You Can Crash While Cycle Racing Without Road Rash

On 6/3/2011 9:56 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On Jun 3, 3:21�pm, wrote:

I look at this and also wonder about using bicycle wheels at all, just
because they use so much internal space. Karting wheels would seem to be
a better choice.

I wonder why there were no two-wheelers. Or did I miss them? Is it a
race rule to have three, or is there some advantage?

Minimum of three wheels:
http://www.pedalprix.com.au/files/documents/2011%20Vehicle%20Specifications.pdf.

I'd have thought that two wheels would lower rolling resistance,
greatly reduce tendency to roll over, and perhaps lower wind
resistance as well. The top-speed record setters are all two-
wheelers, aren't they?

Yes.

Kinda makes me wish there was regular competitions like this in the USA.

I recall watching one similar race in NW Pennsylvania back about
1980. The designs hadn't settled out at that point in time, so there
were some truly weird machines - and riders!

One rider in particular was a sort of post-apocalyptic character,
wearing combat boots and riding a very low, very crude Frankenbike
with something over 100 speeds. He went everywhere wearing two large
eyeglass mirrors, one on each side. Quite freaky! I wonder where he
is now.

Did he look like this:
http://www.outsideconnection.com/gallant/hpv/joe/MVC-023S.JPG?

Would be Chalo's friend from his Seattle days, Joe Kochanowski:
http://www.outsideconnection.com/gallant/hpv/joe/.

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I am a vehicular cyclist.

On Jun 2, 6:39 pm, Tºm Shermªn™ °_° ""twshermanREMOVE\"@THI
$southslope.net" wrote:
On 6/2/2011 7:25 PM, Dan O wrote:



On Jun 2, 5:13 pm, T m Sherm n _ ""twshermanREMOVE\"@THI
$southslope.net" wrote:
On 6/2/2011 7:07 PM, Dan O wrote:

On Jun 2, 5:03 pm, Dan wrote:
On Jun 2, 4:53 pm, wrote:

James wrote:
T m Sherm n _ wrote:
On 6/2/2011 9:19 AM, Brad Anders wrote:

The military green torpedo is my fave.

Green #2 lapped the field 8 times (225 laps completed, with second
place doing 217 laps).

If only they learned to lean in to the corners.

Like this..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6hOA2C_XMA

Dang! (download the plugin)

Welcome to the world of Adobe Flash .

On another computer I saw the first one, though:
http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=htt...m/watch%3Fv%3D...

... whjeee! 8-)

... what I didn't like was needin' somebody to pick you up (besides
the ambulance crew)

The velomobiles are light enough that they could likely be rocked back
upright or the rider could exit, but the fastest way to get back in the
race is to let the course workers do it. And of course, no road rash to
the riders.

baka

I've also been out there on the track like those guys after falling
down and getting my head run right over by the pack before I could get
up (at least once that I remember ;-). (forunately had I necver got
to the mile ovals yet)

Motorcycle flat track racing?


uh-huh

On Jun 3, 11:50*pm, Tºm Shermªn™ °_° ""twshermanREMOVE\"@THI
$southslope.net" wrote:

I recall watching one similar race in NW Pennsylvania back about
1980. *The designs hadn't settled out at that point in time, so there
were some truly weird machines - and riders!

One rider in particular was a sort of post-apocalyptic character,
wearing combat boots and riding a very low, very crude Frankenbike
with something over 100 speeds. *He went everywhere wearing two large
eyeglass mirrors, one on each side. *Quite freaky! *I wonder where he
is now.

Did he look like this:
http://www.outsideconnection.com/gallant/hpv/joe/MVC-023S.JPG?

Would be Chalo's friend from his Seattle days, Joe Kochanowski:
http://www.outsideconnection.com/gallant/hpv/joe/.

Son of a gun! That's the guy! Good call.

BTW, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers runs annual Human
Powered Vehicle competitions for teams of college students.
http://www.asme.org/events/competitions

- Frank Krygowski

On 01/06/2011 03:26, Tºm Shermªn™ °_° wrote:
See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwn_davpik8&feature=player_embedded.

No problem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKNC...lpage#t=16 0s

http://tinyurl.com/KeepPeddalingTurnRight


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Andy Morris
Andy dot Jinkas at Googlemail

On 6/4/2011 6:19 PM, Andy Morris wrote:
On 01/06/2011 03:26, T�m Sherm�n� �_� wrote:
See:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwn_davpik8&feature=player_embedded.

No problem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKNC...lpage#t=16 0s


http://tinyurl.com/KeepPeddalingTurnRight


Well the short track lengths/tight turns keep speeds down, and the dirt
surface also helps. I would imagine some bumps and bruises after
crashing, however.

See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycle_speedway.

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Tºm Shermªn - 42.435731,-83.985007
I am a vehicular cyclist.

On 05/06/2011 01:53, Tºm Shermªn™ °_° wrote:
On 6/4/2011 6:19 PM, Andy Morris wrote:
On 01/06/2011 03:26, T�m Sherm�n� �_� wrote:
See:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwn_davpik8&feature=player_embedded.

No problem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKNC...lpage#t=16 0s



http://tinyurl.com/KeepPeddalingTurnRight


Well the short track lengths/tight turns keep speeds down, and the dirt
surface also helps. I would imagine some bumps and bruises after
crashing, however.

See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycle_speedway.


You have to be covered from the neck down. Goalkeepers (soccer) togs are
popular.

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Andy Morris
Andy dot Jinkas at Googlemail