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Belt drive
On 2019-05-01 08:15, AMuzi wrote:
On 5/1/2019 9:46 AM, Joerg wrote: On 2019-04-30 17:28, John B. wrote: rOn Tue, 30 Apr 2019 16:14:17 -0700, Joerg [...] I don't bomb downhill on the MTB anymore. Too old for that and seen too many cases of the aftermath when it went wrong. I do often get to 20mph on regular MTB trail sections and since we have rocks embedded in the ground that's hard on the bike. Hence a FS MTB and a home-built rack system because the commercial stuff ain't good. However, we were talking about road bike tires here and there I always go full close tilt unless I am distracted. For example by aerobatics up in the sky on Friday. That was worth seeing. Full means a speed that I can hold for an hour or two, not a speed where my tongue hangs on the handlebar after 10mins. IOW the speed tat gives me the best time from A to Z, not just from A to B. Hmmm... I've always thought "full speed" was the speed you reached when that big, bad, dog, came rushing out of the drive with dinner on his mind. My experiences have been that one can reach some astonishingly high speeds in that event :-) Depends on how you are with dogs. The last (really big) one which looked similar to an Anatolian Shepherd eventually stopped growling at me, sniffed my hand and then licked it. My MTB buddy had an event of the other kind. Instead of a dog a redneck came running out of a shed, all angry, hollering obscenities, rifle in hand. That warranted a very speedy departure. really? Those are actual crimes (assault, brandishing). Was a police report filed? What came of it? Nothing. It makes no sense to report such stuff out in the sticks where the next sheriff is 2h away and no cell connection. Besides, do you think the guy will admit to it? He'll deny everything (once he is sober again). -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ |
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