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On 9/25/2018 8:05 PM, AMuzi wrote:
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1/2018/09/...7819759698.jpg Nice job! Not bad! But that car's half plastic. A Jobst-built wheel would do that to a 1960 Pontiac bumper! (Just kidding.) -- - Frank Krygowski |
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AMuzi wrote:
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1/2018/09/...7819759698.jpg Nice job! Joerg should take note of those tires. Not even flat. -- duane |
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Duane wrote:
AMuzi wrote: https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1/2018/09/...7819759698.jpg Nice job! Joerg should take note of those tires. Not even flat. The plastic car's, you mean? |
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On 26/09/2018 7:09 AM, Sepp Ruf wrote:
Duane wrote: AMuzi wrote: https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1/2018/09/...7819759698.jpg Nice job! Joerg should take note of those tires. Not even flat. The plastic car's, you mean? good point |
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On Tue, 25 Sep 2018 19:05:55 -0500, AMuzi wrote:
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1/2018/09/...7819759698.jpg Nice job! Impressive, but also slightly misleading. The mangled plastic or vinyl "bumper cover" is mostly cosmetic, not structural. Behind it is a rectangular cross section pipe that serves as the real bumper. Any impact is absorbed by either shock absorbers, or blocks of foam. The other function of the bumper cover is to ride up and over anything it hits. Hitting a high curb or another car transfers less energy if the car rides up and over whatever was hit. That's my guess(tm) what happened here. The bumper cover was in the process of riding up and over the bicycle rear wheel. Apparently, there was enough crush depth in the bumper cover to not lift the front to the car off the ground. Had that happened, methinks the rear bicycle wheel would have potato chipped or been squashed. -- Jeff Liebermann 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558 |
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On Wednesday, September 26, 2018 at 10:12:40 AM UTC-7, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
On Tue, 25 Sep 2018 19:05:55 -0500, AMuzi wrote: https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1/2018/09/...7819759698.jpg Nice job! Impressive, but also slightly misleading. The mangled plastic or vinyl "bumper cover" is mostly cosmetic, not structural. Behind it is a rectangular cross section pipe that serves as the real bumper. Any impact is absorbed by either shock absorbers, or blocks of foam. The other function of the bumper cover is to ride up and over anything it hits. Hitting a high curb or another car transfers less energy if the car rides up and over whatever was hit. That's my guess(tm) what happened here. The bumper cover was in the process of riding up and over the bicycle rear wheel. Apparently, there was enough crush depth in the bumper cover to not lift the front to the car off the ground. Had that happened, methinks the rear bicycle wheel would have potato chipped or been squashed. -- Jeff Liebermann 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558 Also if you look at it you can see that the rear wheel on the fixy is mangled and the spokes are broken. |
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Jeff Liebermann wrote:
On Wed, 26 Sep 2018 16:23:21 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Wednesday, September 26, 2018 at 10:12:40 AM UTC-7, Jeff Liebermann wrote: On Tue, 25 Sep 2018 19:05:55 -0500, AMuzi wrote: https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1/2018/09/...7819759698.jpg Nice job! Impressive, but also slightly misleading. The mangled plastic or vinyl "bumper cover" is mostly cosmetic, not structural. Behind it is a rectangular cross section pipe that serves as the real bumper. Any impact is absorbed by either shock absorbers, or blocks of foam. The other function of the bumper cover is to ride up and over anything it hits. Hitting a high curb or another car transfers less energy if the car rides up and over whatever was hit. That's my guess(tm) what happened here. The bumper cover was in the process of riding up and over the bicycle rear wheel. Apparently, there was enough crush depth in the bumper cover to not lift the front to the car off the ground. Had that happened, methinks the rear bicycle wheel would have potato chipped or been squashed. Also if you look at it you can see that the rear wheel on the fixy is mangled and the spokes are broken. I beg to differ. The rear wheel looks fine although the rear tire is flat. It's kinda difficult to see all the spokes, so I did some image enhancement (contrast and gamma) to favor the spokes and reversed the colors to make the spokes easier to see. In my never humble opinion, all the spokes look intact: http://www.learnbydestroying.com/jeffl/crud/fixie-crunch.jpg Which spokes are broken? The tire doesn’t look flat to me. Not even on the bottom. -- duane |
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On Thu, 27 Sep 2018 10:52:11 -0000 (UTC), Duane
wrote: https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1/2018/09/24/21/4517082-6202141-One_man_was_spotted_in_despair_after_his_car_was_b adly_damaged_b-a-200_1537819759698.jpg The tire doesn’t look flat to me. Not even on the bottom. Try looking at the original Daily Mail photo. Here's a 4X enlargement of the tire contact area: http://www.learnbydestroying.com/jeffl/crud/fixie-crunch-02.jpg It might not be flat, but rather the weight of the vehicle might be pushing down on the rear wheel. Or, it might be an indication of a Photoshop edit. The tire doesn't look quite right to be a flat tire, which would show parts of the tire pushed outward to both sides of the contact area. However, I'm not familiar with that style of rim, so I don't know how the tube and tire will act when flat. -- Jeff Liebermann 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558 |
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