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Recumbent Bicycle made from a Tree Trunk Pic
Mark Franzels wrote:
On May 17, 10:37 am, SMS wrote: I saw this today at the USGS Open House in Menlo Park: "http://i41.tinypic.com/ouz91t.jpg" Later I saw the owner riding it. If collision occurs and the chain goes off, the sharp slicer disc at the front can slice the person bottom wide open. Dangerous. M Except people do not come off SWB recumbents during a crash [1] in a way that puts them near the chain ring, unless the circumstances were VERY unusual. By this logic, upright bicycles are too dangerous, since the rider can go over the bars and land on his/her head. [1] BTDT. -- Tom Sherman - 42.435731,-83.985007 LOCAL CACTUS EATS CYCLIST - datakoll |
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Recumbent Bicycle made from a Tree Trunk Pic
Tom_Sherman wrote:
Mark Franzels wrote: On May 17, 10:37 am, SMS wrote: I saw this today at the USGS Open House in Menlo Park: "http://i41.tinypic.com/ouz91t.jpg" Later I saw the owner riding it. If collision occurs and the chain goes off, the sharp slicer disc at the front can slice the person bottom wide open. Dangerous. M Except people do not come off SWB recumbents during a crash [1] in a way that puts them near the chain ring, unless the circumstances were VERY unusual. By this logic, upright bicycles are too dangerous, since the rider can go over the bars and land on his/her head. I do not think a bicycle chainring can slice a person bottom wide open. It is not rotating at all, and it is not sharp. |
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