[python] Re: Leverarm Python
- From: "Carl Punton" <carlpunton@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: python@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 11:26:18 +0100
Hi All,
That picture of Jürgen Maier's Leverarm Python is very inventive, what a
great idea, it's a shame that ideas don't always work as well in reality, do
you have any pictures of the drive train ?
Regards, Carl.
On 04/11/2007, Jürgen Mages <jmages@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Bonjour Florent,
>
> I have uploaded the picture of Jürgen Maier's Leverarm Python:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1852713027&size=o
>
> It was driven by arms and legs and was more or less rideable after some
> minutes of practice. Uphills and sharp turns were not possible, even
> after more practice.
>
> I once equipped my P1 with ski sticks that were fastened to the pedals.
> One brake handle was attached to one of the sticks. With the additional
> arm force I was remarkably faster than with legs only (+ 5kph) BUT I was
> heavily sweatening after 10 minutes and completely exhausted after 15.
>
> Surely good for exercise, but not very suitable for daily use.
>
> Cheers,
> Jürgen.
>
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