>Imagine a fantasy world where pedal-driven vehicles with wheels attached to a frame are widely used by all races
What follows from this?
>The world is covered in ancient paths that never need to be maintained
That they have some sort of monster that shits out paved roads?
>>43773586
What if the road is alive and ever-shifting?
>>43773556
bunch of self righteous arses on the road is what
so basically paladins, on wheels
Nobody skips leg day
>Dwarves in tricycles
>>43773621
God, I was driving at night not that long ago and I nearly ran some dipshit on a bike over because he was in the street and didn't have lights or reflectors on his bike. I didn't see the fucker until I was almost on him. Fucking bikefags, keep your god damn toys on the sidewalk, or follow the rules of the road like you're fucking supposed to when you're in the street.
>>43773704
Bikes are vehicles dude, they're not supposed to be blazing along the sidewalk.
Biking in the middle of the road in the dead of night with nothing to make you more visible is several different kinds of stupid though.
>>43773556
Women with thick thighs and righteous asses
>>43773773
>Bikes are vehicles dude
That was my entire point, that when they are in the street they are supposed to follow the same rules as motor vehicles, but I have never seen a bike fag that does. They cross against traffic, they don't signal, they U-turn, turn left on red, and do anything else that is expressly forbidden even when there are signs saying don't do the thing you are doing. Where I live bikefags think they are above the law.
>>43773840
I lived on a university campus for a year and oooh boy the school police had a field day handing out tickets to bikers
>>43773556
Bicycles are used by some army scouts, giving them much better range and speed than a runner.
Civilizations will sink money into infrastructure and good roads to make the matioomn run smoother.
As soon as an engine is possible or, it WILL be strapped to the vehicles. Put a restriction on it so that they're harder to spread, like it needs an artifacer manning it
>>43773840
My personal favorite is there's a very busy main road going through the middle of town, there is a pavement that is marked as a cycle path next to it.
Guess how many retards cycle on the road rather than the cycle path 1 meter to their side? Particularly at night without lights/reflectors?
>>43773840
Vancouver.
>>43773556
Plenty of fat bottomed girls.
>>43775365
It doesn't really count if most of the size is from muscle, anon.
>>43775388
>I am too young to have grown up with Queen.
FTFY
>>43775388
BICYCLE, BICYCLE!
I WANT TO RIDE MY BICYCLE!
>>43775388
get a load of this chubby chaser.
>>43773621
SAY THAT AT THE TOURNAMENT NOT ONLINE AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS M8!
>>43773556
Imagine not-too-far alternative future.
Eco crazies took rule.
Use of fossil fuel is outlawed, punishable by death.
>>43775471
What do they maintain the roads with?
>>43775508
bricks, stone and bones of the offenders
>>43773687
I laughed so hard at this
Why hasn't your party engineer examined dungeon trap mechanisms, designed a bicycle, and is now adventuring for money to fuel its production? Why isn't your party riding on prototype bikes of varying design? Why don't you run into bike based random encounters like dwarven biker gangs and silent brooding lone cycling archers?
>>43773704
>Fucking bikefags, keep your god damn toys on the sidewalk
That's literally illegal.
>>43775388
No man, it only counts if most of the size is from muscle.
Dragoons. Horses are still better for pure cavalry, but bike dragoons are best infantry.
It's not far from there to leg-pumped mechanisms for carriage-mounted, bicycle-propelled ballistae and scorpions for battlefield artillery.
>>43775460
Holy shit I was not ready to laugh that hard. Nearly pooped myself.
>>43775388
Trying to make yourself count, eh?
>>43775638
>>43773773
>Bikes are vehicles dude
So are wheelchairs technically, that doesn't mean they belong on the road. A bike crashing into a car is very deadly, a bike crashing into a pedestrian is meh, also easier to avoid.
Bikes don't belong on the road
>>43773556
I dunno, but now I wanna see if there is any porn of bicyclists. Thanks anon.
>>43773840
I live in DC and the police have begun to use our shitty bicyclists as a source of income. It has been pretty glorious.
>>43775460
>his bike says giant
>>43773556
>That ass
...how does that even happen? That shit looks disproportional.
>>43773556
Is this photoshopped, if not anyone have a picture of the face of my new waifu.
>>43776810
Anna Meares
>>43776846
Well shit.
>>43776180
>So are wheelchairs technically,
No. Wheelchairs replace the capacity to stand and walk around, they aren't meant for commuting.
Bikes don't belong on the sidewalk. They do, as everyone by now agrees, need safety reflectors and to not be ridden by irresponsible assholes.
>>43776638
There's plenty with a dildo rigged to a crankshaft, connected into the gears.
Kinda hot, if you ask me
BREHS thread?
>>43777880
Bicycle Racing Erotic Hair Sex?
