[python] Re: handlebars

On Friday 21 September 2007 09:55:52 Lutz Wittgenstein wrote:
> Moin everybody,
>
> Since one year I keep track of the python discussions and I like the idea
> of the python very much. A few days ago I visited Thorsten Borm, who lives
> some 80 km from my place and tried a ride on his python. I rode only 20 m
> but I felt, that it would be big fun with more practice. If I have time
> enough, I'm going to build one this winter. What I don't like is that you
> have to touch the ground with  your hands at every start and stop. So what
> do you think about this : I want to put  the handlebars on a kind of fork
> fixed at the rear end of the backbone, so that they can move up and down
> beneath the seat. While riding the handlebars are hold up by a strong
> rubber or a spring. When you stop you can push them down and hit the ground
> with two inline-skater-wheels mounted at the outer ends of the handlebars.
> Any objections? Did anybody try something like this?
>
> Hol di munter
>
> Lutz
> 

Moin Lutz,

Kept thinking about this concept...
If you push them down inbetween the pivot and the point were the wheels 
contact ground it should work, since you take the pressure from the back 
python wheel and stabilise with parts of your body wheight on the stand.


regards,
DirkS
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