[python] Re: TT/--/LD

Interesting pictures, Ghislain.  Please keep copying us in.

Tom Traylor's site was http://traylorfwd.home.mindspring.com/ but it is
currently down.  If you Google under "tom traylor bike" you can turn up
Google's cached copy of the site, minus pictures.


On Thu, 2008-04-24 at 22:48 +0200, Ghislain Pillet wrote:
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> Hello All ! Hello Jürgen !
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> About my Python Aluminium for sale, the bottom bracket is  not
> adjustable. Seat can be moved, once for all, not on the fly.
> Requirements differing from the measurments mentioned would lead to
> cutting and rewelding aluminium.
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> Jürgen, thanks for your invitation, as writing about what I call a
> TT/LD is not the topic of this list. 
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> TT stands for Tom Traylor, from Southern California, who apparently
> filed a patent for a front wheel drive in
> 1982.(http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect2=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PALL&RefSrch=yes&Query=PN%2FD277744)
> He still had an internet site some time ago. Can't find it anywhere
> now. Had he an agreement with Cruzebike, or was the patent obsolete ?
> The fact is Cruzebike only, in Southern California, is marketing front
> wheel drive bikes.
> Having no commercial purpose I hav'nt asked to one or the other. 
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> LD stands for Laurent Dechenne,
> http://les-velos-de-laurent.skynetblogs.be/, who resolutely and
> endlessly keeps cutting, grinding, welding steel tubing to make the
> front wheel drive efficient and attractive to the rest of us !  Thanks
> Laurent and congratulations for your latest "Speculoos" !
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> Jürgen, I've not included your initials in my designation, as negative
> trail makes Python different. Hope you don't mind ! Still open, if you
> want a seat !
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> So, I'm testing a new TT/--/LD carbon bike. (Carbon vacuumed and baked
> according to resin supplier specifications.) Still plenty to do for
> the cosmetics. Capitalizing on my Python's practice (great time, and
> what fun !), I've radically downsized the handlebar to the minimum.
> And it suits me ok ; as it worked for Tom Traylor. Funny thing this
> picture of him I found on the net.
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> My goals : light, compact, low.  
> 20" wheels.
> Steering pivot angle +-57°, positive trail +-8cm.
> Length from pin to pin : 1,05m 
> Mass as it is 11,5kg.
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> Tested, and shaked, on 600km. Success ! So far holds into pieces !
> Keep my eyes and ears wide open for cracks signs or carbon cries.
> Some, (minor, for me) pedal induced interferences sometimes, but
> Python's practice has learnt me how to neutralize it. At low speed, no
> self alignment effect due to weight, as on Python. Lightness of
> forward part probably helps much to delay wheel flop. 
> When does a real handlebar to hold on become a must ? Depends on one's
> own habits. 
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> pictures at
>  http://picasaweb.google.com/Ghislain.Pillet/NewAlbum42408438PM
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> Cordially, 
> Ghislain. 
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> On Apr 23, 2008, at 2:33 PM, Jürgen Mages wrote:
> > Hello Ghislain,
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> > you have built a very beautiful bike and I am sure it will find a
> > new owner soon. If I had some extra space I would buy it right now.
> > How about the inseam length of 78 to 88 cm? Is the bottom bracket
> > adjustable?
> > 
> > 
> > Hope you will inform us about your new carbon bike soon. You already
> > told me that it will be a TT/Speculoos type lowracer which can be
> > ridden no hands. Such a type of MBB-recumbent is surely better
> > suited for the hilly area of South France than the python.
> > 
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Jürgen.
> > 
> > 
> > On 22.04.2008 22:17, Ghislain Pillet wrote:
> > > Hello All !
> > > I'm selling my aluminium python. Interested ? look at
> > > http://www.bentokaz.com/consulter.php?
> > > type_equip=0&type_annonce=Vente&ordre=date_pub&desc=1
> > > Why ? building a new carbon bike !
> > > Cheers
> > 
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