[python] Re: gyro forces

At 05:47 AM 10/19/2005, you wrote:
I'm planning to do a web page with this (penny-farthing) visual theme and recently read somewhere that some riders heading down a long hill and gaining speed would abandon the pedals and put their legs over the handlebars in anticipation of a potential crash as it would leave them free to jump unimpeded forward.

If you haven't read it, Around the World on a Bicyle is one of my favs.
http://rjs.org/gutenberg/Stevens_Thomas/
Stevens (a San Francisco wheelman, 1886) would put his feet over, and sometimes rub shoes on, the tire. He describes a lot of "headers"...
I recall that some had mustache handlebars, under the legs, for that reason.

Ray





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