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| 1308.1 | | MEMORY::GOODWIN | in a spasm of lucidity... | Mon Sep 11 1989 14:49 | 11 |
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This months TRIATHLETE magazine has a few new Triathlon bikes
featured. There were several bikes with seat tubes between 78
and 90 degrees. One bike had straight forks with narrower front
hubs on a small front wheel with what looked like a 12" high
stem. One bike shown is the Hamilton that uses 24" Sattui
tri-spoke wheel front and back. The claim is that the reduced
weight more than makes up for the increased rolling resistance
of the smaller wheel.
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| 1308.2 | Lower weight provides only a small contribution to spped | CESARE::JOHNSON | Matt Johnson, DTN 871-7473 | Mon Sep 11 1989 16:26 | 5 |
| I don't buy the "reduced weight more than makes up for the increased
rolling resistance" claim. Maybe if you were climbing Mt. Washington,
but on most Tris, you have to accelerate the extra weight only a
couple of times. Once you're up to speed, it wouldn't matter if
the wheel weighed a ton -- you'd go just as fast.
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| 1308.3 | | VERVE::BUCHANAN | Bat | Mon Sep 11 1989 20:35 | 15 |
| In addition to the guy I met yesterday I also saw two others at a century I was
riding about a month ago. One was using two tri-spoke wheels, I didn't talk to
him. I did talk to the other guy, who was also the frame builder. He claims
that the wheels are easier to accelerate and climb with and that they offered
much less wind resistance. He said the one big problem was that they offer a
punishing ride on rough road.
If they offer less less (or nearly as much) wind resistance as disks and weigh
much less they seem to be the wave of the future.
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After rereading my base note on the RAAM I double checked with the artical I
copied it from. It was hard to believe that Secrest was only 31 miles behind
but finished nearly 5 hours later! I know that feeling!
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| 1308.4 | More RAAM info. | BANZAI::FISHER | Twice a BMB Finisher | Wed Oct 04 1989 08:24 | 14 |
| Solon rode about half of RAAM with a neck brace. He had to stop often
to have it adjusted until one of his crew got the idea of using a bungy
to hold it in place.
A new trans-con record was also set by (forgot his name) a handicapped
person who used his arms to pedal all the way across, it was around 32
days. This person also holds an asterisked worlds record for a bench
press -- to have an unqualified worlds record you have to wear shoes.
To "read all about it" and more send me mail with a mailstop, and I'll
send a copy of the UMCA newsletter -- and info on how to join so you
can get your own. :-)
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