>>43776808
oatz n squatz
>>43773840
Most of them do follow the rules. You just don't notice them because they don't stand out.
>mfw I work at a place and literally all my co-workers are female cyclists.
Thick booties for daaaaays.
>>43776180
The road ways used to be the territory of pedestrians, and streetcars. Then rich automobile owners spearheaded a massive campaign to shift the blame for pedestrians collisions away from reckless drivers, and onto pedestrians. Honestly cars shouldn't be on the streets.
>>43776808
Cycles and bicycles.
>>43780061
>Honestly cars shouldn't be on the streets.
Where should they be?
While I may concede that we as a socity OVERUSE the automobile. Some of us don't have the luxury of having everywhere we need to go in our lives being in a timely bikeable/walkable distance, and motor vehicles are necessary for much of modern society to function.
>>43776808
>looks disproportional.
That's the gayest thing I've heard today.
>>43777018
Too busy staring at her ass to care about the face
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTqnUE8m8PE
>>43773556
>>43780292
>Some of us don't have the luxury of having everywhere we need to go in our lives being in a timely bikeable/walkable distance, and motor vehicles are necessary for much of modern society to function.
Oh I agree, I own a car that I drive everyday. I was more making a point about how our understanding of what street spaces are for isn't set in stone.
Even in the short term. For instance when I was young I lived on a dead end, and would play in the street all the time. Then they extended the road to connect it to a state highway, and kids stopped playing in the road. It went from a terminal point to a conduit. There wasn't a huge increase in traffic, but the idea of the road as a communal space was lost simply by having through traffic. The problem isn't cars it's how the dominance of the car on public streets has effected everything else.
Also parking. The worst part of every design meeting I have ever been in is the question "But where will we put the parking?"
>>43773556
Who is this Anal Angel?
>>43773556
Just saw Turbo Kid myself OP. It was pretty awesome. Thought it would be referential trash but it was actually really cute and sincere.
>>43773943
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzE-IMaegzQ
Bike lanes are notorious for being poorly designed.
>>43777871
Go on...
>>43780061I see you watch Adam Ruins Everything too, anon. What did you think of the latest episode?
>>43781817I liked it. My car skepticism though goes back to my urban planning professor.
>>43780622
>>43780658
>>43780732
I need to know of womenwho do pornand have an ass of this magnitude.
>>43782017
I would be happy with just a looping webm of a rear view of her on a stationary bicycle.
>bitching about useless rubbish road-ruining cyclists
/tg/ I'm so proud
>>43773556
>What follows from this?
No one?
Alright, I'll do it.
If all races use cycles, that means either that it is the best option for transportation or that the use of cycles is being enforced by an outside force.
The existence of a top-down force restricting forms of transport is counter-intuitive, bizarre, and raises even more questions, so I'll discount the cycle Illuminati.
So the question becomes, why are cycles the best option?
First, there must be widespread availability of cycle technology.
The spread of this technology could be via natural dissemination of an economically viable and worthy idea or through pro-cycle societies such as a cycle based religion or cult.
Perhaps there was a Johnny Appleseed of the pedal.
The technology of the world must be such that the manufacture of cycles is affordable throughout the world, which is perfectly plausible in most fantasy worlds.
Second, there must be no superior or comparable but cheaper technology.
There needs to be a reason why people are using cycles and not horses.
There should be an absence of free flying carpets.
Engines would precipitate the development of motorcycles and cars so they cannot be available.
Crazy Hassan's camels are right out.
Third, the other anons are correct in that all-terrain cycles are difficult for everyone to use, therefore the road systems are likely to be superior so that the common person can use them, and that too needs explaining.
Unless, all cycles are mountain bikes.
Fourth, if cycles are used universally, there may be more uses of them than in modern society.
They may be used for more than personal conveyance or transporting others.
Perhaps technology developed to allow hauling of heavy carts via pedal driven cycles.
Perhaps cycles are used to generate power or drive machinery as well.
The tricycle & quadcycle would not necessarily be less popular than the bicycle.
continued....
>>43781125
Well, there's a camera pointed at her face, and one pointed at her crotch.
And the faster she goes, well...
>>43782740
Fifth, traveling clothes might incorporate head, knee, and elbow protection, but they would not necessarily resemble modern equipment, nor would they be consistent across the world.
Sixth, there would be different styles of cycles in every culture.
A Mongolian kobold's cycle would not resemble the cycle of a Swedish minotaur.
Seventh, cycle manufacturing and repair would be an important occupation and position within the community.
Competition might be fierce and there would likely be competing schools of thought on proper construction of a cycle.
Eighth, cycles would be found in warfare.
Military cyclists might be present in many armed forces.
Military cycles would be designed to withstand the rigors of combat.
