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On Sep 14, 11:50 pm, Ryan Cousineau wrote:
In article , wrote: http://www.bikecult.com/works/chainr...glightSPth.jpg "'A hand-made gadget by a certain Japanese enthusiast.' Stronglight 49 crankarms with spoked-wheel spider armature, made of thin spokes (1.2mm diameter), with 51- and 45-tooth Simplex chainrings, on a custom Toei bike." http://www.bikecult.com/works/chainring.html Cheers, Carl Fogel Genius! Now, how many other bike parts would be amenable to replacement with spokes? Downtube, for one, -- Ryan Cousineau / "I don't want kids who are thinking about going into mathematics to think that they have to take drugs to succeed." -Paul Erdos Well, there was a tri-bike that had a spoke for a down-tube, or maybe a cable. don't remember the name of the frame. |
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The cats might take a while to accept it, but . . . http://www.bikecult.com/works/chainr...headplate2.jpg Cheers, Carl Fogel Thanks for that, Carl. You have just simplified my Halloween plans for this year. Ted -- Ted Bennett |
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On Sep 14, 11:50 pm, Ryan Cousineau wrote: In article , wrote: http://www.bikecult.com/works/chainr...glightSPth.jpg "'A hand-made gadget by a certain Japanese enthusiast.' Stronglight 49 crankarms with spoked-wheel spider armature, made of thin spokes (1.2mm diameter), with 51- and 45-tooth Simplex chainrings, on a custom Toei bike." http://www.bikecult.com/works/chainring.html Cheers, Carl Fogel Genius! Now, how many other bike parts would be amenable to replacement with spokes? Downtube, for one, -- Ryan Cousineau / "I don't want kids who are thinking about going into mathematics to think that they have to take drugs to succeed." -Paul Erdos Well, there was a tri-bike that had a spoke for a down-tube, or maybe a cable. don't remember the name of the frame. more evidence of the abysmal engineering schools we have these days. "engineers" that don't consider torsion in frame design? they probably don't understand the difference between elasticity and plasticity either. |
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http://www.bikecult.com/works/chainr...glightSPth.jpg "'A hand-made gadget by a certain Japanese enthusiast.' Stronglight 49 crankarms with spoked-wheel spider armature, made of thin spokes (1.2mm diameter), with 51- and 45-tooth Simplex chainrings, on a custom Toei bike." http://www.bikecult.com/works/chainring.html Ryan Cousineau wrote: Genius! Now, how many other bike parts would be amenable to replacement with spokes? Downtube, for one, wrote: Well, in-tension down-tubes (and chainstays) were a bit thicker than spokes . . . http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne...2139683&size=o But they were a common design in early frames. He may have been thinking Slingshot. -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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jim beam wrote:
wrote: On Sep 14, 11:50 pm, Ryan Cousineau wrote: In article , wrote: http://www.bikecult.com/works/chainr...glightSPth.jpg "'A hand-made gadget by a certain Japanese enthusiast.' Stronglight 49 crankarms with spoked-wheel spider armature, made of thin spokes (1.2mm diameter), with 51- and 45-tooth Simplex chainrings, on a custom Toei bike." http://www.bikecult.com/works/chainring.html Cheers, Carl Fogel Genius! Now, how many other bike parts would be amenable to replacement with spokes? Downtube, for one, -- Ryan Cousineau / "I don't want kids who are thinking about going into mathematics to think that they have to take drugs to succeed." -Paul Erdos Well, there was a tri-bike that had a spoke for a down-tube, or maybe a cable. don't remember the name of the frame. more evidence of the abysmal engineering schools we have these days. "engineers" that don't consider torsion in frame design? they probably don't understand the difference between elasticity and plasticity either. http://www.slingshotbikes.com/technology/slingpower "Slingpower"? How appropriate. Of course it does have a composite element, should be great, infinite strength & rigidity. Fortunately it's also replaceable. |
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Carl Fogel writes:
http://www.bikecult.com/works/chainr...glightSPth.jpg "'A hand-made gadget by a certain Japanese enthusiast.' Stronglight 49 crankarms with spoked-wheel spider armature, made of thin spokes (1.2mm diameter), with 51- and 45-tooth Simplex chainrings, on a custom Toei bike." http://www.bikecult.com/works/chainring.html Interesting picture of John Howard's land speed record bicycle. I recall seeing it at InterBike and noting that the gear was so high that it could not be moved by pedaling. The bicycle had to be towed up to a speed that the airfoil developed enough vortex to propel the bicycle. The airfoil behind the racing car was so effective that he had to use the brake to not hit the bumper bar that is visible in the picture. The "throttle" was on Howard's handlebar so he wouldn't get dropped by slight speed variation of the pace car. If find such efforts mainly a show of derring-do. Jobst Brandt |
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On Sep 15, 6:22 am, jim beam wrote:
wrote: http://www.bikecult.com/works/chainr...glightSPth.jpg "'A hand-made gadget by a certain Japanese enthusiast.' Stronglight 49 crankarms with spoked-wheel spider armature, made of thin spokes (1.2mm diameter), with 51- and 45-tooth Simplex chainrings, on a custom Toei bike." http://www.bikecult.com/works/chainring.html Cheers, Carl Fogel interesting, but nowhere near as interesting as the shimano 10mm also shown on that page. i'd like to see shimano revive that idea. Why stop at 10mm? http://sheldonbrown.com/nanodrive/index.html |
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rolled out to post a letter saturday morning and there was a man
standing on the walk holding a plastic cup wanting a urine sample. |
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