824218
>>8824215
>>8824212
Where are these from?

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>>8824212
>>8824215
I love abandoned structures with overgrown vegetation.

Reminds me when I visited a railroad, deep in the mountains, that was abandoned about 90 years ago. It also had some vestigies of a minor conflict that happened here, around that time.
Very cool stuff, I wish I took some pics.

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>>8824227
Found them on wakachan's /yuu/. They reminded me of The Zone in Stalker, so I had to save them.

[Anonymous No.]

So what train is this? I can't quite remember where I saw it, maybe Ueno or a station nearby. It looks pretty cool to me.

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>>8824194
Cry more.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8824235
That's Kamen Rider Black's private train.

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>>8824247
Oh, no idea. Sorry.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8824232
I meant at what country/area are the pictures from?

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>>8824204
I have more preference for French trains (my favorites are the TGV Réseau and the Z 20500 from Paris's RER C and D and most Transilien lines), but at this point any train will do. I'm not really acquainted with Japanese trains though.

This is an E-231 series EMU on the Yamanote line, one of the busiest lines of all Japan. It moves like 3 million people every day between Tokyo's busiest districts: Ginza, Shinjuku, Shibuya and Ikebukuro.

I'm pretty sure that the story about station staff having to push people inside the trains is true because in Mexico City it actually happens, and Mexico City is like half the size of Tokyo. Only difference is, in Mexico City the passengers do it instead of the staff.

[Anonymous No.]

B1-B is otaku related

[Anonymous No.]

>>8824257
It certainly is true. I was on it the other day around 4 in the afternoon and I think(?) strong winds had closed one of the other lines down and thus I had an hour ride on that line without being able to even take in a full breath, it was that cramped. It's awfully fun.

[Anonymous No.]

Isn't she beautiful?

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[Adolf Hitler Loves !RUMIAxIXcU No.]

one of my favorites.

[Anonymous No.]

Truly, she is a mighty bird of prey.

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>>8824204
I have more preference for French trains (my favorites are the TGV Réseau and the Z 20500 from Paris's RER C and D and most Transilien lines), but at this point any train will do. I'm not really acquainted with Japanese trains though.

This is an E-231 series EMU on the Yamanote line, one of the busiest lines of all Japan. It moves like 3 million people every day between Tokyo's busiest districts: Ginza, Shinjuku, Shibuya and Ikebukuro.

I'm pretty sure that the story about station staff having to push people inside the trains is true because in Mexico City it actually happens, and Mexico City is like 15 million people smaller than Tokyo. Only difference is, in Mexico City the passengers do it instead of the staff.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8824192
Le Métro Haxo is the best abandoned station.

Also: notice the Vatos Lokos tag. My guess is some Mexican decided to fuck around while abroad.

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[Anonymous No.]

When did /jp/ become >>>/n/?

[Anonymous No.]

>>8824368
See >>8824194

[Anonymous No.]

>>8824368
Is /jp/ related.

[Anonymous No.]

Is the Janitor really leaving this up? Why?

[Anonymous No.]

>>8824368
trains are were crazy and otaku meet

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>>8824368
train threads have always been aloud, go whine else where

[Anonymous No.]

>>8824383
Train threads have always popped up now and again, it's not a recurring general thread and trains aren't offensive to anyone.
Quite frankly you should be complaining about the con shitfest rather than this thread.

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>>8824400
According to a poster, the Janitor is leaving the con thread up intentionally, and even cleaning it up to allow for more efficient and concentrated con shit.
He's taking care of that thread, so that means the Janitor is likely one of the cosplayers in that thread.

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>>8824400

I was more so trying to understand it than complain. If I was outright complaining I wouldn't have asked a question.

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>>8824409
which means he is a normalfag cockmaster
but enough of this, carry on with the trains

[Anonymous No.]

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[Anonymous No.]

Trains are cool, but train otaku are the worst:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9OJL0c-CBg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGZ6ZR9jTyU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SMIgGAHAoU

[Anonymous No.]

>>8824409
I have reported the con thread and every post in it.

[Anonymous No.]

I am truly saddened that I will never touch one.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8824446
As have I, also amusing how the post you replied to was deleted for calling the mod a normal. Presumably both these 2 posts will be removed too, whilst /soc/ shit remains.

[Anonymous No.]

