[python] Re: RWS Python
- From: "bnmm@xxxxxxx" <bnmm@xxxxxxx>
- To: python@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 08:17:58 +0200
> BTW, Dennis sent me a couple of photos of his Mark 1 and Mark 2 bikes,
> both shot from the side, so that anyone wanting to copy his ideas can
> pick up the general geometry pretty accurately.
Rhisiart, are these photos online?
Cheers,
Marek
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On 29.03.2011 08:13, Rhisiart Gwilym wrote:
> Siwmae Pawb!
>
> I've always taken the working definition of a FWDRWS as being that the
> rider sits on the front end of the bike, with the steering articulation
> under or just behind him/her. In this way, the whole rider-capsule (if
> you want to enclose it as a velo) is kept narrow; no need to give extra
> width to the nose of the capsule, to accommodate sideways-swinging feet.
>
> Also, this arrangement seems to eliminate PSI.
>
> Dennis Renner seems to have accomplished the -- supposedly non-doable --
> practical, easily-rideable FWDRWS bike, especially with his Mark 2
> version. He never mentions any particular difficulties of riding. See
> his vids!
>
> BTW, Dennis sent me a couple of photos of his Mark 1 and Mark 2 bikes,
> both shot from the side, so that anyone wanting to copy his ideas can
> pick up the general geometry pretty accurately. He tells me that the
> pivot angle on his Mark 2 is 71 degrees, and the videos suggest a pretty
> sweet, easy rider.
>
> Incidentally, I've argued for some time that, realistically, the Mark 2
> is actually a centre-steer, rather than an extreme RWS, but with the
> articulation right at the back of the centre section. That's a bit
> nit-picky though, perhaps. The real acid test, it seems to me, is
> whether the rider sits on the front or the rear section. The
> articulation is under the rider's backrest on both of Dennis's bikes.
>
> Hwyl fawr, Rh
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