Defenses against opposing force's cyclists would be developed.
Ninth, trick cyclists would be great showmen.
Tony Hawk would have a bard class.
Although many would appreciate the extent of the showman's talent, they would not describe it as extreme.
Tenth, as a uniform trait of all societies, riding cycles might be a bonding trait.
There might be regular celebrations and competitions of cycling.
These events would be largely peaceful gatherings of mutual respect of the cycle.
It would be like Hockey night in Canada.
>>43773556
Card games on bicycles.
>>43780292
>>Honestly cars shouldn't be on the streets.
>Where should they be?
Sidewalks, obviously.
>>43783012
sauce now please
>>43775388
>It doesn't really count if most of the size is from muscle, anon.
you have this exactly wrong.
>>43773621
>>43775638
Depends on where you live.
>>43773840
In my experience drivers that complain about bikers are the biggest rulebreakers themselves, they just try to pin it on their surroundings.
>>43782740
I wouldn't count bikes out even if there were horses in the setting. For farmworkers beasts of burden would still reign, but in terms of travel or military action? Bikes don't require an extra supply chain, they don't get disease, it's much easier to lodge them for the night, and so on. Horses might still be used in some applications, but for your average traveller, rangers, scouts, and maybe even mounted infantry, bikes are a better option.
>>43784896
They literally used the term "fat bottomed"
Emphasis "fat"
The word you want is "thick"
>>43773556
What quality?
Modern biking technology or just the avarage early 1900's bike.
Either way I guess travel becomes faster.
>>43784908
clerics on wheels.
They aren't warriors.
>>43784908
They just look so friendly.
I can't help but think of them as cute. The same way your slightly retarded cat would be cute.
>>43786783
>They literally used the term "fat bottomed"
Taking a slang term literally. Really?
Next you'll tell us this
https://youtu.be/xt0V0_1MS0Q
is literally a song about Bicycles.
>>43776180
I'm posting in this thread with the express purpose of pointing out that this guy is one stupid motherfucker.
>>43786273
or they're in a city with a glut of especially retarded cyclists
Cops pulling the shits over for trying to kill themselves and others is always a bit of a treat. They give anyone who bikes and still has a brain a bad name.
>>43786852
It just seems dumb when fat bottoms are actually a thing.
First we need to understand the history of the various cycles and their origin.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_bicycle
So its starts off as a simple seat with two wheels and a handlebar for steering, and was basically really fast walking. It was immensely popular and was a nice alternative during a food shortage that resulted in lots of horses starving to death. It was also called the Draisine (after its inventor Baron Karl von Drais)/Dandy Horse. It was innovated and went in and out of fashion for several decades until a Frenchman added cranks and pedals to it.
Before its creation several varieties of Tricycles and Quadracycles were invented and were popular.
And velocipedes and early bicycles were immensely popular all on their own. After all, you don't have to take care of some smelly beast that could throw you to the ground and then stomp on you.
But there is a bigger background to the world and how these bikes affect it. For one, you need semi reliable roads that are generally safe. For more advanced ones and the amount of manufacturing involved requires a certain level of industry and civilization with extensive metal working.
>>43787014
Of course, once you have bicycles and its variation invented, their spread will reach wide and far. Pic related.
And in other parts of the world they have been fairly extensive, used in shipping freight with special cycles designed for it. Rickshaws or pedal taxis have always been pretty popular also.
>>43787052
that's a busted-ass scooter
>>43787107
Nope its a bicycle.
>>43773556
Fucking who and whatever that is in OP right in the ass is what happens, sweet jesus.
Tour de Álfheimr
>>43786993
>It just seems dumb when fat bottoms are actually a thing.
And this >>43773556 certainly qualifies as one.
>>43773556
>What follows from this?
More of this but with MAGIC
>>43787257
Added magic.
>>43786693
>I wouldn't count bikes out even if there were horses in the setting
You have a solid point.
What I see though, is that most hauling heavy transport jobs, society would need horses.
This means society would *have* horses.
Thus, for running into town quickly you could just grab a bike or use the family's horse if it was available.
People who would prefer not working up a sweat would take horses.
Using horses to transport your troops won't exhaust the men nearly as much.
>for your average traveller, rangers, scouts, and maybe even mounted infantry, bikes are a better option.
I disagree on the average traveler, but depending on the situation, rangers and scouts would be excellent on cycles.
Scenario:
>Scout on cycle locates enemy camp
>Is spotted by the enemy
>races back to own forces
>pursued by enemy on horseback
>scout is obviously well trained cyclist
>scout has a ruggedly elite mountain bike
How does the chase end?
>>43786797
>mormons aren't warriors
LOL!
>>43780622
>australia
Oh shit that's all spiders isn't it?
