[python] Re: Indoor riding

well, it WAS sort of a joke, I have ridden rollers and usually I simply fall
off!


 On 11/10/05, 25hz <25hz@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The "carpet sprint" thing seems to be pretty much a myth. There have been
> three riders on the rollers with three different bikes and when we go off
> them, anywhere from 25 kph up to a high of 43 kph (so far), the bikes stop
> dead as soon as they hit something that won't spin. The wheels don't have
> enough inertia to keep spinning and drag the bike away. In fact, no one
> has
> even gotten to the floor yet as the wheels stop spinning as soon as they
> hit
> the metal rails holding the rollers together.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Garvey" <lazybee45@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <python@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 7:28 AM
> Subject: [python] Re: Indoor riding
>
>
> Rollers are fun! But i am not nearly smooth enough to use them
> effectively.
> Just be careful that you dont' do carpet sprints!
> HAHAHAHA!
> (carpet sprints are when a rider on rollers slips off the edge and does a
> fast burnout into the wall on the carpet!)
> mark
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