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Qui si parla Campagnolo wrote:
At least it was a diesel truck, the real future of internal combustion engines.... and source of our current nasty pollution. |
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Qui si parla Campagnolo wrote:
Doc O'Leary wrote: In article , "Ken C. M." wrote: Okay well it's not totally OT but sort of. I found this little video clip on google. http://video.google.com/url?vidurl=h...Fvideopl ay%3 Fdocid%3D3741362681682291899%26q%3Dbicycle%26hl%3D en&docid=3741362681682291899 &ev=v&esrc=sr17&usg=AL29H21arWQFi78thYakNzAJ5xLlT7 uf-w Shows the reason not to leave your carbon fiber ride laying around in someones driveway. To me, it shows that bad science in marketing drives away customers. After watching that, I have no interest in ever buying a Litespeed product. -- Ahhh geeezzz, another broad paintbrush on a teeny little unscientific demonstration. "no interest in EVER buying a Litespeed product', C'mon, why do so many take something SO small and make pronouncments like that? 'Using the word 'toy' comes to mind. Some marketing is just plain stupid, but to completely discount a potentially great product designed by non-marketeers seems silly. heapnode.com, localhost, x-privat.org That little video clip did not affect my view of carbon fiber at all. Or any brand at all. I am not going to be running my carbon bike over with an oversized SUV. Stupid attempt to get people to move to Ti. Ken -- The bicycle is just as good company as most husbands and, when it gets old and shabby, a woman can dispose of it and get a new one without shocking the entire community. ~Ann Strong |
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Ken C. M. wrote: Okay I think I mangled the link try this: http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...e&pr=g oog-sl "Titanium is slippery"? The truck tire didn't "test" the Ti tube the same as the other two. The ledge in the badly broken-up driveway took the truck's weight, allowed the tire to push the rolling tube along the driveway, and the roll-over weight looks like it was partly borne by the Alu tube. "Enhancements"? Like forming ("partially crushing") the tube? Good idea. Let's try this over again with a tube that doesn't roll or skid, and stands alone to bear the weight of the noisy-riding mud tire on that stinky oversize penis-mobile that ol' Dufus there drives solo to work and 3/4 mile back and forth from the beer store. Ti: diamond-hard miracle metal that never breaks when used to make bicycle frames. Right? Time for more coffee and less grouchy. Beg pardon. Just for curiosity, is this a known framebuilder or employee of same? --D-y |
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Qui si parla Campagnolo wrote:
At least it was a diesel truck, the real future of internal combustion engines.... Maybe, if they make them smaller and cleaner. Using biodiesel is good. But how about this concept: http://www.starrotor.com/Engine.htm Wayne |
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"Ken C. M." wrote: That little video clip did not affect my view of carbon fiber at all. Or any brand at all. I am not going to be running my carbon bike over with an oversized SUV. Stupid attempt to get people to move to Ti. Exactly. If you're going to show a dramatic failure, do it for stresses that a bicycle actually faces and not some bogus "an SUV will crush you" video. It didn't affect my view of the materials at all, but the presentation definitely gives me a low opinion of Litespeed. -- My personal UDP list: 127.0.0.1, 4ax.com, buzzardnews.com, googlegroups.com, heapnode.com, localhost, x-privat.org |
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Wayne Pein wrote: But how about this concept: http://www.starrotor.com/Engine.htm After gazing at hundreds of "miracle engine" articles over the years, I've decided to ignore any reports that don't include tests of working models. The only one of those hundreds of designs that gained any traction was the Wankel, and it didn't set the world on fire. That page is way too full of phrases like "...is projected to have...", "...should be...," "...is expected to be..." - Frank Krygowski |
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Michael Press wrote:
In article . com, wrote: Wayne Pein wrote: But how about this concept: http://www.starrotor.com/Engine.htm After gazing at hundreds of "miracle engine" articles over the years, I've decided to ignore any reports that don't include tests of working models. The only one of those hundreds of designs that gained any traction was the Wankel, and it didn't set the world on fire. That page is way too full of phrases like "...is projected to have...", "...should be...," "...is expected to be..." Can you can tell me why gas turbine engines are not practical? They have run well in races. Ask Chrysler they tried to get one to work in a prototype back in 70s and it went nowhere fast. Ken -- The bicycle is just as good company as most husbands and, when it gets old and shabby, a woman can dispose of it and get a new one without shocking the entire community. ~Ann Strong |
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In rec.bicycles.tech wrote:
Ken C. M. writes: Okay well it's not totally OT but sort of. I found this little video clip on google. http://tinyurl.com/2ek5sb Shows the reason not to leave your carbon fiber ride laying around in someones driveway. Oh, what sort of eggs would a carbon fiber bicycle lay, or maybe you were possibly considering what effect leaving a bicycle lying in a driveway would have. That's nucular! Jobst Brandt The Soviets used Titanium to create the deepest diving (nucular-powered) military submarines ever, more than doubling std crush depths. So if you use a slightly bigger truck in the video that titanium tube is history, judging how easily the other tubes went. Also, I suspect you run over a whole bike and although the some of the tubes themselves may be left intact, all the joints would be a shambles, not to mention components. I.e. the damage would be equally catastrophic. Anyway, I learned about leaving thebike behind the car at the 7-11 when I was 9. BTW, a lot of people laugh at 43 about his pronunciation of the word "nuclear", and I did too (quietly) when I joined the nuclear navy and noticed some highly educated people doing the same, until I figured out that's the legitimate pronunciation on the east coast, or at least in parts of it.... never thought I'd be defending him! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfa_class_submarine Bill Westphal |
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Ken C. M. wrote:
Ask Chrysler they tried to get one to work in a prototype back in 70s and it went nowhere fast. The same fabulously competent Chrysler that had to be bailed out of bankruptcy by the US gov't? Wayne |
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