You guys probably already know about this link but I'll post here anyway since it has been a while since we've had a train thread.

http://www.nttfukushima.com/live/jr_aizu/Default.html

Train station live streaming 24 hours. It gets pretty nice to see people come and go during the rush hours in case you've never seen it.

[Anonymous No.]

If you have the JR pass and want to visit Osaka, Kyoto, etc... you should definitely get a ride on the "Sunrise Express" overnight train from Tokyo to Osaka (or Osaka to Tokyo). If you choose the community "nobinobi" sleeping car it is free with the JR pass, and if you want your own room it is ~8000yen.

There's nothing like a sleeper train, especially if you are a train otaku. You HAVE to try it.

[Anonymous No.]

If you have the JR pass and want to visit Osaka, Kyoto, etc... you should definitely get a ride on the "Sunrise Express" overnight train from Tokyo to Osaka (or Osaka to Tokyo). If you choose the community "nobinobi" sleeping car it is free with the JR pass, and if you want your own room it is ~8000yen.

There's nothing like a sleeper train, especially if you are a train otaku. You HAVE to try it.

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>>8824499
That room looks comfortable. I wish I could ride a sleeper train. Or live in one.

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>>8824194
I agree. Hipster a shit.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8824499
That looks fantastic, it must be overly comfortable but very depressing to have to leave it when the ride is over.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8824241
if any kamen rider had a train it would probably be this one
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Rapi:t train on the Nankai Railway

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>>8824499
My experience with sleeper trains is limited to 2 rides I've taken. One from northern France to the south which was 6 bunks per room, fortunately I was sharing only with my parents at the time. The other time, however was in China on a 30 hour train ride. Literally spooning with hundreds of old, and quite frankly smelly Chinese who were all fascinated with me because I'm foreign has pretty much put me off sleeper trains. Your picture, on the other hand looks a little more up-market than my experiences.

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>>8824625
Wow, I didn't know the sleeper trains in Europe were cramped like that. The one in China is understandable though.

If money isn't a huge issue, you can get a "deluxe" room on the sunrise express as well. It comes with a bed, desk, sink and a shower, but it costs around ~15000yen IIRC. The normal rooms were very comfy though.... I'm 6'4" (193cm) tall and had a good sleep.

Also, there are "lounge" cars on the train where there are seats facing towards the windows and vending machines for drinks. I stayed in my room most of the time though....

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>>8824720
How long was the trip? I would want to spend a week inside such a comfortable room.

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>>8824720
I realised I said 6 bunks, I meant 6 beds, like 3 stacked on top of each other. Still nothing else in the room and pretty tight for space. Although, I'm sure there was much better available.

Your pictures do look pretty incredible though, I'd love to take a ride on that at some point. It doesn't seem ridiculously expensive either so it might be worth splashing out on it for a one off trip.

[Anonymous No.]

If you are ever going to Japan and using JR Rail Pass, better try night trains as they are becoming extinct soon.

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>>8824760
From Tokyo to Osaka it is about 7 hours, but you can take the train all the way to Takamatsu as this vid illustrates:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJn4jEx6zoU
Sunrise over the seto inland sea is quite pretty.

BTW if you don't want to pay for a room, these as the free (with JR pass) "nobinobi" sleeper cars, where it is community sleeping. There is a curtain to separate each person.

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>>8824760
From Tokyo to Osaka it is about 7 hours, but you can take the train all the way to Takamatsu as this vid illustrates:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJn4jEx6zoU
Sunrise over the seto inland sea is quite pretty.

If you don't want to pay for a room, these as the free (with JR pass) "nobinobi" sleeper cars, where it is community sleeping. There is a curtain to separate each person.

[Anonymous No.]

This is the image that made me a fan of trains, even if it is photoshopped to hell and back, I think it is beautiful. I want to visit this place one day, hopefully, I'll find out where it is!

[Anonymous No.]

Or take the train to sparsely populated hokkaido.

[Anonymous No.]

Picture related.

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>>8825016
I think this is the spot you are looking for, overlooking the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line:
35.699900, 139.765914
If you go a little to the west (35.699935, 139.765647) and go to street view, a number of the photos taken from that location seem to match what you are looking for.

Examples:
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/8NGS9Dso1zvnAr5HgrjCfQ
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/WmcWhjiPd9sbhm7FsEPbrw

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>>8825058
I saw those and was wondering if they actually work. My PASMO looks kind of blant...

