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Article #68Re: 51 speed humps, will they damage my bike
From: Sam Henry
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 19:27
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 19:27
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In article <BwvuMH.Fxn@cen.ex.ac.uk> cs92mjd@cen.ex.ac.uk (M.J.Davis) writes: >Are you assuming use of an MTB here, No. Or at least, it is not necessary to make such an assumtion. >or can you do this on a wimpy road bike You can do almost anything on a road bike that you can do on a MTB. Wimpy! My rear wheel! What do you think we rode off-road before the MTB? >without the wheels spontaneously folding up on landing? If the wheels fold up from non-lateral forces, you have crummy wheels, not necessarily a crummy bike. Proper wheels are weak to lateral forces, primarily. >I've seen 'cross racers hop logs, but I *think* they might have >stronger bikes. No. Well made wheels. -- sam henry <shenry@rice.edu> Wanna ride?
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Newsgroups: rec.bicycles Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!pacbell.com!sgiblab!darwin.sura.net!jvnc.net!yale.edu!qt.cs.utexas.edu!cs.utexas.edu!bcm!rice!cs.rice.edu!shenry From: shenry@cs.rice.edu (Sam Henry) Subject: Re: 51 speed humps, will they damage my bike Message-ID: <BwwE16.rH@rice.edu> Sender: news@rice.edu (News) Organization: Rice University, Houston References: <1992Oct28.135802.17501@schbbs.mot.com> <BwvuMH.Fxn@cen.ex.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 19:27:06 GMT Lines: 26