[python] Re: Handlebars mounted
- From: Olaf Johansson <noll@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: python@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 22:40:45 +0200
On Apr 8, 2005, at 4:20, 25hz wrote:
With a higher CoG, the bike needs to lean a
larger distance left or right before you wipe out, and that gives the
rider
more time to react with smaller correction inputs. With a low bike, it
seems that you have very little time to react to balance issues and
your
corrections need to be more precise than with a higher bike.
Riding different unicycles from 20" to 36" (probably the largest air
filled tyre being produced) I recognise this very well. On the big
wheel you have more time to correct a sudden imbalance but it is also
heavy to do so, when leaning too much away from centre line you might
as well jump off. This is essentially the broom stick effect where it
is much easier to balance a broom stick on your finger tip than for
instance a pencil. If you're riding a giraffe (a very high unicycle)
this effect will have even greater influence. One can speculate that
the riders of Penny Farthings in the late 1900-century had much use of
this effect when riding along bumpy bridleways on their 50–60 inch
wheels.
olaf
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