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>>8825120
Not him but that's awesome, thanks. I'm totally going there tomorrow. Might as well be combined with a trip to Akiba I suppose.

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>>8825120

Jesus christ man, I'm crying from joy. Thank you so, so much.

[Anonymous No.]

Does anyone have the cool Yamanote line video with 8bit graphics

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>>8825058
Hey, sell me one of those suika suica sticker.
I have been searching for them for a while now in white canvas and akibaoo.
I will buy you a drink to go with it.

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>>8824088
Post the Miku shinkansen.

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>>8824499
I took Hokutosei from Sapporo down. It was super fun.

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>>8824088

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>>8824625
I actually took a sleeper train once. I was 15 at the time, it was a Corail Lunéa train from Paris to the border with Spain at La Tour de Carol. From there we grabbed a shuttle to Puigcerdà in Catalunya and then a Spaniard train to Barcelona.

It was alright, we were 5 with family and we shared the room with a Colombian girl. The bunk was pretty well-designed, it was small but pretty comfortable.

The one train I would kill for riding is the iDNiGHT. which is a French night train with bar, lounge, and a DJ on Friday and Saturday nights. Among travelers it's easier to strike up chatter with random strangers, so it would be cool as all fuck to meet someone there.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8825159
>>8825169
No problem, I'd recognize those Ishimaru Denki towers from any angle. Have fun in Akiba!

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>>8825456
A bar and lounge I guess are kind of standard for most trains but it just seems a little short of space to fit that, along with a DJ on to a train. Interesting, nonetheless.

Aside from my Chinese sleeper train journey, the rest have been great. My favourite was from London to Paris on the Eurostar. I got a free upgrade to 1st class and that's certainly luxurious. I had an entire table for 4 to myself and what seemed like my own personal waiter since it was so quiet.

[Anonymous No.]

Be safe /jp/!

[Anonymous No.]

Trains are moe

[Anonymous No.]

My absolute joy and love are British Narrow Gauge railroads.

I want to go over there and spend a month just going to every one I can.

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>>8824457
back off mongrels

[Anonymous No.]

Since /jp/ is so knowledgeable about trains, what kind of trains does the Trans-Siberian railway use?

[Anonymous No.]

who needs a train when you can toss a bus across a city?

[Anonymous No.]

>>8830343
Mostly Diesel-Electric locomotives, although you do get preserved steam operating as well.

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>>8825120
Thought I'd just say I went there today, there's quite a nice spot on the path there to watch the trains go by, or on the bridge above. You get a good view of the station there too, I was impressed. It was only about a 10 minute walk from Akihabara station.

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>>8831828
10mins walk?
Which direction? Toward Suehirocho or toward kanda?

[Anonymous No.]

Toward Ochanomizu, that's the station in the picture. I just went out of the electric town exit in akiba, walked past the Sega building and pretty much follow the road straight, keeping the river on your left, you soon come out to the point where you can see the river and the train tunnel, it's a very quick walk. Going to Ochanomizu would be a simpler way of getting there however, since you'd come out pretty much where I took that picture.

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>>8831879
Here's a little map since my explanation was lacking.

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>>8831879
>>8831905
Oh there.
Guess I will drop by there this weekend or something.
Too bad I dont have a camera with shutter speed to take this kind of picture >>8825016

[Anonymous No.]

It must be really loud in Japanese cities with all these trains nearby. Are these residential buildings
>>8831828 ?
Is it possible to sleep in such conditions?

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>>8832338
The trains don't run 24/7. They stop ~midnight and start up again ~6am.

Also, you would probably get used to the noise after a while, they aren't that loud....

[【スパーキー（④ ＾ヮ＾）】⚡ !FCr.DTJy2k!!54bDy3LQvy8 No.]

did you know?

eye am an uber train otaku?

[Anonymous No.]

You “fascination” with trains is pretty stupid. Only someone with a one-track mind would enjoy this sort of nonsense.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8835238
Dont even think about trying to de-rail the thread

[Anonymous No.]

>>8832338
I live near freight tracks. You get used to the sound.

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>>8835229
I had some idea.

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>>8835260
You have to admit this stuff is pretty underground, even for /jp/.

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[Anonymous No.]

why don't you guys go to /n/

that board has like 4 posters, I'm sure they'd appreciate your company

[Anonymous No.]

>>8836503
Because this thread belongs more to /jp/anese /tr/ansportation (or /tr/ains) than to cycli/n/g.