[python] Re: Lovely spam! wonderful spam

Hola Carl,

Sorry for the late reply - your mail was blocked by my spam-filter ;-)
10 meters within half an hour is not bad. The learning process will be counted in weeks not hours. Your Spambike looks lovely with the new steel mesh seat. Be sure that it is really fixed on the frame.
Considering the foto, your bike surely looks rideable. There is a simple test which allows to consider the influence of the (bad) wheel flop effect: Try to push your bike by holding it on the upper edge of the seat. If the front part flops sidewards then push the edge downward a little. If the front part recenters, the wheel flop effect is negligible. If not, the front part is too heavy or the pivot angle is too small. 

Happy learning and keep us updated,
Jürgen.


On 21.10.2007 23:32, Carl Punton wrote:

Hi all,
  Another shameless "monty Python" link (sorry Jurgen), my bike shall now be
known as "Spam"! (Spanish-Python-?-?)
  I went to work on the bike earlier today & I thought to myself "at what
point will I be able to ride it?" Then it occurred to me that even though it
doesn't have brakes or a way of changing gears, if I put a chain on it &
used about a hundred plastic zip ties to hold my half finished seat* on I
would be able to have a go.
  Well, I tried to ride it for about half an hour, in that time I only
managed to ride about 10 meters, a few times, the rest of the time was spent
hopelessly swaying from side to side.  I don't intend to finish it until I
can ride it.
  Because I know it is possible to ride a Python I will carry on, otherwise
I would have given up already & said that it is not possible!
  (*I found a patio table thrown out that had a steel mesh top & though the
mesh may be suitable for a seat, It's not as heavy as you might think &
comfortable)
Regards, Carl.



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