[python] Re: max downhill speed --lost mail, second try

From: "Torben Scheel" <torben@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: python@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 06 May 2005 11:46:55 +0200

Congratulations with the succesful tour de Oresund - I'm still dreaming of
doing long trips on mine. Great story to keep the hopes up!

Cheers,
Torben
-----Original Message-----
From: Dirk Bonne <dirk_bonne@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: python@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 06 May 2005 11:16:28 +0200
Subject: [python] max downhill speed --lost mail, second try

> Hi,
> 
> Yesterday I went along a tour around the Øresund, and had the chance to
> test the maximum downhill speed.
> 
> Well it lies around 55 - 60kmh. After that it gets really scary.
> 
> This is a little disappoining as I had hoped that with the smaller
> trail
> the limit would be well beyond the speed range I personally would want
> to reach. 60kmh however is at the border of that range.
> 
> I have been groping for words to descirbe the feeling at the speed.
> Mind
> you, it doesn't come suddenly. It slowly builds up as speed goes up.
> But
> first at 50kmh it really gets your attention ;-)
> 
> Seen from an observer nothing wrong can be noticed. The bike does not
> sway. The bike does not schimmer, or vibrate. Nothing of that.
> 
> The feeling  on the bike is that the steering is in some way
> "activated". At least I get the feeling that when something happens I
> won't be able to correct it. And the consequence will have an explosive
> effect.
> 
> It is like something in the steering is *acting* to fast for me to
> react
> to, and I doubt very much that braking in the rear would help at all
> (except bringing the speed down).
> 
> On that trip of about 130kms I had the chance to compare the bicycle 5
> other "normal" recumbents. And the python -wich I control fully now- is
> in no way a lesser bike then the others -apart from my downhill max
> speed. At speed or manouvarability or climbing, everything works at
> least as good. I the case of manouvarability I sometimes had the
> impression I could easier slip and slalom than normal steered bike (my
> effective turn circle is 2.5m diameter).
> 
> Dirk
> 
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