TD - I was in an aerotuck position as well - down on my tribars with arse over the back of the saddle..............yeeeehaaaaaaaaaaa..........it's FB, the "Flying Brick"...........
I ignored the marshall Candy - he might have hollered something uncomplimentary in German as I smled at him though..... ;O))
CaK - at the speed I was doing there was no way my legs could have pedalled that quick - even with a 53/11 ratio............but I did give a mighty push with that gearing to get a good start and kept pedalling until I could no longer keep up........
and gravity is a wonderful thing - quite often I go downhill quicker than Petal whilst freewheeling and she is pedalling like the clappers to keep up........but I am over 6 stone heavier than her........
of course its gravity, its a balance of forces. try dropping a feather, and a cast of the feather made out of lead. by your reckoning, they would both fall at the same speed.
Finding a bike mechanic/LBS seems to be a very hard thing. I've basically tried all of the local ones and I'm always left with the feeling of being ripped off and talked down to.
I accept the fact that I should learn to do the basic maintainence myself.
I just want a decent level of service. You'd have thought that one shop would have someone who saw the long term potential of dealing with new customers. Triathletes don't seem averse to spending cash on bike stuff..
Andy - they would - as per Gallelio (sp?) experiments. 2 cannonballs of different weights dropped, and they both land at the same time. Only aerodynamics makes the difference.
yes, for christs sake, and its aerodynamics that limits your speed on a bike. the lead feather falls faster than the feather. fat buddha descends steep hills faster than skinny gandhi.
gravity only helps to accelerate a mass to it's terminal velocity...........once at this speed it has no effect as resistance (air, road, bike) stops the body going any faster..................
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I ignored the marshall Candy - he might have hollered something uncomplimentary in German as I smled at him though..... ;O))
Mockery and p** taking are major units on the syllabus.
More likely FB's rugby scrum trained legs pushing a mighty gear????
Nearly 70mph thou. Do you have trouble finding bike shorts with balls that big?
really don't want to be a pain.
sorry
but you know what I mean..
sorry FFM, will PSOF now
If I ever do it, how can I trust a man I don't know in a shop to make my bike fit me? And not rip me off in the first place?
Avoid fin-haired yoofs that talk about mountain bikes.
and gravity is a wonderful thing - quite often I go downhill quicker than Petal whilst freewheeling and she is pedalling like the clappers to keep up........but I am over 6 stone heavier than her........
The acceleration is constant. The force is higher (in Fb's case) due to the higher mass.
F=MA
<realises he's getting into dangerous ground here, but hopes he remembers a small amount of physics inbetween kips>
Greater potential energy means greater kinetic energy as you go.
I accept the fact that I should learn to do the basic maintainence myself.
I just want a decent level of service. You'd have thought that one shop would have someone who saw the long term potential of dealing with new customers. Triathletes don't seem averse to spending cash on bike stuff..
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Ermmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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Which poses an odd problem.
[exits stage left]
over to you Grizzly