Re: Why Do People Fall Down?

Prisoner at War wrote:
> On Oct 28, 12:59 pm, Tom Sherman <sunsetss0...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>> More details - what exactly is it?
> 
> Well, maybe since we're talking "general characteristics" here, make
> and model isn't so critical....
> 
>> Seems, as opposed to actual practice? Plenty of people ride low seat
>> trikes and lowracer re***bents on the road. The very oddity of it
appear
>> to make drivers give one more room when passing.
> 
> That's if they see them!  On my 'bent, I deliberately take up another
> foot of space in order to try to better ensure that people have more
> of a chance of noticing me.  I won't even imagine what strategies
> might be involved with a trike!

Build an symmetric airfoil shaped spar out of light composite, mount 
LEDs to the trailing edge, and mount it vertically on the trike if you 
are worried. This arrangement will have much less drag than a round flag 
pole and waving flag.

>> I have never found this to be an issue.
> 
> They certainly have different "road physics" and likely require more
> "finessing."
> 
>> Proper technique is needed here - if you put your feet in the right
>> place it is easy, but the wrong place makes it difficult.
>>
>> Getting on a DF upright is not easy for some people either.
> 
> With bikes, getting on means balance more than anything else.  With a
> trike, I think it's having to stoop so low at that angle, and allow
> yourself to fall back.  I don't think it would be a big deal for me,
> though I can imagine it being a bit more of a fuss for others.

Those who have problems getting on a trike may also have problems with a 
DF upright. They may need a step-through or crank-forward upright or a 
delta trike with a relatively high seat.

>> Again, the "seems" risky. As for width, most trikes are no wider than
>> the bars on the average ATB - are those too wide for the MUP?
> 
> MUP?

Multi-use path. The thing occupied by pedestrians, dog walkers, inline 
skaters and the occasional cyclist.

>> Or a Honda Civic (works for my trike).
> 
> Sucks when a car is a necessary accessory to the trike, though!
> 
>> Indeed. Preconceived notions are hard to overcome.
> 
> I have an open mind about trikes.  I'm just wondering aloud here, even
> given what very little I think I might know about them.

We need more attitudes like this.

-- 
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
When did ignorance of biology become a "family value"?