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Old October 20th 09, 07:32 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Old October 20th 09, 08:02 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Cheers,

Carl Fogel


Dave Steed was a balancer of that caliber. In 1986, he did a track stand
for 24 hours, 6 minutes. He could balance many oblong things on his chin.
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Old October 20th 09, 08:31 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Old October 20th 09, 09:27 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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On Oct 20, 12:32*pm, wrote:
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Cheers,

Carl Fogel


Never asked my bike to do a trackstand on me.
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Old October 20th 09, 10:59 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/51...Hulton-Archive

The wierd thing about that picture, in my opinion, is that the bike
doesn't aoppear to be properly balanced. The contact point with the
chap's head is well back from the 'bottom' of the wheel. Unless th
ewheel is somehow locked from rotation I would have thought it would
immediately roll backwards down his forehead. Was there something in the
bike design that stopped the wheel rotating backwards perhaps?

Mike
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Old October 20th 09, 11:12 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:59:43 +1300, mike
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In article ,
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http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/51...Hulton-Archive

The wierd thing about that picture, in my opinion, is that the bike
doesn't aoppear to be properly balanced. The contact point with the
chap's head is well back from the 'bottom' of the wheel. Unless th
ewheel is somehow locked from rotation I would have thought it would
immediately roll backwards down his forehead. Was there something in the
bike design that stopped the wheel rotating backwards perhaps?

Mike


Dear Mike,

If you enlarge the photo and look closely, you can see a rope around
the seat stays and rear wheel.

Cheers,

Carl Fogel
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Old October 21st 09, 12:20 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Per mike:
The wierd thing about that picture,


What jumped out at me was that he's wearing a white shirt - yet
leaning on his elbows in grass.
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Old October 21st 09, 12:25 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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mike wrote:
In article ,
says...
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/51...Hulton-Archive

The wierd thing about that picture, in my opinion, is that the bike
doesn't aoppear to be properly balanced. The contact point with the
chap's head is well back from the 'bottom' of the wheel. Unless th
ewheel is somehow locked from rotation I would have thought it would
immediately roll backwards down his forehead. Was there something in the
bike design that stopped the wheel rotating backwards perhaps?


A Dutch style seatstay/spoke lock perhaps?
Photo detail is inscruatble.

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Old October 21st 09, 02:56 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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On Oct 21, 12:25*am, AMuzi wrote:
mike wrote:
In article ,
says...
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/51...Hulton-Archive


The wierd thing about that picture, in my opinion, is that the bike
doesn't aoppear to be properly balanced. The contact point with the
chap's head is well back from the 'bottom' of the wheel. Unless th
ewheel is somehow locked from rotation I would have thought it would
immediately roll backwards down his forehead. Was there something in the
bike design that stopped the wheel rotating backwards perhaps?


A Dutch style seatstay/spoke lock perhaps?
Photo detail is inscruatble.

--
Andrew Muzi
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* Open every day since 1 April, 1971


Even after a Dutch ringlock is locked there's play in the wheel
amounting to the distance between two spokes at the rim. Though I'm
not likely ever to manage that trick, if I were to try it, especially
with the wheel at that stomach-tightening angle, I would want the
wheel locked solid.

Andre Jute
Relentless rigour -- Gaius Germanicus Caesar
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Old October 21st 09, 02:57 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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On Oct 21, 12:20*am, "(PeteCresswell)" wrote:
Per mike:

The wierd thing about that picture,


What jumped out at me was that he's wearing a white shirt - yet
leaning on his elbows in grass.
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You reckon the whole thing is a Photoshop special, Sherlock?

Andre Jute
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