"g" wrote in message
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: John Doe wrote:
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: "Luther Blissett" wrote
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: message ...
: : Richard Sherratt wrote:
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: : Bloody hell. If I was doing 110km/h, I'd be looking straight ahead,
not
: : at the car next to/behind me!
: :
: : - LB
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: Me too. At 85 I am concentrating a lot trying not to die.
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: I don't think a bicycle has much in the road holding department at 85km.
: Too light and the steering is too quick (on a road bike), compared to
: cars and motorcycles.
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: GK

I dont know about that. I mean really. Not disagreeing totally but the
contact pressure on a bicycle wheel is a lot higher than a bike or car. You
would have to sit down and think about it and look at the physics I guess.
Anybody out there with too much time on their hands could work it out for
us.

Pete