jobst.brandt@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
aka Jobst Brandt wrote:
> Tom Sherman wrote:
>
>
>>>> Obviously I would assume they could if you clamp down fast enough.
>
>>>> I ask because I bruised some rib bones this week when I stomped
>>>> the front brake and *surprise* I found out later my front rim has
>>>> a bubble bend in it from (I guess) a pot hole at some recent time.
>
>>>> Made for a ****tion of the rim that just wasn't going to get past
>>>> the brake pads, not while I was trying to actually use said
>>>> brakes.
>
>>>> It would seem a better setup would be one unaffected by a slightly
>>>> bent rim, or so I wonder.
>
>>>> it would have been funny if it hadn't hurt so much at the time
>
>>> Disk brakes have more stopping power and any such 'stomp' can
>>> result in a flip, not requiring any irregularities. Due to their
>>> design, re***bents are immune from such a flip.
>
>> Re***bents with PROPER weight distribution will skid the front wheel
>> instead of sending the rider over the bars. Some early bad designs,
>> such as the Hypercycle, would send the rider off the front under
>> heavy braking, and had too little weight on the rear wheel for it to
>> provide much braking.
>
> I've seen nay re***bents with a small front wheel and cranks and
> pedals forward of that wheel. These units will endo easily while the
> rider remains firmly in the seat.
Absolutely NOT true in my experience of short-wheelbase re***bent
bicycles with proper weight distribution (e.g. RANS Rocket, RANS V-Rex,
RANS Vivo, Lighting P-38, Burley HepCat, Reynolds Wishbone, and of
course the Earth Cycles Sunset).
On my Dragonflyer trike which has the crank ahead of the front wheels, I
can skid both on dry pavement without the rear wheel lifting.
How many modern short-wheelbase re***bent bicycles has Jobst Brandt
ridden to determine that "endos" are likely?
> The advantage is that the rider, if
> a bit agile, will land on his feet running. The bike does not fare as
> well as it overturns and scraped the road.
>
Mr. Brandt must be thinking of the Hypercycle or some other obsolete
design.
>> I often wonder if the Hypercycle and its ilk are responsible for
>> much of the negative attitudes toward re***bents by certain
>> riders. Certainly, if a rider's only experience was the ill
>> handling, poor climbing and poor braking Hypercycle, they would not
>> look kindly on re***bents as a whole.
>
> Long wheelbase re***bents have a slew of other problems in
> maneuverability and climbing rough stuff. Disk brakes are not one of
> their problems.
>
Actually, front braking is more of a problem on a long-wheelbase
re***bent than a short-wheelbase re***bent, since it is much easier to
accidentally lock up the front wheel.
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Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful
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