[python] Re: Self Centering vs. Wheel Flop

  • From: Stephan Schöling <stephan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: python@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 10:32:07 +0100

Thank you very much for showing me that, it's exactly what i needed to understand.

Thats a comfortable way to get every data, great.

Today I want to correct my work at the BB. It is not exactly there, where I expect it to be and a little sloped. And there are still missing some fixings. Then the frame is finally finished.

Stephan

dirk.bonne@xxxxxxx wrote:
Stephan Schöling wrote:
Hej Dirk,

i'm not the best in theoretical physics, even not a good
mathematician, so let me thank you for your lessons.
Be honest if you think my skills are to low to understand these things
or i am just boring you with that !
Hey now Stephan, you are getting a wrong impression here.I did get the
theoritical mechanics during my education but that is really very very
long ago.

dirk.bonne@xxxxxxx wrote:
Hi Stephan,


Stephan Schöling wrote:
Hej Dirk,

please, can you explain why you see a system with two weightpoints ?
I only see the Center of Gravity (CoG) and can´t understand why the BB
should be important.
Well it is only to model the weight of the bicycle and the weight of the
rider. Some of it is on the front part and some of it is on the rear
part.
Ok, i got that. We can measure the wight of the bike and the
proportion front/rear easily.
But how can we do this with a rider ?  We would need 2 persons to read
the scales under the wheels at _exactly_ the same time, which is
nearly impossible.
So we have no usable data of the weight proportions of the bike with
the rider, or has anyone ?
It is some work but doable: (not 100% precise). Here is a possibility:

1) take your bike in your hands, stand on the scale: totalw
2) Put bike on grond again, put the front wheel on the scale, rear wheel
somethign whit the same height as the scale. Get on the bike and read
the scale: frontw

the

    rearw = totalw - frontw

and Cog is:

    CoG = WB * frontw / totalw

with CoG measured from the rear wheel.

3) Now the weight of the feet on the pedals. If you are willing to take
a error into acount: sit on ground, put the scale in front of you,
strech your legs and put your feet on the scale. That will be about  the
weight of your legs on the pedals (I get about 10kgs).

    legsbbw=10kg.

The weight of the front part: part the python in two parts and weigh the
front part. The CoG of the front part along can be found visually - not
so difficult.

Now in the newton model I would:

    put the weight of the front part in the CoG of the front part
    put the legsbbw at the BB
    put the totalw - legsbbw - frontpartw at the CoG of the bike.


groetjes,
Dirk

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