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Article #140Re: speed humps, will they damage my bike
From: Eric Kimmel
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1992 23:51
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1992 23:51
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In article <alanf.720229445@bruce.cs.monash.edu.au> alanf@cs.monash.edu.au (Alan Grant Finlay) writes: >Every morning I have to negotiate a speed hump at the bottom of a hill. >I really hate braking to take it comfortably as I could use the speed on >the other side. My question is: will this damage my bike, in particular >the headset? My body is quite able to take the hump at speed, out of the >saddle with my weight shifting back and forth to minimise the strain on >both me and the bike. > > Alan Finlay, email: alanf@bruce.cs.monash.edu.au Depends on what your bike is (you don't specify). If it's a street bike with the tires pumped up to 110 psi, then it probably will hurt the bike. If it's a cross or mountain bike, then you're probably safe. One thing you can do if you are on a street bike is learn to hop over the bump. It's pretty easy since most street bikes are quite light. -Rick
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!walter!bellcore!rutgers!sun-barr!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!The-Star.honeywell.com!umn.edu!staff.tc.umn.edu!kimmel From: kimmel@staff.tc.umn.edu (Eric Kimmel) Newsgroups: rec.bicycles Subject: Re: speed humps, will they damage my bike Message-ID: <1992Nov3.235155.10636@news2.cis.umn.edu> Date: 3 Nov 92 23:51:55 GMT References: <alanf.720229445@bruce.cs.monash.edu.au> Sender: news@news2.cis.umn.edu (Usenet News Administration) Organization: University of Minnesota Lines: 18 Nntp-Posting-Host: staff.tc.umn.edu