Bye Bye!

The matter of speed is so important to so many people; it amuses me!
In a pile of photos- I came across a picture of an early 1980s bike/
trike speed record. Over 60 - but WHY? I also saw a pic of a cartoon
of a snail losing to a bent. I just don't get it. Aside from humor,
what is the importance?

wrote:
The matter of speed is so important to so many people; it amuses me!
In a pile of photos- I came across a picture of an early 1980s bike/
trike speed record. Over 60 - but WHY? I also saw a pic of a cartoon
of a snail losing to a bent. I just don't get it. Aside from humor,
what is the importance?

More speed can be more fun, and it can just be the buzz of doing
something remarkable under your own steam.

Pete.
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Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer
Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
net http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/

Peter Clinch wrote:
wrote:
The matter of speed is so important to so many people; it amuses me!
In a pile of photos- I came across a picture of an early 1980s bike/
trike speed record. Over 60 - but WHY? I also saw a pic of a cartoon
of a snail losing to a bent. I just don't get it. Aside from humor,
what is the importance?

More speed can be more fun, and it can just be the buzz of doing
something remarkable under your own steam.

Pete.
This whole country is into the aspect of speed. I myself found that when
asking about replacement tires for my trike, I said I wanted these
specifications: Fast, puncture resistance, durability. As you can see
the first word was "FAST". I want to replace my great Scorcher TR tires
with one as fast and puncture resistant and as durable but narrower. I
think I won't find anything.

On Feb 14, 11:56 am, wrote:
The matter of speed is so important to so many people; it amuses me!
In a pile of photos- I came across a picture of an early 1980s bike/
trike speed record. Over 60 - but WHY? I also saw a pic of a cartoon
of a snail losing to a bent. I just don't get it. Aside from humor,
what is the importance?

Hey, speed is great, BTW i want to beat up on you, need to win some
more $$$$$

wrote:
:: The matter of speed is so important to so many people; it amuses me!
:: In a pile of photos- I came across a picture of an early 1980s bike/
:: trike speed record. Over 60 - but WHY? I also saw a pic of a cartoon
:: of a snail losing to a bent. I just don't get it. Aside from humor,
:: what is the importance?

Fun = importance.

So, why don't you ask why it is important to have fun, because going fast is
fun?

"Roger Zoul" wrote in message
...
wrote:
:: The matter of speed is so important to so many people; it amuses me!
:: In a pile of photos- I came across a picture of an early 1980s bike/
:: trike speed record. Over 60 - but WHY? I also saw a pic of a cartoon
:: of a snail losing to a bent. I just don't get it. Aside from humor,
:: what is the importance?

Fun = importance.

So, why don't you ask why it is important to have fun, because going fast
is fun?


Jock mentality/ego stroking. The fastest guy gets the chix. It is hilarious
though. There are probably twenty to thirty fairly fast bent racers in the
world and they for the most part couldn't beat their DF counterparts with a
stick. So the speed thing is all mostly head tripping bull****. Some of the
best bent racers are still hobby racers. They have jobs and families and NO
PROFESSIONAL contracts for international quality races.



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gotbent wrote:

Jock mentality/ego stroking. The fastest guy gets the chix. It is hilarious
though. There are probably twenty to thirty fairly fast bent racers in the
world and they for the most part couldn't beat their DF counterparts with a
stick. So the speed thing is all mostly head tripping bull****. Some of the
best bent racers are still hobby racers. They have jobs and families and NO
PROFESSIONAL contracts for international quality races.

I don't care about racing, but point me down a big hill on a 'bent
and I'll do my best to spin it out because it's *fun*.

There isn't a pro HPV circuit AFAICT, so it's hardly surprising
nobody's got contracts to do it. As for "couldn't beat their DF
counterparts with a stick", that would depend what sort of race it
was. A track based race with fairings on the 'bents would mean the
pros on the DFs getting a bloody good hiding, for example. IIRC
Rob English took the GB national pursuit squad, working together,
to the cleaners on the unfaired Kingcycle Hachi at Manchester
Velodrome, and the HPV hour record is about 30% than the UCI one,
even the better one without the even more braindead restrictions.

Pete.
--
Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer
Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
net http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/

"Peter Clinch" wrote in message
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gotbent wrote:

Jock mentality/ego stroking. The fastest guy gets the chix. It is
hilarious though. There are probably twenty to thirty fairly fast bent
racers in the world and they for the most part couldn't beat their DF
counterparts with a stick. So the speed thing is all mostly head tripping
bull****. Some of the best bent racers are still hobby racers. They have
jobs and families and NO PROFESSIONAL contracts for international quality
races.

I don't care about racing, but point me down a big hill on a 'bent and
I'll do my best to spin it out because it's *fun*.

There isn't a pro HPV circuit AFAICT, so it's hardly surprising nobody's
got contracts to do it. As for "couldn't beat their DF counterparts with
a stick", that would depend what sort of race it was. A track based race
with fairings on the 'bents would mean the pros on the DFs getting a
bloody good hiding, for example. IIRC Rob English took the GB national
pursuit squad, working together, to the cleaners on the unfaired Kingcycle
Hachi at Manchester Velodrome, and the HPV hour record is about 30% than
the UCI one, even the better one without the even more braindead
restrictions.

Pete.
--
Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer
Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
net http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/

How about one of the spring classics? Rain, mud and cobbles. How about a
cyclocross? Don't think the Hachi would do too well there, although Rob
might do OK on a 'cross bike. But overall the Hans' and Robs are few and far
between. If the world of fast pro and semi-pro racers were a SI swimsuit
model, bent racers might barely amount to a pimple on her ass. So when the
swagger starts on places like ARBR and BROL it's a mostly a bunch of
wannabe's blowing smoke out of their asses.

BTW, if you really like speed, point yourself UP the hill and try to spin it
out without Sir Issac helping.



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gotbent wrote:
:: "Roger Zoul" wrote in message
:: ...
::: wrote:
::::: The matter of speed is so important to so many people; it amuses
::::: me! In a pile of photos- I came across a picture of an early
::::: 1980s bike/ trike speed record. Over 60 - but WHY? I also saw a
::::: pic of a cartoon of a snail losing to a bent. I just don't get
::::: it. Aside from humor, what is the importance?
:::
::: Fun = importance.
:::
::: So, why don't you ask why it is important to have fun, because
::: going fast is fun?
:::
::
:: Jock mentality/ego stroking. The fastest guy gets the chix. It is
:: hilarious though. There are probably twenty to thirty fairly fast
:: bent racers in the world and they for the most part couldn't beat
:: their DF counterparts with a stick. So the speed thing is all mostly
:: head tripping bull****. Some of the best bent racers are still hobby
:: racers. They have jobs and families and NO PROFESSIONAL contracts
:: for international quality races.

going fast has nothing to do with racing.

"Bentracer and Bentrider" wrote in message
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On Feb 14, 11:56 am, wrote:
The matter of speed is so important to so many people; it amuses me!
In a pile of photos- I came across a picture of an early 1980s bike/
trike speed record. Over 60 - but WHY? I also saw a pic of a cartoon
of a snail losing to a bent. I just don't get it. Aside from humor,
what is the importance?

Hey, speed is great, BTW i want to beat up on you, need to win some
more $$$$$

Christ, aren't you dead yet you old fool?

It just goes to show that if you are tough and dumb you will live forever.
The main thing is never to engage your brain. That will take years off of
your life.

Regards,

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota