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REQ: Reverse-steering bicycle
Hi there,
Does anyone know where I can get construction diagrams for a reverse-steering bicycle? The kind you sometimes see at festivals. After Googling this to death, I have still come up with nothing. Many thanks, Tim |
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Reverse-steering bicycle
"Camel" wrote in message ... Hi there, Does anyone know where I can get construction diagrams for a reverse-steering bicycle? The kind you sometimes see at festivals. After Googling this to death, I have still come up with nothing. Many thanks, Tim Construction diagrams? Probably not, as it is generally found to be a bad idea. Pics and discussions: http://home.earthlink.net/~wm.patterson/index.html http://www.recumbents.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=85 Some 'bent trikes http://wannee.nl/hpv/abt/e-abd.htm http://www.sidewindercycle.com/index.htm How to build a RWS trike: http://www.ihpva.org/people/tstrike/rws.htm HTH, and be careful google for rws bicycke or rws trike Pete |
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Reverse-steering bicycle
Pete wrote:
Construction diagrams? Probably not, as it is generally found to be a bad idea. Back in the Carter/Claybrook administration (how did that idiot ever gain respect as a safety expert, anyway?), the NHTSA built a backwards steering motorcycle. The idea was that it would be safer if the front wheel wasn't burdened with doing most of the steering and braking. Too bad they couldn't find anybody who could ride the thing. A NHSTA official (maybe Claybrook herself) said that maybe it would work if they could find somebody who had never ridden a normal bike to ride it. Mitch. |
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"Mitch Haley" wrote in message ... Pete wrote: Construction diagrams? Probably not, as it is generally found to be a bad idea. Back in the Carter/Claybrook administration (how did that idiot ever gain respect as a safety expert, anyway?), the NHTSA built a backwards steering motorcycle. The idea was that it would be safer if the front wheel wasn't burdened with doing most of the steering and braking. Too bad they couldn't find anybody who could ride the thing. A NHSTA official (maybe Claybrook herself) said that maybe it would work if they could find somebody who had never ridden a normal bike to ride it. Mitch. It ends up being like a forklift. Excellent for precision close quarters but bad at anything over jogging speed. The USAF uses a low, big gokart size thing for loading munitions on jets. Rear wheel steering. Maybe 15mph top speed. Evil handling. Instead of the front end turning *into* the corner, the back end swings out. The venerable "Jammer" http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/vfe/vfe9.htm After a while, some people got very good. Others never quite got it. It is almost impossible not to overcorrect. Partially because of the incredible slop in the linkage, but also partly due to RWS. Every once in a while, a new guy would get thrown off. Slight turn, overcorrect, ocillations of increasing amplitude as he tried to get it back under control...The 70's models were 3 speed manual transmission, and it would go in circles at idle until he could jump back on. I couldn't imagine it on two wheels. Pete |
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On Wed, 19 May 2004 00:24:11 GMT, "Pete" wrote:
"Camel" wrote in message .. . Hi there, Does anyone know where I can get construction diagrams for a reverse-steering bicycle? The kind you sometimes see at festivals. After Googling this to death, I have still come up with nothing. Many thanks, Tim Construction diagrams? Probably not, as it is generally found to be a bad idea. Pics and discussions: http://home.earthlink.net/~wm.patterson/index.html http://www.recumbents.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=85 Some 'bent trikes http://wannee.nl/hpv/abt/e-abd.htm http://www.sidewindercycle.com/index.htm How to build a RWS trike: http://www.ihpva.org/people/tstrike/rws.htm HTH, and be careful google for rws bicycke or rws trike Pete Thank you Pete. |
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Reverse-steering bicycle
You mean like the rear wheel steers or like you've crossed your hands to the
other side of the handlebars. (try THAT sometime!). jw |
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