[python] Re: wild idea
- From: Tim k <timfire2@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: python@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:17:27 -0800 (PST)
> From: Olaf Johansson <home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Regarding the pythons potential as a fixie: Imagine the difficulties
> starting off in a gear high enough to carry you swiftly downhill.
You could ride a low gear and do what a lot of fixie riders do---ride the
brakes on down hills.
I've thought about this as I love riding my upright fixie. But I would be wary
of a python-fixie's downhill potential. Going downhill can get pretty "bumpy"
on a upright fixie. If you can't move your feet fast enough, your legs will get
pulled and yanked by the moving pedals. On a python, I would imagine this would
add a lot of instability, as you steer with your feet.
Additionally, this "pull" between your feet and the pedals slows the wheel
down, basically creating a braking effect. Doesn't braking with the front wheel
increase the downhill de-stabilizing issue?
--Timothy Walters Kleinert
----- Original Message ----
From: Olaf Johansson <home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: python@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 1:56:25 PM
Subject: [python] Re: wild idea
Hi all,
Regarding the pythons potential as a fixie: Imagine the difficulties
starting off in a gear high enough to carry you swiftly downhill.
Perhaps for show purposes though. As Dirk says: doing track stands
and going in reverse.
Saturday we are five unicycling addicts that will defy the cold
weather and make a 40 km tour on our 36-inch unicycles. This is the
closest I come to fixed gear cycling at the moment.
Olaf
> From: dirk.bonne@xxxxxxx
> To: python@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:26:37 +0100
>
>
> Me and Olaf,
>
> had been speculating about this. May be it would be possible to do a
> "stand" with the python, or even reverse ;-)
>
> dirk
>
> brian smith wrote:
> > In my youth, 30 years ago, while in my 40's, my only bike had a
> fixed
> > gear, and a single rim brake on the front. A fixed gear bonds one
to
> > the bike in an intimate way ......... see these testimonials
> > http://www.sheldonbrown.com/fixed-testimonial.html
> > Doing my daily 10 miles on my actionbent recumbent I wondered if
> > anyone had ever tried a fixed gear on a python. Could it give
better
> > control ....... especially downhill?
> > Perhaps more of a crazy idea than a wild one ....... any comments
> will
> > be of interest
> > Regards to all,
> > Brian in SC USA
> >
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