Gravity sucks !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_CSYeV4QhA
What to do when the pedals fall off
Re: What to do when the pedals fall off
That's great - but how do they do the return leg? Assuming there's no motor hidden inside all that metalwork? 
Suppose that this room is a lift. The support breaks and down we go with ever-increasing velocity.
Let us pass the time by performing physical experiments...
--- Arthur Eddington (creator of the Eddington Number).
Let us pass the time by performing physical experiments...
--- Arthur Eddington (creator of the Eddington Number).
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kylecycler
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Re: What to do when the pedals fall off
This was in the Guardian just yesterday - kids in downtrodden areas of Colombia using gravity biking as a means of self expression and a way of escaping their troubles.
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019 ... n-medellin
In answer to Pete's question, these kids hang on to passing trucks to get back up the hills, sometimes using homemade hooks on a line.
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019 ... n-medellin
In answer to Pete's question, these kids hang on to passing trucks to get back up the hills, sometimes using homemade hooks on a line.
Re: What to do when the pedals fall off
what goes down has to come up 
bob sleighing on wheels?. what if you want to scratch your backside ?
bob sleighing on wheels?. what if you want to scratch your backside ?
Re: What to do when the pedals fall off
What speed were they doing?
Didn't look that fast to me. 40odd mph? It wasn't very steep.
Didn't look that fast to me. 40odd mph? It wasn't very steep.
Mick F. Cornwall
Re: What to do when the pedals fall off
Interesting but the aerodynamics of the bikes in the link could be improved on considerably 
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Re: What to do when the pedals fall off
This is old news recycled. See this article from August by Aunty. 
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-lat ... n-colombia
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-lat ... n-colombia
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